Here we go! Yume is the only character I own. The plot I have will show her duels in Battle City.

Yume is at the park, looking at the Red Eyes that Joey lets her keep, his favorite card. 'And now that we have it, Yami, it'll be like Joey's heart is part of our deck. No matter where we'll be, Joey will be right with us! If we gotta face Marik and the Rare Hunters, we'll need all the support we can get.'

'The only thing we could hope to find Joey again, Yume, is that he needs to go to the finals without the help of his Red Eyes. He's a great duelist, and he seems to get better with every duel he faced. He'll have to keep believing in himself, Yume.'

'You're right! He came a really long way since his duel with Mai. And defeating Espa Roba, the ESP Duelist, without his Red Eyes proves enough he can handle himself. Maybe we need his card to help us defeat Marik and rescue Father!'

Yume heard giggling and she looked to see what looked like a jester. "We've been looking for you!"

"'We?'"

"Head that way and go 53 steps forward to the tent. My master is waiting for you in there." She saw the tent, then turned to the jester again. "It's in your best interest to go." He laughed, then jumped backwards inside a bush.

Yume wasn't sure whether to trust a jester or not, but decided to walk the 53 paces inside the tent, but saw that it was dark and empty. Then lights started to go on, revealing a Mystic Box, and the same jester was in there when the three door's opened. "In here, Yume. Master's waiting."

She went inside the Mystic Box, then came out in what looks like an office, except less of it with a computer on a desk. "Hacking into Battle City Database," the computer said. "Duelist profile for Yume Orskov. Dueling Level: 5 Stars. Rarest card: Dark Magician."

Then red smoke came inside the computer as a red version of Dark Magician, chuckling. "I've been waiting for you. You are not worthy for having me in your deck, so prepare to lose me forever. You're not the only duelist with my power in their deck, Yume, and you're certainly not the best." He placed his staff against her.

"It's time," he said, "that you met the true master of the Dark Magician!"

But Yume just smiled as she just had a recent conversation with Yami. "That's enough of these tricks." The red Dark Magician slowly disappears as laughter came from her left. She looked and saw someone who's not a trick.

"Welcome, Yume Orskov Muto!" He said. "I am the Illusionist known as Arkana, and soon you're Dark Magician will be dueling for me!" He laughed some more. "Only a true master of illusion deserves to hold a Dark Magician. You'll never understand its full potential."

"You're through, Arkana!" Yume growled as her jacket pocket was glowing. 'Please, not now, Yami! Even though Marik knows about you, I want to have revenge by taking down as many Rare Hunters I can before facing Marik!' The glow fainted.

Arkana just walked over to her. "Sorry, Yume. It must be hard to think of your card in another duelist's deck. Because I'm challenging you to a duel! The winner will take the loser's Dark Magician!"

"I accept, Arkana. You must've known that when a duelist builds their deck, they'll choose their favorites from many different types of cards. And sometimes a card can choose the duelist. The two are connected, and the duelist can tap into the card's true power because each is bound to the heart of the cards!"

She took her deck and started shuffling it. "And the Dark Magician, as well as my own personal favorite, is when both have chosen me!" She stopped shuffling, then picked the top card, revealing the Dark Magician. "He hasn't failed me yet, and I'd place complete trust in them, too."

"Like you'd ever back down from a challenge." Arkana said. "It's impressive, but this room is too cramped for a duel. I know a special dual ring close by. Follow me." He went down a staircase, with Yume following him. "I have special orders from my superiors to make this a real spectacle."

Who does this guy work for? Yume thought. Something has to be up! Better be on my guard. Arkana opened a door marked with a question mark and they both went through, to see a duel ring unlike any she'd seen before.

Yume approached Arkana, who is over at a pedestal and placed her deck down. "We'll shuffle our decks," Arkana said as he shuffled his, with Yume keeping an eye on him as she shuffled hers.

"Just to be sure you won't have any tricks, I'm cutting your deck!" Yume placed hers to Arkana as he did the same to her.

"There is an old saying," he said as they cut each other's deck, "among high-rollers and card sharks: 'Always trust your opponent, but only after you've cut their deck.'"

"I know one myself," Yume countered. "'Never trust a masked man!'"

