"Yugi, my cards are your cards," Yusei said.
"Well in that case, I'll use Reincarnation of Hopes effect to add a monster from my deck to my hand and the monster I choose is, Dark Magician," the Pharaoh said. I smiled. It's the same card my grandfather will give me in the future.
"As though I didn't see that coming," Paradox said.
"I then activate the spell card known as Ancient Rules. With it I'm allowed to summon a level five or above monster directly from my hand. So take to the field Dark Magician," the Pharaoh said.
"According to the history books that card, is Yugi's ace," Yusei said.
"And mine Yusei, remember," I said. He looked towards me and nodded with a smile.
"I know, cool," Jaden said.
"Well as cool as he may be he's still subject to Paradox Dragon's power down effect," Paradox said.
"Listen, if Stardust needs to be destroyed for us to have a chance, then destroy it," Yusei said.
"Yusei..." the Pharaoh whispered.
"It's better that, than being under the control of Paradox," Yusei said.
"Yusei," I whispered. I didn't know you cared so much about your Stardust Dragon.
"Oh how touching, now go already," Paradox said.
"From my hand I play the spell, Bond between Teacher and Student. Since I have Dark Magician out on the field, I can summon his student, Dark Magician Girl, in defence mode," the Pharaoh said. They were summoned to the field.
"Oh my, it looks like it's going to be a real trick for us to come out on top here," Dark Magician Girl said. Or should I say, Mana.
"Well perhaps, but remember as magicians there is no trick that we can't pull off," Dark Magician, a.k.a Mahad said.
"Next I play the spell, Magic Gate of Miracles. Now since I have two spellcasters out on my field, I can switch one of your monsters to defence mode and switch it to my side," the Pharaoh said.
"I play a trap, Malefic Force and by equipping Malefic Force to my monster, it can't be affected by your spells. Which means Paradox Dragon is no longer up for grabs."
"Yes that's true. But Stardust Dragon still is," the Pharaoh said. I smiled as the spell card took Stardust back to the winning side of the field. "Yusei, Stardust Dragon is back where it belongs."
"Thanks Yugi," Yusei said happily. I giggled.
"Ha, you never wanted Paradox Dragon in the first place, right?" Jaden said. The Pharaoh nodded.
"Speaking of Paradox Dragon, its ability is no longer in effect, which means out monsters attack points return to normal," the Pharaoh explained.
"Bravo Yugi, but so what if you've restored your monsters attack points. My Paradox Dragon still has them beat at a total of 4000. Face it, you're simply outmatched," Paradox said. The Pharaoh smiled. He has a plan.
"I wouldn't say that. I play the spell card, Dark Magic Twin Burst. With this Dark Magician's attack points increase by the total of Dark Magician Girl. Now your monster is the one outmatched, Paradox and not only that it just so happens to be out numbered two to one. So, attack Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
"It's time," Mahad said.
"Right, to kick some butt," Mana completed. Both of them teamed together and attacked and destroyed the monster.
"Yes," I yelled. "Awesome"
"Yeah," Yusei yelled.
"Sweet," Jaden yelled.
"These desperate moves change nothing," Paradox said.
"I disagree. You had two monsters and now you have none," the Pharaoh said.
"And I thank you for that. You see, all that you have done is clear the way for something else. Something grand, something almighty," Paradox said.
"Spit it out," Jaden asked.
"I activate the trap Malefic Paradigm Shift. With Malefic Paradox Dragon destroyed, by sacrificing half of my life points, I can summon my most wicked beast, Malefic Truth Dragon," Paradox said screaming. We all gasped. Out came a powerful dragon. But Paradox was attached to it.
"Okay, I've seen some big monsters in my life but that behemoth definitely takes the cake," Jaden said.
"And it probably ate it too," Yusei said. I giggled a little.
"This is your doing Yugi. I hope that you're pleased with yourself," Paradox said. The Pharaoh growled.
"I place two cards face down and end my turn," the Pharaoh ended. I glanced up at the time. It was almost time for Pegasus to arrive.
"Guys, you better hurry up. Pegasus will be here any minute," I told them. The boys looked up at the time and nodded.
~Emily's POV~
"The city, it's almost...all gone," I said.
"But it's not gone yet!" Crow said. He put his head down.
"Crow, Wendy will be okay. Trust me. I know," Mr Moto said. Crow looked over at him. He sighed and stared down at Feather in his arms.
"How do you know? She could be hurt right now, and I may never see her again," Crow exclaimed. Mr Moto walked over to him and put his hands on his shoulder and looked directly into his eyes.
"She'll be fine. When she gets back, then I can tell you why she'll be fine," he said smiling. Crow gasped.
"I don't know, I..."
"Crow, listen to him. I believe him. Wendy's strong. She won't go without a fight. She has the Egyptian God Cards with her anyway. So why..." I said. Crow interrupted me.
"Because she's my wife," He shouted. I stopped.
"Which is why you need to believe in her," I said with my head down. "She loves you, Crow. She wants you to believe in her more than anyone else here. She will come back, not just for me, or her grandparents, or her mother...but for you...and Feather." He started to shed a few tears.
