Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 214

=Summary=

Family Matters

 * In some part of the desert, Aknadin/"Shadow Magus" has taken his son Priest Seto for a private chat.
 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus": "The age of darkness is upon us, and our kingdom needs a new leader: you, Seto!!"
 * Priest Seto: (comes to) "Ugh... where am I?"
 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus": "With me! Where you belong. Now rise my son. A new Pharaoh deserves the power of a new Egyptian God, and as we speak a messenger comes bearing this gift. Only after you've accepted her offering can you serve as the new king of Egypt"
 * Priest Seto: "Kisara!!"
 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus": "Yes! That girl holds the key to the throne, and you must take it from her!"


 * Kisara arrives, followed soon after by Seto Kaiba who hides behind a column to watch.
 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus": "(...) Zorc's resurrection has begun! You must act swiftly. Now use your Millennium Rod to seize her White Dragon my son!" (NOTE: at this time, the Millennium Rod is actually still sitting at Kul Elna inside the Millennium Stone; in the original Japanese, Aknadin/Shadow Magus tells Priest Seto to kill Kisara in order to seize the power of her dragon)
 * Priest Seto: "I am not your son, for my father left me when he pledged his loyalty to the shadows!!" (starts to leave with Kisara)
 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus": "How dare you disrespect me, after all I've done for you!"

Enter "Blue-Eyes White Dragon"

 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus" uses his magic to create two giant rocks to block Priest Seto & Kisara's passage.
 * Priest Seto Summons "Duos" and destroys the rocks.
 * However Aknadin/"Shadow Magus" blocks their passage again. He turns into an even deadlier creature and crushes "Duos" between his hands. Priest Seto loses part of his life energy.
 * Carried by the emotion Kisara invokes her Spirit "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". It attacks Aknadin/"Shadow Magus", who dodges the attack and counter-attacks immediately. Kisara is knocked back.
 * Then, Aknadin/"Shadow Magus" casts a "Spellbinding Circle"-like spell and creates a Stone Tablet, attempting to trap the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" inside it. It resists.
 * Priest Seto:You mustn't do this! You no longer have the strength to fight!''"
 * Kisara:I know what I'm doing. (...) No matter what it takes, I won't allow him to hurt you Seto''"
 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus": " Hurt him? Haven't you been listening? I plan to transform him into the most powerful king that ever lived."
 * Priest Seto:But at what cost? So I can become like you, a puppet of Zorc? Kisara has helped me realize something: I would sooner be a peasant in a world still shining with hope, than a Pharaoh is a world contaminated with darkness.''"
 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus": "So you're choosing this riffraff over your own flesh and blood?! I brought you into this world and I have the power to remove you!"
 * Priest Seto: "The part of you that was once my father is long gone. And now I see what's been left in its place: a weak old man with a heart full of darkness."

Kisara's Sacrifice

 * With rage, Aknadin/"Shadow Magus" sends an energy blast towards Priest Seto. Kisara gets in the way to intercept the attack. She is struck down. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is finally absorbed into the tablet.
 * Aknadin/"Shadow Magus" asks Priest Seto to join him one more time. He still refuses. So Aknadin turns into a spirit and infiltrates Priest Seto's mind, taking control over his body (NOTE: in the original Japanese, there is a longer scene during which Seto declares his father died when he was young, and then proceeds to use his sword to stab Aknadin in the heart; while dying Aknadin professes the strong love than unites him with his son and endeavors to transfer his spirit within Seto's mind, so that together they may become the King of Darkness).
 * The Pharaoh arrives, but alas too late: his Guardian is now under Aknadin's control.
 * A new Duel begins.
 * Priest Seto/Aknadin Summons "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
 * The Pharaoh Summons Mahad/"Dark Magician"
 * Since the spirits of Seto/Aknadin are merged together, their magic is twice as powerful. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon's" White Lightning defeats Dark Magic Attack. Mahad/"Dark Magician" is destroyed. The Pharaoh loses part of its life energy.
 * Priest Seto/Aknadin orders "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to attack the Pharaoh, but inside his mind Seto is resisting Aknadin's control. Blue-Eyes disintegrates and reappears inside Seto's mind, breaking Aknadin's control over Seto. Aknadin's spirit is defeated and vanishes.
 * Kisara: "You're free now, and I promise Aknadin will never harm you again. My power rests with you now."
 * Priest Seto: (comes to) "Ugh... Kisara!.. Your spirit now lives within the White Dragon"

