Hey guys, all this time, I'm ready for the best bit. Also, the first part will contain getting the new dual-disk system that Seto Kaiba made, so enjoy!

The gang is walking through downtown to collect the new dual disks for the Battle City Tournament. However, Yume is having a bit of thought about it.

It would be cool, she thought, that the winner of this tournament would have a deck full of rare and powerful cards. But the downside is I've used this deck so much that I've put my heart into it. I can't lose either of my Magicians: Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl. Also, I'm glad Joey spent some time with Yami before Ishizu met us.

The gang is at a building for registration. "Well," she said, "here's will we register."

This is it, Téa thought. This tournament will be really risky, but we'll all get through it together! They walked in and was greeted by someone. "May I be of some assistance?"

"Um," Yume said, "is this the place where we register? Because to enter the Battle City Tournament, we need dual-disks."

"Well, you came to the right place! I have three left in stock. I'll need your name so I can make sure you qualify."

"Yume Orskov."

He checked the computer. "Yume Orskov," he said quietly when he got his results after a few seconds. "Yep, you're here. And you qualify with five stars, the highest rank!"

"Where did the information came from?"

"Kaibacorp performed extensive research on duelists around the world and compiled the results into a database. The stars list your dueling level and the card shown is the rarest card you've ever played. To ensure that only the best duelists enter, Mr. Kaiba has gone great lengths to learn everything about you and your decks."

He turned the computer around for all to see, and as he said, Yume's picture was there, as well as the Dark Magician showing and five stars underneath both.

They all gasped. "Everything?" Yume exclaimed. "That gives anyone who faces against Kaiba an unfair advantage!"

"Well," the man said, "you have the necessary stars to qualify, so you get Kaiba corp's new and improved dual-disk system." He got up, picked up a duel-disk, then handed it to Yume, to which she took it, thanking him.

Then Joey stepped past her. "I'll register as well! Joey Wheeler."

The man looked through it on the computer after turning it back. "There's a downfall as you only have one star. Not enough to qualify."

"KAIBA FIXED THOSE RESULTS! I'M THE RUNNER UP IN DUELIST KINGDOM TOURNAMENT!" Joey was about to go after him, but Tristan held him back, telling him to calm down.

"Don't you think," Téa said, "it's weird when he doesn't qualify?"

Joey is still freaking out about not entering. "I know Kaiba fixed that result! I just know it! Second in Duelist Kingdom Tournament and he won't let me enter!"

"Calm down, Joey!" Yume said. "There just has to be an explanation."

"She's right!" The man said and they turned to him. "There was a malfunctioned hard drive in the computer when you actually had four stars. Enough for qualification."

"Let me see!" Joey turned it around to see a Red Eyes Black Dragon, a picture of himself, and four stars. "I knew that computer was wrong to begin with. I stayed relaxed and kept cool while he was fixing it."

The man took the next duel-disk of the shelf and handed it to Joey, who he was too ecstatic and grabbed it quick! "Time for the Battle City Tournament!"

~The Next Day, Battle City Tournament beginning~

The rules for the Battle City Tournament is pretty simple: Starting Life Points is 4000 and you have to sacrifice monsters for more powerful ones. For example, a level 6 needs one and a level 7 needs two. And you can attack your opponent's Life Points directly if they have no monsters on the field. And when you use Polymerization, the Fused monster must wait one turn before attacking.

Yume was at the Plaza, looking at her Locator card, when she heard her name being called out. She looked up and saw Mai heading her way. "How's it going, Mai?"

"Okay for me. Pretty big turnout for this thing, huh?" She looked at the crowd. "All losers."

Yume looked around herself. "Actually," she said, "some of these duelists are ones we've never seen, known or faced before."

"This is very exciting Yume, because new duelists means new strategies to find and figure out! But what I want to know myself is, who should I kick out first?"

"I found you, Yume! I knew you were buzzing around." She turned around and saw, who could believe it, Weevil and Rex.

"Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor." Mai said. "Thought I smelt something."

"You played me for a fool back at Duelist Kingdom, Mai!" Rex complained. "Now, I'll be ready for some payback!"

"Yume," Weevil said, "next time we duel, you won't be lucky next time. I've infected my deck with swarms of rare and powerful insects." Weevil was about to laugh, but a certain sea-duelist covered his mouth.

"Those are some," he said, "large words coming from a small guppy."

"Mako Tsunami!" Yume exclaimed.

