"I warned you four to not interfere; and now, you'll see why!" Paradox told them as they wearily got back on their feet. "Malefic Stardust Dragon, unleash your fury! Now, Duel Monsters shall perish, and buried deep beneath its ashes, will be you four and all the monsters and cards you hold so dear!"
"My worst fear," Past Yusei muttered to himself. "It's actually coming true, all is lost."
"Ohh, lighten, bro!" Jaden replied. "Yeah, things might not look too good, but you forget, we have a secret weapon on our side."
"That's right; because the four of us believe in Duel Monsters with all of our hearts while Paradox does not, and when you believe, you always have a chance." Yugi added.
A huge white fireball laced with black is still flying toward them.
"That's right, we still have a chance!" Past Atticus nodded before looking to Jaden, having a feeling what one of Jaden's face down cards was. "Jaden, mind if I activate one of your face downs?"
"Hmm... Well, all right, as long as you know what you're doing." Jaden smiled to his new friend.
Past Atticus nodded before glaring at Paradox. "I'm activating the spell card: Flute of Summoning Kuriboh! Which allows us to add Kuriboh or Winged Kuriboh to our hand from the deck!" He glared before looking to Yugi. "You're up, Yugi."
"Hey, not bad." Jaden smiled.
"Thanks." Past Atticus smiled back.
"Right. Kuriboh!" Yugi replied as a card soon appeared in his hand. "I activate your special ability; an ability that lets Kuriboh take the hit from Stardust Dragon instead of us!"
"Smart move." Patch smiled.
"Yugi, I will make you pay dearly for that little stunt!" Paradox threatened.
"I'm not so sure you will, Paradox, because at the end of this turn, Malefic Divide's effect will be gone, which means Malefic Stardust Dragon will be gone." Yugi retorted.
"I know this works out fine in the end, you guys are here aren't you? But I'm on the edge!" Darla gasped.
"Well, that's what a good story does for ya." Atticus smiled to his little sister.
"But not the real Stardust Dragon 'cuz it returns to the field." Jaden smirked.
Stardust rises again, wings scattering sparkles, a beacon of hopeful light, hovering at their backs.
"Welcome back, Stardust Dragon." Past Atticus smiled.
The Stardust Dragon then roared a small reply.
"You're welcome." Past Atticus said.
"Atticus." Yugi replied to Past Atticus.
Past Atticus looked over to Yugi.
"It's up to you now," Yugi continued. "It's your move. Just know that we're behind you; all of us are."
"M-Me? Are you sure?" Past Atticus replied.
Yugi nodded, confirming this.
Everyone that Past Atticus ever knew that were his friends and family appeared as spirits as they were all behind him. "Cherry..." Past Atticus whispered.
"Go for it, ya big lug!" Cherry coached. "Remember, a dream is a wish your heart makes!"
"You can do it, buddy!" Hercules smiled.
Past Atticus smiled as he looked back to them with tears in his eyes as he felt emotional.
"I'm just jealous that you're better than I'll ever be." Atlas said bashfully.
"You got this, Atticus!" Past Patch smiled.
"Atticus, I know I haven't known you as long as Cherry has, and I don't show it a lot when we hang out, but I really look up to you," Sabrina said as even she was there. "You're kinda like a big brother to me. You're very brave, smart, and so nice. You remind me a lot my dad."
"We all believe in you, Atticus." Mo smiled.
Past Atticus smiled back to all of them with joyful tears in his eyes, feeling touched that they all believed in him. The others looked to him as many thoughts ran through his head as he saw all of his friends and family there to support him as he began to feel more determined about himself. And where with that it was his turn and with this one turn him and the others were going to win the duel.
The others soon began to watch Past Atticus in action.
"All right. Let's do this," Past Atticus soon said out of strong determination. "For Duel Monsters and all my friends, and the people of New Domino City."
Yugi nodded to that, looking proud.
"Yeah, no doubt, now let him have it." Jaden told Past Atticus.
