Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Yu-Gi-Oh GX Stars: Darkness Moon ❯ Twilight Battles ( Chapter 12 )

Well, I've managed to pass my school year and I am able to move on to the next semester during this fall. However, I may not be able to update too often than I thought this summer because I'm going to get a summer job to get some money for the expenses for the upcoming final year in Penn State University. I'll try to update as best as I can, but chapter updates might take a bit longer than expected and I thank all of you for your patience. Anyway, I would like to thank all of you that review my story, thus far. It has been a great success because of all of you and I hope to keep up with your standards with this story remaining enjoyable. Like I said before, I'm sorry to all of you, Bastion fans, about the Bastion bashing near the end of the last chapter. I do like the character of Bastion, but I needed someone for the `attack' on Ami and with the remaining `top members' of the SOL to choose from, Bastion seemed like the only possible choice. However, don't worry, things will get better for our intelligential duelist after he is freed from the SOL and the Light of Destruction's control. Now, there are more twists and surprises to come in this story before the final battle with the Light of Destruction and a bit more even after! Oops! I don't want to get ahead of myself, so, let's move on shall we?!

 

Now, before I begin this chapter, I would like take the time to give thanks and credit to SailorStar9 and this author's fanfiction of `The Astral Twins' for the idea of Supreme Sailor Senshi known as Sailor Astral. Then I would like to give thanks and credit to inu-yusukekaiba102 and this author's story of `Darkness Powers Unleashed' and Tri-Edge of the Azure Flames, once known as Mecha-Metal Sonic/Yeshua, The Angel of Chaos, and this author's story of `Turn to the Darkness', which is currently being rewritten into a brand new story, for the very idea of the plot of the story, the darkness powers of our heroes and heroines, the `Dark Forms' of our heroes and heroines, the original Duel Monster's card, Darkness Veil, and finally, the `dark halves' of our heroes and heroines, including Serena's, Jaden's, and Alexis' dark forms of Eclipse, Dark Jaden, and Solar Eclipse. Then I would like to give thanks and credit to inu-yusukekaiba102 and this author's story of `Darkness Powers Unleashed' of the idea of the dark powers known as the Darkness of Salvation and the idea for Atticus Rhodes' own `White Night's deck' as well as any of the ideas that came from this author not mentioned in this commentary. Next, I would like to give thanks and credit to Tri-Edge of the Azure Flames, once known as Mecha-Metal Sonic/Yeshua, The Angel of Chaos, and this author's story of `Turn to the Darkness', for the idea of Chaos Yeshua/Yeshua, his background, his powers, his `looks' and personality, and his Duel Monsters' deck with his original Duel Monsters' cards. Finally, I would like to give thanks and credit to ggctuk, a Fanfiction author, and this author's story of `Vengeance' for the idea to the `heir to Egypt', the successor to Pharaoh Atem as the next great Pharaoh of Egypt and the next one to bear the `power of the Pharaoh' that Atem has as well as the idea for the alternate forms of the Egyptian Gods known as, Obelisk, God of War, Slifer, Dragon of Osiris, and Sun Dragon Ra, and the use of Polymerization with the Egyptian God Cards, Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and the Winged Dragon of Ra, to create the Creator of Light.

 

Disclaimer: I DON'T own Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh GX, Inuyasha, Yu-Yu-Hakusho, any of the characters, and anything/anyone else that comes from the other stories that end up in this fanfiction! Sailor Moon is owned/licensed by Naoko Takeuchi and Toei Animation, Yu-Gi-Oh is owned/licensed by Kazuki Takahashi, Toei Animation, and Studio Gallop, Yu-Gi-Oh GX is owned/licensed by Studio Gallop and its various directors, Inuyasha is owned/licensed by Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise Studios, and Yu-Yu-Hakusho is owned/licensed by Yoshihiro Togashi and Studio Pierrot!

 

Warning: This chapter will contain intense violence, blood, possible gore and death, mild to explicit bad language, mild to explicit suggestive themes, including mind-control and brainwashing, and X-rated adult themes/situations including lime(s), nudity, and other adult themes/situations that some readers might consider disturbing!

 

Yu-Gi-Oh GX Stars: Darkness Moon

 

Chapter 12: Twilight Battles

 

(Joining our Moon Princess; Evening hours in the Ra Yellow dorms)

 

During the evening hours on Academy Island, we find our Moon Princess, wearing a dark blue nightgown that reaches to her tops of her kneecaps and held together only by two skinny lines, with her room in the Ra Yellow dorms where she is staying until the Obelisk Blue dorms can be retaken from the Light of Destruction/Sartorius and the Society of Light. She has her hair out of its usual odango pigtails and she looks at her blond and black hair with dark violet and silver highlights running through her blond and pitch black hair, which flows down to the floor, and she has a smile on her lips while combing her hair with a black hairbrush in front of a large mirror in her room.

 

Soon after, her `dark half', Eclipse, appears in the mirror besides Serena and she says, with a dark sly tone in her voice, “Well, you seem to be in a good mood, moon girl.”

 

Serena replies, with a sly tone on her lips, “Why shouldn't I be? I've gotten my Darien-chan and all of my friends back, we kicked that alien freak's butt, if he had one outside of Sartorius' body, and that rotten Society of Light has lost over one-third of its membership, getting weaker every single day. I hope that space freak that this Moon Princess isn't a girl to get kicked around anymore.”

 

Eclipse tells Serena, with a dark serious tone, “Hey, girl, don't you forget that you had my help!”

 

Serena rolls her eyes and replies, drolly, “Yeah, how can I forget that?”

 

Eclipse yells out, with a dark insulted tone, “Hey!”

 

Serena tells Eclipse, with a serious tone, “Let's not get into an argument now. We have to make sure that we learn from the past and move on. Not just constantly looking back and staying in the past.”

 

Eclipse snorts and mumbles, with a dark annoyed tone, “Easy for you to say, princess.”

 

Serena tells Eclipse, serious tone in her voice, “Do you really think so?” Serena continues to comb her hair and says, with a solemn expression on her face and serious tone on her lips, “Because it is easy for me to say, but not so easy to do.” Eclipse is surprised by Serena's statement at first, but she isn't for long since she is a part of our Moon Princess.

 

Eclipse tells Serena, with a dark sly smile on her lips, “Let's not talk about that asshole and his Dork Club for tonight. You have another night with Darien to look forward to.” Eclipse asks Serena, with a dark sly grin, “And by the way, why haven't you allowed Darien the choice of having the same dark powers as you and Rini have?”

 

Serena tells Eclipse, with a sneer, “You know darn well why I didn't.”

 

Eclipse tells Serena, with a dark sly grin, “And you know darn well that he stands a better chance against that Society Dorks with the Darkness of Salvation inside of him and you can protect him better that way. He hasn't been eliminate from the tournament since that duel with didn't count.”

 

Serena tells Eclipse, rolling her eyes, “Did you have to remind of that damned duel?”

 

Eclipse tells Serena, in a dark serious tone, “And that's well my damn point, girlfriend! We can fight better with the Darkness of Salvation inside of him to protect him! You damn well don't want to lose him, again!”

 

Serena replies, in a serious tone, “I don't want to lose him, again, but I'm not allowing him to live with this dark power or the responsibility of using it on his mind! Rini only did because she was in the future and she managed to find away to do without my future self knowing!”

 

Eclipse tells Serena, with a dark sly grin, “Well, I say that hot cutie of yours, since he isn't a white geek anymore, needs another opinion. You see, you and I can switch control of our body as long as you allow it, but that doesn't mean that I can't get to him another way.”

 

Serena's eyes widen and she asks, perplexed and suspicious tone in her voice, “What do you mean?”

 

Eclipse tells Serena, with a dark sly grin, “Even through I'm your darkness, now, I'm separate from you and I was created by as well as a part of the Darkness of Salvation. So, that doesn't mean I can't extend my will into yours.” Eclipse's eyes give off a bright dark violet glow and Serena gasps before her eyes become glazed as she closes them. Eclipse thinks in her mind, with a dark serious tone, “Sorry, girlfriend, I really don't like doing this to you, but I am still a part of you and I can fill your great need to protect your friends AND your beloved to make sure that they aren't by that alien asshole from hell ever again! However, what happened before has made you think twice before giving people the choice of infusing the dark powers of the Black Crystal within anymore people. If you aren't going to do what it takes to protect your love, I'm going to have to `help' you in that case.” Eclipse then fades back and Serena's eyes, revealing the dark gleam in them of her original `dark form', but with a mischievous sly look.

 

Serena hears a knock at her door and she asks, with a sly tone, “Who is it?”

 

Darien's voice calls out, “It's me, Sere'!”

 

Serena sings out, in a sly and seductive tone, “Just a minute, sweetie.” Soon after, Serena goes to her door, unlocks it, and gently opens the door to reveal Darien in his usual Duel Academy uniform and clothing.

 

Darien asks Serena, with his usual smile, “May I come in?”

 

Serena replies, with a sly smile and tone, “Of course.” Darien enters the room and notices the dark gleam in Serena's eyes, but he doesn't have much to think about when Serena turns her head away as she closes the door. Darien shakes his head, thinking it must be his imagination, and goes over to Serena's bed, sitting down by the right side of it with removing his shoes and socks and pulling the blankets away. Soon after, Serena closes the door, she sets uses her new power to create a field around the whole room to negate any `sounds' inside of the room to make sure they stay in the room, gently sneaks over to the other side of the bed, crawls onto the bed and over to Darien, and she gently wraps his arms around him.

 

Darien tells Serena, in a bit of surprised tone, “Sere . . .?”

 

Serena whispers into his left ear, with seductive tone, “Don't worry, Darien. It will be all right. Where is Rini now?”

 

Darien replies, in a low tone, “She is staying with Syrus and Hotaru for the moment.”

 

Serena says, with a seductive tone on her lips, “That's good. That means you and I can have the night to ourselves.” Serena then unexpectedly and gently licks Darien's left ear and nibbles on it.

 

Darien asks, a bit surprised, “Serena?”

 

Serena whispers into his ear, in a very sexy and seductive tone, “Easy, my love. I'm just making the most of this night. Now, let me help you out of those clothes.” Serena then gently removes Darien's purple blazer and soon after, his shirt, exposing his muscular chest, and she gently rubs his chest with massaging his shoulders soon after. Darien is shocked and surprised by his beloved's behavior, but becomes relaxed as she massages his shoulders. Serena asks Darien, seductively, “How does that feel, my love?”

 

Darien tells Serena, feeling relaxed and at ease, “Mmm . . . Really good, Serena. How did you learn to do that?”

 

Serena tells Darien, with a sly and seductive tone, “Oh, like I said before, I've got a few `hidden talents'.” While massaging his shoulders, Serena only uses her left hand to do it while using her right hand to pull the lines on her nightgown down and let the nightgown slip down her body using her legs to throw it over the left side of the bed, leaving her in her black bra and panties. Soon after, Serena stops massaging his shoulders, wraps his arms around his body, and undoes his belt, throwing it away.

 

But before she can unzip his jeans, Darien asks Serena, a bit nervously, “Serena, what are you doing?”

 

Serena kisses Darien on the neck and whispers into his ear, slyly, “Come on, Darien, it's not like I haven't seen you naked before. Now, take those off.” Darien, a bit perplexed by his girlfriend's behavior, takes off his pants and boxers, putting them on the floor. After Darien gently gets onto the bed, Serena gently forces him down onto the bed on his back with her hovering over him. Darien gives a surprised reaction and he then looks into her eyes. It has the warm and gentle look, but he also sees the dark gleam inside of her eyes.

 

Darien asks Serena, a bit surprised and nervously, “Sere . . .”

 

Serena snaps off her bra and removes her panties, leaving her totally naked in front of her beloved prince, she molds her body onto his, and she tells him, looking at him eye to eye and with a loving tone, “Guess I can't keep anything from your eyes, love. Eclipse has extended her `influence' inside of me and let's just say that I'm not in a position to argue. Personally, I'm not happy about that, but I can't do anything about my `dark side' for the moment. Sorry, love.” Serena then kisses Darien on the lips, moving her tongue into his mouth, tasting every nook and carnie of his tongue and mouth, and gently massages him on the chest. Darien looks at Serena with surprise, seeing the love and caring look along with the dark gleam in her eye, and then a wave of pleasure surges through his body. He then looks to see Serena's hands glowing with dark violet and black light and starts to feel the dark energy flowing into his body. His natural reaction, fighting against evil forces that used darkness before, was to try to stop his love, but then a warm and comfortable feeling instead of a cold and chilling feeling comes over his body and he stops as the wave of pleasure continue to surge through his body. His already natural black hair is getting crimson red highlights as the dark power flowing into his body and then Darien rolls to his left, putting Serena onto the bed on her right side, and he puts his right arm across her slender and sexy waist as they continue to make out while closing their eyes. Soon after, the two of them move into a sitting position as Darien puts his left hand on Serena's right breast and gently massages it causing her to moan in his mouth. When they release from the kiss, they look at each other, gaining the same dark gleam in their eyes, and Serena tells Darien, in a loving tone, “I love you, my prince.”

 

Darien replies, lovingly, “I love you, my beautiful moon goddess.” Serena and Darien move into another passionate kiss, mating their tongues and tasting each other's mouths and saliva, and Darien wraps his right arm and hand around Serena's slender and sexy waist, feeling her silky smooth skin while using his left hand to massage and fondle her right breast with Serena wrapping her arms around his shoulders and using her feminine hands to massage his back. As we leave the room, there are moans and groans of erotic pleasure and excitement filling the room, but the `sound barrier' that Serena set up with her new powers made sure that none of the sounds leave the room.

 

(The following morning; Somewhere on Academy in the early morning hours)

 

Sometime after sunrise the following morning, we find Darien and all of our Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts, expect for Serena, along with Luna and Atriums walking towards a clearing in the middle of the woods. When Darien woke up in Serena's room after their `passionate night', she had left him note to come to this forest with the rest of the girls. Serena communicated with Ami, Rei, and Amara to inform them that she was all right and confirmed that note was from her. As they walk in the woods, Darien's purple Academy teacher's uniform has become pitch black in color with his hair having crimson red highlights in it. Darien explained that Serena's `dark side', Eclipse, `made' her infuse the Darkness of Salvation inside of him, too.

 

Michelle says, nodding her head, “So, the Darkness of Salvation is inside of you, too?”

 

Darien nods his head and Rei asks, curiously, “Why would Meatball Head's `dark side' make her do that?”

 

Trista says, in a plain tone, “Most likely, Eclipse was acting according to Serena's deep desire and need to keep all of you safe. Remember, the Darkness of Salvation is the opposite of the Light of Destruction. It can feel all types of emotions, positive and negative, including love, friendship, sincerity, courage, anger, rate, hate, sorrow, pain, and those emotions become a part of it. The Darkness of Salvation is a thinking and feeling living entity and can act on its own, even through it is a part of another living being, but unlike the Light of Destruction, who takes over and brainwashes its host or hosts, the Darkness of Salvation inhabits its hosts in a symbiotic relationship and sometimes, it acts on its host's actions, feelings, and desires.”

 

Mina says, looking over herself, “It sounds a bit creepy that there is another `being' living inside her and the rest of us, but then again, personally, after what that asshole did to us and Serena, any help is fine with me.”

 

Lita tells Mina, nodding her head, “No joke, Mina. Anything and anyone wanting to help us to get rid of that space freak and his damned white cult is fine with me, too.”

 

Atriums tells Mina and Lita, “You, girls, have to be careful to control your emotions. The Darkness of Salvation can affect your thoughts and feelings, but you can do the same. In a symbiotic relationship, whatever effects one affects the other.”

 

Hotaru asks, in a curious tone, “Does anyone know why Serena-hime would be out here?”

 

Ami tells Hotaru, “I'm not sure, Hotaru-chan.”

 

Amara tells Hotaru, in a plain tone, “Serena called Ami-chan, Rei, and me using her sailor communicator and told us that she was all right as well as the note that she left Darien was indeed hers.”

 

Rei tells Darien, “I'm surprised that Serena could write a note so well.”

 

Michelle tells Rei, with a smile on her lips, “Well, who knows what Serena can do these days. She has changed a lot ever this all started.”

 

Luna says, with a sigh, “Sometimes I worried that about if Serena changed too much. Sure, I would like Serena to become more responsible and serious, but not at the price of losing who she is deep down.”

 

Atriums tells Luna, with a reassuring tone, “Our princess and prince, along with the rest of us, have been through a lot, but victory is becoming ever so closer. I mean, the Light of Destruction was no match for Serena, Jaden, Yusuke, Hikari, and Kagome together as one.”

 

Luna tells Atriums, “Maybe Atriums, but Yeshua told us in order to win, we need all six Chosen Duelists and Aster Phoenix tends to do things on his own.”

 

Lita yells out, a bit annoyed, “What is Aster's problem?! Sartorius may have been his friends, but this battle involves all of us, not just him!”

 

Ami tells Lita, “Well, you have to remember that he is looking for his father's card that was stolen from him on the day that he vanished.”

 

Darien says, in a serious tone, “What he doesn't know is that the card and the person that stole the card could still be under the control of this evil force. And we don't know has the card and what purpose the Light of Destruction has for him or her.”

 

Hotaru asks Rini, “Do you have any idea Rini?”

 

Rini tells Hotaru, “Sorry, Hotaru, I don't know anything that what all of you know. I knew about the Light of Destruction, but I didn't get any information about specifics, including who else could be possessed by it.”

 

Mina says, with her excited tone, “Well, whoever it is, we will kick their butt as we are kicking the butts of those white dorks in that darn Society of Trash.”

 

Amara asks Ami, “By the way, Ami, did you, Alinna, and Keiko work on the details on getting Alexis Rhodes' sister back?”

 

Ami nods her head and says, “Yes. Hikari, Yusuke, Jasmine, and Mindy have been keeping an eye on him whenever he is out of the `White Dorm'. However, we're not sure what to do if Atticus' dormant demon blood fully awakens if his loss at Sartorius' hands awakened his Ma-zoku blood.”

 

Rei says, amazed, “I wasn't what to think when I sensed the demonic auras from Yusuke, Hikari, and Alexis, but finding out that they are actually half-demons with dormant demon that has been recently awakened, now I know why they had demon energy flowing through their bodies. However, I can't believe there is actually such a thing as humans that can be born with demon blood.”

 

Trista tells Rei, “The atavism of the Ma-zoku is rare phenomena that can be undetected for generations. Atavism is what happens when a person shows a trait of a distant ancestor and the atavism of the Ma-zoku demons is that passes on its gene deliberately until it finds successor that can succeed the gene. With his training and increase of power during their journey as part of Komena's Spirit Detective team gave the gene enough energy to allow it to awaken and transform Hikari and Yusuke in half-human and half-Ma-zoku demon and the intensity of the Shadow Game fought between Alexis and Jaden as well as the intense negative energy from the Light of Destruction when he took control of the Sun Princess allowed her Ma-zoku gene to awaken.”

 

Mina says, a bit nervously, “Well, I'm just glad that Yusuke and Hikari don't have to eat human flesh and Alexis' `problem' has been taken care of sometime before we were freed from that jerk's control.”

 

Lita nods his head and says, with a smile, “Yeah. With the strength and fighting skills as those two, I'm glad that they are on our side. Personally, I'm glad that I don't remember anything when I was on the wrong side of their fists.” Soon after, Darien, Luna, and Atriums and the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts arrive on the field and don't see anything at first.

 

Mina asks, curiously, “So, is this the place?” Just then, as if to answer Mina's question, a loud `bang' like a huge hammer or a huge stone crashing to the ground is heard and then a familiar female yell of shock and pain is heard before a blur passes by Darien's, the girls', and the two guardian felines' right side across the field and slams into the ground with terrific force.

 

Luna yells out, surprised, “What on Earth was that?”

 

Mina says, a bit nervously, “You know the shrill that can with that sounded very familiar.”

 

Hotaru tells Mina, a bit nervously, “Unfortunately, Mina-chan, I believe that you are right.” When the smoke and dust clear from the `crash site', our group finds none other than Eternal Twilight Sailor Moon rising up from the small crater where the blur, obvious her, slammed into the ground with her fuku slightly torn and some dust on the bodysuit and her face.

 

Sailor Moon shakes her head and says, rubbing her forehead, “When I said that I wanted to see stars, I didn't mean literal stars.”

 

Rini calls out to Sailor Moon, “What happened to you, Meatball Head?”

 

Sailor Moon looks over to see her friends and yells out to Rini, a bit annoyed, “What do you think Rini?!” Sailor Moon looks ahead of her, seeing Sailor Galaxy in front of her, and calls out, seriously, “Did you have to hit so hard, Kari?!” Every one of Serena's friends, her future daughter, and boyfriend looks in the direction that Sailor Moon to see Sailor Galaxy standing in front of her with her dragon sword in her right hand. On the meanwhile, they also see the Solar Moon/Jaden, Solar Sun/Yusuke, Sailor Star/Kagome, Jasmine, Mindy, Chazz, Syrus, Zane, Tyranno, Kuwabara, Keiko, Yukina, Kurama, Hiei, Botan, Inuyasha, Alinna, Danielle, Shala, and finally, one brand new Sailor Scout on the sidelines.

 

This new Sailor Scout has a mixture of dirty blond hair and natural black hair with dark violet highlights in her hair and her hair is in Alexis' exact hairstyle, she has a crown of small golden feathers across her forehead, she has a golden and red sun mark on her forehead, she has Alexis' brown eyes, her lips are pitch black in color, her earrings are golden and red sun jewels above dark violet heart jewel with golden star and black star jewels attached to it, she has a golden metallic choker around his neck with a golden angel wing on the left and right side of the choker, she has a golden and red sun sigil in the center of the choker, attached below the center of the choker is a rainbow pendant with oval-shaped dark blue jewel with a golden heart connected by two golden angel wings imprinted in the center of the blue jewel, her V-style sailor choker is dark blue color, her bodysuit is pure golden color with a silver heart brooch with six golden angel wings attached to it with the golden and red sun sigil in the center of the brooch, flanked by a golden star on the right and a black star on the left, she has shoulder pads like Eternal Sailor Moon's shoulder pads, but they are bright dark violet in color with one small golden angel wing attached to each shoulder pad, she has gloves similar to Eternal Sailor Moon's gloves, expect they are pitch black in color, dark violet bands on them, the bands on the ends of the gloves have three small golden feathers attached to them, and the gloves are fingerless, exposing dark blue fingernails with golden and red sun sigils on each fingernail, she has rainbow colored armored elbow pads attached to her elbows, she has a golden metallic band with a oval-shaped diamond in the center that has a golden and red sun with golden angel wings attached to the sun sigil imprinted on the diamond and the metallic band is wrapped around the middle of her upper arm, her mini-skirt is triple layered with dark blue, black, and gold as the colors of the mini-skirt, the top center portion of the mini-skirt has a golden heart jewel with six golden angel wings attached to the heart jewel, the mini-skirt is covered in various other jewels, the bow on the rear of her mini-skirt is exactly like Eternal Sailor Moon's bow, but it is a sparkling dark violet in color, she has golden armored kneepads on her kneecaps and knees, her high-heeled boots are similar to Eternal Sailor Moon's boots, expect they are dark violet in color, armored high-heeled boots, and they have two golden angel wings on each heels, and she also has six huge and fluffy golden angel wings coming out of her back. Wrapped around her lower chest is a pitch black belt with a silver buckle that has the golden and red sun sigil in the center of the buckle and on the left of the belt, there is a black sheath for a sword that has a golden hilt covered in jewels and a beautiful silver blade with ancient marking craved all over the blade with the sun sigil engraved on the center of the blade while on the right side of the belt is a specter similar to Sailor Moon's Moon Spiral Heart Rod, expect it has a dark violet staff, silver bow attached below the heart-shaped top, the heart-shaped top is sparkling gold in color with an oval-shaped beautiful diamond in the center of the heart-shaped top, there is a beautiful golden crown on top of the heart-shaped top with a golden and red sun sigil on the top of the crown.

 

Sol then appears seemly out of nowhere to Luna and Atriums and says, “Greeting, you two!”

 

Atriums points to the new Sailor Scout and asks Sol, “Sol, is that your princess?”

 

Sol nods her head and tells Atriums, “Yes, indeed. That's my princess in her new Eternal Twilight Sailor Sun form.”

 

Sailor Star calls out to the girls with a smile, “Hey, girls!”

 

Ami yells out to Sailor Star, “What's going on here, Kagome?!”

 

A harsh elderly female voice shouts out, “It's training! That's what!” Darien, the girls, and the two guardian felines look to see none other than Yeshua and our ex-spirit detective's former teacher, Genkai, in front of them with Yeshua standing up and Genkai sitting down on a large rock.

 

Genkai looks at Trista and tells her, “Trista, you have been looking well for a woman of your age.”

 

Trista tells Genkai, with a sly smile, “You haven't lost your sense of humor over the years, Master Genkai. It is good to see you, again.”

 

Darien and the rest of the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts look at Trista in surprise and Hotaru asks Trista, “Trista-mama, you know her?”

 

Trista nods her head and says, “Yes, her name is Genkai. She is a master physic in the art of Reiki or the use of spirit energy. Spirit energy is the energy that surrounds the human body and can't normally be accessed by regular humans, but there are some humans that have tapped into their spirit energy through various means. The Solaris Prince through his death and rebirth, the Galaxy Princess through the intense emotion of learning of her brother death, and namely our prince and princess during training with Yeshua and the intense emotions to get back as well as protect all that they love and cherish. If accessed, Reiki can be used for incredible things that both can destructive and helpful to mankind. Spirit energy can be used as weapons with incredible destructive powers that can destroy any weapon of war to dozens to hundreds of people or it can be used to heal any injury and sickness up to the point of near death if perfected enough. Genkai is one of the best martial arts and physics when it comes to Reiki.”

 

Yeshua says, in his plain and logical tone, “Plus, she is also the Solaris Prince's former sensei would bestowed the power of her Spirit Wave, her most powerful technique, to him.”

 

Trista then asks, curiously, “Yeshua, why is she here?”

 

Genkai replies, in her usual manner, “Yeshua came to him with Botan and Koemna to tell me about this whole Light of Destruction mess that he had told Yusuke, Hikari, and others about.” Genkai points to our ex-spirit detective and Solaris Prince and says, “I'm not surprised that this dimwit would go in with all barrels ready to blast when he heard that Keiko was brainwashed by this alien freak.”

 

Solar Sun tells Genkai, in his usual nasty tone, “Well, excuse me, Grandma, for getting pissed off when my girlfriend was turned into a cold and heartless monster!”

 

Genkai yells at Solar Sun, in her usual serious and nasty tone, “If I told you, once, if I had told you a thousand times never jump into something that you don't know too much about!”

 

Solar Sun tells Genkai, in his usual tone, “Keiko was brainwashed by some mind-wrapping freak and turned into his little puppet! That's all I needed to know!”

 

Genkai shakes her head and says, in her usual manner, “Typical Yusuke. I see that a few years training in the demon world and the Demon World Tournament didn't change you too much. Thinking with that heart and your fists rather than your head, you might be stronger and smarter, which I'm surprised that's possible, than when we first met, but deep down, you are same dimwit that came to my dojo to prevent a demon from stealing my powers and I trained to give you my Spirit Wave.”

 

Solar Sun states, with a really annoyed tone, “You are starting to piss me off, Grandma!”

 

Darien, the girls, and the two guardian felines see this and Mina states, a bit nervously, “They really don't seem to like each other, do they?”

 

Keiko comes over and tells the girls, with a smile, “Oh no, Yusuke and Genkai are always like this. This is there way of being friends.”

 

Rei says, a bit weirded out, “Strange way of being friends.”

 

Mina states, with a sly smile, “That's calling the kettle black, Rei. You and Serena do this all the time or did your brainwashing by that alien freak make you forget that?”

 

Rei roars out, angrily, “Why don't you put a sock in it, Mina?!”

 

Lita tells Rei, with a sly smile, “I hate to say it, Rei, but Mina has got a point. You and Serena argue practically all the time while you call her Meatball Head and she calls you `Pyro' or other names like it.” Rei wanted to come back with a retort, but she knew when she was beat. She crossed her arms across her chest and huffed in defeat.

 

Michelle says, with a sly smile, “Guess Rei knows when she is beaten.”

 

Trista asks Genkai, “Master Genkai, why are you here?”

 

Genkai replies, motioning to Yeshua, “Like I said, Botan, Koemna, and Yeshua came to me and told me about this whole Society of Light nonsense and I've got to say that your princess was either brave or just plain insane to go against one of the evil forces the universe has ever known, but then again, it seems like even through your princess is usually kind and gentle that wouldn't harm a flea and my dimwit is nasty, rude, and anything, but gentle, they seem to have a few things in common. One, they can produce miracles at the last moment. And two, they don't usually think in the upstairs area of their brain too much.”

 

Sailor Moon and Solar Sun yells out, annoyed and in unison, “Hey!”

 

Genkai then says, looking at Sailor Moon and in her usual tone, “Yeshua told me that she needed some additional `advanced training' to prepare her for the battles ahead and I've got to say that I might have come just in time. I've got to say, goldilocks, I'm less than impressed with you and you call yourself a Sailor Soldier.”

 

Sailor Moon yells out, angrily, “Hey, what's that supposed to mean?! I've fought in some hard battles before this and I've become a lot better than before! I managed to stand toe to toe with Kari and we've gotten an equal number of hits on each other!”

 

Genkai then slams her fist in the rock that she is sitting extreme hard causing it to shatter the ground and give off a loud `crash' and she yells out, jumping off the rock in her usual strict and harsh tone, “This isn't some game that you keep score, your majesty! This is a battle to protect the entire universe and in combat, it doesn't matter who gets the most hits in! What matters is who has used their powers to the fullest and who still standing in the end! You could get hit hundreds of more times than your opponent and you can still win! If you want to protect everything that you love and care and protect all living beings in the universe, then it is time to face reality and you did once before . . . when the Light of Destruction your world from you or did you forget that?” Soon after, the rock that she hit with her fist crumbles into tiny pebbles, surprising everyone.

 

Mindy says, shocked, “Whoa. She is strong for an old lady.”

 

Jasmine then states, shocked and a bit fearful tone in her voice, “No joke, Mindy. She isn't a person that I want to mess with.”

 

Sailor Moon's expression becomes one of intensity and she exclaims, sounding angered in her tone, “Damn well I didn't forget! I will never forget that!”

 

Genkai yells out, in a serious and harsh tone, “Well, from what I see, that isn't the case! From Yeshua, Botan, and Koemna, I've heard about how you stood toe to toe against the Light of Destruction and taking most of the hits from him and getting up again to stop him! The Sailor Moon that fought stood against the Light of Destruction and even through she had help, beat one of the most powerful evil forces that the universe has ever known! But what I see here tells me otherwise! You are too confident in your new abilities and plus, since you've gotten your boyfriend and friends back, you are too confident that you had already beaten the Light of Destruction's `destiny of destruction' already! You are not out of the woods, yet, goldilocks! You are still at high risk of losing everyone that you care about! As long as the Light of Destruction exists and that satellite is over our heads, defeat is still highly possible and you are still at high-risk of losing everyone and everything that you love and care for as well as this universe! The threat of destruction and doom still looms and you need to make sure that you give beyond your one-hundred percent to ensure that never happens! If you don't, then what I say will come true!” Genkai then says, with a serious and harsh tone, “And it is high time that you learn what that means and learn to unleash that power of yours to the fullest to protect your loved ones, this world, and this universe!”

 

Sailor Sun asks, curiously, “I hate to ask, but what's that supposed to mean?”

 

Genkai tells Sailor Galaxy, “Kari, you are done sparring with Sailor Moon. Take a hike for the moment.”

 

Sailor Galaxy replies, a bit nervously, “Um . . . okay?” Sailor Galaxy jumps off to the side to rejoin his younger twin brother and the others.

 

Genkai looks at Hiei and tells him, in a plain and serious tone, “Hiei, are you up for it?”

 

Hiei says, with a dark sly smile, “Why not?”