He uncovered Weevil's mouth. "If anyone," he said, "shall make any waves, it'll be me! And there's nothing that can withstand my mighty denizens of the deep!"

"Those sardines," Rex countered, "will be crushed by my dino horde!"

"I happen to get a new card called Fortress Whale, which is much mightier than your Two-Headed King Rex."

"I have a monster far more superior than my Great Moth, but I'm not telling anyone!" Mako grabbed him and shook him.

"Maybe I'll shake it out, then!"

Yume ignored them, but when she looked around a bit more, she saw a figure in a purple cloak with yellow pearl earrings, sipping tea. She has a feeling that she shouldn't trust him! 'That's a Rare Hunter, Yume! Be careful!' Yami told her.

Everyone parted ways, waiting for the start of the tournament. Yume kept looking around for Joey, but she can't find him. "Greetings, duelists!" Seto announced. "Welcome to Battle City." She looked around, but can't find him, until a shadow appeared above her and saw a giant blimp.

"It's time to put your dueling skills to the test. I hope none of you entered my tournament looking for friendly competition. Because Battle City's gonna be an all-out war. Before my Battle City Tournament begins, I thought I'd let you all know what you're in for, in case you want to back out now. Let's begin with my new dual disks."

Yume looked at hers. "Everyone who I decided was good enough to enter recieved one. And with it, you can duel anytime, anywhere, and they contain a tracking chip that allows me to watch every move you make." He placed his deck inside a slot for it.

"Next, let's talk about the most important tournament rule. The loser of each duel is required to fork over their rarest card to the winner. If you don't have the guts to risk losing your precious cards, then I'd suggest you forfeit now. And if anyone is foolish enough can challenge me to a duel because I'll also be competing in this tournament."

"Thought so."

"But don't get your hopes up because I intend to win, and there's one duelist out there I can't wait to defeat."

"You're on, Kaiba!"

"And speaking of winning, only the 8 best duelists will make it to the final round, and these finals will be held in a hidden location. And in order to find the location, that's where the Locator cards come in. You start off with one that came with your dual disk. But don't get too excited, because one's not enough. Six are needed to qualify for the finals."

Yume took out her Locator card. "Every time you win a duel, you'll receive a Locator card from the losing opponent. When six cards are stacked together, they produce a map of Battle City and activate a Global Positioning Satellite, which will transmit the location to you. But the tournament finals are a long time away, and most of you will be eliminated way before that."

The tournament started and Yume was ready to free her father, Yugi, from the Shadow Realm. That is, until she heard Joey nearby. She came down to investigate. "What's going on, Joey?"

"That creep," Joey said, pointing at the purple cloaked man, "is the one who took my Red Eyes! And I wanna duel to earn him back!" The man just smiled.

"I have no desire to duel you. I've already relieved you of your rare Red Eyes Black Dragon." He stood up. "My hunt for your deck is over, and my prey's already been captured."

"Too bad for you, Rare Hunter!" Joey cried out. "I'm not leaving until I receive my Red Eyes back!"

"I told you, you have lost interest in me. That is, if your girlfriend would want be interested as my next victim. It would be a pleasure to hunt the Duelist Kingdom Champion, and snare that Dark Magician she has, so I'd challenge Yume Orskov to a duel!"

"Yume is not my girlfriend, Rare Hunter! And this is just between you and me, got it?"

"Joey, wait!" Yume exclaimed. "I accept, Rare Hunter! Joey, this is the only way to get your Red Eyes back! If I'm getting him back, then I'm putting Dark Magician in risk myself. I'll beat him, Joey. I promise!" 'Yami, let me take out this Rare Hunter! I don't want anyone in the Battle City Tournament except for who I told know about Father's Millennium Puzzle!'

'Stay safe, Yume.'

"You are my first opponent, Rare Hunter. And if I win, you return the Red Eyes Black Dragon! If you win, you get my Dark Magician."

"I won't let you, Yume! Your Dark Magician is your second favorite card. I won't forgive myself if that ugly bum takes your most valuable card. This is my-" Yume stopped him by lifting up a hand to silence him.

"I have to battle this Rare Hunter, Joey. I have to risk Dark Magician at some point, Joey. My first Battle City duel and the first step to bringing him back." Joey knew she meant Yugi, her father, in the Shadow Realm. And he's silent.

"Let's just get this duel underways!" Rare Hunter insisted. "The sooner I claim my prize, the better."

"Let's just get this over with, Rare Hunter."

