Author's Notes: Now, the end to this duel once and for all.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Dimension Gate; Pt. 4

Wayfinder, you're strong but...in the end, you're just not strong enough. Over the years I've gathered powerful cards and become even stronger, and I've drawn two of my most powerful cards. First up, I sacrifice my set monster to the magic card Hope of Faith!" His face down card briefly showed itself as Mechanical Chaser before it was gone.

Twin columns of energy, one black and one white appeared in front of him. They cleared, revealing two knights, one in black armor and one in white. The one in black armor looked like Rikuo, while the one in white looked like Daniel. "These monsters will crush you."

The dark armored one raised his sword. "I am Yami Knight(6000/0)." The white armored one copied the motion. "I am Hikari Knight(0/6000)!"

Drake whistled, impressed once again by the two monsters. He had faced them before and he knew just how dangerous they could be. After all, their combined form had defeated his Supreme Sage of Balance. "Go on Rikuo, kick his ass." (WLP: 73700)

"Damned straight I will! First though, I play Fissure to destroy Dimensional Warrior. Next I attack Lord of the Different Dimension!" Dimensional Warrior was blown apart as the ground cracked underneath him, and then Lord of the Different Dimension was struck down by Yami Knight's blade. (WLP: 73200)

"Next I flip up Sneak Attack from the Darkness, which lets my Yami Knight attack again and cut down Super Toy Knight!" Another slash of the blade finished off the machine monster, leaving the only monster on Wayfinder's field as Gearfried the Swordmaster. (WLP: 71200)

"Now I activate Hell Meteor! Burn you bastard!" Wayfinder threw up his hands as a giant ball of hell fire crashed into him, exploding and blasting hit across the entire room. The flames reached for the weakened duelists at the wall, but a bright silvery shield reached out and guarded them. (WLP: 67700)

Drake and Rikuo glanced backwards, finding Dalin standing in the doorway, his hand extended. He was the one who had produced the shield to protect the others from the fires of Hell Meteor. However, on his arm was a teenage blonde girl. Drake blinked, surprised to see her. "What's with the groupy?"

The blonde's eyes blazed with a fire almost equivalent to the fire of Hell Meteor. In the blink of an eye she was right in front of Drake, glaring up at him. "I'm not a groupy! And if you truly want to know who I am, then allow me to introduce myself!"

She did a little spin and clapped her hands together, staring up into the sky. Then she struck a pose with both arms up in the arm like she was a ballerina. "I am Alice Terry, the founder and number one member of the Dalin Imaki Sumatin Fan Club!"

The entire room was unable to stop from prat-falling, even Dalin was sweat-dropping. Drake recovered and stared at her like she was a lunatic. "Errr...yeah...that makes sense."

He glanced at Dalin again, hoping for an answer that made more sense. But he wouldn't get one. "Sorry Daisuke, even I have no idea. She just followed me."

"This is a hilarious moment, but there's a dueling going on here, so why don't we get back to it!" Wayfinder emerged from the smoke, his leather armor cracked, but himself otherwise fine, if a bit sooty. He also looked rather annoyed.

Drake frowned, realizing that despite the power of Hell Meteor it wasn't over. Wayfinder still had plenty of life points left, so they weren't done yet. "You're tough Wayfinder, but we're strong. Get ready, because this duel is about to end!"

The punk duelist snapped up a card off his deck, and then almost immediately slammed it into his duel disk. "Let's see whose destiny is better shall we? I happen to love this little move, so I activate my field magic card, Destiny's Way!"

The watching duelists, particularly Rikuo who was in the duel, looked at Drake like he was an idiot. Wayfinder looked incredibly amused, however they didn't notice that Dalin seemed to be smiling slightly. Drake looked very smug though.

"What kind of idiot are you? I thought you were strong after successfully defeating Weevil in that duel with such an impressive combo, but now it seems you're just lucky. The Dimension Gate field card cannot be destroyed by any effect whatsoever, so your field card cannot be played!" He snickered with amusement, but his laughter began to die down when the area around them began to change.

