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The store's bell rings and a customer enters carrying a box and pot bound together in some rope. The customer greets Yugi, who recognizes him as [[Hajime Imori|Imori]] from his class. Yugi thinks to himself, he hasn't spoken much to Imori before, but now that he's coming to the family shop, this may be a chance to make friends with him.

Having heard Yugi's family run a game store, Imori says that there is something he'd like them to take a look at. He puts the pot and box on the counter, saying that this is what he'd like them to look at. Yugi and Jonouchi are both puzzled by what it is, but Sugoroku is surprised as he recognizes it. Imori explains that his grandfather, who was a game collector picked it up in Manchuria during World War II and recently Imori found it lying around in their shed and thought Sugoroku might know what it is. Yugi doesn't think it looks like a game and Jonouchi comments that it's more like an urn.

Sugoroku tells them that it is written that the Dragon Cards were used by a [[wikipedia:Taoism|Taoist]] master as a final test for [[wikipedia:feng shui|feng shui]] students in China. Anzu has heard of people rearranging furniture in light of feng shui. Sugoroku explains that feng shui is a form of magic that uses the energies of nature. It has been gradually systemized since China's Golden Age four thousand years ago.

Anzu asks why the Dragon Cards were sealed away. Sugoroku asks if they they have heard of the concept of [[wikipedia:yin and yang|yin and yang]] in Chinese philosophy; Yin means shadow and yang means light. They represent how everything in the world is a balance of light and dark. He says that currently the Dragon Cards are yin and the seal holding them is yang, creating a balance. If the seal was to be broken the yin and yang would clash creating a warped power.

===Pool===

A few days later, Yugi and Jonouchi leap into the swimming pool at school. One of the students complains that Jonouchi is chasing them underwater. Meanwhile Imori sits against a fence watching.

Afterwards Yugi and Jonouchi return to the changing room. Jonouchi celebrates how summer was made for the pool; "Good for the body! Good for the heart! And easy on the eyes!". As Yugi goes to collect his clothes, he finds that the [[Millennium Puzzle]] is gone. He finds a note saying:

Jonouchi asks what's wrong, but Yugi says it's nothing.

===Room C===

====Set-up====

Yugi races to Room C, where he finds Imori sitting alone at a desk. On the desk is an object hidden under a piece of cloth. Other than him, the room was devoid of people. Imori holds up the Millennium Puzzle, which he was now wearing around his neck. Yugi says that this wasn't funny and demanded the puzzle back.

Imori had sworn to himself that he would defeat Yugi and take his place as the guardian of darkness. Saying the Yugi must defeat him in this [[Shadow Game]] in order to get back the Millennium Puzzle, he pulls the cloth off the object on the table, revealing it to be the Dragon Cards.

Yugi tries stopping him, but Imori removes the seal from the box and pot, laughing that he is releasing the shadow power. After visiting Yugi's family shop, Imori says that he id some research on the Dragon Cards in a text about Ancient China. According to the text, once the seal on the Dragon Cards is broken, a Shadow Game must be played or the people of that land will suffer eternal disaster. There is only one way to replace the seal, Imori explains; The loser of the Shadow Game must offer their soul to the soul-eating jar to calm the wrath of the cards. he opens the box containing the cards and tells Yugi not to try backing out, as he can't escape the Dragon Cards.

====Rules====

====Game====

Yugi and Imoru draw their six cards to start the game. Without the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi has to believe in himself for this game. Imori titters, thinking to himself; He has this game studied thoroughly and knows all the ways to win, while Yugi is just his plain old self without the Millennium Puzzle.

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Finally Yugi assembles two dragons and plays them. Imori also plays two dragons. Mists starts to rise from the cards and the dragons are summoned. Imori has two water dragons, Shui Long of levels 3 and 4. Yugi has a level 5 fire dragon, [[Huo Long]] and a metal dragon, [[Jin Long]]. Fire is weak against water and metal strengthens water, so Yugi is immediately put at a disadvantage and the two Shui Longs use their Flood Attack to defeat Yugi's dragons.