"I know I've heard that one before, Yume, but I'm offended either way. But it doesn't matter because you and I are alike. We both play to win. Of course, in this duel performance, you'll find there's an extra side in losing."

Suddenly, Yume was being pulled backwards by the moving platform and iron clasps grabbed her ankles. "What's the meaning of this, Arkana?!"

"Just relax, Yume. Because we're both locked with no escape. There's also an extra twist to this duel. We're not playing for what's inside your deck, we're playing for what's in you mind!" Blue saws appeared, each at the same distance from Yume and Arkana. Yume starts to panic a bit about those, but Arkana laughed.

"It's a dark energy disc, Yume. I wouldn't get too close if I were you because one touch will bring your mind's banishment to the Shadow Realm! I'll explain the rules, so pay attention."

"I'm listening, Arkana."

"Do you see the numbers above the energy discs?" She nodded. "They're our Life Points. The closer it hits to zero, the closer the disc gets to us. Once your Life Points hit zero, you can say hello to the Shadow Realm! Now, look between your feet." Yume did and say a box with the number 4000 on it, and an arrow pointing at Arkana.

"That's a keybox," he explained further. "Inside the box is a key, which would let you escape the shackles on your ankles. But to open it, your opponent's Life Points should hit zero before the box opens, which is what the number states." He laughed even more.

"What kind of person would toy with someone's mind?" Yume asked. "Are you some kind of demented madman?"

Arkana shook his head. "No, I'm a man who's been undefeated. Let the duel BEGIN!" They both activated their duel discs and drew their hands, with Yume going first.

"One card face down, then summon Alpha in Defense!" Both of those appeared, then she ended her turn.

Arkana summoned Legion The Fiend Jester in Defense. Yume drew her card, thinking that she couldn't trust Arkana and think like a trickster. "I hardly trust your hand, Arkana." She placed a card down. "CARD DESTRUCTION!"

Arkana was surprised to see that card. "Both of us discard our hand and draw a new set depending on the amount of cards in our hand. I knew you'd be deceiving me from the start. I thought that rather to take my chances, I destroyed our hands! So, it's out with the old and in with the new. Goodbye to those cards, Arkana."

He and Yume followed instructions of Card Destruction. "Now, I'm revealing my face down!" She revealed it. "BRAIN CONTROL!" A brain with phantom arms showed up and took Fiend Jester, putting it on Yume's side. "Now I can sacrifice them both for my own Dark Magician!" A whirlwind showed up and when it disappeared, Yume's Dark Magician showed up.

"This is for believing in the heart of the cards, Arkana. You believe in nothing but trickery and winning at all costs. This is what'll happen when you believe in faith! SHOW HIM SOME REAL MAGIC!"

Dark Magician approached him, and did a few tricks with his staff. "Make a Direct attack at his Life Points!" Dark Magician released the energy he stored up, causing Arkana to take 2500 points of damage to his Life Points! (1500) "That's more than half your Life Points gone. I'm still waiting for the grand show you promised."

An energy disc got 2500 Life Points closer to Arkana. "That was only an opening, Yume. The worst is yet to come."

"How about you set us both free and end this madness? My Dark Magician has already taken out more than half of your Life Points! One more attack like that, and the dark energy disc will send your mind directly to the Shadow Realm!"

Arkana just laughed at that. "Never will my mind reached it, but yours will, Yume! I promised you a spectacle, and I never disappoint. Not only will I win, I'll take your Dark Magician from you and send you to mental oblivion! You'll need to stop worrying about me and take care of yourself, Yume!" She growled a little.

"Remember that it's my show, which means I can't lose."

"I gave you a chance to save yourself, Arkana." Yume said. "But you've left me with no other choice remaining." She looked at him straight in the eyes. "It's time you lose!"

"When you lose, you'll be alone because no one can ever find us!" Arkana drew his next card. "Mystic Tomato in Defense with one card face down!" They appeared. "Now it's your turn."

Arkana has summoned a weak defense monster! She thought. With another monster to bring on the field, I can end this duel quickly! Yume draws her card, then placed it in Attack Mode. "Beta, The Magnet Warrior!" Her magnet showed up. "ATTACK, NOW!"

