Jaden were starting to get more worried with each passing minute hoping he can win this duel, so he can get Mayumi back.

"Your destiny is sat," Titan said, "soon my Arch Fiend deck well finish off your monsters and my Millennium Item well finish off your soul."

"This match isn't over yet," Jaden told him, "I still got a few cards up my sleeve like this one. Merge of Nightmares. And I'll throw down a couple of face downs while I'm at it."

"Don't waste my time," Titan ordered, "your life points won't last long enough to use any more of your cards and Mayumi's soul well soon be gone and so well yours. It's my turn."

"Hold on," Jaden called out, "I think your forgetting something. Merge let's me drew till I have 4 cards in my hand."

"So go ahead then," Titan said as you drew your 4 cards. "You could have 4,000,000,000 and it still wouldn't defend you against the cruel crushing power of my monsters. Allow my Terra King Arch Fiend to you an example. Attack Locus Storm Bourg."

"Talk about butterflies in your stomach," Jaden stated, "good thing I played a trap card. Mirror Force! Say good-bye to all of your monsters in attack Mode!"

Jaden watched as all his faced up Atk partition monsters where destroyed.

"Totally luscious," Chumly said, "if Jaden keeps this up we can finally get out of here and Mayumi, too."

"How dare you?" Titan asked.

"How?" Jaden asked next, "cause I'm daring I guess."

"Well let's see how daring you are after this?" Titan asked, 'I'm using Dasark Arch Fiend's special effect. It allows me to resurrect Terra King Arch Fiend by sending this card to the graveyard! Say hello to a not so old friend."

"Him again?" Jaden asked.

"And now I active the effect of the field spell card Pandemonium," Titan went on, "it's powerful magic allows me to drew a new Arch Fiend if one of my Arch Fiend monsters are ever sent to the graveyard, but of course this Arch Fiend can't be as powerful. Then again my Terra King Arch Fiend is packing enough power as it is. Now let's try this again! Locus Storm Bourg."

"Well this storm ever let up?" Chumly asked.

Jaden did kinda of had to agree with him on this as the Arch Fiend monster launched it's attack at him.

"Go Emergency Prevision," Jaden announced, "this spell card allows me to sacrifice another spell or trap card and get back a 1000 life points."

Jaden: 3000

Jaden braced himself of the Atk from the Terra King Arch Fiend

Jaden: 1000

"You still stand?" Titan asked.

"As long as I've go two good legs," Jaden answered.

"*Laugh* But your legs aren't good," Titan told Jaden, "and now with the latest strike on your life points neither are your arms."

Jaden looked at your right arm to see that it was fading from his wrist to his just above your elbow.

"Awe man," Syrus said in worry, "Jaden's fading really fast."

'Talk about hanging on by a lime,' Jaden thought, "better make this turn count." Jaden then drew his next card. "Alright! I use the spell card The Warrior Returning Alive! Which bring back Elemental Hero Avian. Now fuse with Burstinatrix and create the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman! Now what do you think we turn up the heat in here Wingman? Attack with Infernal Rage!" The Flame Wingman did as it was told to do and destroyed Titan's Terra King Arch Fiend. "Oh by the way did I mention his super power? Your beasties won't be the only one hurting cause you well be, too. You take damage equal to your destroyed monster's attack points."

Titan: 1900

It was then that Jaden took noticed that some of him where fading as well.

"Part's of him are started to disappear, too, Chumly," Syrus pointed out.

"Do you think that that can work on my waist line?" Chumly asked.

"It matter's not cause I have another Dasark Arch Fiend," Titan said, "I simple discard him to bring back my Terra King. There's no escaping him. Rise Again Terra King!"

Jaden felt a bit annoyed as Titan brought back his Terra King for the third time.

"This guy's really over staying his welcome," Jaden stated, "I've got to find a way to get rid of him some how, but first I've got to defend myself with Dark Catapulter. Now come on and do your worst?"

"You want my worst?" Titan asked, "You should be careful for what you wish for because you just might get it. Especially when this car is in the mix." Titan held up a card. "I sacrifice my Terra King Arch Fiend and call forth the Skull Arch Fiend of Lighting!" A monster that looked like the Summoning Skull appeared onto the field. "You wanted my worst, well, now you have it! Every last super changes bolt!"