 

Genkai tells Hiei, with a plain and serious tone, “But I want you to use full power on her.”

 

Sailor Galaxy, Solar Sun, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Keiko gasp in shock and Solar Sun exclaims, stunned, “Say what?!”

 

Hiei responds, with a dark sly grin, “With pleasure.” Hiei then uses his super-speed to get in front of Sailor Moon and prepares to battles. Hiei tells Sailor Moon, with a dark sly grin, “Let's see who the better warrior is: The reluctant Moon Princess or me.”

 

Sailor Moon responds, nervously, “Oh, great.”

 

Lita says, not understanding Sailor Moon's nervousness, “I can't understand why Serena is nervous. Shorty, here, demon or not doesn't stand a chance against her.”

 

Rei says, nervously, “Don't be fooled by his appearance, Lita. This little guy has a lot of demonic power behind him. Many of our past enemies don't compare to him.”

 

Everyone, minus Trista and Hotaru, look at Rei shocked and Mina asks Rei, stunned, “Are you serious?”

 

Amara says, with a plain and serious tone, `Rei's right. This little demon might be small on size, but his immense demonic powers make up for it. He could give all of us a run for our money given the chance.”

 

Hotaru says, nervously, “And our princess knows it. Before the rest of you were released from the Light of Destruction's mind-control, Trista-mama, Serena-hime, and I experience Hiei's great demon power firsthand and he is a very powerful opponent that you do not want to mess with.”

 

Kurama comes up to Sailor Moon's friends and boyfriend and says, in a logical tone, “I'm afraid that it is a bit of the understatement, Princess of Saturn.” When everyone looks at Kurama, he says, with a nervous and serious tone, “Hiei is a demon warrior bound by a personal honor code and throughout our journey, his powers have taken immense increases. He is ruthless and relentless that never gives his opponents a break or a chance to fight back. When he fights, he gives it his all and nothing less than the best will satisfy him. It was through combat that Yusuke managed to gain Hiei's respect as a fighter, but I fear that your princess hasn't earned that level of respect, yet. This might be training, but Hiei will train it as actual full combat and if your princess isn't careful and doesn't fight back with incredible intensity that matches Hiei, she might end up in hospital . . . if she is lucky.”

 

Darien and Serena's friends gasp in shock and Lita exclaims, stunned, “Is that woman crazy to send an opponent like Hiei against poor Sailor Moon like that?! From what we were told, she is just barely gotten use to battles like this!”

 

Kurama says, in his logical tone, “I believe Master Genkai's point is to teach your princess a harsh lesson. I wish that it didn't have to be at Hiei's hands.”

 

Hiei draws his sword and asks Sailor Moon, in a strong tone, “Are you ready?”

 

Sailor Moon asks, nervously since she knows of Hiei enough to know that this `sparring match' could turn deadly, “Um, can we talk about this?”

 

Hiei says, with a serious tone and expression, “The time for talk is over and the time for action is now! Prepare yourself!” Hiei then uses his super-speed to vanish from sight and Sailor Moon looks around to try and find them. Soon after, her new spiritual senses detects Hiei's aura and she wipes around to see Hiei on her right, ready to cut off her head with a powerful sword swipe, but as Hiei swung at her, Sailor Moon uses her new super-speed to seemly vanish from the sight and Hiei's sword to go through an afterimage of Sailor Moon, slightly surprising the fire demon. Hiei quickly moves his head around to see Sailor Moon around ten yards away from her original position with a look of surprise and fear in her expression as well as annoyance.

 

Sailor Moon yells out, annoyed, “Watch it! You could have taken my head off with that attack!”

 

Hiei says, with a dark sly smile, “That's was the point, your majesty.”

 

Sailor Moon calls out, stunned when she heard this, “Say what?! Are you trying to kill me?!”

 

Hiei retorts, in a dark and serious tone, “Not trying, your majesty! This is exactly what Genkai is trying to tell you! This is the type of battles you will face from now on! Do you think that talking will get anything done?! You know darn well that talk is cheap with the Light of Destruction and you must face him head on in order to win! This is war and unless you fight it with all of your power, you will lose everything and the whole universe along with you and your friends will die! Until the war is won and the battles are done, the threat of death and defeat will always loom above you! You should know that too well! Remember what happened in your battles with the one you called Sailor Galaxia and the evil that possessed her, Chaos? The evil entity possessing that warrior massacred your beloved friends right before your eyes without mercy or care! Plus, there is Yusuke and Toguro in the Dark Tournament! The former detective learned this lesson right then and there! He had Genkai's power added to his own, but he didn't use its full power even after unleashing it! And that caused him to get beaten to the ground right before ours and his girlfriend's eyes and Toguro taunted him by killing off the audience in the stands, attacking and nearly killing his girlfriend, his mother, Botan, and Yukina, and nearly killing his best friend and rival, the idiot Kuwabara! That gave Yusuke the inspiration to stop holding back and use his full power! Toguro only did these things to get Yusuke to use his full power, but the point is `princess' that if Toguro wanted to kill Keiko and that fool, Kuwabara, at the time, he could have because the former detective wouldn't use his power to the fullest! You have that much power inside of you and you could do what you `need' to do, but you are doing exactly what he did!” Hiei then threw off his cloak, revealing his `fighter uniform', and he says, in a dark and serious tone, “And it is high-time that you learn this lesson, the hard way. You either learn to fight with that great power that you have now and you will fall before the Light of Destruction even through you has beaten him once! Unless you finish the job and stop it, you will still lose everything in the end and I will show you!”

 

Sailor Moon says, nervously, “Oh boy. He isn't kidding around.”

 

Lita exclaims, stunned, “Oh geez! That little guy isn't fooling around!”

 

Kurama says, in a logical tone, “Hiei never fools around in situations like this. He is all business and no games. Sailor Moon had better prepare for Hiei's best and for the worst.”

 

Genkai closes her eyes and says, with a sigh, “I'm sorry, Trista. I know how you and the others are with her, but she needs to know this lesson in order to become the great queen and leader that she needs to be for the days ahead. Sadly, I fear that the Light of Destruction isn't the only enemies that she will face in the near future. I felt the power of Sailor Moon's, her brother's, Yusuke's, Hikari's, and Kagome Higurashi's battle with the Light of Destruction from my dojo and with the level of power that was produced, not only I sensed it, but the demons in the Makai or Demon World also sensed it. And there are those that will look for powerful opponents like five of the six Chosen Duelists and they will be attracted here like moths to a flame.” Hiei then takes the white bandages off the right hand to reveal the dark dragon `tattoo' wrapped around his right arm.

 

Solar Sun, Sailor Galaxy, Keiko, Kuwabara, and Kurama gasp in shock and Kurama exclaims, horrified, “No! Hiei can't be thinking of using that technique on her!”

 

Kuwabara yells out at Hiei, seriously, “Come on, Hiei, give the girl a break! Isn't this going overboard?!”

 

Sailor Galaxy tells Kuwabara, with a worried expression, “In this case, overboard is an understatement, Kuwabara.”

 

Solar Sun yells at Genkai, angrily, “Come on, Grandma! You are not going to let Hiei use THAT technique of his on her!”

 

Genkai tells Solar Sun, in her usual serious and harsh manner, “What do you think dimwit? And you and the others are not going to interfere.”

 

Solar Sun yells out, in total disbelief, “I can't believe what I'm hearing here!”

 

Mina asks, a bit nervously, “I really hate to ask, but what's going on? What are they talking about?”

 

Lita tells Mina, “I don't know, but something really bad.”

 

Rei tells Lita, in her usual tone, “Obviously, Mina.”

 

Hiei's right hand and arms become engulfed in black flames and he tells Sailor Moon, with a dark sly tone, “Wonder why they are worried about your safety. Well, you should be too because this is my ultimate attack. The black flames that you see here come from the very deepest and darkest pits of the Demon World itself and these black flames are very much alive! It is a power that only one who has mastered it can control and the former detective, his sister, and the others have witness this terrifying power firsthand. In fact, when I first used it, I didn't have complete control over where this power would go because it tends to be unpredictable sometimes since its strength is so great.” Hiei then exclaims, in a dark and serious tone, “In simple terms, your majesty, unless you use your full potential of all the power that you have, which I know that can defend you from this attack, you will be swallowed whole by my dark dragon and you will perish!”

 

Everyone gasps in shock and Syrus exclaims, “Hiei can't be serious, can he?!”

 

Solar Sun yells out, stunned, “When he say he is going to do it, he is going to do it!”

 

Sailor Galaxy and Kurama calls out, in a fearful tones and in unison, “Hiei, stop!” However, it was too late with Hiei's power at this point, it is too late to stop this attack even if he wanted to.

 

“Dragon of the Darkness Flame!”

 

With a thunderous explosion-like boom, Hiei launches his ultimate attack directly at Sailor Moon, the black flames then transform into an Asian-dragon shape, and rockets towards Sailor Moon with unearthly demonic roar of power. Sailor Moon could only stand in shock and fear as the immense attack rockets towards her and Darien prepares to transform to Tuxedo Mask to protect her, but Yeshua teleports in and stops him.

 

Darien yells out, angrily, “What are you doing?! I've got to help her!”

 

Yeshua says, in a plain and serious tone, “You can't! If you get in the way, you will be only putting her in more danger! There is nothing you can do! Sailor Moon must learn to harness her power or even if this didn't happen, she will have fallen anyway!”

 

Lita yells out, angrily, “We can't just stand here!”

 

Ami yells out, worriedly, “Sailor Moon!” As Hiei's dark dragon looms ever closer to her, Sailor Moon closes her eyes as time seems to slow down to the point where the dark dragon coming towards her has slowed down to a crawl.

 

Sailor Moon thinks in her mind, “Is this it? Is this how it ends? I lose my life in a stupid training exercise with a demon guy that doesn't know when to hold back! But if I die, who will be there to protect my friends? Who will be there to help Jaden and the others defeat the Light of Destruction?” Just then the images of what happened starting with `White Chazz' brainwashing the whole of the Obelisk Blue Guys' Dorm into the first half of the `White Dorm', `White Chazz' brainwashing Alexis, `White Alexis' going into the Obelisk Blue Girls' Dorm and brainwashing nearly every girl in the dorm, including her friends, Ami, Hotaru, and Lita, Sartorius then attempting to brainwash Tyranno and failing thanks to the dinosaur bone in his left leg, Sartorius brainwashing Amara and Michelle, the whole trip to Domino City, Syrus' and Tyranno's kidnapping by Sarina and the Light Brigade as well as the SOL, Jaden and her begging for their return and the SOL, including their brainwashed friends coldly turning them away, Rei's and Mina's brainwashing by Amara and Michelle, and losing Darien to the Light of Destruction's evil plans just to get her just because she is one of the six `Chosen Duelists'. Soon after, she remember about Sarina begging them to save Sartorius from his `evil side', learning the terrible truth about Sartorius' possession by the Light of Destruction, and the battle with the Light of Destruction after she had freed her friends and Darien. The emotions that she felt at that battle, the need to save her friends, her family, loved ones, and all living beings in the universe from the Light of Destruction, the need to protect them all from this evil alien force, the need to make sure that no one else suffered like she had suffered, emotionally and mentally, the need to save all of the brainwashed students still under the Light of Destruction's evil grip, and the need to save Sartorius and keep his promise to Sarina. Sailor Moon thinks in her mind, with determination and strength in her tone, “No, I can't give up! Everyone is counting on me! I have friends and people that care and love me! They are all counting on me! If I don't use everything in my power to protect them and save this universe, I will lose them all! I won't let that happen again! I won't let that happen again! NEVER AGAIN!!!” Soon after, Sailor Moon's body becomes cover by a blue and silver aura and with determination and strength, a fiery spirit as well, in her eyes, Sailor Moon gives a loud roar as her whole body is engulfed by a huge blue and silver aura that shatters and quacks the ground around her and that the dark dragon slams into, but bounces off sending it sky-high into the air instead of engulfing Sailor Moon!

 

Everyone, including Hiei, is surprised by this, even through Yeshua doesn't show it with his plain and logical expression, and Kurama exclaims, shocked, “Hiei's dark dragon bounced of Sailor Moon's aura!”

 

Genkai thinks in her mind, seriously, “It is about time, but I never expect this girl to have acquired so much power in so short time. Yeshua was right. There is more to Sailor Moon's new power than meets the eye. I can tell . . . she has deeper hidden powers and abilities inside of her. And knowing Yeshua, he already knew this.”

 

Kuwabara yells out, shocked when he senses Sailor Moon's power, “Oh shit! I thought she was powerful before, but this is nuts! Her spirit energy just sky-rocketed!”

 

Sailor Galaxy says, amazed, “This is exactly what happened during our fight with that alien freak possessing Sartorius' body. She is uniting her spirit energy powers with her Sailor Scout powers into one unified force.”

 

Sailor Moon, her body engulfed in a blue and silver aura with silver sparks of energy surrounding her causing the area that our heroes and heroines are in to shake slightly, tells Hiei in a serious, commanding, and determined tone, “I will never allow that to allow me or my friends ever again! As long as I breathe, I will protect my friends, my family, and all that I love along with this universe even if I have to burn out my very soul to do it! That alien freak made me suffer like none other when he took away what was precious to me, my friends and my beloved prince, who I cherish, and I won't like them get hurt nor anyone else to suffer like I did! Plus, I will fulfill the promise that I gave to Sartorius' sister, Sarina! I will save her brother from the Light of Destruction and stop its malicious evil plan no matter what it takes me! I won't back down and I will not surrender and die to anyone, not you, not Prince Diamond, and definitely not body-snatching, life-taking, brainwashing, alien freak of nature, the Light of Destruction! I draw the line right here!”

 

Hiei says, with a dark sly smile, “Brave words, princess. But can you back them up? We shall see.” Soon after, Hiei's dark dragon, with a loud demonic roar, makes another charge right at Sailor Moon, but Sailor Moon holds her hands out and the stops the dark dragon when it hits her two palms! And no matter how much the dark dragon tries, Sailor Moon doesn't budge an inch! Hiei exclaims, in a rare stunned tone, “What?! Impossible!”

 

Kurama gasps in shock and exclaims, “I can't believe it! She stopped Hiei's greatest attack!” Sailor Moon then takes her right palm away, holding back Hiei's attack with her aura and her left hand, but she gets pushes back a bit, but her right hand glows bright blue with spiritual power with slight bits of silver light energy as well and she turns it into a fist. With one loud roar, Sailor Moon slams her right fist into the dark dragon of flames and it explodes into nothingness in just a few seconds with a blast of spiritual power from Sailor Moon's fist.

 

Hiei yells out, in total shock and disbelief, “It can't be! How could she do that to the dark dragon?!”

 

Solar Sun yells out, stunned, “Holy shit! She just negated Hiei's attack with one punch!”

 

Genkai thinks in her mind, “It is more than that dimwit! She gathered her spiritual power into her right hand and when her fist contacted the dark flames, it sent not only her spirit energy, but trace amounts of her pure light energy from her Silver Crystal to add to the spirit power to negate Hiei's attack, which is made of pure darkness energy. It took some toll on her energy, but not as much as would she would experience from a more powerful strike from using her Silver Crystal directly. Clever girl.” Sailor Moon then uses her super-speed to vanish from Hiei's and everyone else's sight and before anyone could react, she reappeared right in front of Hiei and before any reactions could be made, she lands her right knee into Hiei's chest, sending him airborne and landing about twenty yards from where Sailor Moon attacked him.

 

Inuyasha comments, a bit amazed, “Nice shot.” However, Hiei quickly gets back to his feet and even through drained from using the Dragon of the Darkness Flame and taking such a powerful blow from our Moon Princess, he has a lot of energy left and a dark sly smile on his lips.

 

Hiei stretches his neck and says, with a dark sly smile, “Impressive, your majesty. However, I am far from finished.” Hiei quickly whips out his sword and uses his super-speed to vanish from sight. Faster than the blinking of an eye, Hiei appears on Sailor Moon's right and drop his sword down on our Moon Princess, but she quickly whips to her right and catches the blade with her two hands without getting cut in the least! Hiei yells out, surprised, “What?!” Hiei's body becomes engulfed in a red demonic aura as he tries to overpower Sailor Moon, but our Twilight Sailor Scout is a far cry from the Sailor Moon of two years ago and she easily holds back Hiei's assault.

 

Sailor Moon says, with a serious tone, “I've had enough!” Sailor Moon then amazing breaks Hiei's sword right in half and with one powerful swift kick, sends him right into the nearby trees causing the tree to break off its stump and collapses backwards into the forest.

 

Hiei quickly regains his composer and says, with a low snarl, “Okay, it is time to end this.” But before he could get to his feet, a sword blade is under his neck and he looks to see Sailor Moon holding her sword to Hiei's neck.

 

Solar Sun, Sailor Galaxy, Kuwabara, and Kurama are shocked to see this and Kurama says, amazed, “I can't believe it . . .”

 

Kuwabara exclaims, shocked, “Whoa! Jaden's sister just beat Hiei?!”

 

Solar Sun tells Kuwabara, “You aren't seeing things if I'm not, Kuwabara.” However, Hiei's rare expression of shock and surprise becomes a dark sly grin and he starts to laugh, perplexing Sailor Moon, her friends, and boyfriend.

 

Mina exclaims, “Serena's got him by the throat and he's laughing!”

 

Rei says, angrily, “Arrogant jerk!”

 

Kurama tells them, “Actually, he isn't laughing for whatever reasons you might be thinking.”

 

Ami asks Kurama, curiously, “What do you mean Kurama?”

 

Kurama tells them, in his logical and plain tone, “Take a look and you will see.”

 

When everyone looks to the scene before them, Sailor Moon asks Hiei, confused, “What's so funny?”

 

Hiei stops laughing and replies, with a dark sly grin, “Well, I've got to admit that I was wrong about you. Personally, I felt that you were a whiny little princess that couldn't be as fierce of a warrior without your `dark half' influencing you all of the time and that battle with the Light of Destruction was a fluke. However, you've shown with the right `inspiration' that battle wasn't a fluke and you can fight quite well, but you still lack the killing instinct within you.”

 

Sailor Moon replies, with a serious and determined tone, “I don't like to kill and I will never kill another living being especially if they are innocent people and that includes Sartorius, Hiei.”

 

Hiei asks Sailor Moon, in a dark serious tone, “And what if there is no way to save him like you did with Galaxia?”

 

Sailor Moon replies, with a determined tone, “I won't accept that. I always believe that no one is beloved salvation expect for the ultimately evil like Beryl or the Doom Phantom and I never accept the `no win' scenario. There is always a chance and there is always hope or why am I the Light of Hope?”

Genkai then calls out, in a serious tone, “Enough! Sheath your sword, your majesty!” Sailor Moon returns her sword to the sheath in the rear portion of her skirt hidden behind her bow attached to the rear of her mini-skirt. Sailor Moon's blue and silver aura dies down and with a heavy sigh, she falls down to her bottom in pure exhaustion and everyone, expect for Genkai and Yeshua, runs over to her.

 

Darien asks Sailor Moon, concerned, “Serena, are you okay?”

 

Sailor Moon slowly rises to her feet, in a shaky manner, and replies, breathing heavily and weak tone, “Yeah . . . I'll be okay, Darien . . . I'm just a bit worn out from that . . .”

 

Kuwabara yells out, amazed tone in his voice, “After releasing an immense amount of spirit energy like that, it is no wonder you are worn out!”

 

Rini tells Sailor Moon, “Wow! Serena, what you did was incredible!”

 

Genkai then says, “Why do you seem so surprise?” When everyone looks at Genkai, she has her hands behind her back with a serious expression on her face.

 

Rei yells at Genkai, angrily, “Hey, you! I don't care who you are or if Trista knows you! Why did you send that `maniac' against Serena like that?!”

 

Genkai says, with a serious tone, “To teach her majesty an important lesson.”

 

Lita shouts out, pissed off, “By getting her nearly vaporized?!”

 

Genkai brawls out in her usual manner, “Look here! I'm not here to win any popularity contests! I'm here to show your princess what the real world is all about! If she thought the battles that she fought were tough then she has no idea what the true horrors of this planet of our modern day age can be! Yusuke, here, along with Hikari, Keiko, Kuwabara, and especially, Kurama and Hiei, since they are demons, knows the true horror of combat against demons and pure evil creatures like the Light of Destruction. And from what I hear, the demons that you fought are powder puffs compared to the demons that the dimwit and his friends here faced!”

 

Hotaru asks Keiko, “Keiko-kun, are they really that bad?”

 

Keiko says, with a sigh, “I've only seem them in the Dark Tournament, but the battles that Yusuke were . . . Sometimes, I don't wish to remember it.”

 

Genkai nods her head and says, with a serious and harsh tone, “And that's exactly my point! During his journey as a spirit detective, Yusuke, his sister, and their friends faced plenty of foes that would have run you down into the dirt and those are the facts! And they fought just as hard, even harder, to maintain the balance between the human, demon, and spirit worlds and at that time, you, Sailor Scouts, were barely getting started! And during that same time, this dimwit and his friends were facing enemies that could obliterate the entire planet if they deserve, especially during the Demon World Tournament! And these demons weren't like the brainless minions of those evil powers that Trista told me about! There were plenty of demons with the brains to match their brawn!”

 

Mina exclaims, shocked, “No way! Demons with intelligence?!”

 

Keiko tells Mina, pointing to Kurama and Hiei, “Um, Mina. Hiei and Kurama are demons and they are as bright as any human, remember?”

 

Mina replies, nervously, “Oh, yeah.”

 

Trista asks Genkai, “But Master Genkai, I do not get what the point was to put my princess through such an ordeal.”

 

Genkai replies, closing her eyes and with a plain and serious tone, “To prepare her for the trials ahead of her. If your princess is going to become a queen, then she needs to know that even through we don't want to, sometimes, you have to get off your ass and battle for the things that you believe in and all that you love or you will lose everyone and everything that you care about. Plus, you need to make sure that you give it your all with heart and soul or you will fail. Yusuke learn that the hard way when Toguro nearly killed Kuwabara in order for the dimwit to finally unleash his full power and he learned that fact when he was fighting in the Demon World tournament against Yomi. He knew that if he didn't give his all in that battle, then Yomi would become ruler of Demon World and all three worlds, human, spirit, and demon, would be in danger of war for Yomi, at the time, had ambitions stretching into the human world.” Genkai then asks Sailor Moon, “Tell me, your majesty. What were you thinking when Hiei's attack came closer?”

 

Sailor Moon replies, “About how if I didn't do something, I was going to be deep fried princess?” Sailor Moon then says, thinking, “Well, I heard that when you are about to die, your life flashes before your eyes, but I'm not sure what happened to me. I remember about what the Light of Destruction did to Jaden and me by taking all of our friends and what he and his Society of Light did to all of us, then I also remember Sarina, Sartorius' sister begging us to save him from the evil within him, the Light of Destruction, the real Sartorius coming to us and begging us to protect the universe from his evil side and the Light of Destruction, and the battle that Jaden, Kari, Yusuke, Kagome, and I along with Alexis at first fought against the Light of Destruction after I had freed Darien and the others. I remember how I felt in that battle. I just needed to protect everyone that I loved, my friends, my family, my prince, from that alien freak, I needed to protect all of the innocent people on Earth, I need to protected this whole universe and all the living beings in it from him, and I also needed to save Sartorius to get back the life that the Light of Destruction stole from him and to fulfill the promise that I made to his sister with Jaden and Aster.”

 

Genkai then says, with a sly smile, “And that's the key to unleashing your spiritual power.”

 

Sailor Moon asks Genkai, perplexed, “Huh?”

 

Genkai gives a groan of annoyance and she states, in her serious and harsh tone, “Do I have to spell it out for you, goldilocks? Simply, Reiki or Spirit Energy reacts to a person's emotions. The power and what the power does depend on the emotions of the welder of that energy. Emotions like fear, anger, rage, hate, pain, sorrow, despair, anguish, love, courage, friendship, and all of the other emotions. Since you have gotten your friends back, you were confident in victory that you that your spirit energy was possibly `weakened' or `slacking' since you were feeling that victory was inevitable. Well, guess what?! If you think that, then you have lost the war before it ended! Until the Society of Light is destroyed and the Light of Destruction is banished to the ends of the universe, you need to fight with everything that you got and learn that there is nothing, but assured victory! Many villains I suspected thought that way and you managed to turn defeat into victory, even if it was a miracle! Am I right?”

 

Sailor Moon says, a bit nervously, “Well, you have a point.”

 

Genkai tells Sailor Moon, in her serious and harsh tone, “And that's exactly the attitude and thinking that you don't need! You need to remember that defeat and death are always going to be possibility until the `war' that you are fighting is over and the enemy is defeated! The enemy isn't an idiot . . . like some people that I know . . . and they will find a way to bite you right back in the ass! If you wish to the future that I've heard about come to pass, you are going to have to defeat the Light of Destruction and any other foes that you meet along the way! And that means always being on constant alert and making sure that you know this fact! You need to focus on that feeling! Remember what the Light of Destruction did you and your brother, but not focus on the hate and anger! You need to remember the feelings that you felt during that battle with the Light of Destruction and you need to make those terrible memories a reminder of what will happen if you don't give it your all and you fail! If you're going to be a queen, you need to be a leader, and if you are going to be a leader, you are going to learn that everything isn't in black and white and that sometimes you need to do things that aren't against your morals, like them or not! The world we live in is harsh and terrible with enemies like the Light of Destruction always trying to control, conquer, or destroy us! You are one of the six `chosen ones' with various ancient prophecies that can defeat this evil and you need to realize that this isn't game since the `destiny' of the universe is based on what you and the other `chosen ones' decide! Is that clear?!”

 

Sailor Moon winches in fear and replies, in a bit of a nervous tone, “Yes, ma'am!” Genkai then turns her back away and starts to walk away from the group.

 

Solar Moon says, shocked, “Whoa! Harsh!”

 

Sailor Sun nods her head and says, “No kidding, Jaden.”

 

Syrus says, winching in fear, “She's kind of scary.”

 

Tyranno nods his head and says, “She's a gal that knows the rigors and dangers of real combat. I can say that she is no lady that you want to make mad since she is a battle hardened soldier.”

 

Jasmine tells Tyranno, “I'll say Hassleberry.”

 

Genkai then stops and says, plainly, “Oh, one more thing.”

 

Sailor Moon asks Genkai, a bit drolly, “What?”

 

Genkai turns her head to look at Sailor Moon with a rare sympathetic eye and she tells her, in a calm tone, “Remember this: You need to remember that fighting for what is right, other people than yourself, and that includes all the people that you love is NEVER a sin.” Sailor Moon gives a look of surprise and confusion as Genkai turns her head back and slowly walks away.

 

Mindy asks, perplexed, “Is it me or was Genkai trying to tell Sailor Moon that what she is doing is the right thing or something?”

 

Solar Sun says, with a smile, “That's how Genkai is. To train with her, you have to expect to work yourself nearly to death.”

 

Kuwabara tells Solar Sun, with a smile, “You should know Urameshi since you spent a good deal of time with her.”

 

Solar Sun tells Kuwabara, with a droll tone, “Thanks for reminding me, Kuwabara.”

 

Botan tells Sailor Moon, her boyfriend, future daughter, and friends, with a smile, “Master Genkai might seem harsh and nasty, but she is very caring person and tries to lead them down the right road.”

 

Trista nods her head and says, with a smile, “Indeed. Botan is correct in that regard that she cares about others, but she has unusual way of doing it.”

 

Genkai then says, “Personally, I was pretty surprised to hear that Yusuke of all people was a prince, but then again, I shouldn't be surprised. That dimwit tends to be a royal pain in the ass to a lot of people, especially evil.”

 

Solar Sun yells out, in a pissed off tone, “Oh, yeah, Grandma! How about I use my new powers on you?! And let me let you in one thing, this armor wasn't built for show you know!”

 

Genkai tells Solar Sun, in her usual tone, “I know that Yusuke, but knowing how to use that armor's full potential. You have yet to prove to me that you can use it.”

 

Solar Sun tells Genkai, in an annoyed tone, “How if I come over there and I . . .?!”

 

Keiko tells Solar Sun, in a kind scolding tone, “Yusuke, please!”

 

Solar Sun yells out, perplexed, “What?! She started it, Keiko!”

 

Lita says, a bit nervously and sweatdrop, “Well, `unusual' is one way that put it.”

 

Hotaru nods her head and says, sweatdropping, “I'll say, Lita-chan.”

 

Syrus nods his head and states, also sweatdropping, “I agree with you there Hotaru.”

 

Genkai then stops in her tracks and says, in her usual tone, “By the way, you should also remember to keep up with your dueling skills, especially, you and Hikari, Yusuke. Since you are Obelisk Blue students, you have the pride of the `fallen' elite dorm on your back.” However, Genkai says, in her usual plain tone, “Through how a dimwit like you gets into the elite dorm of the best dueling academy beyond me without cheating is beyond me. Guess you can work miracles.”

 

Solar Sun roars out, angrily and indignity, “Hey! You'll pay for that comment, Grandma! How about I show you my deck right now?! I'll have you know that I've kicked the ass of Pro-level duelists!”

 

Botan sighs and says, with a sweatdrop, “I see that some things never change.”

 

Trista tells Botan, with a nervous smile, “Yes. I see that Master Genkai is as `charming' as ever.”

 

Just then Genkai points to Solar Moon and Sailor Sun and yells out, in her serious tone, “Hey, lovebirds, what are you waiting for?! Yeshua told me that goldilocks' brother needs spirit energy training and his girlfriend needs to able to control her spirit and demon energies! So, I'm not getting any younger you know?!” Genkai points to Sailor Moon and she tells her, in her serious and harsh tone, “And don't think that I'm done with you, yet, your majesty! You're going to help out, too!”

 

Sailor Moon says, drolly, “Just great.”

 

Mina asks Sailor Moon, with a smile, “Need any help?”

 

Sailor Moon asks Mina, “Are you sure? This elderly lady is no pushover. Believe me, I felt that the hard way.”

 

Rei tells Sailor Moon, “Yeah, we got that Meatball Head. However, we want to help out because we are your friends. I mean what friends are for?”

 

Sailor Moon tells Rei, with a smile, “Thanks, Rei.” However, Sailor Moon takes the satellite key from her pocket and thinks in her mind, “However, even through I may not like to admit it, Yusuke's former sensei has a point. Even through I've gotten my friends back, I can't take it easy. That rotten alien jerk might find a way to counter the powers of the Darkness of Salvation and with that satellite still hovering above us, even through we have the keys to it, it is still a major threat. Until the Light of Destruction is sealed for good, Sartorius is freed from it, and the Society of Light is demolished, this fight and this `war' are far from over. I can't let my guard down or my friends and my prince will end up in white, again, as well as my new friends and brother! Until this insanity, I've got to keep getting stronger in order to protect everything that I love and cherish, my friends, my family, and this whole universe because every living being is counting on me to give them a peaceful future!” Sailor Moon grips the key tightly in her hand and thinks, her eyes narrowing into a look of nearly infinite determination and unyielding will, “Don't worry, Sartorius, I won't let you or this universe down! I will protect this universe from that rotten alien freak and I will keep my promise to your sister! I will set you free! The Light of Destruction is going to learn that this `brand new Sailor Moon' isn't a girl that you kick around anymore! This time, she is going to be the one that's going to kick butt, but I'm not going to do it out of anger, rage, or hate, because that asshole would love that in order to `feed' himself! No, I won't give that jerk any satisfaction from me! I'll show what it really means to be a true duelist, even with those Shadow Games, with heart and spirit!”

 

Rei, Amara, Luna, and Atriums notice that new look in Sailor Moon's eyes and Luna thinks, “It's that expression that she gave during the battle with the Light of Destruction and her duel with Missy! Those eyes! They are not filled with anger, rage, or hate, but determination and a fire that I never seen in her before. With our princess, the evil alien force aroused a great lioness within her and she is ready to show her claws to protect everyone in this universe, especially her loved one, like a mother lioness to her clubs.”

