Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist - Duel 142 " Warriors Assemble " , known as " The Final Challengers " in the Japanese version , is a chapter of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist " manga . Summary . 5 : 30 at Domino Pier , Yugi , Jonouchi and Mai get ready for the Battle City finals . Yugi thinks to himself that Battle City ' s final stage , the battle to find his other self ' s memories , is about to begin . Dark Yugi thinks to himself ; he will defeat Marik for both of them . Jonouchi turns to Shizuka and asks her to watch him fight ; he ' s going to go for the gold , because she gave him the courage . Shizuka nods and agrees , but Mai wraps her arm around Shizuka . She tells her that reality can be cruel at times and that she shouldn ' t look away if Jonouchi should lose to some hot blonde duelist . Jonouchi protests , while Mai winks at Yugi and tells him that the same applies to him . He ' s not to underestiame her . She ' s not the same as before . Jonouchi states that he hasn ' t forgotten his promise to Duel Yugi . This time as a real Duelist , fair and square . The Yugi ' s nod and agree . The gang hop into Mai ' s car to get to the finals . Mai and Shizuka sit in the front , while Honda , Jonouchi , Anzu , Yugi and Ryugi squeeze into the back . Mai protests that they can ' t all fit , but is told not to worry and go on . Giving up , she tells them that they ' ll be the ones paying the ticket . Mai recklessly ocertakes other cars , causing the backseat passengers to fall around and squash each other . They start to talk about the other finalists . Jonouchi , Yugi recalls that Kaiba said there could be up to 8 . Jounouchi counts up ; himself , Yugi , Mai and Kaiba makes four , leaving four others . Yugi thinks to himself that one of them is Marik . With the sun setting , the gang wonder if Kaiba intends for them to Duel through the night and where the finals are even on . Mai stats that they know the location thanks to their 6 Puzzle Cards . Up above them , Yugi spots Kaiba ' s helicopter heading in the same direction as them . Kaiba notices the others below him and smirks at them for following his footsteps along the road of battle . He tells them to hurry up and orders the helicopter to move full speed ahead . Down in the car , Anzu gets a phone call from Sugoroku . Sugoroku is in a total panic over not being able to find Bakura and asks if he ' s with them . He tells them that he brought Bakura to the hospital to get treated , but the moment he took his eyes off him he disappeared out of his room . Over at the Domino Stadium constructon site , Rishid and Marik Ishtar sit in the stands . The time has finally come , Rishid believes . Marik asks him if he remembers the agreement he made with Marik ' s father . " No . . . Not even for a moment , Rishid replies . Marik is glad . He says that he is about to put an end to the cursed inheritance that his family has suffered for 3000 years , by taking Yugi ' s life . This is his revenge on the darkness , that took everyting away from him . Marik laughs that no one fears the dark as more than he does . Every night he goes to sleep in pure terror . He had spent his entire childhood underground in the dark , in accordance to ancient ways , with just himself , Rishid and his family . Marik tells of how in Ancient Egypt , the Pharaohs forced their subjects to build pyramids , which were shaped like a solidfied beam of light pointing towards the sun . However one day a man , who worshipped darkness , not light came to power . There was a war and the court magicians created 7 Items to seal the darkness away . One of them was the Millennium Puzzle , which is shaped like a reverse pyramid . That is the symbol of darkness . For 3000 years , his family lived " like worms " to protect that seal , Marik says . It was written in the prophecy and handed down in his family . An evil power was sealed in darkness along with the spirit of a young king . After thousands of years of slumber , the evil power will rise again . When that happens , the kins spirit will awaken and wander the world seeking the memories he has forgotten . Marik claims that he is the only one who knows how to find these memories . Rishid tells Marik that the only ting Yugi knows is that he wants to defeat the man named Marik . That is his goal . Marik says he ' ll never give the king his memories back . He ' ll use Ra to send Yugi back to the darkness forever . That is the only way Marik will be free , he believes . According to the law of the prophecy , the moment the pharaoh regains his memory , Marik and Rishid will no longer have a reason to exist . The only for them to live , he says , is to kill Yugi and make Marik the new king . Addressing Rishid once more , Marik refers back to the start of their conversation ; should he lose to Yugi , Rishid is to do as he promised Marik ' s father and kill Marik . Rishid accepts and says " When that time comes , I too . . . " The helicopter arrives at the stadium and Marik notes that the man , who holds a God Card , Seto Kaiba is here . Kaiba gets out of the helicopter and is greetd by one of the Battle City officials , who says they ' d been epecting him , but thought he ' d get there sooner . Kaiba tells him he stopped to do something inconsequential and asks how many of the finalists are here . The official tells him that two are here ; a man with strange tattoos and a boy named Namu . Kaiba wonders if the tattooed man could be Marik . The official hands him an i . d . card . Al finalists are given one and need it to be admitted to the Dueling Area . There are now five cards left and the cut - off is 7 pm , which is about half an hour away . Mokuba points out that three more finalists should be here soon . Kaiba leaves to make a final check on his Deck . In an ally , not far from the stadium , Dark Bakura duels Ghost Kozuka . He uses " Poltergeist " terrifying Ghost , who cries that his Ghost Deck doesn ' t stand a chance . Bakura laughs that he ' s right and this is his super Occult Deck . Using " Ectoplasmer " , Bakura drops Ghost ' s Life Points to 0 , winning the Duel and knocking Ghost onto the ground . Bakura points his finger and laughs that he ' ll now take Ghost ' s Puzzle Cards and his life . Ghost is left lying motionless , while Bakura walks away , adding his new Puzzle Cards to the ones he took from other participants , giving him a total of 6 . This will be the most blood - soaked tournament in the last 1000 years Bakura believes and doesn ' t want to miss out . Mai ' s car pulls up at the stadium . The official gives Yugi , Jonouci and Mai their id cards for the finals . Jonouchi asks where the other finalists are and is told that they ' ll be here soon . On cue Bakura arrives , much to Yugi and Jonouchi ' s surprise . Kaiba also returns , so 5 of the finalists now stand there . Dark Yugi quietly calls Marik to show himself . Featured Duels . Ghost Kotsuzuka vs Yami Bakura . Most of the Duel is skipped . Bakura is shown playing " Poltergeists " and later dropping Ghost ' s Life Points to 0 , using " Ectoplasmer " . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this chapter . Cards in italics debuted here . Production history . Warriors Assemble is the 141st chapter of Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist . In the Japanese manga it is the 201st chapter of Yu - Gi - Oh ! , and was first printed in Japanese in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine . It was reprinted in volume 23 of the Japanese graphic novels and volume 16 of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist graphic novels in English .