Okay, here it is. The end. This story is officially over. I really appreciate everyone who read this and enjoyed it and reviewed and everything else. I have had a great time writing it.
And to Crossover Authoress- thank you so much for that last review. And thanks for explaining what a Mary Sue was. And I am glad you liked Siris and what you said in your review is exactly what I wanted people to get from her. She was necessary for some of the plot development but I was always trying to keep her from taking over the story. Okay, well that's really all, thanks for staying with the story; I really looked forward to your reviews.
And to everyone else, thanks for reading, and reviewing if you so chose.
Enjoy the final installment.
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"Does this mean that it's over?" Mai asked, gripping Joey's hand as she looked around at the group gathered there. They were back in the tunnels, and had quickly explained everything that had happened to the few that hadn't been there. O'Neill had gone off with Dark in order to bring Hammond up to speed, but everyone else simply wanted to decide if they were finally done.
"The fight is done at least. The shadow realm should not cause any more problems." Sol stated.
"Does dis mean you guys gotta leave?" Joey questioned the duel monsters. The duel monsters in the room suddenly became uncomfortable as everyone focused in on them.
"Yes. Most of us will be leaving very shortly; our home exists within the shadow realm. However, we will always be there for you and I'm sure that we will discover a way to communicate outside of duels." It was Magenta that answered the question and her response was mirrored in the faces of the others.
"Do you really have to go?" Yugi whispered, his voice low not only from wishing his new friends could stay, but also from still recovering from his attack. Celt went to kneel in front of Yugi, a serious expression on his face.
"We are never really gone boss, and we will always be there for you all." Yugi gave Celt a small smile as the duel monsters and duelists accepted the facts.
"Hey, what's with all the grim faces?" O'Neill declared as he walked into the room with Dark.
"They are saying goodbye."
"Huh, goodbye. Dark, who's leaving?"
"We are Colonel. Now that the shadow realm is no longer controlling this realm it requires energy from our masters to keep us here. We must leave."
"But if you guys leave, how are we going to get back to the SGC?"
"That will not be difficult. I'm sure that Red, Blue, Sapphire, and Azul would be more than happy to stick around long enough to bring you there, isn't that right?" The four dragons smiled an affirmative.
"It would be best for us to go now. But do not worry, we will see you again." Sol mentioned. Sol and Magenta took the lead by moving to the center of the room. Dark and Mag soon joined them as well as the other two Harpy Ladies. Celt was the last to enter the group; first he rushed over to Sapphire and kissed her on the cheek, grinning like mad at the blush that crept onto her face.
When the ones that were leaving right then were settled in they gave one final goodbye as Dark raised his staff and the still familiar swirls of the shadow realm encompassed them and they were gone.
"Well, I guess we really are done." Malik spoke up as they all stared at the empty spot in the room.
"I wouldn't say that, not exactly anyway."
"Colonel?" Carter said, her one word getting her question across beautifully. O'Neill sighed and moved to a seat while trying how best to word his response.
"Well, it turns out that a lot happened when Yugi removed the shadow realm, and now we have to figure out were to go from here."
"I am sure that if we all work together than we will be able to succeed in that." Malik jumped at the voice, as well as everyone else and watched in shock as four people entered the room.
"Isis!"
"Serenity!"
"Tristan!"
"Tea!" Malik, Joey, Yugi, and Ryou shouted when they saw who it was. Serenity ran to her brother while Isis calmly walked to sit next to hers. Tristan and Tea gave cheerful hellos and moved to sit in an unoccupied seat.
"When did you guys get here?"
"Not too long ago Mokuba. We left the other base as soon as it started snowing, it hasn't let up if you are wondering." Isis answered.
"It's still snowing. We are going to freeze during our trip back. Why hasn't it stopped yet, isn't it supposed to be summer right now?"
"Are you a complete fool Colonel? Perhaps it is supposed to be summer but the shadow realm has messed everything up, it will most likely take months for the normal weather to return." Scoffed Bakura.
"Oh, before I forget. Some lady gave me this to give to Yami and one for Bakura. She said she had to go, but she was real glad she met everyone." Tristan suddenly spoke up, giving one of the envelopes to Yami and the other to Bakura. The two read them silently and shared one look before folding them back up and putting them away.
"What did it say Yami? Who was it from?"
"It was from Siris aibou. She simply said goodbye."
"Yeah, goodbye." Bakura repeated while ending any further questions with a look.
"Despite that, I do believe you were saying something when we came in, what was it?" Isis said, interrupting the flow of the conversation.
"Yeah, okay. Well, I just talked with Hammond and after the fight all the communications returned. So, everyone at SGC started scrambling to figure out the situation. What they discovered is that everything is in disarray. The destruction left in the wake of these monsters and in the rule of that imposter have really caused some problems."
"What problems?"
"Big ones Kaiba. For one, not one government system of any country is intact. In fact, most are completely destroyed. Towns and cities have been demolished and the people left have no idea what happened or how to repair what has been done."
"That's awful." Serenity said, clinging to her brother.
"Yes it is. But guess what campers, we get to put the pieces back together."
"Jack, what are you talking about?"
"Hammond will explain it in more detail but those of us in this room are the only ones who know what happened, and probably always will be. Now we have to fix the damage that was done. That is why all four of the dragons remained behind to give us a lift. If it were just my team going back we would only have needed the assistance of one dragon. I told Hammond that as soon as Yugi and Kaiba were well enough to travel we would head over."
"I don't know about Yugi but I am ready to leave right now. What are we waiting for?"
"Seto, please don't, you still don't have your strength back."
"Mokuba is right Kaiba. We should be ready in a day or so, then we can hear what General Hammond has planned for repairing the damage done." Yugi said. The look in Yugi's eyes was one of determination. When he had first arrived at the SGC he had only thought so far as to the removal of the shadow realm, but now he saw that there was going to be much more work involved.
"That's right. Let us all rest up and we will leave as soon as possible, we have a world to repair." O'Neill declared, standing up and taking in the occupants of the room. This group was the one who had to take on this task, but Isis was right. They would succeed if they worked together. The world would never be the same, the damage, both physically and psychologically, was too great, but they would survive.
Humans had proven time and time again that they could bounce back, that they could survive no matter what. As O'Neill held the gaze of each individual in the room he smiled. They had a long road ahead of them, but they were up to the challenge.