 

However, as Sailor Moon's brother and Sailor Sun prepare for their training, Rei, Amara, Kuwabara, and Kurama sense a powerful negative force nearby and Kurama exclaims, seriously, “Watch out, everyone! There is a powerful evil force near us!”

 

Everyone gasps in shock and Rei exclaims, seriously, “Kurama is right! I'm sensing a powerful negative force near us! But I can't tell from where!”

 

Just then a familiar evil female voice yells out, darkly, “How about looking right here, sailor brat?!” Everyone looks to the source only to see dark lightning heading towards Sailor Moon, her friends, future daughter, and boyfriend/lover, but Sailor Moon quickly puts up a barrier of spiritual energy to deflect the attack.

 

Mindy yells out, “Who just did that?”

 

The familiar evil female voice calls out, “Why don't you ask that little powder puff over there? She and those other sailor brats should remember me!”

 

Rini says, gasping fearfully, “No, it can't be!”

 

Ami says, shocked, “That's not possible!” Everyone looks up to the source of the voice to see none other than Wicked Lady hovering above all of them with wide evil grin on her lips.

 

Lita exclaims, shocked, “It's Wicked Lady!”

 

Sailor Moon looks at her future daughter, then at Wicked Lady, her daughter, again, and then back at Wicked Lady, exclaiming, “It can't be possible! Rini is here with us! She must some fake!”

 

Wicked Lady yells out, with a dark and angered sneer, “How dare you call me that you fucking moon brat?! I am Wicked Lady, but I'm not part of your pathetic daughter anymore!”

 

Rini calls out, “You can't be! I expelled you from my body with Hotaru's and my friend's help!”

 

Wicked Lady roars out, with a dark angered tone, “Yes! And you let me to fade away from existence as a bodiless soul until a new friend found my spirit and gave me a body of my own! Now, I can get my revenge on you, my former host, and your damned mother!”

 

Rei yells out, demandingly, “What `new friend'?”

 

Wicked Lady replies, in a dark nasty tone, “That's for me to know and you to find out wench! But I can tell you that the powers of the shadows courses through his body and soul! Giving me my own separate body from that pipsqueak is just one part of his vast powers!”

 

Solar Moon asks his sister, “Hey, sis, care to fill in the peanut gallery about who she is and why does she looks like an adult version of Rini?”

 

Sailor Moon tells her brother, with a serious tone, “Her name is Wicked Lady. She is . . . was Rini's `dark form' when the Doom Phantom brainwashed her and infused her body with the powers of the Black Crystal that he created causing her to transform her into that demon in human form.”

 

Wicked Lady then declares, in a dark serious tone, “Yes, I was once a part of that little pink haired dweeb, but now, I am my own being! Now, that little twerp will pay for getting rid of me like trash and her mother will join her!”

 

Lita yells out, seriously, “Don't count on it, witch! Since you are no longer a part of Rini, we can kick your ass for good!”

 

Wicked Lady shouts out, darkly, “Just try it!” Wicked Lady then launches dozens of dark lightning attacks that rain down on our heroes and heroines and they yell out in shock and horror. Soon after, one of the dark lightning bolts rain down on Keiko and she can't get to her sailor transformation device in time.

 

Solar Sun shouts out, shocked, “Keiko!” Solar Sun shields Keiko with his back and he yelps out in pain as the lightning bolts slammed into his armored back slighting burning one of his wings.

 

Keiko asks Solar Sun, worriedly, “Are you okay, Yusuke?!”

 

Solar Sun tells Keiko, with his typical sly grin, “You think that a little flesh wound is going to stop me, Keiko?”

 

Sailor Moon yells out, seriously, “All right, that's enough!” Sailor Moon then uses her super-speed to vanish from everyone's sights and take into the air. And before anyone could react, Sailor Moon appears right in front of Wicked Lady and rams her upper body into Wicked Lady's chest, knocking the air out of her and stopping her dark lightning assault.

 

Wicked Lady floats some distance away from Sailor Moon and she states, annoyed, “You would hit your own daughter like that?”

 

Sailor Moon yells out, annoyed tone in her voice, “You are not part of Rini anymore, sleaze princess, so, don't try that damn ploy with me!

 

Wicked Lady tells Sailor Moon, with a dark taunting tone, “Ooh, the moon brat has gained some attitude and backbone.”

 

Sailor Moon tells Wicked Lady, in a serious tone, “Believe me, witch, I've gained more than a backbone.”

 

Wicked Lady tells Sailor Moon, with a dark sly tone, “That's because you precious boyfriend and friends became the mindless tools of the Light of Destruction and the Society of Light and turned against you before you freed them?”

 

Sailor Moon gasps in shock and exclaims, stunned, “How do you know that?!”

 

Wicked Lady points to her hand and exclaims, dark nasty tone, “Even through I'm not part of that powder puff daughter of yours anymore, she and I are still `linked' and what she knows, I know. I loved every moment to learn that your precious prince and your beloved friends turn against you and ruthless beat you up, but then again, you become quite the `demon' yourself. I guess it is true what they say: `Like mother, like daughter'.”

 

Sailor Moon yells out, in a very serious tone, “Rini and I are nothing like you!”

 

Wicked Lady calls out, with a dark evil sly tone and evil sly grin, “Ha! It was your rage that turned into that bitch known as `Black Serenity' and it was that little pink brat's own rage that created me! Face it! You can't deny that deep down, a part of you is just like me!”

 

Sailor Moon asks, scoffing and giving an uninterested tone, “Are you done with your mind games?” Wicked Lady gives a perplexed look and Sailor Moon says, with a serious tone, “I don't deny anything! Yes, I let my own anger, rage, and hate of that rotten Light of Destruction nearly turn me into a demon just like he was, but at least I have the courage to admit my own mistakes and make sure I do things the right way! I'm not going to let my anger and rage even control me again and even through I don't like to fight, I will fight with all of my heart and soul to protect all that I love and this precious universe from evils like the Light of Destruction and you! So, you can cut out the mind-games! They are going to work as much as the Light of Destruction's mind-games and these days, talk is cheap! But for a windbag like you, I guess it is your only weapon against me!”

 

Wicked Lady yells out, in an evil angered tone, “How dare you, wench?! You will pay for that!” In a roar of fury, Wicked Lady launches dark lightning from her hands at Sailor Moon, but she easily flies out of the way and flies towards Wicked Lady, trying to land a powerful kick to her chest. However, Wicked Lady easily catches her leg and restrains Sailor Moon causing her to gasp in shock. Wicked Lady yells out, with an evil grin, “Why do you seem so surprised?! You aren't the only one that's gotten stronger!” Wicked Lady then launches Sailor Moon right into the tree with incredible new super-strength and she cries out in pain as she slams right through a tree, landing on the ground with a huge `thud'.

 

Darien and Sailor Moon's friends yell out in horror and in unison, “Serena!”

 

Rini calls out, horrified, “Mommy, no!”

 

Wicked Lady shouts out, in a dark serious tone, “Don't worry, all of you will be joining her, soon enough!”

 

Sailor Moon's voice booms out, in a serious tone, “Don't count on it, you demon!” Wicked Lady looks to the source of the voice only to get slammed by a Spirit Gun blast right in the face causing her to yell out in pain. Wicked Lady, her face slightly burned, looks to the source of the attack to see Sailor Moon with her arms crossed against her chest in front of her.

 

Wicked Lady yells out, in an evil pissed off tone, “You fucking whore! You will pay for hurting my face!”

 

Sailor Moon tells Wicked Lady, with a sly grin, “A whore, huh? Who is wearing the male tease dress?”

 

Wicked Lady calls out, in an evil angered tone, “Let's see your new powers and attitude help you against this!” Wicked Lady's fingernails become half-a foot in length and launch at Sailor Moon's face like mini-spears.

 

Sailor Moon yells out, stunned, “What the?!” However, Sailor Moon didn't have time to think about it as the projectiles were getting closer to her face and she crosses her arms in defense, but the five little spear penetrate the flesh exposed portion of Sailor Moon's right arm and she winch and yelps out in pain as the `fingernail spears' dig into her flesh and the wound start to badly bleed.

 

Wicked Lady's fingernails in her right hand then extend to one foot in length, hardened into small spears, and she yells out, rushing towards Sailor Moon and in a dark excited tone, “This is just the beginning of your suffering!” Wicked Lady then impales Sailor Moon on her left side with her hardened fingernails, going through her bodysuit, and digging deep into her flesh causing Sailor Moon to cry out in pain and agony.

 

Our heroes and heroines, minus Yeshua and Zane, who's eyes widen, gasp in shock and Sailor Galaxy yells out, angrily, “All right, I've had enough of her!” Sailor Galaxy uses her super-speed to vanish from everyone's sight and then reappear in front of Wicked Lady. Sailor Galaxy shouts out, in a serious tone, “Hands off, bitch!” Sailor Galaxy then slams the bottom part of her dragon sword right into Wicked Lady causing her to get a bloody nose causing her to remove her spear-like nails from Sailor Moon's side, Sailor Galaxy puts the dragon sword into her left hand, as her right fist becomes engulfed by blue spirit energy, and she roars out, “Take this, wench! Shotgun!” Sailor Galaxy then launches dozens of spirit energy bullets at near point blank range at Wicked Lady and they slam into her with terrific force causing a good sized explosion that send Wicked Lady into the nearby woods causing a good-sized `thud' sending a lot of dust and dirt into the air. Sailor Moon, escorted by Sailor Galaxy, float back down to the ground and Sailor Moon winches in pain as she falls on her knee holding her injured left side in pain.

 

Her friends, boyfriend, and future daughter along with the rest of our heroes and heroines run over to the injured Sailor Moon and Darien asks her, “Serena, are you okay?” Darien removes Sailor Moon's glove from her injured right side and gasp in horror to see the left side of her silver bodysuit mixed with her with her blood as well the palm of her hand covered in her blood from her wound along with her right exposed pooling some blood from the injuries that she got from Wicked Lady's first attack with spear-like fingernails.

 

Ami says, horrified, “Serena, you're bleeding badly!”

 

Hotaru tells Sailor Moon, “Don't worry, Serena-hime, I'll heal you.”

 

Sailor Moon groans out, weakly, “There . . . There is no time . . .”

 

Wicked Lady's voice then booms, evilly, “You got that right, you wench!” Just then everyone looks to the source of the voice to see a sphere of dark negative energy heading straight for them, but Sailor Galaxy gets in the way and with one mighty swipe from her dragon sword, negates the attack. However, Wicked Lady then appears right in front of Sailor Galaxy and she yells out, dark annoyed tone, “This is payback for your interference, wench!” Wicked Lady uses her hardened and enlarged fingernails to slice right through the left of Sailor Galaxy's fuku and into her skin causing her to cry out in pain as four bloody gash are formed in her side by Wicked Lady's attack.

 

Solar Sun and Keiko yell out in horror, “Kari, no!” Sailor Galaxy collapses to the ground on her back with badly bleeding left side.

 

Rini yells out, angrily, “All right, that's enough!”

 

“Twilight Eternal Neo Moon Power, Make-up!”

 

“Twilight Eternal Universe Power, Make-up!”

 

Rini and Keiko are engulfed in a mixture of colored light as their clothing melts away and are replaced by sailor fukus and when their transformations are done, Eternal Twilight Sailor Mini-Moon and Eternal Twilight Sailor Universe replace Rini and Keiko. Soon after, Solar Moon, Solar Sun, Sailor Sun, Sailor Mini-Moon, and Sailor Universe get in-between Wicked Lady and injured Sailor Moon, Sailor Galaxy, and the others.

 

Sailor Sun yells out, with a deadly serious tone, “We've had enough of you, witch!”

 

Solar Sun shouts out, in a pissed off tone, “No one hurts my sister and gets away with it! Get ready for the pounding of your life, lady!”

 

Wicked Lady yells out, in a evil annoyed tone, “That's `Wicked Lady' bastard!”

 

Solar Sun retorts, in his angered tone, “It's going to be `Dead Lady' when I'm done with you!”

 

Sailor Universe tells Solar Sun, with a sweatdrop, “Real original, Yusuke.”

 

Solar Sun replies, drolly, “Thanks a lot, Keiko.”

 

Wicked Lady calls out, in a evil angered tone, “Enough! Get out of the way or die!” Wicked Lady then launches dark lightning from her hands, but the group easily manages to dodge out of the way.

 

Solar Sun points his right index finger like a gun, blue spirit energy gathers in his right index finger, and he shouts out, in a serious and nasty tone, “Why don't you shut the hell up, bitch?! Spirit Gun!” Solar Sun launches a strong beam of spirit power right at Wicked Lady and she screams out in pain when it slams into her with strong force and sending her skidding across the ground until she reaches the end of the forest.

 

“Solar Twilight Helix!”

 

“Universe Starforce Striker!”

 

Sailor Sun gathers solar energy and flames into her wings and it forms into a sphere of solar power in front of her brooch, and with a loud roar, she launches right at Wicked Lady while Sailor Universe swipes her Keyblade through the air, sending a wave of starlight and star energy towards Wicked Lady. The two attacks combine into one filled with solar energy and star energy and they slam into Wicked Lady with terrific force causing her to cry out in extreme pain and agony as she is surrounded by a column of solar and star energy. However, when the column of energy fades away, Wicked Lady is badly burnt and smoking, but she still has a lot of energy and is ready to fight.

 

Sailor Mini-Moon yells out, “This should put you away! You are not going to hurt my mom and dad or any of my friends anymore!”

 

Wicked Lady roars out, angrily, “Just try and stop me you brat!” Wicked Lady then launches an assault of dark lightning right into the group of five warriors and they scream out in extreme pain as they are shocked by the negative energy and they are sent smoking into the ground hard.

 

Syrus and Tyranno yell out in shock, “Jaden! Alexis!”

 

Jasmine and Mindy calls out in horror, “Alexis!”

 

Kuwabara shouts out, horrified, “Urameshi! Keiko!”

 

Hotaru, Darien, and Sailor Moon call out in shock, “Rini!”

 

Wicked Lady looks at Sailor Moon and shouts out, in an evil serious tone, “You're next!” Wicked Lady then launches ten fingernail-like spears right at Sailor Moon that come at her at high speed.

 

Darien yells out, seriously, “I don't think so!” Darien immediately transforms into Tuxedo Mask, in which his original black clothes are back, but any part of it that was white, including his mask has become silver in color, and Tuxedo Mask launches two dozen red and dark violet roses at Wicked Lady's attack. Ten of the roses stop Wicked Lady's fingernail-like spears while the rest cut into Wicked Lady's arms and neck giving her nasty cuts.

 

Wicked Lady shouts out, enraged, “You will pay for that cape boy!”

 

Jasmine, Mindy, Danielle, Shala, Rei, Lita, Mina, and Amara yell out in unison, “Just try it!” The four Sun Kingdom Sailor Soldiers and all of the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts prepare to transform.

 

Wicked Lady yells out, evilly, “I don't think so!” Wicked Lady then creates a huge whirlwind that sends Tuxedo Mask, the Sun Kingdom Sailor Scouts, and the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts into the air along with Syrus, Chazz, Tyranno, Alinna, and Zane and they yell out in horror as they slam into the trees, hard, temporary stunning them. Botan is held in place by Kurama, Yeshua holds on to Genkai, Inuyasha holds onto Sailor Star, Hiei holds on to Yukina, and Kuwabara manages to hold by using his Spirit Sword on the ground as an anchor.

 

Sailor Sun shouts out, stunned, “Jasmine! Mindy! Danielle! Shala!”

 

Solar Moon yells out, horrified, “Syrus! Chazz! Hassleberry! Zane!”

 

Sailor Galaxy sees this and yell out, horrified, “Zane! Alinna!”

 

Sailor Moon calls out, horrified when she sees this, “Tuxedo Mask! Girls!” When Wicked Lady starts to laugh, Sailor Moon's get a real serious look in her expression, slowly gets to her feet, and yells at Wicked Lady, very angered and strongly, “That does it! I've had with your sick games! No one messes with my daughter, my friends, and the man I love while I breathe! You are moon dust, bitch!” Sailor Moon's whole body then erupts in a bright silver aura and then something incredible happens. Sailor Moon's silver aura takes shape and transforms into a huge Asian dragon shape with a phoenix head and eight fiery phoenix wings on its back and the energy phoenix/dragon gives a loud dragonic roar with Sailor Moon giving out a huge roar of power, practically surprising everyone!

 

Kuwabara exclaims, shocked, “What in the hell was that?!”

 

Kurama shouts out, stunned, “Sailor Moon has awakened some kind of hidden power within her body!”

 

Genkai asks Yeshua, “Is this her hidden power that you told me about?”

 

Yeshua nods her head and says, in a plain and logical tone, “On the day that the Moon Princess unleashed her spiritual power, I could sense a deeper hidden power within her and now, with her friends and all that she loves in danger by Wicked Lady, her determination to protect them has unleashed it.” Soon enough, the silver flames from the dragon/phoenix wrap around her body, healing her wounds, removing the `nails' from Wicked Lady out of Sailor Moon's body, and wrap around her right hand transforming into a staff similar to her Eternal Tier Moon Specter, expect the staff portion was fiery ruby red in color, the ruby red base and the ruby in the middle of the staff are now beautiful diamond-like jewels, the `head' of the specter is now rainbow colored and silver, and there is a silver dragon/phoenix with rainbow colored wings like the one created from Sailor Moon's silver aura on top of the specter's `head'.

 

Wicked Lady yells out, shocked, “What in the hell is this?!”

 

Sailor Moon yells out, in a strong and determined tone, “You're end, Wicked Lady! Your nightmare ends today!” Immediately, Solar Moon, Solar Sun, Sailor Sun, Sailor Mini-Moon, and Sailor Universe quickly get out of the line of fire.

 

“Moon Phoenix Specter Elimination!”

 

Sailor Moon twirls her specter around her body as fiery red flames and bright blue energy flames of spirit energy spin around her body as she twirls around like she is in a ballet, the fiery red flames and blue spirit energy flow into the head of her specter, and when she stops spinning, she aims the specter right at Wicked Lady and with a huge `bang' like explosion, fires a beam of intense fiery red flames, blue spirit energy, and golden stars and crescent moons right at Wicked Lady. Wicked Lady screams out in extreme pain and agony as the attack slams into her with terrific force engulfing her in blue and golden light causing everyone to cover their eyes. When the light dies down and everyone is able to open their eyes, they see a good sized crater when Wicked Lady was standing.

 

Kuwabara yells out, “Whoa! Damn! That girl packs a mean punch!”

 

Hiei tells Kuwabara, in his usual tone, “We can see that fool.”

 

Sailor Mini-Moon asks, curiously, “Is that it? Is she finished?”

 

Wicked Lady's voice booms, “Wrong, brat!” Everyone quickly looks up to see Wicked Lady, her dress incredibly torn and barely holding together, her exposed flesh covered in burns and bloody cuts, and her form smoking badly. Wicked Lady roars out, in an evil angered tone, “This isn't over, you little brat! You and your mother will pay for this! You hear me Sailor Moon! I will have my revenge!” Wicked Lady then vanishes in a swirl of black rose petals and Sailor Moon, out of pure exhaustion, rolls and closes her eyes, and collapses to the ground on her stomach!

 

Tuxedo Mask yells out, stunned, “Sailor Moon!” He quickly gets to his feet, leaps over to Sailor Moon, and quickly puts her into his arms with the rest of our heroes and heroines joining him soon after.

 

Sailor Sun asks, worriedly, “Is she okay?”

 

Ami says, worriedly, “I'm not sure.” Ami pulls out her computer, which is a mixture of black and bright blue colors, and starts to type to check on Sailor Moon's condition.

 

Solar Moon asks Sailor Moon, worriedly, “Are you okay, sis?”

 

Sailor Moon weakly groans out, “What do you think, bro?” Sailor Moon slowly opens her eyes and gives a smile when she sees the others are all right.

 

Sailor Mini-Moon tells Sailor Moon, amazed, “That was amazing, Sailor Moon!”

 

Sailor Universe asks Sailor Moon, “How did you perform an attack so powerful?”

 

Yeshua says, in a plain and logical tone, “Because she released some of her hidden power.”

 

Everyone looks at Yeshua perplexed and Jasmine asks Yeshua, “Hidden power?”

 

Yeshua nods his head and says, in a plain and logical tone, “On the day that Prince Judai and Princess Serenity awoke their sleeping spirit energy powers, I also sensed deep and even greater power within their bodies, so, it is in my opinion that the spirit energy powers were just the tip of the iceberg of their hidden strengths.”

Sailor Sun asks Yeshua, “So, Jaden and Serena have hidden powers inside of them?”

 

Yeshua nods his head and says, in a plain and logical tone, “Yes, but it looks like that they have no control over them, yet. Their hidden powers are like an explosion. They come with the moment and leave after the moment, but what from we can all see, they are released by intense emotion like spirit energy powers can be. In my opinion, if they can release this hidden power, they might become even more powerful than I am.”

 

Everyone else, minus Zane, gasp in shock and Kuwabara yells out, “Become more powerful than you?! Geez! You are already quite powerful enough and these two exceed you in power! Whoa!”

 

Yeshua tells them, plainly, “Remember that's what the prophecy of my successors, the six Chosen Duelists, tells us that they are going to be as long as they win this war against the Light of Destruction. However, this road won't be easy. As we have just experience just now, the Society of Light aren't the only enemies that we are going to face in the near future. The battle between the Light of Destruction and the Moon Princess, her brother, the Solaris Prince, the Galaxy Princess, and the Star Princess was felt throughout the entire universe and there are those that will wish to obtain, battle, or destroy the type of power that you held.”

 

Genkai says, with a plain and serious tone, “And that means demons from the Demon World that won't exactly go along with their new king also will want to find you as well.”

 

Sailor Universe says, drolly, “Oh, great.”

 

Sailor Galaxy tells Sailor Universe, “Keiko, you took the words right out of my mouth.”

 

Sailor Star tells Yeshua, “So, this is what you meant that our battle with the Light of Destruction was just the start of a new beginning.”

 

Yeshua nods his head and says, “Indeed.”

 

Jasmine exclaims, drolly, “Oh, great! What next?”

 

Mindy tells Jasmine, “Personally, Jaz, I don't want to know.”

 

Sailor Sun tells Mindy, “You and me both, Mindy.”

 

Inuyasha says, with a serious tone, “We had better get out of here. All of these explosions and stuff will attach some unwanted attention, including from those white dorks.”

 

Sailor Star says, nodding her head, “You have a point, Inuyasha. And we are not in the mood to deal with them. Let get some rest.”

 

Lita tells Sailor Star, “We're with you girlfriend.”

 

Genkai then yells out, in a serious tone, “But after we are done taking a break, Jaden and Alexis will be training and expect just as hard lessons as goldilocks here got!”

 

Jaden and Alexis say in unison and drolly, “Just great.” Soon after, helped by Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Moon gets back to her feet and our heroes and heroines leave the area to head back for the Slifer Red and Ra Yellow dorms while Hotaru goes over to aid Sailor Galaxy with her injuries given to her by Wicked Lady.

 

As they were leaving, Sailor Moon thinks in her mind, “Why does she keep calling me that?!”

 

(Returning to the mysterious cave somewhere on Academy Island; A short time later)

 

Within the mysterious cave, Wicked Lady, in her battered and beaten form, stumbles into the room and leans against the wall with an angered look on her battered, slightly burned, and bruised face.

 

Wicked Lady yells out, in an evil angered tone, “That bitch! She, her boyfriend, her friends, and that little whelp are going to pay for this!”

 

Just then a dark evil male voice calls out, nastily, “Well, it serves you right for disobeying my orders!” Wicked Lady gasps and she looks towards the source of the voice to see the cloaked figure in front of the golden colored table.

 

Wicked Lady says, fearfully, “Sir, it isn't what it looks like . . .”

 

The cloaked figure says, in his dark tone, “It isn't? So, this isn't you going against my orders and attacking Sailor Moon and her friends?” Wicked Lady winches in fear and the cloaked figure says, extending his right hand towards her, “It is time that you why no one goes against my orders.” Inside of the cloaked figure's hood, the Millennium Symbol glows on the figure's forehead and Wicked Lady holds her head crying out in pain as she assaulted by a powerful physic assault.

 

Wicked Lady yells out, painfully, “Please, sir . . . Ah . . . I'm sorry . . . I just wanted to make . . . that moon bitch . . . and her damned daughter . . . Ah . . . please stop . . . I won't disobey you . . . again . . . please . . .” The Millennium Symbol fades from the figure's forehead and Wicked Lady gives a loud breath of relief.

 

The cloaked figure tells Wicked Lady, in a dark serious tone, “I can understand your desire for revenge, but if you fly off the handle, you will end up like you did before or even worse. This Moon Princess isn't anything like the one that you faced. She is a lot stronger, confident, and more willing to fight than ever to protect that she cares about. She like that fool, Pharaoh Atem, a weak, kind, and caring soul, but with a strong and spirit and willing to put himself or herself on the line to protect others. She is not to be underestimated at all and neither is her brother. Now, I will forgive you for the moment, but if you ever disobey me again. I will send your spirit to the Shadow Realm where you will suffer for all time. Is that clear?”

 

Wicked Lady replies, fearfully, “Yes.”

 

The cloaked figure says, with a dark serious tone, “Good. Now, get out of my sight and make yourself descent.” Wicked Lady covers herself with her badly torn up clothes and quickly runs off, leaving the cloaked figure alone. The cloaked figure says, with a dark plain tone, “That foolish Wicked Lady might force me to move up my plans because those fools aren't idiots! They will know that someone had revived her and given her own body. However, that wench did give me an inside look on how those fools fight and hidden depths to Sailor Moon's power. With that type of power on my side, I won't have to rule just this planet. The entire universe can bow at my feet! Yes! Once I gain the power of the Pharaoh, the Sacred Beasts, and the Egyptian Gods, I will acquire Sailor Moon's and the other Chosen Duelist's powers and the whole universe will bow at my feet as the Pharaoh of the entire universe! The foolish freak, the Light of Destruction, will be swallowed by the darkness and no one, good or evil, shall stand in my way!” The cloaked figure laughs in familiar mechanical evil fashion that could send chills down any regular person's spine.

 

(Late morning hours; At the beach)

 

In the late morning hours, we find six young ladies from the Obelisk Blue dorm, recently freed from the SOL by our heroes and heroines, wearing dark colored bikinis, a different color for each girl, and having some fun in the sun, with four of them playing with a beach ball and two of them having a duel.

 

One of the girls says, with a smile, “Man! It feels great to be having some fun today!”

 

Another girl calls out, with a smile of her own, “No joke! It feels awesome girlfriend! And I'm damn well glad to be out of that fucking white dorm!”

 

A third girl shouts out, with a sigh, “Don't even go there, girlfriend! I don't want to be even reminding what that asshole did to us!”

 

The first girl says, with a smile, “No joke! We're just glad that there are girls like Serena Tsukino and guys like Jaden Yuki doing what it takes to save us and keep us safe from those white dorks!”

 

The third girl says, with a dreamy smile, “He might be a Slifer, but he is our top duelist! I mean I was a freshmen last year and I know he stopped those creepy Shadow Riders and tied with Zane Truesdale! Plus, he isn't bad looking on the eyes!”

 

The second girl says, with a smile, “Don't count on getting a date! I heard that he is going steady with Alexis Rhodes, the best duelist from our dorm, but she has competition from Serena, who has become the top freshman for the year!”

 

The first girl yells out, with a sly smile, “With duelists like them kicking ass, those white geeks and their damned `Master' will be out of here before you can say `Duel Monsters'!”

 

But then a cold female voice calls out, “I would beg to differ, nonbelievers!” The six girls look to the source of the voice to see six white-clad female SOL members with duel disks attached to their left arms looking down on them with cold stare on their faces.

 

The second girl roars out, in a dark nasty tone, “What do you dorks want?! Can't you see we are trying to have some fun with you, geeks, around?!”

 

The leader of the six SOL girls, a girl with light blue hair that flows down to mid-waist behind her back and light brown eyes, yells out, with a cold sneer, “We heard what you said about Master Sartorius and don't think that those black-clad freaks can stop destiny!”

 

The first girl shouts out, in a dark angered tone, “Why don't you freaks cut it out with that `destiny' crap?! We are sick and tried of it! And we are never becoming your fucking `Master's' little puppets ever again!”

 

The leader of the SOL girls yells out, coldly, “You don't damn well have a choice, bitch! Now, get ready to reminded about the power of the light wench!”

 

The third girl yells out, in a dark angry tone, “Just try witch!”

 

Just then a familiar male voice calls out, with a cold excited tone, “Ladies, why don't you leave these little nonbelievers to me?” Everyone looks to the source of the voice and the six SOL girls go to either side as the white-clad Atticus Rhodes walks in-between them and gets in-between them and the bikini-clad Obelisk Blue girls.

 

The leader of the SOL girls smiles widely at Atticus and she says, with a cold sly tone, “That's fine with Atticus-sempai. A talented cutie like you can easily make them see the light.”

 

Atticus says, with a cold sly tone and cold sly grin, “Thank you, ladies.” Atticus turns to the bikini-clad Obelisk Blue girls and he asks them, with a cold sly grin and cold sly tone, “Okay, ladies, who is up first?”

 

Just then a familiar female voice yells out, a dark serious tone, “How about me, dork?!” Everyone looks to the source of the voice to see none other than Eternal Twilight Sailor Sun with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

 

The leader of the SOL girls yells out, shocked, “Oh shit! Not one of those sailor brats!”

 

Sailor Sun replies, darkly, “The name is Eternal Twilight Sailor Sun, bitch, and if you think that you are going to bully some of the girls from my dorm back into your cult, then you got another damn thing coming!”

 

Atticus asks, perplexed, “Hold up! Do I know you from somewhere?”

 

Sailor Sun says, with a dark sly grin and dark taunting tone, “Ah, did you forget about me, again, `Atti'? I'm insulted!”

 

Atticus yells out, stunned, “What the hell?! Alexis?!”

 

Sailor Sun says, with a dark sly grin, “That's right, bro! And it's `lights out' for you!”

 

Atticus calls out, in a cold serious tone, “What do you mean?!”

 

Sailor Sun yells out, in a dark serious tone, “This!” Sailor Sun snaps her fingers and yells out, “Now!” Just then Amara, Lita, Hikari, and Yusuke, all four of them wearing breathing masks over their faces, burst out of the sand and throw seven pitch black nets at them, entrapping Atticus and the six SOL girls.

 

The leader of the SOL girls yell out, in a cold serious tone, “You won't get away with this!”

 

Lita yells out, in a dark serious tone, “Why don't you clam up, bitch?! Or better yet, allow us to help!” Lita snaps her fingers and the black nets surge with dark electric energy causing Atticus and all six SOL girls to yell out in extreme pain and agony before they passed out from the shock. Soon after, they collapse onto the ground and into unconsciousness causing Lita to snap her fingers to stop the dark electric assault.

 

Sailor Sun goes over to the six bikini-clad Obelisk Blue girls and tells them, with a smile, “Thanks a lot for your help, girls.”

 

The first Obelisk Blue girl tells Sailor Sun, with a dark sly smile, “No problem, `Lex. Anything to get rid of these geeks and their damned Master that turned and all of us into his little puppets!”

 

Hikari asks Sailor Sun, “How did you know your brother would come out here, Alexis?”

 

Sailor Sun replies, with a sigh, “Even as a white dork, my bro really never changes. He can't stand by for a chance to impress the pretty ladies.”

 

Amara points to the six unconsciousness SOL girls and asks, darkly, “What do we do with these bitches?”

 

Yusuke states, with a dark sneer, “Why don't send them back to that alien asshole with our regards?!”

 

Hikari says, with a dark sly smile, “Good idea, bro!”

 

Lita points to Atticus' unconscious form and says, with dark sly grin, “All we need is this white geek right here!”

 

Amara says, with a dark plain tone, “Time for us to send that brainwashing space freak a message.” Sailor Sun, Lita, Hikari, and Yusuke nod their heads in agreement with Amara.

