//------------------------------// // Joey vs Marik // Story: The Battle City Crown // by Shadow Kick //------------------------------// Everyone had gathered in the main concourse. “Finalists! May I have your attention, please?!” called Roland. “The third match of the Battle City Finals is about to begin!” “Yeah, the machine will now randomly select the next two duelists,” explained Mokuba. Everyone watched as the numbered balls bounced around in the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Bingo Machine. “Everyone, remember your numbers,” reminded Roland. (Kaiba is 1, Joey is 2, Yugi’s 3, and Malik is 5.) “The first duelist is… number 2, Joey Wheeler!” called Roland. “Awesome!” said Serenity. “Yeah!” said Joey. “It’s time to lick some major butt!” “And Mr. Wheeler’s opponent is… number 5, Marik Ishtar!” said Roland. Joey looked at Marik. “It’s go time!” “Yes it is,” said Marik in a deep tone. “Hey Joey!” called Pinkie. “What’s up?” asked Joey. Pinkie held out a shake. “Before you go, try this!” “What is it?” asked Joey. “My own homemade milkshake,” answered Pinkie. “Milkshake?” asked Joey. “Thanks!” he chugged the whole thing in one gulp. “Delicious!” “Thanks,” said Pinkie. “Good luck in your match.” “Thank y…” Joey paused. “What’s wrong, Joey?” asked Mai. “You okay?” asked Tristan. He began buzzing with energy. “Sure never better! Come on guys, I got duels to wins and butts to kick! Come on, race ya there!” said Joey rapidly. “Pinkie?” asked Applejack. “What kind of shake was that?” “A super, duper, fantastically sugarcoated milkshake!” answered Pinkie. “My favorite.” “Oh boy,” said Twilight. “Just like the Pinkie I know.” (Later, at the Stratos Dueling Arena) “This shouldn’t take long,” said Kaiba. “Joey better be careful,” thought Yugi. “If he’s defeated, he could lose than just the game, he could lose his mind!” “Hey Yugi,” said Joey. “Joey, this is going to be the most difficult and dangerous duel you’ve ever faced,” said Yugi. “Nah, Marik’s got no chance!” said Joey quickly. “He’ll be out of the tournament before he can say freak show!” Flash and the girls arrived first. “You couldn’t beat Marik if he was blindfolded and handcuffed!” interrupted Kaiba. “You’re no match for his Egyptian God card. Face it Wheeler, you don’t have what it takes to win.” “Shut it, rich boy!” said Joey. “Look, the fact that you made it this far in my tournament boggles my mind,” said Kaiba. “But at least you’ll be serving a purpose. Watching you lose will help perfect my own strategy against the Winged Dragon. So I can take it for myself!” “We’ll see about that,” interrupted Marik. “Kaiba, you think you have the rest of this tournament all figured out,” said Yugi. “But in order for this plan of yours to work, you have to get past me.” “We’ll soon find out,” said Kaiba. “Our duel is next.” “Hey Kaiba!” called Rainbow. “If you couldn’t even beat Pegasus, what makes you think you can beat Yugi, huh?” Kaiba growled. “Watch your mouth, little girl!” “Make me!” countered Rainbow. “Alright ya’ll,” said Applejack. “Let’s save the fighting for the duels.” “Thanks Rainbow,” said Joey. “No problem, good luck,” said Rainbow. The others finally came up. “We’re here, bro,” said Mokuba. “So, what did we miss, guys?” asked Tea. “Yeah, something wrong?” asked Tristan. “I sense tension.” “Is Kaiba bugging you?” asked Duke. “None of your business!” said Joey. “Oh, well excuse us, sunshine,” said Tristan. “Someone’s is a cheerful mood,” added Duke. Flash, Rainbow and Applejack walked over to Duke and Tristan. “You’re the ones doing all the bugging!” yelled Flash. “So why don’t you do us all a favor,” said Rainbow “And shut up!” “Or else,” said Applejack cracking her knuckles. “O-o-okay,” said Tristan in fear. “D-don’t look at me,” said Duke. “He’s the one who always starts it.” “That’s it! Come here, Devlin!” said Tristan as he chased Duke around. “Idiots,” said Rarity. “No