The cruelty of time is felt by people only when time passes faster than usual, ending their lives without them knowing it.
And so ninety years have passed since Zakira's death. Times have changed. The buildings were now floating in the sky like flying saucers. The streets were now suspended in the air like in a child's toy set. The cars were now replaced by UFO's and rockets, and if you asked a man on the cyber walking street in the air or on the ground what a 'sandwich' was, he'd be confused and think only of tacos.
Out of our heroes the only ones which were still alive were Kokujo, Subaru, Tsugumi, White and Toto. After Mimi's death White isolated himself in Toto's pyramid and no one ever heard of them since. Subaru and Tsugumi were still in love each other like in the first day, no matter how old they were. They spent their life in peace next door to Kokujo for ninety years. Kokujo on the other hand had become grumpy and lonely once again after Malice's death, but this time he had accepted it. The long haired old man did nothing but stay in his house listening to his Lordi CDs, watching commercials with himself on TV, and of course looking at his good old deck which had never let him down throughout those years. After the whole Zakira thing was over, Kokujo had never lost a single duel, not even to White. And in his most intimate moments, Kokujo was asking himself "Was this really the end of my era?"
The answer was about to come soon, for in one winter day when Subaru and Tsugumi were visiting him, they all heard an explosion and saw a bright red beam strike the sky coming from the city.
"Oh my God!" Tsugumi exclaimed.
"What's going on?" Subaru asked.
"Why don't we go check it out?" Kokujo suggested with the dynamic voice which he had lost years ago. After all this time he was finally ready for some action.
"What? You've got to be joking, Kokujo-kun!" Subaru replied sweating. "Look at us. We're a bunch of old people. We won't be able to handle another situation at all!"
"I've had enough of wasting my years in a house! I want some action to feel young again, so let's go!" Kokujo said with the same dynamic voice.
To Subaru's and Tsugumi's surprise, Kokujo ran with the same speed he had ninety years ago, dressed up in his black coat and took his deck. In a few minutes they were all ready and they quickly took a taxi rocket, paid for the trip and rushed towards the city.
The red beam was coming from the Temple of Duel Masters, which was in the middle of the city. The Temple had one last apprentice left to serve it, and that was a bald old man. He was a wise man which knew both arts of dueling and magic. The old man had received a prophecy from one of the creatures, he didn't knew exactly which, and following the prophecy he had gathered three young duelists. One was a red haired boy wearing red rocket racer clothes and was an expert in the Fire civilization cards. Another was a brown haired boy dressed in a black college uniform and was an expert in the Water civilization cards. And last but not least was a girl dressed in old white shaman clothes with long green hair and small paintings over her face, and she was an expert in the Nature civilization cards. The three duelists were serving the Temple and the last apprentice, learning new dueling skills and strategies. Everything was ok until the apprentice had announced them that the one which they had to defeat was coming to the Temple. The apprentice hid in the Temple and stood in meditation as the three duelists stood outside waiting for the opponent to arrive.
When the shiny red beam came out of the Temple, they immediately realized it was him. The opponent had appeared in front of them. He had purple hair, a blue and a yellow eye, was wearing red clothes with a red cape, and he was wielding a staff. The three duelists ran to him and the red haired one spoke first:
"Identify yourself, stranger!"
"My name is Rezo, the Red Priest." he answered and grinned evilly to them all.
"It's him!" they all exclaimed shocked.
"I am seeking the power of the last apprentice of the Duel Masters temple. From what I've heard, the old man's power is strong enough to help me recreate the Proof of Duelmaster. Now take me to your master at once, little ones!"
"Never!" the brown haired boy said and took out his glowing deck. "We've been waiting for the moment when we'd face the Red Priest, and it seems that the time has finally come."
"We shall not let you pass!" the green haired girl said and also took out her deck.
"If you wanna enter the Temple, you'll have to defeat all three of us!" the red haired boy said and took out his deck as well.
"Heh, three versus one? I haven't had this kind of duel in a long time. It will surely be interesting." Rezo said and took out a deck which was surrounded by a dark red aura and afterwards cloned it twice so he could duel all three at the same time. "Shields up!"