"Hold on, Yume! My trap is activated!" He revealed it. "DARK RENEWAL!" A coffin showed up and emits red energy at Beta and Mystic Tomato when opened, putting them in the coffin. "Dark Renewal," he explained, "takes a monster from each player and sends them to the Graveyard, in exchange for me getting a monster back that I lost."

"Then that means…"

"Yes," Arkana said. "It will give me a second chance to annihilate you!" He started laughing as the coffin opened and his Dark Magician came out. He came out of the coffin, facing Yume's Dark Magician.

"You have your wish, Arkana. It is Dark Magician versus Dark Magician. We'll find out who the real master is."

"Both points are identical, so a straight out attacking won't work, so think more strategically. And only a true illusionist like myself can master the power of a Dark Magician! So prepare to lose your card, and your mind!"

"Think again, Arkana." Yume said as she drew her next card. "Two cards facedown. And end my turn."

Arkana drew his, then placed two face downs. "Two can play at that game. What do you have in stock for me?"

"I'll show you." She said as she drew her card, then placed it face down. Arkana then placed a card face down as well. They each place one more card face down as the showdown begins.

"Now," Arkana suggested, "let's see who has the better strategy! I play a Magic card." He activated it. "THE MYSTICAL GUILLOTINE!" Chains showed up and restrained Yume's Dark Magician as it's about to be destroyed.

"Now, this Dark Magician will be cut from the show, so you can say hello to the Shadow Realm! Sorry to let you down, Yume, but the show's over and the curtain will now fall! On your Dark Magician, that is!" The blade starts falling, but Yume had that plan on him.

"First you'll need to find him, Arkana!" Yume activated her own card. "MAGICAL HATS!" Hats made the Dark Magician disappear, causing the blade to hit an empty one. "You'll need to guess on him, Arkana!"

"It's not gonna work, Yume." He activated his next face down. "A THOUSAND KNIVES!" Knives showed up with his Dark Magician. "These will detect and destroy your Dark Magician!" The knives were heading towards the middle hat, but Yume still has her plan in action.

"Time for a rescue, Arkana." She revealed her next face down. "CURSEBREAKER! This will destroy all Magic cards played!" The knives and the hats all got destroyed, and Yume Dark Magician was free. "It won't be easy to destroy him."

"We'll see about that!" He shouted.

"DARK MAGICIAN." They both shouted. "DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" Both of the Dark Magicians attacked at the same time, destroying them both. "Now he'll return!" They both revealed another Magic. "MONSTER REBORN!" Both Dark Magicians returned.

"We're back to where we started," Arkana said.

"A stalemate. Why don't we unlock the shackles, then finish this duel with honor?"

"HONOR?!" He exclaimed. "And ruin the fun?! NO WAY!"

"Okay then." Yume draws her card. "But answer me this: Why did you lead me down here, Arkana? And why force me into a duel in which the loser's mind is sent to the Shadow Realm?"

"Just following orders from my master."

"That's enough secrets, Arkana! What's going on now?!"

Arkana just said nothing. "This is why." He removed his mask, to which Yume gasped!

"Once, I was the greatest illusionist and magician since Harry Houdini himself." Memories of his acts were going through his head. "My act was the envy of the entire magic world, and I loved every minute of it. I had it all: Money, fame, but the most important one was Catherine." Yume was taken aback, but realized that he was in love with Catherine.

"We were also," he continued, "going to be married until a fateful day. A routine trick, one I'd done many times. But Catherine knew that something was wrong when she looked. I lost my career and movie star good looks then. And I lost Catherine's love, too. I drove her away, Yume! A broken man, and I didn't want her to see me ruined!"

Yume showed a bit of sympathy. "She stood by me," he continued, "and I hurt her! When I figured it out, it was too late because she's been gone. My life was over until I met Marik." He placed the mask back on. "He made me an offer that if I could eliminate the Pharaoh's apprentice for good, he'd help me win back Catherine with that Millennium Rod of his."

"I've known him, Arkana." Yume said. "And believe me, working with Marik will only lead to more pain and suffering. He cares about no one but himself and what he wants! He'll say and do anything to get what he wants!"

"It's a cruel, cruel world, Yume. You'll find that out soon enough. There are very few things you can count on. And even fewer people. I'm still counting on Marik to help me bring Catherine back to my arms. He's a man of honor, Yume. You shouldn't be so quick to judge people."

