Ch. 10 Epilogue: Paradox vs. Three Kings

It was been 12 years since Jaden won all of the Signer Dragons from Team 5D's and 10 years since the defeat of the Tainted Light. Everything had been peaceful until Jaden felt a disturbance. He immediately went to go investigate it and found himself in the middle of a courtyard with a clock tower in the heart of Europe.

"Strange, I don't see anything." Jaden said as he looked around.

"That's all the more reason to be on your guard Jaden." Yubel said, only visible to him at the moment. A loud roar caught their attention as just before Jaden jumped out of the way of a power blast aimed for him. Jaden and Yubel turned around and looked at what attacked them in surprise. "Is that Cyber End Dragon?"

"No." Jaden said, grim determination on his face. "It may look like Cyber End Dragon, but it has no soul. It's just a copy." Another roar sounded and Jaden saw that the monster was a copy of Rainbow Dragon before he jumped out of the way of it's attack. "See what I mean? Only I have that card."

"What's going on here?" Yubel hissed as the courtyard started to become engulfed in flames.

"Jaden Yuki." a mysterious voice said from above. Jaden and Yubel looked up to see a strange figure with a odd mask on his face. "The duelist said to walk among the spirits."

"I guess my reputation precedes me." Jaden said as he glared at the man. Both Cyber End Dragon and Rainbow Dragon launched an attack at Jaden, who simply crossed his arms in front of his face. The blast split in two causing deep groves in the ground. "Want to tell me what this is about?" Jaden asked once the attack stopped.

"You won't live long enough to understand." the masked figure said before playing another card into his duel disk. Jaden's eyes widened when he noticed the card was Stardust Dragon. Now all three dragons attacked him.

"Enough!" Jaden shouted as he let out three powerful burst of darkness. The burst of darkness counteracted the three attacks from the dragons, causing a large cloud of smoke to cover the entire area. When the smoke cleared, the masked man and the three dragons disappeared. "Where did he go?"

"We have bigger problems, look around." Yubel said. Jaden did as Yubel asked and gasped as he watched the entire area begin to dematerialize around him.

"What's going on?" Jaden gasped. A loud roar emitted from the sky. Jaden looked up and saw the Crimson Dragon flying above him.

"I think he wants you to get on." Yubel said. Jaden nodded before he used the powers of the shadows to jump high into the air. Once he was far enough up, the Crimson Dragon absorbed him into his body before heading off in the direction of Duel Academy.

"Everyone, thank Marik, Ishizu, and Odion for teaching you about events from Ancient Egypt." Alexis said, talking to her students in her Origins and Importance of Duel Spirits Class. Soon after the defeat of the Tainted Light, Yugi introduced Alexis and Jaden to Marik, Ishizu, and Odion. After they met, Jaden had immediately turned them into Shadow Archiologists as they went around both worlds locating ancient civilazations that were connected to the history of Duel Spirits. They were all currently outside at the Duel Academy Ruins, the very ruins that had brought Alexis and the others to the land of the gravekeepers.

"Thank you." Alexis's students all said as the three Ishtar's bowed. As soon as all the students became silent, Yusei, Akiza, Yugi, Téa, Atticus, and Zane ran up to the ruins.

"Alexis!" Yugi shouted as he approached her.

"What's going on?" Alexis asked as they approached her.

"We don't know." Atticus said as he folded his arms over his chest.

"I'm sure you felt it too Alexis." Zane said. "Something isn't right."

"And here I thought I was going crazy." Alexis said. "I felt it his morning when I woke up." Suddenly, everything began to dematerialize around them.

"What's going on?" Téa gasped.

"I don't know." Akiza replied. Suddenly, the Signer Dragons in Alexis, Atticus, and Zane's decks flew out and into the sky. The Wicked God Cards also slid out of Alexis's deck and into the sky, along with The Ritual of the Summoner, Amutsu, Crimson Synchro, and the Crimson Dragon. A loud roar emitted from the sky as everyone's Signer Marks left their arms. Everyone looked up and noticed the Crimson Dragon flying towards them with Jaden inside.

"Where's Jaden going?" Alexis asked as the cards flew to him and the full Mark of the Crimson Dragon appeared on his back. Just as suddenly as he appeared, The Crimson Dragon let out a mighty roar before he vanished into thin air.

"Wow." Jaden said from within the Crimson Dragon's head. Jaden watched as different events in time traveled by him in a blink of an eye inside of the time stream. "Where are we going or should I ask when?" Jaden noticed that he and the Crimson Dragon had just emerged in a different time. Jaden looked down and gasped at what he saw. "This is the night before I started my duels against Team 5D's." The Crimson Dragon flew down and absorbed Yusei before he vanished once again into the time stream. "Hello Yusei." Jaden said.