kidding,” said Mai. “Duelists take your marks!” said Roland. Joey and Marik took their spots. “Now, elevate the playing field!” “I hope that Joey will be okay,” said Serenity. “Oh yeah, I forgot,” said Tea. “This is your first time watching your brother duel, isn’t it?” “That’s right,” answered Serenity. “Well, I’m sure with you cheering him on, he’ll never lose,” said Twilight. “You bet,” said Pinkie. “Let’s do this!” said Joey. Marik just grinned. Joey: LP 4000 Marik: LP 4000 “Marik will begin!” announced Roland. Turn 1: Marik “As you wish,” said Marik as he drew. “I play Gil Garth in attack mode. Then I shall place one card face down and end my turn (Dark Wall of Wind).” Turn 2: Joey “I’ll take it from here, ya nutcase,” said Joey. Joey's hand contains Scapegoat, Rocket Warrior, Graceful Dice, Foolish Burial, Baby Dragon and Alligator's Sword. “I’m off to a bad start. Marik’s monster has 1800 ATK points and none of my cards can beat it, yet. I’ll also place one card face down. Then I’ll summon my Alligator's Sword in defense mode.” Marik chuckled. “The time has come to take this duel to the next level.” A dark cloud rose over and surrounded the field. Tristan and Duke stopped running around. “Oh boy,” said Joey. “I know where this is going.” “What’s going on, guys?” asked Serenity. “Come on,” said Rainbow. “Not this again,” said Rarity. “The shadows hunger for your soul,” said Marik. “You don’t scare me!” said Joey. “Hang in there, Joey!” called Tea. “We’re all right here!” “All of us!” added Twilight. “Thanks guys,” said Joey. “Bring it on! I’m ready for your shadow game!” “Do you have any idea what you’re about to experience?” asked Marik. “I doubt it. My move, just remember when you lose, you’ll be banished to the Shadow Realm for eternity.” “Joey can’t let Marik get to him,” said Tristan. “Yeah, it’s all part of his mind game,” said Duke. “Don’t listen to him, Joey!” “Right!” replied Joey. “Let’s get this on already!” “Fine,” said Marik. “Let us begin.” A glowing pink rope of light formed between Joey and his monster. A similar rope connected Marik to his monster. “What the heck is this?” asked Joey. “Didn’t I tell you this game would be different?” asked Marik. “I decided to raise the steaks with these energy streams. So whenever a player's monster is attacked, that player's body will be drained of a little more energy, leaving him weaker than before.” “Just shut up and go!” ordered Joey. Turn 3: Marik “With pleasure,” said Marik. “I’ll summon Drillago in attack mode. Drillago attack and destroy his Alligator's Sword and drain his energy!” Joey cried out in pain and sank to one knee. “Joey!” gasped Serenity. “Stay strong!” “You can do it!” called Mai. “That wasn’t fun,” said Joey. “It’s the ultimate test of his strength,” said Yugi. “You can do it!” cheered Pinkie. “Don’t give up!” cheered Fluttershy. Joey got back up. “Okay, so this duel got a little twist. It can work on you too.” “This fool doesn’t realize that my inner strength is far superior to his,” thought Marik. “Gil Garth attack him directly!” “I activate my Scapegoat to protect me!” said Joey. Gil Garth destroys a Sheep Token. “What’s this?” asked Marik. “My Scapegoats are not monsters,” explained Joey. “So you can’t zap me!” “Nice move, Joey!” said Yugi. “Well it looks as if I underestimated you,” said Marik. “Make your move.” Turn 4: Joey “Oh, I will,” said Joey. “Read it and weep, because I summon Panther Warrior in attack mode. Ready for a taste of your own medicine? I tribute one Sheep Token so Panther Warrior can attack your Gil Garth.” Joey: LP 4000 Marik: LP 3800 Marik gasped his chest in pain, but recovered quickly. “My turn is done,” said Joey. Turn 5: Marik “You had your fun,” said Marik. “But now I activate Tribute Burial. Now I can remove one monster from each of our graveyards and summon a stronger creature. I remove Alligator's Sword and Gil Garth in order to