Icarus stood in front of a Tv, talking to the duel tournament directors and

Maximillion Pegasus.

"Are you sure about this, Seto Kaiba lost and is dropping out of the tournament?" one duel director asked

Pegasus merely chuckled "so my information was correct, do tell who was the one who defeated Kaiba boy"

Icarus sighed and told them the whole duel, and how it played out. But didn't tell them why Yugi and Seto dueled in the first place.

"And the person who by some miracle defeated seto was...Yugi Moto"

The directors talked among themselves before approving the statement and pulled Seto's name from the tournament.

The brown haired girl stood there with an uninterested face when the duel directors finally hung up. All that was left was Icarus and Pegasus.

"Before I leave I have a few questions" Pegasus spoke with an evil glint in his eyes.

"Very well, make it quick" Icarus rushed him.

The question we're mostly about the duel between Yugi and seto. Icarus answered every one until he took notice of her key.

"Oh my, what a bizarre pendant" Icarus visibly paled and gripped it.

"Good day to you Pegasus" with that she hung up. Backing up she fell on the couch sighing.

Ever since losing seto never returned to school. Icarus was extremely worried and looked for her friend only to find him in his room asking her to tell the dueling directors to drop him out of the tournament. Mokuba came and tried to cheer his brother up saying "you're still the best duelist" but seto wasn't having it.

Icarus pull Mokuba away to give seto some space. Sighing she decided to go back to school and told seto before leaving. He only grunted in response so she took it as her sign to leave.

Halfway towards the school, she stopped and decided to wasn't worth it and went home. This wasn't her world so school shouldn't matter. With that thought, Icarus went to her apartment.

At school, Joey plays Duel Monsters against Téa. He Summons Rock Ogre Grotto #1, claiming it will "rock her block off". However, Téa flips over her face-down "Happy Lover". Joey laughs that wimpy card doesn't stand a chance against his giant rock guy and urges her to give it up. Téa agrees that she doesn't stand a chance, unless she plays the "Breath of Light" card, sliding it onto the field as she does so. Startled, Joey asks Yugi if she can do that. Yugi replies that the "Breath of Light" card wears down Rock-Type monsters and reduces them to rubble. "Rock Ogre Grotto" is hit and falls apart, stunning Joey, whose Life Points hit 0. Téa celebrates over defeating Joey yet again and Tristan tells Joey he stinks at this game. Joey moans and buries his head onto the desk.

Afterward, outside school, Joey hangs out with Yugi and admits that Tristan is right, he does stink at the game and couldn't win a game of Duel Monsters to save his life. He asks Yugi for help, so Yugi decides to take a look at Joey's Deck, and finds it is made up entirely of Monster Cards. Joey explains that he filled it with the most powerful monsters he could find, but Yugi tells him that's not how the game works; Duel Monsters about combining Monster Cards with Magic Cards to make them stronger. Without Magic Cards, his monsters will get creamed every time, Yugi says. Joey rushes over and seizes Yugi excitedly, saying that's the kind of advice he needs and Yugi has got to help him more.

Yugi brings joey to the game shop and tells his Grandpa he's brought him a new student. Since Grandpa knows more about Duel Monsters than anyone, Joey says he was hoping that he'd teach him. Grandpa climbs down from the ladder and states that Duel Monsters is a very complex game. Joey agrees, say Téa beat him in three games in a row. Yugi corrects him, saying that it was five. Joey looks up at the poster and Grandpa says that he could teach Joey to be a great tournament duelist, but only if he's willing to spend endless days and sleepless nights training. "Piece of cake", Joey says and Grandpa says that with an attitude like that, teaching Joey may not be worth his effort. Joey withdraws and Yugi sarcastically compliments him. Joey drops to his knees and bows to Yugi, begging him to help convince Grandpa to teach him, promising to work hard. Yugi starts to argue that his grandpa can't do it, reversely affecting Grandpa, who decides he can do it. If he agrees, he tells Joey he must hard. Joey promises, and Grandpa says they'll begin immediately. He cracks his fingers, saying under his tuition, Joey will learn. He asks Joey if he can name the most powerful and weakest Duel Monster and if he knows what a Trap Card is, but Joey has no idea.

••••

Weeks later it was time.

It was the day of the tournament finals and Icarus was sitting in front of the small TV in her one bedroom apartment. Upon receiving a text message from Mokuba that his big brother was supposed to be in that duel and not some "weirdo" as the young Kaiba put it.

Sitting on the couch she looked out the window, Icarus and seto haven't been to school in weeks. And she regularly visits the Kaiba home making sure seto is ok. And he seems to be doing fine...in his own Kaiba way. Yugi and the others are watching the finals too.

•••••

Later, Yugi and friends are all watching the Regional Duel Monsters Championship, where Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor are announced as the finalists. Joey thinks he should be up there, and Téa points out that he's been training for weeks, but Weevil and Rex are in another league. Yugi adds that maybe Grandpa's lessons were too hard on Joey, who's so tired that he can't keep his eyes open.

Grandpa suddenly enters, telling Joey that's come a long way so far. He's carrying a package for Yugi from Industrial Illusions, the company that makes Duel Monsters. Yugi wonders if Maximillion Pegasus, the owner, and CEO, heard about his triumph over Seto Kaiba. Although the match was unofficial, Kaiba dropped out of the Regionals because of it, despite being the favorite to win.