"You're just a fool, Arkana, in trusting him!" Yume reassured. "Instead, you have to be placing your trust in yourself and in your cards! You rely on tricks and illusions to win instead of believing in your deck. That'll be your downfall in this duel!"

"What could be more important than the cards, Yume? They are just cards, and nothing more!"

"That's your problem, Arkana! They're not just cards. My heart is in my deck, and that is something you'll never understand."

"You talk about your faith in your cards, Yume, but that will be considered a downfall instead. I knew that you depended on the Dark Magician to bail you out, so I built my dueling deck with one purpose: To take the Dark Magician in your deck away from you!"

"Arkana, there's still time. Free us before it's too late. You can still stop this!"

"Not until your Dark Magician is mine!" He drew his card, then placed one facedown. Yume draws her card, then places two face down. "Spicing up the show, huh?" He activates a card. "I play BECKON TO THE DARK!" Clouds formed, then a hand showed up.

Yume started to get scared. "That's right, Yume. With its gruesome claw, this Magic card will destroy any monster on the field. So that Dark Magician will be gone!" The claw grabbed Yume's Dark Magician, but she had plans for him.

"Not yet!" She revealed a Trap. "You didn't count MYSTICAL REFPANEL!" The claw lets go of her Dark Magician. "This Trap," she explained, "will counter the darkness of your Magic card and spare my monster!"

"HA! An old trick I did, Yume!" Arkana said. "Beckon To The Dark was a decoy to get rid of your Trap! So I can play this next card." He activated his own trap. "NIGHTMARE'S CHAINS!" Chains came out of his Trap, ensnaring her Dark Magician. "These chains will bind your Dark Magician, putting him out of play and leaving you open for a direct attack!"

"NO! He's trapped!" Yume exclaimed as Arkana laughed. "With your monster hung up for the moment," he said, "all he can do is look on helplessly while I destroy his master!" He laughed more wildly as Yume growled.

"Of course," he said, "you won't be his master for much longer, so it really doesn't matter, I suppose. Soon, he'll belong to Marik. So, prepare yourself, Yume! Dark Magician, take out her Life Points with a direct attack!"

His Dark Magician readied his staff, then released dark energy at Yume, causing her to scream in pain as her Life Points dropped to 1500, matching Arkana's as the other dark energy disk moves towards her. "This is turning into quite the performance."

'Yume, You're badly hurt!' Yami called out to her. 'Please, let me finish this for you! I'm more than capable to withstand his attacks more!'

'G-Go ahead… Yami.' Her jacket pocket glowed again, then Yami switched with Yume. "I'm almost ready for the grand finale, Yume. And it'll be worth sticking around for. I don't want to ruin the surprise for you, but let's just say that Marik will be extremely pleased. But you, on the other hand, won't be. Go ahead and make your final move!"

Yami drew her next card. I can't free my Dark Magician, she thought. So Arkana has me beat, but… what if I set up a defense? "I'm setting," she said as she placed a monster down, "Big Shield Gardna in Defense!" A tribesman holding a big shield showed up. (ATK/DEF Points: 100/2600.) My Life Points will be protected!

"You're cowering behind your monsters!" Arkana called out. "Desperately trying to put off your inevitable defeat at the hands of my mighty Dark Magician. But that defense won't help you, I'm afraid. After my next turn, you're mind will be sent to the Shadow Realm because your Life Points hit zero. Now it's my turn, if I'm not mistaken!"

Arkana drew his next card. "I'll also play a monster, but in Attack." He placed it down. "Doll Of Demise!" A doll with bladed hands showed up. (ATK/DEF Points: 1600/1700.) "Now, I'll play one more Magic card." He placed it down. "ECTOPLASMER!"

Yami looked at it, but it seemed new to her. "I'll explain what it does. Ectoplasmer is a Magic card that drains the very soul of one of my monsters, creating a pure concentrated form of energy known as Ectoplasm. Which is then fired directly at you!"

"WHAT?!" Yami exclaimed. "But if your monsters are turned to hollow shells, they'll be of no use!"

"Maybe so, but once I defeat you, I'll have no more use for them anyway. Then my task will be complete, and I'll be reunited with Catherine! Now I'll be draining your Life Points by draining one of my monster's souls away!" Yami growled.