summon Helpoemer in attack mode! I’ll place one card face down and end my turn.” Turn 6: Joey “Time for me to put you in your place,” said Joey. “Awesome it’s Jinzo. But I gotta be careful, he could have attacked my last turn, but he held back. He must want me to attack. I don’t want to risk Jinzo just yet. I summon Rocket Warrior in attack mode.” “You fool,” said Marik. “But summoning a monster, you activated my Hidden Soldiers trap card. Now I can special summon any monster with four stars or less. Meet my Plasma Eel. Now I’ll activate its effect and equip it onto your Panther Warrior. Now for the fun part, each turn your monster lose 500 ATK points. And according to the rules of our shadow game, when your monster gets weaker, so do you.” Joey fell to his knees screaming in pain, tormented by the same green bolts of light as Panther Warrior. “Fight it Joey!” called Yugi. “Hang in there!” called Tristan. “You can do it!” cheered Twilight. “Well,” said Marik. “Are you beginning to regret dueling me?” “Marik can drain my physical strength all he wants, but he’ll never drain my determination,” thought Joey. “I gave Yugi my word I’d help him defeat Marik. I’ll never give up.” Joey pulled himself to his feet. “What’s this?” asked Marik. “That fool should be begging for mercy!” “You can’t keep me down!” said Joey. “Now it’s my turn! Rocket Warrior, activate invincible mode! Attack his Helpoemer! Now your monster loses 500 ATK points!” (Helpoemer: 2000 – 1500) “Ah!!” cried Marik. “Yeah!” said Rainbow. “Way to go, Joey!” cheered Mai. “Now I give up a Sheep Token so Panther Warrior can destroy your Helpoemer,” said Joey. “Attack!” Joey: LP 4000 Marik: LP 3300 “Thank you, little Joey,” said Marik. “By destroying my beast, you activated its effect. Now during each of your turns, it discard a random card from your hand!” At the end of the Battle Phase, the effect of Helpoemer forced Joey to discard Jinzo. “Not that card!” “Great,” said Duke. “Now some of his best monsters could be destroyed before he even has a chance to play them.” “He’ll pull through, right?” asked Serenity. “You betcha,” said Applejack. “Like he said, it’ll take a lot more to keep him down.” “Thanks,” said Serenity. “Now since it’s the End Phase, your monster loses 500 ATK points.” said Marik. Plasma Eel's effect decreases the ATK of Panther Warrior by 500 (Panther Warrior: 2000 → 1500). Joey screamed in pain, as he and his monster were sapped. Turn 7: Marik “My move,” said Marik. “I place two cards face down and end my turn.” Turn 8: Joey “Why didn’t he destroy my Panther Warrior?” asked Joey. “Plus, now he’s no cards in his hand. Not that my hand is anything to brag about.” Joey's hand contains Graceful Dice, Baby Dragon, and Foolish Burial. “Come on a need a winner. Alright, it’s my Insect Queen! But she’s too risky to summon right now. I summon Baby Dragon in defense mode.” “Is that all?” asked Marik. “Or are you afraid to attack?” “Don’t listen to him!” yelled Tristan. “Yeah!” added Duke. “He wants you to attack!” “You can’t!” said Tea. “He’ll use one of his trap cards.” “No, he needs to attack,” said Yugi. “In order for Joey to win, he must force Marik to reveal his traps. Then he can devise a counter strategy.” “Duh,” said Rainbow. “Rocket Warrior, attack Drillago!” ordered Joey. “Drillago loses 500 ATK until the end of the turn (Drillago: 1600 → 1100). Marik laughed. “That’s what I wanted you to do, you fool! Now I can activate my Card of Last Will! Since my monster lost ATK points, I can draw five cards! Yes! I’ve drawn my Egyptian God card!” Marik's hand contains Legendary Fiend, Premature Burial, Relieve Monster, Nightmare Mirror and The Winged Dragon of Ra. “I don’t care what card you drew!” said Joey. “I’m still gonna mob the floor with you! Goodbye Scapegoat, hello Panther! Attack his Drillago!” Joey: LP 4000 Marik: LP 2900 Marik clutched his chest as his energy was drained. “I