A/N: Well, this is it… The story ends here. It's been a long trip, and I thank you all for joining me on it. I'd like to thank you all. I'd also like to apologize to the people who were thrown off by chapter 10... I just had to let lose… =P Sorry…
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Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Shadow Games Saga
Final Duel 4: Warriors (Part 3)
Just walk a bit further along the road like this, shoulder to shoulder
Counting the dreams that are becoming further away
Seeing the gradually lessening friends
At this moment, I am lost in the familiar streets
and created the other side of myself in the darkness
A yell of thirst,
as if piecing the heart already filled with depression.
I want to invite you to see this world with me.
Inside my heart are answers which no one else have.
Find the crucial key.
FLY AT HIGHER GAME
~ Kawaita Sakebi, Field of View
Dark Bakura laughed. "Hee hee… I finally got the Millennium Puzzle! Now to take it off of the 'Pharaoh', then--" Shadi appeared before Dark Bakura. "You have attempted to steal a Millennium item twice now. That I cannot allow. We shall play in a Shadow Game for the items."
"Very well…" Dark Bakura said.
"But first…" Shadi held up his Millennium Ankh, and it began to glow. The cards glowed, came back together, and the souls came back to life. Dark Bakura felt a jolt as Bakura was returned to the body. The group looked around. "What happened?" Kaiba asked.
Shadi looked over to the others. "I brought you all back before your souls were lost forever…" He then looked to Dark Bakura. "I will now engage in a Shadow Game with this fiend…"
"W--wait!" Yugi yelled out. "I want to challenge him to this game!"
Everyone fell silent.
"Okay, Yugi is definitely in psycho mode right now…" Jonouchi cracked.
"Yeah really. Yugi, leave this to this guy!" Honda said, pointing toward Shadi.
"Yes. Even I am inclined to agree with the dogs…" Kaiba coughed.
"Enough!" Anzu yelled out. "We've made it this far, now let's believe in Yugi!"
"Thanks, Anzu…" Yugi blushed. "Bakura, let's play a game!"
"Oh, this is rich…" Dark Bakura exclaimed.
"If I win, you leave us all, including Ryou, alone from now on!"
"And if I win?"
"I give you the Puzzle willingly!"
"Hmmm… Okay! How do we play?"
Dark Yugi talked to Yugi. Partner, let's do this together! Yugi thought. Alright! Together, with the support of our friends, we'll be unbeatable! Yugi looked to Dark Bakura. "This game is called the Game of Balance. See this, um… Pile of Blocks? We will stack them, and--"
"Whoever makes the stack fall loses? Ha! What an amateur!" Dark Bakura taunted.
Yugi frowned. Don't worry, partner… You did a good job at picking a game… Although it's a bit… Simple… You too, Dark me? Sorry…S'okay… Yugi got out some blocks laying around. He put them on the ground. "Let's begin…"
Game Start!
Yugi put a block on the ground. Dark a put his own block down. While Yugi was gentle as he could be, an over confident Dark Bakura was basically dropping them onto the stack, confident that Yugi's shaky hand would knock the stack over.
My hand can't stop shaking… I'm gonna knock it over… Don't worry, partner. Your gentleness will keep it from falling. Just have faith… Thank you, my Darkness…
The game continued. The stack became surprisingly high. The others watch in silence. They mentally cheered for their friend. Yugi gulped. Dark Bakura smirked. They continued stacking blocks. The stack teetered a few times, but didn't fall. The stack went to uncountable heights. Dark Bakura dropped a block on accident, and it hit a block near the bottom. The entire tower fell down. Dark Bakura screamed out loud. "ARGH!!! Not again!!!"
GAME OVER!
Shadi walked up to Dark Bakura. "This boy has won against you in a game… Now keep with the promise… Unlike last time…"
Dark Yugi emerged. "Yes. Both me and Shadi will see to it!" I knew you could do it, partner!
"Fine, fine… Ruin all my fun… But I know I have been beat… I pulled out all the stops and still lost… You win!" A huge flash and Bakura, the true Bakura, was laying there on the ground. Slowly the area disappeared. They were in a desert.
Dark Yugi walked over to Bakura's body and took the Millennium Ring from around his neck. He gave it to Jonouchi. "Get rid of this, could you Jonouchi?"
