Author's Notes: Here we are at the potential end to mankind's free will. The last moments of the duel against Eikyuu are about to begin!

Chapter Forty-Five: The Last Will and Testament of Mankind

Her eyes snapped open, and she blinked several times. 'Purpose? Faith? That's it! That's the answer, that's the true answer! That's Eikyuu's weakness! I understand!'

With renewed vigor she rose to her feet and placed two fingers on the top of her deck. "Eikyuu! I have the answer now, the answer to defeating you! You gave it to me, so I thank you for that! Prepare to find out what mankind's free will is truly capable of!"

She snatched up the card and instantly her body was bathed in golden light. She breathed deep and threw the card down onto her disk. "I activate Heart of Faith!"

A golden symbol of faith appeared on her forehead, and her glow pushed back the darkness of God of Death. Eikyuu tilted his head to the side, not having expected the appearance of another Heart of Man. "Perhaps I should have anticipated this. Daisuke Ihachi had such power, so his sister would as well."

"You misunderstand it all Eikyuu, this isn't my power, it's the power of all of mankind! Mankind's faith is what gave birth to you, and it's what's going to end you! Activate special ability, Resounding Horn of God!" A single beautiful note filled the air, and Eikyuu's gods shuddered and disappeared.

If Eikyuu had normal eyes, they would have widened at what he suddenly saw. One by one his fallen opponents rose to their feet, and everything was changing. "Resounding Horn of God revives each of your opponents and resets their life at normal levels, and your life is reset as well." (HLP: 4000, DLP: 4000, TLP: 4000, MLP: 4000, ALP: 4000, KLP: 4000, ELP: 4000)

The five revived duelists looked over at Hikari and smiled, knowing that she had come to understand exactly what was needed. "Next every player removes their deck from play except for seven cards of their choice. From now on there is no draw phase!"

Each player selected their seven cards, and then set aside their decks. Eikyuu seemed to frown, uncertain as to what was going to happen next. "Now that everything is set in place, Resounding Horn of God instantly ends my turn. So Eikyuu, it's all you."

Eikyuu snapped his seven card hand into full size, and then he began to laugh outright. "Your power, your power is nothing. Your purpose is null and void, you are meaningless shells. It is my purpose to win, and I have everything needed to do so. Do you really think that the faith of mankind can defeat the ultimate purpose of the Supreme God of Order?"

As one the six duelists gave their answer. "Absolutely."

"So be it then, you shall all die!"

Eikyuu took one card from his hand and held it out to the side, then he swept his gaze across each of the gathered duelists. "All of you, you who would claim to be those who enforce justice, who prevent death. You who claim to be pursuers of peace are mere instruments of chaos! By opposing me you oppose peace, and for that you will fall!"

Dalin smirked and folded his arms across his chest, a confident look on his face. "You fail to understand us Eikyuu. We desire peace, but not at the expense of what makes us who we are. Your method of bringing peace and order is no longer needed in this world. You are no longer needed."

Eikyuu's eyes blazed at this comment, and he held out the card. "You lie! My purpose is absolute, I am absolute! I must bring order! It is my purpose, and my purpose is absolute, my purpose is the purpose of all mankind! Now with this one card I will crush you all!"

Hikari shook her head and gestured broadly to the others. "We all are in agreement. You were needed long ago by the band of poor villagers who had to find some method to bring peace to their lives and order as well when nothing else worked. But their lives were cruel and harsh, while ours have changed. The problem is, you haven't. Your methods of bringing peace and order are outdated, so your purpose is what has become null and void."

The others nodded in agreement, but Eikyuu only raged in response, his eyes now settling into a permanent black fire. "I will silence you eternally! Activate magic card, Assemblage of Fallen Gods! Activation costs half of my life points!" (ELP: 2000)

A million points of light began to fly through the air, directly towards Eikyuu. The group looked around in amazement as the number multiplied, and a seemingly infinite number of the lights floated towards Eikyuu. "Assemblage of Fallen Gods places all out of play cards into my hand. My deck is considered to be infinite, therefor I now hold an infinite number of cards."

Kirani placed her hands on her hips and smiled, not seeming to be bother by Eikyuu's rage. "It doesn't matter what you try or what you do. It won't change the fact that you've become a useless god, one who has no purpose. Mankind can achieve order using our own hearts, just like we've used our Hearts against you. As a smart man once said 'All you need is love.'"

