The next two weeks were full of Solomon trying not to kill Sasori with all of his might and nerve reminding himself that Sasori is nice to him and never bitten nor did Sasori ever try to sting him.

Even Madoka had gotten used to the scorpling on her shoulder even when on rainy days he would bring a huge leaf and hold it like an umbrella which seemed either cute or disgusting to Yugi, but that was in the past and now, Madoka was holding a parcel box with the label that was shipped to her.

She read the note which was written from her mom and Tatsuya, her little brother which she loves so much. She carefully opened the note and read it through.

Madoka, I know things have been going well at your new school, so I sent over this box with some cards that just came out.
With love, Mom and Tatsuya.

Madoka opened the box to reveal a tin case with a small drawing of Madoka smiling with her little brother's writing. "Awww, Tatsuya." She whispered before pulling out the cards which seemed to fit her because of how she draws people in her journal.

One card looked like Mami wielding a musket and smiling, she looked at the info and read it in her head.

MAGIC MUSKET GIRL ****
LIGHT
[Hero/Effect]
ATK: 1700 DEF: 1200
For every 'Magic' monster on the field, Magic Musket Girl gains 800 ATK points

The next one looked like Sayaka holding a sword with a heroic look upon her face as she read the info on the card.

MAGIC SWORD GIRL ****
WATER
[Hero/Effect]
ATK: 1800 DEF: 1500
Magic Sword Girl can retrieve 800 Life Points for every monster in the Graveyard.

Madoka smiled before pulling out an equip spell called Horn of the Unicorn which would give her monsters 700 more ATK points and one monster card that looked like a girl with long red hair pulled into a ponytail wielding a spear with a smug look.

MAGIC SPEAR GIRL ****
FIRE
[Hero/Effect]
ATK: 1600 DEF: 1500
If Magic Sword Girl is on the field, Magic Spear can attack directly and immune to traps and spells.

Madoka smiled as she pulled out some trap cards and one spell card called Second Chance which would give her 2000 Life Points back if she almost lost the duel, which would be lucky for her to have before pulling out a grey card with a weird looking white cat with little arms coming out of the ears and beady red eyes that seemed to stare into her soul.

MAGIC QB TOKEN
ATK: 0 DEF: 0
[Token]
Looks can be deceiving!

Madoka slipped the card back into the box as she found a card with a drawing of a girl with black wings and a seductive smile while holding a crystal with black encasing it.

MAGIC LOVE DEVIL *****
DARK
ATK: 1900 DEF 700
[Fiend/ Effect]
If Magic Goddess Archer is on the field, Magic Love Devil gains 2000 ATK points.

Then Madoka pulled out another card that looked like her as she stared at the card and read the info to herself.

MAGIC GODDESS ARCHER ******
LIGHT
[Hero/Effect]
ATK: 1500 DEF: 200
For every Magic QB Token on the field, Magic Goddess Archer gains 500 ATK points

Madoka stared at the card looking like her before pulling out her journal and flipping to the pages of her notebook and held the card and the drawing together, it looked the same and the drawing styles were the same.

Then she had a painful throbbing in her head as she held her head before Yugi rushed over and held her steady.

"Are you alright?" He asked Madoka as she smiled and nodded at him, Yugi knew she was acting off ever since he had the puzzle.

The door opened to reveal a student Yugi and Madoka knew him well as Seto Kaiba from their class.

"Hello Madoka, Yugi. So this game store is your family's, Yugi?" Seto asked as Yugi nodded before Madoka placed her cards in the tin box she got before setting it down on the counter and walking to go feed Sasori due to his distressed chirping.

She got out two blueberries and raspberries from the fridge as she saw his tail swinging in distressed before carefully picking him up and feeding him as Amy walked over and curled up on Madoka's shoulders before Sasori stopped chirping as she placed him back in the box and walking down to get her cards.

Seto saw the tin box with Madoka's cards and saw her open them to reveal her cards. "May I see your cards?" He asked as she handed them over and looked over the cards she had and smiled before handing them back to Madoka.

"You have some good cards there." He said as Joey growled before Amy meowed at him which made Joey jump back from the cat.

"Hey Amy." He said nervously, that cat despised him for what he did to her if Madoka hadn't been there. Amy hissed at Joey before Yugi took the cat off of Madoka to let Amy down as the cat ran back to the room with Sasori.

"Amy's still thinking about you." Madoka said as Joey nodded before they heard Seto go on about the card Yugi's grandpa had, the card was beautiful but something about it seemed familiar to her as she shook her head before going upstairs to take a hot bath to relax.

She stepped into the warm water and relaxed before Amy walked on the side of the tub so she wouldn't slip in but Madoka would help Amy to the tub, she carefully picked the cat up and set her gently in the water which Amy didn't run out like any other cats.

"My head hurts Amy, why did that card seem familiar?" She asked the black cat that gave a simple meow to the pinkette before Madoka let out of the tub as she began to wash her body and hair, Yugi accidentally walked in as Madoka was washing her body before he ran out apologizing.

"I'M SORRY!!" He said as Madoka blushed before draining the bathwater and dressing into a nightgown Miho gave her while going through some old clothes she didn't need or were too small that could fit Madoka.

