[ Epsiode 211 ] New Stage

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At the royal palace, little Yugi, Babasa, Anzu and Jyonouchi have reached the main gate. In order to find some clue of Yami Yugi's real name, they have to get inside and search for the information. Anyway, little Yugi is still worried because everybody may not be able to get into the royal palace as they did previously. Raising up his face to the royal palace, little Yugi thinks about Yami Yugi. He has already understood his mission of coming to this world. In order to win this game, the true name of Yami Yugi is a key. So, little Yugi has the mission to look for it in this memory world. Then he begs, hoping that Yami Yugi will allow him to get inside the royal palace. Having finished thinking, little Yugi hands over toward the gate and he can finally pass through it. He tells everybody that it is okey now and everybody can get inside. While people are happy to get inside, Bobasa thinks only about eating. Then they start moving through the gate into the royal palace. On the other side, Honda now controlled by Bakura follows people slowly and also moves in there. Because the royal palace is wide, so people separate to look for the clue of Yami Yugi's real name.

[ Anzu ]	Finally, we have reached here.
[ Little Yugi ]	If we would like to see some clue of another I's name, we must get into the royal palace. (Another I ! In order to win this game, you must get your lost name in hand. We have already understood that we've entered this world to find your truely lost name. So, please....let us go inside the royal palace...another I !)
[ Little Yugi's hand can pass through the gate ]
[ Little Yugi ]	Ah! We can pass. It is okey now. We can get in.
[ Anzu ]	Really!?
[ Bobasa ]	Ohh hoo! There should be full of plenty of food. Bobasa will have something to eat!
[ Little Yugi ]	Let's go. Find the true name of another I !
[ Jyonouchi, Anzu ]	Acha!!
[ Jyonouchi ]	Yugi, wait for me!
[ Anzu ]	Yugi!
[ Bobasa ]	Bobasa will go, too.
[ Honda ]	Hi Hi Hi!
[  Everybody moves inside the royal palace ]
[ Jyonouchi ]	How great! This is the royal courtyard, isn't it!
[ Anzu ]	Anyway, here is very wide. We have no idea which direction we should go.
[ Little Yugi ]	Everybody! Let's separate and look for it!
[ Jyonouchi ]	I see!

At the battle in Kuruelna village, Diaobund was finally destroyed and the thief Bakura got such a serious injury. Anyway, he still struggles and claims that he will take people's lives, take all millennium items and finally obtain power of darkness. Anyway, he gets such damage that he falls down. Yet, he tries to climb up back to the stone tablet. Seeing the act, Pharaoh tells Bakura to stop moving. It is wasteful to struggle becuase the remaining millennium items are still in the priests'hands. Without them, Bakura is unable to release Zork. Also, Pharaoh tells him to give up and accepts the defeat. However, Bakura doesn't care, keeping on placing the millennium scale, puzzle and ring back to their original slots on the stone tablet. Suddenly, there is Akunadin's voice coming behind. He claims that all millennium items have already been in this place. Looking at a hand of the priest Akunadin, people see the millennium ankh of Shada. Seto doesn't understand what Akunadin is doing, asking him for the reason. Yet, Akunadin doesn't answer him, walking down toward people and saying that the time has finally come. On the other side, something is happenning to Bakura. There is purple aura coming out from his body and going into the sky. After that, Bakura looks like a different person. He seems not to remember anything and even what he did or what is happenning. Suddenly, there is Bakura's voice coming out from the sky. It says that the thief Bakura's mission has already been completed. Pharaoh is very amazed by what is going to on. He doesn't understand either why Bakura's voice came from the sky while the thief Bakura is still standing in front of him. Meanwhile, the theif Bakura's body starts becoming sand while Bakura is screaming with scare. Bakura understands nothing and asks for help. Yet, his body finally becomes sand and is disappeared. At this moment, Bakura's voice still comes from the sky, claiming the rule that the loser (stupid chessman) must be gone from the game. Then, the priest Shada has reached, calling the priest Akunadin.