"Don't think about revealing my strategy, Joey Wheeler. If you say anything, I'll tear apart that Red Eyes Black Dragon! It's best if you keep your mouth shut so I can take out the Duelist Kingdom Champ and take her Dark Magician without any commentary."

"This is just a one on one duel, Rare Hunter." Yume said as she inserted her deck in the necessary slot. "Let's activate the holo-imagers." They activated their holo-imagers and dual disks as they started their duel.

Yume draws her first card to start the duel. "I'm taking the first draw!" Yume placed her cards inside the dual disk. "I place two cards face down." Two cards showed up. "And now I summon Beta, The Magnet Warrior in Attack Mode." Her Magnet Warrior showed up. (ATK/DEF Points: 1700/1600.) "Take your turn."

Rare Hunter drew his card. "My first draw was an expected Graceful Charity, which I'll use right now by drawing three cards as long as I discard two of them!" He did all that. "If only you knew what I'm expecting, you'd forfeit and relinquish your Dark Magician now, Yume Orskov."

"I won't give in, Rare Hunter! I may not know what's in your hand, but my new Trap," it was revealed, "Light Of Intervention will reveal all hidden monsters on your field, so I won't have any surprise attack from you!"

"That Trap won't save you." Rare Hunter said as he placed a monster down. "Stone Statue Of The Aztecs in Defense!" What looks like a stone tablet with a face showed up with its hands up as if defending. (ATK/DEF Points: 300/2000.)

All that happened is drawing cards and placing defenses. He has to be waiting for something, and I better figure it out. "I'll crumble that statue!" She drew her next card. "But because of Battle City rules, I have to sacrifice Beta for a more powerful monster." She placed it down. "BERFOMET!"

Her winged beast showed up. "And he can help me bring Gazelle, The King Of Mythical Beast! But I'm not stopping there, Rare Hunter." She revealed her next face down. "I will now use Polymerization for a fusion! Forming Chimera, The Flying Mythical Beast!" Her two monsters fused to a two-headed, winged beast. (ATK/DEF Points: 2100/1800.)

"On my next turn, Chimera will crush that stone statue into pieces of rubble! Then according to Battle City rules, once you have no monsters, I can make a direct attack on your Life Points."

"Impressive," Rare Hunter said. "But not enough to scare off the Hunter."

"Yume, careful!" Joey warned. "This guy has a plan to wipe you out! Check out the grin on that ugly kisser of his. That's exactly what the old creep did to me!"

"I know what I'm doing, Joey. And I promise you, I will beat him." Yume placed a facedown to end her turn.

"I think I'll get another Graceful Charity." He drew it. "Well, I was right! I'll play it now and draw three in exchange for discarding two." He did so as Yume gasped lightly. How does he know what card he drew?

'Yume, watch out!' Yami cried out. 'He's going to summon Exodia, The Forbidden One! I bet he has four pieces of him already. And his fifth one is close by! If you don't do something soon, you're finished!'

'I'll be ready, Yami. I know I can do this! Just need a little more time, that's all.'

"Yume," Rare Hunter said, "the time is up and you lose! That Dark Magician is as good as mine! I'll just strengthen my defenses with Gear Golem, The Moving Fortress!" A spiked golem appeared. (ATK/DEF Points: 800/2200.) "You're Chimera isn't powerful enough to crush him! So, what are you going to do now?"

"You may be protecting your Life Points, Rare Hunter, but for you to win this duel, you'll need to come to the offensive. So, what are you waiting for?"

"Oh, I'll attack soon, Yume. But for now, it's your turn. The hunter will strike his prey when the time is right!" Yume saw from the corner of her eye that Joey was approaching her.

"Yume!" He called out. "I can't stand by and wait for this to end. You are not losing your Dark Magician because for me!"

"Joey, please stop." Yume said. "Don't reveal the Rare Hunter's strategy. I can defeat him and I will. You've become my friend, and I'm fighting this duel for you just as you would do for me. You remember when Weevil threw those Exodia cards into the ocean? You risked your life to get those back. Not because Exodia is powerful, but because I was a friend in need."

It clicked in her mind what the Rare Hunter was about to do. 'You were right, Yami! He is about to summon Exodia!' "The jig is up, Rare Hunter! I know you're planning to summon Exodia, The Forbidden One! And I'll have to thank Joey for helping me without giving it away from him, so that means you can't tear apart that Red Eyes!"

"HA! Just because you figured it out, doesn't mean that you can still win this! Everyone knows Exodia is the most powerful creature in Duel Monster's history! How are you going to stop him now?"