The Arch Fiend of his was able to destroy Jaden Flame Wingman and brought his life points down.

Jaden: 600

"Aw man," Syrus mumbled.

"Jaden!" Chumly called out.

'I've got to hang on for Mayumi,' Jaden thought.

"Look into my Millennium Item and fell yourself slip even forth into the shadows," Titan told you as he held up his item. "You are defeated, your life points are all, but gone. Soon you'll be nothing, but a hollow soulless shell."

'I can't see anymore,' Jaden thought, 'what's happening to me?'

"He can't even stand," Chumly said as Jaden fall to his knee.

"Jaden!" Syrus called out to Jaden.

"Feel yourself drifting, drifting…"

Titan's voice started to lull Jaden to sleep, but it was then that Jaden heard something coming from his deck.

"Kuri."

'Hey, it that you Kuriboh?' Jaden thought as he looked up to see a ball of light floating around. 'What is it pal?' The ball of light started to move around. 'Your trying to tell me something?' The ball start to move faster. 'Whoa. Stay steady well ya? With that bright light your going to hypnotize me quicker then you help me.' It was then that it clicked. 'Wait? That's it. That's what your trying to tell me. We're not playing in the Shadows. He's playing with my mind.' Jaden then stood up looking at the fake in front of him. "Well no more. I have this Shadow Game Scam figured out."

"Did he just say Shadow Game Scam?" Chumly asked confused.

"What's he mean?" Syrus asked.

"I mean my souls not on the serving plate anymore," Jaden answered.

"Huh?'

"Let's get going!" Jaden called out, "my turn!" Jaden then drew your next card. "First I'm going to active my Dark Catapulter's special ability. It allows to remove one card from the graveyard for every turn Catapulter is in Def mode. Then for every card I remove I get to destroy one trap or spell card out in play. So since he was in def mode for one turn I'll remove Avian and now I'll destroy your Pandemonium card! Storm Shawer Blast!"

"Uh-oh," Titan mumbled before he held up his arm.

Now with his field spell gone the scenery went back to normal.

"So what!" Titan called out to you before held up his fake Millennium Item. "You still haven't destroyed this."

"You atta be careful for what you wish for," Jaden told him as he held up Avian. "You might just get it."

Jaden throw Avian at the fake item and it landed dead center of it making your body return to normal though it was never gone to begin with.

"What did you do?" Titan asked.

"Alright!" Syrus called, "Jaden! Your got your body back!"

"I never lost it," Jaden told him, "this whole Shadow Game was just a big fake."

"Huh?"

"It was all hypnoses," Jaden went on, "as while lot of smoke and mirrors that made me think I was losing my soul. This guy's a complete shame. I mean he's preparable some out of work carnival Carney."

"I'm not out of work," Titan said, "I can get my job at the fair back any time I want."

"Yeah I'm sure that you could," Jaden agreed, "I'm sure that paper mesa Millennium Item goes over real well with the kiddies."

"No!" Titan yelled, "be quiet. It's real. I'm real."

"You're a side show phony," Jaden told him.

He then started to smirk at you which confused not only Jaden, but Chumly and Syrus as well.

"You fool," he called out to Jaden, "you forgot."

"Huh?"

"The girl," he reminded Jaden.

"Mayumi," Chumly said.

"That's right," Titan agreed, "imprisoned in the shadow tomb. Her soul festering in the recesses of the neither world! That proves that this Millennium Pendent is real! What do you have to say to that?"

"Huh?"

"Besides you're a duns," Jaden answered, "you see, all the Millennium Items are sketched on the inside of this dorm and yours would be call the Millennium Puzzle not Pendent. You never had Mayumi's soul, you never did, so hand her over and all of the other kids you snatched."

"Other kids?" Titan asked, "I don't know what your talking about. And for earlier Carney commit you can find your friend yourself."

He then throw down a smoke bomb, but Jaden wasn't about to let him off that easily.

"No way!" Jaden called after him before you ran off into the smoke. "Your not getting out of here that easily! Come here?!" When Jaden got to the middle the same eye that's on the Millennium items appeared on the floor under you making Jaden stop in your tracks. "Whoa. How did you do this trick?"