"Do I know you?" Yusei asked. "You look familiar."

"It's me, Jaden." Jaden answered.

"Jaden, is that really you?" Yusei gasped.

"Well, me from twelve years in the future." Jaden tried to explain. Yusei was still shocked, but seamed to calm down a little.

"Any idea what's going on?" Yusei asked.

"No clue." Jaden said as he looked forward. "All I know is that someone in my time attacked me with copies of the most powerful dragons in all of Duel Monsters. Then he vanished before I could find out who he was. Almost immediately afterwords, everything started to vanish before my eyes."

"'Vanish'?" Yusei repeated.

"Yeah, and I can only think of one thing that can cause that to happen." Jaden said. "Someone is messing with our past and trying to erase the future. Since my future is farther then yours, my time was affected first."

"Most likely another robot from the future." Yusei guessed.

"But that future no longer exists." Jaden said. "I wouldn't be alive right now if it did. Since the events that transpired would have started around the time I was fourteen."

"So we really did change the future?" Yusei said asked Jaden as he looked at him.

"Yes." Jaden said. "Now back to the masked robot man. The only thing I can think of is that he somehow got stuck in the time stream and wasn't effected when the future was changed."

"Makes since I guess." Yusei said. "Do you have any idea as to where we're going?"

"I have one idea." Jaden said. "If the Crimson Dragon has got me and went back in time to get you when you're at your most powerful as a duelist, then it makes since that he's going back in time to get Yugi when he was at his most powerful."

"You mean when he and Atem shared a body." Yusei said, which Jaden nodded to. "We probably shouldn't mention anything about the future."

"Just don't mention Atem's real name." Jaden said. "If we survive this, I'll have to erase both of your minds so that the future isn't changed at all."

"I hate to say it, but I agree." Yusei said. "And you're right about not mentioning his name since it will release Zorc from within the puzzle."

"Then we're on the same page." Jaden said as the Crimson Dragon emerged in a new time.

"Wow, this is quite a turn out." Mr. Muto said as he looked at the crowd.

"But of course Grandpa." Yugi said. "Pegasus will be here himself giving out cards to new duelists. Not to mention a chosen duelist by Pegasus will get the chance to duel against me."

"That would get any duelist excited." Mr. Muto said as a helicopter approached a landing area. "That must be him now." Everyone watched as Pegasus stepped out of the helicopter and began to wave to everyone. Suddenly, the area became blacked by something. Everyone looked up and saw the outlines of several different dragons in the sky.

"What's going on?" Yugi asked. As soon as the words left his mouth, the dragons began to attack everything. People began to run away in a state of panic. One of these people pushed Mr. Muto away from Yugi.

"Grandpa!" Yugi shouted as he watched Mr. Muto being pushed away from the crowd.

"Yugi!" Mr. Muto shouted back but quickly disappeared from sight. One of the dragons attacked the building behind Pegasus, causing it to collapse forward.

"No!" Pegasus shouted as the building landed on him and the surrounding area. Dust and ruble spread everywhere, blocking Yugi's view from everything else. When everything settled down, Yugi looked around to see the entire area destroyed.

"Grandpa!" Yugi shouted as he looked around. Something immediately caught his eye as Yugi went to it. Yugi fell to the ground with tears in his eyes as he noticed it was his Mr. Muto's bandana all torn up. "Grandpa...he's..." Yugi held back a sob before he shouted, "No!"

"Finally, what I have set out to do has finally been accomplished." a voice said from atop a building. Yugi looked up to see a man in a mask on top of the building. "Now the game of Duel Monsters is now more." The man preceded to laugh loudly. Yugi heard a roar come from in front of him. When he turned to look, the Crimson Dragon appeared and swept him away from the ruble that was once Domino City.

"It stopped." Alexis said as she watched the dematerializing of the city halted.

"But why?" Mana asked. Quickly after everything started to dematerialize, even in the Duel Monster Spirit World, all of Jaden's friend helped evacuate cities around the entire world to safe places that had not been effect yet before they met back at the area where the evacuated the citizens of New Domino City.

"Look at the sky!" Yasmin said as she pointed towards it. Everyone looked up to see a large hole in the sky in the shape of a giant Duel Monsters Card.

"What is that?" Chazz asked.

"No clue." Crow said.

"Wait, is that Yusei?" Akiza asked.