Takuya chuckled, waving his hand of cards back and forth like a fan. "I may not be able to quote famous bands as well as Kirani, but I do know that she's right. The whole purpose of your existence was to bring peace and order to the lives of those who needed it. But we don't need you at all. So why bother?"

Misuno stepped up to the plate, smirking in a very smug fashion. "I can't say that I necessarily like these hippies here, but they do bring up a very good point. Why are you bothering? You keep saying that it's your purpose, but why is it your purpose? Who says?"

AB stepped up next to her brother and placed a hand on his shoulder, smiling slightly at Eikyuu. "Nobody is saying are they? You're just taking an implied purpose from what brought you into existence right? But nobody is saying it now, it's just you and a handful of your fanatics. Have you even bothered to see what the rest of the world thinks?"

Eikyuu snarled in a very uncharacteristic way, and threw out a card. A monster emerged from the massive crack in the ground. It was a beautiful man in blue robes with a holy glow surrounding him. "Eternity Mage(1500/1100) is the instrument of your demise, just as I am the instrument of order. Your words mean nothing, for I am Eikyuu, the God of Order!"

Dalin opened his mouth, but was silenced when Eternity Mage raised his staff and fired a blast of energy directly at the angel duelist. Dalin grunted and was shoved back a few feet by the strike. "I will hear no more from you! Eternity Mage's attack deducts nearly half of your life points!" (DLP: 2500)

Eikyuu snapped up a handful of cards and they vanished one by one, becoming points of light that joined together over the tip of Eternity Mage's staff. "By discarding one card from my hand Eternity Mage is able to attack once again. To eliminate all of your life points he must attack a combined total of fifteen times. So I discard fifteen cards."

As one the six gasped in shock, but it was too late. "Eternity Mage, crush them! End their impudent talk! Bring me into the final stage of the completion of my purpose!"

A sphere of divine energy hovered over the divine mage's staff that was the size of a small horse. Then it swung its staff, and then sphere of energy split apart into dozens of separate energy balls. Each of those energy balls flew out a different duelist, raining down on them like sparks from a fire. "So it ends. Good riddance." (DLP: 0, HLP: 0, KLP: 0, TLP: 0, MLP: 0, ALP: 0)

Energy floated up from the six duelists, and Eikyuu extended his palm. Three different globes of power hovered above his palm, each one representing a different Heart of Man. "Heart of Justice, Heart of Love, and Heart of Faith. Together your power is more than enough to strip mankind of his free will. So let it be done."

He turned away and the world around him began to flicker as he manipulated time and space to transport himself back to the place that he had taken as his capitol. "Leaving so soon? Is it because you're afraid to face the truth that nobody wants you around anymore, or just because you're a coward?"

Eikyuu spun on his heel and discovered the body that Misuno had been using was standing once again. The body of Kai Kaethen, and now with his tone of voice once again. "What is this trickery? You are dead, and this game is ended."

A sudden motion caught his attention, as the body that AB had possessed, the body of Autumn Kurai, pulled itself back into a standing position. "You're misunderstanding Eikyuu. This isn't a game, this is life. This is the determination of what's best for mankind. And mankind has decided that you aren't what's best for mankind."

"Do not deny my will. I have won this duel, I have won according to the agreement made between myself and your compatriots. Now I will strip away mankind's free will to bring perfect order, just as is my purpose. Stand aside or I will crush you just as I crushed your friends." Another sudden motion attracted his attention.

Rising up from a ball of light was none other than Ryu Shigeru, gauntlet back on his hand. He extended his arm and his gauntlet formed into a duel disk shape. At the same time Autumn and Kai extended their own arms, activating their duel disks. "You make the mistake in thinking you've won, when in fact this duel is still on!"

Eikyuu's glare should have been enough to kill a man, but none of them flinched. "Perhaps I have misunderstood the rules of the game. Does the end of the duel not come when the opposing player or players have their life points reduced to zero? All of those who entered into this duel with me have had their life points reduced to zero, so I win."

Kai stepped out in front of the others and tossed Eikyuu a thick stack of cards, his dueling deck. He held seven cards in his hand. "The game is still on because of the effect of Resounding Horn of God. And according to your own Assemblage of Fallen Gods, you get the cards we didn't take."