activate the trap, Coffin Seller! Now every time one of your monsters goes to the graveyard, you’ll lose 300 life points! And don’t forget about Helpoemer. Now you lose a card from your hand!” Helpoemer discards Insect Queen from Joey’s hand. “Great!” thought Joey. “Now I lose 300 points.” Joey: LP 3700 Marik: LP 2900 Turn 9: Marik “Also, my Plasma Eel is still on the field,” reminded Marik. “So your monster loses 500 more points.” (Panther Warrior: 1500 → 1000). Joey yelled in pain as he was also drained of energy. “My move. I place one card face down, then I’ll activate Premature Burial! Now I can give up 800 Life Points, to bring back my Drillago. Joey: LP 3700 Marik: LP 2100 “Next I’ll tribute Drillago, so I can bring fourth the Legendary Fiend in attack mode!” “But it’s only got 1500 ATK points,” Joey pointed out. Marik laughed. “My monster’s effect gives it 700 more ATK points each turn. Now make your move!” Turn 10: Joey “Man, I need to draw something good quick or else I’m a goner!” thought Joey. “Come on! What?! Little Winguard?! He’s too weak!" “I activate a trap card!” interrupted Marik. “Nightmare Wheel! Now I can choose a monster on your side, and as long as my wheel stays on the field, you’ll lose 500 life points during each of my standby phases!” “Big deal!” said Joey. “I summon Little-Winguard in defense mode. Then I’ll switch my Panther Warrior into defense mode.” “Drain him, Plasma Eel!” ordered Marik. Joey screamed as he and monster lost power. (Panther Warrior: 1000 → 500) Be careful, Joey!” called Serenity. “Got it!” replied Joey. Turn 11: Marik “Let the duel continue,” said Marik. “Now you lose 500 life points, thanks to Nightmare Wheel. Joey: LP 3200 Marik: LP 2100 Also, my Legendary Fiend's ATK increases by 700 (Legendary Fiend: 1500 → 2200). Now attack his Little-Winguard! Oh, and thanks to my Coffin Seller’s card, you lose 300 more life points! Joey: LP 2900 Marik: LP 2100 I place one card face down and end my turn.” Turn 12: Joey “Finally,” said Joey. “Time for me to make a comeback. Yeah! You’re going down for sure!” “You lie!” assumed Marik. “I’m afraid not,” said Joey. “Check it out, it’s a card I like to call, Question!” “Huh, Question?” asked Marik. “That’s right,” said Joey. “Now you have to guess which monster’s at the bottom of my graveyard.” “What?!” asked Marik. “Now If ya guess right,” continued Joey. “Then that monster’s removed from the game. But if you’re wrong, I can special summon it.” “I’ve destroyed so many of his monsters, I can’t remember!” thought Marik. “There’s no way you’ll guess it!” called Joey. “Know why? Because you discarded it with Helpoemer, so you never saw which one it was.” Marik growled. “Sorry,” said Joey. “Stunned silence was not the answer we were looking for, it was Jinzo!” “No! Not Jinzo!” said Marik. “Yeah,” said Joey. “And it’s time to say goodbye to all your trap cards.” Jinzo destroys Coffin Seller, Nightmare Wheel and Marik’s face down Malevolent Catastrophe. “Nice one, man!” said Tristan. “It’s all you!” called Rainbow. “Well done, Joey!” said Yugi. “I knew he could do it,” said Serenity. “Told ya,” said Applejack. “Go Joey!!” cheered Pinkie. “Yay,” said Fluttershy softly. “Alright,” said Joey. “First, I’ll switch all my monsters to attack mode. Then Jinzo will attack your Legendary Fiend!” Joey: LP 2900 Marik: LP 1900 “Great!” said Yugi. “If Joey can successfully attack with his other monsters, he’ll win.” “You’d the man, Joey!” called Tristan. “Put this creep is his place!” cheered Tea. “Please, do so!” added Rarity. “Wow, Joey may win after all, huh Seto?” asked Mokuba. “I’ll only believe that when I see it,” said Kaiba. “It’s over Marik,” said Joey. “Okay boys, attack!” “Do you think it’s that easy?” asked Marik. “I play Dark Wall of Wind!” “No way!” said Joey. “This card block all direct attacks!” explained Marik. “Dang!” said Flash. “Now you lose another card!” reminded