 

(In front of the `White Dorm'; A short time soon after)

 

With two male SOL members were guarding the front door of the `White Dorm' and looking around for any signs of the nonbelievers to make sure their dorm and the Society of Light's `home base' wasn't attack against ever since the two attacks by our heroes and heroines with the second attack being stronger than the first since it involve more of our heroes and heroines.

 

Just then a familiar female voice yells out, darkly, “Hey! White Geeks! Special delivery!” The two male SOL members look to the source of the voice only to see a huge black net with the six unconscious female SOL members land in front of them with anime spirals in their eyes. This causes Bastion, who still has a black right eye, thanks to Serena, Crowler, and Bonaparte to emerge from the `White Dorm' and gasp in shock to see the sight before them.

 

Bastion yells out, stunned, “My words! What is this?!”

 

The same familiar female voice yells out, in the same dark tone, “Just returning some trash that you dumped on our beach nerd!” Everyone looks to the source of the voice to see Sailor Galaxy standing in front of all of them.

 

Bonaparte says, seriously, “Hikari Urameshi, Yusuke's elder twin sister!”

 

Sailor Galaxy states, with a dark sneer and dark sly grin, “You know it, cream puff! Personally, I'm glad that a white geek like you can remember me, shorty!”

 

Bonaparte roars out, in a cold angered tone, “Why you little brat?!”

 

Crowler tells Sailor Galaxy, in a cold serious tone, “What do you want here, Urameshi?”

 

Sailor Galaxy says, with a dark sly smile, “Like I said before, I'm doing my good deed for the day by returning some trash that you sent to the beach! I found these girls trying to pick on some of my fellow female Obelisk Blue and a few members and I made sure that they paid the piper!”

 

Bastion tells Sailor Galaxy, with a cold serious tone, “You won't get away with this!”

 

Sailor Galaxy retorts, darkly, “We already did! By the way, the next time that you see Atticus Rhodes, again, he might be a bit `darker', if you know what I mean?”

 

The three SOL members gasp in shock and Crowler yells out, in a cold demanding tone, “What did you do to him?!”

 

Sailor Galaxy replies, with a dark nasty tone, “That's for me to know and you, dorks, to find out! Later, losers!” Sailor Galaxy then uses Sailor Teleport to teleport away and vanishes from sight.

 

Bonaparte asks, curiously, “Should I report this to Master Sartorius?”

 

Crowler yells out, in a cold serious tone, “There isn't time! Those rotten nonbelievers could be forcing poor Atticus into one of those damn Shadow Games while we sit here on our butts!”

 

Bastion says, in a cold logical tone, “I hate to say, but he is right. We need to organize a search party.”

 

Crowler tells Bastion, in a cold serious tone, “Ms. Misawa, you need to stay here while Bonaparte and I search.”

 

Bastion asks Crowler, “But why Doctor Crowler?”

 

Crowler tells Bastion, in a cold serious tone, “Because you are still injured when that rotten moon brat sister of that slacker battered you down. Plus, we need you here to coordinate the search. With the majority of our top command back with the nonbelievers, we've lost a critical part of our leadership and nearly all of our best intelligential members. You are among the best that we've got left to plan our counterattack against the nonbelievers and counter their dark powers.”

 

Bastion nods his head and says, in a cold logical tone, “I understand.”

 

Crowler then yells at the two male SOL members, in a cold serious tone, “Well, what are the two of you waiting?! Get those girls out of there and into the medical room immediately!”

 

The two SOL member yell out in unison, “Yes, sir!” Immediately, the two male SOL members got to work to get the SOL girls out of the black net while Bastion, Crowler, and Bonaparte got to work to organize a search party to find Atticus.

 

(In another area of Academy Island; Sometime later)

 

Within another area of Academy Island, we find Atticus Rhodes lying down on his back on brown colored rocky ground with black metal shackles around his neck and upper arms. Standing in front of him, all of our heroes and heroines were standing in front of his unconscious form.

 

Kuwabara asks, curiously, “Who wants the honor of waking him up?”

 

Zane steps forward and says, darkly and with a dark smile on his lips, “Allow me.” Zane takes out a small remote with a button on it and press it causing red electric energy to come from the shackles. Atticus yelps out in pain as he is `shocked' awake by the shackles and when he is awake, Zane pushes the button again, stopping the flow of electric energy.

 

Atticus yells out, painful, “Ow! Hey, who's the wise guy?!”

 

Serena calls out, darkly, “Who do you think dork?!” Atticus looks to the source of the voice to see all of our heroes and heroines staring down at him and Atticus becomes nervous when he sees that he is alone with them.

 

Atticus quickly gets to his feet and yells out, in a cold serious tone, “What the hell is going on here?!”

 

Jaden tells Atticus, in a dark serious tone, “What do you think dork?! It is time for you to duel!”

 

Atticus calls out, in a cold serious tone, “With you?!”

 

Zane steps forward and says, with a dark tone and sick smile on his lips, “No, with me, loser!”

 

Atticus then notices the shackles around his neck and arms and exclaims, stunned, “Hey, what the hell?! How did these get on me?!”

 

Yusuke tells Atticus, in a dark nasty tone, “How do you think, Society Geek?! We put them on you!”

 

Zane tells Atticus, with a dark tone, “And don't think of trying to get them off! We've locked in a way that only we can remove them!” Zane tells Atticus, with a dark nasty tone, “Now, loser, here is how this game is going to work! You'll be playing my rules: The rules of the Underground dueling circuit! But don't think it won't be as bad as the Shadow Games that we used on the rest of you losers! And in order to make sure that you get, let me `dumb it down' for you, dork: Every time that we lose life-points, we get shocked! Got it?!”

 

Atticus yells out, in a cold serious tone, “No way! I'm not going to duel like this!”

 

Alexis tells Atticus, with a dark serious tone, “You don't have a choice `Atti'! Either you duel Zane or you will pay the price!”

 

Atticus asks, with a cold nervous tone, “And what will that be?”

 

Zane holds up the remote control and replies, with a sick smile and dark tone, “Allow me to demonstrate!” When Zane pushes the button on the remote control, the shackles on Atticus' body activates and he screams out in pain as red electric energy rips through his body. However, after half-a-minute, Zane pushes the button again and de-activates the shackles. While Atticus is breathing heavily to recover from the assault, Zane tells Atticus, with a dark plain tone, “This is called insurance! This remote control allows me to activate the shackles outside of a duel and unless you want the worst electric burns in the world on you, you will duel and you will duel by my rules!”

 

Atticus looks at his sister and says, begging tone in his voice, “Sis, come on! This is nuts!” Alexis just turns her head and ignores his pleas.

 

Jaden tells Atticus, darkly, “Sorry, dork, you won't get any sympathy here! Now, make your choice! Duel or get turned into a living light bulb!”

 

Atticus yells out, in a cold serious tone, “This isn't fair!”

 

Rei yells out, in a dark angered tone, “What do you geeks know of fair?!”

 

Lita roars out, also in a dark angered tone, “You, white geeks, ruthless dueled and bullied as well as brainwashed many students into your damned cult?! Freezing their hearts and turning them into cold and heartless monsters by trapping them in their hellish light! Us, included! You don't know what horrors the girls and I remember while trapped your damned `Light'! We hurt the best friends in our lives and you and your damned `Master' wrapped our minds so much that we didn't know that we were hurting others! And now, we're here to get some payback!”

 

Mina tells Atticus, in a dark serious tone, “You, your fellow `white geeks', and your damned `Master' only brought this upon yourselves!”

 

Michelle says, with a dark tone, “Justice is balance, Atticus Rhodes. Consider this fair payback.”

 

Serena says, with a dark sly smile, “So, what is it going to be, dork?”

 

Atticus knows that he is trapped and says, solemnly, “Fine!”

 

Keiko takes a duel disk from her sub-space pocket and yells out, darkly while throwing it to him, “Here!” Atticus catches the duel disk, attached it to his left wrist, and inserts his dueling deck into his duel disk.

 

Atticus tells Zane, while he is inserting a dueling deck into a duel disk attached to his left wrist, “Don't think that I will be so easy to defeat.”

 

Zane tells Atticus, in a dark serious tone, “Don't count your chickens before they hatch, dork! We already know about your `White Night' deck that's similar to Nightshroud's Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon deck!”

 

Atticus says, giving a cold glare to Syrus, “Let me guess: That damn traitorous twerp told you, didn't he?”

 

Hotaru tells Atticus, in a dark serious tone, “Look at Syrus-chan like that again, jerk, and you will why I'm known as the Sailor Scout of Darkness, Death, Destruction, and Rebirth first hand!”

 

Jaden tells Hotaru, with a dark serious tone, “Get in line, Hotaru! No one talks to my friends in that fashion and gets away with it!”

 

Sailor Galaxy then goes over to Zane's left side and says, darkly, “And to make sure none of your fellow white dorks interfere . . .!” Sailor Galaxy's palms glow dark violet, she slams them into the ground, and a huge black spiked cage appears around Zane and Atticus.

 

Atticus yells out, stunned and perplexed, “Hey! What's going on here?!”

 

Zane tells Atticus, darkly, “Didn't you hear Kari, dork?! It's simple! This `Shadow Cage' will prevent us from leaving and anyone from entering until this duel is over! And yes, it is exactly like the ones that Serena used in some of her Shadow Duels! Now, are you ready to lose geek?!”

 

Atticus tells Zane, in a cold serious tone, “I won't lose Zane! I've got destiny on my side!”

 

Serena rolls her eyes and exclaims, dark annoyed tone in her voice, “Can't you geeks come up with better material?! If I had a dime for every time I heard that damned saying or any other ridiculous philosophy from your fellow Society Dorks, I would be a billionaire!”

 

Keiko yells out, in a dark annoyed tone, “Just shut up and duel already!” Zane and Atticus activate their duel disks, their life-point counters display 4000 life-points each, and they draw five cards from their decks.

 

“Game on!” Zane and Atticus yell out in unison as their duel begins.

 

Starting Scores:

Zane: 4000

Atticus: 4000

 

Zane draws one card from his deck and says, darkly, “I'll start this duel off!” Zane's Field Spell slot opens, he puts a card in the slot, and calls out, dark serious tone in his voice, “First, I play the Field Spell known as Fallen Paradise!” When the Field Spell slot closes on Zane's duel disk, the field transforms into mountainous wasteland and Zane tells Atticus, darkly, “Thanks to this! I get to draw two cards after my Draw and Standby Phases! Like right now for instance!” Zane draws two more cards from his deck, puts one card in the spell/trap slots and exclaims, darkly, “Now, let the destruction begin! I play Meteor of Destruction! Since you have more than three thousand life-points, this card takes away one thousand automatically!” Atticus gasps in shock as a huge meteor slams into him and he yells out in pain as he is shocked by the shackles when his life-points drop by 1000. Zane puts one card on his duel disk and yells out, “Next, I summon my Infernal Dragon in defense mode!” Soon after, Infernal Dragon (2000/0) comes to the field in defense mode. Zane then puts three cards in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “Now, I place three cards face-down and let you off the hook for now!”

 

Current Score:

Zane: 4000

Atticus: 3000

 

Atticus winches in pain from the assault of electric energy, draws one card from his deck, and says, in a cold serious tone, “My move!” Atticus looks the card in his hand, puts the card on his duel disk, and yells out, “Come on out, Purple-Eyes White Chick!” Soon after, a white egg comes on the field and out of the egg hatches a baby dragon that looks similar to Red-Eyes Black Chick, expect it had white scales and purple colored eyes, but it had similar stats with 800/500. Atticus then calls out, in a cold serious tone as he puts another card on his duel disk, “Next, I play my Chick's special effect! By sending him to the graveyard, I can summon my Purple-Eyes White Dragon!” Soon after, the white baby dragon fully emerges from the shell and transforms into huge dragon similar to Red-Eyes Black Dragon, expect with white scales and purple eyes. Atticus then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “Next, I play my Fairy Meteor Crush! With this card, whenever my dragon destroys a monster in defense mode! The difference between its attack points and the defending monster's defense points is dealt to you as damage!”

 

Zane says, with a dark annoyed tone, “Do you think that scares me, dork?!”

 

Atticus tells Zane, with a cold serious tone, “You had better be worried about my dragon's ability! I can reveal one face-down card on your side of the field and destroy it!” Atticus points to one of Zane's face-down cards and exclaims, coldly, “And I choose that one!” Zane's face-down card is revealed to be Damage Polarizer and it is destroyed! Atticus gives a cold sly grin and yells out, “White Dragon, attack his Infernal Dragon with Luminous Flare Blast!” Atticus' dragon launches a sphere of fiery red and gold energy at Zane's monster, destroys it, and thanks to the equip spell, Zane loses 2400 life-points causing the shackles to activate and shock him with red electrical energy, but he doesn't even scream out. In fact, his sick smile becomes even wider and he starts to chuckle darkly, which disturbs Atticus. Atticus yells out, in disbelief, “Oh, come on, here, but you've got be feeling something!”

 

Zane tells Atticus, with a dark tone, “Sorry, dweeb, but I don't feel a thing!”

 

Atticus puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “I end my turn!”

 

Current Score:

Zane: 1600

Atticus: 3000

 

Zane draws one card from his deck and yells out, darkly, “It's my turn! And thanks to Fallen Paradise, I get two more cards from my deck!” Zane then draws two more cards from his deck, puts one card on his duel disk, and yells out, “Now, I summon my Cyber Dark Horn!” Soon after, Cyber Dark Horn (800/800) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Atticus says, in a cold annoyed tone, “Great. Those cards again.”

 

Zane tells Atticus, with a sick smile and dark tone, “By your whimpering tone, dork, you must realize that when my Cyber Dark Horn is summoned, it can take one level four or less dragon monster from either of our graveyard and equip it to itself, allowing it to feed on that dragon's power! And I choose my Infernal Dragon!” Zane's graveyard brightly glows, Infernal Dragon comes back to the field, Cyber Dark Horn captures it in its claws, attached IV wires to its forehead, and it gives a unearth screech as its stats rise from 800/800 to 2800/800!

 

Mina says, a bit grossed out, “Yipe! That's pretty creepy!”

 

Lita says, a bit stunned, “You said it, Mina!”

 

Zane then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and exclaims, darkly, “But I'm not done with you, yet! I play Quick-Summon! This card allows another Normal Summon this turn!” Zane puts one card on his duel disk and yells out, “Now, I summon my Cyber Dark Keel!” Soon after, Cyber Dark Keel (800/800) comes to the field in attack mode. Zane then says, with a dark tone and sick smile, “Like Dark Horn, my Dark Keel can go grave robbing and feed on his victim's attack power! So, I think I'll take your Purple-Eyes White Chick!” Just then a sphere of light comes from Atticus' graveyard, it goes over to Cyber Dark Keel, transforms into Purple-Eyes White Chick, it is impaled by the wires on Cyber Dark Keel, and two wires attached to its forehead causing Cyber Dark Keel's stats to rise from 800/800 to 1600/800!

 

Kuwabara says, in a plain tone, “You know how many times that I see that, I'm still going to be sick to my stomach.”

 

Yusuke tells Kuwabara, nodding his head, “You took the words out of my mouth, Kuwabara.”

 

Zane then commands, “Dark Horn, destroy his White Dragon with Dark Spear!” Cyber Dark Horn roars as it sends a beam of darkness energy from its horns right at Purple-Eyes White Dragon.

 

Atticus pushes a button on his duel disk and calls out, “Hold it, Zane! I play my trap! Negate Attack!” Atticus' face-down card is revealed to be Negate Attack and a shield protects his dragon by negating the assault.

 

Zane puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, darkly, “I'll place this face-down and let you off the hook for now.”

 

Atticus draws one card from his deck and says, putting one card on his duel disk, “All right! It's time I brought my A-game on! Later, pal!” Purple-Eyes White Dragon roars as it glows and Atticus yells out, in a cold serious tone, “Now, I play my Purple-Eyes White Night's Dragon!” Soon after, Purple-Eyes White Dragon transforms into a larger dragon similar in shape to Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon expect it has golden stripes along its body and head with six white metallic dragon wings coming out its back along with 2400/2000 stats.

 

Jaden whistles and says, “Well, that's a dragon all right.”

 

Sailor Galaxy says, darkly, “Well, Zane will destroy it in no time.”

 

Keiko nods her head and adds, in a dark serious tone, “Along with its loser of an owner!”

 

Atticus tells Zane, “Since my Purple-Eyes White Dragon is in the graveyard, White Night's Dragon gains three hundred more attack points!” Purple-Eyes White Night's Dragon's stats rise from 2400/2000 to 2700/2000!

 

Rei rolls her eyes and states, in a dark annoyed tone, “That's real original!”

 

Atticus then calls out, in a cold serious tone, “Now, Purple-Eyes, destroy his Cyber Dark Keel with Infernal Light Fire!” Atticus' dragon launches a beam of white fire energy right Cyber Dark Keel, but only Purple-Eyes White Chick is destroyed, however, Zane does loses 1100 life-points and gets shocked, but he doesn't even winch from the electric energy. Atticus yells out, in disbelief, “Oh, come on! You've got to be feeling something!”

 

Zane replies, with a sick smile and dark tone, “Sorry, dork, don't feel a thing!” Zane pushes a few buttons on his duel disk and yells out, “By the way, dork, you've just triggered my trap! Numerous Healer! Plus, I'll chain with Emergency Provisions!” Zane's face-down cards are revealed to be the Numerous Healer trap card and Emergency Provisions Quick-Spell card with Emergency Provisions making Numerous Healer vanish. Zane tells Atticus, darkly, “Sorry, dweeb, but thanks to my Emergency Provisions, by sacrificing my trap, I regain one thousand life-points, but Numerous Healer was still activated, so, its effect still comes into play! That means I gain another one thousand points! Too bad!” Zane's life-points then increase by 2000 more points, thanks to his trap and spell card combo.

 

Alexis goes into Jaden's arms and comments, “Good move.”

 

Jaden nods his head in agreement and says, “Yeah, Zane might have changed, but he still as calculating as ever.”

 

Atticus growls in annoyance, puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and states, coldly, “Fine! I place one card face-down!” Atticus then puts the other card in his hand in the spell/trap slots and states, in a cold serious tone, “Next, I play Super Rejuvenation! For every dragon monster that I sacrificed this turn, I get to draw a card!” Atticus draws one card from his deck and says, coldly, “And remember with my Chick back in the grave, my White Night's Dragon gains three hundred more attack points!” Purple-Eyes White Night's Dragon's stats are currently 3000/2000!

 

Current Score:

Zane: 2500

Atticus: 3000

 

Zane tells Atticus, darkly, “I assume you're done!” Zane draws one card from his deck, then draws two more cards from his deck, and says, darkly, “First, thanks to Fallen Paradise, I get to draw two more cards from my deck!” Zane puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “Next, I play Pot of Greed! Giving me two more cards!” Zane draws two more cards from his deck, puts them into his hand, and puts another card in the spell/trap slots, declaring, “And then I play my Dark Spell Regeneration! This card allows me to copy any spell card in the graveyard and use it for my own for one turn! And I choose Pot of Greed! Giving me another two cards!” Zane draws two more cards from his deck and Zane then states, darkly, “Next, I switch my Dark Keel from attack to defense mode!” Cyber Dark Keel switches from attack mode to defense mode, Zane puts another card on his duel disk, and yells out, “Then I summon my Cyber Dark Edge!” Soon after, Cyber Dark Edge (800/800) comes to the field in attack mode. Zane tells Atticus, with a sick smile, “And you know what that means! Cyber Dark Edge can also take a dragon monster from our graveyards and take away its power! And I choose to take your Chick again!”

 

Atticus says, in a cold annoyed tone, “You've got be kidding!”

 

Chazz states, in dark mocking tone, “What's the matter, you white baby?! Sore that you are getting your butt kicked?!”

 

Atticus roars out, in a cold angrily tone, “You will be changing your tune, traitor!”

 

Serena says, in a dark serious tone, “Doubt it, dork! So, why don't you take you licking like a man?!”

 

Atticus tells Serena, with a cold serious tone, “I'm especially going to take you out, princess! You and your damn brother took my sister away from me and I'll have the greatest pleasure of ripping you apart!”

 

Darien roars out at Atticus, in a dark serious tone, “Talk to my girlfriend like that again, Rhodes, and . . . YOU WILL END UP IN THE HOSPITAL, SO, YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT DUELING EVER AGAIN!!!” Everyone, expect for Zane, but especially Serena is amazed by Darien's outburst.

 

Atticus says, with a cold angered tone, “Whatever, lover boy. Let's get on with this!” Atticus' graveyard gives a bright glow as a sphere of light goes over to Cyber Dark Edge, the sphere transforms into Purple-Eyes White Chick, Cyber Dark Edge captures it in its claws, attached IV wires to its forehead, and its stats rise from 800/800 to 1600/800!

 

Zane then says, with a dark tone, “And with that scrub back on the field, your White Night's Dragon loses three hundred attack points!” Purple-Eyes White Night's Dragon's stats drop from 3000/2000 to 2700/2000! Zane then calls out, in a dark serious tone, “Dark Horn, destroy Purple-Eyes! Dark Spear!” Purple-Eyes White Night's Dragon launches a beam of dark energy right at Atticus' dragon.

 

Atticus pushes a button on his duel disk and yells out, in a cold serious tone, “Not this time, Zane! I play my trap! Light Aura!” Atticus' face-down card is revealed to be a trap card with White Knight's Lord surrounded by a purple aura and deflecting an attack by another monster. A purple aura then surrounds Atticus' dragon and he says, with a cold sly tone, “Sorry, Zane, but this trap activates when you target one of my Light monster. Now, my dragon is safe from harm for this turn along with my life-points. Too bad.”

 

Zane yells out, darkly, “You are not out of the woods, yet, dweeb! You have forgotten about my Dark Edge's effect! By cutting its attack points in half, it attack you directly!”

 

Atticus yells out, stunned, “Say what?!” Cyber Dark Edge's stats reduce down from 1600/800 to 800/800, it bypasses Atticus' dragon, and launches his attack on Atticus, hitting it with a powerful wind strike causing him to lose 800 life-points. Atticus then yells out in pain as the electric energy from the shackles rip into his body.

 

Zane puts two cards in the spell/trap slots and says, “I'll place these face-down and give you a shot!”

 

Current Score:

Zane: 2500

Atticus: 2200

 

Atticus draws one card from his deck and yells out, in a cold angered tone, “You'll pay for that! Mark my words!” Atticus puts one card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, “Now, I play Card of Sanctity! Both of us must draw until we have six cards in our hands!” Both duelists then draw until they have six cards in their hands and Atticus says, when he sees his new hand, “Perfect.” Atticus puts one card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, coldly, “Next, I play Dragon Heart! For this turn, I can't summon a monster, but I can do this! Take three dragons from my deck and send them to my graveyard to increase my dragon's attack power by one thousand!” Atticus goes through his deck, sends his Mirage Dragon (1600/600), Troop Dragon (700/800), and Rare Metal Dragon (2400/1500) to the graveyard, and Purple-Eyes White Night's Dragon's stats increase from 2700/2000 to 3700/2000! Atticus then yells out, coldly, “But wait! Since I sent three more dragons to the graveyard, White Night's Dragon's power increase by another nine hundred attack points! Now, that's what I call power!” White Night's Dragon roars it's stats rise again from 3700/2000 to 4600/2000! Atticus then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “And to make my dragon even more deadly, I play White Veil!” White Night's Dragon gives another roar as it glows with a white aura from the White Veil spell card.

 

Zane pushes a button on his duel disk and yells out, darkly, “Sorry, dork! I play my trap! Curse Seal of the Forbidden Spell!” Zane's face-down card is revealed to be the trap card known as Curse Seal of the Forbidden Spell and Zane tells Atticus, with a sick smile and dark tone, “Too bad, loser! Thanks to this trap card, by discarding one spell card from my hand, I can destroy the spell card that you just played!” Zane discards his Photon Generator Unit Quick-Spell card to the graveyard, Atticus' White Veil spell card is destroyed, and Zane yells out, darkly, “Plus, you can't use the same spell card that I just destroyed for the rest of the duel!”

 

Atticus calls out, in a cold angered tone, “You'll pay for that, Zane! White Night's Dragon, destroy his Cyber Dark Edge! Infernal Light Fire!” Atticus' dragon launches a beam of white fire energy at Zane's Cyber Dark Edge, but it only destroys Purple-Eyes White Chick. However, Atticus says, with a cold sly tone, “Even through my monster prevented your monster from being destroyed, I'm afraid that you still lose 3000 life-points.”

 

Zane pushes a button on his duel disk and calls out, darkly, “You might want to recheck your math! I play Power Wall!” Zane's face-down card is revealed to be Power Wall and Zane calls out, in a dark serious tone, “And I trash thirty cards from my deck!” Zane takes 30 cards from his deck and throws them into the air.

 

Darien, Ami, Mina, Rei, Lita, Amara, and Michelle are confused by this and Lita asks, confused, “What kind of card did he play?”

 

Zane replies, with a sick smile and dark tone, “It's called Power Wall! I can use it when a monster threatens my life-points! Now, for every card from my deck that I scrap, the damage is reduced by one hundred points.” Zane then yells out at Atticus, darkly, “And since I ditch thirty cards, I get to keep the three thousand life-points that you tried to take away!”

 

Ami says, pretty amazed, “That's a pretty powerful card.”

Michelle says, seriously, “Yes, but the way that he uses it. He's treating his cards like trash.”

 

Amara nods his head and says, in a plain and serious tone, “I know, Michelle. I don't like it either, but we need this kind of ruthlessness if we are going to make the Society of Light pay for all of its crimes.”

 

Atticus tells Zane, coldly, “Still ditching your cards to gain more power, huh, Zane?”

 

Zane retorts, darkly, “You are just jealous that you don't have a powerful card like this.”

 

Atticus puts one card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, in a cold serious tone, “Let's move on! I play my Dragon's Fire! With this spell card, one monster with eight hundred defense points or less is destroyed! That's right! Your Cyber Dark Edge is no more!” White Night's Dragon fires a sphere of flames at Cyber Dark Edge and destroys it. Atticus puts one card in the spell/trap slots and he states, coldly, “I'll place one card face-down since you have suffered enough!” White Night's Dragon's stats reduce from 4900/2000 to 3900/2000 with the end of the effect of Dragon Heart spell card. Atticus tells Zane, cold sly tone, “With only three cards left in your deck, there isn't much you can do!”

 

Zane draws one card from his deck and says, darkly, “You would be surprised, dork!” Zane then draws the final two cards in his deck and says, darkly, “First, I draw my last two cards from my deck, thanks to Fallen Paradise! My deck might be empty, but this duel is over and I've won!”

 

Atticus yells out, in a cold serious tone, “Oh, yeah! Prove it!”

 

Zane pushes a button on his duel disk and calls out, “First, I play my face-down! Call of the Haunted!” Zane's face-down card is revealed to be the Call of the Haunted trap card and Zane yells out, darkly, “With this, I can call my Cyber Dark Edge back from the grave!” Cyber Dark Edge (800/800) comes back to the field in attack mode, Zane puts another card in the spell/trap slots, and says, “Next, I play another Emergency Provisions! And I choose to destroy my Field Spell!” The Field Spell explodes into pieces causing the dueling field to return to normal and Zane regains one thousand life-points.

 

Mina asks, curiously, “What was the point of that? This is his last turn. Without any more cards in his deck, he will lose after Atticus' next turn.”

 

Sailor Galaxy says, with a dark sly grin, “Zane won't need another turn.”

 

Serena nods her head and says, “Kari's right. If Zane is going to do what I think he is going to do, then he destroyed that Field Spell for a reason.”

 

Zane puts another card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “Now, I play Polymerization! And I fuse my Cyber Dark Horn, Cyber Dark Edge, and Cyber Dark Keel!” The three monsters go into a fusion vortex as the Fusion Material monsters are sent to the graveyard, Zane takes a fusion monster card from his fusion deck, puts it on his duel disk, and yells out, darkly, “Now, geek, meet the monster of your demise! Say hello to Cyber Dark Dragon!” Out of the fusion vortex, Cyber Dark Dragon (1000/1000) comes to the field in attack mode. Zane then states, pointing to Atticus' graveyard, “And thanks to its ability, I can take one dragon monster of any level from our graveyards and add it to my Cyber Dark Dragon where it gains every single attack point! So, hand over your Purple-Eyes!”

 

Atticus yells out, shocked, “No!” A light comes from Atticus' graveyard, goes to Cyber Dark Dragon, turns into Purple-Eyes White Dragons, Cyber Dark Dragon captures it in its claws, attached IV wires to its head, and Cyber Dark Dragon's stats increase from 1000/1000 to 3400/1000!

 

Zane tells Atticus, with a dark serious tone, “And now, your dragon loses three hundred attack points!” Purple-Eyes White Night's Dragon stats reduce from 3900/2000 to 3600/2000!

 

Lita asks, perplexed, “But Atticus' dragon is still stronger. Why go through all that?”

 

Jaden then tells Lita, in a plain tone, “Expect that for every card in Zane's graveyard, Cyber Dark Dragon gains one hundred attack points.”

 

Darien, Ami, Mina, Lita, Rei, Amara, and Michelle gasp in shock and Amara says, in a plain tone, “So, that's the reason that he trashed his cards. To make his dragon stronger.”

 

Zane tells Atticus, with a sick smile and dark tone, “And thanks to my Dark Dragon's other special ability, with forty seven cards in my grave, Cyber Dark Dragon gains four thousand seven hundred attack points!” Cyber Dark Dragon roars as its stats rise from 3400/1000 to 8100/1000!

 

Atticus yells out, horrified, “It has over eight thousand attack points now?!”

 

Zane tells Atticus, with a dark serious tone, “Yes, dork! This is the power of the Underworld deck!” Zane then calls out, darkly, “Cyber Dark Dragon, eliminate his White Night's Dragon with Hellfire Roar!” Cyber Dark Dragon gives an unearthly roar as it sends a powerful deadly shockwave towards Atticus' White Night's Dragon.

 

Atticus pushes a button on his duel disk and calls out, coldly, “Not this time, Zane! I came prepared! I reveal my Dragon's Soul trap!” Atticus' face-down card is revealed to be a trap card with a dragon monster with a glowing silver orb in the center of its chest and Atticus calls out, “Thanks to this, all I need to do is discard five dragons from my deck and my monster's attack points are doubled for this turn!” Atticus goes through his deck, takes five dragon monsters from his deck, puts his deck back in his duel disk, discards the five cards, and Purple-Eyes White Night's Dragon's stats increase from 3600/2000 to 7200/2000! Atticus then states, with a cold sly tone, “Plus, with five more dragons in my grave, my dragon gains fifteen hundred more attack points!” White Night's Dragon's stats increase from 7200/2000 to 8700/2000! Atticus yells out, with a cold sly grin, “I win! I knew that you couldn't stop the power of the Light!”

 

Zane then takes one card from his hand and yells out, darkly, “Don't count on it, loser!” Zane then reveals the card to be Battle Fusion Quick-Spell card, Atticus gasp in shock and horror, and Zane yells out, putting the card in the spell/trap slots, “Now, I play Battle Fusion! With this card, when used in a battle, my monster gains the same number of attack points that your peon has right now!” Cyber Dark Dragon's stats increase from 8100/1000 to 16,800/1000! Zane then says, with a dark tone, “And with one more card in my grave, my Dark Dragon gains one hundred more attack points!” Cyber Dark Dragon's stats increase from 16,800/1000 to 16,900/1000!

 

Atticus yells out, flabbergasted, “No, it can't be!”

 

Zane says, with a sick smile and dark tone, “Now, where was I? Oh, yes! Cyber Dark Dragon, finish this loser off! Hellfire Roar!” Cyber Dark Dragon continues with its assault, destroys Atticus' dragon, and as Crowler arrives with a group of male and female SOL members, Atticus yells out in extreme pain and agony as he is shocked from head to toe by the shackles as his life-points drop by 8200, ending the duel immediately.

