Yugioh: Season 1

Yugi vs Pegasus: Match of the Millennium, Part IV

"Your turn, Yugi-Boy." said Pegasus. "But what's a poor duelist to do? If you throw your monsters in defense mode, I'll fossilize them, and if you throw them in attack, I'll destroy them!"

"He's right. I'm trapped. Unless maybe this combo works!" thought Yugi.

"I'll play the Dark Magician in attack mode!" said Yami.

"Ooh! The Dark Magician." Pegasus said sarcastically as he appeared on the field.

"And I also protect him with the Magical Hats." added Yami and it concealed the Dark Magician as four hats spread out across the field.

"Brilliant. Even Pegasus cant tell which hat Yugi's hidden his Dark Magician in." said Tea. "Now the Dark Magician is safe from Pegasus' Toon Monster attacks."

"Ah, I see." said Pegasus.

"See what?" Yami asked.

"With your feeble attempt to hide your Dark Magician, you're hoping to stall until you can find a way to overcome my Toon World. But it wont work." said Pegasus.

"Hmm?" questioned Yami.

"Don't get it?" inquired Pegasus. "You're not capable of concealing your secrets from me, and those silly magic hats won't help you hide."

Yami gasped at the statement. "All I need to do is probe your feeble mind to learn which hat hides your mage." stated Pegasus. "Or have you forgotten the power of my millennium eye? You might as well surrender now and save yourself the embarrassment of a crushing defeat for your sister."

Yami had a hand over Magical Hats but made a fist instead. "Prepare yourself, Yugi-Boy!" exclaimed Pegasus. "Here I come!"

"What can I do?" Yugi asked. "If Pegasus reads my mind, if he learns where the Magician is, I'm finished. There has to be some way I can stop him! There has to be!"

"Yugi! Come on, stay with it, man!" shouted Joey.

"I know Pegasus has magic, but so do you!" said Tea. "The magic of your millennium puzzle!"

"That's it!" thought Yugi as Yami squeezed his eyes shut. "I do have my own kind of magic, the magic that merges me with the spirit of the millennium puzzle."

Suddenly, the millennium puzzle calls out to Paige, calling for her and causes the youngest Muto to press her palm against her head. "Spirit, listen to me, quickly." Yugi said to his counterpart.

"Yugi! I can feel Pegasus trying to claw his way into our minds again." said Yami. "I...I can't keep him out."

"YUGIOH!" screamed Paige as she passes out.

[Inside the Millennium Puzzle]

"I know, but I have an idea." said Yugi when out of nowhere, Paige appears by his side. "Our Grandpa told us if I wanted to defeat Pegasus, I'd have to harness the power of my millennium puzzle. I thought that he meant I should merge with you as we usually do and that together we would be triumphant, but now I think I was wrong."

"There's a first time for everything." said Paige.

"How did you get here?" asked Yugi.

"I'm not exactly sure how. I think it was the millennium puzzle that brought me out to you." Paige replied.

"Grandpa said to trust in the power of my millennium puzzle, but he never said anything about you." said Yugi.

"That's true." said Paige, thoughtfully.

"What are you saying, Yugi?" asked Yami.

"Spirit, if I'm to have any chance of beating Pegasus, I'm afraid I have to banish you from the corridors of my mind." said Yugi.