The Ultimate Challenge Part 1
God awoke.
God had gone to sleep since the year 8500 B.C. He had chosen to because of seeing the true evil in humans in the form of Atlantis, seeing all humans corrupted, he was about to give up on them, but it was then one of his heralds, Ra, suggested a different idea, God should go into a slumber for 11000 years. Then, once awoken, if humanity had not improved, God would erase the universe, then restart and build a new one.
Now that God had awoken he took a long look at the Earth in its condition, it was the year 2500 A.D. God's 3 heralds, Ra, Slifer and Obelisk, watched in anticipation for God's decision. The 3 worried not for Earth, but for themselves, they had been left in charge while God slept, if God decides to restart, they could be erased the same as the planet. After checking the Planet, and the lives of everyone on it, God finally said:
I have decided
-And with those words, all of the heralds shuddered, terrified, but not showing it directly, they didn't need to, they knew God knew-
The Universe will be ending soon
-3 emotions struck the 3 Heralds: Fear, anger and despair-
I will restart it all, build a new one, but the humans will be stronger this time. I need the strongest one, my heralds-
-The Heralds snapped out of their daze, having entirely been dwelling on their own problems, as they had during their control over Earth-
I need you to find me the greatest duelist, he or she shall be the mold for the next humans, take him from his peak, he may from any point in time, find him and bring him to me, he must be powerful-
-And at that moment, Slifer left, thinking God was finished, and he began his search through time looking for the most powerful duelists.
-one that is pure of heart-
-Obelisk was the next to leave, he charged through all of time for the one pure of heart-
-but above all else, he must be willing to fight for what is right.
-With that, Ra set off and looked for the Champion of Time, the one that God wants, confident that if he were to find the one God wants, he would be invited to the next universe, and he would be safe from erasing, this was also why Slifer and Obelisk left, they, still caring about their existence above all else, went to find the one God beckoned for…
Have you located my champion, my servants?
God asked following the return of all 3 of the heralds.
"Yes my liege", Slifer answered first, "I found the strongest of all duelists, his name is Yusei Fudo a duelist from the years of the 2020's. He is perhaps the strongest duelist of all time, being an expert in both normal, and speed duels".
"Wrong", Obelisk said before God could answer, "You left prior our Lord finishing his instructions; he wants a strong duelist that is pure of heart as well as powerful! I have found the duelist that fits that description! Jaden Yuki is the one you wished for my lord!"
"How funny", Ra began, "you point out Slifer left before the Lord finished, when you did as well, Lord wanted a champion that is pure and truly righteous, Yugi Muto sire. Yugi Muto is the one you want." At this point, Slifer was terrified, he felt confident in his assumption that Yusei was the strongest of the 3, but with the other 2 traits God wanted, he was no longer confident that he would survive, he thought quickly of a way to discredit his fellow heralds soldiers.
"Yugi Muto? The so called 'King of Games' that lost to Joey Wheeler? A scrub that would not even be remembered for anything? And as for the Yuki-boy, he pales in comparison to his own friend Jesse Anderson"!
"And you believe that Yusei would do better than Yugi?" retorted Ra, "Yusei himself would be easily defeated by Jack Atlas, and was numerous times in his lifetime"!
Obelisk now saw his opportunity to play his trump cards, "And you should talk Ra? Seto Kaiba is far superior to Yugi Muto, similar to how Crow Hogan could easily defeat Yusei Fudo".
"Yes of course Obelisk", Slifer responded, grinning, "and Jaden could easily defeat Zane Truesdale".
It was at this point where the heralds just started bickering amongst themselves, all the while God was simply sitting there and considering the 3 possible champions, considering which would be the greatest mold for a new human race, he soon came to a realization.
I have realized the answer.
All the heralds stopped talking, Slifer even trembled at realizing that this could easily be the last moment in his existence, they all knew, but he was the only one that physically showed his terror.
They are all worthy champions, all 9 of them, but I will only be able to pick one of them to be the mold for the next humans.
"What is the problem my lord?" Ra questioned, "I am the one that waited to hear all of your instructions, and my choice is clearly the best."
True, you heard all of my orders, but by accident maybe, everyone named here, whether as choices or to attempt to discredit ones opponents, all of them are pure and righteous, the question is who is the strongest.
"So then it is my choice," Slifer said, "Yusei is skilled in both regular and Speed duels, he is the obvious choice".
Maybe he is the best speed duelist, but I have been asleep for millennia's I would have never allowed to such idiotic duels to be created. Car games on motorcycles, ridiculous.
"So it is clear, Jaden Yuki is clearly the strongest out of the 3 overall" Obelisk boasted.
"Please, Speed duels or not, Yusei would still easily win against all of them" Slifer retorted.
"My lord, may I suggest something?" Ra, nervously, started.
Yes my herald?
"What if," he cautiously started, "we collect all 9 of the names here, and we have a Tournament of Ages, to decide the true greatest duelist of all time?"
… Not the 9 of these people…
Ra shuddered; bracing himself for what could be his removal from existence.
We need 3 more.
9 is an odd number, we can't have a tournament with an odd number, which would just get confusing!
Ra, and his fellow heralds, all sighed; they were starting to remember that God, before he went to asleep, was starting to act goofy in his agelessness.
I will personally pick 3 more people, 1 from each of their generations, it will be: Maximillion Pegasus, Aster Phoenix and Akiza Izinski. All 3, while perhaps weaker than the 3 you all chose, but they are all 3 pure and righteous.
And with that finished, God transferred all 4 of them to an enormous arena, they were sitting in a large balcony, as fast as they were there, the 12 duelists appeared below them on a large stage, God beckoned down to them:
Champions! I have brought you all here to choose who will survive the Apocalypse!
All 12 of them looked up with shock, terror and confusion on their faces, the Heralds simply looked at God with confusion. Confusion that he would so suddenly and abruptly bring these people here like this, all God followed this up with was:
Oh right! I'm God by the way!