 

Final Score:

Zane: 3500

Atticus: 0

 

With the duels end, the final holograms fade away and Atticus collapses to the ground with a loud groan and into unconsciousness while Sailor Galaxy snaps her fingers causing the `shadow cage' to vanish as quickly as she made it appear.

 

The female SOL members yell out in unison and in horror, “Atticus!”

 

Our heroes and heroines notice the SOL members and Chazz says, with a dark sly smile, “Well, it's the Dork Patrol! You are too late! Atticus already lost!”

 

Crowler yells out, in a cold serious tone, “Not if I've got anything to do about it!”

 

Sailor Galaxy replies, darkly, “Yeah, right, dork! Get lost!” Sailor Galaxy gives her dragon sword one powerful swing and creates a huge wind that knocks Crowler and the other SOL members to the ground, hard! Serena motions to Lita to get Atticus and she immediately runs over to Atticus' unconscious form, flinging the former SOL member on her right shoulder, and starts walking back to the others.

 

Zane yells out, with a sick smile and dark sly tone, “He lost! So, now, he belongs with us!”

 

Crowler says, with a cold serious tone, “Not if I can help it!” Crowler stands on his feet and walks three steps towards our heroes and heroines, but Yusuke, using his beyond regular human super-speed to get in front of Crowler, and land one powerful blow to his chest, knocking the air out of him.

 

Yusuke yells out, darkly, “Put a sock in it, freak!” Yusuke then lands one powerful blow to Crowler's chin and send him flying into the group of white-clad students, knocking all of them down. Yusuke then uses his super-speed to `teleport' right back to his girlfriend and all of his friends and allies while Zane, Sailor Galaxy, and Lita, with the unconscious Atticus on her right shoulder, rejoins the others.

Sailor Galaxy tells Zane, with a smile, “Nice job, Zane.”

 

Zane replies, with a dark tone and dark smile, “Thanks, Kari. And thanks for making sure the other dorks didn't interfere.”

 

Sailor Galaxy replies, with a smile and light blush on her cheeks, “Thanks, Zane.”

 

With the group reunited, Serena asks Yeshua, “Could you teleport all of us away?”

 

Yeshua replies, with nod and logical tone, “Of course.” Yeshua puts his hands together, gives off a silver glow, and a magical circle surrounds all of our heroes and heroines as they begin to teleport away.

 

Keiko, in Yusuke's arms, yells out, with a dark sly smile, “Later, Society Geeks!”

 

Mina gives her classic `V' sign with her right hand and yells out, with a dark sly smile, “This just isn't your day, dorks! Bye!” Mina gives them a raspberry with her tongue as all of our heroes and heroines teleport away, leaving a group of dumbfounded SOL members, including Crowler, in their wake.

 

Crowler says, nervously, “Damn it! Master Sartorius isn't going to like this at all!”

 

(Within the `White Dorm'; A short time later)

 

Inside of Sartorius' private room within the `White Dorm', we find him looking at a large screen with Crowler's nervous face on it.

 

Sartorius tells Crowler, in a plain tone, “So, the nonbelievers not only took Atticus Rhodes from us, but they still have got the keys.”

 

Crowler lowers his head, solemnly, and states, in a solemn tone, “I'm sorry, sir.”

 

Sartorius tells Crowler, in a reassuring tone, “Do not blame yourself, Doctor Crowler. The nonbelievers are crafty and it looks like the darkness within them has grown ever stronger. I doubt you could have gotten to Mr. Rhodes in time. Please return just in the case the nonbelievers return. You, Mr. Bonaparte, and Mr. Misawa are all we have left and we can't afford to lose you now.”

 

Crowler replies by bowing his head and saying, in a cold and emotionless tone, “Yes, sir.” When the screen goes blank, Sartorius gets a rare angered look on his expression as he goes through his Tarot card deck, but he finds it harder and harder to predict the future in general.

 

(Inside of the Slifer Red dorm; soon after)

 

Back inside of the redesigned room of the Slifer Red dorm, we find Atticus Rhodes' unconscious form as Yukina and Hotaru work on his injuries while the rest of our heroes and heroines look over him, including Genkai, Botan, and Koemna, who has recently arrived when he learned that Atticus Rhodes was freed from the Society of Light's control.

 

Botan asks Koemna, “Lord Koemna, are you sure that Atticus' demon blood will awake?”

 

Koemna replies, in a plain and serious tone, “By all indications, after the Light of Destruction used its evil power to brainwash him, he awakened Atticus Rhodes' Ma-zoku blood, but the Darklight kept it suppressed. However, since the Darklight has been purged from his body, the same thing will happen to him as with the Sun Princess after Jaden Yuki used that Shadow Game on her.”

 

Lita says, looking at Hikari and Alexis, “Personally, I'm amazed that there is such a thing half-demon Sailor Scouts.”

 

Alexis tells Lita, “Believe me, Lita. I was surprised to find out myself.”

 

Mina asks, a bit nervously, “Are you sure that you, two, and Yusuke don't have to eat human flesh like other Ma-zoku?”

 

Hikari tells Mina, with a smile, “Don't worry, Mina. We had help getting rid of that `problem' a long time ago and before Darien and the rest of you girls were released from that space freak's control, we took care of Alexis' `habit' out of her `system'.”

 

Alexis nods her head and says, with a smile, “Thank goodness.”

 

Lita says, sighing in relief, “That's good to know.” Just then gasps came from Yukina and Hotaru and everyone looks to see Atticus groaning out in pain as he is giving off a red demonic aura.

 

Botan exclaims, amazed and stunned, “You were right, Lord Koemna. Atticus' demon blood is awakening!”

 

Koemna tells Yukina and Hotaru, in a serious tone, “Yukina! Hotaru! Get away from him!” Taking a hint, Yukina and Hotaru move back to the others. Koemna tells Alexis, Yusuke, and Hikari, in a serious tone, “You, three, better get ready. We don't know what his demon blood will do to him.” Immediately, Alexis, Yusuke, and Hikari leap down in front of the couch containing Atticus' glowing form.

 

Alexis says, nervously, “I hope we don't have to fight my brother, again.”

 

Yusuke tells Alexis, “You never know what will happen `Lex. Your demon ancestor might come out of nowhere and possess your body for some kind of twisted purpose after you've been reborn as a half-demon.”

 

Inuyasha tells Kagome, “You had better stay behind me, Kagome. We don't know what will happen.”

 

Kagome tells Inuyasha, “Don't worry, Inuyasha. Remember, I'm a Sailor Scout like Serena and her friends.”

 

Amara says, plainly, “Speaking of us, we had better be prepared, just in case.”

 

Syrus asks, nervously, “And shouldn't the rest of us without special powers or demon blood in them get out of the room?”

 

Jaden tells Syrus, with a reassuring smile, “Don't worry, Syi. With the rest of us, here, you are safe.” Jaden thinks in his mind, a bit nervously, “I hope.” Soon after, the group witness as Atticus groans out his hair transforms into a bright silver color similar to Inuyasha's hair and grows until goes down to the length that could touch the floor if Atticus is standing up while his hairstyle mimics Yusuke when Raizen possessed his body. Finally, similar Ma-zoku markings to the ones that Yusuke has when his demon blood takes over appear on his face and exposed arms. Soon after, the red demonic aura surrounding Atticus fades away and he calms down.

 

Kagome asks, curiously, “Do you think that's it?”

 

Inuyasha nods his head and says, sniffing the air with his nose, “Yeah. His demonic aura died down. The transformation process is over.”

 

Kurama nods his head ands says, in his plain and logical tone, “I agree with Inuyasha. I sense the same thing, but we can't keep our guard down. We don't know Atticus will be in his senses like Alexis was after her transformation.”

 

Rei says, commenting, “Whoa! Look at his hair! It looks like he went through an electric socket or something!”

 

Kuwabara tells Rei, “Yeah! I said the same thing about Urameshi after his demon ancestor took over his body during his fight with Sensui.”

 

Atticus groans out, Alexis goes over to him, and Jaden tells Alexis, concerned, “Be careful, `Lex.”

 

Alexis tells Jaden, “Don't worry, Jaden. I know that my bro won't hurt me.” Atticus slowly goes into a sitting position and puts his right hand over his head.

 

Atticus groans out, weakly, “Wow! What a party! Did somebody spike the punch or what?”

 

Chazz says, with a sigh, “That's Atticus.”

 

Alexis says, with a smile, “Hey, bro!”

 

Atticus opens his eyes, looks at his sister, sees the warm smile on her lips, and exclaims, surprised, “Sis, you're back to normal!” Atticus then looks over her clothes and asks, perplexed, “But what is with the weirdo black clothing?”

 

Alexis tells Atticus, pointing to his clothes, “Bro, you had better look yourself.”

 

Atticus looks over himself, yelps out in shock, jumps to his feet, and exclaims, stunned, “What in the hell am I doing in these ridiculous white clothes?! Don't tell me that I joined those white freaks?!”

 

Jaden goes over to Atticus and tells him, with a smile, “Yep, you did! But you are back to normal!”

 

Atticus asks Jaden, noticing his changes, “Hey, Jay, what's with all of the black?” Just then Atticus notices his hair, he takes a few strains of it, looks over all of his hair, does a double take, and yelps out, flabbergasted, “What the hell happened to my hair?! It's all silver and I look like I went through an electric socket!”

 

Kuwabara tells Yusuke, sweatdropping, “You see, Urameshi, that's exactly what I said about you.”

 

Yusuke replies, with a droll tone, “Yeah, I can see that Kuwabara.” Soon enough, the rest of the group joined Jaden, Alexis, Yusuke, and Hikari downstairs.

 

Atticus asks Jaden, “Hey, Jay, when did Serena's friends and boyfriend return to normal? When did Chazz get back in black? And in that case, what with the black on every single member of you?”

 

Alexis tells Atticus, “It is a long story, bro.”

 

Kagome tells Atticus, with a smile, “We're good friends of Keiko and Jaden. I'm Kagome Higurashi.” Kagome points to Yusuke, Hikari, and Kuwabara and says, “These are my two cousins, Yusuke Urameshi and Hikari Urameshi, who we call Kari for short, and this guy is Yusuke's best bud, Kazuma Kuwabara.”

 

Atticus yells out, a bit fearfully, “Wait! You mean THE Yusuke Urameshi, the infamous Great Urameshi, the top street punk from Sarayashiki Junior High?!”

 

Michelle says, with her usual sly smile, “It seems like our new friend, Yusuke, has quite the well-known reputation.”

 

Yusuke states, drolly, “Tell me about it.”

 

Alexis tells Atticus, “Calm down, Atticus. You are right, but they are here to help us. Keiko is Yusuke's girlfriend and Jaden is actually Yusuke's childhood friend.”

 

Atticus yells out, stunned and looking at Jaden, “Huh?!”

 

Jaden tells Atticus, with a smile, “It's true, Atticus. Yusuke, his sister, Kagome, Kuwabara, Keiko, and I go all the way back, but we haven't seen each other for a while. And it seems like we've go through some changes before Yusuke, Kari, Kagome, and Kuwabara arrived on Duel Academy. It is a long story and believe me, some of the things we are going to tell you are things that you aren't going to believe.”

 

Hikari tells Atticus, with a warm smile, “And it is going to take awhile to explain your new wild hairstyle and it might take awhile for you to settle with the knowledge.”

 

Alexis hugs her brother and tells Atticus, warmly, “I'm just glad that you are back.” Atticus is still confused about what is fully going on, but he smiles warmly and hugs his sister while everyone else, minus Yeshua, Hiei, and Zane, give warm and happy smiles on their lips.

 

(On the meanwhile; Inside of the abandoned dorm)

 

Deep within the abandoned dorm, we find the Millennium Stone, holding only the Millennium Scales, Millennium Eye, and Millennium Puzzle, with Serena holding onto the Millennium Necklace, Jaden holding the Millennium Rod, Keiko holding the Millennium Key, and Kagome having the Millennium Ring, but then the Millennium Puzzle glows with a bright light along with the Scales and the Eyes, then the whole of the Millennium Stone glows as the doors to the afterlife appear on the nearby wall, and when they open, the whole room is covered in a bright light that makes it unable to look for several moments. When the light dies down, the doors to the afterlife are gone and a person looking exactly like Yugi Moto, down to the clothes that he wore, and having an old fashion, Battle City, type duel disk attached to his left wrist, walks up to the stone. The Millennium Symbol glows bright on his forehead as he steps up to the stone and manages to remove the Millennium Puzzle from the stone. Soon after, a chain appears the Millennium Puzzle to form a necklace of sorts and the Yugi look-a-like wraps the Millennium Puzzle around his neck. This `Yugi look-a-like' is none other than the former Nameless Pharaoh and former spirit of the Millennium Puzzle known only as Yami or Yami Yugi, but thanks to Yugi Moto and his friends, he learned his true name before he left for the afterlife around ten years ago. His name is Atem, former ruler of Egypt during the times of the Shadow Games, and the person that defeated the legendary demon, Zorc the Dark One, with the Creator of Light, the being created by the fusion of the three Egyptian God Monsters, Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and the Winged Dragon of Ra, when he returned to that time to stop the return of the Shadow Games with the help of Yugi Moto and his friends, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, and Tea Gardner, as well as Seto Kaiba, the reincarnation of his cousin, Priest Seto, who became Pharaoh Seto after Atem defeated Zorc when he returned to the world of Ancient Egypt.

 

Atem says, with his deep and strength filled tone, “I can't believe that I've returned. From the Spirit World, I sensed the battle between Princess Serenity, Prince Judai, and three of the remaining four chosen ones against the evil entity inside of Sartorius. However, the gods told me of a danger from an old foe that Yugi and I faced before and I can't believe that he escaped the Shadow Realm and given physical form. However, thanks to the Shadow Games of Kagemaru and the Shadow Riders, the influx of energy from the Shadow Realm weakened the barriers between the Shadow Realm and this world, allowing him to escape and gain his own physical form, thanks to the imbalance of light and darkness at the time. Most likely, he is still after the Pharaoh's power along with the Egyptian God Cards and the Sacred Beast cards, since they rival the Gods in power. With that kind of power, the world will likely be in danger and knowing this evil creature that once inhabited Marik, he will want the powers of the Silver Crystal from Princess Serenity and the powers of the other Chosen Duelists to rule the universe. The Gods were wise to revive me and send me back. I find them and help them.” Atem then immediately heads for the exit of the abandoned dorm in search of our heroes and heroines to find and help them.

 

(Sometime later; In front of the Slifer Red dorm)

 

In front of the Slifer Red dorm, we find Atticus, wearing a male Obelisk Blue uniform and not an Obelisk White uniform with his hair returned back to its normal colors and with help from Keiko, Kurama, and Mina, which is surprising, Atticus' hair is cut back to it original length and style, taking in all of the information that he has learned. Namely, that he and his younger sister are descendants of a demon known as a Ma-zoku, he and Alexis are half-demons, Serena is the super-heroine known as Sailor Moon, Serena is also being a princess from the moon back in the Silver Millennium, Jaden is Serena's brother from the Silver Millennium, Alexis, Yusuke, Hikari, Keiko, and Kagome are also princes and princess from the Silver Millennium, his sister and Keiko are Sailor Scouts, Alexis is Jaden's `girlfriend' from the Silver Millennium, Yusuke and Hikari are Alexis' brother and sister from the Silver Millennium, and everything else that they explained.

 

Alexis, Serena, and Hikari display their transformation brooches to Atticus, who is shocked to say the least, and Atticus yells out, amazed, “I can't believe it! Serena is Sailor Moon, the famous super-heroine from Tokyo?! Jaden is Sailor Moon's brother?! Jaden is a prince, Serena is a princess, not to mention my sister, and Yusuke Urameshi and his sister are my sister's brother and sister?!”

 

Alexis tells Atticus, with a smile, “I know that this is pretty deep Atticus and personally, I was amazed to find out about my `secret heritage', but all of it is true.”

 

Atticus tells Alexis, “Well, Sissy, after all that's happen, I'm willing to believe anything.”

 

Yusuke and Hikari giggle at Atticus' `pet name' for his sister and Yusuke and Hikari say with a sly smile, “Sissy?”

 

Alexis yells out, embarrassed, “Atticus! I told you to stop calling me that!” Yusuke gets a wide sly grin on his lips while both Hikari and Yusuke gave a few chuckles and Alexis gets an annoyed look causing her to plaster him on his head, which hurt because she is getting up to strength to match Yusuke and Hikari, thanks to her Sailor Scouts, demonic, and some spiritual powers from her human side of her blood.

 

Yusuke holds his head and exclaims, “Yow! What was that for?!”

 

Alexis retorts, in a serious tone, “For being a wiseass, Yusuke!”

 

Yusuke yells at Alexis, annoyed, “Hey, Kari, chuckled at that `pet name' that your bro gave you, too!”

 

Alexis replies, with a sly smile and tone, “Well, Kari is an older sibling and plus, she is a girl like me!”

 

Yusuke yells out, angrily, “That's not fair!”

 

Hikari replies, with a sly grin, “Sorry, bro, but out of Alexis, you, and me, you are the youngest twin sibling. Alexis and I were born before you. I was born five seconds before Alexis and she was born four seconds before you.”

 

Alexis tells Yusuke, with a sly smile, “That's what big sisters do, Yusuke.”

 

Yusuke mutters under his breath, annoyed, “Yeah, be bossy bitches.” However, Alexis and Hikari heard that, they gain very annoyed looks at him, and both of them slam their fists into Yusuke's head.

 

Hikari yells out, annoyed tone in her voice, “And that one was for your mouth, bro!”

 

Kuwabara laughs at this and yells out, in a sly excited tone, “Looks like Kari got your number, Urameshi! Serve you right since you are the little baby of the `royal family tree'!” Kuwabara laughs at Yusuke, Yusuke gets pissed off, and before anyone could say or do anything, Yusuke roars out and knocks Kuwabara to the ground and temporary senseless with anime-spirals in his eyes.

 

Yusuke cracks his knuckles and tells Kuwabara, in his typical annoyed tone, “Oh, yeah, big mouth! Remember, even through I'm trying to get rid of the `street punk' rep, that doesn't mean that I can't kick your butt into next Tuesday, Kuwabara! Remember that!”

 

Keiko, Botan, and Koemna sigh and sweatdrop and Keiko says, with a weak smile, “Some things will never change . . . including Yusuke's temper.”

 

Ami, Rei, Mina, Lita, Hotaru, and Serena sweatdrop at this and Mina says, nervously, “Wow. And I thought that Rei and Serena arguments and fights was bad.”

 

Ami nods her head and says, nervously and amazed, “I'll say, Mina.”

 

Serena says, nervously, “And I thought that I had gained one nasty temper.”

 

Kagome gives a sigh and says, “I come from one weird family tree.”

 

Inuyasha tells Kagome, “I'll say.” Kagome gives Inuyasha an annoyed stare and he yells out, in his usual defensive tone, “What?! I was just agreeing with you!”

 

Yeshua clears his throat and says, in his plain and logical tone, “I think that it would be best that we get back to the task at hand.”

 

Keiko tells Yeshua, nodding her head in agreement, “Good idea, Yeshua.”

 

Atticus says, a bit solemnly, “Man! I can't believe that I joined those white weirdoes! After I saw Alexis ruthlessly duel Jasmine and Mindy and all that happened to Serena and Jaden, I couldn't take it anymore! I had to try and do something! I thought that if I could defeat Sartorius, then this whole insanity would be over. I used what I heard from Jaden about Sartorius' Arcana Force deck to try and defeat him, but I was no match for him.”

 

Yeshua says, in his plain and logical tone, “And no one else, expect for the six Chosen Duelists, stand a chance against the Light of Destruction and its evil powers. They are the only ones that can duel him and win.”

 

Yusuke tells Yeshua, in his usual annoyed tone, “We kind of get that already, Yeshua! You keep telling us around one hundred times!”

 

Genkai tells Yusuke, in her usual fashion, “One thousand times for you, dimwit.”

 

Yusuke yells out, in his typical annoyed tone, “Watch it, Grandma!”

 

Botan tells Yusuke, in a scolding tone, “Yusuke, stay focused here! This is important!”

 

Yeshua then says, in a logical tone, “With Atticus Rhodes returned from the Society of Light, they only have three members of their `higher ups' left. Namely, Dr. Crowler, former Vice-Chancellor Jean Louis Bonaparte, and Bastion Misawa and if we remove them, the Society of Light will go into major panic and chaos, allowing their defeat to be much easier.”

 

Hikari says, with a dark sly grin, “That's news to me.”

 

Jasmine nods her head and states, darkly, “No joke. The sooner we get rid those white geeks, the faster we can get on with their lives.”

 

Atticus says, with a plain tone, “Wish that I could help, everyone. But I wouldn't stand a chance against those white dorks and their freaky powers they got from Sartorius or whatever is possessing him.”

 

Botan tells Atticus, “It is known as the Light of Destruction, one of the most evil powers in the universe, and its name says its all. And you are only half-right, Atticus. Alone, you can't be much help, but with the dark powers of Nightshroud, you would help us greatly.”

 

Jaden, Syrus, and Alexis yell out in unison and disbelief, “Nightshroud?!”

 

Alexis yells at Botan, angrily, “Botan, have you really gone off the deep end?!”

 

Atticus yells out, worriedly and annoyed tone in his voice, “No joke! Do you know what I was like when I turned into HIM?! I can't become HIM again!”

 

Botan then hands Atticus a golden bracelet with a dark violet jewel in the center of it of the bracelet with a golden Millennium symbol in the center of the dark violet jewel and Botan tells Atticus, when he takes it, “Not without this, you can't! Yugi Moto and his friends, Kagemaru and the Shadow Riders, and your sister and all of her friends aren't the only ones that can access the power of the Shadow Games. This bracelet will allow you to remain in control when you transform into Nightshroud. You will have HIS power, but you will remain in control.”

 

Atticus asks, amazed, “No joke!” Atticus attached the bracelet to his right wrist, just then a dark aura comes from his body and goes into the jewel, and soon after, Atticus transforms into Nightshroud, expect with the bracelet attached to his right wrist, causing Jaden, Alexis, and Syrus to winch in fear. However, `Nightshroud' in Atticus' voice, excitedly, “Awesome! Don't worry, guys, I'm in control! This is so cool! I've got control of Nightshroud's powers!”

 

Jasmine takes a deck pouch from her sub-space pocket and says, with a sly grin, “And where would `Nightshroud' be without his deck?” `Nightshroud' takes the deck pouch, opens it, and gasps to find `his' deck inside.

 

`Nightshroud' asks, amazed, “How did you get this deck back? I'm the only one that knew where I hid it.”

 

Mindy says, with a sly grin, “Oh, it is something that we picked up during Jaz's and my `raid' into the `White Dorm' to `kidnap' Alexis for her duel with Jaden.”

 

Jasmine says, with her sly grin, “With being disguised as two white dorks with our sailor disguise pens, it was easy to get around and you can hide that deck Atticus, but thanks to the Darkness of Salvation, sensing the dark powers of Nightshroud's deck was easily as pie! Through getting out of a small fire-proof safe with combination lock was a bit harder.”

Keiko says, with a sly grin, “Alinna and I help with that through our sailor communicators.”

 

Jasmine tells Atticus, with a smile, “After we showed it to Jaden, Serena, and the others, including Alexis and Chazz, we decided to keep it just in case we need it to get you back, but it looks like that wasn't the case.”

 

`Nightshroud' says, with a dark sly grin, “Well, thank you, girls. I can't wait to show these white geeks what it means to mess with the Rhodes family and think that they won't get away with it!”

 

Alexis tells `Nightshroud', “Well, you are going to need a few more cards in order for your deck to compete with those white dorks.” Alexis then hands Atticus/Nightshroud some extra cards and when `Nightshroud' looks at them, as they transfer some dark violet and black dark energy into his jewel, he gives a dark sly grin.

 

`Nightshroud' tells Alexis, “Thanks, Alexis. I'll be sure to put them to good use.” Soon after, `Nightshroud' transforms back into Atticus and he says, “Well, it looks like that I can transform back and for at will.”

 

Botan tells Atticus, in her usual dark tone, “Bingo! Plus, we can transform into Nightshroud's costume and has access to his powers, but you don't have to have that mask on.”

 

Atticus says, with a dark sly grin, “Awesome! Thanks!”

 

Chazz says, in his usual tone, “Okay! I've waited long enough here! I want to get out there and `Chazz It Up' with those white dorks and show them who's boss around here!”

 

Just then a familiar male voice calls out, “Well, you might have to wait!” Everyone looks to the source of the voice to see Yugi, Joey, Mai, Tea, and Tristan walking up to all of them.

 

Jaden tells Yugi, “Hey, Yugi, what's up?!”

 

Joey tells Jaden, Serena, and all of their friends and allies, drolly, “More bad news. And this time, it isn't related to those white dorks.”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “What is it?”

 

Yugi says, in a serious tone, “Not good. Four students that were recently released from the control of the Society of Light have gone missing.”

 

Our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Ami asks, curiously, “Missing?”

 

Mai says, in a serious tone, “Yep. They just up and vanished.”

 

Lita tells Mai, “Come on, Ms. Valentine, people just don't up and vanish!”

 

Tea says, in a serious tone, “Not unless the Shadow Realm is involved!”

 

Syrus asks Tea, curiously, “What do you mean, Ms. Gardner?”

 

Joey says, in a plain and serious tone, “What Tea means is we have one witness seeing one of the students vanish into a dark violet fog dueling some weirdo who claims to have shadow powers and they seem all too real for when the duel was over, the witness said that his friend was gone and the wacko said that he sent him off to the Shadow Realm. You would think that this kid was nuts, but the description of that fog is all too familiar.”

 

Tea nods her head and says, plainly, “No joke. That sounds like too much like the Shadow Realm to me.”

 

Kagome asks, curiously, “I hate to ask, but do you know what these weirdo looks like.”

 

Yugi says, in a serious tone, “The witness said that there were two of them. One of them was a female with a crimson red dress, long wavy emerald green hair, pointed ears, ruby red colored lips, and black high-heeled shoes with two fangs in her mouth making her look like a vampire. The other had black top hat, grey mask with a Millennium Symbol on the forehead, black trench coat, and black boots with a custom made duel disk system attached to his chest to hold his deck and fold up duel disk on his arm and wrist. And he was the one dueling . . . with a Fiend and Archfiend deck.”

 

Jaden, Alexis, Chazz, Syrus, and Atticus gasp in shock and exclaim in unison and disbelief, “No way!”

 

Mina asks them, “I take that you know them?”

 

Jaden says, seriously, “We sure do and they are bad news. They were . . . are two of the seven Shadow Riders that my friends and I fought last year to stop Kagemaru for unleashing the Sacred Beast cards. The girl is known as Camula and believe it or not, she is a real life vampire.”

 

Joey, Tristan, and Tea exclaim, stunned and in unison, “Vampire?!”

 

Alexis nods her head and says, “The last of her kind in fact. She wanted to get revenge on all of humanity for destroying her kind. Kagemaru somehow found her and gave her a shadow charm to take people's souls and use those souls to revive her army of vampires from . . . the dust, as you can say. Zane nearly beat her, but she used a cheating card known as Illusion Gate to destroy Zane's monsters and create a copy of his Cyber End Dragon as well as taking Syrus' hostage. And if Zane won, Syrus would have been sent to the Shadow Realm since he was the soul she was offering for Illusion Gate's requirement: A soul to be sacrificed to the Sacred Beasts if the card user loses. Zane sacrificed himself to save Syrus and then Jaden beat her, thanks to Atticus giving us another half of a Shadow Charm that Jaden won from the Duel Spirit known as the Gravekeeper's Chief. That allowed Jaden to protect us from Camula's Shadow Magic and keep her from sacrificing souls, expect for her own. When she lost, Illusion Gate took her soul and her body turned into dust.”

 

Tea says, a bit freaked out, “Scary.”

 

Jaden says, nodding his head, “No kidding. Titan was a guy that Crowler first hired to scare me off Duel Academy, but at that time, he was scam, pretending to have a Millennium Item and Shadow Powers when it is really was hypnotizes and mind-tricks to make a person think that he was losing their soul to the Shadow Realm. He captured Alexis to beat me into the abandoned dorm, but I quickly figured out his fake Shadow Game and turned it against him. But somehow, even through I didn't admit or realize it at the time, it turned into a Real Shadow Game and Titan was `possessed' by the powers of the Shadow Realm. However, I still won and Titan was sent into the Shadow Realm. However, Kagemaru released Titan from the Shadow Realm, gave him a Shadow Charm of his own, and he came back to duel Alexis, but that time, his powers were real. Alexis duel Titan to get her bro's, Atticus', memories back and she beat the pants off of him causing him to be sent back to the Shadow Realm.”

 

Chazz says, annoyed, “I thought that we were done with them a long time ago.”

 

Keiko tells Chazz, “Well, it looks like you were wrong, Chazz.”

 

Yeshua says, plain and logical tone, “It is most likely that someone infused with the powers of the Shadow Realm release and revived them from the darkness and they are working for a new `Master'.”

 

Trista nods her head and says, “I believe that you would be correct on that theory, Yeshua. And whoever it is must be dangerous to have that level of shadow magic at their disposal.”

 

Rei asks, curiously, “Okay, what should we do then?”

 

Jaden says, with a wide grin, “That's simple! We find those two and find out what's going on here!” Jaden then runs off into the distance, much to the surprise of the others.

 

Alexis says, with a wide smile, “Same old, Jaden. He never misses out for a chance to duel, including rematches with old foes.”

 

Yusuke yells out to Jaden, with his usual sly grin “Hey, Jaden, you're not going out into a fight and duel without me!” Yusuke then immediately runs after our Moon Prince and Hikari quickly follows her brother and Jaden.

 

Keiko yells out, “Yusuke! Kari! Wait up!” Soon after, Keiko runs after her boyfriend and his sister causing a series of sighs to come from our heroes and heroines.

 

Mina then says, with a sly grin, “Well, when in Duel Academy . . .”

 

Alexis tells Mina, with a sly smile, “Don't we know it girlfriend.” Soon enough, we find the rest of our heroes and heroines, joined by Yugi and his friends, running after Jaden, Yusuke, Hikari, and Keiko to find the two Shadow Riders, Camula and Titan, and stop their evil actions.

 

(Elsewhere in Duel Academy; Sometime soon after)

 

In another area of Duel Academy, we find a group of three female Obelisk Blue students, two male Obelisk Blue students, and four male Ra Yellow students huddling in fear as Camula and Titan loomed in front of them with a slight shadow fog surrounding their two forms.

 

Camula tells the students, with a dark sly grin and dark sly tone, “What is wrong, darlings? Are you afraid of us?” Camula then shows off her fangs causing the students to become scared even more.

 

Titan says, with his deep dark tone, “They should be when they go screaming into the shadows.” Titan activates his duel disk and says, “Now, shall we begin?”

 

Just then a familiar male voice shouts out, “Hey, hold it right there, pal!” Camula and Titan turn to the source of the voice to see all of our heroes and heroines looking straight at them.

 

Camula says, with an evil smile, “Ah, Jaden. How good to see you, again, my darling. And I see that you have a lot of new friends.”

 

Zane says, with a dark tone, “Well, it seems like you are back to your old tricks, Camula.”

 

Camula says, with an evil smile, “Ah, Zane, darling, I did not recognize you at first. You have made some `changes' since I was gone. Black seems to be your new color these days? Very interesting and makes you a lot more `preferable'.”

 

Hikari yells out, angrily, “Keep your eyes off him, you witch!”

 

Camula says, with an evil smile, “Well, did you get a little girlfriend?”

 

Zane tells Camula, with a dark nasty tone, “We didn't come here to talk, Camula! We came here to find out what you are up to and how you were revived! I was told that you were turned into dust and that overgrown goon was sent back to the Shadow Realm by Alexis! Talk!”

 

Titan says, with a dark tone and dark sly smile, “Wouldn't you like to know?”

 

Serena goes over to Obelisk Blue and Ra Yellow students and asks them, “Are you okay?” The group of students nods their heads and Serena tells them, “We'll take care of this. All of you just get out of here.”