"I'm no amateur, and I happen to know all about this game, more than you do. See, my first major job was teaching duelists at Kaiba Land, and so I became well versed in every aspect of the game. You on the other hand...you're just a nobody with a strong field card!" Wayfinder snarled, but his anger couldn't stop the changes.

"What the hell is going on! What is this?" They were now surrounded by a field of stars which seemed to form a pathway of some sort. The portal that was behind him was no longer visible, blocked out by the darkness of the field card.

"This? Why this is Destiny's Way, that's what it is. And this field card will show just why you have no chance of winning this duel, and why we're going to win." He smirked and cracked his neck, looking incredibly confident. And suddenly Rikuo began to laugh, as he had just understood.

Wayfinder on the other hand didn't seem amused anymore. He looked royally pissed. "This is impossible! The effect of The Dimension Gate states that it cannot be destroy by any effect!"

Drake tapped a finger against the side of his head, grinning. "See, you obviously aren't good with words, otherwise you'd understand your failure. I didn't destroy The Dimension Gate with an effect, no, I got around that."

"How? How can you get around an effect like that? There's no loophole, I know it!" The dimensional duelist looked slightly panicked now that his biggest advantage was gone. Certainly he could activate it again, but only if he took another fifteen thousand damage.

"It's not a loophole, it's a rule! And that's exactly how I destroyed The Dimension Gate, with the very rules of the game! According to the rules when a field magic card is played and another was previously in play that previous field card is automatically destroyed. I didn't destroy The Dimension Gate with an effect, I destroyed it with a rule, and that means Destiny's Way is our new field card!" Wayfinder stared at Drake in horror, barely able to comprehend that it was true. His ultimate card...beaten.

"Now, if I'm right you have nothing to defend yourself with, so I'll show you that my destiny is stronger than yours! I pay one thousand of my life points, and declare magic! Now each of us draws five cards and discards any cards that aren't magic cards!" The three duelists slid five cards off their respective decks and held them up to see what they were. (DLP: 2500)

Rikuo fanned out his hand and frowned slightly, then picked up three of his cards. "I have to discard Jinzo(2400/1500), Royal Decree, and Mirror Force." He showed his three cards, and then dumped them into his graveyard.

Next up Wayfinder looked at his own five cards, and then flipped a few of them around. "I discard D.D. Lancer(1500/1000), Different Dimension Master(1700/1500), and Dimensional Nova. The other two cards I keep, just like Rikuo did."

Both of them turned to Drake, who was matching gazes with Wayfinder, his eyes as hard as steel, with fire flickering within. Getting fed up with the waiting, Wayfinder finally asked. "Well, what do you discard?"

"Absolutely nothing." Wayfinder's eyes widened in horror, unable to believe that Drake had just drawn five magic cards. Daniel, Ryu, and Alice also seemed impressed by this feat. But the others knew Drake well enough to know that he had more magic cards than any other card in his deck, and therefor it was more likely to happen.

"Now, with five magic cards I have five ways to kick your ass, and I'm going to begin my combo with a magic card known as Royal Edict! I name one card and then if that card exists in the other player's deck I may add that card to my hand. If I guess wrong I take fifteen hundred damage." He slipped the card into his duel disk, and then glanced over at Rikuo and moved his lips slightly.

Wayfinder glared at the two, particularly when Rikuo smirked so confidently. "What are you so cocky about? Tell me your choice and we'll see if it's in my deck."

"I'm not targeting you with it, I'm targeting Rikuo. And I only have to tell my target the card I chose, so you get nothing. And all I had to do was whisper low enough so that only a demon's ears would pick it up, and now he knows, and you don't. So Rikuo, was I right?" The wolf smirked and snapped a card out to Drake, who caught it.

"Use it well or I'll have to replace your head with a tire iron. I give you my full permission to use it in the combo you're going to use." Drake nodded and slipped the card into his hand amongst his other five magic cards. Then he grabbed another one and pulled it free.