"SHIELDS UP!" the three replied and so the duel started.
When the taxi had finally arrived at the Temple, it was too late All that Kokujo, Subaru and Tsugumi could see were three big explosions caused by three creatures.
"Romanoff the 1st, Lord of the Demonic Eye, todomeda!" Rezo ordered and the giant knight with dark lord armor and red cape took out both of his guns and shot away the red haired boy. "Death Phoenix, Avatar of Doom, todomeda!" Rezo ordered and a giant phoenix made of dark red fire casted an enormous fire ball over the brown haired boy. "And finally, Necrodragon Belzarogue, todomeda!" Rezo gave the final order and a giant dark dragon with lots of heads spit a giant lazor over the green haired girl.
The creature attacks were the reasons why the explosions came. The explosions were followed by a grey smoke, and when the smoke disappeared, all that Kokujo, Subaru and Tsugumi could see from the taxi were the three young duelists on the ground defeated and a strange figure wearing red clothes entering the Temple. The three old people got out of the taxi and moved as fast as they could to the three kids. Subaru and Tsugumi tried to take care of them, but Kokujo turned his back to them and stared at the entrance of the Temple. Somehow he knew what was going on but he wanted to be sure of it.
Inside the Temple the last apprentice was meditating in the altar when he heard an explosion. The bald old man turned his back and to his shock he saw Rezo entering the altar room. The Red Priest stared at the old man grinning as he got up and wiped the dust off his clothes.
"Impossible, you have defeated them!" the apprentice said.
"If those were three of the five chosen duelists, then the prophecy must be joking!" Rezo laughed.
"No, the prophecy was true! I just can't understand how come you won the duels since they got special training in the art of dueling."
"Heh, you just don't know how powerful the Red Priest is, old man! Now the time of my uprising has come, so surrender your magic powers at once and I promise I'll make your death quick and painless!"
Then the old apprentice got surrounded by a white and blue aura and he floated in the air. Rezo made a step back because he got shocked, but he fast kept his calm. The old man looked at him with eyes which showed mercy and said:
"Rezo, I pity you! You fight to get enough power and take over the world. God has punished you by taking your sight at birth, and now when you have it back, you still try to take over the world for your evil deeds. Why won't you understand that taking over the world is impossible? Others before you had tried and failed: Gaav, Valgaav, Alexander Macedon, Atilla, Hitler, Zakira, professor Machi, and even Hakuoh when he was evil wanted to take over the world. What did they gain? They only lost their lives! Please Rezo, don't follow their paths, you'll be the only one to suffer!"
"They all died because they failed at taking over the world! I, Rezo, the Red Priest am more powerful and wiser than them all! Believe me old man, I will manage to succeed where they had all failed! AND YOU SHALL BE MY FIRST VICTIM!" Rezo yelled and fired a dark beam on the old man's chest trying to suck his powers. "DIE, OLD HAG, DIE AND LET ME TAKE YOUR MYSTIC POWERS!"
"Remember the prophecy, Rezo!" the old man said and started to say the prophecy exactly as he got it from the creature. "The Red Priest shall rise like the menacing storm clouds, but the five chosen duelists along with their five chosen cards will bring his fall on the day chosen by God!"
As he heard the prophecy, Rezo got angry and the dark beam got more powerful. Also, the red beam which was coming out of the Temple shined almost as powerful as the stars from space. Rezo was about to kill the apprentice, when the old man got surrounded by an even more powerful white and blue aura than the first one he had. Rezo noticed that he was trying to escape and threw a dark rope to tie him. The old man then casted a spell that canceled Rezo's magic around him for a few seconds, and in the next moment he made himself disappear out of time and space, taking the powers of the Duel Masters Temple with him forever. Rezo stared at the empty air with an angrier sight then before and yelled:
"GAAAAAAAAH! CURSE YOU, OLD GEEZER!"
