A New Hero Emerges

Final Battle

One of the dark blades flew at my side, while the second spun around to my left. I ducked and struck up with an understrike. Ashiro brought both blades down in an 'X' to block it. He swung his sword at my stomach. I brought my sword into his. While trying to hold him off (God, He's STRONG!), his other sword came at my hip. A clash rang out and Justin's sword parried it.

"Keep this fair, alright?" He jumped back and watched a bit more. I ignored him, it's hard enough blocking two flying blades without watching someone who could probably easily have both swords off the building in a few seconds. Again, a heavy slash and a sideswipe. Justin parried it for me again. "Need some help?" Pride flew to the wind.

"Are you kidding? I need all the help I can get!"

"Then move, I'll take him!" A hand placed itself on my chest and gently pushed me out of the way of the swords. Justin took my place, sweeping his swords gracefully around Ashiro's, cutting him continually.

"AUGH! STAY STILL LITTLE ANT!" Ashiro's vein was about to explode. I moved around his back and raised my sword to strike.

Justin had been laughing at Ashiro's attacks so much that he wasn't paying attention to me. He shoved Ashiro's swords back over his shoulder the same time I struck. The swords struck and Ashiro was saved for the moment. Justin continued cutting Ashiro with paper cut like lashes and giving the dark demon no chance to counter. I brought my sword to the side of Ashiro and prepared myself.

Ashiro tried to bring both swords together in an 'X' to defend himself, but Justin thrust his under the X, flipped himself up, sending the dark weapons careening toward where he had been. I swung with all my force and cut him to the stomach. Justin kicked it farther in as he landed. I pulled it the rest of the way through.

An explosion came from inside Ashiro, and dissipated his body to dust. Dark traces of my rage dissolved in the already clearing sky. Justin looked at his sword. Black droplets of blood were eating through the metal. He sighed and tossed it aside. "Good thing I brought my second best sword to school…"

Yami was still knocked out from the duel. And all that Jonouchi and Honda did was stare wide-eyed at Justin and me.

"...Honda?"

"Ya, Jonouchi?"

"Remind me never to piss either of those guys off."

"... Sure.

Jonouchi snapped out of his wide-eyed mode and screamed out loud, "THAT WAS SO FREAKIN' COOL!"

The 50 foot tall fortress of unimaginable doom sank back to its 3 story school self. Personally, after all that's happened... I STILL see no difference.

Seto Kaiba came up to the school roof huffing and puffing. "(pant) All right... (pant pant pant) where is he? where is this alleged evil nutcase!"

I looked at him with half-interest. "Uhhh, Kaiba, you just missed it..." I said, pointing to the dissolving corpse.

"WHAAAAAAT! HOW IN THE-- WHO THE HELL BEAT HIM?"

"I did, Kaiba... You wouldnt believe me if i told you..."

Kaiba narrows his eyes at me. "Try me."

"Okay, it all started when i first got here and I ended up finding some unknown magical--"

"You're right, I don't believe it." Seto Kaiba interrupted and walked off.

Justin looks at Kaiba as he walks off. "Not a very friendly guy, is he?"

I looked at Justin. "Only because he doesn't believe in magic. His loss."

I went back to Yugi's house and gathered up all my stuff. I finally managed to move into a nice apartment, right above a sword training center i built using what was left of the shitload of money Kaiba gave me. I asked Justin if he wanted to help, but he declined, saying his own fighting style is unique, and doesnt want anyone to exploit the weaknesses.

I gotta give the guy some credit for helping me defeat Ashiro. I still played Duel Monsters afterward, participating in local tournaments held at the Game shop, where Yugi lived. Yugi decided to be tournament director, for he didnt want any of the local duelists to duel him more often than he needs to. I still duel with the rest of the gang, Honda and Jonouchi for example, and in rare cases, Anzu.

Finally i can get on with my life... as normal as things go in Domino City.