"Prepare to say goodbye to all of your precious life points in just a few scant turns. Together, my power with Rikuo's, you don't stand a chance. Now, let me show you a special card of mine called Chaos Fusion." He held up the card, smirking slightly as he showed the magic card.

"This magic cards acts as a Polymerization for light and dark monsters. Normally it is used just for certain monsters in order to create specific monsters that require Chaos Fusion to be special summoned. However, if the target monsters are light and dark respectively then the fusion can proceed as normal. So, Yami Knight(6000/0) is a dark, and Hikari Knight(0/6000) is a light. Which means...Chaos Fusion!" The two monsters swirled together, creating a new force.

Standing in the place of the two knights was a brand new creature if amazing power. His body was armored in pure white and pure black, and in his left hand was a golden shield, while in the right was a silver sword. His helmet displayed one brown eye and one gold eye. "I am Balance Knight(20000/20000) and I will obliterate you with my power!"

Drake glanced up at the powerful warrior and bowed his head slightly. "Mighty Balance Knight, I make a request of you. Aid me and follow my direction for this one turn in order to slay this foe who threatens the existence of this dimension. After that you will never heard from me again."

The fusion knight turned his armored head back to look at Drake, its features mostly invisible underneath the armored helmet. "You, a worthy foe of the one who wields our power. I remember doing battle with your monster of pure balance. Anyone who fights with a creature such as that has my respect, and because you have Rikuo's respect...I will battle for you in this turn, just as you request."

"Thank you Balance Knight, with your help this duel will be won. And since this foe is such an annoying one, I think he needs to be struck down with the full power of Rikuo and myself. So Rikuo, how about I take your weapon for a test drive?" Rikuo paused slightly, despite having known this was coming.

"Just this once, and then its back to me. After that you'll never touch it again, you understand that?" Drake nodded and turned back to Wayfinder, slipping the card he had taken from Rikuo into his duel disk.

"With Rikuo's permission and Balance Knight's I now activate Legendary Weapon Howling Sword! This equip card increases the attack of the equipped monster by one thousand...and then doubles it!" Wayfinder stepped back, terrified by the enormous power the monster was displaying as Balance Knight's attack power rose to an enormous forty-two thousand.

"This...this can't be happening! How can you be so strong?" He stared up at the mighty knight, barely able to comprehend what was happening. He knew perfectly well that Gearfried the Swordmaster(2600/2000), while powerful, was nowhere near a match for this behemoth of a monster. It would be squashed in an instant.

"I am powerful for reasons you can't comprehend being such a cowardly little worm. You claim to be a strong warrior, but in truth you're just a little nothing. And I have no respect for nothings like you, particularly ones who have pissed me off as much as you have. And believe me... you have." He glared at Wayfinder, causing the interdimensional warrior to gulp. Rikuo just smirked at the display.

"You dragged me and my friends on a wild goose chase into this dimension in order to take our power." Wayfinder eyed Drake nervously, uncertain what Drake was getting at.

"Because of you I got a big gaping hole chewed into my shoulder!" He pointed to his wounded shoulder, where blood was still slightly flowing out, staining his shirt.

Rikuo blinked and pointed his thumb at himself. "Errr...that was me though."

Drake didn't even seem to hear it as he was still ranting. "You took my girlfriend's energy away in order to fulfill your sick revenge, and you're just lucky she isn't hurt!"

Kirani smirked, knowing that her words of having him come to deal some serious damage come true. "And worst of all...you made me miss my college entrance exams!"

They stared at him like he was crazy, but there was no stopping him now, not when he was on a rant like this. "You've pissed me off just a bit too much, so now I'm going to reap vengeance on you just like you wanted to do on your home dimension. Here's a trick that they don't teach you in different dimension school. I call it Howling Balance Wave!"

Balance Knight raised the Howling Sword, energy gathering around it. It slammed it down against the ground and a massive wave of Phantom Energy surged across the field and crashed into Wayfinder, who screamed as he was engulfed by the power. Balance Knight seemed satisfied by this. "Be struck down by my power!"