Outside the Temple, Kokujo was still waiting to find out what was going on while Subaru and Tsugumi were taking care of the wounds of the three duelists. Just then a flying pyramid appeared out of nowhere and stood above them. Out of the pyramid came two figures. One was wearing purple clothes, a big bowl shaped hat and was holding a T scepter in his hand. The other figure had long white hair, blue eyes and was wearing a white uniform. Kokujo turned to them and slowly walked. As he was in front of them, he said with a cold voice:
"White, Toto, what are you doing here?"
"Is that a way to greet your brother after so many years, Kokujo?" White answered.
"CAAAACACACACACACA, you remained the same loser without manners, CAAACACA..." Toto laughed but then coughed hard.
"Toto, I told you not to laugh before taking your coughing pills!"
"Yeah, excuse me, White-sama!" Toto apologized and took some pills with a glass of water.
"And you two remained the same pathetic idiots I've known my entire life!" Kokujo replied and gave them a cold stare.
"Anyway, what's going on here, Kokujo? Me and Toto have seen this strange red light come out of nowhere and we came here to see what was happening."
"Well White, when we came here we saw a figure dressed in red clothes defeat these three duelists which are now being healed by Subaru and Tsugumi."
"Hm… and what were the creatures this duelist had used?"
"If my memory's still good, he used Romanoff the 1st, Lord of the Demonic Eye, Death Phoenix, Avatar of Doom and Necrodragon Belzarogue."
Suddenly, Kokujo and White stopped their conversation. They realized that the one which had come to the Temple was none other than Rezo, the Red Priest. Before they could do something, they saw Rezo coming out of the Temple looking angry. Rezo turned to them all and said:
"You again! You bastards have stood in my way long enough! DIE!"
Rezo then fired a powerful laser, hurting them all. Kokujo, White, Toto, Subaru, Tsugumi and the three young duelists floated in the air getting burned by Rezo's laser. None of them could react because they were old and the three kids were too hurt. Rezo gave them an evil laugh and enjoyed seeing them all suffer a horrible death.
"I shall prove the prophecy wrong and kill you all before you even know it! Then nothing will stand in my way!"
All that they could feel was burning pain. Subaru and Tsugumi hoped that at least the three kids would not be awakened so that they wouldn't feel the pain while they were dying. But then the brown haired duelist opened his eyes and saw them all suffering. He wished he could do something, but it was too late.
Suddenly, something incredible happened, something which not even Rezo had expected. Three cards came out of the three duelists' decks and flew in the air. The cards were Bolmeteus Sapphire Dragon, Crystal Zweilancer and Diruga Vejida, Green Divine Dragon. That meant only one thing. The last two chosen duelists were there as well. Then two cards came out of Subaru's and Tsugumi's decks and flew towards the other three cards. They were Alphadios, Lord of Spirits and the silver card which resurrected Subaru back when they had defeated Zakira, AKA Dorballom, Lord of Demons. All the five cards shined together and fired a powerful laser on Rezo, making the Red Priest stop his attack. Then the cards fired another laser over Kokujo, Subaru, Tsugumi, White and Toto, and under the amazed sights of the brown haired boy and Rezo, the five duelists were made young once again. Their white hairs turned back into dark blue (Kokujo's case), black (Subaru's case), blonde (White's and Tsugumi's case) and green (Toto's case). Also, their rotten fleshed skins and sucked faces turned into beautiful white skins and faces once again. It was a miracle! They were all teenagers once again!
Then the cards fired a final laser over the three young duelists, healing all their wounds. Afterwards, each card went back into its owner's deck. The three duelists got up on their feet as Subaru, Tsugumi, White and Toto stared at themselves with happy eyes, knowing that they were young once again.
"Subaru!"
"Tsugumi!"
The two yelled with happiness and hugged each other while spinning around. It was a dream come true, now their love could last more than a century.
"White-sama!"
"Toto!"
"CAAAACACACACACACACA! WHITE-SAMA, I CAN LAUGH WITHOUT COUGHING! CAAAACACACACACACA!"
"Forget that, Toto! Now I have sane teeth! I CAN FINALLY EAT SANDWICHES AGAIN!" White yelled and jumped in the air.