 

One female Obelisk Blue says, “You know it, girlfriend.” The group of Obelisk Blue and Ra Yellow then head off into the distance leaving our heroes and heroines to face Camula and Titan.

 

Camula says, with an evil smile, “That's perfect fine. What a perfect way to do our job by defeating all of you.”

 

Titan says, with a dark tone, “Just more souls for the Shadow Realm.”

 

Jaden tells Titan, with his wide grin, “All right, then! Get your game on!”

 

Alexis tells Jaden, “Jaden, let me take him on!”

 

Jaden asks Alexis, curiously and slightly concerned, “Why, `Lex?”

 

Alexis tells Jaden, “You and I both defeated him and most likely, he will want revenge on both of us. Allow me to go first and give this guy a piece of my mind.”

 

Jaden says, reluctantly, “Okay . . .”

 

Alexis tells Jaden, reassuringly, “Don't worry, Jaden. This duel won't end in any way like the one between me and Chazz.”

 

Titan giggles darkly and states, in a dark sly tone, “You mean that one that where you ended up like your brother?”

 

Alexis and Jaden look at Titan and Alexis asks Titan, seriously, “What do you mean?”

 

Titan tells Alexis, with a dark sly tone, “You know exactly what I mean. When you became part of that ridiculous Society of Light of course.” The group of heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Titan says, with a dark sly smile, “Yes, we know all that about that ridiculous Society of Light and once we take care of you, they will be next to be sent into the Shadows. Personally, I was amazed to hear what happened, but then again, I'm not surprised. It is like they always say `Like brother, like sister'. You became just as terrible a `monster' when Atticus became Nightshroud.”

 

Alexis yells out, angrily, “Are you done?!”

 

Titan tells Alexis, in a dark sly tone, “The truth hurts doesn't it? Deep down, I think you know that you and Atticus are just say and have the craving for power deep within your souls. And we know the power of the shadows since you've been using our Shadow Charms and the Millennium Items to inflict pain and suffering on the Society of Light. Didn't the powers of the shadow feel good to use? And now, can't you see that belief doesn't matter in a duel and power does? You experienced first hand when you were first brought into the Society of Light.”

 

Alexis calls out, in a very angered tone, “You know, I'm getting really sick and tried of your mouth, pal!” Alexis takes a duel disk from her sub-space pocket, attached to her left wrist, and inserts her duel deck into her duel disk.

 

Jasmine tells Alexis, encouragingly, “Go get him, Alexis!”

 

Mindy tells Alexis, excitedly, “Make this freak shut up for good!”

 

Jaden tells Alexis, “Be careful, `Lex.” Alexis nods her head as she and Titan get into their positions for their duel, Alexis and Titan activate their duel disks, their life-point counters displays 4000 life-points each, and both of them draw five cards from their decks.

 

“Duel!” Alexis and Titan exclaim in unison as they start their duel.

 

Starting Scores:
Alexis: 4000

Titan: 4000

 

Titan draws one card from his deck and says, darkly, “Prepare to meet the shadows!” Titan puts one card on his duel disk and calls out, “I summon Archfiend Soldier in attack mode!” Soon after, Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) comes to the field in attack mode. Titan puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “Then I place a card face-down and call it a turn!”

 

Alexis draws one card from her deck and says, “My move!” Alexis puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “First, I play Mystical Space Typhoon! This card destroys one spell or trap card on the field! Say goodbye to that face-down!” A huge twister comes on the field and destroys Titan's face-down and he growls in annoyance. Alexis then puts another card in the spell/trap slots and says, “Next, I play my Block Attack card! This card switches one monster on the field from attack to defense mode and I choose your Soldier!” Archfiend Soldier then switches from attack mode to defense mode.

 

Titan says, a dark smile on his lips, “And what help is that going to give you? My life-points are safe from attack.”

 

Alexis puts another card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “Wrong! I play my Advanced Ritual Art spell card! Here's how it works: I choose a Ritual monster from my hand I want to summon and then I sacrifice a number of Normal monsters from my deck to the graveyard equal to the level of the Ritual Monster I want to summon!” Alexis goes through her deck, takes out one card, puts her deck back in her duel disk, discards the card, puts one card in her hand on her duel disk, and yells out, “So, I sacrifice Dark Witch from my deck to summon Cyber Angel Benten!” Dark Witch (1800/1700) appears on the field, vanishes through a vortex, and Cyber Angel Benten (1800/1500) comes to the field in attack mode. Alexis then calls out, “Benten, destroy his Archfiend Soldier! War Blade Fury!” Cyber Angel Benten slashes through Archfiend Soldier and destroys it. Alexis then calls out, seriously, “Now, Benten's ability activates! You take damage to your life-points equal to your destroyed monster's defense points!”

 

Titan calls out, stunned, “What?!” Cyber Angel Benten then slices Titan and he yells out in pain as he loses 1500 life-points with one shot.

 

Syrus yells out, excitedly, “Way to go, Alexis!”

 

Serena tells Alexis, “You are kidding butt out there! Keep it up!”

 

Rei tells Serena, a bit annoyed, “Serena, the duel is a long way from being over! Do you want to jinx her?!”

 

Serena says, nervously, “Oops, sorry.”

 

Jaden tells Serena, with a smile, “Don't worry, sis. I make that mistake before.”

 

Alexis then puts two cards in the spell/trap slots and says, “I'll end my turn with these cards face-down.”

 

Current Score:

Alexis: 4000

Titan: 2500

 

Titan tells Alexis, with an angered tone, “Lucky shot, but it won't last.” Titan draws one card from his deck, displays an Archfiend General (2100/800) monster card, and exclaims, “Now, I activate the effect of my Archfiend General! By discarding him to the graveyard, I can take one Pandemonium Field spell card from my deck and add it to my hand!” Titan discards the card, a card comes out of his deck and into Titan's hand, his Field Spell slot opens, he puts the card in his Field Spell slot, and yells out, “And I will play that Pandemonium right now!” Just then the whole field transforms into a boneyard full of skulls and other types of bones.

 

Tea, Mina, and Mindy winch in fear and Mina says, a bit fearfully, “Spooky.”

 

Lita says, with a snarl, “Perfect for a sleaze like him.”

 

Titan then puts one card on his duel disk and yells out, “Next, I summon my Mist Archfiend in attack mode!” Soon after, Mist Archfiend (2400/0) comes to the fiend in attack mode.

 

Syrus yells out, stunned, “He can't do that! That's a five star monster! He needs to sacrificing something first!”

 

Ami tells Syrus, logically, “Not exactly, Syrus. Mist Archfiend's special ability allows it to be summoned without a sacrifice.”

 

Jasmine says, worriedly, “That's not good.”

 

Serena says, plainly, “However, at the end of the turn that this effect is used, the card is destroyed and that brute takes one thousand life-points.”

 

Titan yells out, seriously, “Now, Mist Archfiend, attack her Cyber Angel!” Mist Archfiend rushes over then flies over towards Alexis' Cyber Angel Benten.

 

Alexis pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, “Wrong! Go, Doble Passé!” Alexis' face-down is revealed to be Doble Passé and she shouts out, “Now, I take the attack!” Mist Archfiend moves in towards Alexis and slashes her causing her to yell out as she loses 2400 life-points. She holds her chest in pain since it is a Shadow Game and the pain is real. Alexis then calls out, winching in pain, “And now, you take a direct attack from Cyber Angel Benten!”

 

Titan calls out, shocked, “What the?!” Cyber Angel Benten moves in and slashes Titan in the chest causing him to call out as he loses 1800 life-points.

 

Jaden shouts out, “All right! Way to go, `Lex! Now, he will lose the last of his life-points, thanks to his Mist Archfiend's effect.”

 

Titan gives a slight evil grin, puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and says, darkly, “No, I won't. Because I play the spell card Mystic Wok! Now, I sacrifice one monster on my side of the field and I gain life-points equal to the sacrificed monster's attack points! And I choose my Archfiend!” Mist Archfiend is sacrificed and Titan gains 2400 life-points.

 

Chazz says, seriously, “And since he sacrificed him before its effect can take place, he doesn't lose a single life-point.”

 

Hotaru says, worriedly, “That's not good.”

 

Titan then says, “Next, I play the effect of Pandemonium! Since my Archfiend monster was sent to the graveyard by something other than a battle, I can take one Archfiend monster from my deck and put it into my hand as long as it is weaker than the one I sacrificed!” A card comes out of Titan's deck, into his hand, he then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, with an evil smile, “I'll place this card face-down and end my turn!”

 

Current Score:

Alexis: 1600

Titan: 3100

 

Alexis draws one card in the spell/trap slots, puts the card in the spell/trap slots, and calls out, “First, I play Pot of Greed! This card allows me to draw two more cards from my deck!” Alexis draws two more cards from her deck, puts one card on her duel disk, and yells out, “Next, I summon Cyber Gymnast in defense mode!” Cyber Gymnast (800/1800) comes to the field in defense mode. Alexis then yells out, “Now, I attack your life-points with Cyber Angel Benten!” Cyber Angel Benten moves in to attack Titan's life-points.

 

Titan pushes a button on his duel disk and says, “I don't think so! I play my trap! Archfiend's Roar!” Titan's face-down card is revealed to be the Archfiend's Roar trap card and Titan says, with an evil smile, “I pay five hundred life-points to summon back one Archfiend monster from my grave back to the fiend and then it is destroyed at the end of the turn!” Titan's life-points drop by 500 and Titan yells out, “And I choose to summon my Mist Archfiend back to the field in attack mode!” Soon after, Mist Archfiend (2400/0) comes back to the field and Cyber Angel Benten looks on in shock as it runs right towards Mist Archfiend causing it to destroy Cyber Angel Benten causing Alexis to groan in pain as she loses 600 life-points.

 

Jaden yells out, shocked, “Alexis!”

 

Titan tells Alexis, with an evil smile, “Not like the Shadow Games you are used to huh? Well, this one is more intense and a lot more painful since I'm the one who created it, remember?!”

 

Alexis groans out, annoyed tone, “I end my turn!” Mist Archfiend is then destroyed, thanks to the effect of Archfiend's Roar.

 

Current Score:

Alexis: 1000

Titan: 2600

 

Titan draws one card from his deck, puts one card in the spell/trap slot, and says, darkly, “Now, I play my Pot of Greed and I draw two cards!” Titan draws two more cards from his deck, Titan puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and says, “Now, I play Premature Burial! I pay eight hundred life-points in order to summon my Archfiend Soldier in attack mode!” Titan's life-points drop by 800 and Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) comes to the field in attack mode. Titan puts one card on his duel disk and he calls out, “Next, I summon my Terrorking Archfiend in attack mode!” Terrorking Archfiend (2000/1600) comes to the field in attack mode. Titan then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, darkly, “Now, I play the spell card: Checkmate! By sacrificing one other Archfiend monster on my side of the field, Terrorking Archfiend can attack you directly!”

 

Everyone gasps in shock and Syrus yells out, worriedly, “Oh no! Alexis only has one thousand life-points left! If this works, it's all over!”

 

Archfiend Soldier vanishes from the field and Titan yells out, “Now, I sacrifice my Archfiend Soldier and Terrorking Archfiend attacks you directly! Locus Storm Barrage!” Terrorking Archfiend's chest opens up and a huge storm of locus comes right at Alexis.

 

Alexis pushes a button on her duel disk and yells out, strongly, “Wrong! I play my face-down! Hollowed Life Barrier!” Alexis' face-down card is revealed to be Hollowed Life Barrier and Alexis says, discarding the final card in her hand to the graveyard, “By discarding one card from my hand, all damage to me becomes zero this turn!” Soon after, a trio of maidens appear on the field and shield Alexis from the locus.

 

Titan says, darkly, “Until next turn then.”

 

Current Score:

Alexis: 1000

Titan: 1800

 

Titan tells Alexis, with a dark tone and dark sly smile, “Why don't you give it up? This duel won't end like the last one. I told you that the shadows are a more powerful force than whatever reasons that you are fighting for. I mean, you are using the powers of the shadows yourself. You should know this yourself. I mean it was your reasons for dueling that you became that `monster' that hurt the people that you care about.”

 

Jaden yells at Titan, in an annoyed tone, “Why don't you cut it out with your mind-games pal?! Alexis would never hurt anyone that she cares about if she had a choice! That freak messed with her head and made her do all of the terrible things that she did by stripping her of her free will! I know that Alexis can beat you without half pass trying and sure, we might be using the shadows, but we only used them with the power of our hearts and souls and that power is stronger than the power of the shadows!” Jaden tells Alexis, with a smile, “I know that you can win, `Lex! Show him what being a real duelist is all about!”

 

Alexis smiles at her boyfriend/lover, nods her head, looks at Titan with a serious expression, and yells out, drawing one card from her deck, “Now, it's my turn!” Alexis puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “First, I play Card of Sanctity! Now, we both have to draw until we have six cards in our hands!” Alexis and Titan draw until they have six cards in their hands, Alexis puts another card in the spell/trap slots, and yells out, “Next, I play Polymerization! And I fuse my Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater!” Alexis discards the two cards to the graveyard, Etoile Cyber (1200/1600) and Blade Skater (1400/1500) appear on the field, go into a fusion vortex, Alexis puts a fusion monster card from her fusion deck on her duel disk, and exclaims, “Now, I summon Cyber Blader in attack mode!” Out of the fusion vortex, Cyber Blader (2100/800) comes to the field in attack mode! Alexis then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and exclaims, “Then I play my Megamorph spell card! Since my life-points are less than yours, my Cyber Blader gets stronger by double its original attack power!” Cyber Blader's stats then rise from 2100/800 to 4200/800!

 

Titan yells out, shocked, “What?!”

 

Alexis tells Titan, in a serious tone, “It's over, pal! I may use the powers of the shadows to stop those Society Geeks and make them pay for what they and their `Master' did to me and my friends, but I duel with the reason to defend the boy I care about, my friends, and this world! So, how's that for good reasons for dueling?!” Alexis then commands, “Blader, attack, Blade Skate Slash!” Cyber Blader moves in, slashes Terrorking Archfiend apart with its left skate blade, and Titan yells out in disbelief and pain as he loses 2200 life-points, ending the duel immediately.

 

Final Score:

Alexis: 1000

Titan: 0

 

When the final holograms fade away, a pit of shadows appear below Titan's feet, black tentacles wrap around Titan's body, and he screams out as the tentacles drag him down into the pit of shadows.

 

Titan yells out, fearfully, “No! No! Not again! Help me! Help!” Titan then gives one final scream as he is dragged into the shadows and the pit of shadows vanishes as quickly as it came.

 

Camula says, lowly and darkly, “Fool.”

 

Tea says, a bit fearfully, “That's pretty scary.”

 

Joey states, seriously, “Through it isn't surprising.”

 

Jaden tells Alexis, excitedly, “That was so sweet dueling Alexis!”

 

Alexis tells Jaden, with a smile, “Thanks, Jaden.” Alexis goes over to Jaden and kisses him on his right cheek.

 

Camula says, annoyed, “Enough already! Who shall be the first sent into the shadows?”

 

Hikari whips out a duel disk, attached to her left wrist, inserts her dueling deck inside, and yells out, stepping over to face her, “How about me, you freak?!”

 

Camula tells Hikari, with an evil smile, “Very well. It doesn't matter to me. All of you shall be sent into the shadows and your souls shall be mine.”

 

Hikari tells Camula, with a serious tone, “Get real! If you think you are going to beat me, then you really have gone batty lady!”

 

Yusuke tells Hikari, “Be careful, sis!”

 

Hikari tells Yusuke, confidently, “Don't worry, I turn this vampire into dust before you can say `sunrise'!” Camula and Hikari activate their duel disk, the life-points counters display 4000 life-points per duelist, and both of them draw five cards from their decks.

 

“Duel!” Hikari and Camula say in unison as their duel began.

 

Starting Scores:

Hikari: 4000

Camula: 4000

 

Camula says, with an evil smile, “I like to lead.” Camula draws one card from her deck, puts one card on her duel disk, and yells out, “Rise, Zombie Werewolf in attack mode!” Soon after, Zombie Werewolf (1200/1200) comes to the field in attack mode. Camula then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, with an evil smile, “I'll end with a face-down.”

 

Hikari tells Camula, as she draws one card from her deck, “Do you think that I'm a Rookie, Camula? You want me to destroy that Zombie Werewolf, so, you can play its special ability and get another one with more power: Five hundred more attack points to be more exact.” Hikari puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “Well, don't count on it! I play the spell card known as Dark Core! By discarding one card from my hand, I can remove one monster card on the field from play!” Hikari discards one card from her hand to the graveyard and yells out, with a sly smile, “Say `bye-bye' to your pup!” Zombie Werewolf howls as it is removed from play.

 

Camula discards the monster into her pocket, out of play, and yells out, annoyed, “You will pay for that!”

 

Hikari puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, with a sly smile, “If you are mad about that, then you are going to hate this! I play Monster Reborn to bring back the monster that I sent to my graveyard! Rise, Vampire Lord!” Soon after, Vampire Lord (2000/1500) comes to the field in attack mode. Camula gives a look of surprise and Hikari says, with a sly grin, “What? Do you think that you were the only zombie duelist around here?”

 

Alexis, by Jaden's right side, says, “So, it will be one zombie duelist against another.”

 

Kuwabara says, in a plain tone, “Not exactly. Remember, she also has those Cyber Dragons and Cyber Dark monsters in her deck too.”

 

Hikari then puts another card on her duel disk and yells out, “Next, I remove Vampire Lord from play to summon Vampire Genesis in attack mode!” Vampire Lord vanishes as it is removed from play and Vampire Genesis (3000/2100) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Chazz says, with a sly smile, “Isn't this ironic? Camula has to fight some of her favorite monsters now.”

 

Camula gives a snarl of annoyance and Hikari calls out, “Vampire Genesis, direct attack! Crimson Storm!” Vampire Genesis transforms in a crimson red colored storm and heads straight for Camula.

 

Camula pushes a button on her duel disk and yells out, in a dark serious tone, “I do no think so, little girl! I play my trap! Red Ghost Moon!” Camula's face-down card is revealed to be the Red Ghost Moon trap card, Camula holds up a Vampire Lord (2000/1500) monster card, and Camula says, with an evil smile, “Now, by discarding one zombie monster from my hand, I can stop your attack, increase my life-points by the attacking monster's attack points, and end the battle phase here and now!” Camula discards her card, the hologram of Red Ghost Moon trap card shields Camula from the attack, and she laughs as she gains 3000 more life-points.

 

Hikari says, annoyed, “Just go!”

 

Current Score:

Hikari: 4000

Camula: 7000

 

Camula draws one card from her deck, puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and says, “First, I play Pot of Greed! Now, I draw two more cards from my deck!” Camula draws two more cards from her deck, she puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and exclaims, “Next, I play my Premature Burial! I pay a mere eight hundred life-points to bring Vampire Lord back from the grave!” Camula's life-points drop by 800 and Vampire Lord (2000/1500) comes to the field in attack mode. Camula then puts another card on her duel disk and yells out, “Next, I remove him from play to summon the same card that you tried to destroy me with! Vampire Genesis!” Vampire Lord vanishes as he is removed from play and Vampire Genesis (3000/2100) comes to the field in attack mode. Camula puts one card on her duel disk and yells out, “And since that was a special summon, I can summon Vampire Bat in attack mode!” Soon after, Vampire Bat (800/800) comes to the field in attack mode. Camula then says, with an evil grin, “If you are so expert, little girl, I bet you know that my Vampire Bat can raise the power of all zombie type monsters on the field by two hundred attack points.”

 

Kuwabara says, worriedly, “That isn't good.”

 

Chazz tells Kuwabara, in his classic sarcastic tone, “What was your first clue, genius?” Vampire Genesis' stats rise from 3000/2100 to 3200/2100 to Vampire Bat's stats rise from 800/800 to 1000/800!

 

Camula yells out, “Vampire Genesis, show them what real power is all about!” Camula's Vampire Genesis transforms into a crimson storm, destroys Hikari's monster, and costs her 200 life-points. Camula then calls out, with an evil smile, “Vampire Bat, attack her with Swarming Scourge!” Vampire Bat transforms into a few dozen mini-versions of itself and they swarm on Hikari causing her to scream out as they bite into costing her another 1000 life-points.

 

Kurama, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Yusuke yell out in unison and in horror, “Kari!”

 

Camula tells Hikari, with an evil smile, “Ha! You think that you could have defeated me with my own creatures! You might use zombie monsters, but you don't know how to harness their true potential!”

 

Current Score:

Hikari: 2800

Camula: 6200

 

Hikari tells Camula, drawing one card from her deck, “Oh, really?! Even so, I've got other ways to kick your vampire butt back to the grave!”

 

Camula tells Hikari, with an evil grin on her lips, “I would like to see you try.”

 

Hikari puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “With pleasure! I play Dark Spell Regeneration! This card allows me to use any spell card in the grave as my own for one turn and I choose your Pot of Greed! So, I draw two more cards!” Hikari draws two more cards from her deck, Hikari puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and yells out, “Next, I play Graceful Charity! I draw three cards and discard two!” Hikari draws three cards from her deck, discard two from her hand, puts one card on her duel disk, and yells out, “With my field empty, I can special summon Cyber Dragon in attack mode!” Cyber Dragon (2100/1600) comes to the field in attack mode, Hikari puts another card on her duel disk, and yells out, “Next, I play my Cyber Dark Edge in attack mode!” Soon after, Cyber Dark Edge (800/800) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Camula asks, perplexed, “What kind of creature is that?”

 

Hikari tells Camula, “The one that's going to kick your can, witch! Now, Cyber Dark Edge allows me to take one dragon monster from my grave and add it to my Cyber Dark Edge!”

 

Camula says, perplexed, “But you don't have any dragon monsters in your grave!”

 

Hikari replies, with a sly smile, “I do since I sent one with another card to my grave, thanks to Graceful Charity! So, I combine my Masked Dragon with Cyber Dark Edge!” A bright glow comes from Hikari's graveyard, Masked Dragon (1400/1100) appears on the field, and Cyber Dark Edge captures Masked Dragon in its claws, puts IV wires on its forehead, and Cyber Dark Edge's stats rise from 800/800 to 2200/800! Hikari then yells out, “And thanks to Dark Edge's ability, by cutting its attack points in half, it can attack you directly!”

 

Camula yells out, shocked, “What?!” Cyber Dark Edge's stats decrease from 2200/800 to 1100/800, it bypasses Camula's monsters, and launches a powerful wind attack directly at Camula causing her to yell out in pain as she loses 1100 life-points from the attack.

 

Hikari puts one card in the spell/trap slot and she says, “I'll end with this card face-down.”

 

Current Score:

Hikari: 2800

Camula: 5100

 

Camula yells out, annoyed, “You'll pay for that!” Camula draws one card from her deck, puts one card on her duel disk, and yells out, “I summon Vampire Lady in attack mode!” Vampire Lady (1550/1550-1750/1550) comes to the field in attack mode. Camula then calls out, “Now, Vampire Genesis, destroy her rusty machine! Crimson Storm!” Vampire Genesis transforms into a crimson storm and launches right at Cyber Dark Edge.

 

Hikari pushes a button on her duel disk and yells out, “I play my face-down card! The trap known as Attack Reflector Unit!” Hikari's face-down card is revealed to be the trap card known as Attack Reflector Unit and Hikari says, as she takes a card that comes out of her deck, “Now, I sacrifice one Cyber Dragon to summon the Cyber Barrier Dragon!” Hikari puts the card that comes out of her dueling deck on her duel disk, Cyber Dragon vanishes, and Cyber Barrier Dragon (800/2800) comes to the field in attack mode. Hikari then calls out, in a serious tone, “And thanks to him, once per turn while he is in attack mode, I can negate one of your attacks, so, your Vampire Genesis attack can go back where it started!” Cyber Barrier Dragon (800/2800) retracts its head into its body, it creates a barrier, and Vampire Genesis' attack is negated.

 

Camula yells out, angrily, “That doesn't mean I can destroy your dragon since its power is used up! Vampire Lady, attack with Nightmare Screech!” Vampire Lady lets out a huge screech as it destroys Hikari's Cyber Barrier Dragon and she moans out in pain as she loses 950 life-points. Camula laughs evilly and she tells Hikari, “Now, her ability activates! Now, you have to discard one card from your deck to your graveyard and I choose for you to discard a monster!” Hikari goes through her deck, discards another Cyber Dragon (2100/1600), and Camula says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Next, I'll end with a face-down!”

 

Current Score:

Hikari: 1850

Camula: 5100

 

Hikari draws one card from her deck, puts the card in the spell/trap slots, and says, “Now, I play my Card of Sanctity spell card! This forces us to draw from our decks until we have six cards in our hands!” Hikari and Camula then draw from their decks until they have six cards in their hands, Hikari puts two cards in the spell/trap slots, and yells out, “Then I play my Power Bond and chain with Cybernetic Fusion Support! I pay half of my life-points and remove my three Cyber Dragons from the graveyard in order to summon a monster that you might know all too well!” Her life-points drop by one-half of her current score, three Cyber Dragon (2100/1600 X 3) come out of Hikari's graveyard, she puts them in her card pouch, the holograms of the three monsters appear on the field and go into a fusion vortex as Hikari puts the fusion monster card on her duel disk.

 

Mindy yells out, excitedly, “Awesome!”

 

Botan says, happily, “She brought herself a victory!”

 

Hikari shouts out, strongly, “Meet Cyber End Dragon!” Soon after, out of the fusion vortex, Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800) comes to the field in attack mode. Hikari then says, with a serious tone, “And thanks to Power Bond, it's attack points are double!” Cyber End Dragon's stats rise from 4000/2800 to 8000/2800! Hikari then calls out, “Cyber End Dragon, destroy Vampire Bat with Super Strident Blaze!” Cyber End Dragon launches a powerful blue beam of energy from its three heads and its slams into Vampire Bat, destroying it.

 

Camula pushes a button on her duel disk and yells out, strongly, “This isn't over! I play my trap! Hollowed Life Barrier!” Camula's face-down card is revealed to be Hollowed Life Barrier, Camula discards one card from her hand, and Camula says, with an evil grin, “Nice try, but thanks to this, all damage to me is reduce to zero for this turn.” Camula's life-points remain safe, but Vampire Genesis' stats reduced down back to 3000/2100 and Vampire Lady's stats reduce down to 1550/1550.

 

Hikari puts one card on her duel disk and yells out, strongly, “Now, I summon Cyber Kirin in attack mode!” Soon after, Cyber Kirin (300/800) comes to the field in attack mode and Hikari says, seriously, “Now, by sacrificing him, all card effect damage to me this turn is negated and that means my Power Bond damage is gone!” Cyber Kirin vanishes from the field, Hikari puts two cards in the spell/trap slots, and says, “I'll end with these cards face-down on the field!”

 

Current Score:

Hikari: 925

Camula: 5100

 

Camula draws one card from her deck and says, with a wide evil grin, “Ah, just what I was waiting for! With this card, this duel is mine!”

 

Kurama says, with a serious tone, “I do not like the sound of her tone. She would say that if she had drawn a powerful card.”

Alexis says, with a worried tone, “I just hope that she didn't draw what I think she drew.”

 

Camula yells out, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “I play . . . Illusion Gate!” Just then a huge door with bats attached on top of it appears behind Camula.

 

Chazz says, annoyed and worriedly, “Not that blasted card, again!”

 

Keiko asks, curiously, “You heard about that card?”

 

Syrus says, worriedly, “It is bad news, Keiko.”

 

Yusuke yells out, remembering, “Wait! Is it that cheating card that she used to beat Zane?!”

 

Zane says, with a dark sneer, “Yeah! And it looks like she is trying to do the same with Kari!”

 

Camula tells Hikari, with an evil smile, “Now, this card destroys all monsters on your side of the field and it allows me to summon one monster that you have used this entire duel and all I need to do is give a soul to the Sacred Beasts in case I lose. Now, who shall it be?”

 

Hikari pushes a button on her duel disk and yells out, strongly, “That cheating card won't work on me, bitch! I play my face-down! Solemn Judgement!” Hikari's face-down card is revealed to be Solemn Judgement trap card and she yells out, seriously, “By giving up half of my life-points, I can negate the activation of the last card that you played! So, your Illusion Gate is gone!”

 

Camula yells out, flabbergasted, “No, this can't be!” Hikari's trap card launches lightning energy at the hologram of Illusion Gate and destroys it while Hikari's life-points drop by half!

 

Every one of our heroes and heroines, expect for Zane, who has become wide-eyed in amazement, gasp in shock and Chazz yells out, stunned, “I can't believe it! Not even that slacker managed to stop that card, even through he beat her before, but she managed to find a way!”

 

Yusuke yells out, excitedly, “Way to go, sis! Now, kick this vampire back to oblivion where she belongs!”

 

Camula yells out, angrily, “I think not! Since you made yourself weaker, if my Vampire Genesis destroys your Dark Edge, you are finished! Vampire Genesis, finish her off with Crimson Storm!” Vampire Genesis launches attack on Cyber Dark Edge and prepares to finish Hikari off.

 

Hikari pushes a button on her duel disk and yells out, “Sorry, you fanged freak, but you are the one that's finished! I play my trap card! Shift!” Hikari's other face-down is the trap card known as Shift and Hikari says, with a sly smile, “This trap card transfers your Vampire Genesis' attack to my Cyber End Dragon!”

 

Camula calls out, stunned, “What?!” Vampire Genesis' attack is diverted from Cyber Dark Edge to Cyber End Dragon.

 

Hikari puts the last card in the spell/trap slots and exclaims, with a sly grin, “Then I play my Quick-Spell card: Rush Recklessly! This gives my Cyber End Dragon an additional seven hundred attack points for this turn!”

 

Camula exclaims, horrified, “No, it can't be!” Cyber End Dragon's stats rise from 8000/2800 to 8700/2800!

 

Hikari then yells out, in a serious tone, “End of the line for you, wench! Cyber End Dragon, finish this freak off with Super Strident Blaze!” Cyber End Dragon counterattacks, destroys Vampire Genesis, and Camula yells out in shock as she loses 5700 life-points ending the duel immediately.

 

Final Score:

Hikari: 472

Camula: 0

 

With the end of the duel, the final holograms fade away and the other pit of darkness appears in front of Camula and she screams as the dark pit drags her down into the Shadow Realm, vanishing as quickly as it came.

 

Lita says, with a stunned tone, “Yow! I'm glad that I'm not her.”

 

Serena tells Lita, “Personally, I think that we are all glad that we aren't her.”

 

As Hikari goes back to the others, Zane tells her, with his sick smile on his lips and dark sly tone, “Great work, Kari. You sent that loser back to the Shadow Realm where she belongs.”

 

Hikari gives a light blush and tells him, “Thanks, Zane.” Just then two Obelisk Blue male students, one female Obelisk Blue student, and one male Ra Yellow student appears before our group, laying on the ground, and totally unconsciousness.

 

Tea exclaims, pointing to them, “Look at that!”

 

Yugi says, in a serious tone, “They must be the students that were sent to the Shadow Realm!” Immediately, the group runs over them and while Alinna looks them over, Ami scans them with her computer.

 

Alinna says, with a smile, “They are just fine. Just exhausted from their ordeal.” Ami nods her head and everyone, expect for Yeshua, Chazz, and Zane, give a sigh of relief.

 

Amara says, with a serious tone, “However, the bad news is that we didn't find out anything about the person or people that revive them back and returned them from the Shadow Realm.”

 

Michelle asks Amara and Trista, “How do you think could have done it?”

 

Trista says, with a serious tone, “Like Yeshua told us before, it must be one filled with incredible powers and abilities to control the shadows.”

 

Amara states, with her plain tone, “And doesn't forebode well for us and it could be possible that we will find out who this person is soon enough.”

 

Tristan asks, curiously, “What makes you say that?” Just then Serena's PDA activates, Serena takes it out of her sub-space pocket, and when she activates it, Chancellor Sheppard's image in his office appears on the screen, but he had a nasty bloody gash on his forehead.

