"You set a Trap to counter my attack, didn't you?" Marik sneered, voice buzzing with manic certainty. "Too bad—Traps mean nothing before a GOD!"
He lifted his arm, and the divine shadow behind him eclipsed the arena lights.
"Battle! The Winged Dragon of Ra, direct attack—Golden Flame Cannon!"
A roar like the sun tearing open the sky.
"AOI!" voices screamed from below.
The blast—gold, white, and unbearable—raced toward her like judgment.
Aoi didn't flinch.
She laughed.
A low, cold sound that made Marik's grin twitch.
"...You really are stupid."
"What?!" Marik's eyes widened.
"You think I banished Ra earlier because I was afraid of it?" Aoi's gaze sharpened into a blade. "When did you start hallucinating that I'm scared of God Cards?"
"In front of a god, all resistance is futile!" Marik barked.
"Oh, I agree." Aoi's smile turned razor-thin. "I'm not stopping Ra's attack."
She raised one finger—like a judge delivering a sentence.
"I'm making you take it instead."
Her Duel Disk clicked.
"Trap activated—Dimensional Wall!"
A shimmering, blue-white rift opened in front of Aoi—like a three-dimensional pane of space itself, humming with distorted air.
"A… wall?" someone gasped.
Aoi's voice cut through the wind, crisp and merciless.
"Dimensional Wall activates when an opponent declares an attack. Instead of me taking the battle damage… you take it."
Marik's pupils contracted. "No—!"
Yami Yugi's eyes narrowed from the stands. "So she isn't negating Ra… she's reversing the damage vector."
Mai hissed, half-awed. "Like an Amazoness counter—except this is divine damage."
Marik snapped back into motion, desperate.
"Quick-Play Spell—De-Fusion!" he shouted, slamming the card down. "I can break my fusion with Ra! If I separate, Ra stops its attack!"
Jounouchi's face lit up. "If it works, Dimensional Wall won't—"
"Did you think I wouldn't know that?" Aoi cut in.
Her set card flipped with a thunderclap.
"Counter Trap—Solemn Judgment!"
A spectral, godlike old man appeared in the air, flanked by two angels, raising an arm in absolute refusal.
Aoi LP 1400 → 700
"Your De-Fusion is negated and destroyed."
Marik froze—caught between disbelief and terror.
"Then Ra's attack cannot stop."
Two dimensional gates formed:
In front of Aoi: a blue-white vortex that swallowed the incoming Golden Flame Cannon.
In front of Marik: another gate opened—perfectly aligned.
The blast emerged from his side.
Straight at him.
"NO—! I CAN'T—!" Marik screamed.
Aoi's eyes were calm, almost bored.
"Your biggest mistake was meeting me."
The Golden Flame Cannon detonated into Marik's body with a sunburst roar.
Smoke rolled across the blackened arena. The Black Game itself seemed to shudder.
When the haze thinned, Marik lay sprawled on the platform—unmoving.
And his face—
No longer twisted with that feral, laughing darkness.
Only the real Marik's slack, unconscious features remained.
Marik LP 1 → 0
Aoi stood alone, wind tugging at her hair, the rift fading behind her like a door closing.
"Winner—Kisaragi Aoi!" Isono announced, voice steady even as the spectators sat stunned into silence.
For a heartbeat, nobody breathed.
Then Mokuba's voice broke the spell.
"YES! AOI-ONEECHAN! You really beat a God Card!"
Ishizu stared at Aoi as if the world's rules had been rewritten in front of her eyes. "She… defeated Ra…"
Kaiba's mouth curved into a satisfied smile—proud, possessive, and utterly convinced of one thing.
"Of course she did."
Aoi walked to Marik's side, crouched, and calmly took the card from the Duel Disk interface.
The Winged Dragon of Ra.
"This," she said, tucking it away without ceremony, "is mine."
She glanced at Ishizu. "No objections?"
Ishizu swallowed, then nodded. "According to the rules… it belongs to you."
The platform descended. Everyone surged toward her.
"Aoi! That was insane!" Jounouchi blurted, still buzzing. "He had Ra out! He even boosted it!"
Mai exhaled, half-laughing in disbelief. "When Ra appeared, I thought it was over…"
Yami Yugi said nothing. He only stared at Aoi—studying her like a puzzle that shouldn't exist.
Inside, Yami's thoughts were colder than the wind.
She held back. Even with Eldlich, she didn't show everything.And against Ra… she didn't even shake.Who is she, really?
Ishizu knelt beside Marik, fingers brushing his forehead with a sister's tenderness.
"Marik… Father's death wasn't the Pharaoh's fault. This hatred ends here."
Isono's voice came over the system.
"The elimination matches are complete. Rest in your rooms tonight. Tomorrow morning, the Duel Boat will descend to the final battlefield—Artificial Island."
"Artificial Island?" Jounouchi repeated. "What's that supposed to—?"
He didn't finish.
Kaiba had already pulled Aoi away—fast, decisive, like he was reclaiming something.
"Jounouchi," Mai snapped, rolling her eyes, "she just survived a Black Game and roasted a god. Stop being a lamp-post."
Jounouchi grumbled, but Mai's hand found his, and he stopped arguing.
Behind them, people laughed quietly, the tension finally cracking.
At Room 2's door, Kaiba slowed.
"Today…" he said, voice lower than usual, "you gave me too many surprises."
Aoi's lips curled. "Ra was strong. Marik was just careless."
Kaiba snorted. "You weren't serious. If you were, he wouldn't have even seen Ra."
Aoi didn't deny it. She only looked down at the Blue-Eyes card she carried like a secret oath.
"I test decks when I can. But my real trump…" she murmured, gaze softening for the first time all night, "is still Blue-Eyes."
Kaiba stepped closer.
"Aoi…"
Before she could react, he wrapped his arms around her—tight, almost trembling.
"Aoi?" she whispered, trying to pull away.
He only held tighter.
"You won," he said against her ear, voice rough with relief. "That's all that matters."
And for once, Aoi didn't mock him for being honest.
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