"Oh man, what happened?" Yusei asked weakly as he started to regain consciousness before noticing the others were all around him slowly regaining consciousness.
"Are we dead?" Leo asked weakly. "The last thing I remember was a bright light and then everything went black."
"Don't remind me Leo, though the fact that my entire body hurts means we're still alive at least." Akiza said while the five of them tried getting to their feet. "So is that it, the KotN is dead?"
"Well, I don't see him anymore so that's a good sign at least." Jack said weakly. "Then again, with what we've dealt with so far I wouldn't be surprised if it showed up again."
"Yeah, you have a point. Though it doesn't look like he's here at least." Yusei said. "We're alive at least."
"Hey you guys, my mark's gone." Luna said suddenly.
"Huh, hey mine is too." Jack said in shock.
"They're all gone, but what does that mean?" Akiza asked. "If we don't have the birthmarks of the Crimson Dragon then…"
"Wait, now I remember." Leo said. "The Crimson Dragon held the KotN still so we could hit him."
"Wait, then are you telling me that our attack not only destroyed the KotN but it also destroyed the Crimson Dragon itself?" Jack asked in disbelief. "Then, it's over and neither side won."
"I don't think that's entirely true Jack, the Crimson Dragon sacrificed itself so we could save the world." Yusei said. "If anyone won this battle, it was all of us."
"You're right about that." Leo agreed as a helicopter flew towards them before landing as Lazar and a group of Sector Security officers approached them.
"What happened, there was a flash of light and then everything went dark." Lazar said nervously. "Please tell me it's finally over."
"I think so." Yusei said weakly as Lazar nodded and exhaled deeply
"Get these people to a hospital immediately, they need medical attention." Lazar said quickly.
"Understood sir." the Sector Security officers said before helping the former signers onto the helicopter.
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"So now what?" Akiza asked. "We aren't signers anymore, and I doubt any of us are have much to go back to."
"I don't know, I wish I did but I just don't." Yusei said quietly as a man in a suit walked into the hospital room.
"Akiza Izinski, Jack Atlas, Yusei Fudo?" the man asked calmly.
"That's us, what's going on?" Jack asked curiously.
"Director Lazar has instructed me to inform you of a recent vacancy in two apartments located in the Tops section of New Domino City. If you're interested, you could take those apartments for yourselves." the man said calmly.
"Apartments in the Tops section of the city, are you serious?" Leo asked in shock.
"Completely, he simply said that after what you've done it's the least he can do for you all. Of course, the choice is still yours to make." the man said calmly.
"An apartment in the Tops, we may not be signers but we'll all be near each other despite that." Yusei said thoughtfully before smiling. "What do you two think?"
"You two take them, I think… I'm going home." Akiza said calmly. "After everything that's happened I need to see my parents again."
"We understand completely Akiza, and if you need anything you know where to find us." Jack said with a smile. "Then I guess that means one for me and one for Yusei."
"I'll let the director know what you've decided on." the man said politely before leaving the room.
"So that's it then, the battle to decide the fate of the entire world is over and now everything's peaceful again?" Leo asked.
"It looks that way Leo, we've been recovering for a few weeks and the world isn't gone so there's that." Jack said before looking around at the other former signers. "I just wish things didn't end the way they did for the others, they didn't deserve what happened."
"None of them deserved it Jack." Yusei said in agreement. "If there was anything we could do for them…"
"We all would do anything we could, but we have no way to get to them or help them in any way." Akiza said sadly. "Even if we could, what can we do at this point?"
"I don't know, and that's the worst part." Jack said quietly.
"What if we told everyone what happened to them?" Leo asked. "I mean not the part about them being dark signers but the part about them before that, so people remember them for all the good things they did in their lives."
"You mean how Kalin fought to unite the Satellite Sector and keep everyone safe." Yusei said calmly.
"How much Misty loved her family, and what her younger brother meant to her." Akiza said thinking back.
"They all were great people and deserve to be remembered that way." Luna said. "Leo's right."
"Then that's what we'll do, what happened after they died doesn't change the kind of people they were or what they stood for." Jack said quietly. "The dark signers didn't ask to be dragged into this, we didn't either but they paid a much steeper price."
"Yeah, the steepest price anyone ever has to pay." Akiza said in agreement.
"Then that's what we'll do, and we'll let Lazar know as soon as we've gotten back on our feet." Yusei said calmly.
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"I see, they truly were great people before what happened to them. Kalin Kessler, Misty Tredwell, Carly Carmine, Devack, Yukiteru Amano, and Yuno Gasai correct?" Lazar asked calmly.
"Yeah, people should know what kinds of people lost their lives and what they stood for before that happened." Jack said.
"I see, I'll look into each and every one of them and once I have the information I will release it so everyone knows of the unfortunate fate of those individuals." Lazar said calmly.
"We appreciate that Lazar, and I have a feeling they will too." Yusei said calmly as the five former signers shared a small smile.
(Thank you for reading this story, it was an idea that came to me after watching Mirai Nikki/Future Diary and I hope that you enjoyed it. Until the next story.)