Marik. “Thanks to Helpoemer.” Joey to discards Foolish Burial. “And that’s not, go Plasma Eel! Drain his Panther, and him! (Panther Warrior: 500 → 0) After getting shocked, Joey fell on one knee again. “Looks like I don’t need monsters, to bring you to your knees! You should know defeating me is no easy task.” “Joey!” called Serenity. “Don’t give up!” “We’re here for you!” cheered Mai. “All of us!” added Twilight. Joey smiled as he got up. Turn 13: Marik “My move!” said Marik. “Meet my newest monster, Lava Golem!” “Slow down there,” said Joey. “You don’t have a single monster to sacrifice, so you can’t summon him.” “I don’t need to,” said Marik. “My monster’s ability allows me to sacrifice your monsters!” “You’re kidding me!” cried Joey. “Afraid not,” said Marik. “I sacrifice your Baby Dragon and Jinzo to summon Lava Golem on your side of the field!” Joey became trapped in a steel cage, surrounded by the huge burning Lava Golem “What’s the deal?” “What’s wrong?” asked Marik. “I thought you’d be pleased to receive such a powerful beast.” “You mean this thing is mine?” asked Joey. “That monster may belong to Joey,” thought Yugi. “But it comes with a prize.” “I don’t get it, bro,” said Mokuba to Kaiba. “Lava Golem is Wheeler’s monster now,” said Kaiba. “So all of its weakness become his problem.” “One more thing,” said Marik. You lose 700 life points during each of your standby phases!” “Wonderful,” said Joey. “Also, since Jinzo is gone,” I can play all the traps I want,” continued Marik. “So I’ll place this card face down. Now then, why don’t you attack me with your new monster? There’s not much else you can do.” “Come on!” yelled Tristan. “Think this through, man!” “Stay calm!” called Tea. Turn 14: Joey “Okay, here goes,” said Joey to himself. “Gamble?! This card’s useless! Now what? I can’t attack with Lava Golem, I’m sure that what Marik wants me to do. Wait, if I hold on to this thing, I’ll burn away my life points. I better take my chances, and use it against him. Lava Golem, attack Marik directly!” “Wait!” called Tea. “Are you sure about this?!” “Too late now!” said Tristan. “I can’t watch, is it over yet?” asked Duke. “Damn, you guys are negative,” said Flash. “Reveal trap!” said Marik. “Relieve Monster! Now I can return one of my monsters back to my hand, afterwards I can replace it with any four star monster in my hand.” “Real smart, Einstein!” said Tristan. “You don’t even have any monsters to return!” “Did you forget about his Plasma Eel?” asked Rainbow. “Idiot.” “Plasma Eel! Return to me!” ordered Marik. “And since it’s a monster, I summon back in defense mode! Also, my monster can’t be destroyed in battle. And, don’t forget about Helpoemer!” Joey loses his Gamble card. “Now you lose 700 life points!” reminded Marik. Joey: LP 2200 Marik: LP 1900 Turn 15: Marik “It’s all over!” said Marik as he drew. “Go Machine Duplication! Turn one Eel into three!” “Great,” said Joey. “Now he weaken all my monsters.” “You’re beginning to catch on,” said Marik. “Go Plasma Eels! Drain his monsters, and him!” “Aaahhhh!!!” cried Joey. “Stay strong, Joey!” called Yugi. “Before long, you’ll be too weak to move, let alone duel!” said Marik. “I shall now place one card face down and let you go. If you can stand?” “Don’t lose hope, Joey!” called Yugi. Turn 16: Joey “If you think I’m gonna let you win this you’re even dumber than ya look!” said Joey. “My turn!” Joey draws Gilford the Lightning. “Yes! I glad I’m not in your shoes. Because you’re in for some serious hurting! I play Graceful Dice! I can use to increase the ATK points of any monster on the field, and I think I’ll use on your Plasma Eel. I just need a two or higher.” Joey rolls a six. “Yes, now your Eel’s ATK points increase to 3000!” (Plasma Eel: 500 → 3000) “So there goes your Machine Duplication, and your other two Eels!” Marik growled. “Now I’ll sacrifice Panther Warrior, Rocket Warrior, and Lava