"And Yugi." Téa said.

"Jaden's their too." Alexis said.

"Guys." Mana said. Everyone turned to Man who quickly spoke. "This isn't just happening here, but in every area we evacuated people from around the world. It's also appearing in areas of the Duel Monster Spirit World."

"Really?" Alexis asked as everyone looked back at the image. It showed Jaden and Yusei standing next to an unconscious Yugi on top of a building. 'I hope their okay.'

"Huh?" Yugi asked as he began to wake up. "Was all of that just a dream?"

"I'm afraid not." Yusei said. Yugi looked up and saw both Yusei and Jaden.

"Who are you guys?" Yugi asked.

"Name's Jaden." Jaden said.

"My name is Yusei." Yusei replied.

"What happened?" Yugi asked as he looked around. Suddenly, he remembered everything. "Grandpa!" Yugi shouted as he shot up.

"He's fine." Jaden said. Yugi looked at him in confusion as Jaden pointed down. "He's right their." Yugi looked down and saw his Mr. Muto, but what he also saw was that everyone and everything but them were frozen.

"What's going on?" Yugi asked.

"Short version." Yusei said. "Me and Jaden are from the future. A crazed robot man is trying to stop a future that I already stopped from happening."

"In a possible future, the game of Duel Monsters destroys the world." Jaden continued. "Yusei prevented that future from happening and I stopped an evil known as the Tainted Light from destroying the world several years later."

"You did?" both Yugi and Yusei asked.

"You two will be their to watch." Jaden said with a smile before it turned into a frown. "That is if we stop this guy right here and now." Jaden, realizing he got off track, decided to continue the story. "As we were saying, that future was stopped, but this guy either doesn't know that or doesn't care. A Divine God known as the Crimson Dragon brought me and Yusei back to this time before getting you and bringing the three of us right before this guy attacks Pegasus." Jaden now looked down at the frozen people. "The people are frozen because I froze time so that they don't know what's going on. I also put a spell around the entire area so nothing gets damaged. After all, any events that change the past will change the future." Yugi and Yusei nodded in understanding.

"So he wants to kill Pegasus to stop the advancement of Duel Monsters." Yugi said once he took everything in.

"Exactly." Jaden said. "And we're here to prevent that."

"I wouldn't be to sure of that." a voice said. Yugi, Yusei, and Jaden turned and saw the masked man on a strange Duel Runner in the area Pegasus's helicopter is suppose to land at when the clock hits noon. "The three of you being here will make no difference to my plans."

"We'll see about that." Jaden said before he summoned winds that carried himself, a shocked Yugi, and a surprised Yusei down to the ground. "I don't know who you are, but you're trying to prevent a future that no longer exists."

"My name is Paradox." the masked man said as he removed the mask. "And what do you mean that future doesn't exist."

"The invasion of the Mechlord Emperors would have started when I was fourteen." Jaden said. "I'm now twenty-four and no invasion has come. Yusei's duel against Z-One prevented that from happening."

"Yusei defeated Z-One?" Paradox gasped in surprise. Quickly after, he chuckled before looked back at them. "No matter. I will still carry out my plans. A world without Duel Monsters is exactly what needs to be done to prevent future problems from happening."

"You can't do that." Yugi said. "Destroying Duel Monsters would destroy cities, people, families, everything that is connected with the game! The things we love would be destroyed."

"But that is exactly what I plan to accomplish." Paradox said. "The three of you have saved the world countless of times from threats involving Duel Monsters! You should be helping me instead of trying to stop me!"

"Not even in your dreams." Jaden growled out before pointing at Paradox. "I challenge you to a duel!"

"Very well." Paradox said with a smirk. "I will find it amusing to defeat you in the very game your trying to protect." Jaden, Yusie, and Yugi gasped as Paradox's duel runner transformed into a weird flying machine which he stood on. "Here are the extra rule for our duel. I get 4000 life points while the 3 of you share a total of 4000 life points. I get 2 decks and 2 hands since it's 3 against 1. In addition, I get a turn between everyone of your turns. Do you agree?"

"I do." Jaden, Yusei, and Yugi said.

"Let's get the duel between me and the Three Kings of Dueling started then." Paradox said.

"Three kings?" Yugi asked.

