The Emissary of Extinction

Chapter 23

Consequences

Johan shifted under the sheets as he dreamed. Getting to sleep had been a kind of nightmare in itself.

The real nightmare, was what was in the dream. The memories...

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Flashback

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Johan finally opened his eyes as he stood..."Where am I?" Johan looked up to the sky, and could see a hole in the clouds. A hole with a Rainbow coming out of it.

It was closing. With a sinking feeling in his stomach, he came to realize the truth. The good, and the bad of it. He smiled, not quite the joyous smile he'd wear most days. It was a smile of both happiness and sadness. "I saved them. But where am I?"

Then he heard it. He turned around...

"YOU!"

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"Ah!" Johan could feel his heart racing as he found himself among the waking world again. He sat up. His heart was still racing. He felt the rest of the memories rushing back. He thought it was over. He never asked Judai of the details because he assumed he'd never see Yubel again. She was beaten, and could never harm anyone again. "So why..." He shook his head and forced himself out of bed. He wasn't getting back to sleep now.

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Judai opened his eyes, it took him a moment to realize where he was, and another to realize just why he wished he didn't wake up. Then like the weight of the world, it collapsed upon him. He remembered everything. The chaos of yesterday. The students fighting one another. Haou convincing to gain control. "Johan..."

He forced himself to sit up. He'd ran after jumping from the roof, and ran until he'd collapsed. Eventually he'd managed to fall asleep. Truth be told he had no idea how long it had taken to fall asleep or how long he'd actually been asleep. His mind was too mixed up to make sense of anything right now. He mind was too full of Johans perceived betrayal.

It was not like Judai could blame his friend. After everything Yubel had done, he could not blame any of his friends for their feelings towards Yubel. He was guilty of those feelings once too. Judai wasn't sure what to do now, about anything. Yubel was one thing, Haou was another. Yubel had an excuse, the Light of Ruin. Haou, well he barely knew anything about Haou himself, and Yubel was never exactly forthcoming with information. His past life was a mystery to him, known completely only by a sentient memory that sought freedom. A memory linked to the entity that was now threatening the island he was upon. Despite the imminent threat of Draygor, Johan was his real worry.

He stood up, standing around sulking was not going to help him.

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Johan stood outside the Obelisk blue dorm, carefully considering his own thoughts. "If I leave her with him, I don't know what she'll do to him. But I don't know if Judai will forgive me." He gritted his teeth. "It doesn't matter! I cant let her hurt him too!"

He started walking, to where he did not know. Only that his final destination was wherever Judai was. "I have to save him."

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Judai kept walking. "Maybe if I keep out of his way..." "Judai. You'll have to face him sometime." He frowned. "I know."

It wasn't exactly something he was looking forward to though.

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Xiaolang stood under the sun. "Draw!" He was training. His thoughts turned back to the previous night. "Haou beat Draygor without the slightest difficulty. His strength is insane. It's like Judai, but different. I wonder who would win between them?"

He drew again. "Well it doesn't matter now. But I wonder who he was." From out of the corner of his eye he could see the docks. A boat was coming in. Along with a yacht that was a bit further from the dock. He could see some people were standing there, but from this distance he had no chance at telling who they were. One thing was for sure, it involved the events of the previous day. "Just once I would like a day when absolutely nothing happens on this island. Just one day." He turned away. "Oh well." "Draw!"

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Kaiser, along with Fubuki, Sho and Asuka stood before the ship that had parked in front of them. Kaiser noted, with a smirk that someone had painted a giant kanji of the word "Thunder" upon it. Kaiser knew of only one person who would put that word on a boat. The person who was now descending a staircase that was extending down to them.

Jun Manjoume walked down to meet his old friends, a small smile on his face. "Hey guys."

Kaiser was the first to respond. "Been a while Manjoume. I've heard all about your Pro League career. I'm surprised you managed to get away from it."

"You'd know how bad it can be. But after my match two days ago I was able to get a vacation for a while."

"Listen to him, you'd think he was on top of the world." Everyone turned to see Edo exiting his yacht, no one having noticed as he pulled in. "Don't you think that boat is just a little bit much? You got enough space on that thing to hold a third of the students here."

"If you wanted a lift you could have asked you know."

"Oh no. I quite like my yacht actually. I don't see why you insist on being so 'in your face' with all your riches. Why not have a little class?"

"You know, you don't need to try and hide it. You're still annoyed about me beating you."

Edo turned away. "Oh I'll get you back for that one day. Just wait."

"Alright. Though I expect I'll need a cane by then."

Edo was about to snap back a reply before- "If you two wouldn't mind." All eyes turned to Kaiser. "We have bigger things to worry about than your rivalry. Lets find a more comfortable place to talk, the siltation has changed since we last spoke."

Edo was the first to address Kaisers words. "Changed?"

