Last Time

Yugi turned to Tea, "It's over, you're hopeless and this duel is done," he sneered.

"No Yugi. The duel isn't over. The Heart of the Cards will see Tea through to victory." Yami replied, before turning to Tea.

"Trust in The Heart of the Cards and yourself," he encouraged.

"Get on with the duel Tea or else we'll give Yubel more time for bad dialogue." Seto muttered.

"Uh Kaiba...that will just make her madder..." Yami and Tea muttered back to the teen CEO.

"Nothing is easier to bring down than someone who stops thinking and lashes out in anger," Seto spoke calmly.

Tea blinked in confusion.

"When you use your emotions instead of your logic you hand victory to your opponent on a silver platter," Seto continued though he looked bored.

"Shut up Kaiba!" Yugi growled.

"Now, now Yugi-kun. All this talk means nothing. They will all pay for crossing me," Yubel cooed to the love-enslaved boy.

"But Yubel-chan, those morons are insulting our love," The smaller duelist protested.

"Well done with burying them though," Yubel giggled as once again she ruffled Yugi's hair.

Yugi blushed shyly. "Aw it was nothing. I can't wait to see them crushed under our power," He giggled sinisterly.

"That's right Yugi-kun. And don't you forget it," Yubel told him, smiling evilly.

Yugi nodded, smiling in an evil vicious way himself.

"This duel's far from over, Yubel! My move!" Tea shouted, drawing her card.

End Flashback

"Your confidence would be unnerving if it wasn't because Yami looks so much like your school crush." Yubel sneered, a sick twisted grin on her face.

"What is THAT supposed to mean?!" Tea squealed. What Yubel had just said seemed to hit a sensitive nerve.

"It means that if you didn't have such infatuation with MY little Yugi that you wouldn't have gotten anything from Yami's little pep talk." Yubel smirked, putting extreme emphasis on the word 'my' as she cuddled Yugi close to her.

Yugi purred in content as he flashed Tea a wicked smirk. "You can't have me little Tea. I belong entirely to Yubel-chan." He sneered, smiling wickedly.

"Aibou…" Yami murmured.

"The only thing you have the right to call me is Yubel's prince." Yugi laughed evilly.

"How can you say that, Yuge?!" Joey asked, horrified. He had never seen his best friend act this way before, and frankly it scared him.

"Well he is under the control of the Orichalcos so it isn't that unbelievable now is it?" Seto answered wryly.

"Oh yeah...dat's right..." Joey replied sheepishly.

"Looks like the monkey hasn't been trained very well." Seto teased.

Joey sent him a glare which Yugi merely snickered in response to.

Joey growled, charging towards Yugi, taking him roughly but not enough to hurt him, by his arm in an effort to drag him away from Yubel.

What followed next was a loud crash, as Yubel safely moved Joey away from Yugi, easily separating him from the blonde's grip, as she hurled Joey into the nearby wall, though this all happened too fast for anyone to see due to Yubel's power.

The only hint as to how Joey had sunk half a foot into the drywall to the rest of them, excluding Yugi as being influenced, he could tell exactly what was going on, was the enflamed aura around Yubel's body and her eyes blazing in anger.

"I won't be as gentle if someone else tries to be a hero." Yubel snarled.

"That was gentle?" Seto muttered wryly.

"Yes Seto. You want to see me play rough?" Yubel sneered, an amused smirk on her face.

"Please, as if you could." He challenged.

"I can snuff you like a candle anytime. And I will if you push me too far!" Yubel screamed.

Seto laughed. "You can't beat me a second time, coward!" He taunted.

"I can, and I will!" She yelled.

"I don't think so." Seto sneered.

"Kaiba..." Yami spoke up suddenly.

"Hm?" Seto asked, turning to him.

"Please, don't get Yubel upset. Tea's the only one who can save aibou...not us." He murmured sadly.

Yubel's malicious smirk returned before she opened her mouth, "It seems the only thing greater than your care for your partner is your hypocrisy Pharaoh. Or have you forgotten how you gambled with Yugi's life when you played the seal?" She cackled insanely.

Can Tea triumph over Yubel or will Yugi remain trapped under Yubel's demented grip forever? Find out as Nightmarish Dreams continues!

To be continued…