"He's right." Jaden said. "The Pharaoh rests inside of you Yugi." Yugi nodded before closing his eyes and changed. When he opened his eyes, the Pharaoh was now in control. "Yusei, you have gained the title of King of Turbo Dueling." Yusei nodded as well as he and the Pharaoh looked at Jaden. Jaden closed his eyes as darkness began to pour out of his body. "And I am Jaden Yuki, the Supreme King of Darkness!" Jaden opened his eyes, revealing them to be gold, before the darkness spiraled around him. When the darkness vanished, Jaden was in his shadow armor. Jaden's helmet transformed into into a dark fog before vanishing and revealing Jaden's face.

"Works for me." Yusei said as he faced Paradox.

"Same here." the Pharaoh said before facing Paradox.

"Paradox, I only have one thing to say to you." Jaden said as he held his duel disk into the air. The card zones began to spin around the center of Jaden's duel disk before the deployed, creating a strong gust of wind to spread through the entire area. Jaden then brought his duel disk to his chest as he shouted, "Get your game on!"

Yusei held his duel disk to the sky as it activated before he brought it to his chest and said, "Let's rev it up!"

The Pharaoh did the same as Yusei before saying, "Get your game on!"

TKD (Three Kings of Dueling)-4000/Paradox-4000

"I'll start this duel." Paradox said as he drew from one of his decks. "First, I activate the Field Spell, Malefic World!" Jaden, Yusei, and the Pharaoh watched as the entire area became surrounded in purple with stars and solar systems."

"'Malefic'?" Yusei asked.

"Must have been cards created in the alternate future." the Pharaoh said.

"Now instead of drawing a card, I can add a random 'Malefic' monster from my deck to my hand." Paradox explained. "Now, I send Cyber End Dragon to the Graveyard so I can summon Malefic Cyber End Dragon from my hand." Jaden, Yusei, and the Pharaoh gasped at watching such a high level monster being summoned in the first turn.

"Did you see that?" Yusei asked.

"I did." the Pharaoh said. "He managed to summon a high level monster just by sending it's light half to the graveyard."

"You truly see the world as nothing but darkness, don't you." Jaden asked.

"I do." Paradox said. "Now, I send Rainbow Dragon from my deck to my graveyard to summon Malefic Rainbow Dragon." Malefic Rainbow Dragon appeared next to Malefic Cyber End Dragon.

"Another high level monster?" Yusei gasped.

"I set two cards face down and end my turn." Paradox said as the two cards materialized in front of him.

"Then I'm up." Jaden said as he drew. "First, I activate Swords of Revealing Light to stop you in your tracks for three turns." Swords of light surrounded Paradox and his monsters. "Next, I set three Trap Cards face down on the field."

"Why would you tell me what you're playing?" Paradox asked.

"I now send all three Trap Cards to the graveyard to summon Uria, Lord of Searing Flames!" Jaden shouted. Uria roared as he appeared above Jaden.

"What is that?" the Pharaoh asked.

"No clue." Yusei replied, impressed with the massive Duel Monster.

"Uria gains 1000 attack for every Trap Card in my graveyard." Jaden said as Uria's attack rose to 3000. "Next, I set one card face down and activate Card of Sanctity, causing us each to draw until he hold six cards in our hands." Everyone drew the appropriate amount of cards. "Now, I set three spell cards face down on the the field."

"Not again." Paradox said.

"Yes again." Jaden said. "I now send them to the graveyard in order to summon Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder in defense mode!" Hamon appeared behind Jaden in defense mode. "I now equip him with Mist Body, meaning he can't be destroyed in battle. Plus, while Hamon is in defense mode, you have no choice but to attack him."

"Nice move Jaden." the Pharaoh asked.

"Well, Paradox isn't the only one with high level monsters." Jaden said with as smirk. "I now end my turn."

"My turn." Paradox said as a random Malefic Monster was added to his hand. "I banish Stardust Dragon to bring out Malefic Stardust Dragon!"

"What?" Yusei gasped as he watched the evil version of his card appear on Paradox's field. "How could you?"

"Does it matter?" Paradox asked. "I end my turn."

"Then it's my draw." Yusei said as he drew. "I summon Cosmic Compass to the field." Cosmic Compass appeared in front of Yusei. "Since you have three monster on your side of the field, I get three Compass Tokens." Three Compass Tokens appeared on the field. "Now, I activate Double Summon to call out Debris Dragon!" Debris Dragon materialized in front of Yusei. "I know tune my level 4 Debris Dragon to my 4 level 1 Compasses!" Debris Dragon changed into 4 green rings before surrounding the other monsters and changing them into 4 stars. "Out of 5 will come 1, and out of 1 will come great cosmic might!" A pillar of light erupted behind Yusei. "Take flight, Stardust Dragon!" Stardust Dragon roared as he appeared behind Yusei.