[ The theif Bakura ]	Ah!!!  Yugi...you! Wait for me. Now, I will take your lives, take your all millennium items and then obtain power of darkness. Ahh!
[ Bakura falls down and still struggles to go back to the stone tablet ]
[ Pharaoh Yugi ]	It is wasteful, Bakura! As long as the remaining millennium items are in our hands, you are unable to release Zork.
[ The theif Bakura ]	How annoying!
[ Bakura places the millennium scale, puzzle and ring back to the tablet ]
[ Pharaoh Yugi ]	Give up, Bakura! You have already been defeated.
[ The priest Akunadin ]	Hi Hi Hi Do you think so?
[ The priest Seto ]	Akunadin-Sama!
[ The priest Akunadin ]	Hi Hi Hi The neccessary factors for the resurrection ceremony have already been together in this place.
[ Pharaoh Yugi ]	What?
[ The priest Isis ]	That is...?
[ The priest Seto ]	That is Shada's millennium ankh. What does that mean, Akunadin-Sama?
[ The priest Akunadin ]	Hi Hi Hi Time has finally come.
[ Purple aura leaves Bakura's body into the sky ]
[ The theif Bakura ]	Ah!!! Where is here? What am I doing here? Ah!!
[ Bakura's body becomes sand ]
[ The theif Bakura ]	What is this? Ah!
[ Pharaoh Yugi ]	What?
[ Yami Bakura ]	What a hard work. Anyway, your work has already been completed.
[ Pharaoh Yugi ]	This voice...?
[ The theif Bakura ]	Ah! How can this happen? Help me! Help...!
[ Bakura's body is disappeared ]
[ Yami Bakura ]	Ha ha ha! Unneccessary chessman must be disappeared from a game. This is the rule, Yugi.
[ Pharaoh Yugi ]	Chessman...?
[ The priest Shada ]	Akunadin-Sama!
[ The priest Isis ]	Shada!

At the royal palace, little Yugi is looking for Pharaoh's real name in a room. He gets worried a lot because he is unable to read ancient characters on the walls. Jyonouchi also sees a problem when he can't ask anybody because he is still an invisible spirit in this world. Even Anzu is in a trouble since she can't find any clue unless she can touch things. Anyway, only Bobasa seems to enjoy eating alone. The last one, Honda with Bakura's mind, is looking for the 8th key at another place.

[ Little Yugi ]	Uee! Pharaoh's real name! Pharaoh's real name! This is bad. Although Pharaoh's real name was written here, I still can't read it.
[ Jyonouchi ]	Ah! Excuse me! I have something to ask about Pharaoh's...
[ A lady walks pass through Jyonouchi ]
[ Jyonouchi ]	I see. I am invisible spirit here...
[ Anzu ]	Although there is some clue here, my hand can touch nothing. Hoo! What should I do to find it!?
[ Bobasa ]	Bobasa has to eat to find!!!
[ Honda ]	Hi Hi Hi! Where is it, the 8th key, Pharaoh's name?

Back to Kuruelna village, Shada tries to ask for his millennium ankh back from the priest Akunadin. Anyway, Akunadin pushes him back strongly. Shimon, Pharaoh and Seto don't understand Akunadin's rude and insane act, asking what this means. Yet, the priest Akunadin doesn't answer but releases his power to stop Seto's movement. He claims that this is time that his expectation will come true. Then he casts his spell to stop all people's movement, walking toward them. This is power of wicked Zork (Daijyashin Zork) to cease body's movement. At this moment, Akunadin takes the millennium rod from Seto's hand, millennium tauk from Isis's neck and the last one, millennium eye, from his own eye. At this point, he has gathered the entire seven millennium items in his hand. People are very shocked by Akunadin's act but they can do nothing when their bodies are still casted by the spell. Suddenly, there is Bakura's voice coming out from that sky again. It tells Akunadin to bring the remaining millenium items back to the stone tablet. Keeping on thinking, Pharaoh is very confused by the situation. The theif Bakura was already dead but the shadow game hasn't been ended yet. Also, he still hears voice of Bakura supposed to be dead. The voice of Bakura gives an order to Akunadin return the millennium items to the stone tablet and then resurrect the wicked god Zork. Thus, Akunadin puts on millennium item back one by one. Pharaoh is looking doubtfully and has a lot of questions in his mind; why hasn't won this game yet when he could defeat Bakura, why has time been stopped, and why has this shadow game still been continued.? Reminding himself of the word "Game", he has just realized that this is merely a game.

