It's starts off  with Tristen  having trouble with the SPirit of the ring who wants Mokuba as his new host. So Tristen knocks the spirit out while he was distracted by getting Mokuba. Then Tristen throws the Ring out into the forest down below.

   Inside the Shadow Realm Yugi and the Spirit knew that if Pegasus takes them to the Shadow Realm it could only mean one thing....a Shadow Game. Pegsus starts saying that this time around it'll be harder to contain the monsters that are on the feild, for it drains your energy, making you weak. Since Yugi had little experience dueling in the Shadow Realm he was feeling the pain. The Spirit takes over they continue dueling.  

   Pegasus is loving watching the strain of the two Yugis, and decides to throw a new monster into play; one designed especially for this duel. The Dark Eyes Illusionist has 0 attack points and 0 defence points, but it has other powers to help it out instead.  He then Mind Shuffles back to Yugi Moto, but the young mind is obviously struggling with the strain.

    Outside the arena, Yugi's friends can sense his pain. While none of them truly understand why, it seems that they have grown some kind of spiritual link as their friendship has grown.

  Pegasus, he tells Yugi that he may as well give up the Mind Shuffle as it is obviously too much for him to handle. Yugi agrees reluctantly, and the spirit returns.

   As the Curse of Dragons attacks, the Dark Eyes Illusionist activates its hypnotic power to paralyse Yugi's monster. As Pegasus's turn begins, he uses the Black Illusion Ritual to sacrifice his Illusionist, but brings forth a stronger Spellcaster monster, Relinquished. Although this monster also has no attack or defence, it has a stronger hypnotic power, and with it Relinquished sucks Yugi's Curse of Dragons into it.

 The Spirit summons the Dark Magician and attacks, but Relinquished activates its Defence Shield, the Curse of Dragon. Pegasus explains that Relinquished can use any monster that it has absorbed to defend itself, but when the defensive shield monster is destroyed, it is Yugi's life points that are affected. Yugi find his life points drop to 400.  Pegasus then uses Relinquished to suck in the Dark Magician, using it like a Defence Shield to replace the destroyed Curse of Dragons.

  Yugi insists that they have to continue the Mind Shuffle, but the spirit is unsure. If Yugi's mind collapses under the strain of the duel, his soul will be shredded and lost forever. However Yugi remains persistent, so the two switch once more. As Yugi draws what could be his last card, Pegasus decides to try and fight Yugi from within, crushing his mind by over straining it.

   As Yugi lays down the drawn card face down, he plays the Feral Imp into defence mode. But as he prepares to switch minds again, Pegasus attacks the Feral Imp with the Dark Magician, destroying the Imp and crushing Yugi's mind. As Yugi's body collapses, his friends outside the arena all sense the pain. Realising that something has happened, they become more determined to try to help Yugi.

   Inside Yugi's mind, the spirit was trying to revive his friend, but there is no hope left, as Yugi's soul has been shredded. Pegasus seems pleased at crushing the young mind, and taunts the spirit to continue the duel alone. Meanwhile, unable to sense Yugi anymore, Téa tries to penetrate the vortex, but find herself re-emerging from it in the same place. As Tristan rushes into it, he finds himself passing through it and out the other side. It seems that Pegasus is determined that only he and Yugi will witness the Shadow Game unfolding.

   Determined to avenge Yugi Moto's defeat, the spirit returns, ready to show Pegasus no mercy. But he cannot change the fact that he failed to protect his keeper, and now may well fail to rescue Kaiba, Mokuba and Yugi's Grandpa as he alone is unable to block Pegasus's mind reading powers.

   Drawing the Winged Dragon, he realises that none of his cards can help him win, but maybe Yugi's face down card could help, if he only knew what it was. Playing the Winged Dragon in defence mode, Pegasus destroys it. Playing Gigenbakudon, Pegasus explains that in two turns this new monster will self destruct, destroying Relinquished.

   While this will destroy both Relinquished and the Dark Magician, Relinquished has no attack or defence points and so Pegasus's life points will remain untouched. It will however destroy Yugi's remaining life points. Not only that, but Gigenbakudon cannot be destroyed by any attack, so there is no way to stop it exploding.

    As the spirit searches for some strategy that can help him, Pegasus assures him that he has no card that can help him win. With the power of the Mind Shuffle gone, and no way of stopping Pegasus's bomb, is there any way that the spirit of the puzzle can win the duel, or was Yugi's sacrifice all for nothing?

- nterrydustin