Yu-Gi-Oh!: War of the Gods
Authors Notes: And this is it: The Final Chapter of War of the Gods. It's been a long strange journey, and I couldn't have gotten here without you guys. I hope that you'll join me again for Return of the King, a fic not about Davis, my leading man, but about Asriel his beautiful and dangerous wife, and her connection to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. I hope that you'll join Eli and his journey against Herour's wicked aunt in my Brother's fic: (ASSUMING THAT HE EVER SITS DOWN AND WRITES IT!) and also Eli's Duel against Kaiba which will also be a separate fic under Ancientwarrior4's penname. And I hope that everyone comes back for Rise of the Phoenix, set in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX it will be Davis's ultimate challenge.
Epilogue:
"It was a lovely service Davis," Asriel said. "I'm sure Malachi would have liked it."
Davis sighed. He didn't bother to tell her that she was wrong, that Malachi hated it when people fussed over him. But how could she have known that? Daniel, CJ, Deondre, Ibrahim, Phoenix, Achmed, Eli and Asriel had all attended the funeral out of politeness, because they'd been there when a duelist that they'd barely known had died trying to save the life of someone he had not known.
Lucian Aslan also attended the funeral, though Davis was uncertain why he had come. Granted it was trying to save his life that had cost Malachi his own. Perhaps the Archfiend Duelist felt he owed Malachi a debt. Stranger things have happened.
Alison Pegasus had bolted when Herour had killed Malachi, and no one had seen her since. Pegasus had publicly disowned her and rumors were flying that she'd run away to Uzbekistan. Or some country with "Stan" in its name anyway.
Davis silently waited until everyone who had attended left. Until only him, Daniel, and Asriel remained. Daniel had felt some kind of kinship with Davis, perhaps because of their trip together to London or their tag-team duel in China. Asriel, it seemed, was the only duelist whose Sage's punishment had not been reversed. Perhaps because Davis had instituted it.
Daniel and Asriel waited for Davis at the entrance to the Cemetery.
Davis knelt in front of Malachi's gravestone and placed the Red-Eyes Black Dragon in a slot on the tombstone that allowed the card to be displayed.
"I used this card to beat Herour," he said. "I know you can't hear me. There's no pain in heaven, and if you could see the earth from heaven then there would be pain, but I just wanted you to know that your Red-Eyes defeated Herour. Maybe you'll get the message. Only three cards from your deck survived. Five Head Dragon, I decided to keep that in my fusion deck, cuz well, I don't need a reason.
"I gave your Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to Eli," Davis said. "It seemed like the kind of thing that you'd do. Maybe one day he'll win back his brother's Blue-Eyes and he can fuse it with his own and like King of the Swamp or something. God, I'm babbling. You always hated it when I babbled. I guess that this is goodbye or whatever. You are my best friend, and I will always miss you, but I hope that one day…one day it won't be so hard."
Somehow, Malachi's echo said. I think he'll get the message.
"Oh one more thing," Davis said. "If I ever catch somebody using your Monarchs or Fusions for Evil, I promise to kick their ass."
Davis smiled inwardly, but kept a solemn look on his face.
Davis got up and headed over towards where Daniel and Asriel were waiting. To men were waiting in his path.
"Can I help you?" Davis asked.
"My name is Cyrus Hunter," one of the men said. "I'm from Black Falcon Industries new management."
"And I care why?" Davis asked
"Herour has taken a leave of absence and we don't know when he'll return," Cyrus said. "In his absence a Mr. Griffin is make all of the decisions."
"I ask again," Davis said coldly. "Why do I care?"
"Rikuo Amero declared you the winner of the Global Duel Tournament," Cyrus said. "We just wanted you to know that BF Industries new management feels that that was the correct assessment and have set up a checking account for your prize money. One thousand dollars have already been deposited for your defeat of Herour. It is our hope that you have many more victories. Have a good day sir."
"Prize money my butt," Davis muttered as they left. "They're paying me off to keep my mouth shut. Oh well. I won't keep quiet and I will spend their money recklessly."
Davis turned towards the exit and was surprised to see that Eli and Achmed had joined Daniel and Asriel. He walked over to his new friends, leaving behind his memories of his old friend, but swearing to keep his promise.
"Com'on," Eli said. "I'll buy you guys all lunch."
Stories have no end…stories go on…Davis's story is not yet done, but War of the Gods is. Davis's Story is continued in Wrath of the Gods, The Return of the King, Rise of the Phoenix, and The Dimension Gate.