Dark RPG: His consciousness is brought back to the table of this game. Entire ancient themes in this world are solely parts of the game played on the table between Yami Bakura and Yami Yugi. Yami Yugi gets up on the table, seeing Yami Bakura sitting on the other side. Yami Bakura welcomes Yami Yugi back to the original form of the ultimate RPG played here. It is called Dark RPG (Yami No RPG). The theme is an ancient Egypt and both players are acting roles of ancient characters as game masters. Yami Yugi is representing Pharaoh living 3,000 years ago while Bakura is representing the king of thief Bakura. When victory condition is cleared, the player will win this game. Anyway, Yami Yugi doesn't understand why he didn't win and the game has been run because he already completed his victory condition - death of the theif Bakura. So, Yami Bakura explains that the victory condition is changed when the seven millennium items are returned to the stone tablet. Then a new battle stage is openned. If Yami Yugi can't beat Zork, he can't win this game. Also, if Yami Yugi loses this game, his friends - little Yugi, Jyonouchi, Anzu and Honda - will die in the game world. Only way to save friends is to defeat Zork. Yami Yugi is very furious by Yami Bakura's act.

[ Yami Bakura ]	The game master has finally got up...Yugi!
[ Yami Yugi ]	Bakura! Here is..?
[ Yami Bakura ]	Here? I see. I should say that here is a territory of persent god. This is a natural platform of the ultimate game, Dark RPG (Yami No RPG) !
[ Yami Yugi ]	Dark RPG?
[ Yami Bakura ]	Yes, the theme of this game is an ancient Egypt. Yugi, you represent Pharaoh who lived here 3,000 years ago in this field. We are acting on characters as game masters. When victory condition is completed, the player will win this game.
[ Yami Yugi ]	So, my character is Pharaoh while yours is the king of theif Bakura. Yet, I already defeated Bakura, so my victory condition has already been completed. Why... (has this game been continued)?
[ Yami Bakura ]	It's pity, Yugi. When the seven millennium items are returned to the stone tablet, a new stage of the game is openned and the victory condition is changed. My spirit residing in the stone tablet will resurrect the greatly wicked god, Zork. Ha ha ha!
[ Yami Yugi ]	In other words, if Zork isn't beaten, I will be defeated.
[ Yami Bakura ]	It isn't only your defeat.
[ Yami Yugi ]	What?
[ Yami Bakura ]	Your partner and friends, who entered the maze of the millennium puzzle and reached the game world to look for you, will die there. If you want to help your friends and partner, you must only defeat me. Ha ha ha!
[ Yami Yugi ]	Bakura...you!!

Dark RPG: In order to save little Yugi and the others, Yami Bakura says that Yami Yugi has no choice but only has to beat him. Anyway, Yami Yugi's characters are now unable to move because of an effect of a sandglass. Then Bakura picks it up on the table. It is a master's item called Punctual Sandglass (Teikoku Suna Dokei). Picking up another sand glass, Bakura claims that Yami Yugi should remember the effect of this sand glass well. Once, Yami Bakura used it, Returning Time Sandglass (Gyakkou Suna Dokei), to return time (episode 207). Also, he still has the last sand glass left but he hasn't activated it yet.

Memory's world: At the same time in the memory world, little Yugi and the others are wondering why they can't move their bodies. So, little Yugi is thinking that something may be happenning to Yami Yugi. Yet, Honda controlled by Bakura is very surprised by Bobasa's act. Bobasa is the only one who can still move and continue eating with fun. No matter how much he eats, he still complains that he is hungry.