Golem in order to summon my ultimate fighting machine, Gilford the Lightning!” said Joey! “So, how does it feel to be staring into the face of defeat?” “Oh yeah!” said Flash. “Way to turn rock the ultimate comeback!” said Duke. “Now finish this guy off!” said Rainbow. “We knew you could do it!” cheered Tea. “You’re the best, Joey!” said Serenity. Marik started laughing. “I missed the joke,” said Joey. “You’ve raised my Eel’s ATK points so high, it’s now stronger than your Gilford!” Marik pointed out. “It looks like you strategy backfired.” “Wrong!” called Joey. “Do you think I’d be dumb enough to let that happen?” “Yes!” answered Marik. “Well you though wrong, Marik!” called Twilight. “Gilford’s effect destroys all of your monsters,” said Yugi. “No!!” cried Marik as his Eel was destroyed. “Excellent job, Joey!” said Yugi. “Now take him down!” “You got it!” said Joey. “Gilford, attack this chump directly!” “You better think again!” said Marik “Activate, Nightmare Mirror! Not only does this card negate your attack, but it also inflicts 1000 points of damage to you! Joey: LP 1200 Marik: LP 1900 There’s just one small price, I must discard one card from my hand. So I’ll discard my Winged Dragon of Ra. Did you honestly think you could take control of this duel away from me?! This is a shadow game you fool! Which means I make all the rules.” “Play that Egyptian God card already, Marik!” urged Kaiba. “I end my turn,” said Joey. “He’s got nothing in his hand or on the field. If I can make to the next round, I got it made.” Turn 17: Marik “My move,” said Marik. He laughed when he saw his drawn card. “Enough with the laughter!” said Joey. “Just play the card and move on!” “You’ll regret those words!” said Marik. “For I’m about to eliminate from this duel, once and for all with Ra!” “With Ra?!” asked everyone, except Kaiba. “But he didn’t sacrifice anything,” Twilight pointed out. “How can he bring it out?” “I don’t know,” answered Yugi. “Now you can find out about Ra, Seto,” said Mokuba. “Finally,” said Kaiba. “I activate Monster Reborn,” said Marik. “To bring back Ra! Show yourself, my great beast of the sky!” Wind started blowing everywhere. “My hair!” called Rarity. “This is the last monster you’ll ever see, little Joey!” said Marik. “But his God card has no ATK points,” said Yugi. “What kind of strategy is that?” asked Mai. “Don’t know,” answered Flash. Ra then transformed in a huge bird of flame. “Be hold the true form of Ra!” said Marik. “Egyptian God Phoenix!” “Awesome,” said Mokuba. “Yes,” admitted Kaiba. “And soon it will belong to me.” “Pharaoh! Kaiba!” yelled Marik. “Take heed! For one of you will have to face your worst nightmare, and face my Winged Dragon very soon!” “Hold on!” said Joey. “Last I checked, this duel was still on, psycho boy! I still have Gilford, and your oversized flame-broiled chicken has zero ATK points!” “You still don’t get it,” said Marik “My Winged Dragon has powers belong your understanding. And I’m about to activate its strongest ability.” “Say what?” asked Joey. “In its Phoenix mode, Ra can destroy any monster you control,” explained Marik. “All I have to do is give up 1000 Life Points.” Joey: LP 1200 Marik: LP 900 “So what?” asked Joey. “Even if Gilford is destroyed, your monster’s got no ATK power, so I won’t lose any life points!” “Did you forget about my energy stream?” asked Marik. “When Ra attacks, you’ll be drained of all your strength! The time has come! Winged Dragon of Ra, destroy his monster and drain his soul!” “Joey!!” cried Serenity. Joey screamed in pain as Ra's fire consumed him. “Fight it, Joey!” called Yugi. “Don’t give up!” called Mai. “You can do it!” cheered Twilight. “Can you feel every ounce of energy leaving your body?” asked Marik. “We have to help him!” said Tea. “How can we stop that?!” asked AJ. “Your Gilford is gone!” said Marik. “And you’re about to follow, so return to me my great beast! Your