Intermission

 * At this point, Seto Kaiba comes out of his hiding place and meets the Pharaoh. Kaiba still refuses to believe the situation he is in, as the skeptic he is.
 * Meanwhile, Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura are in front of their Shadow RPG board, discussing the precarious situation Yami is in.
 * Yami Yugi: "(...) You've said it yourself Bakura: this is a game, and every challenge in a game has a solution. Now need I remind you? You're playing with the King of Games. Let's review the clues: 5000 years ago I locked Zorc's spirit away, along with my own using my name as the key. Then, as a safety measure, I erased my own mind."
 * Yami Bakura: "Yes, and unless your memory miraculously returns in the next few moments you lose the Shadow Game. There is of course another way for you to unlock this mystery you're looking for, but I've already taken measures to make sure it never happens. It involves those meddlesome friends of yours (...) Let us just say they've stumbled upon your old tomb within which is inscribed your original name."
 * Yami Yugi: "Why are you telling me this?"
 * Yami Bakura: "If I give you a glimmer of hope you will be that much more devastated when it comes crumbling down. You see the moment they discover your true name, that excursion will be cut short by my newest pawn (...) Oh I believe you know him quite well: as a matter of fact he was a faithful friend of yours until he lost his mind."

Tristan's Evil Revealed

 * Meanwhile down in the Valley of the Kings, Yugi & his friends have entered the Pharaoh's tomb. Joey has just opened a secret door to an undiscovered location!
 * The next room however is empty, save for a big sign on the floor. It is written in hieroglyphics.
 * Because he is under the control of Yami Bakura, Tristan is however able to read the sign! It reads:
 * "He who solves the Millennium Puzzle must return the wish he was granted. Only then is he able to pass."


 * However the wish granted to Yugi can never be given back!! He wished for "true friends" and that wish was granted: shortly afterwards he met Joey, Tristan. and Téa and they became inseparable.
 * Then all of a sudden, Tristan (still "evil" and under the influence) throws Yugi and Joey/Téa on opposite sides of the floor sign. The room soon comes crumbling down and the sign then becomes a "balance beam" standing over a Pit of Shadows, with Yugi on one end and Tristan/Joey/Téa on the other. A room containing the Pharaoh's name opens up behind Yugi.
 * Yugi's choice is simple: if wants to retrieve the Pharaoh's name he must jump towards the door. In so doing Tristan/Joey/Téa will fall to their doom (he would thus be giving up his wish).
 * Yugi refuses to make that choice. He does not want to lose his friends. "Evil" Tristan is amused by Yugi's mind struggle: he decides to expedite things by being the first to jump. The balance beam starts to topple.
 * Joey and Téa jump off too and grab the door's ledge. Yugi follows soon after, grabbing Joey to hold on. The 3 friends are safe and Tristan has disappeared!



The Identity of the Pharaoh's Name!

 * The good news however? Yugi & his friends have found the Pharaoh's name!!! It's in hyeroglyphics however, but Joey attempts to provide a "translation":
 * Joey Wheeler: "It says Bird Rock Lambchop Bird Bird and a bigger Bird"


 * The three friends memorize the symbols to tell the Pharaoh later, and walk down a set of stairs in order to find Tristan.
 * They soon find him in another room, however he soon reveals himself as... Yami Bakura!!
 * NOTE: as a "pawn" character featuring in the Shadow RPG game, Tristan's appearance changes to Yami Bakura but there is a subtle difference in clothing: the Shadow Realm Bakura (sitting at the Shadow RPG board game table) has an undershirt with horizontal blue/white stripes, and a black shirt on top; while the "pawn" Bakura inside the world of the Pharaoh's memories has the same undershirt, but a shirt light blue in colour.
 * The "pawn" Yami Bakura challenges Yugi to a Duel Monsters Duel! Duel Disks suddenly appear on the two characters!
 * Back in the Shadow Realm at the Shadow RPG table, the sand in Yami Bakura's third Hourglass Token has all fallen to the bottom!! It is time for the arrival of Zorc Necrophades!!!!