Kaiser nodded. "Let's find someone more private."

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Judai sat alone, leaning against a tree as he looked up to the sky. He knew he'd have to face Johan sometime, but he would have liked to put it off as long as possible. Fate however, felt like kicking him in the teeth today. He could hear footsteps coming from the trees near him.

He turned to see a familiar mass of blue hair walking out from the trees. Attached to it was the last person he wanted to see right now. A familiar duel spirit was sitting upon it's shoulder, clearly it had been what had tracked Judai down. Judai stood up, he walked to take a familiar position, and distance. He had a feeling, an instinct about what was going to happen. Before that happened however, he would try to speak. "Johan..."

"Judai."

"Johan...I..."

Johan shook his head. "Judai. I wont ask why you did what you did. But I cant let you stick by it." He pulled out his deck and slid it into his duel disk. "Yubel is too dangerous Judai. The things she did, the people she hurt. I don't understand how you could trust someone like that, but I can't let it go on. Everyone else who has trusted her has suffered or died and I wont her hurt you as well!"

"Yubel wont hurt me! She's helped me more times now than I've counted. I would have never beaten Darkness without her!"

"That doesn't matter! We cant trust her Judai. Cobra trusted her. Amon trusted her. And she killed them both! It's only a matter of time before she's done with you!"

"She's not like that anymore! It wasn't her fault!"

"Wasn't her fault? Listen to yourself Judai! She chose to kill who she did. She chose to turn the students into zombies she chose...She chose..."

"What did she choose, Johan?"

"She...she turned my family into monsters..."

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Flashback

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"YOU!"

Johan turned to see Yubel, clearly she had taken to the travel as easily as he did. She was forcing herself back to her feet. "You took Judai away from me!" She was on her feet, completely steady. "I wont forgive you!"

Johan smiled. "That's alright. As long as you cant hurt the others it's alright with me."

Yubel smiled. "I could hurt you."

Johan frowned. "You're a duel spirit. Why do you want to hurt Judai so much?"

"Why you ask? I don't understand. It's because I love him. Judai...my precious Judai. I will hurt him."

"Are you absolutely insane? You love him but you want to hurt him? What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing! I just want to show him my love!" She suddenly smiled. "I can use you."

"What do you-" He looked down at his deck, light was starting to emanate from it. "What-?"

One by one the spirits of the Jewel beasts appeared. In this world they were completely solid. But he did not have time to rejoice in the fact before Yubel started laughing.

"Your monsters. They are so unique. Tell me, did Judai like them? Did he enjoy duelling them?"

Topaz Tiger suddenly growled. "You'll find out yourself if you don't leave our master alone."

"Oh yes. He did. I can tell." She looked right into Johans eyes. "You are...perfect." Her third eye was suddenly glowing. "Come to me. Johan."

Johans eyes too started to glow. An orange glow now occupied his eyes. He took a step forward, hypnotized.

Sapphire Pegasus noticed. "She's controlling him! Stop her!"

The beasts ran forward, all of them Growling, Neighing or giving off any other sound they could use as a battle cry. They passed by Johan in a heart beat, running right towards Yubel.

She smiled. "I'll use you as well." She held out her arms releasing seven streams of darkness, each of them bringing down a beast. They struggled against the power that was wrapping itself around them. Johan kept walking forward, nothing could penetrate the control he was under.

"RUBI!"

Almost nothing. "Ruby!" He looked around him. "No!" His family was screaming around him, thrashing against the darkness as it took form. "Stop it!" He turned to look at Yubel. "Leave them alone!"

He heard a growl. "Rubiii." He looked down to behold the single most horrifying thing his mind had ever been forced to process. Ruby Carbuncle was looking up at him, but it was not Ruby Carbuncle anymore. All around him the rest of the beasts were growling, he gazed around to realize the truth.

His family...were not his family anymore. "Yubel!" He raised his duel disk and his head to the sky. "Damn you, YUBELl! Come out! Rainbow Dragon!" His deck glowed as the mighty god of the jewel beasts emerged. It roared with absolute anger as it stared down at the ones that were once called it's allies. All of them backed away. Changed as they were, they were not insane. Their power did not compare to that of the Rainbow Dragon. "You'll pay for what you've done to my family!" Something grabbed his wrist.

"I think this makes us even."

Johan turned his head a little to see Yubel was the one who had clutched his wrist. He was suddenly compelled to meet her eyes as she spoke. "You love Judai too, right?" Darkness radiated from his hand, shooting down Johans arm to enter his deck.

Behind them the Rainbow Dragon suddenly roared as the darkness suddenly started leaking from it. It's recent battle had taken quite a toll on the spirit. It shook against the darkness only briefly before it's entire skin was suddenly dyed black.

