Ch. 14 Epilogue: Back To The Present

"And that's the story." Jaden said as the others looked at him, Alexis, Atticus, Zane, and Yubel.

"So, that's why I thought I've seen you before." Mana said with a smile. "You summoned me to bring back that annoying Queen of Maiden Country."

"You just now remembered where you've seen him before?" Chazz asked as looked at Mana.

"When you've lived as long as I have, it's easy to forget an encounter that only lasted for a couple minutes." Mana said with a shrug.

"Still, I can't believe that it was you that originally got rid of the Meklords." Yusei said. "But if you didn't destroy them, then why haven't they returned like when they did with Z-one."

"It's because of how they were designed." Atticus said. "They were designed to be attracted to the darkness in the hearts of man just like Nightshroud. Because of the events that happened with Z-one and the others, everyone learned to appreciate life more and the darkness in their hearts simply faded away."

"Without enough of the darkness, their was nothing to attract the Meklords." Zane said. "And, now their is nothing to fear since we've recently went and finished all of them off."

"You did?" Syrus asked.

"Of course." Alexis said. "We don't need the Tainted Light to try and use those things agaisnt use. The best thing to do was finish the job and destroy all of the Meklords."

"But, how did you fight in space?" Bastion asked.

"We're Duel Spirits." Jaden said with a shrug. "We don't need air to breath."

"It's true." Yasmin said. "Though, I wish my boyfriend would have told me about this."

"Same goes for mine." Kassandra said. Atticus and Zane nervously chuckled as their girlfriends glared at them.

"Hey, Yubel." Yugi said.

"What?" Yubel asked.

"Was it hard to get use to saying Jaden when you knew him as Judai?" Yugi asked.

"It was at first." Yubel replied. "But I got use to it."

"I feels sorry for Alexis." Kisara said. "In both lives she was chased after by men just because she was beautiful."

"That just isn't fair." Cecilia said.

"Tell me about it." Alexis said with a huff. 'Some men just can't take a hint.'

"Here's what I want to know." Chumley said. "Were you scared as you were dying?"

"A little, yeah." Jaden replied, the others agreeing. "Even though we knew that we would survive, dying is still a pretty terrifying thing to go through."

"It's not something I want to go through again anytime soon." Alexis replied.

"Well, the four of you are now Duel Spirits." Mana said. "We don't die."

"Really?" Crowler asked. "How are you so sure?"

"I'm over 5000 years old." Mana said as she glared at Crowler. "And, I've met Duel Spirits even older then me."

"We may not die, but we can end up damaged beyond repair." Jaden said. "In a state like that, you wish you can die."

"That's why your dad merged with me." Yubel softly said. "He knew his body could not be healed so he transferred his soul to my body." Everyone stayed silent for a few moments, not exactly sure how to respond to that.

"Enough of all this." Jaden said as he stretched. "It's the past. What's done is done."

"He's right." Alexis said. "We're still here and we're still alive."

"And things haven't really changed that much." Atticus said.

"True." Zane said.

"What do you mean by that?" Joey asked.

"We're still Shadow Duelists." Jaden answered. "We're still defending the world, still royalty."

"Still have girls chasing us where ever we go." Atticus said with a sigh.

"Don't remind me." Jaden and Zane said at the same time.

"This time however, they know to stay away thanks to us." Alexis said with a smirk as Yasmin and Kassandra smirked with her.

"We still use basically the same monsters." Zane said. "Though we also use more monsters then before."

"We have more power then before." Atticus said.

"Jaden's prediction about Nightshroud came true too." Alexis said. "His power now helps us as Atticus uses it." Atticus smirked upon hearing that.

"And he's gone too." Zane said. Jaden looked at the time on his PDA and noticed that it was almost nine o'clock at night.

"Well, I think that it's time to wrap this up." Jaden said as he and Alexis began to walk out of the Obelisk Blue Duel Arena. "I'm sure some of the viewers need some sleep and our story is over."

"Jaden's right." Alexis said as they left the arena. "Night."

"Night." everyone else replied. Soon, everyone else started to head to their own dorm rooms, ready to get some sleep themselves. Yubel was the only one who remained behind as everyone else left.

'I'm glad I got to met up with you again Jaden.' Yubel thought. 'We may be in the middle of a war, but now I finally get to be with my son.' Yubel closed her eyes before she faded away back into the Duel Monster Spirit World, a soft smile on her face.