Ryu and Autumn both tossed Eikyuu their own decks, and remained holding seven cards. Kai shook his head in amusement as he explained. "You need to listen closer, because Hikari clearly said 'all' of your opponents would be restored to life to continue the duel. Since we're your opponents as well, we're back to continue it. And we intend to use this duel to end you and prove that you aren't needed anymore."

The god of order clenched one fist, and then slowly uncurled it. Finally he held up nine cards and tossed them aside. "If the duel is still on, then it is still my turn. I discard nine cards to have Eternity Mage attack each of you three times!"

A barrage of projectile energy struck the three duelists, and they were tossed back down amongst their allies. Eikyuu growled and turned away once again. "That should finish it." (KLP: 0, ALP: 0, RLP: 0)

"This duel isn't over yet Eikyuu! You still have me to deal with, and I want you gone just as much as everyone else!" Eikyuu growled again and turned back, this time discovering a figure wearing leather with buckles and with a golden upside down pyramid hanging around his neck. Yugi Motou. (YLP: 4000)

"Are there any more foolish mortals coming to deny my right to exist, or is it just you?" Yami smirked, and gestured to his right. Eikyuu was hardly surprised to see Seto Kaiba and Joey Wheeler step forward with their duel disks ready. (SLP: 4000, JLP: 4000)

The blonde duelist thumbed at his nose, a cocky grin being his prominent feature. "Eikyuu, we're here to kick your butt off this planet. We just ain't got no use for you anymore, never have and never will."

Seto Kaiba snorted and made a slashing motion with his left arm, causing his trench coat to flare out. "That's a double negative mutt, so why don't you leave the talking to someone capable of more than barks."

Joey growled at his rival and was barely able to restrain himself from attacking. "This is the wrong time Kai-bitch! We've got a point to make, so speak your part and then shut your trap!"

The brunette snorted again, then stepped out in front of the other two in order to speak his part. "About the only things in the world that I care about are my company and my little brother. He and I share a bond, and that's a special kind of order. If you do what you intend, you'll ruin that. That's my reason for not wanting you around, there's no need to break the order that already exists just to supplant it with your own."

Yami smiled and slapped a hand on Kaiba's back, smirking at his rival. "That was well said Kaiba."

Eikyuu snarled and held up nine cards, then threw them aside. "You bore me with your repeated words! Fall my foes, just like all my other opponents! Eternity Mage will destroy you!"

The assault hit, but when the smoke cleared the three duelists were still standing there. Yami smirked and held up three cards of his own. "This is the kind of order we have to offer, mankind can get along and create our own peace and order. To demonstrate that I used three Kuribohs to defend myself and my companions from one attack each." (YLP: 1000, SLP: 1000, JLP: 1000)

"Useless! Eternity Mage will attack three more times at a cost of three more cards! I can defeat an infinite number of you fools since I have an infinite number of cards!" Three more blasts hit the three duelists, and each of them dropped but Yami. Instead the former Duel King's body had changed, becoming more innocent looking. (YLP: 4000, SLP: 0, JLP: 0)

Yugi Motou, the boy that the ancient pharaoh resided within, stood calm and ready for whatever attack Eikyuu would make. "No matter how many of us you defeat, there will always be more. Even your own former supporters have seen the truth of what you offer. All you offer is an end to real life. That's not order, that's not anything."

A teenager with blonde hair stepped up beside Yugi, his single eye glaring at Eikyuu. To Yugi's left a black haired teenager with ice blue eyes stood ready to confront his former master. Nikolas Selket and Taichi Nobuki had come to face the one they had fought for. Nick shook his head in disgust, and spat on the ground. "I steal what I need, take what doesn't belong to me. But I still inconsequential things, while you intend to steal the only thing that truly matters. Nobody needs that kind of thief." (NLP: 4000)

Taichi simply rolled his eyes, standing off to one side of the others. "I seriously don't like these pricks, and you know very well that I hate mankind. But there's a difference between wiping them all out and taking their free will. What you intend to do is worse than anything I could do. And besides, if we want to do that we can do it ourselves, so fuck off and leave mankind to me!" (TLP: 4000)

Eikyuu snarled and held up a massive handful of cards that looked to be about twenty or thirty. "I grow tired of you fools challenging me! DIE AND STAY DEAD!"