Both him and Icarus disappeared from school, which they didn't find weird for they knew Icarus would follow Kaiba everywhere. But Tèa was still somewhat worried about her whereabouts.

The final match of the tournament starts. Yugi says that Weevil specializes in tricky Insect monsters, while Rex uses powerful Dinosaurs. Joey thinks Rex will have the match in the bag, but Yugi disagrees. Rex Summons "Two-Headed King Rex", his most powerful Dinosaur, while Weevil brings out "Basic Insect". Rex orders "Two-Headed King Rex" to stomp "Basic Insect", but Weevil uses "Vortex" to stop it. He then uses "Laser Cannon" to power up "Basic Insect" and defeat "Two-Headed King Rex", winning the Duel.

Pegasus appears to present the tournament trophy to Weevil, then invites him to compete in his upcoming Duelist Kingdom tournament. As he leaves in his limo, he hopes the tournament will attract lots of Duelists as well as the Millennium Items. His underling tells him that the package he sent to Yugi was delivered.

•••

As for Icarus, she shut off her TV and stared blankly at her reflection. Yugi's grandfather will lose his soul tonight...and Yugi will be forced to take part of duelist kingdom. And maybe, so would she. Looking over to her kitchen seeing the package on the table that was from Pegasus.

•••

Yugi has opened the package, and it contains a Dueling Gauntlet, two Star Chips, and a VHS tape. He places the tape in the VCR, and Pegasus appears on the TV, to everyone's surprise. He says that he has indeed heard of Yugi's recent victory over Kaiba, and it has intrigued him into challenging Yugi to a Duel immediately. They'll play for fifteen minutes, and whoever has more Life Points at the end will win. Yugi and his friends are confused about how Yugi can Duel against a videotape until Pegasus uses his Millennium Eye to drag everyone in.

Yugi finds himself in a dark space, with his friends and Grandpa behind him, frozen like statues. Pegasus says they're no longer in their own world, and will not return until after their Duel. Yami Yugi takes over and accepts the challenge, and the clock starts. Pegasus starts simply by placing a card face-down–then tells Yugi he won't win with the Dragon card he's holding, which shocks Yugi, as he is indeed holding the "Koumori Dragon" card. Pegasus claims to be able to know every move Yugi will make before Yugi does, and proves it by playing "Dragon Capture Jar" to steal Yugi's "Koumori Dragon".

Pegasus tells Yugi that the place they are in is called the Shadow Realm and that the cards they are using are magical. He says he didn't actually create the game; it has existed since the times of Ancient Egypt, and would be known as a Shadow Game. In Ancient Egypt, they battled by using magic to summon real monsters, but the magic was so powerful that it nearly spun out of control and destroyed the world. Yugi doesn't want to believe the monsters are real.

Pegasus continues by playing "Dragon Piper", which releases "Koumori Dragon" from the "Dragon Capture Jar" onto Pegasus's side of the field. Yugi responds by playing "Silver Fang", but "Koumori Dragon" defeats it, bringing Yugi's Life Points down to 1500.

Pegasus goes on to say that, 5000 years ago, a powerful Pharaoh locked the magic of the Shadow Games away within the Millennium Items–including Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. There is magic inside the Puzzle that would change Yugi's life–if he knew how to harness it. Yugi wants to know why Pegasus is telling him this, but Pegasus simply puts a card face-downand suggests they return to the Duel.

Yugi prepares to play "Zombie Warrior", until he realizes that Pegasus is able to read his mind–the Millennium Eye Pegasus wears is somehow allowing him to read Yugi's cards. He decides to try playing a card without looking at it, figuring that if he doesn't know what it is, neither will Pegasus.

He pulls a card from his Deck and places it on the field. Pegasus, expecting a Zombie-Type monster like "Zombie Warrior", placed the Trap Card "Sun Shower", but Yugi reveals his card to be "Dark Magician". It attacks and destroys "Koumori Dragon", and Yugi takes the lead.

Pegasus retaliates with "Illusionist Faceless Mage" and "Eye of Illusion", which entrances "Dark Magician". Yugi plays "Celtic Guardian", but Pegasus takes control of "Dark Magician" and uses it to destroy "Celtic Guardian". Yugi is now down to 400 Life Points, and is running out of time. He tries to take his lead back by playing "Summoned Skull" and attacking "Illusionist Faceless Mage", but time expires before the attack hits, and Pegasus wins as per the rules of the Duel.

Pegasus warns Yugi that their next Duel will be for higher stakes, and uses his Millennium Eye to capture Grandpa's soul. Yugi and his friends are returned to the game shop, but Grandpa falls unconscious. He appears on the TV screen, calling out to Yugi, and Yugi clutches the TV, calling to him as well.

•••

Gripping the star chips she decided to participate, only to be there when Mokuba gets kidnapped. But decided to avoid Yugi and his friends for a while. Only to observe the events. Icarus only has 2 days till duelist kingdom...plenty of time to prepare.

Closing herself off in her room, she prepared her deck for the challenge that is coming. Picking up the dark magician, a sense of dread and sadness overwhelmed her. The entire deck she has was built and given to her by her brother. Then the room around her warped and changed from her old home to the Yugioh world. She longed to go home but is torn to stay.

Shutting her eyes everything stopped moving. Her key was softly glowing but eventually stopped. Feeling safe Icarus opened her eyes to see her deck and her one bedroom apartment. 'What was that?' She wondered. Shaking it off, she went back to work...after all 2 days go by fast.