"EXTRACT ECTOPLASM!" The soul to his Doll Of Demise went from the monster to Ectoplasmer, then straight at Yami, passing Big Shield Gardna and hitting her Life Points, dropping her to 700 as the dark energy disc is closing in. One more hit, and I'm out!

"You've played well, Yume. I'll give you that. But you know why you and your beloved Dark Magician couldn't beat me? You're too soft."

Yami growled. "In battle, monsters respond best to fear! You have to make certain that they are afraid of you. You will never command their respect with kindness and trust. Just look what happened with your Dark Magician. You are the master, they are the servants. And they should ensure victory for you, even if it means you have to destroy them to get there!"

"You are a sick man, Arkana!"

"It's my show, and my Dark Magician knows that I'm his master. He is nothing but my pawn. Now for the grand finale! ECTOPLASMER!" His Dark Magician's soul was sealed in Ectoplasmer.

"Stop this now, Arkana!" Yami tried to reassure. "This duel has already gone way too far!"

"Not when I'm about to win! FIRE THE ECTOPLASM!" The Ectoplasm was fired, passing Gardna and heading towards Yami, but her Dark Magician lost his soul and dashed in front of Yami, blocking the attack and saving her Life Points!

"It looks like," Yami said surprisingly, "your plan to destroy me backfired! You're so busy disrespecting the cards, Arkana, that you fail to learn how to use them properly."

"WHAT?!"

"While it is true that Ectoplasmer drains your monster's souls and fires that energy at your opponent, but what you obviously didn't realize is that when there's more than one of the same monster on the field, they're all affected in the same way. So my Dark Magician was drained of his soul also, cancelling out you attack!"

"You may have avoided that one," Arkana called out, "but you're still one attack away from being banished to the Shadow Realm forever! With you Dark Magician destroyed, and almost all of your Life Points drained out to zero! One more attack, and then that dark energy disc will banish your mind to the Shadow Realm forever!"

"Never, Arkana! You've already lost by putting your trust in a scoundrel like Marik! You actually believe that if you defeat me, he'll reunite you with your lost love, Catherine? If so, then you're more of a fool than I thought." Arkana looked at his deck, then back at Yami.

"Arkana!" Yami shouted. "Why don't you save yourself and set us free?!"

"And ruin the fun? I think not!" He drew his card, then placed a monster face down. "Remember that this is my show, Yume. And the grand finale is so close that I can practically taste it. But don't forget that I'm a master of magic, the king of Dark Magicians!"

"You're not even close, Arkana." Yami said. "What kind of king would extract the soul of his very own Dark Magician? You disrespect your cards and rely on tricks to win! But I'm making sure you'll lose and learn a valuable lesson!"

"What's that, Yume? I couldn't hear you over the hum of the dark energy disc, waiting to send you to the Shadow Realm! Get ready to say goodbye to your Dark Magician, and your mind! I call this duel over. I'm going to pull a stunning victory out of my hat, so pay attention!"

"Sorry, Arkana. But your tricks will have to wait since your turns over! Because it's my turn to take control of this duel." Yami drew her next card. "And since you have no monsters left to defend your Life Points!"

"My Life Points are higher!"

"Not for long because I summon Gazelle The King Of Mythical Beasts!" Her beast showed up.

"Activate SHADOW BALANCE!" Arkana revealed his card. "This trap makes the number of monsters you have on the field equal to the number I have. And since I have no more monsters left, that means all of yours will be destroyed!" A balance shows up.

"No way!" Yami cried out. "That removes the only defense against an attack, which means…"

"They're gone," Arkana finished, "and I can make a direct attack at your Life Points!" Her monsters were destroyed due to Shadow Balance. "Now what will you do? With your Dark Magician destroyed, and with no monsters left on the field. Nothing will save you now! It's over!"

Arkana drew his card, then smiled brightly. "I hold in my hand the winning card! The key to sending your mind to the Shadow Realm and getting Catherine back! Told you I was the true master of the Dark Magician. And what kind of master would have only one Dark Magician in his deck, hmm?"

She gasped. "The first one may be gone, but I have another one, waiting to destroy you! Not only that, I can summon him without sacrificing a weaker monster. Thanks to this card!" He played it. "DARK MAGIC CURTAIN!" A curtain showed up with a skeleton on top.