Eternity Mage launched a massive assault on the three duelists, blowing them backwards. They didn't get up, and Eternity Mage was able to lower its staff. Eikyuu didn't even bother to move this time, he merely waited. "Who is next? What other fools will come after these ones?" (YLP: 0, NLP: 0, TLP: 0)

"What about me hon? Or do you not take female challengers? Either way, I'm here to tell you that you should be gone." Mai Valentine walked out of the mist, and stopped about fifteen feet in front of Eikyuu. She raised her duel disk and drew seven cards, then tossed the rest at Eikyuu's feet. (MLP: 4000)

Another figure walked out from that same mist, followed by a third. These next two were also female, one being around fourteen or fifteen, and the other a few years older. Serenity Wheeler lifted her own duel disk and stood at the ready, next to her Tea Gardner did the same. "We're here to oppose you and to tell you that we no longer need you, that the world doesn't need you. So get lost!" (SLP: 4000, TLP: 4000)

"Should I wait for more, or will this be all?" No sooner had Eikyuu spoken than another group of duelists approached, this one even odder than previous groups. It consisted of a tall teenager with spiked brown hair, an eleven year old with spiky black hair, and a blonde haired duelist with a shirt showing a Blue Eyes.

"Tristan Taylor, Mokuba Kaiba, and Kevin Hunter...one who served my order. How quaint. And you all come to tell me that I have no more purpose on this earth, is that it?" They all nodded, and loaded their duel disks. (TRLP: 4000, MBLP: 4000, KLP: 4000)

"I won't waste any time with any of you any longer! I'll simply continue attacking until there are no more duelists left to oppose me! Eternity Mage...begin your infinite assault!" The mage leveled his wand, and a rapid machine gun of energy attacks fired out of it, blasting at the opposing duelists without mercy until none of them were standing. (MLP: 0, SLP: 0, TLP: 0, TRLP: 0, MBLP: 0, KLP: 0)

"We too desire no more of your presence! Once we stepped forward to serve you, but what you want isn't what we want. We want order, but not at the price you would have it cost. So we no longer have need for you, you have no more purpose Eikyuu!" A large group of duelists staggered itself in front of him, and each one had once served him.

Tobaroshi, a duelist who had faced Autumn and felt the power of the Heart of Friendship. Thomas Evans, a duelist who had faced Ryu and discovered Ryu's Heart of Courage. Rose, who had challenged Dalin and felt the strength of the Heart of Justice.

Then there was Emilio, Sebushimi, and Tokime. Three duelists who together had faced the wrath of the Heart of Darkness, Heart of Light, and Heart of Balance in their efforts on Eikyuu's behalf. Drake had annihilated them all.

In the last group of three was Petty Officer Talon. Under the influence of Eikyuu's will he had stood side by side with D'harim against three of the world's best duelists, only to be crushed like he was nothing. Rani and Ken were in a similar boat, having worked for Eikyuu because of his power, and having lost themselves in a match against AB and Misuno.

Now these duelists who had once pledged loyalty to Eikyuu and his order stood against him, demanding him to depart. Telling him that he had no more purpose, that he was useless, a piece of scrap much as he had treated many of them in the past. And that was something he could not accept. "I'll destroy you all!"

He held up what looked to be two hundred cards and then incinerated them in his hand, granting their power to Eternity Mage. The divine monster raised its staff above its head and generated a ball of energy the size of a house, which it promptly launched at the gathered duelists. They were then promptly blasted away, their life points reduced to nothing.

The ground around Eikyuu shook violently as his power raged, as he refused to heed their words. Yet still more duelists approached, duelists that he didn't know, duelists that he couldn't know, yet they were all coming to tell him the same thing. "IMUDENCE!"

One by one they were struck down by his power, yet still they came. Rex Raptor, Weevil Underwood, Pegasus J. Crawford, Bandit Keith, Mako Tsunami, Varon, Amelda, Raphael, Lucas Braunham, Mei and Kyu, Espa Roba, and so many more.

They came from every end of the Earth, from every background. They were rich, they were poor, they were black, they were white, they were old, they were young. It didn't matter what they were, they simply came, and they all came for the same reason. Yet still they fell.

They stood and then they fell, all of them helpless against Eikyuu's power. It was a duel that they all entered into knowing that victory was impossible, but even knowing that they still entered.

Eikyuu's cards began to form a pile around his feet as he continued to discard cards to feed his infinite attack. He had long since lost count of the duelists he had crushed, and the bodies seemed to pile higher and higher. As soon as too many were there, some would fade to make room for a new group of duelists.