"Y-You're right. I need to. She's my wife and I..." he couldn't finish.
"Crow..." I said.
"I believe in her," he said. We all smiled.
~Wendy's POV~
"I believe in her" I heard a whisper in my head. It was Crow's voice. Was he...calling out to me? I smiled.
"It's my turn and I activate Malefic Selector. By removing Malefic Parallel Gear and Malefic Cyber End Dragon, I'm allowed to add two cards from my deck to my hand. Next I'll send two monsters from my deck to my graveyard and summon their dark counter parts, Malefic Blue Eyes White Dragon and Malefic Red Eyes Black Dragon," Paradox said.
"Both Blue Eyes and Red Eyes," the Pharaoh said.
"That's Emily's...I mean... Seto Kaiba's card Blue Eyes," I said.
"That's right and now for a taste of their power," Paradox said. "Oh, and since Malefic Truth Dragon is out, if one of your monsters goes down then all of your monsters are destroyed." I gasped.
"What?" Yusei shouted.
"I play a facedown, the spell De-fusion. Neo's Knight, time to split. Now Yusei," Jaden said.
"I play Junk Gardna's ability. It allows me to switch your monster from attacking to defending. Which means Dark Magician Girl, is safe," Yusei said. I smiled.
"Jaden, Yusei, great teamwork," the Pharaoh said.
"I'll show you teamwork. Go Blue Eyes, pick up where Red Eyes left off," Paradox said. Blue Eyes attacks and destroyed the Dark Magician.
"Dark Magician," the Pharaoh yelled. Paradox snickered.
"Next Malefic Truth Dragon's special ability activates, which means all of the remaining monsters you have on field are destroyed," Paradox said.
"Sorry Paradox, I don't think so. I activate Stardust's special ability. So be releasing my dragon, I can negate your dragon's effect and destroy it all together," Yusei said. I smiled. He is definitely a good duellist. No wonder Emily likes him.
"What?" Paradox said.
"So say goodbye," Yusei shouted. The attack was negated and was directed at Paradox.
"Not so fast, I play Truth Dragon's other ability. By removing Malefic Rainbow Dragon from play, Truth Dragon is saved and you know what that means, it can carry out its attack," Paradox shouted. His dragon attacked and Neo's was destroyed. "And remember when one goes, they all go." All of their monsters were destroyed. "Oh did I mention? For every monster destroyed by this special ability, you take 800 points of damage." The three of them were flown back. They were down to 500 life points.
"No! Yusei, Jaden, Pharaoh," I shouted. "Get up! Beat him!"
"It's no use Wendy. They're done for," Paradox shouted at me.
"Can't give up, we have to keep fighting, no matter what," Yusei mumbled.
"Keep fighting? You three can't even defend yourselves. Next, I play the spell Malefic Divide, with it; I can bring back one Malefic monster from my graveyard, until the end of this turn and the Malefic monster I chose to bring back is, Malefic Stardust Dragon," Paradox said.
"No..." Yusei said. Poor Yusei, this is the second time his favourite monster is in front of him.
"I warned you four not to interfere and now, here's why, Malefic Stardust Dragon, release your fury," Paradox said.
"No," I shouted. This can't be the end.
"Now, Duel Monsters shall perish and buried deep within its ashes will be you four and all the monsters and cards you hold so dear," Paradox shouted.
"My worst fear," Yusei said. "It's actually coming true. All is lost." Jaden laughed.
"Lighten up bro. Yeah, things might not look too good, but you forget, we have a secret weapon on our side," Jaden said.
"That's right, because the three of us believe in Duel Monsters with all of our heart. While Paradox does not and when you believe you always have a chance," the Pharaoh said.
"You said it, and that's why we still have a chance right here and now. Maybe it would be better if I just show you what I mean. I play the spell, Flute of Summoning Kuriboh. This lets us add a Kuriboh or Winged Kuriboh to our hand from the deck. You're up," Jaden said.
"Right, Kuriboh, I activate your special ability, an ability that lets Kuriboh take the hit from Stardust instead of us," the Pharaoh said. Kuriboh took the hit and was destroyed.
"Yugi, I will make you pay dearly for that little stunt," Paradox said.
"I'm not so sure you will Paradox because at the end of this turn, Malefic Divides effect will be gone, which means Malefic Stardust Dragon will be gone," the Pharaoh said.
"But not the real Stardust Dragon because due to its ability, it now returns to the field," Jaden said. Stardust was returned.
"Stardust Dragon, glad you're back," Yusei said. I sensed that Stardust knew he was back with his owner.
"Yusei, it's up to you now. It's your move. Just know that we're behind you, all of us are," the Pharaoh said. Yusei sighed.
"Think of everyone back home Yusei," I said and he looked over at me. I smiled. "Our friends, Jack, Kalin, Akiza, Leo, Luna, Crow, Emily, and my little girl, Feather. Every one of them is behind you on this. I'm sure if you don't bring me back safely then Crow will have a fit," I giggled. He thought of them. "Emily will be waiting for you." He blushed a little. "I see the way you look at her, and the way she looks at you. But we'll talk about that after, now wont we?" I smiled.