"Dark Magic Curtain," he explained, "allows me to summon a high-level monster like Dark Magician without a sacrifice, in exchange for half my Life Points." He dropped to 750 Life Points. "Here we go, Dark Magician!"

The curtain was revealed, showing his second Dark Magician. "There's no way you can win now. Remember, my dueling deck was put together specifically to counter your strengths. It's a mix of power and magic makes for an unbeatable show, don't you think? Marik will reward me when I handed him your Dark Magician and tell him your mind's in the Shadow Realm!"

He laughed as Yami growled. 'It won't work, Yami.' Yume said to her. 'I'm actually born from the Shadow Realm. My mind won't get sent there, but my whole body will, but not the Puzzle! I'll handle this.' Yami's jacket pocket glowed as she reverted to Yume.

"Pay attention," Arkana said, "as my Dark Magician wipes out the last of your Life Points, and ends your dueling career forever! If you thought the show was good before, you won't want to miss this ending, Yume! But because of your face downs, I'll literally wipe them out by using Anti-Magic Arrows!" Yume went wide eyed as Arkana played it.

Arrows came out of the Magic card and stabbed Yume's face downs, rendering them useless during the turn. "You're out of hopes, Yume. This show is over, and I have you pinned down! Dark Magician, make another direct attack at her Life Points and end this!"

His Dark Magician had his staff powered up and charged at Yume, but she stayed brave and smiled. When Dark Magician was about to hit her, Dark Magic Curtain appeared on Yume's side. "I don't think so, Arkana!"

"What's going on?!" Arkana exclaimed. "My Dark Magic Curtain works for you to?!"

"Yes it is. And you should've been reading the rules more closely instead of seeing your victory. It's Magic summoning powers to both sides of the dueling field. That means I can trade half my Life Points for my own monster to come. And I decide so for another kind of Dark Magician!" Her Life Points drop to 350 as the dark energy disc is dangerously close to her.

"Hang on!" Arkana shouted. "You only have one Dark Magician! I was told that you only had one!"

"Who said it had to be Dark Magician himself? You were misinformed! The card that I hold in my hand is a different variety of Dark Magician! And it's even more powerful than yours is!"

"IT CAN'T BE! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! I'D KNOWN A DARK MAGICIAN WHEN I SEE ONE!"

"Oh, it's possible, alright, Arkana!" Yume said as she placed the card down and the curtain opened. "A magician that happens to be my favorite card: DARK MAGICIAN GIRL!" She showed up.

"A female Dark Magician! You're wrong about one thing! Her Attack Points is less than my Dark Magician's! My monster will win head to head! Dark Magician, ATTACK DARK MAGICIAN GIRL!" Dark Magician approached her, but she interrupted him and caused a significant counterattack at the last second, creating a big puff of smoke. "Now, you're finished!"

"I would advise you to look again, Arkana." Yume said when the smoke cleared. Dark Magician Girl is still there. And his Dark Magician is turning to dust, destroyed.

"How is it possible?! You're Magician Girl should've been weaker."

"Again, something else you didn't learn. Dark Magician Girl is the pupil of Dark Magician, so she gains an additional 300 Attack Points whenever there's a Dark Magician in the card Graveyard, Arkana. She was strong enough to withstand the attack and destroy yours!"

"That's not high enough! She'd have 2300 with yours in. It's still not enough, and should bring your Life Points down by another 200."

Yume sighed. "You still don't get it. Any Dark Magician in either Graveyard counts, be it red or black! You gave her enough power to help me win this duel, and since another one was sent to the Graveyard, her total Attack Points is now 2900, but you lost only the 100 Point difference. Now, you'll be the loser on this duel!"

"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! GET ME OUT NOW!"

"Dark Magician Girl," Yume ordered, "WIPE OUT HIS LIFE POINTS WITH A DIRECT ATTACK!" Dark Magician Girl approached him ever so closely, and used her staff to finish off his Life Points with a major strike. "When you mistreat your cards, a high price is paid." Her key box opened and she wasted no time getting herself free.

"You call yourself a Dark Magician Master? It was your disrespect and your misuse of your own Dark Magicians that caused you to lose your duel, Arkana."

