Do You Know How Much I Care?

Joey's P.O.V

I was in pain. Deep agonizing pain. My mind was shutting down and I knew that at any second now I would fall into the dark abyss of the Shadow Realm. I looked at Marik and I saw a smile creeping across his face.

'So, he thinks he won?' I thought to myself. I looked down at my. I had made it all this way and what did I have to show for it? Nothing. I didn't beat the guy who had caused so much pain. The same guy who nearly made me kill my best friend. I barely had the strength to keep my eyes open anymore. Pulling my remaining strength together, I managed to lift my arm up and place my hand upon my faithful deck. My arm tingled when my hand made contact so that meant that my deck had not failed me. My deck came through for me now the next question in, will I make it through this? Everything around me was getting blurry and I could hear my friends calling my name. Shaking my head, I drew my card and stared at it. I was happy to see my old friend Gearfried the Iron Knight. I secretly smiled to myself and turned to face Marik.

"Alright Marik...it's my turn now and you're...wide open." I could see his smirk disappear and I noticed a look of fear in his eyes. Obviously, he hadn't expected me to survive Ra's attack. I placed Gearfried in attack mode on my duel disk and I watched as my loyal monster appeared in front of me in a shower of sparks.

"Now...attack his life points directly!" As I watched my monster charge Marik, I felt something that I hadn't felt in a long time. I felt relieved. By now my pain finally overwhelmed me. I cried out in pain and fell forward on my knees. I heard Yami call my name and I knew he was concerned.

'Don't worry pal. I kept my promise. I kept my promise.' That was the last thing I remembered before I finally fell into the dark void of unconsciousness.

To be continued...