"You're right Wendy. Alright, let's do this. For Duel Monsters and all my friends and the people of New Domino City," he said. The Pharaoh nodded.
"Yeah, no doubt, now let him have it," Jaden said.
"It'll be my pleasure. I play a trap," Yusei said.
"Stardust Mirage, oh no," Paradox said.
"Oh yes, and since Stardust Dragon's on the field, I can bring back all our monsters that were destroyed in this turn," Yusei said. Their monsters were back.
"What? I just got rid of all of them," Paradox said.
"Now for our draw, and for your downfall Paradox," Yusei ended.
"I hate to interrupt trash talkin', but here this is worth it. The trap Neo's Spiral Force. This doubles the attack points of one monster on the field," Jaden said.
"I also play a trap, Dark Spiral Force, and due to this force, I can select a monster out on our field and double its attack points once again," the Pharaoh said. Stardust Dragon at 10,000 attack points.
"10,000 attack points, no," Paradox said.
"That's right," All three said. Dark Magician, Elemental Hero Neo's and Stardust Dragon were ready to attack.
"Dark Magician attack," the Pharaoh said.
"Elemental Hero Neo's attack," Jaden said.
"Let this be true, the light will always overcome the dark, go Stardust Dragon, attack," Yusei said. All three of their monsters attacked together.
"Now go, Dark Cosmic Wave," All three shouted.
"No," Paradox shouted. Paradox lost all of his lifepoint's and his monster and himself was destroyed. The sky was clear again. Jaden, Yusei and the Pharaoh stood up and smiled. They won. The symbol on my forehead vanished and I ran over and hugged Yusei.
"Yusei, I am so proud of you, all of you," I said with tears in my eyes. Yusei smiled and held me tightly. We watched as the Domino Duel Monsters Tournament was still underway. Pegasus was safe, the future of the world was safe and all four of us were safe.
A few hours later it was getting late. The sun was setting and the sky was getting dark. Pegasus was showered with love from his fans and fans of the Duel Monsters game.
"So looks like our work is done here," Jaden said. We all smiled.
"Looks like it," the Pharaoh said.
"Ah well, looks like this is goodbye then. It was great meeting you three. Hey, think we'll all meet again sometime?" I giggled.
"Jaden, I told you remember and you should know by now," I said giggling. "I said we duel in the future, and my grandfather is standing right in front of you. Plus, I came with Yusei remember. I'll make sure you guys do"
"Let's hope the whole world and Duel Monsters won't be on the line again," Yusei said.
"You said it Yusei. Maybe we can 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," the Pharaoh said.
"All of time," Jaden said. We all put our hands in together. Yes, even I did.
"Absolutely," Yusei said. The Pharaoh stared at me and smiled.
"Wendy..." the Pharaoh said. I looked up. "Did you want to see Yugi before we go our separate ways?" I looked down. "He's dying to see you with his eyes again." I smiled.
"He will, even before I'm in this world," I said. "But, I really would like to see him. It was nice meeting you Pharaoh. Obviously I've heard so much about you." He snickered and took my right hand in his.
"Wendy," he pulled me in for a hug. "If I'm not around in the future, when you're alive, tell Yugi..." he whispered in my ear. I gasped and smiled.
"Sure," I said. The Pharaoh smiled at me as the Millennium Puzzle flashed and there stood my grandfather. He was crying.
"What's wrong?" I said. He still held my hand.
"Just knowing that you're my granddaughter is amazing. Who's your grandmother?" he asked staring up at me. I wasn't sure if I could tell. But my grandfather did tell me that he's been developing a small crush on grandmother Tea for years.
"Wendy," Yusei said. I looked up at him. "I don't think it would be harmful to tell him about your life. So go on." I smiled and nodded.
"My grandmother...is one of your friends actually," I said. Yugi blushed at the realisation of his longest and only girl in his friendship group.
"T-Tea? Tea becomes my wife?" he said blushing. I giggled and nodded.
"Just let natures take its course and you'll be with her, okay," I said. He nodded. I looked down. "There are a few more I should tell you. Things that I don't want you to change, even though you might want too"
"What are they Wendy?" he said.
"Well, I...um..." Yusei put his hands on my shoulders. "I have...well had a sister. Something happened that she tried to protect me from my father, but... he...he killed her. But you must promise to not try and save her. You might change the future for everyone, not just me," I said as I was starting to cry. Yusei pulled me into a tight hug.
"You haven't told anyone about this, haven't you Wendy?" I shook my head.
"No, I haven't. I don't even want to tell Crow," I said with tears rolling down my eyes.
"Wendy...I won't change anything." He held my hand. He stared into my eyes. I nodded. He placed his hand on my cheek and wiped away the tears. "It's okay. I'll try my best." Out of shear sadness I tackled my grandfather's younger self in a hug. He held me tightly as I cried.
"Wow," Jaden said. "That's so...sad." I stopped crying and we decided that it was best to leave. My grandfather gave me one last hug and that he'll see me in the future. I nodded and told him not to tell me of this until I'm back and I'd give him a hug to let him know that I know. He nodded and we went our separate ways.