As Eternity Mage continued to attack, something began to happen. The two little hairline cracks on Eikyuu's mask spread, becoming more visible. He didn't notice it, all he knew was rage at the denial of his purpose. 'I cannot be without purpose! Without purpose I am nothing, so they must fall!'

When it seemed that he had mounted the bodies higher than the numbers could be counted, his opponents changed. They came not with duel disks at the ready, but with determined faces and pleading words. He lost track of who they were, and what they were, but he knew that they were just regular people.

He knew only red as he continued to attack, and the day dipped into night as on and on his opponents came. He didn't know the difference between one and the next, and numbers were lost on him utterly. They no longer came in small groups, but by the hundreds and the thousands, yet they were crushed all the same.

From every walk of life they came, millions of them all told, and soon the next day passed without Eikyuu ever lifting from his goal of annihilation. The number changed from the millions to the billions, and all of a sudden on the third day of his unending assault...they stopped coming. "Is it...ended?"

He turned on his heel, gazing out into the distance. Bodies littered the pristine snow, mounted on top of each other as far as they eye could see. He had no idea how many he had faced, only that they had all denied his purpose, thereby denying his very existence. "They need me...they must. I am the God of Order...it is my purpose to bring order."

He himself was no longer completely pristine. Small cracks lined his mask, marring the former perfection that had been seen in that flawless mask. The item that had been his focus of life force, what had been the place of his birth and creation, the thing that was his absolute self...was cracking. "The end has come...now I may fulfill my purpose and strip the will of man away, bringing a final and lasting order to the world. Then...then..."

Eikyuu stopped, staring out into the distance. For all of the vast number of years of his existence he had understood his purpose, even as it evolved. Always his purpose was that of making sure that the people of the village, then the city, and now the world were in order. But in this final moment, something had changed.

After so many tens of thousands of years, if not millions, he was finally mere moments away from achieving his ultimate goal. His true purpose that had been determined by himself...no, by those who had been his creation, mankind itself, was now seconds from completion. "Then what?"

For so long he had preached just as the religion based upon him preached. Purpose brought Order, purpose was life, order was life, he was life. Without purpose one is nothing and must be cast aside, lest they become a tool for chaos, which was death itself, the absolute of evil. "My purpose is to bring order...but what then? After there is complete order, what is my purpose?"

He had spent so much time and energy upon this absolute goal of achieving his absolute purpose, he had struck down the billions that opposed him...billions, most of the population of the world. Yet what would follow? "If my purpose is completed, then do I cease to exist?"

Eikyuu knew that it was his utter purpose to bring order, and yet he found himself questioning all that he believed, all that he was. But still, there was something that was missing. Some piece of the puzzle that he was missing. Only when he understood could he have the answer to his question. "My purpose is what defines me...without my purpose, what am I? Am I nothing? Will I fade into the wind, lost in the depths of time?"

"Hey Mr. How come you're all alone out here?" Eikyuu turned, and then tilted his head down. Standing just a few feet away, coming up only to his knee, was a young boy who couldn't have been more than five years old.

"I am alone because I was forced to push aside all those who stood between me and my purpose. To insure complete order to all life on Earth by preventing mankind's chaotic nature from taking hold. And now I am alone even with myself because I cannot see what comes after." The little boy frowned, and then took a good look around.

Finally the little boy came to some conclusion, and did what his little mind felt was right. He walked up and kicked Eikyuu in the shin. "You're a mean man."

Eikyuu tilted his head to the side in confusion. "I am not a man. I am a god, forged by the will of mankind. Mankind was my birth, but I am not man. Nor am I mean, for I follow the will imparted to me by mankind itself."

Again the boy frowned. "You hurt all these people because they told you to? I don't get it, was it some kind of game?"

The mighty god knelt down so he could better look at the child. In his mind, he wondered if perhaps this boy could be the final piece to the puzzle, the answer to his question. "It was not a game little one. But...at one point in time, people told me to do this. So...it seems I have."

The boy moved forwards and kicked Eikyuu in the knee, scowling at the much larger being. "My mom always told me that you shouldn't do something just because other people said to. If somebody told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?"

"If another people wished it to be so, then yes I would. By my very nature I must follow the will of the people, their faith determines my existence. Without faith, without the purpose it grants me...I am nothing. What is your name little one?"

"I'm Steven, but everybody calls me Stevie. What about you?" Eikyuu tilted his head up to look at the sky, and had he had a mouth he would have frowned.