Gearfried the Swordmaster never even stood a chance under that assault. It was consumed in mere moments, but Wayfinder was able to emerge from the mess. His armor was patchy, his cloak was completely gone, and he looked weakened, but he was still alive. "Your attack was powerful...but I'm still alive." (WLP: 28300)

He smirked and ejected a card from his cemetery and slapped it onto his side slot of his duel disk, causing the pathway of stars to vanish and return the room to as it was, portal intact behind him. "By dealing me fifteen thousand damage you have activated The Dimension Gate, and now our graves are removed from play, and I gain thirty thousand life points!" (WLP: 58300)

Wayfinder seemed satisfied now that his ultimate field card was back in play. "You see? Even your assault was nothing against me! You did damage, I'll admit it, but I'm still here, and in my turn you won't be thanks to The Dimension Gate!"

Drake didn't seem bothered by this confidence. Instead he slid his last three cards onto his duel disk. "I'm not bothered by that. I did my part, and I know what's coming next. Believe me, you're forgetting something again. See, you did well that time because The Dimension Gate was gone. But since it isn't gone anymore you can't gain those life points after an assault, leaving you open to a finishing attack. And with that knowledge I end my turn, leaving the rest to Rikuo."

Wayfinder chuckled and snapped his fingers the moment he drew, causing a familiar leather-clad magician to appear in front of him. "Dark Magician of Chaos(2800/2600) comes back, and I'll use his effect to retrieve Dimensional Hammer. With this I'll rid the field of your beast, and in my next turn I'll summon Balance Knight for myself!"

Drake smirked and motioned to his field. "When I said I'd leave the rest to Rikuo I was only be partially truthful. Although I need his help for this, and he'll strike the final blow, I can't let you do what you're about to do. So, reversed cards open!"

The dimensional duelist watched as one by one Drake's three face down cards revealed themselves. "First up is Reload, which lets me reshuffle my hand into my deck and draw an equal number of cards from my deck. Of course I have no cards, which is where my second card comes into play."

This one flipped up, also a quick-play. It showed Dark Magician holding up a mirror and reflecting a Cannon Soldier's attack back at it. "Effect Reflect Mirror lets me change the target of one magic card that chooses a player to another player. In other words, I change Reload's target from myself to you, so say goodbye to those four cards of yours!"

Wayfinder grimaced, realizing that since Dimensional Hammer was a normal magic card he couldn't beat that, and he'd have to hope for a good draw. "Even without my Dimensional Hammer I can still draw useful cards. I'm sure I'll get some method of fighting back against your monster."

"You'll get nothing thanks to my third and final quick-play magic card. This one is called Trap Function, and by paying half of my life points I can name one trap card, and that card can be played from any player's deck provided they have it and the situation fits. I don't have it, but I'm counting on Rikuo for this, as he'll need to give up half his life points as well." Both of their life point counters shot downwards. (DLP: 1250, RLP: 1025)

"What trap could you possibly play that would stop me from getting something from the effect of your own magic card? It's pointless to even try!" He started to laugh, but was stifled when Rikuo held up his trap card.

"Pointless? Keh, there's no such thing as pointless in a duel! And I think my trap card Null and Void will do the trick since it negates the drawing of your cards and forces you to discard them!" Wayfinder stared at his newly drawn cards in horror, and then dropped them to the ground, realizing that he couldn't make any plays at all.

"I...end my turn." Drake and Rikuo smirked, seeing that there was nothing he could do. And now it was Rikuo's turn.

"Wayfinder...you're in the way of me enjoying not doing anything at all and not having to deal with annoying stupid ass villains! And you're the most pathetic villain I've ever dealt with, so now I'm glad to say goodbye. First, Graceful Charity!" He flipped up three cards, and then discarded two of them.

"I discard Repayment of Losses, so I draw one brand new card!" He drew once again, giving him four cards.

"Balance Knight, just like Drake said, just one turn. So now you'll be coming to me. Unfortunately I can't be direct about using you, since he did fusion summon you. But, I'll play Brain Control to take command of Dark Magician of Chaos!" The bondage mage slid over to his field.