At Kuruelna village, the priest Akunadin finally summons the wicked god, Zork. He asks Zork for fulfilling his request. Zork confirms what the priest Akunadin, the real creator of the seven millennium items, is acting is to make a contract with darkness. Zork is going to grant some part of its soul which can control even the world and fulfill the Akunadin's desire. Then, the priest Akunadin tells his only one desire "Let my son, Seto, become a new king!". Hearing the truth, all people especially Seto are very shocked. Seto hasn't imagined before that he is Akunadin's son. For that purpose, Zork gives its power to the priest Akunadin. The priest Akunadin is later tranformed into the dark priest (Yami No Daishinkan) with level up.

Dark RPG: At this moment, Yami Bakura reminds Yami Yugi of what ever actually happenned 3,000 years ago. Previously, when Zork was revived, Pharaoh Yugi sacrificed himself to seal Zork with his soul inside the millennium puzzle. Then the millennium puzzle was broken into pieces and Zork was sealed forever. However, Yami Yugi can't do the same thing in this game. Zork is going to destroy the (game) world by the third master's item of Yami Bakura. Yami Barura explains that when the seven millennium items are returned to their stone tablet, this third sand glass can be activated.

Memory's world: On the other side at the royal palace. Unlike the others, Honda can move because he is now a body of Yami Bakura. He has finally reached a room where previous Pharaoh usually kept their names on the wall. There are many images of previous Pharaoh with stone tablets writting their names on it. Moving through each tablet until the lastest Pharaoh, Yami Yugi, Honda is surprised because he sees solely a plain wall with nothing written there.

Seto hardly believes that the priest Akunadin is, in fact, his father. He remembered the last time when his father left him and his mother forever. He's thought that the person would be really the priest Akunadin. Then the dark priest Akunadin tells another fact that he is Pharaoh Akunumkanon's younger brother. In order to let Seto become the new king, the dark priest has to kill Pharaoh. Therefore, he first attacks the attack straight to Pharaoh. Suddenly, Hasan, a man in a mysterious mask, flies out from a shrine and appears to protect Pharaoh by blocking the attack of the dark priest.

Dark RPG:  Yami Bakura is very amazed by the guy coming out to protect Pharaoh, wondering who he is. Yami Yugi laughs and claims that Yami Bakura isn't the one who holds a master's item. Then, Yami Yugi shows his own master's item that is a small golden mask of Hasan.

Memory's world: Zork is surprised by the appearance of Hasan and his power that can withstand great power of Zork. So, Hasan introduces himself, saying that he received a request from previous Pharaoh, Akunumkanon, to protect Pharaoh Yugi. Pharaoh remembered that Hasan was the same person whom he saw in the cave. Suddenly, Hasan pushes the dark priest's attack into the sky over the table of Dark RPG. The power then destroys two sandglasses of Yami Bakura. When the sandglasses are destroyed, people are all released from the spell. They can move their bodies and prepare to counterattack. So, the dark priest is very furious by Hasan's act.

Dark RPG:  Yami Bakura accepts that Yami Yugi could finally do it. Yet, it may be too fast not to be worried. Yami Bakura lets Yami Yugi notice spirit gauge (Ba gauge or LP - Tamashi Gauge) at Dia Diank (Duel Disc) of people. Pharaoh, the priests and the others have very little Ba or spirit left on their Ba gauge while the dark priest still has full spirit gauge. If the spirit gauge becomes 0, that means the game is over and Yami Yugi or even his friends will all die. Yami Yugi feels very angry when Yami Bakura tries to provoke him. Yami Bakura claims that this is the game of god and he is the god of this game who can control everything. However, Yami Yugi is different. He has never thought that he is a god. Whatever he wants is merely to protect his friends and his people in the game. Yet, Yami Bakura seems to be the wicked god in this world who thinks about only destruction and slaughter. He will show Yami Yugi the end of the game world. Holding the third sandglass, Yami Bakura claims that counting down time to catastrophe has already begun.....

To be Continued...

[ Supplementary ]

>> This episode's story matches that of comic episode 320
>> Japanese scans of comic episode 320
>> Story Digest