"That is the truth. No one has faced against Exodia and won. But for me to win this duel, and get back Red Eyes, then this'll be the first time Exodia has ever been defeated in history!"

"You'll have to give up, Yume! My hunt is over!"

'I may have figured out the plan, Yami.' Yume told her. 'But now, I gotta stop him from having all five pieces in his hands.'

"Too little, too late, Yume." Rare Hunter said.

"I'll take my turn, Rare Hunter!" Yume draws her card, then places a facedown. "Then I'll attack with Chimera to attack that Stone Statue!" Chimera charged at the stone statue, bashing it into many pieces.

"You failed, Yume! That one turn didn't help you! I'll draw my next card for the win and get a much better prize. First the Red Eyes, and now your Dark Magician!" He laughed as he was about to draw his next card, but Yume stopped him.

"TIME SEAL TRAP!" Yume revealed it. "You can't draw that card yet, Rare Hunter. So I have another turn to try and beat you."

"Desperate move for my desperate prey."

Now, to stop him from summoning with his last piece! I can't let him have all five pieces in his hand at the same time. Father depends on me to free him from the Shadow Realm. Yume draws her next card: Lightforce Sword. "LIGHTFORCE SWORD!" She called out as she played it. A sword shows up.

"The sword," Yume explained, "will attack a random card from your hand. Whichever one is chosen, it'll be prevented from being played for three turns. A piece of Exodia is my target!" This sword is uncontrollable, so I have to have faith that it'll hit an Exodia piece. "GO NOW!"

Lightforce Sword pierced through Rare Hunter's hand, removing Exodia's right arm from his hand. "I'm not finished! I'll sacrifice Chimera and replace him with Summoned Skull!" He showed up. "LIGHTNING STRIKE!" Summoned Skull charged up, then released a torrent of electricity on the Rare Hunter's remaining monster, destroying it.

"Your Exodia," she reminded, "may be unstoppable as a whole, but the five cards that make up for it become easy prey!"

"My turn now!" Rare Hunter drew, then Yume reminded him that she can attack his Life Points directly with no monsters to protect him, so he played Swords Of Revealing Light as swords of light surrounded Yume's field. "This'll stop you long enough for me to summon Exodia!"

"Get to him before that last piece of Exodia is picked up!"

"I'll draw one card, then end my turn."

"Thanks to my Swords Of Revealing Light, that's all you can do. You're reduced to watching your own duel, unable to attack, unable to even move. I should've just ended your misery! Why wait for that sword to expire when I can draw another Right Arm from my deck?"

"You have more?!"

"Three of each piece to be exact. Exodia pieces are so rare, most duelists don't own a single piece. There's two more Right Arms left in my deck." She just giggled. "What's so funny?"

"It's your deck." She explained. "You filled it with so many Exodia body parts, the odds of drawing another Right Arm are slim to none."

"We'll find out soon enough, won't we?"

"Your mistake is that you are relying on just one monster, while a true dueling deck requires the right balance in the cards. You're still a prisoner of my Lightforce Sword, which gives me three turns to beat you and Exodia!"

"Wishful thinking. But it's my turn!" He drew his next card, but passed his turn.

"My move. I'll place one card face down, then play Alpha, The Magnet Warrior in Attack." (ATK/DEF Points: 1400/1700.)

"Did you forget about Swords Of Revealing Light?" Yume said she knew, then ended her turn.

"Remember that once the Swords are gone," she reminded, "I can go for your Life Points. And remember that your deck is filled with three copies of each Exodia piece that you squeezed out room for other cards needed to protect your Life Points. You'll need more Magic and Trap to destroy my monsters, but all you have in your hand are Exodia pieces."

He looked back at his hand. "Look at your field, Rare Hunter. You have no monsters, no face downs. You're wide open for a direct attack! But the Swords Of Revealing Light is the only obstacle left, a weak and temporary shield. Once they're let loose, they'll wreak havoc on your Life Points."

"You won't break free from my Trap! It's impossible! I'll be able to summon Exodia in time to wipe out your monsters and give me the win!"

"You're wide open for a direct attack, Rare Hunter. You won't summon Exodia on time."

"Don't forget Swords Of Revealing Light! And it's my turn!" He drew his next card. "And even though it's a replica Exodia piece, your Lightforce Sword will soon wear off, allowing me to gain an instant win!"

"But not soon enough, Rare Hunter." He hesitantly reached for a card in his hand, when he summoned Exodia's Head in Defense. "I wanted you to do just that! Time to destroy Exodia because you fell for my Trap! One you will never make again!" She revealed it. "CHAIN DESTRUCTION!"