 

Serena gasps and asks through her PDA, “Chancellor Sheppard, what happened?!” Everyone immediately takes notice and many of our heroes and heroines as possible look over Serena's shoulders to see the injury on Chancellor Sheppard's forehead on her PDA screen.

 

Chancellor Sheppard says, over the PDA, “My injury isn't important right now! What is important is that you know that the cloaked figure that Sailor Pluto stopped from getting the Spirit Gate keys has burst into my office again and this time, managed to succeed to steal the keys this time!” Serena and many of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Chancellor Sheppard tells Serena, solemnly, “I'm sorry, he was just too powerful. He had some kind of ancient magic that beat me to the ground and I believe it was some kind of Shadow Magic.”

 

Serena asks Chancellor Sheppard, “Are you sure?”

 

Chancellor Sheppard nods his head and says, “Yes, I am. He is going after the Sacred Beast cards and you and your friends, especially Jaden, need to get over there and stop him before it is too late, Ms. Tsukino!”

 

Serena tells Chancellor Sheppard, “We're on our way, sir!” Chancellor Sheppard's image on the PDA screen fades away as Serena closes up the screen on her PDA.

 

Trista says, with a serious and plain tone, “These two must have been only a distraction so our attention would be diverted. Then Chancellor Sheppard would be defenseless and unable to stop this cloaked figure from getting the Sacred Beast cards.”

 

Yusuke yells out, angrily, “Damn it! And we fell right into it!” Just then a huge rumbling shakes the island and everyone looks around to find the source. Soon enough, in the crater where the Sacred Beast cards are `stored', they see seven large pillars rising from the ground.

 

Syrus exclaims, worriedly, “That's where the Sacred Beast cards are contained!”

 

Jaden says, seriously, “He must be already there!”

 

Chazz exclaims, in his usual tone, “No kidding, Sherlock! So, what are we waiting for?!” Chazz immediately runs towards the area of Academy Island where the Sacred Beast cards are stored and not needing another word, the rest of our heroes and heroines race after him.

 

(In the area that Sacred Beast cards are contained; A short time later)

 

Now, we are inside of the crater formed when the Sacred Beasts were released the first time and within the center of the crater, we find the cloaked figure that attacked Chancellor Sheppard before for the Sacred Beast cards and was stopped by Sailor Pluto standing in front of the podium that contain the Sacred Beast cards.

 

When the cloaked figure sees the Sacred Beast cards, he says, darkly, “At long last, one of the key components to claiming the power I desire and ruling the world!” The cloaked figure takes a dark tanned hand and takes the three Sacred Beast cards from the podium. When he looks at them, carefully, he says, with a dark excited tone, “Excellent, I can feel their great power coursing through them. With their power, I have enough strength to claim the Egyptian Gods and then the Pharaoh's power. Within them returned to the spirit world, there is nothing he can do to stop me this time.”

 

However, after the podium lowers back into the ground after the cards were taken, a familiar female voice yells out, “Hold it, pal!” The cloaked figure looks to see all of our heroes and heroines, joined by Marik and Ishizu, run down the slopes of the crater and confront him.

 

The cloaked figure thinks in his mind, “Well, if it isn't my weaker half and my sister, Ishizu. It has been quite some time, but this time, I don't have my weaker half to slow me down like he did in my duel with the Pharaoh and she doesn't have her Millennium Necklace to protect her. Now, I can get rid of them by banishing them to the shadows forever after I claim the Egyptian Gods and the power of the Pharaoh.”

 

Marik looks at the cloaked figure, gets a serious form of dread, and thinks in his mind, “What is this terrible feeling in my soul? How could I feel that this cloaked figure is familiar to me? How come I am feeling this way? And why do I feel that this person is very dangerous?!”

 

Tyranno tells at the cloaked figure, “Okay, my tall, dark, and spooky, put down those cards!”

 

The cloaked figure replies, with a dark confident tone, “And who is going to make me, fool?”

 

Marik and Ishizu think in their minds, “That voice! It is so familiar!”

 

Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Mai think in unison, “What does that voice seem familiar?”

 

Chazz tells the cloaked figure, “Look around genius! You are outnumbered! There are dozens of us and only one of you!”

 

Zane tells the cloaked figure, darkly, “So, why don't you hand over those cards before we decided to take target practice with you?! You don't know the extent of our power!”

 

The cloaked figure gives off a dark giggle and then laughs outright causing Lita to say, angrily, “And what's so funny jerk?!”

 

The cloaked figure stops laughing and replies, darkly, “You are! If you think that your ideal threats scare me, you are wrong! Now, let me show you true power!” Just then the Millennium Symbol appears on the forehead of the cloaked figure under his hood, which still conceals his face.

 

Ishizu yells out, shocked, “That's the Millennium Symbol!”

 

Yeshua says, in a serious and plain tone, “Watch out, everyone! The power of the shadows flow through his veins!”

 

The cloaked figure yells out, “Wrong! The power of darkness doesn't flow through me, fool! I am the darkness, Yeshua! And yes, I already know who you are! In fact, I know all about the ancient scriptures, including the facts about them!” The cloaked figure points to Jaden and Serena and yells out, darkly, “And let me tell you that it is an honor to finally meet you . . . Princess Serenity and Prince Judai of the Moon Kingdom, the legendary daughter and son of Queen Diana Serenity, last queen of the great Lunarian kingdom, and in the case of Princess Serenity, the famous hero of Tokyo, Sailor Moon!”

 

Everyone gasps in shock and Serena exclaims, stunned, “You know who I truly am?!”

 

The cloaked figure replies, darkly, “Indeed! The ancient scriptures guarded by the Tomb Keepers tell many stories about you and your brother as well as your mother and the Silver Millennium, the golden age of our Solar System and possible the universe! Plus, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that `Sailor Moon' must be the Moon Princess since there was no Sailor Scout of the Moon during the Silver Millennium, but then again, those little hairballs that you call advisors didn't figure it out until the Imperium Silver Crystal was reformed! And those two call themselves advisors to the Lunarian royal family!”

 

Luna yells out, angrily, “Enough! Why do you want those cards?!”

 

The cloaked figure replies, darkly, “Simple, foolish Lunarian feline! I want to rule the world and then the universe! In order to get the world, I need the Sacred Beasts to get me two more items that I desire: The Millennium Puzzle and the three Egyptian God cards, which I know that you have! The great Pharaoh Atem was foolish to give them you, even if you are the next `Chosen Duelists' the ones able to weld the powers of the Millennium Items to protect the world and the universe for the next generation of evil and the newest return of the Shadow Games! With Atem returned to the Spirit World, the power of the Pharaoh still locked within the Millennium Puzzle still waits, waiting for the successor of King Atem, but I shall claim it for my own!” The cloaked figure says, with an evil grin, “Then with the power of the Pharaoh on my side, why stop there? I shall take the treasures of the Moon Princess, Sun Princess, and Galaxy Princess, the three great crystals, and with their power, I shall rule the universe with the Sacred Beasts and the Egyptian Gods as my guardians! The universe shall bow down before me!”

 

Serena says, with a serious tone, “You won't get away with this! Nor are you getting the power of my crystal!”

 

The cloaked figure yells out, “Wrong! I shall get what I want right now! Now, I summon the Masked Beast, Tyrant Dragon, and Tri-Horned Dragon!” Just then the ground starts to shake and quake violently.

 

Hotaru asks, worriedly, “What is going on?!”

 

Syrus tells Hotaru, fearfully, “Something really bad, Hotaru!” Just then out of the ground, the Masked Beast (3200/1800), Tyrant Dragon (2900/2400), and Tri-Horned Dragon (2850/2400) come out of the ground in front of the cloaked figure.

 

Mina asks, worriedly, “Aren't those holograms?”

 

Amara says, seriously, “I don't think so!”

 

The cloaked figure says, evilly, “How right you are my dear? These are real Shadow Creatures and they can kill! And they will, too!” The cloaked figure yells out, darkly, “Attack them now! Claim the Egyptian God Cards and the three great crystals so the universe will be mine!” The three monsters leap forward to attack our heroes and heroines with the Sailor Scouts, Solar Warriors, and our Earth Prince not having enough time to transform or any of our heroes and heroines have enough time that have their own powers to counteract, expect for Yeshua and Hiei, who prepare to act.

 

However, a familiar strong male voice calls out, “I CALL UPON THE EGYPTIAN GODS! OBELISK, SLIFER, AND THE WINGED DRAGON OF RA, ARISE!!!” Just then the God Cards burst out of Serena's sub-space pocket and beam out bright blue, red, and yellow colored lights causing everyone to cover their eyes.

 

The cloaked figure asks, stunned, “What is this?! Who calls upon the powers of the Gods?!”

 

Yugi and Tea think in their mind, stunned, “That voice!” After the bright lights fade away, everyone looks to see Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and the Winged Dragon of Ra floating in the air above our heroes and heroines.

 

Marik yells out, stunned, “It is the three Egyptian Gods, but who summoned them?!”

 

Just then the male strong voice, “Slifer the Sky Dragon, destroy his creatures of darkness with your divine light! Thunderforce Strike!” Slifer the Sky Dragon roars out as it launches a beam of lightning force from its main mouth and vaporizes Masked Beast, Tyrant Dragon, and Tri-Horned Dragon.

 

The cloaked figure yells out, angrily, “How dares interfere with me?!”

 

The male strong voice yells out, nearby, “I do! And you will never get my power that belongs to my successor!” Everyone then looks to the source of the voice to see a familiar male figure in the shadows and when he steps out into the light, everyone, expect for Yeshua, who is also surprised, but you can't tell with his emotionless look, and Zane, who's eyes widen in amazement, gasps when Atem, with the Millennium Puzzle around his neck and the Millennium Symbol glowing on his forehead, steps into the light.

 

Mina yells out, stunned, “Whoa! I'm seeing double!”

 

Atticus tells Mina, “No joke, Mina! When did Yugi Moto get a twin brother?!”

 

Trista says, seriously, “Yugi didn't get a twin, my friends. It is the ancient Pharaoh himself that once shared Yugi Moto's body during their journey to save the world from evil and the Shadow Games! Pharaoh Atem of Egypt!”

 

Everyone, expect for Yeshua and Zane, gasp in shock and Joey calls out, stunned, “No way!”

 

Atem tells Joey, with a smile, “The Princess of Pluto is correct, Joey. I have returned.”

 

Tea says, stunned, “Atem . . .”

 

The cloaked figure yells out, shocked, “Impossible! You went off to the Spirit World after that duel you had with little Yugi to complete your journey! How can you be here and in your own body?”

 

Atem tells the cloaked figure, “You should know! You used the increase infusion of Shadow Powers during Prince Judai's and his friends' battles with Kagemaru and the Shadow Riders to access greater dark powers of the Shadow Realm and the Duel Monsters' Spirit Worlds to create your own body since you were just a evil spirit and can't survive her without a host body. Then you used the imbalance created by those Shadow Duels to escape the Shadow Realm into the Real World!”

 

The cloaked figure jumps in surprise and says, with an evil chuckle, “Very clever, Pharaoh. So, you figured me out.”

 

Atem quickly goes over to Yugi and his friends and tells them, “It is good to see all of you, again, my friends.”

 

Yugi tells Atem, “It is good to see you, too, Atem. But how did you come back and who is that?”

 

Atem tells Yugi, looking at Marik, “Unfortunately, it is one person that we know all too well and Marik and Ishizu, too.”

 

Ishizu asks Atem, “What do you mean, my king?”

 

Atem asks Marik, in a solemn tone with not fully sure how to tell him, “Marik, it is one person that you would fear most in returning and the person that destroyed your father.”

 

Marik and Ishizu gasp in shock and Marik tells Atem, horrified, “Atem, don't tell me . . . you mean to tell me that . . .”

 

The cloaked figure says, with a dark tone, “That's right, fool. It's me . . .” The cloaked figure throws off his cloak to reveal none other than Yami Marik right in front of our heroes and heroines, who gives off a dark and evil laugh that can send chills down many people's spines.

 

Joey yells out, shocked, “Oh no! It's Marik's dark side!”

 

Mai says, a bit fearfully, “Not him, again.”

 

Joey tells Mai, “Don't worry, Mai! This sicko won't hurt you, again!”

 

Jaden asks Yugi, “Hey, Yugi, mind telling what Pharaoh Atem is doing here? And how this guy is?”

 

Atem tells Jaden, with a smile, “It seems like you remember me, Prince Judai.”

 

Jaden tells Atem, with his sly smile, “Of course, Atem, why would I forget a friend of my mom's?”

 

Chazz then says, in his usual tone, “Can we stop with the `hellos' and someone tell us what the hell is going on here?!”

 

Yugi says, with a plain and serious tone, “This is one of the enemies that Atem and I faced during our battles against evil and the Shadow Realm.” Yugi, Atem, Joey, Tea, Tristan, Mai, Marik, and Ishizu then explain about Yami Marik and his origins in a quick fashion.

 

When they were done, Alexis asks, “So, this `Yami Marik' was Mr. Ishtar's dark side that was sent to the Shadow Realm when Atem and Yugi beat him in the Battle City finals?”

 

Marik says, with a nod and a solemn tone, “That's right. He was a creator of my anger and hatred of the Pharaoh because of my fate as a Tomb Keeper. My best friend and faithful servant, Odion, kept them contained, but when he fell when he tried to use a fake Winged Dragon of Ra card, my evil side took over and caused nothing, but misery for Yugi, Atem, and their friends. During the final duel of the Battle City finals, Yugi and Atem saved me by destroying the Winged Dragon of Ra when my dark side was attached to it and brought me back from the shadows. I surrendered the duel to Atem and sent my evil side to the Shadow Realm for good or so I thought.”

 

Atem says, with a serious tone, “But like I said before, he used the Shadow Games that Kagemaru and the Shadow Riders to revive himself. Those Shadow Games created an increased influx of Shadow Powers in the Real World as well as create an imbalance between the Shadow Realm, the Spirit World of Duel Monsters, and the Real World. He used those to create a new body for himself and leave the Shadow Realm for the real world. He has been here in the Real World for months to nearly a year.”

 

Tea asks Atem, “But how to did you come back to life and with our own body?”

 

Atem tells Tea, “I used a similar method that Marik's dark half used to revive myself. The Egyptian Gods guided me through this revival process. I hate to bring any bad memories for any of you, during the battles with the Society of Light, huge amounts of darkness and light energy were released by both the negative and the positive forces, creating another imbalance between the realms of the Shadow Realm, the Spirit World, and the Real World as across the entire universe. With the aid of the Egyptian Gods, I gathered the excess light and darkness used by the positive forces, namely Princess Serenity, Prince Judai, and all of their friends, and used that energy to revive my life-force and give me a physical form of flesh and blood. Using my Millennium Puzzle in the abandoned dorm as a guide, I returned from the Spirit World and retrieved it. The gods sensed that you would need my help, especially against him, so, I have a second life to aid you in this battle.”

 

Tea asks Atem, a bit hopefully, “Does this mean that you are back for good?”

 

Atem replies, with a smile, “Until I die of natural causes or by some other method of this mortal plane, Tea.” Tea gives a slight smile, very happy that Atem was back.

 

Yami Marik says, with a smile, “How sweet. Reunited with your friends, Pharaoh. But don't be celebrating just yet. When I send you to the Shadows, you can only watch in despair as all of your friends join you.”

 

Atem tells Yami Marik, in a serious tone while returning the Egyptian Gods Monsters to their cards, “You won't get away with this! I defeated you once and I will defeat you, again!”

 

Yami Marik summons a black version of the Academy Duel Disk to his left wrist, puts the three Sacred Beasts into a dueling deck, shuffles the deck, and says, darkly, “Easier said than done, Pharaoh! With these cards in my deck, my victory is assured! Even with all three gods on your side, you can't win! And soon, they will be serving the new Pharaoh of the planet Earth!”

 

Atem tells Yami Marik, seriously, “We shall see! Let's duel!”

 

Just then Jaden's voice booms, “Hold on a second!” Everyone looks at Jaden, sees him attach a duel disk to his left wrist, inserts his dueling deck inside, and steps forward towards Yami Marik. Jaden then points to Yami Marik and yells out, “I'll be your opponent, Marik!”

 

Everyone, minus Yeshua and Zane, gasp in shock and Joey yells out, stunned, “Jaden, you can't face him! This guy was created from Marik's darkness and he is total nutcase! He loves to play deadly Shadow Games and if you lose, you will be sent to the Shadow Realm!”

 

Jaden says, seriously, “Actually, this isn't my first Shadow Game where my soul was on the line as well as the fate of the world! Plus, Atem never faced the Sacred Beast cards, but I have and I know what they are capable of! If anyone should face the Sacred Beasts, it has got to be me!”

 

Syrus tells Jaden, “But Jay, last time you need Professor Banner's special card in order to win! You don't have that card this time!”

 

Jaden tells Syrus, with a smile, “I won't need it, this time! I've got a new stronger deck that's even sweeter than before! I know the key to defeating those beasts is right in there! I believe in my deck and I know that it won't fail me now!”

 

Atem thinks, with a curious look, “Prince Judai is very in tune with his deck. He understands well the power of the heart of the cards! I can sense the power of his belief in his cards and the bond that Queen Serenity's son has with his deck! He is so much like Yugi and myself. It is no wonder Yugi chose him to be his successor as the King of Games and why he is one of the six Chosen Duelists that succeed me and Yugi to defend the world against another return to the Shadow Games and use the Millennium Items to defend the world and the universe against evil. But there is something else, I can feel something inside of him . . .” Atem then looks down at his three Egyptian God cards and they give off a sight glow causing Atem to think with a smile, “As you wish, my friends. If you believe in him, then I should have faith in him, too.” Atem then calls out to Jaden, “Jaden!”

 

When Jaden looks at Atem, he throws him his three God Cards, and Jaden asks him, perplexed, “Why are you giving me your God Cards, Atem?”

 

Atem tells Jaden, with a smile, “Something just tells me that this is supposed to be your duel and not mine. I will put my faith and belief in you, Jaden. I know that the heart of the cards will serve you well and the Egyptian Gods wish to aid you in this duel.”

 

Trista asks Atem, curiously, “Are you sure that you want to do this, King Atem?”

 

Atem nods his head and says, “Yes, I do. And please call me `Atem'. My days as Pharaoh are long since over.”

 

Yeshua tells Atem, “Until your successor has taken the throne of Egypt, my king, you are still the Pharaoh.”

 

Atem tells Yeshua, with a smile, “Yeshua, it is good to see you, again.”

 

Jaden looks at the three God Cards, they gives off a slight glow in his hands, and Jaden thinks in his mind, “Why not?” Jaden tells Atem, with a smile, “Thanks, Atem! I won't let you down!” Jaden shuffles the three God Cards into his deck and puts his dueling deck back in his duel disk.

 

Yami Marik says, with a dark sly smile, “You are fool to trust the fate of the world to this boy, even if he is the son of the great Queen Serenity, the last queen of the great Lunarian Kingdom! He might possess her pathetic kind, gentle, and caring soul, but he doesn't possess her wisdom and steel-like will to beat me!”

 

Atem tells Yami Marik, darkly, “We shall see! He might just surprise you!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, “Ready! It's time to throw down . . . um . . . Marik!” Jaden and Yami Marik activate their duel disk, their life-point counters display 4000 life-points each, and both of them to draw five cards from their decks. Jaden calls out, seriously, “Get your game on!”

 

Starting Scores:

Jaden: 4000

Yami Marik: 4000

 

Yami Marik tells Jaden, with an evil grin, “Shadow Game, you mean!” Yami Marik's forehead glows with the Millennium Symbol and he calls out, “Darkness, surround us!” Just then the whole area is engulfed in a familiar dark violet and black fog causing everyone expect for Yeshua and Zane to gasp in shock.

 

Tea says, worriedly, “Oh no! Don't tell me!”

 

Joey says, with a snarl, “That's right, Tea! It's one of the Shadow Games that Marik's dark side loves to `play' and believe me, it isn't pleasant!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, with a strong tone, “Don't think that you are scaring me, pal! This isn't my first Shadow Game, you know?!”

 

Yami Marik tells Jaden, with an evil smile, “Of course, I know, you fool! I observed your duels with that fool, Kagemaru, and his pathetic Shadow Riders during your first year here in Seto Kaiba's Academy! Remember, it was those duels that helped me return to this world with a new life! I've observed your deck and I know that you love to play with those pathetic `Elemental Hero' monsters! Even through the Light of Destruction prevented me from watching your duels from my hiding place back within Egypt and other areas in the world before I arrived here sometime ago, I can sense the battles and the powers of darkness that you were using to defeat that ancient evil force. However, even through I haven't seen many of your recent duels, if you are like Yugi and Atem, you haven't changed the core of your deck, so, I know what you'll play!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, with a sly smile, “You think so?”

 

Yami Marik draws one card from his deck and yells out, in a dark serious tone, “Enough talk!” Yami Marik puts one card on his duel disk and calls out, “I summon my Vampiric Leech in attack mode!” Soon after, Vampiric Leech (500/1200) comes to the field in attack mode and Yami Marik yells out, with an evil smile, “And thanks to its special ability, it can attack you right away even it is my first turn!”

 

Jaden shouts out, stunned, “What?!”

 

Yami Marik calls out, “Attack him directly!” Vampiric Leech moves in, launches tentacles right at Jaden, and he yells out in pain and shock as he loses 500 life-points right off the bat.

 

Syrus shouts out, “Jaden!”

 

Just then everyone, minus Yeshua and Zane, gasps in shock and Alexis shouts out, stunned, “Jaden, your arm!” Jaden looks at his left arm and see a portion of his upper left arm vanishing into the darkness.

 

Jaden yells out, stunned, “What's happening?!”

 

Yami Marik laughs evilly and exclaims, in an evil sadistic smile on his lips and evil excited tone, “In this Shadow Game, for every life-point that we lose, a portion of our body is sucked into the shadows and when you lose, your majesty, your body and soul will be sucked into the Shadow Realm and the God Cards will be mine!”

 

Lita yells out, angrily, “That's just sick!”

 

Yami Marik replies, with an evil sadistic smile and evil sly tone, “Thank you!”

 

Joey says, with an annoyed tone, “This sicko hasn't changed one bit over the past decade!”

 

Yami Marik yells out, evilly, “Give up, boy! Not even the son of Queen Serenity can beat me!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, in a serious tone, “No way, Marik! I'll never surrender to you! I don't know the meaning of the word!”

 

Chazz says, in his usual tone, “Knowing that slacker, I bet that he is right and he doesn't know the meaning of the word `surrender'.”

 

Yami Marik says, with an evil sly tone, “Fine. Just more beautiful suffering for me to witness anyway. I will love it when you struggle and squirm as your soul and body is sucked into the shadows.” Yami Marik licks his lips and says, “But don't worry, boy, your beloved princess, your sister, and all of your friends will join you, including the Pharaoh and all of his friends, in the Shadow Realm!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, with a serious tone, “Just finish your turn!”

 

Yami Marik says, discarding one card from his hand to the graveyard, “As you wish! I activate another of my Leech's special abilities! By discarding one card from my hand, I can switch him to defense mode!” Vampiric Leech then switches from attack to defense mode. Yami Marik says, with an evil smile, “I think that I allowed you to suffer for now, but the worse is yet to come!”

 

Current Score:

Jaden: 3500

Yami Marik: 4000

 

Jaden draws one card from his deck and calls out, “My move!”

 

Yami Marik says, with an evil sly grin, “Let me guess: You are going to play that Bubbleman to get two more cards from your deck or Wildheart to prevent my trap to stop your attacks? Or some other kind of weak `hero'?”

 

Jaden puts one card on his duel disk and says, with a sly grin, “Let see how confident you are after this! You think that you know my deck by watching my duels with the Shadow Realm, but what you didn't know is that I've gotten a much stronger deck since then! Now, time for you to meet one of my newer heroes! Come on out, Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin!” A giant wave comes onto the field and Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin (600/800) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Yami Marik yells out, in surprise, “What in the name of Ra is that creature?!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, “One of the headliners for my newest deck, my Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin. And let me tell you, bro, he is pretty tough for a dolphin with legs and in spandex!”

Tea asks Jaden's friends, “Is that another of Jaden's outer space Duel Monsters?”

 

Syrus says, with a smile, “Yep!”

 

Atem asks, curiously, “These monsters come from other space?”

 

Yeshua tells Atem, “Yes, Atem. They are the citizens of Neo-Space, areas of the universe in-between the light and darkness in the universe, and keepers of the balance of light and darkness. And unlike most Duel Monsters, they creatures live in the reaches of outer space and Queen Serenity's son has his deck infused with their power: The power of Neo-Space.”

 

Atem says, with a nod, “That's something you don't hear about every day.”

 

Yami Marik says, overhearing and in an annoyed tone, “So, what if you have creature that aren't native to this planet? Your monster is weak, just like you! Your overgrown fish with legs don't have a power to beat my Leech!”

 

Jaden yells out, in a serious tone, “Hey, Aquos is no fish! He's a dolphin, duh! And he is a lot stronger than you think!” Jaden asks Aquos, his Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin ally, “Ready to show this freak your stuff, pal!”

 

Aquos nods his head and replies, “Indeed.”

 

Tea asks, stunned, “Is it me or did that monster just talk?”

 

Joey tells Tea, also stunned, “I don't think that's you.”

 

Atem thinks in his mind, “That monster is no hologram. He is a living creature that can't take solid form here in this planet without someone else's power to aid them and through Jaden, his power, and duel disk, these `outer space Duel Monsters' can take physical form to aid him.”

 

Yami Marik thinks in his mind, with a bit of surprise in his expression, “That creature is no hologram! It's a real living Shadow Creature!”

 

Jaden discards one card from his hand to the graveyard and yells out, “Now, I play Aquos' effect! Go, Sonar Wave!” Aquos launches a wave of sound at Yami Marik's hand and Jaden yells out, seeing Yami Marik giving off a confused expression, “This allows me to see into your hand and if you have a monster with less attack points than Aquos, then it is automatically destroyed and you lose five hundred life-points!” Just then Yami Marik's Plasma Eel (500/1200) comes out of his hand, takes `physical form', and it is destroyed causing Yami Marik to gasp in shock as he loses 500 life-points with a portion of his right arm vanishing into the shadows. Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, with a smile, “Next, I play my O-Oversoul spell card! With this card, I can bring back one Normal Elemental Hero back to the field! And I plan to bring back the monster that I just tossed!”

 

Yami Marik yells out, stunned, “You had this planned all along!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, with a smile, “You've got it bro! Now, I summon my Elemental Hero Neos!” With a bright glow, Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Tyranno yells out, excitedly, “Awesome! He just brought one of his strongest soldiers to the field!”

 

Jaden calls out, seriously, “Neos, ready? Attack his Plasma Eel with Cosmic Crush!”

 

Neos nods his head and says, “Of course.” Neos then leaps into the air and drops down on Vampiric Leech, destroying it with one powerful karate chop, but since it was in defense mode, Yami Marik's life-points are safe.

 

Jaden then calls out, “Aquos, direct attack! Echo Blast!” Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin leaps towards Yami Marik, stops right in front of him, and launches a sonic blast of sound from his mouth causing Yami Marik to cover his ears as the attack slams into him causing him to lose 600 more life-points. Soon after, portion of his left arm began to vanish into the shadows.

 

Syrus yells out, excitedly, “Way to go, Jay!”

 

Atticus says, with a smile, “That's showing that freak who's boss!”

 

Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “Next, I play my Mirage of Nightmare! With this card, during your Standby Phase, I can draw until I have four cards in my hand, but during my Standby Phase, I have to discard the same number of cards that I drew with this effect!” Jaden then puts the final two cards in his hand in the spell/trap slots and calls out, with a sly smile, “Finally, I throw two face-downs and call it a turn! Dueling isn't like it was, huh, old timer?”

 

Current Score:

Jaden: 3500

Yami Marik: 2900

 

Yami Marik draws one card from his deck and says, annoyed, “You shall pay for that, boy! My move!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, “Yeah, but it is also my draw thanks to Mirage of Nightmare!” Jaden draws four cards from his deck and says, pushing a button on his duel disk, “Next, I play my face-down! Emergency Provisions!” Jaden's face-down card is revealed to be the Quick-Spell card, Emergency Provisions, and Jaden calls out, “Now, by sacrificing one spell or trap, I regain one thousand life-points! And I choose to get rid of my Mirage of Nightmare!” The hologram of Mirage of Nightmare Continuous Spell card vanishes and Jaden's life-points increases by 1000 causing to regain the portion of his upper arm that he lost.

 

Atem thinks in his mind, “Very good. Discarding Mirage of Nightmare before its negative effect affects him and gaining back life-points at the same time. Jaden is proving that Yugi's confidence in him is well deserved.”

 

Yami Marik says, putting one card in the spell/trap slot, “Do you think that one decent move impresses me, boy? Hardly! I play Pot of Greed and draw two more cards from my deck!” Yami Marik draws two more cards from his deck, puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and yells out, “Next, I play my Fiend's Sanctuary! This card allows me to summon a Metal Fiend Token to the field!” Just then a Metal Fiend Token (0/0) comes to the field in attack mode. Yami Marik then puts one card on his duel disk and exclaims, “Next, I sacrifice my Fiend Token to summon this! The mighty Helpoemer!” Soon after, the Metal Fiend Token vanishes as Helpoemer (2000/1400) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Joey says, remembering that monster, “Oh no! Not that monster!”

 

Yami Marik exclaims, “Helpoemer, eliminate the peon that the Moon Prince calls a monster now! Death Cloud!” Helpoemer launches a deadly cloud of purple smoke right at Aqua Dolphin.

 

Jaden pushes a button on his duel disk and yells out, “No, you don't! Hero Barrier!” Jaden's face-down card is revealed to be the Hero Barrier trap card and Jaden exclaims, with a sly smile, “Thanks to this card, if I have got an Elemental Hero on the field, I can stop one of your attacks with this! And Neos is standing tall!” A blue barrier appears in front of Aqua Dolphin and negates Helpoemer's attack.

 

Yami Marik says, with an evil sly grin as he puts two cards in the spell/trap slots, “I'll put these cards face-down and end my turn!”

 

Current Score:

Jaden: 4500

Yami Marik: 2900

 

Jaden calls out, drawing one card from his deck, “My turn!” Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slot and shouts out, “First, I equip Neos with Light Laser!” A laser appears in Neos' right hand and Jaden tells Yami Marik, “Now, when my hero attacks, the monster that it attacks with is removed from play!”

 

Yami Marik yells out, shocked, “What?!”

 

Atem says, with a sly smile, “Jaden saw Marik's plan from the start! He knew that Helpoemer's special ability forces Jaden to discard one card from his hand every turn that it remains in Marik's graveyard, but if it is removed from play, it's effect can't be used!”

 

Jaden puts one card on his duel disk and yells out, “Next, I summon Neo-Spacian Glow Moss!” Neo-Spacian Glow Moss (300/900) comes to the field in attack mode and a green, a yellow, and red sphere appear in its hands causing Jaden to say, “When he goes into battle, you flip over the top card of your deck. The type of card that you draw will determine Glow Moss' ability.” Yami Marik draws the top card from his deck, displays it to be a Card of Sanctity spell card, and Jaden yells out, excitedly, “Sweet! Now, Gloss Moss can attack you directly with Spore Spear!” Glow Moss leaps into the air, creates a spear in its right hand, and it slams into Yami Marik dead on in his chest causing him to groan as he loses 300 life-points causing a portion of his upper right leg to vanish into the shadows. Jaden then calls out, “Neos, activate Light Laser and destroy his Helpoemer!” Neos leaps into the air, slashes Helpoemer with Light Laser, causing to explode as it is removed from play, and Yami Marik groans as he loses 500 more life-points causing more of his upper right leg along with some of his upper left leg to vanish into the shadows.

 

Joey yells out, excitedly, “Awesome! That kid has got that freak on the run now!”