"What did he just do?" the Pharaoh asked.

"He Synchro Summoned." Jaden explained. "It's when you send a Tuner Monster like Debris Dragon to the graveyard along with other monsters to summon a Synchro Monster. The monsters you send to the graveyard must have the same total level as the monster you plan to summon."

"Now, I activate Monster Reborn to revive Cosmic Compass." Yusei said as Cosmic Compass reappeared on the field along with three Compass Tokens. "Since you still have three monsters on your side of the field, I get the tokens back as well. Now, I can summon Steam Synchron to the field since a monster had been Special Summoned this turn." Steam Synchron appeared on the field. "I now tune my level 3 Steam Synchron with my 4 level 1 Compasses!" Steam Synchron changed into 3 green rings before surrounding the Compasses and changing them into 4 stars. "Let the spirit of the earth intertwine with the essence of the sky. Pitch-dark flower, set into bloom!" Another pillar of light erupted behind Yusei. "I Synchro Summon the Black Rose Dragon!" Black Rose Dragon roared as she appeared next to Stardust Dragon. "I set one card face down and end my turn."

"My turn." Paradox said as a random Malefic Monster was added to his hand. 'Blast, thanks to Hamon I can't attack and if I try to destroy it with an effect, Stardust Dragon will simply block it.' Paradox looked at his hand a smirked at what he saw. "I summon Malefic Parallel Gear to the field." Parallel Gear appeared in front of Malefic Stardust Dragon. "I now tune my level 2 Malefic Parallel Gear to my level 8 Malefic Stardust Dragon." Malefic Parallel Gear became 2 green rings before surrounding Malefic Stardust Dragon and changing him into 8 stars. "Behold as the shadows drift down through the cracks of time and witness how the darkness pulls together to create pure evil." A pillar of darkness appeared behind Paradox. "I Synchro Summon Malefic Paradox Dragon!" Malefic Paradox Dragon roared as he appeared. "When he is summoned, I can summon a Synchro Monster to the field." Stardust Dragon appeared on his side of the field. "Now, all monsters you control lose attack points equal to his attack."

"What?" Jaden, Yusei, and the Pharaoh gasped as their monsters lost attack points.

"I end my turn." Paradox said.

"I draw!" the Pharaoh said as he added a card to his hand. "I send all three of my Magnet Warriors to the graveyard to call forth Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!" Valkyrion appeared on the field. "Now, I separate him back into Alpha, Beta, and Gamma." The three Magnet Warriors returned to the field. "I sacrifice them all to call forth Obelisk, the Tormentor!" Obelisk appeared as he towered behind the Pharaoh. "Next, I activate Monster Reborn to revive Valkyrion." Valkyrion reappeared on the field. "Now, I use my own Card of Sanctity to force each of use to draw until we all hold six cards in are hands." Everyone drew from their decks once again. "I separate Valkyrion into Alpha, Beta, and Gamma once more so I can sacrifice them and call out Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Slifer roared as he appeared next to Obelisk. "I set two cards face down and end my turn."

'This stand still is getting on my nerves.' Paradox thought as he add a random Malefic Monster to his hand. "I send Blue-Eyes and Red-Eyes to the graveyard to summon Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" The two dragons rose to join the other three on the field. "I have no choice but to end my turn." Swords of Revealing Light disappeared form Paradox's field.

"My move." Jaden said as he drew. "I activate Phantasmal Martyrs. By discarding my entire hand, I can summon three 'Phantasmal Martyr Tokens'." Jaden discard his entire hand as the tokes appeared on the field. "I now activate my face down Jar of Greed, allowing me to draw one card from my deck." Jaden drew the card from his deck. "I activate Card of Demise, allowing me to draw until I hold 5 cards in my hand, but in 5 turns I must discard my entire hand." Jaden drew the amount of cards needed. "I now send my three tokens to the graveyard in order to summon Raviel, Lord of Phantasms!" Raviel appeared with his fellow Sacred Beasts. 'I won't summon Armityle the Chaos Phantom just yet.' Jaden though as he looked at the other monsters on the field. 'Not until I can summon all of them. "I end my turn."

"My move." Paradox said as he added a Malefic Monster to his hand. 'I can't do anything with the way things are.' Paradox then selected a card from his hand. "I set two cards face down and end my turn."