Wayfinder eyed Rikuo like he was crazy. "What was that? Why not just take Balance Knight with Brain Control...not that I'm complaining."

"Because Brain Control specifically mentions an opponent's monster, and since Drake isn't my opponent I can't target Balance Knight with this. However...since I have a monster now and so does he, I guess I can switch them are with this card. Creature Swap, swapping our control of these two monsters!" The field flickered, and then changed, leaving the mage on Drake's field and the knight on Rikuo's.

Rikuo smirked and flashed Drake a thumbs up, which the punk duelist returned. Wayfinder just waited, seeing an empty field and one beast of a monster. "Still...even if you attack with your monster on this turn and he attacks with his on his turn I'll survive to get my next turn."

"For a villain you sure are naive. Don't you understand yet? There is no next turn for you! Activate magic card, Mechanical Upgrade! This equips to one monster and turns it into a machine type and boosts its attack by five hundred!" Balance Knight's armor slicked down, becoming more futuristic, and lenses glowed beneath the helmet instead of eyes. Its attack increased just barely to forty-two thousand five hundred.

"Five hundred points? How is that going to make a difference?" Rikuo shook his head in annoyance and pointed at Wayfinder with one clawed finger.

"I said this was the last turn and I meant it! You don't know a damned thing about strategy, so let me demonstrate the sort of strategy that makes me your superior. I told you to remember that if you would remember anything about me, you should keep this in mind. You are weak, and I am strong! Now, activate Limiter Removal!" Steam began to pour from Balance Knight's armor as he began to overheat.

"This quick-play magic card doubles the attack power of all machine sub-types on the field but destroys them at the end of the turn. Since I won't reach the end of my turn it doesn't matter at all! Balance Knight, take it away!" The mechanical knight raised the Howling Sword and pointed it at Wayfinder, who was silent with horror.

"Prepare yourself knave, because this is your end. Now, I Supreme Howling Balance Wave(85000)!" Wayfinder screamed as tremendous waves of phantom energy swept over him. He tried to raise a barrier to halt it, but it didn't seem to be doing the job.

As the assembled duelists watched the barrier began to crack, but that wasn't their focus. Not defended by a barrier the Dimension Gate that stood behind Wayfinder began to crumble under the assault of energies. Wayfinder whipped his head around, looking horrified that his Dimension Gate was being destroyed! "All of my plans, all of these years, all of my hopes and my dreams...my revenge! Gone at the hands of a punk with an ego and wolf demon with an ego! Imposs"

His words were cut off as his distraction weakened the barrier, and it collapsed allowing the energy to pour over him. A powerful explosion rocked the room, clouding half of it fire. When it faded there was no more Dimension Gate, and a giant hole was seen going through the wall and outwards for a great distance. Wayfinder was nowhere to be seen. (WLP: 0)

Drake turned to Rikuo and flashed the wolf demon a thumbs up. "He was gonna say it was impossible wasn't he?"

Rikuo smirked and returned the thumbs up, his duel disk deactivating. "Guess he didn't realize that the impossible is always possible when people like us are involved."

The rest of the gang stirred, their energies restored by the defeat of Wayfinder. They gathered around the two victorious duelists and began to offer congratulations.

Asriel and Kirani were talking directly, both looking really animated. "You have the one Gilford monster that I don't have! You're definitely lucky! How did you get it?"

The blonde girl smiled back at the younger girl. "I've got lots of connections, but it was really cool to get it. I don't know if I could help you get one, but it might not work for your deck since you can't fuse for it without Pendragon, and he wouldn't fit your deck."

Davis and Drake were also talking to each other, both looking rather interested. "I have to know. How did you know that you would draw all magic cards with Destiny's Way? And had did you know that Rikuo would have drawn the necessary cards to complete the assault plan you had?"

Drake grinned and leaned in as if whispering at secret. "The truth of the matter is, that it's really very simple. I don't know you so I don't know if you'll think this is crazy or not, but it all came down to one thing. I just had faith that my draw would be what I needed and that Rikuo would get what he needed as well. Faith is one of my strongest weapons while dueling."