task is complete!” Ra returned to the graveyard. “When the smoke clears, you’ll be nothing but a motionless shell. Without your inner strength, the Shadow Realm will easily consume your mind and soul.” But Joey was still standing. “What?! It can’t be! No-one can survive the fury of an Egyptian God monster! No-one!” “No way!” said Duke. “Joey!” called Tristan. “He’s standing!” said Yugi. “But for how long?” asked Tea. “Until he finishes this duel,” said Twilight. “No!!” cried Marik. “You can’t!! You should be wiped out by now!!” “In your dreams,” said Joey semiweekly. Marik began to sweat. “If he succeeds in attacking my life points, I’ll lose the duel, and my Egyptian God card.” Turn 18: Joey “Alright, this is it,” said Joey. “It’s my turn, and you’re wipe open.” “This can’t be happening!” cried Marik in fear. “Yeah!” said Rainbow. “Joey beat Marik as his own game!” said Tristan. “All he needs is monster with enough ATK points!” said Duke. “Yeah and then Joey will make to the final round!” said Tea. “This is awesome!” said Mokuba. “How did he withstand Ra?” asked Kaiba in shock. “Probably because of all the caffeine,” assumed Pinkie. “Maybe,” said Flash. “Good thing you gave that to him.” “Make your move Joey!” called Yugi. “And end this madness now!” “You can do it!” cheered Serenity. “We’re all here for you!” added Mai. “Go Joey!” cheered Twilight. “You’re the man!” cheered Rainbow. “Woo!!!” cheered Fluttershy. “Here goes,” said Joey. “Gearfried the Iron Knight. He got than enough power to wipe Marik out. I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight.” “No! This can’t be possible!” yelled Marik. “Hurry up and call your attack Joey!” urged Yugi. “A…ttack!” breathed Joey. Gearfried charged forward and thrusted his blade into Marik. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!” cried Marik as he was swallowed by the dark abyss. Joey: LP 1200 Marik: LP 0 The Shadow Realm faded and the original Marik stood there, trembling and clutching his chest. In Domino City Hospital, Odion woke up. “Marik?” asked Ishizu. “What is it?” asked Odion. “The overwhelming darkness I sensed in my brother is now gone,” said Ishizu. “The Pharaoh must have defeated the darkness. Thank you my king.” Just then, she got a vision from her necklace. “He didn’t defeat Marik.” “Then who did?” asked Odion. “His friend,” said Ishizu. “Joey Wheeler.” “And so, the winner of this duel is Joey Wheeler!” announced Roland. “You did it, Joey!!” cried Twilight. “Woo-hoo!” cheered Flash. “Alright!!” cheered Tristan and Duke. “Way to go, Joey!!” cheered Tea. “Woo!!” screamed Fluttershy and Pinkie. “He did a grand job,” said Rarity. “Yee-haw!” cried Applejack. “I-I can’t believe it,” said Kaiba. “Me neither,” said Mokuba. “But he did it. And since you won, you get the rarest card from your opponent’s deck.” Joey didn’t reply. “You okay?” asked Mokuba. “What’s wrong?!” asked Yugi Joey then lost his balance and fell senseless to the ground. “JOEY!!!” cried Serenity in horror. “Someone get a doctor, now!” called Duke. “Joey!” called Yugi. “Are you alright, buddy?!” asked Flash. “Hurry!” said Mokuba. “We have to get him downstairs to a doctor, immediately!” “Yes sir!” said Roland. “Wake up!” called Twilight. “Come on, Joey!” said Tea. “You have to open up your eyes!” “Joey! It’s me! Serenity!” said his sister. “Please! Tell me you can hear me!” “You better stop kidding around and get up man!” yelled Tristan. “He’s not kidding, you imbecile!” said Rarity. “Fight it Joey!” said Yugi. “Come on!” “Come on!” said Mai in tears. “You won! Everything’s supposed to alright! Please get up!” “Don’t give up Joey!” said Yugi. “I won’t lose you!!” “I must admit, Wheeler’s performance today was quite impressive,” thought Kaiba. “Perhaps he’s not the third rank amateur I thought he was. Mokuba! Get Wheeler’s prize.” “Sure, Seto,” said Mokuba. Marik stood there in shame. “What have I done?”