Kokujo was the only one which didn't care about the fact that he was young once again. The long haired boy climbed the stairs of the Temple and stood in front of Rezo. Both exchanged cold evil stares. It was obvious for everyone that the two were now sworn enemies.
"Rezo!"
"Kokujo!"
"What's your purpose, Rezo? Why did the Red Priest come back in town?"
"Simple, I've come here to take over the world! Since the Temple of Duel Masters doesn't have the power I need anymore, I'll have to search in this city for a new source of power!"
"And why do you need more power, Rezo?"
"If I'd tell you my intentions, you'd be standing in my way so many times that I'd be forced to kill you, Kokujo." Rezo answered grinning with the same evil smile as before.
Rezo then opened a dark gate which he intended to use to escape. The Red Priest was about to leave when Kokujo ran to him. The long haired boy was seeking answers to his questions. But before Kokujo could even touch Rezo; the Red Priest made a little shock in the air with his hand which made Kokujo fall on his back. The boy stared angry at Rezo, which with an evil laugh disappeared in the dark gate. Kokujo sweated a bit and then turned at the others.
White and Toto got teleported back in Toto's pyramid and flew away, for they didn't have any interest in that scene anymore. Subaru and Tsugumi stared amazed at the three young duelists. They were all about their age and they seemed so interesting: a racer, a high school student and a strange shaman girl. But before they could even speak to them, the red haired boy pushed the brown haired boy aside and yelled:
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, EDO!"
"M-my fault? But I did nothing this time, Rad!" the brown haired boy defended himself.
"You shouldn't have challenged Rezo! Me and Sora knew that we weren't ready to duel Rezo! We should've rushed and asked the old apprentice for help!" the red haired boy - Rad kept yelling at the brown haired boy - Edo.
"Yeah, what was in your head, Edo?" the green haired girl - Sora asked as well.
"I wasn't thinking. I was following my heart, and my heart was telling me that that was the right thing to do." Edo said.
"You've always been the weakest part of our team, Edo!" Rad said with a disgraceous voice.
"I'm afraid I must agree with him, Edo!" Sora replied.
"B-but guys, why must we fight over this now?" Edo said while sweating. "We now have found the other two chosen duelists which are this blonde girl and this black haired boy. They were all old persons and now they're as young as we are, and this is because of the chosen cards. Think of what miracles we may do if we are together! How about we…"
"Shut up! We won't listen to your 'advices' anymore, Edo!" Sora said.
"Yeah, from now on we're on our own!" Rad added and snapped his fingers.
In the next moment a red rocket with golden flames painted on it appeared in front of them. Rad and Sora jumped in it and flew away leaving Edo staring at them. Subaru walked to him and put his hand on his shoulder. At first Edo got shocked as if Subaru's hand was made of ice. Then the brown haired boy turned his head to see the black haired boy. He searched Subaru's body and saw that he was also wearing a uniform like him and the boy also had brown eyes like him. Also, his hair was long to the neck like his. If Subaru didn't have his hair black and his uniform dark blue, Edo would think that he was looking at a reflection of himself.
"Edo was it, right?" Subaru asked.
"Yeah… oh well, I think I should get going."
"Wait, don't just leave now! Please explain us what's with the whole chosen duelist thing and what connection does Rezo have with all this!"
"Yeah, we would like to know more about this story if you don't mind, Edo." Tsugumi added.
"Oh well, I see that there's no other option left. Fine, I'll tell everything, but let's go somewhere else."
"Agreed, let's go at my home!" Kokujo said.
Kokujo, Subaru, Tsugumi and their new friend Edo walked on a cyber walking street from the ground back to Kokujo's house as the sun was setting. And so a new adventure was about to start with new friends and enemies. Kokujo was more than excited about this and couldn't wait to reach his house so that he could hear the interesting story Edo had to tell them. On their way, Kokujo was staring at the silver moon and saw the image of Dorballom in the astral sphere.
"It's starting once again. I can't wait to duel and do all that wacky stuff once more. Thanks for giving me this second chance, Dorballom!" Kokujo spoke in his mind.