 

Ishizu thinks in her mind, seriously, “I wouldn't count Marik's dark side out yet! My brother and I know how devious and terrible he can be!”

 

Jaden yells out, “Aquos, direct attack!” Neo-Spacian Aqua-Dolphin moves in to attack Yami Marik's life-points.

 

Yami Marik then pushes a button on his duel disk and yells out, darkly, “I don't think so, boy! I play the trap card known as Nightmare Mirror!” Yami Marik's face-down card is revealed to be the Nightmare Mirror trap card and the hologram of the Nightmare Mirror appears in front of Yami Marik. Yami Marik says, with a dark sly tone, “Disappointed that my mirror stopped your attack, but it is much worse! Take a look in the mirror!” Just then the image of Jaden appears in the Nightmare Mirror when Aquos gets real close and Yami Marik yells out, darkly, “Meet the new attack target of your Aqua Dolphin, boy! It's you! Now, prepare to feel the wrath of your own monster as well as lose one thousand life-points!”

 

Jaden states, flabbergasted, “What?!” Aquos punches the mirror, Jaden screams out in pain as he feels Aquos' attack himself, as the mirror shatters, and Jaden loses 1000 life-points causing him to lose a good portion of his upper left arm.

 

Alexis yells out, horrified, “Jaden!”

 

Aquos tells Jaden, nervously, “Forgive me, Jaden. I couldn't stop in time.”

 

Jaden tells Aquos, winching in pain, “No problem, bro. My bad.” Jaden puts two cards in the spell/trap slots and says, “I'll end with two face-downs.”

 

Current Score:

Jaden: 3500

Yami Marik: 2100

 

Yami Marik draws one card from his deck, gains a wide evil grin, and Joey says, nervously, “Oh, boy. I don't like it when that ass gets like that. It is usually not a good thing!”

 

Yami Marik puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, with an evil sly grin, “Now, I play Card of Sanctity! Both of us must draw until we have six cards! Consider that my gift! Pray to your goddess Selene that you will get at least one of the three God Cards, but then again, you won't be able to summon them anyway!” Yami Marik and Jaden draw from their decks until they have six cards in their hands, Yami Marik puts two cards in the spell/trap slots, and yells out, “Now, I put two trap cards face-down with the one I already have on the field!”

 

Mai states, confused, “Has that lunatic gone nuts or what? Why would he declare what kind of cards to place face-down?”

 

Zane says, in a dark serious tone, “That's because he is about to summon a Sacred Beast. Namely Uria, Lord of Searing Flames since it requires three trap cards to be sacrificed to summon it to the field.”

 

Yugi, Atem, and his friends gasp in shock and Yami Marik yells out, putting one card on his duel disk, “He's right! Now, I sacrifice my three trap cards in order to play Uria, Lord of Searing Flames in attack mode!” Yami Marik's face-down trap cards, Coffin Seller Continuous trap card, Metal Reflect Smile trap monster card, and Left-Arm Offering trap card, are flipped face-up, vanish, and a burst of flames comes from behind Yami Marik. And out of those flames, Uria, Lord of Searing Flames (0/0) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Jaden says, worriedly, “Uh oh.”

 

Yami Marik then calls out, “Next, Uria gains one thousand attack points for every trap card in my grave! And with four, he has four thousand attack points!” Uria, Lord of Searing Flame's stats rise from 0/0 to 4000/0! Yami Marik then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and shouts out, “Next, I play Mystical Space Typhoon to take care of your Light Laser equip spell!” Just then a huge wind comes on the field and Neos loses his Light Laser as it is destroyed. Yami Marik then calls out, putting one card on his duel disk, “But I'm not done, yet! I summon my Dark Summons God in attack mode!” Soon after, Dark Summons God (0/0) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Atem states, curiously and seriously, “What would Marik's dark side summon a monster with no attack and defense power? There must be more to him than meets the eye.”

 

Yami Marik yells out, darkly, “Correct, Pharaoh! With this card, I can sacrifice him to summon any of the Sacred Beasts that are in my graveyard!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, “Problem is that you don't have any of the Sacred Beasts in your graveyard!”

 

Yami Marik tells Jaden, with an evil sly grin, “Forget the card I discarded with my Leech's ability, boy?” Jaden gasps in shock and Yami Marik yells out, “Yes, I discards one of the two other Sacred Beasts to use my Leech's ability! Now, I sacrifice my Dark Summons God to summon the second Sacred Beast! Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder!” Dark Summons God vanishes from the field as it is sacrificed, lightning crashes onto the ground behind Yami Marik, and out of the smoke of the explosion, Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder (4000/4000) comes to the field in attack mode. Yami Marik tells Jaden, with an evil grin, “Good news for you that he can't attack until my next turn. But doesn't mean that you are out of the woods, yet, boy! First, I play my monster's ability and destroy one of your face-down cards!” Uria launches a super-sonic attack and destroys Jaden's face-down, Mirror Gate trap card, into pieces. Yami Marik then yells out, “Now, Uria, turn his alien freak that he calls a hero into slag! Hyper Blaze!” Uria slams a super-powerful flame assault into Neos and he roars out in pain as he is destroyed.

 

Jaden calls out, horrified, “Neos, no!” He then groans out in pain as he loses 1500 life-points causing much of his arms and good portions of his upper legs to vanish into the shadows.

 

Alexis, Syrus, Tyranno, Jasmine, Mindy, and Serena yell out in unison and in horror, “Jaden!”

 

Tyranno says, worriedly, “Sam hill! The Sarge took a major hit!”

 

Chazz tells Tyranno, in his usual tone, “No kidding, Huckleberry. And with two Sacred Beasts staring down at him, Slacker has really got a fight in his hands.”

 

Yami Marik says, with an evil sly grin, “I think you have suffered enough.”

 

Current Score:

Jaden: 2000

Yami Marik: 2100

 

Jaden draws one card from his deck and says, seriously, “I won't give up, Marik! I will fight on to the end!” Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, “I play Silent Doom! This card allows me to bring back Neos to the field in defense mode! So, come on out!” A bright light comes from Jaden's graveyard and forms into Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000) in defense mode.

 

Yami Marik says, scoffing nastily, “Calling upon that weakling again?”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, with a sly smile, “You'll see, bro!” Jaden puts one card on his duel disk and yells out, “Next, I summon Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird in attack mode!” Soon after, Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird (800/600) in attack mode.

 

Yami Marik says, not impressed, “So, you summon another weak outer space hero, huh? It is no match for my Sacred Beasts!”

 

Jaden says, with a sly smile, “He might be weak now, but when he combines with his friend, he's unstoppable!”

 

Yami Marik yells out, stunned, “What?!”

 

Jaden calls out, “Now, I combine Neos with my Aqua Dolphin and Hummingbird!”

 

Yami Marik exclaims, surprised, “You can't! You haven't played Polymerization!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, “Think again! This is called Contact Fusion! Neo-Spacians can merge with my pal Neos without a Polymerization card as long as the Fusion Material Monster are on the field and I return them back to my deck!” Yami Marik gasps in shock and Jaden shouts out, with a sly smile, “Where was I? Oh, yeah! Neos! Aquos! Hummingbird! Triple Contact Fusion!” The three named monsters leap into the air and Jaden calls out, “Unite to form Elemental Hero Tempest Neos!” The three named monsters are bathed in bright light as the fusion material monsters are put back into Jaden's deck, Jaden takes a fusion monster card from his fusion deck, Jaden puts the card on his duel disk, and out of the bright light, a new monster appears. This new monster is humanoid in appearance and similar to Neos, but he has Air Hummingbird's wings coming out of his back, however, these wings are bright silver in color, his head is shaped like Elemental Hero Aqua Neos, but it is aqua-marine bluish-green in color with a dark blue visor similar to Elemental Hero Tempest's visor over his eyes, which are bright green in color under the visor, he has chest armor similar to Ryo of Wildfire's armor, but it is aqua-marine bluish-green in color and it has aqua-marine bluish-green oval jewel in the center of the chest armor with the shoulder pads having Japanese Kanji symbols of Air, Water, and Light in gold where Tri-Force symbol is on Ryo's shoulder pads, his arms are similar to Elemental Hero Aqua Neos' arms, but they are aqua-marine bluish-green in color where it is supposed to be bright dark blue, his legs are similar to Air Hummingbird's legs, but the feathers covering all of his legs are aqua-marine bluish-green in color with reddish stripes all over them, and he has dark blue spandex boots similar to Aqua Dolphin's boots covering his feet and one-quarter of his lower legs, but they have red feathers attached to the backside of the boots.

 

Yami Marik yells out, stunned, “What in the name is that creature?!”

 

Jaden yells out, with a sly smile, “My newest hero: Elemental Hero Tempest Neos! Pretty sweet, huh? Well, you are about to see first-hand!” Elemental Hero Tempest Neos is quite powerful with 2850/2400 stats! Jaden then calls out, “Now, once per turn, my Tempest Neos makes you lose one card for every card that I have on the field! And since I have three cards on the field, you lose three cards from your hand!” Just then a huge wind comes over and Yami Marik loses the last cards in his hand. Jaden then says, with a sly grin, “Next, my Tempest Neos lowers the attack points of all monsters on your side of the field by the amount of life-points I have left as long as it remains on the field! And I count two thousand!” Yami Marik gasps in shock as Uria and Hamon roar out as their energy is drained with Hamon's stats dropping down from 4000/4000 to 2000/4000 and Uria's stats dropping from 4000/0 to 2000/0!

 

Serena shouts out, excitedly, “All right! Now, Jaden's monster can take out either of those beasts!”

 

Jaden shouts out, “You heard Serena! Go, Tempest Neos, destroy Uria with Hurricane Twister!” Tempest Neos leaps into the air, gathers air and water energy into his two hands, and Tempest Neos launches a twister of hurricane energy from his two hands at Uria, destroying it, and Yami Marik groans out in pain as he loses 850 life-points, costing him a good portion of his torso and lower chest.

 

Syrus yells out, excitedly, “Awesome! He did it! And with no trap cards in his hand, he can't revive Uria!”

 

Yami Marik yells out, annoyed, “Just go!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, with a smile, “What's the matter, bro? Sore that I took out one of your beasts? Well, my pals are just getting warmed up! Now, normally, if I don't have Neo-Space on my side of the field, Tempest Neos has to go back to my deck at the end of the turn he was formed.” Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “But thanks to this card, he won't have to without leaving something or someone behind! I play my Contact Out spell card! With this spell card, I can de-fuse Tempest Neos and since all of the Fusion Material Monsters are in my deck, I can summon them to the field!” Tempest Neos leaps into the air and separates into Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000), Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin (600/800), and Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird (800/600) in defense mode while Hamon's stats return to their original 4000/4000. Jaden then says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Next, I place a face-down and switch Glow Moss to defense mode to end my turn!”

 

Current Score:

Jaden: 2000

Yami Marik: 1250

 

Yami Marik draws one card from his deck, puts the card in the spell/trap slot, and calls out, “Next, I play my Dark Spell Regeneration! With it, I can bring any spell card back to the field and use it for one turn! And I choose Card of Sanctity! That gives you and me a brand new hand!” Yami Marik and Jaden draw until they have six cards in their hands, Yami Marik discards a trap card from his hand, and yells out, “Next, I play Uria's effect and revive him!” A pillar of flames comes on the field and Uria (5000/0) comes back to the field in attack mode. Yami Marik puts a card in the spell/trap slots and states, “Next, I play my Phantasmal Martyrs spell card! With Uria and Hamon on the field, I can summon three Phantasmal Martyr Tokens to the field as long as I discard two cards to my graveyard!” Yami Marik discards two cards to the graveyard and three Phantasmal Martyr Tokens (0/0) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Jaden says, knowing this means one thing, “Oh, boy.”

 

Yami Marik puts one card on his duel disk and yells out, with an evil grin, “By the look on your face, you know what's going to happen next! I sacrifice my three tokens to summon Ravel, Lord of Phantasms in attack mode!” The three tokens vanish as they are sacrificed, a huge storm appears in the air, a blue beam of light crashed down behind Yami Marik, and Ravel, Lord of Phantasms (4000/4000) comes to the field in attack mode. When all three Sacred Beasts come on the field, everyone, expect for Yeshua and Yugi and his friends, quickly checks over their decks and notices their decks aren't vanishing.

 

Alexis asks, perplexed, “What's going on here?! Last time, they were summoned, they sucked the power from our dueling decks, but this time, they aren't changed!”

 

Yami Marik then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, darkly, “That's because my power is far superior to that fool, Kagemaru, and I can contain the power of the Sacred Beast making sure that they don't need Duel Spirits to feed on! Now, I play my Card of Demise! I draw five cards from my deck and in five turns, I lose my hand! A trick that I learned from that fool, Kaiba!” Yami Marik draws five more cards from his deck and thinks, with an evil sly grin on his lips, “Excellent! Just what I need to finish this foolish boy! When he falls, the Egyptian Gods will be mine and the power of the Pharaoh will follow soon after!” Yami Marik then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, “First, I play my Fissure spell card! This card gets rid of the weakest monster on your side, so, say goodbye to your pathetic Glow Moss!” A huge fissure appears below Glow Moss and he falls into it.

 

Jaden calls out, horrified, “Glow Moss!”

 

Yami Marik tells Jaden, darkly, “You'll be joining your pathetic monster soon boy! Now, Uria destroys one of your face-down cards!” Uria destroys Jaden's right face-down card, which proves to be Dummy Marker.

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, drawing one card from his deck, “You just destroyed my Darker Marker trap card! When it is destroyed, I get one card from my deck!”

 

Yami Marik yells out, “You will need them, boy! Hamon, destroy his pathetic hero with Cerulean Sky Fire!” Hamon rains down lightning on Neos and destroys him in a powerful explosion. Yami Marik then calls out, darkly, “Now, you lose one thousand life-points since my monster destroyed yours, boy!” Jaden yells out in pain as more lightning slams into him and he loses 1000 life-points, taking a much of his torso and chest, leaving him with his lower arms and legs as well as his head.

 

Alexis says, horrified, “Jaden!”

 

Yami Marik then calls out, “Now, Ravel and Uria, destroy his two remaining peons now!” Uria and Ravel destroys Aqua Dolphin and Hummingbird, but Jaden's life-points remaining unchanged thanks to the monsters being in defense mode. Yami Marik then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “Next, I play this spell! Death by Dimensional Fusion! When I play this card, by removing all three Sacred Beasts from play, I can fuse them together!”

 

Every one of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Atem yells out, stunned, “Fuse them together?!” Yami Marik removes the three Sacred Beasts from play as he puts a fusion monster card on his duel disk and the three Sacred Beasts vanish into light particles that gather together.

 

Yami Marik yells out, “Meet the monster of your doom! Armityle the Chaos Phantom!” Just then a huge humanoid demonic monster, looking like a fusion of all three Sacred Beasts, Armityle the Chaos Phantom (0/0), comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Jaden says, perplexed, “That monster doesn't have any attack or defense power!”

 

Yami Marik calls out, putting one more card in the spell/trap slots, “But when he attacks or when he is attacked, he inflicts ten thousand points of damage to my enemy! And that means his attack points are ten thousand and he will finish you off with this! Mischief of the Time Goddess! Now, your turn is skipped and my Battle Phase begins again!”

 

Yugi yells out, horrified, “Oh no! If this attack succeeds, it's over!”

 

Armityle's power becomes 10,000/0 and Yami Marik shouts out, “Armityle, end this duel! Attack the Moon Prince with Chaos Claw Strike!” Dark violet energy gathers into Armityle's claw and he lunges straight at Jaden.

 

Alexis calls out, fearfully, “Jaden!”

 

Jaden pushes a button on his duel disk and yells out, “Go, spell card! Flute of Summoning Kuriboh!” Jaden's face-down card is revealed to be Flute of Summoning Kuriboh Quick-Spell card and Jaden says, “Thanks to this card, I can summon my Winged Kuriboh from my deck directly to the field!” A card comes out of Jaden's deck, Jaden takes the card, puts it on his duel disk, and Winged Kuriboh (300/200) comes to the field in defense mode. Armityle's attack slams into Kuriboh and it destroys him instead of hitting Jaden. Jaden then says, seriously, “When Winged Kuriboh is sent to the graveyard, all battle damage is reduced to zero for this turn!”

 

Yami Marik says, dark annoyed tone, “Your pathetic little monster might have saved you for now, but nothing can stop my great beast!”

 

Current Score:

Jaden: 1000

Yami Marik: 1250

 

Jaden says, seriously, “We'll see!” Just then the spirit of Winged Kuriboh appears by Jaden's side and chirps loudly. Jaden asks Winged Kuriboh, telepathically, “What is it, Kuriboh?” Yami Marik and Atem see Jaden's duel spirit and their eyes widen at this.

 

Atem thinks in his mind, “So, Jaden can see Duel Monster's spirits, huh? Very interesting.”

 

Winged Kuriboh chirps loudly at Jaden and Jaden asks his partner, telepathically, “Use the light of Atem's God Cards?” When Jaden looks at his hand, he notices that he has all three God Cards, Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra, in his hand and he asks his partner, telepathically, “But how?” Just then images of Atem's great battle with Zorc then flash through his mind and the Creator of Light creator and image comes into Jaden's mind. When the images fade away, Jaden think in his mind, “What was that?” When Jaden looks at Winged Kuriboh's spirit, the little fairy monster chirps and nods its head before fading away. Jaden takes a deep breath and thinks, “Well, if this is going to work, I'm going to need one card. And I know that I can draw it right here and now because I believe in my friends and in my deck.” When Jaden looks at all of them, he sees their concerned looks on their face, seeing he is only lower arms, legs, and a head, and he gives them his wide smile. Jaden draws one card from his deck, looks at it, and says, with a smile, “Sweet. Just what I needed.”

 

Yami Marik thinks, perplexed, “What is that boy smiling about? He knows that he will lose in my next turn!”

 

Jaden yells out, with a sly grin, “Time to end this!” Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, “First, I play my Fusion Sage spell card! This card allows me to put one Polymerization from my deck into my hand!” Jaden goes through his deck, takes out one card, displays it to be the Polymerization spell card, and puts his deck back in his duel disk.

 

Yami Marik tells Jaden, with an evil confident tone, “Fuse what you like, boy! You won't beat my monster!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, “Don't count on it, Marik! Because it is about to go down, big time!” Yami Marik's eyes widen at this, Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and says, “Next, I play Monster Reborn! This card allows me to bring back Neos to the field!” Soon after, Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000) comes back to the field in attack mode. Jaden then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “Next, I play Polymerization!”

 

Yami Marik tells Jaden, “Fuse those pathetic heroes of yours, boy! You can't win!”

 

Jaden tells Yami Marik, with a sly smile, “Actually, bro, I'm not fusing my heroes! These are the monsters I'm fusing!” Jaden then displays the three Egyptian God Cards, Obelisk the Tormentor (4000/4000), Slifer the Sky Dragon (X000/X000), and the Winged Dragon of Ra (????/????), and all three God Monsters appear on the field behind Jaden.

 

Yami Marik yells out, in total disbelief, “You are fusing the Egyptian God Cards?!”

 

Every one of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Chazz asks, stunned by this `announcement', “Is that even possible?!”

 

Atem thinks in his mind, “Could Jaden be . . .?” Just then Atem's Millennium Puzzle starts to glow with a bright gold light while Jaden discards the three God Cards to the graveyard.

 

Jaden then yells out, “All right, you, guys, unite!” Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra roar out as they are bathed in bright light as they transform into light particles and everyone covers their eyes as their light particles unite into one, transforming into a huge humanoid being as a new fusion monster card appears on Jaden's duel disk. Jaden then calls out, with a sly grin, “Now, making his or her Duel Academy, debut, I give you . . . the Creator of Light!” Soon after, behind Jaden and the others, the Creator of Light (10,000/10,000), the fusion monster created by the three Egyptian God Monsters, appears on the field in attack mode with her eyes closed.

 

Yami Marik calls out, horrified and flabbergasted, “Impossible! It can't be possible! How can he create the Creator of Light even if he is one of the six Chosen Duelists that succeed little Yugi?!” Just then everyone looks at Jaden's body is restored to normal as the darkness around them fades away from the Creator of Light's glow, then the Millennium Symbol appears on Jaden's forehead along with his golden crescent moon sigil, Jaden transforms into his `royal form' of Prince Judai, and then the Millennium Crown, the same one Atem wore across his forehead in his `Pharaoh form' in the Memory World, appears and attached itself to Prince Judai's forehead scalp.

 

Atem yells out, stunned, “It's Prince Judai! He is the heir to Egypt!”

 

Every one of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock, look directly at Atem, and Marik asks Atem, “Atem, you mean that Jaden is your chosen successor?!”

 

Atem nods his head and says, pointing to his glowing Millennium Puzzle, “Yes, he is! Only the Chosen Pharaoh can unite the three Egyptian Gods to create the Creator of Light and Jaden has done it! The Millennium Puzzle has acknowledged him as the next great king of Egypt and my successor!”

 

Yeshua says, in a plain and logical tone, “Like the prophecy states about the next chosen Pharaoh would have the power to summon the creature that you used to defeated the `great demon of darkness' before. It meant the Atem's successor would be the one that summons the being that defeated Zorc the Dark One.”

 

Yugi yells out, in realization, “The Creator of Light!”

 

Luna then exclaims, amazed, “That means our prince is the next King of Egypt!”

 

Rini says, with a smile, “That's right! Where do you think the Sun Kingdom would be rebuilt?”

 

Hotaru, Serena, and Darien look at Rini and Hotaru asks Rini, surprised, “Rini, you knew?”

 

Rini nods her head and says, “Yep! Uncle Judai is going to be the ruler of Egypt in the thirtieth century with Aunt Arinna and that's where the Sun Kingdom will be rebuilt in the capital city of Golden Cairo.”

 

All of our heroes and heroines, expect for Zane and Yeshua, yell out in unison and shock, “Golden Cairo?!”

 

Jasmine asks, curiously, “Wait! `Aunt Arinna'? Arinna is Alexis' past life as Princess of the Sun Kingdom? Wait a minute! Are you saying that Jaden and Alexis are going to be married in the future?!”

 

Rini says, with a plain tone, “Well, duh! How do you think that they are going to rule together?” Alexis gives a major blush about finding out this little fact about Jaden and herself.

 

After hearing all of this, Yami Marik exclaims, enraged, “No! No! No! I will not allow some boy to claim what is mine! I will have the power of the Pharaoh! You will not take it away from me!”

 

Prince Judai tells Yami Marik, in his slightly more mature and stronger tone, “Too late for that! Time to end this duel! I activate the Creator of Light's effect! Destroy his monster with Purifying Light!” The Creator of Light's eyes shoot open, he puts his hands forward, the Millennium Symbol on her chest glows, and she fires blinding light from her hands causing Armityle to roar out in pain as it slowly crack and crumbles from the power and light from the Creator of Light. Soon after, Armityle then explodes into the tiniest of pieces.

 

Yami Marik yells out, stunned, “This can't be! He's been destroyed!”

 

Prince Judai calls out, seriously, “And your life-points are joining him, bro! Neos, end this duel! Cosmic Crush!” Elemental Hero Neos then leaps into the air and karate chops Yami Marik in the chest causing him to roar out in shock and pain as his life-points take 2500 points of damage, ending the duel immediately.

 

Final Score:

Jaden/Prince Judai: 1000

Yami Marik: 0

 

Prince Judai tells Yami Marik, with a sly smile, “That's game!”

 

Rei says, amazed, “Whoa! He did it!”

 

Kagome calls out, stunned, “That was incredible!”

 

Zane thinks in his mind, with his sick smile and dark tone, “Well, what do you know? It looks like that Moon Princess isn't the only one that's getting more powerful. Jaden, I don't respect duelists anymore, but I've got to tell you, I'm impressed! Your power has grown stronger and you are much more powerful than when I left you! It looks like you do have promise after all!” On the meanwhile, Yami Marik starts to fully fade away since he lost the Shadow Game, but instead of anger, he is giving a wide sick smile.

 

Yami Marik says, with a sick smile and dark tone as he is fading away, “Do you think that you won, boy?! Ha! You fool! Remember, I am one with the darkness! You might have beaten me for now, but I will return! Mark my words! And you, your sister, and your friends will pay for this! I will get the power of the Pharaoh from you, Prince Judai! Since you are Atem's successor, you inherited his power as the Pharaoh and I will have that power! Just you wait! And know this, there will be others as well! Yes, there are others that seek the Pharaoh's power other than me and they will come for you, Prince Judai Chons Serenity! You think this is over?! It has only begun!” Yami Marik laughs evilly and sadistically before he fully vanishes into the shadows, leaving the three Sacred Beast cards, Uria, Hamon, and Ravel, behind, and they float into the ground.

 

Soon after, our heroes and heroines come over to Prince Judai and Alexis asks Prince Judai, concerned, “Are you all right, Jaden?”

 

Prince Judai tells Alexis, with a reassuring smile, “I'm fine, `Lex.”

 

Tyranno tells Prince Judai, “This is so awesome, Sarge! You are going to being ruling your own kingdom when you grow up!”

 

Prince Judai scratching his head with his head and says, with a smile, “Well, what do you know?” Prince Judai then looks at the three Gods Cards and his new fusion monster card, The Creator of Light (10,000/10,000), with a picture of the Creator of Light, in his hand and gives a wide smile. On the meanwhile, the podium for the three Sacred Beasts rise up and Yeshua goes over to three cards, picks them up, and moves to put them back on the podium.

 

Atem tells Prince Judai, “Well done, Prince Judai, you have shown true heart and spirit as a duelist and as the next great king of Egypt. You believed in your cards and in your deck and you achieved a great victory.”

 

Prince Judai tells Atem, “Thanks, Atem.”

 

Prince Judai then prepares to give Atem the God Cards, but he shakes his head and says, with a smile, “No, the God Cards don't belong to me anymore. They belong with you, now. You are my successor and the next great Pharaoh of Egypt. Plus, this belong to you, now.” Atem removes his Millennium Puzzle from around his neck and tells Prince Judai, “My Millennium Puzzle also belongs to you as well as the power of the Pharaoh as the heir to the throne of the Egypt.” Atem then wraps the Millennium Puzzle around Prince Judai's neck and he and the Puzzle glow in unison for several seconds.

 

Marik says, with a serious tone, “The Puzzle has accepted Prince Judai as its new owner and the next King of Egypt.”

 

Ishizu tells Prince Judai, “It is a great reasonability, your majesty. Remember, your sister's own future kingdom depends on the rise of yours and your beloved's future kingdom in Egypt.”

 

Prince Judai asks, nervously, “No pressure, huh?”

 

Atem tells Prince Judai, with a smile, “Do not worry, Jaden. I believe this is another reason that I was brought back to life. I'm also here to guide on your journey as your continue to fight for a peaceful future for Earth and to prepare and guild you for the day that you take the throne of Egypt. However, I've also got one more reason to be here.”

 

Yugi asks Atem, “What would that be Atem?”

 

Atem says, in a serious tone, “Even through I've regain most of my lost memories, I'm still missing parts of my past and I need to find them. I keep seeing images of a person in the palace that I never seen before during my time in the world of my memories. It's a young woman and I believe that I need to find her modern-day reincarnation to get those final memories.”

 

Yugi and his friends gasp in shock and Tea asks Atem, curiously, “Who do you think this woman is Atem?”

 

Atem tells Tea, in a serious tone, “I'm not sure, Tea. But I know that I've got to find her as quickly as possible. I know deep down that if I do, then my journey will finally and truly be complete and I can lead a normal life in my second life.”

 

Yugi thinks in his mind, “Who could Atem being trying to find that would be connected with his past?”

 

On the meanwhile, as Yeshua returns the three Sacred Beasts to their resting place, he overhears this and thinks in his mind, in a logical and plain tone, “Atem, the person that you are looking for is closer than you think and she is your one true love, the soulmate, that you need to find in order to have a great future! Your destiny and Yugi's destiny is far from over . . .” Yeshua then looks directly at Tea Gardner and he gives a look of very rare emotion, namely that of seriousness, as he looks at Tea, who is looking directly at Atem with a wondering look in her eyes, and along with Prince Judai's future as the next king of Egypt, things are taking incredible twists and turns . . .

 

Next time in Chapter 13: Chaotic Reunions: With the reunion of Atem with his friends and Jaden as the next Pharaoh of Egypt in the Rini's time revealed, Jaden and Alexis have some `alone time' to sort together what they have learned from their future niece and their feelings for each other become even stronger. Soon after, Tea and Atem have some `private time' as Atem and Tea discuss about their past adventures and what has happened for the past ten years, through for Atem it wasn't much, but Atem learns a shocking fact about Tea that makes him wonder about his feelings for her and how she feels about him. Soon enough, as our heroes and heroines prepare for their future battles, our Moon Princess is called into Chancellor Sheppard's office to learn a shocking plan of his! Chancellor Sheppard planned for a visitor's day on Duel Academy, allowing the family and friends of all of the students in Duel Academy, non-brainwashed and SOL members, to come to Duel Academy to visit their children, relatives, or friends based on relation. Chancellor Sheppard's plan is that their family and friends can break the hold that the Society of Light has on their remaining members, which still make up the majority of the student body, and he hopes that he can stop Sartorius without getting him suspicious and doing something radical since he knows that Sartorius has control of the Misgarth satellite, through he doesn't know that our heroes and heroines have the keys to the satellite controls in their possession. Among the family members that came to Duel Academy, Ami's mother, Mina's parents, Rei's grandfather and Yuuichirou, Yusuke's and Hikari's mom, Atsuko, Kuwabara's sister, Shizuru, Kagome's mother, grandfather, and little brother, Sota, her friends and former classmates, Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi, and Serena's mother, father, and little brother, Sammy with Serena's old childhood friend, Molly Baker. However, we learn that Chazz's brother were already on the island with Slade, one of Chazz's two older brothers, as a duelist in the GX tournament, much to Chazz's anger and distain. But their arrival on the island isn't too `quiet' to say the least when Light of Destruction possessed Sartorius and the Society of Light prepares to greet them. However, before the SOL could make any plans to use them to get to our heroes and heroines, Serena arrives with the Disciplinary Action Squad to see the SOL straight. Needless to say, when their family and friends see our heroes and heroines and their `new looks', being surprised is going to be a major understatement. Plus, Serena's mom and dad don't exactly know what to say or do when they learn that their daughter is Vice-Chancellor of Duel Academy as well as her new `attitude' with it, especially when you mention the Society of Light. But the evil alien within Sartorius isn't done with our heroes and heroines' family and friends, yet. By a sneaking move, the SOL succeeds in capturing Kagome's former schoolmates and friends along with her mom, dad, and little brother, Yusuke's and Hikari's mom is captured, and Serena's mom, dad, little brother, and Molly is kidnapped by the Society of Light. And Kagome, Yusuke, Hikari, and Serena are going to be really pissed to say the least. Kagome and Yusuke fight in two Shadow Duels of their own creator to free Kagome's mom, dad, little brother, and Yusuke's and Hikari's mom, but when Serena steps up to duel for her family, Crowler and Bastion appear to expose her identity as Sailor Moon and they succeed! However, on the meanwhile, Molly and Kagome's three friends and former schoolmates are still missing. What did the Society of Light do with them? Can Serena save her Earth family from the SOL? And what will happen between Serena's family with her identity of Sailor Moon exposed to them at last? Well, we will find the answers on the next Darkness Moon!

 

Well, it is finally done! The next chapter of Darkness Moon is here! I'm sorry that it is so long, but even I never expect for this chapter to be so long. Anyway, I hope that you like it and it is still as exciting as ever. What do you think of Eclipse's `little trick'? The duels between Atticus and Zane? Alexis and Titan? Hikari and Camula? And the big duel between Yami Marik and Jaden with the return of Atem and Jaden being revealed as the next Pharaoh of Egypt? And before any questions are asked, all I can tell you that this story is going to have a Tea/Atem romance in it. Now, please read and review this story! Tell me what you think, I will read your reviews as quickly as possible, and catch you later, Dueling, Moon, and Crossover Fans!