Madoka told Yugi it was okay before feeding Sasori again with two blueberries and heading to bed before meeting Yami in the puzzle.

~~~Begin Dream~~~

Madoka woke up in the same room only to find Sasori in there on Amy's back as they raced out of the room as Madoka chased them. "Wait! Where are you going?!" Madoka yelled as they gave some noises to help her follow them as she was led back to Yami's soul room.

Speaking of which, she hadn't heard from him since the inspection, was he resting? She got the answer when she came across a bed fit enough for a king and queen. Quietly and carefully, she walked to see Yami asleep on the bed as she examined him carefully, he looked peaceful in his sleep as she was about to leave, she felt him grasp her arm and pull her into the bed with him.

'Yami! I'm not a teddy bear!' She thought as she heard him speak in his sleep. "No...I won't...don't kill her...please..." Yami spoke in fear as Madoka hugged him and told him it's alright as he opened his crimson eyes and stared into hers before apologizing to her.

"I'm terribly sorry." He said as she forgave him and he helped her back into her soul room as Amy and Sasori soon transformed into a different form.

Amy became a panther and Sasori became a Deathstalker as Yami turned to them. "We need to keep her safe, I can't keep up with the shadow games but Madoka may have to do it." He said turning to the sealed door and saw five ribbons coming off.

~~~End Dream~~~

Madoka brought her cards to play with Joey as she pulled out Magic Love Devil and knew the effects as she let Magic Goddess Girl attack his monster in defense before Magic Love Devil finishes off his Life Points.

"Gah! How are you and Yugi so good at this Mado-Mado?!" Joey asked as she gave a V-sign of victory before giggling, but she saw Seto switch the real Blue Eyes with a fake in front of the students but no one saw him do it .

School ended as she walked up to the Seto to talk to him about the card he swapped. "Kaiba-kun." She called out to him as he turned around with a kind smile but she couldn't buy that kind smile. "I know you swapped the card with the fake one." She said with courage, Madoka was tired of letting Yami protecting her so she's stepping up.

"Kaiba-kun please return the card! I don't wanna hurt Solomon's feelings!" She pleaded but he scoffed and turned away as Madoka then looked at her cards and nodded.

"Then how about a duel?! Winner gets the card?!" She shouted loud enough for him to hear as he turned around and gave a nod to let her know that he accepts the challenge as she got ready to set up her deck to bring in order to get the card back.

Madoka showed up sitting at a desk, looking down at her hands and counting the raindrops on the windows each time they fell onto the glass before hearing the door open to reveal dead, dull blue eyes that belonged to no other than Seto Kaiba.

He sat down before setting a deck right next to his hand, he told a security guard to never bother him or his opponent and forget this ever happened. "Ready?" He said with a cruel and sadistic smile but Madoka wasn't alone nor afraid anymore.

"I'm ready." She said as Kaiba drew the first card at the top of the deck with a smile that somehow, Madoka felt no chills not anymore, her right eye began turning gold but Seto paid no attention to her as the card he drew came to life.

She brought out Magic Sword Girl in attack mode and attacked the Ryu-Kishin Gargoyle which gave 800 points of damage. "The monsters from the cards become real and a penalty or forgiveness awaits you whoever loses. Those are the rules of a Shadow Game and the Light of Forgiveness!" She said with one eye gold and the other pink.

"For penalty, the one who loses will know death in a penalty but I will show forgiveness for you  in the end." She said as Kaiba began laughing like a maniac before looking at her.

"Heh HAHAHAHAHA...This is good! I'm glad I took your challenge! This is the extreme game I've been looking for!!" Seto said as Madoka frowned sympathetically for him.

Then he drew a card from his deck which was the Battle Ox before playing an equip spell Giant's Might which raised its ATK points to 2040 and DEF to 1200 as it took down her Magic Sword Girl.

In turn after turn, the Battle Ox destroyed card after card, Madoka's life points were left with 400 as she pulled out Magic Love Devil before flipping the spell card Ancient Rules to Special Summon her Magic Love Devil and equipped Horn of the Unicorn to her monster and destroyed the Battle Ox.

"Your move." She said as Kaiba's life points were down to 800, both were neck and neck with almost defeat but Madoka didn't want to lose her life nor did she want to hurt Kaiba as he pulled out Solomon's card and ordered it to attack her Magic Love Devil but it didn't attack her.

"Kaiba, your soul isn't in that card, Blue Eyes chose to destroy itself so it can fulfil its duty." She said with a sympathetic smile.

"It's my turn, I choose this facedown card I had down. I choose to use it this turn." She said with courage in her voice as the card revealed its picture to be an ankh.

"Monster Reborn! The monster I choose is Blue Eyes White Dragon!" She said as the dragon appeared at her side as she touched the side of its face which earned some soft growls from it. "Seto Kaiba, this game is over." She said as she looked at Seto.

"Attack!! Burst Stream!!" Kaiba lost all of his life points before she smiled at him before placing her hand on his head.

"Light of Forgiveness, Seto Kaiba, I forgive you." She said as he felt the warmth of the light surrounding him as the cold darkness around him disappeared before he had a peaceful smile upon his face as she brought him out to the limo, mostly struggling with his weight on the way, drenched with water as the driver kindly drove her to the game shop where she gave the card back to Yugi who held the fake in his pocket and set the real one back into the box next to the picture.

A pounding headache brought her hand to her head as she walked over to the kitchen to get some pain relief and some water as she took the pill and rank the water to swallow the pill before heading upstairs to dry off and get some dry pjs on before pulling the comforter over her body and snuggled into the warm blanket.

Yami came out of the puzzle to see Madoka resting in the warm blanket before he sensed the purity from her, it must be from her Light of Forgiveness which her "other self" used for trials, but when did he see her use it?

He returned to see six ribbons falling off as the door was almost free for him to open and embrace her into his arms after so long, but she won't remember him well from when they first met.