A chain came out of the Trap and pierced through Exodia's Head, then hit the Rare Hunter's deck. "Chain Destruction," she explained, "doesn't affect the field. Rather, it'll effect your hand and deck, destroying any copies and sending them to the Graveyard. And all Exodia Heads have been destroyed except for the one you placed in the field."

The Rare Hunter was shocked as he realized that he can no longer summon Exodia. "I'm not through yet. I also found a way around your Swords Of Revealing Light! Activate," she revealed another Trap, "DUST TORNADO! It'll let me destroy one Magic card on the field, and I choose your Swords Of Revealing Light!"

A tornado formed around the field. When it vanished, all swords of light are gone and Yume is free to attack. "My next card is Monster Reborn!" She played it. "Revive, CHIMERA, THE FLYING MYTHICAL BEAST!" Her beast returned. "Chimera, DESTROY EXODIA'S HEAD!" Chimera came at it and clawed it out of existence.

"Now, you are completely defenseless. And with the combined attacks of Summoned Skull and Alpha, you're finished!"

"NO! IT'S NOT POSSIBLE!"

"Too late, Rare Hunter. Summoned Skull, CHARGE UP ALPHA!" Summoned Skull charged up and then powered up Alpha. "Even though the power is 3900, Alpha gains an additional 200 for being charged with electricity! ATTACK!" Alpha came after Rare Hunter, and used its sword to shock all the Life Points out of him in one hit, giving Yume the win!

Yume approached the fallen Rare Hunter, and picked up his deck, seeing Joey's Red Eyes fourth from the bottom. "Here it is, Joey!" She took it out, then took a Locator card. "Looks like you won't be entering the finals anytime soon."

She opened the deck farther, then felt something on her fingers. "Something's not right. These cards are marked!" She tore up the Exodia cards. Then she heard the Rare Hunter speaking.

"I lost," he said. "I failed. Forgive me, master! I tried my best! Please, don't be angry!" He got up, clutched his head, and screamed out as the Eye of Horus appeared on his forehead.

"We meet at last!" He said, but it wasn't the Rare Hunter. "I thought the Pharaoh would have an apprentice since I couldn't find the Millennium Puzzle! Congratulations in defeating my Rare Hunter, though he was the weakest in my crew. My other minions will prove much more formidable."

"Explain who you are now!" Yume demanded.

"You think it'll be that easy?" He asked. "The Pharaoh's apprentice takes a lot after him, especially with contact in your jacket pocket! I won't allow my other Rare Hunters to fail me like this one did. I have little time for this kind of foolishness, so I have taken over his body and trapped his mind in the Shadow Realm. I am in control!"

The body started doing weird things that a normal person couldn't do. "How are you able to control him?"

"Each Millennium Item," the voice explained, "contains its own unique power. So mind control is a simple task with my Millennium Rod!"

No good can come with that power, but Father told me the one person he couldn't beat that had that. "Marik Ishtar, isn't it?! What do you want!"

"Persistent on how the Pharaoh talked about me, didn't he?" She said nothing. "No matter. I want what rightfully belongs to me, and I'll even use strength to get the Millennium Puzzle from within your jacket using the Egyptian God cards!"

"Egyptian God cards?"

"Millennia ago," Marik explained, "a trio of powerful behemoths rampaged throughout ancient Egypt. These Egyptian God Monsters spread destruction throughout the world until the Pharaoh sealed them away for eternity, but when Pegasus created Duel Monsters, he resurrected these mighty beasts as cards!"

"I knew all about what you're talking about, Marik!"

"Then you must know," he said, "that I'll be using them to destroying you and claim the power that I rightfully deserve! And don't think I will, because you'll misunderstand. I want more than just the power of the Puzzle." Yume gasped.

"I want the boundless energy of the ancient ruler himself, the Pharaoh! And with it, no one will stand in my way. I'll use the almighty magic I'll gain to conquer and lead the world! I will be unstoppable! The end is near, Pharaoh's apprentice! It's my world now."

"Now I'm beginning to understand why Ishizu asked me to help my father in the Shadow Realm by entering this tournament. I have to stand between you and the evil powers you seek! And I will, too!"

"Then," Marik said, "your destiny is easier said than done, fool!"

a/n A quick note! After every duel involving Marik through Rare Hunters, I'm adding his conversations with Yume and/or Yami. And also the after effects, if they are available.