"My move." Yusei said as he drew. "I summon Speed Warrior to the field in attack mode." Speed Warrior appeared on the field. "Next, I trubiute him so I can summon Turret Warrior to the field." Turret Warrior appeared where Speed Warrior once stood. "Since I Special Summoned this turn, I can call out my second Steam Synchron to the field." Another Steam Synchron rose onto the field. "Now, I tun my level 3 Steam Synchron to my level 5 Turret Warrior!" Steam Synchron changed into 3 green rings before scanning Turret Warrior and changing him into 5 stars. "Darkened gales, become the wings that soar from resolved hope!" A pillar of light erupted behind Yusei. "Synchro Summon! Soar to power, Black-Winged Dragon!" Black-Winged Dragon released a mighty roar as he appeared on the other side of Stardust Dragon. "I set two cards face down and end my turn."

"My move." Paradox said as he added a random Malefic Monster to his hand. Paradox smirked when he saw the cards he held in his hand. "First, I activate Tribute to The Doomed. I discard on card to sent Malefic Paradox Dragon to the graveyard."

"Why would you send your own monster to the graveyard?" the Pharaoh asked as he watched Malefic Paradox Dragon being wrapped in bandages before he was pulled into the ground.

"I now activate the Trap Card, Malefic Paradigm Shift." Paradox said as a purple aura appeared behind him. "When Malefic Paradox Dragon is destroyed, I can summon Malefic Truth Dragon from my deck by paying half of my life points." Paradox's Duel Runner vanished as Malefic Truth Dragon appeared. Paradox them merged with Malefic Truth Dragon as his legs sunk into its head.

TKD-4000/Paradox-2000

"That's a whole lot of monster." Yusei said as he stared at the massive dragon.

"I'm not done yet Yusei." Paradox said as he held a card in his right hand. "By sending five different 'Malefic' monsters from my field, hand, deck, or extra deck to the graveyard, I can bring out Malefic Five-Headed Dragon!" Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Malefic Cyber End Dragon, and Malefic Rainbow Dragon were sent from the field to the graveyard as Paradox revealed he sent Malefic Rainbow Dark Dragon from his deck to the graveyard. Next, a Five-Headed Dragon appeared with black and white armor on each of its necks and heads, the same armor covered its tail, and it's wings had been replaced with four black and white wings.

"Another monster with 5000 attack points." the Pharaoh gasped.

"There's more." Paradox said with a smirk. I activate Malefic Fusion. By banishing Malefic Truth Dragon, Malefic Paradox Dragon, and Malefic Five-Headed Dragon, I can call out my most powerful Malefic Monster." The three Malefic Dragons appeared on the field before flying into a vortex made of nothing but darkness. The creature that came out of the vortex was nothing like they have ever seen. It was a dragon complete covered in black and white armor. The beast has three sets of wings on it's back. The chest was a core of pure darkness that appeared as if it wanted to burst out at any second. Its arms has long blades that curve towards the body at the end. The creature has no legs, but two tails. One, long neck extended from it's shoulders before a head similar in shape to Malefic Truth Dragon's was shone attached to it. Jaden, Yusei, and the Pharaoh looked and saw that Paradox was in the core of this new dragon. "I summon, Malefic Dragon, The World of Future Darkness." Malefic Dragon roared as he revealed his attack to be 8000.

"It's huge!" the Pharaoh gasped as the dragon was about four times the size of Malefic Truth Dragon.

"I use Threatening Roar so that monstrosity can't attack this turn." Yusei said as the Trap Card prevent Paradox's battle phase.

"Very well." Paradox said. "I have noting to fear since Malefic Dragon is immune to all effects so I end my turn."

"I'm up." the Pharaoh said as he drew. 'How am I suppose to defeat such a creature?'

"Pharaoh." Jaden said. The Pharaoh and Yusei both looked over at Jaden. "Don't worry about defeating it, leave that to me. I just need you to help us survive until my next turn."

'He sounds so sure that we will win.' the Pharaoh thought as he looked at his hand. 'Very well, I will trust Jaden to win this for us.' The Pharaoh then placed a card on the field. "I activate Messenger of Peace. Now, any monster with 1500 or more attack points can't attack; however, during each of my standby phases, I must pay 100 life points to keep this card on the field."

"What?" Paradox asked, realizing that the card could effect Malefic Dragon since it targets all cards on the field.

"I end my turn." the Pharaoh said.

"My move." Paradox said as he added a random Malefic monster from his deck to his hand. "I can't attack so I end my turn." Both Yusei and the Pharoah turned to Jaden.

"You need to beat him Jaden." Yusei said.

"Teach this guy a lesson." the Pharaoh said.

"Of course." Jaden said. "I can't lose to this guy when we have such an audience."