Davis smiled back at the younger duelist, scratching his chin and looking slightly amused. "You have no idea how familiar that sounds. And believe me, I don't think it's crazy. Faith has been my strongest weapon throughout my life."

Irritated at her admired man not getting the attention she felt he deserved Alice pouted and then made a declaration. "Oh yeah? Well Sumatin-senpai defeated dark gods and a monster with infinite attack power while dueling an alternate version of himself!"

The room paused in silence, and Dalin had the courtesy to look slightly embarrassed. Or maybe he was annoyed. It was usually difficult to tell with him. Finally someone responded, and it was Drake. "I've beaten a monster with infinite attack power before and even created one myself twice. As for facing an alternate version of myself...been there, done that."

Rikuo also smirked. "I've beaten monsters with infinite attack as well, on more than one occasion. And you might just say that I've gone toe to toe with an alternate version of myself before. Isn't that right Daniel?"

The light counterpart smiled, and wiggled his ears back and forth, happy to have his demonic blood back. "I'd say that's right Rikuo. But don't get cocky, because I'm the one who defeated the monster that could automatically win in a grand total of five turns and it had two times infinite attack power."

Kirani also seemed about to laugh, thinking about her past experiences. "I beat a monster that had the ability to instantly win the duel as well. Plus I faced down a monster with three thousand seventy-two times infinite attack power. On the other hand I haven't faced an alternate version of myself."

Alice pouted, annoyed that she had been trumped so easily. But attention was diverted from her when the room began to shake, and bits of the ceiling began to fall down around them. Dalin looked up and then frowned. "It seems that this underground structure's supports have been destroyed and it will collapse. I suggest we leave before that happens."

Drake grimaced and punched Rikuo in the shoulder, looking miffed. "This is your fault you know. You just had to go overboard with Balance Knight and give it so many attack points didn't you?"

The wolf demon turned to Drake and snarled, getting right in Drake's face. "If I recall it was your plan to use Balance Knight with massive attack power to win the duel in one strike, not mine! So that makes it your fault!"

"Oh yeah, well I never said to make it eight-three thousand attack power! That was your stupid idea, you just had to go overboard!" Rikuo opened his mouth to respond but was cut off when Daniel grabbed him by the ear and began pulling him away. Similarly Kirani grabbed Drake's ear and started dragging him behind her.

"The world is falling apart around us you know. Now stop being such children and let's get out of here!"

As they began to exit the room Rikuo managed one final comment before the room collapsed behind them. "I still blame you completely!"

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Next Chapter:Farewell to the Dimension and Farewell to All

Author's Notes: Wayfinder has been defeated, and all that remains is for some loose ends to be tied up and for farewells to be said.

Review Responses

WolfGeneral: As you can see the double power of Rikuo and Drake's decks was even able to take down Wayfinder.

Time Mage: Balance Knight is a fusion monster, you can't simply merge the two together. Rikuo didn't have any card for fusion to use, so he couldn't do so.

John: Hell, top decking is useful no matter who you are. I'm pretty good at it myself.

G.O.T. Nick: Not much time as you can see, but oh well. At least now we know where you've been.

Original Cards:WG(WolfGeneral), TM(Time Mage), G(Gryphinwyrm7)

Drake: Destiny's Way, Royal Edict, Chaos Fusion, Balance Knight(WG), Legendary Weapon Howling Sword(WG), Effect Reflect Mirror, Trap Function

Wayfinder: D.D. Lancer(WG), Dimensional Nova(WG), The Dimension Gate

Rikuo: Repayment of Losses, Mechanical Upgrade

Anime/Manga Cards

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Card Notes: Although only mentioned the card Different Dimension Master is not an original card. It just recently came out in the booster set in Japan called Cybernetic Revolution. It's a level five with puny stats, but by discard a magic card it lets you special summon one monster from out of play to the field once per turn. Just thought I ought to say that.