"I didn't," Titan answered.

To both of yours surprise a black dome like shape appeared over the both of you.

"What the?" Jaden asked.

"What is this place?" Titan asked, "where am I?'

"Come one," Jaden said with real annoyances now, "enough with the tricks already."

"A trick?" Titan asked, "I can't do something like this." Then out of no where little monsters started to rain down on him. "Help their attacking. Jaden, save me?"

"What in the…" Jaden stopped in mid sentence when Jaden noticed that the little monsters start coming after Jaden when out of no where Kuriboh appeared from Jaden deck. "Now that's weird. First I hear ya and now I see ya. What in the world is going on here?"

"I can answer that for you," a female voice answered.

It then Jaden's packet started to glow and out came Queen's Knight.

"What the?" Jaden asked in shock.

"There's a reason why you can hear Kuriboh, Jaden," she said, "it's the same with Mayumi…"

She ended up stopping when the little monsters started to get closer to Jaden making both her and Kuriboh scare them.

"Hey!" Jaden called out, "way to show 'em whose boss you two." Jaden then looked over at the guy feeling sorry for him. "To bad he doesn't have a friend like you two." It was then that he's eyes started to glow red. "Huh?"

"Jaden Yuki, the shadows pang for a soul," he told you, "only one shill survive."

Jaden felt a bit an annoyed with this, but the duel went on none the less.

No one's pov!

After the duel!

It wasn't long till Jaden along with Kuriboh and Queen's Knight came out of the dome thing.

"Jaden!" Syrus called.

"Your ok?" Chumly asked.

"Huh?" Jaden asked looking over at the other two. "Never better guys."

"What happened in there?" Chumly asked.

It was then that the dome started to get smaller while also blowing wind making all three of them hit the floor near the coffin that Mayumi was sound asleep in. The wind blow stronger making the coffin slid down, so Jaden grabbed hold of it before they looked back to see that the dome exploded into confide.

"Ah, awesome," Jaden said as he clapped, "I wonder what he does for an encore. Talk about a magic trick. There were little monsters and vortexes…"

"Magic tricks?" Syrus asked, "you don't think that was the real Shadow Realm?'

"Nah," Jaden answered, "it's all mirrors and fog machines. Just like I said. But I give my entire deck to know exactly how he did it." Jaden placed a finger to his chin in thought. "I never seen anything like it."

After that being said they turned to Mayumi who was still asleep before Jaden walked over to her and picked her up bridle style and walked out of the place.

Outside!

It wasn't long till Mayumi started to regain conscious which made Jaden breath a sigh of relief. When Mayumi's eyes opened all of the way she saw Jaden, Syrus, and their other room mate sating around her with smiles.

"Well, well," Jaden said, "good morning sleepy head."

"Where am I?" Mayumi asked, "what are you doing here?"

"Come on," Jaden said, "what kind of thank you is that? We're here cause we had to find the bad guy, win the duel, and rescue the damsel in distress."

"Yeah," Mayumi said as she recalled a memory. "That strange man stanched me."

"That's right," Jaden agreed with her, "we found your card and this."

He handed her Queen's Knight card and a picture of Alexis' Brother.

"Alexis' Brother?" Mayumi asked, "this is the first trace of him any one has seen in a long time."

"That's right," Jaden agreed, "I brought it to let you know that we want to help you find him. After all we can't have you locked up in anymore tombs screeching for him all by yourself as well as Alexis."

"You were really worried about me weren't chu?" Mayumi asked.

It was then that sun started to raise making Jaden and the other two freak before they stood up.

"Uh-oh," Jaden said, "suns up. We better get back they noticed we're gone"

Mayumi stood up next and just before Jaden ran off she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek making him blush bright red.

"Thank you, Jaden," she told him with a smile.

"N-no problem," Jaden strutted, "well I better get going."

He took off running with the other two right behind him.

"Bye Mayumi!" Syrus called out.

"Yeah later," Chumly said.

"See ya in class," Jaden called back, "oh and if anyone asks we were never here."

'But you were and you save me,' Mayumi thought before she looked at the picture. 'Now Alexis might be able to save Atticus, too.'