"What are you talking about?" Paradox said. Jaden smiled as he looked behind him. A large whole the shape of a Duel Monsters card appeared behind them as smaller versions materialized all around them. Yusei and the Pharaoh looked at the one behind them and saw people inside. Inside of it was Alexis, Lilly, Atticus, Yasmin, Diamond, Zane, Kassandra, Shadi, Mana, Syrus, Mahad, Bastion, Jasmine, Chazz, Mindy, Sheppard, Crowler, Banner, Chumley, Kagemaru, Aster, Sarina, Sartorius, a future Yusei, Akiza, Yusei Jr., Jack, Carly, Jack Jr., Crow, Leo, Luna, Martha, a future Yugi, Téa, Sia, Kiaba, Kisara, Atem, a future Pegasus, Cecilia, Sonia, Joey, Mia, Tristian, Miho, Bakura, Serenity, Duke, Vivian, Mokuba, Rebecca, Mr. Muto, Marik, Odion, and Ishizu. They were all cheering on Jaden, Yusei, and the Pharaoh even thought they could not hear what they were saying. "What is this?" Paradox asked as he looked around.

"This is the light of the future." Jaden said as he turned to face Paradox with a smirk on his face. "This is our future, the one you're trying to destroy. The three of us have formed his future with our bare hands and I won't let you ruin everything we went through for your own selfish purpose." Jaden closed his eyes for a second before he reopened them, his face showing grim determination as he drew from his deck. "It's time I put an end to this duel with the very creatures that helped me creature this future."

"And how do you plan to do that?" Paradox asked.

"First, I remove Uria, Hamon, and Raviel in order to summon Armityle the Chaos Phantom!" Jaden roared as the three Sacred Beats flew into the sky. Uria wrapped around Raviel as he slid his head to Raviel's left fist. Hamon appeared behind Hamon and gripped him from behind. The three monsters began to meld together until they formed Armityle.

"What is that?" Paradox asked.

"The first of the four Sacred Gods." Jaden said as he held a card in his hand. "I activate Signer Burst. I can summon any of the Signer Dragon from my deck if I pay 1000 life points. When summoned that way, their effects are negated, they have no attack points, and the are removed from play at the end of this turn."

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"In an inferno of power and might, a blazing new beast is now forged!" Jaden said as a pillar of light erupted behind him. "The holy light of protection, shine now and become eternal life and let the magic that lives in each of these creatures merge and become one!" A second pillar erupted behind Jaden. "The power and courage to protect the world's future is a revolution! Synchro Summon!" A third pillar appeared behind Jaden. "Red Dragon Archfiend! Appear the might, the majestic, the Ancient Fairy Dragon! Evolve, Life Stream Dragon!" All three dragons roared as the appeared on the field.

"Three Signer Dragons in one move?" Paradox gasped.

"I now sacrifice the three dragons I just summoned." Jaden said as he held a card up to the sky. "Almighty protector of the sun and sky, I beg of thee, please hear my cry! Transform thyself from orb of light and bring my victory in this fight! I beseech thee, grace our humble game! But first I shall, call out thy name The Winged Dragon of Ra!" Ra roared as he appeared on the field. "Now, I activate Crimson Synchro!" Jaden said as he showed a card with the six Signer Dragons and The Crimson Dragon behind them.

"What does that do?" the Pharaoh asked before all of the Signer Dragons appeared and all of their levels level drop down to two.

"It lowers the levels of all the Signer Dragons so I can combine them by removing them from play weather they are on the field or in the graveyard." Jaden explained. "I tune my level 2 Life Stream Dragon with my level 2 Red Dragon Archfiend, my level 2 Ancient Fairy Dragon, Yusei's level 2 Stardust Dragon, his level 2 Black Rose Dragon, and his level 2 Black-Winged Dragon!" Life Stream Dragon formed 2 golden rings instead of 2 green rings that shot off into the sky. All 6 Singer Dragons shot towards the 2 golden rings, turning into a crimson light as they spiraled around eachother and entered the 2 golden rings. "Watch as the powers of the cosmos combine with the powers of the earth; the joining of spirits with life; those who demolish and those who protect! Go, Crimson Synchro!" The golden rings and the six streams of crimson light shot off into the sky in a bust of pink, purple, and white light before forming a crimson vortex. "I Synchro Summon, The Crimson Dragon!" The Crimson Dragon roared as he flew above Jaden with 10000 attack and defense points.

"The Crimson Dragon?" Yusei said, shocked.