"My name was lost long ago, but you may call me Eikyuu. I wonder little Stevie, if I do something that makes it so that I no longer have a reason to live, what happens then?" The little boy looked perplexed by this comment, but seemed to think about it anyways.

Suddenly his little eyes lit up, and he jumped up and down. "I know! I know! You go find something new to do, because nobody likes being bored. If you promise to stop being mean, I might even let you play with me."

Eikyuu looked out at the fallen bodies, the billions who had opposed him, told him that they no longer wanted nor needed him. His own words echoed in his mind, and the last piece of the puzzle fell into place. 'If enough people tell me to jump off a bridge, would I? Yes...yes I would. And so I must follow the will of the people, just as is my nature. All faith has been lost in my purpose, but now I can have a new purpose.'

Slowly the god reached out his hand and held it open and out to little Stevie. The boy eyed him carefully and then put his hand in the god's hand, which completely engulfed his. "You promise to stop being mean?"

"Yes. And I think I would like to play with you more than anything else ever before." Stevie shook his head, and then Eikyuu stood up, letting the boy continue to hold his hand.

Stevie looked up at Eikyuu, and then he asked something that seemed important to him. "How come you want to play with me so much?"

"Because for the first time...it is what I want to do."

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Dalin looked down at the white mask that had once belonged to Eikyuu and then he picked it up. "I guessed right. I saw the piece of the puzzle that Eikyuu hadn't, and Hikari was able to make it possible."

"What if he hadn't been able to see it? What would have happened?" Dalin looked back at Kirani who stood in front of all the others. They were back to normal, as were all the others who had fell at Eikyuu's hand, or at the hand's of his minions. All but a few who were genuinely dead and gone, but no war was won without casualties.

"I don't know. I suppose we should just be glad that he chose as we wanted him to, now shouldn't we?" He started to walk away, mask in hand, with a place in mind that he had to go. However, he was stopped when Hikari asked him an important question.

"What do you think happened to Eikyuu when he realized that people felt he no longer had a purpose? By his own words having no purpose makes a person useless, so what would he do if he himself became useless?" There was a pause as the question settled in, and then finally Dalin answered as he walked away.

"I suspect that he made his own purpose. That is the human thing to do."

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Tuscanee was a small town in Maryland, populated by about thirteen thousand people total. It was mostly suburban, and it was a peaceful place. There was little violence, rarely was their crime. It was probably one of the most peaceful and orderly places on Earth.

"You can't catch me, you can't catch me!" The sound of playing children brought joy to the hearts of those who saw them and heard them. They were utterly innocent, and they were the true peace of the town. Nothing was as pure as they were.

"I bet I can! Just watch me!" On the front lawn of a small quaint home two little boys, of about age five, were running around even as the sprinklers soaked them. The one that was running away from the other had brown hair and hazel eyes, and the house they were in front of belonged to his parents.

"Stevie, it's dinner time!" The two boys skidded to a halt, and the brown haired boy looked up at the porch where his mother stood, calling him in. He briefly glanced back at the other boy, who had black hair and bright green eyes.

"Can Eikyuu come and eat with us?" The mother paused, and then at the sight of her son's hopeful smile she relented.

"Sure, the more the merrier. He said he didn't have a home, so he can consider this his home from now on. Any friend of my Stevie is like a son to me. So what do you say Eikyuu, would you like to stay her and play forever?"

The black haired boy looked between Stevie and his mother, and then smiled. "I'd like that very much. More than anything else."

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Author's Notes: At last the end to the struggle has come, and peace settles in at last. But a few things remain to be settled, and only then can the world truly move on. This is the final chapter of this story, but the epilogue remains, and I hope you've all enjoyed it. The end to this story comes next time.

Next Time: Epilogue: The Hearts of Man

Review Response

G.O.T. Nick: Doomed was slightly appropriate, but not entirely.

The White Mage: Wow...that's a really negative view of faith. Oh well.

WolfGeneral: I'm gonna go on a limb and say Ichigo couldn't win. In fact, as you can plainly see in matters of dueling Eikyuu's deck is simply too strong to be beaten.

VoidTemplar: Surprising isn't it? In the end Eikyuu won the duel, but mankind won the day.

Original Cards(If I put a TM next to a card, that means it was created by Time Mage who created Kai, if it has WG next to it, it was created by WolfGeneral)

Eikyuu: Assemblage of Fallen Gods, Eternity Mage