Jonouchi smirked. "My pleasure!" He winded up, and tossed the Ring far out into the desert. "And that's that. Good riddance!"
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A few hours later, they were all back in Domino City. They wanted to thank Shadi, but he disappeared. Kaiba turned to Yugi. "Don't think this changes anything, Yugi… I will beat you someday…" He turned to Mokuba. "Come, Mokuba!" Mokuba looked to Yugi and whispered a 'thanks, Yugi!' Yugi smiled. He whispered his own 'no problem!' Mokuba ran off after his big brother. "Coming, Seto!"
Anzu looked over to Jonouchi. "Hey… I'm sorry…"
Jonouchi raised an eyebrow. "For what?"
"For all the arguments I had with you…"
"Eh, s'okay… You're a cool person, Anzu… I'd hate to see you beat yourself up about something so small… "
"Really?"
Jonouchi smirked. "Nah…", he said playfully.
"Hey!" Anzu gave him a noogie.
Yugi smiled. His two best friends were finally getting along.
Nearby, Honda and Miho were holding hands…
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A few days later…
Yugi and the gang were back in school. Yugi and Anzu were a bit closer, Jonouchi and Anzu became better friends than before. Honda and Miho got together. They broke up a month later. "WHY?!?!" Honda cried.
Yugi and Jonouchi patted Honda on the back. "Don't worry, dude…" Jonouchi said.
"Yeah, we'll buy you a burger…" Yugi comforted.
Seto Kaiba and Mokuba went back to their mansion. Mokuba is in debt to Yugi, against his brother's orders. Seto is still hell bent on beating Yugi. Mokuba is still convinced to show everyone the good side of his brother.
Bakura has no memory of the recent events. He is, however, wondering where his shiny thing went…
Everything basically went back to normal. School came again. The creator of Magic and Wizards, Pegasus J. Crawford updated the rules to the game and created Duel Monsters, which was beginning to sweep the world and quickly became the world's most popular game. Dark Yugi stopped blocking Yugi, and they became full time partners. Whatever Yugi did, Dark Yugi knew what was going on, and the same for Yugi.
But somewhere, someone is planning…
"Yes, everything is ready…" The man was Pegasus J. Crawford. He had a plan that would bring his wife back from the dead… If only he knew what he was starting…
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A few months have past… The group; Yugi, Anzu, Jonouchi, and Honda; are on Yugi's roof, talking. They are relaxing after a long school day.
Jonouchi sighs. "A lot sure has changed these last couple of months…"
"Yep… " Anzu stood up. "I still can't believe it…"
"Riiiibooon…" Honda cried.
Jonouchi smacked on the head. "Get over it, man!!!"
"I can't… She was my one, my only…" Honda sees a pretty girl walk down the street. "Um, something came up, guys! Seeya!" He jumped off the roof. "Gaaah!"
"Er… He's back to normal…"
"We… see…" Yugi and Jonouchi blinked.
"Well, I gotta go too…" Jonouchi said. "Seeya…"
"Bye Jonouchi!" Yugi waved.
"Bye, Jou…" Anzu also waved.
The two remaining friends watch the sunset together. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" Anzu sighs.
Yugi looks over to her. "Yeah…" Just like you…, he thought to himself.
"I never thought I'd ever be able to watch another one of these again…"
"Yeah…"
"Is that all you're gonna say?"
"Yeah…"
Anzu giggles.
Yugi thinks to himself. Oh gosh, she is so cute! I wish I could tell her how I feel… Don't worry partner… One day, she will know…
The two childhood friends watched as the sun went down, and all was dark, except for a few streetlights. Anzu sighed again. "Yugi?"
"What is it, Anzu?" Yugi replied.
"Can you make a promise?"
"Of course! What is it?"
"That no matter what happens, we will always be friends?"
"Yes. I promise, Anzu… I promise…"
And they both stared at the stars, slightly touching hands. And below, Jonouchi and Honda watched and were listening. "And we'll keep that promise also… Always", Jonouchi whispered.
"Count me in too…" Honda smiled.
And so, they all made a pledge… But can they keep it? Who knows…
The End…
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Yay! I finally did it! I finished a story! And this is the end, no sequels for a while… But, I will work on a new version of this story, and post it here… So for now: Sayonara, my friends…