"I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards." Jaden said as he added the cards to his hand. "Now, I activate The Ritual of the Summoner!" A card appeared on the field with the image of a platform with two large pedestals and an even larger pedestal in the middle appeared. "I can only use this card by tributing The Wicked Dreadroot, The Wicked Eraser, and The Wicked Avatar from my hand or deck!" Dreadroot and Eraser appeared on the outer pedestals as Avatar appeared in the center pedestal. Avatar began to expand before Dreadroot and Eraser vanished into his body. Avatar began to shrink, taking Dreadroot and Eraser with him as Avatar landed on the pedestal. As Avatar grew smaller and smaller, a new monster began to reveal itself form within the shrinking Avatar. This monster has a demonic, black skull for a chest, the mouth is open revealing sharp teeth and a blue tongue, two horns shot out of its head and its eyes are an eerie yellow. His pants are really loose and blood red while his sirt was skin tight and blood red. Black and golden armor surrounded sprout out of the skull covering his shoulders, upper arm, and cam down to the sides of his legs. Two black spheres pulsed within the armor on his upper arms. The gauntlet on his right hand resembled Eraser's face while the gauntlet on his left hand resembled a ribcage. His lower legs were covered in black armor with grey skulls on the knees. "The monster's skin was light gray, his eyes are blood red, and his hair is long and black. In his right hand is a staff with a long, jagged blade on one end and a crescent moon shaped blade on the other. "Appear The Summoner of Darkness, Amutsu!"

"Another Monster?" Paradox said in shock.

"Finlay, I tribute Slifer the Sky Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor, and The Winged Dragon of Ra." Jaden said as he held up the final card in his hand. Slifer transformed into red light that circled around Obelisk who had turned into blue light. Ra roared as he soared down and entrapped Slifer and Obelisk within his sphere mode. Then, a blinding light filled the air. "I summon the final Sacred God. I request your presence, The Creator God of Light, Horakhty!" When Horakhty appeared on the field, all of the other monsters on Jaden, Yusei, and the Pharaoh's side of the field had their attacks raised to infinity. All other cards vanished from the field as the four Sacred Gods rose to the sky.

"This, this can not be." Paradox said, fear practically pouring out of his voice.

"Let's finish this." the Pharaoh said.

"Agreed." Yusei said. Jaden snapped his fingers and the Sacred Gods took that as a sign to strike. Amutsu through his sword which was shrouded by darkness as Horakty formed a sphere of light that she tossed in the direction of Amutsu's sword. The Crimson Dragon fired of a crimson, spiral flame from his mouth as Armityle fired several light purple blasts from Uria's mouth. Horakhty's sphere of light enveloped Amutsu's sword before the spiral flame of the Crimson Dragon spun around the light and Armityle's blasts rotated around the sphere.

"Go, Judgement of the Sacred Gods!" Jaden, Yusei, and the Pharaoh shouted.

"No!" Paradox screamed as the attack head straight for Malefic Dragon's core. The attack collided and caused Paradox to be reduced to absolutely nothing.

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"We won." the Pharaoh said as he turned to look at Jaden and Yusei. "I guess this is good-bye."

"For now." Yusei said. "But the three of us will met again in the future."

"But for now, I must erase your minds so that the events of today don't effect the past." Jaden said.

"I understand." the Pharaoh said as Yusei got on his Duel Runner. As soon as he got on, a doorway shaped like a gaint Duel Monsters card appeared.

"I guess this is my stop." Yusei said.

"You won't remember anything after you go through." Jaden said. Yusei nodded before he drove through the doorway. The doorway immediately closed after Yusei went through. Jaden turned to the Pharaoh before he said, "You're memories will be erased when you step next to Mr. Muto. That will also be when time begins again."

"Right." the Pharaoh said before turning back into Yugi. "See you in the future."

"Right." Jaden said before he walked towards the image that still held all of his friend in his time. As soon as he stepped through, all of the others vanished.

'I guess it's time to return everything back to normal.' Yugi thought as he headed towards Mr. Muto.

"Jaden!" everyone said as he stepped back into his own time. Jaden looked around and saw that everything had returned back to normal. The cards that belonged to Alexis, Atticus, and Zane in Jaden's deck returned back to them.

"High guys." Jaden said with a gentle smile as his family rushed to hug him, his friend applauding him for saving the world once again. The celebrations did not last long as everyone realized that they had to help return the people all around the world back to their homes. After a quick agreement to party later, everyone headed off to help others return home safe and sound; having a home thanks to the Three Kings of Dueling, Jaden, Yusei, and Yugi with Atem.

A/N: Please review.