"It'll be my pleasure," Past Atticus replied before glaring at Paradox. "I play a trap!"
"Stardust Mirage, oh, no!" Paradox panicked.
"Oh, yes! And since Stardust Dragons on the field; I can summon all the monsters that were destroyed during this turn!" Past Atticus told Paradox.
"Atticus, how did you get so smart?" Darla smiled to her big brother.
"It just comes to me." Atticus smiled back.
All four monsters who were destroyed soon reappeared on the field.
"But I just got rid of all of them!" Paradox gasped.
"Now for our draw and for your downfall, Paradox!" Past Atticus glared at Paradox as he took the top card from his deck to his hand.
"I hate to interrupt good trash-talkin', but here, this is worth it!" Jaden soon spoke up. "The trap 'Neos Spiral Force'! This doubles the attack points of one monster on the field!"
"I also play a trap: 'Dark Spiral Force'!" Yugi then said. "And due to this force, I can select a monster out on our field, and, double its attack points once again!"
"10,000 attack points! No!" Paradox gasped.
"I bet you added your own Duel Monster in the duel for the big finish." Darla smiled at her big brother.
"You'll see." Atticus smiled back to his little sister.
Stardust Dragon, glowing a potent blue, rises into the sky, along with Dark Magician, glowing similarly purple, and Neos, glowing gold.
"Dark Magician, attack!" Yugi called out.
"Elemental Hero Neos- attack!" Jaden called out.
"Let this be proof, the light will always overcome the dark!" Past Yusei added before calling out once it was his turn. "Go, Stardust Dragon! Attack!"
"So I guess you didn't get in that attack." Patch told his owner.
"Who said I didn't?" Atticus replied.
"Huh?" The others asked as they soon watched.
Past Atticus seemed to play a card which resembled Superman in a way.
"Where did you get that card?! I've never seen anything like that!" Paradox glared.
"I got it from my teacher!" Past Atticus glared back. "Now go, Superman, and join in the attack!"
Stardust has a incandescence bright turquoise, flanked by the smaller comets of Dark Magician and Neos, and breathes a blast that shines even brighter. Dark Magician adds a burst of purple light that circles the column of light, and Neos' addition shows as sparks of orange. The Yu-Gi-Oh Superman soon joined in with a bright light that was red, yellow, and blue.
"Now go, Super Dark Cosmic Wave!" The four duelists then called out together.
The attack soon hit Malefic Truth Dragon and Paradox, finishing off the duel.
"Oh, no!" Paradox frowned.
The quadruple blast, an oblong of blue and white sparks with purple spots and orange stripes of pure power, along with the red and blue lights is on a direct collision course with Malefic Truth Dragon, and Paradox himself. It hits, and Paradox's life points sink to 0 as he disappears into the bright light.
"NOOOOOOO!" Paradox cried out as he had lost.
And with that, the duel was officially over as the field spell vanished.
Domino City was soon restored back to normal with a happy blue sky as everything was peaceful again once Paradox was gone.
Yugi, Jaden, along with Past Atticus and Past Yusei stand on the rooftop on which they first met, watching a gorgeous orange and red sun set over the distant hills, and where it seemed like everyone on the ground was having a blast.
"So, looks like our work is done here!" Jaden said.
"Looks like it." Yugi nodded in agreement.
"Oh, well, I guess this is goodbye then, think we'll all meet again sometime?" Jaden asked.
"Totally." Past Atticus smiled.
"Yeah, but let's hope that when we do, the whole world of Duel Monsters isn't on the line again." Past Yusei added in agreement.
"You said it, Yusei," Yugi agreed. "Maybe we could duel each other. Whatever happens, I know that the bond we formed here today is one that's going to stand the test of time."
All of time." Jaden said as he held his hand out.
"Absolutely." Past Yusei replied.
All of them soon joined hands together like true friends. A pact of friendship across time. It's the beautiful close of another epic adventure.