"There would've been no way you could've beaten my, Yume! I am the greatest known magician the world has ever known!"

"There is something I should be sorry for, Arkana. You led me all the way down here, for the sole purpose of losing at your own demented game! You relied on trickery to win instead of trusting and respecting the heart of the cards."

Yume realized that he wasn't paying attention as the dark energy disc is closing in on Arkana. She saw a key near his feet and wasted no time getting to his feet, unlocking the shackles and got him down on the floor before the energy disc got to him right on time!

"Not even," Yume said, "a cheat like you deserves to go to the Shadow Realm." She then noticed that Arkana had the Eye of Horus on his forehead.

"We meet again, Pharaoh's apprentice. I'm sure no introductions were needed because your father has talked to you about me."

"You are such a coward, Marik! Sending your Rare Hunters when you can come to me and meet me face to face!"

"I'm sure we'll meet soon, when the time comes! And once I obtain what's mine, and you know exactly what it is! The Puzzle, as well as the ancient powers of the Pharaoh and his apprentice. Remember when I took control of Bandit Keith?" She remembered her duel with Bandit Keith.

"I almost succeeded in separating you from the Millennium Puzzle forever, but you managed to piece it back together before you and your friend, Yami, were destroyed."

"Tell me why you want their powers. Tell me that now!"

"That power is rightfully mine! Once I have it, I'll be unstoppable! The world will belong to me! And no one will stand in the way of destiny! Especially not you!"

"Just watch me, Marik! I'm going to beat you so hard you'll never expect something coming!"

"Listen, Yume. My family has been enslaved for centuries. Protecting the tomb of the Pharaoh and his apprentice until either returns. The Pharaoh never returned from the Shadow Realm when I sent him there, but I failed in taking the Puzzle, as it was passed down to you. And for what?! I should be the Pharaoh!"

"Not a chance, Marik! You're not getting the Pharaoh's or the apprentice's powers, and I'm making sure of it! It belongs to them, not you!"

"Well we'll just see about that, Little Yume. You're nothing but a vessel for the Apprentice's spirit. You could never comprehend her strength. Nor could you stand in my way of getting it! We've given up too much to let someone else claim the throne. I was raised on the ancient scriptures, learning all there is to know about the Pharaoh and his Apprentice."

She nodded because she heard that from Yugi. "As well as the Shadow Games. And the key to that kind of power rests in the Millennium Puzzle and the three Egyption God cards. The problem is, I have to win a duel against you for the Puzzle. After I obtain the Puzzle, it's banishment to the Shadow Realm!"

"First of all, I was born in the Shadow Realm. Second, why would you want to do banish me to the Shadow Realm?"

"So I can make sure you don't get in my way! Once I gain control of the Millennium Puzzle and all three Egyption God cards, I'll be king! And a much more worthy king than the Pharaoh and his apprentice. I bet even she wouldn't know how to harness the great powers that lie dormant within her! I, on the other hand, know full well how to take them from him."

Yume gasped. "And the Millennium Rod I posess will ensure that I get everything that I need!"

"Who has the cards?"

"I have two cards already. And I know where the third one is. But soon enough, my loyal team of Rare Hunters will bring the final card to me! It's only a matter of time, you see." Yume realized where this is heading.

"That is, until I take what is rightfully mine and banish you and the Pharaoh's apprentice to the dreaded Shadow Realm, where you will spend all of eternity while the rest of the world is kneeling before King Marik, the new Pharaoh!" He started laughing.

"You're powerless against me, Yume. My destiny can't be stopped. Don't you see it's only a matter of time?! The three Egyptian God cards, along with the Millennium Puzzle will belong to me! Then I'll strip the Pharaoh's powers and infuse them with myself!"

Yum placed a hand on her Puzzle, thinking that she needs to prevent Marik from getting the Puzzle at all costs. "Marik, you won't defeat me in a duel so you can't get your greedy hands on the Millennium Puzzle!"

"I promise you by the sands of Egypt, the power's of the Pharaoh will be mine! Another of my mind slaves is already in Battle City, waiting to defeat you and take your Puzzle! And with an Egyptian God card!" She gasped.

"And the name?"

"You'll find out soon enough, Yume. Until then, beware of the quiet one. And we will meet again!"