A/N: This is just a short little chapter to wrap things up. Technically an epilogue (like the title says). Hope you've enjoyed this story! We don't own Yugioh GX or Yugioh 5D's. Included lines from the anime were derived/taken from Gymleaderlance99's videos.

The day of the practical part of the entrance exams rolled around, and Sho was surprised to learn that he had actually passed the written part of the exam. Unfortunately, he wasn't sure he would get in because of how poorly he had done on the practical part.

Asuka stood at the railing around the top level of the building, watching the examination duels. As a former student at the middle school, she was exempt from the entrance exams.

Manjoume frowned upon the "pathetic losers" who were taking the entrance exams. He had graduated from the middle school at the top of his class, so he felt he had a head-start on all of the new students.

A brunette came running up to stand beside Sho, his eyes on the duel between Daichi Misawa and the examiner.

"Alright! They're at it, they're at it!" he exclaimed.

Sho wasn't sure what the guy was so excited about, seeing as they were here to take a test. When he found out that the boy was indeed there to take the exam, he informed him that this was supposed to be the last duel, earning a rather worried reaction from the brunette. Somehow, though, the boy wound up dueling Professor Cronos for his examination duel...and he won.

It was a shock, sure, but Sho was thrilled that this guy had done so well.

Manjoume wasn't sure what was wrong with the world. A teacher losing to a guy who had the gall to show up late?

Asuka found the boy interesting since he had managed to defeat Cronos, who was supposed to be a really good duelist.

None of them knew the boy—at least, that was what they thought.

When Sho headed to his room with the boy from the entrance exams, who turned out to be his roommate, he realized that this boy who had beaten Cronos was Judai.

Suddenly it made sense to Sho why he called Judai "aniki." The guy was a great duelist, something Sho wished he could be. Well, since it already seemed wrong to call him anything else, Sho ranted briefly about fate, the Nameless Pharaoh, and Priest Seto as an excuse to call his not-yet-friend that nickname.

That's when Sho remembered the card he was carrying around. "Oh, one more thing, Aniki," he said.

"Hm? What's that?" Judai asked.

Sho dug around in one of his bags for a moment before pulling out the Yubel card. "Is this yours?" he asked, holding out the card.

Judai stared at it for a moment, not sure if it was or not—or why this new roommate of his would think it was.

Sho shoved the card in his face and repeated, "I said, is this yours!?"

Upon getting a closer look, Judai recognized the card in Sho's hand. "Yubel!" he said, snatching the card. "Where did you get this?"

"Doesn't matter," Sho answered. "All that does is that you DON'T LOSE THAT CARD! UNDERSTAND!? NEVER LOSE THAT THING AGAIN!"

Unheard by the two new students, someone moaned from the top bunk.

Judai stared at Sho a moment, stunned. "I didn't lose it in the first place," he said at last, sweating. "And I wasn't planning on losing it again."

"Judai, so you do care," Yubel said before sniffling a little.

"I sure hope so!" Sho said to Judai.

"Okay!" a voice said from above them. "That's enough! Quit shouting, whoever you are!"

"Huh?" Judai said, looking up along with Sho.

Upon getting a closer look at him in the duel arena, Manjoume knew who the Red student that had beaten Cronos was, and he did not want to be friends with him. In fact, he decided that he would treat him as a new and hated rival instead, maybe bully him a bit.

Asuka got on the ebony-haired duelist for that, and she recognized Judai while she was standing up for him there. With how she had discovered she felt about him, she wanted so badly to start a healthy relationship with him, but she didn't dare rush it for fear of seeming like a stalker. Instead, she settled for telling Manjoume off and trying to form a friendship.

Of course, the line Judai had told her about—the one that would prove he had liked her from the start and wasn't gay—came out of his mouth about the time she got Manjoume and his cronies to leave: "Could it be you've fallen in love with me at first sight?" he asked, pointing at himself with a goofy grin on his face.

She giggled a bit before telling him he and Sho should get to their dorm's welcome dinner. Knowing that he was interested made it more difficult to move slowly, but she forced herself to keep her cool and just let things happen naturally—after all, he didn't know her yet, even if she did know him.

It took awhile for Manjoume to get dragged into the group. Only after he had lost to Judai and eventually run off to North Academy—and then lost to Judai again—did he learn how that had happened. He had gotten himself demoted to the Red Dorm by leaving, which led Judai to follow him everywhere as if they were actually friends. There was no doubt in his mind that this was how things had gone down in the other timeline, too.

Over time, though, Manjoume began to see why he and Judai had become friends in the first place—not that he was going to admit that aloud. And there was no way he was going to admit they were friends, either.

While Manjoume was learning why he was friends with Judai, Sho was learning all the reasons he liked spending time with the guy. Much to Yubel's annoyance, the two became inseparable, but Judai was able to get Yubel to leave his new friends alone rather than tormenting them, even if she didn't consider them her friends.

When third year rolled around, the arrival of some exchange students brought a boy with a familiar name into their lives—Johan Andersen. The friend future Judai had talked about so much. The only one who had stood by him throughout his torturous existence, from what he had said. Asuka, Manjoume, and Sho went into shock temporarily when they realized that this was the friend that Judai had mentioned—and the one that had done so much to help him get his life back, even though it had taken 2000 years.

Sho confused the Norwegian transfer by asking for advice on how to be a good friend. While Johan didn't get it, we went along with it anyway.

Asuka, meanwhile, had spent the past couple years learning why she cared so much for Judai. Knowing full well that he shared her feelings, she confessed one night their third year. Judai seemed a bit nervous, yet happy. When she went off to college in America, she and Judai kept in touch, getting together over her breaks. Eventually, the two of them got married and had a happy life together.

2000 years later, the four Signers arrived back in their time. The time stone vanished as soon as the wormhole closed, having served its purpose. The four then went and checked historical documents, looking for the name Judai Yuki. They finally found some old newspapers mentioning a marriage and, to their relief, his eulogy, which mentioned he was survived by his daughter, Renee, and some grandchildren.

Not long after, Yusei and his friends went their separate ways. Aki graduated from Duel Academy and headed to college to become a doctor. Jack went off to the Pros to get his title back. Crow joined a team and entered the Pros. Rua and Ruka, the twins, went to live with their parents. Yusei was the only one left in Neo Domino City, continuing his research on the duel energy that was used to power the D-Wheels and the entire city.

Intending to keep their relationship going, Yusei and Aki kept in touch. After all, Aki's conversation with Asuka in the past had taught her that a long distance relationship was nothing compared to what could happen—like having a husband who doesn't age or die, or having to take a third wheel along everywhere to prevent disaster. She intended to keep her promise, no matter how long it took her.

As Yusei sat alone at home one night, he heard a voice whisper in his ear.

"Thanks, pal. You're the best..."

Yusei smiled and said, "That's what friends are for, Judai. That's what friends are for."