Yubel only had eyes for Johan at this point. "Then we shall work together. I'll use your body, and we'll show Judai our love. I will show him my love, the love he showed me!"

Johan couldn't fight back. At this point, he couldn't even move. All he could do...was think. Think, and pray. "Please Judai. Don't come looking for me. I just hope...Yubel never finds her way back to our world." The world was going black..."Goodbye my family. Goodbye...Judai." His eyes closed slowly, and then he knew no more.

His entire body was suddenly shrouded in a dark aura are Yubel disappeared. In a moment the Aura, and all the Jewel beasts, along with their god had vanished.

Johan opened his eyes. Long gone were the eyes of Johan Anderson. "Will you love this form more, Judai?"

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Flashback end

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"That's why I cant just sit here and do nothing Judai. I have to stop her from doing to you what she does to everyone. I'll use all the power I posses!" His deck was suddenly covered by a rainbow colored aura. "And the power of the Jewel Beats! With the might of the Rainbow Dragon! I'll pull her out of you and lock her away where she cant hurt anyone again!"

"Johan..." "What do I do?" "Stop this Johan!"

"No! Now draw your cards if you wont help me! Draw and duel!"

There was nothing he could do. His duel disk activated.

"Duel"

Judai drew a card. "I have to stop this somehow. Somehow..." "I set three cards, turn end." "Idiot! What the hell are you doing?" "I'm not going to hurt him Yubel because he's not wrong! He has the right to be angry. The things you did are not easily forgiven." "You think I deserve what he wants to do to me?" "No. But you owe him an apology at the very least." "What I did, I did it all for you." "This is what has come of it Yubel. I don't blame you, you were not yourself. But you've caused so much damage. I will stand by you, but it's going to be a long time before the others trust you as I do."

Johan drew his card. "Draw!" He glanced at the card before showing it. "I activate Jewel Tree!" A leafless tree grew in front of Johan, bringing back memories of the last time Judai had seen Johan use it. Against the very Enemy Judai was defending now. Times had indeed changed. "Each time a Jewel Beast is placed in my spell and trap zone, it gains one Jewel Counter. I can send it to the graveyard to select a number of Jewel Beasts in my graveyard equal to the number of counters on it, and place the Jewel Beasts in my Spell/Trap zone." He revealed another card in his hand. "Come out! Jewel Beast Sapphire Pegasus!"

The beast neighed as it appeared on the field, beating it's mighty wings. (Attack position. ATK/1800 DEF/1300) "Sapphire Pegasus effect activate! When he's summoned, I can place a Jewel Beast in my deck into my Spell/Trap zone! Sapphire Calling!" Pegasus's horn was suddenly aglow. Johan picked out his card in an instant. "Cobalt Eagle!" The jewel rose up behind Pegasus. "I activate Golden Rule! First I must equip it to a Jewel Beast monster I control. I choose Sapphire Pegasus. Then I can select two level three or lower Jewel Beats in my deck and place them in my spell/trap zone. I choose Jewel Beast Amethyst Cat and Ruby Carbuncle!" Both gems appeared behind Sapphire Pegasus. "Lastly I can summon a "Jewel Beast" monster from my hand, but I don't have one. Ruby Carbuncle effect activate! When it's in my spell/trap zone. It can special summon itself!" The jewel cracked, and the small spirit jumped out and took it's place next to it's ally. It raised it's tail. "Effect activate! Ruby Happiness!" "Rubiiii!" "I can summon every "Jewel Beast" in my spell/trap zone! I summon Amethyst Cat." (Attack position. ATK/1200 DEF/400) "And Cobalt Eagle!" (Attack position. ATK/1400 DEF/1800)

Johan was far from done. "Jewel Tree effect activate! I tribute it to select three Jewel Beasts in my deck and move them to my spell/trap zone." He had already found them. "Amber Mammoth! Topaz Tiger! And Emerald Turtle!" The three Jewels appeared one by one. Judai quickly realized what this meant.

"All seven. In one turn! Johan. He's strong!" "You underestimated him. Johans strength is just like yours. If you hold back he'll beat you!" Judai had no more time to respond before Johan made his next move.

"All seven of my Jewel Beasts are here." He picked up one of the remaining cards in his hand. "Come out! Rainbow Dragon!" A Rainbow appeared behind Johan, obscuring all things before the Dragon appeared. The almighty god of the Jewel beasts roared down at it's opponent. (Attack position. ATK/4000 DEF/0)

Judai felt the due sense of dread building inside him. "I cant hold Johan off for long now. The Rainbow Dragon..." He remembered the two previous times he had come before that beast. Both times he had felt his tremendous power and he would never forget it. "He's serious. He really wants to force Yubel out of me." "You cant let that happen Judai. You have to stop him!" "I will. And I have only one monster that can."

Johan broke Judai from the comfort of his own mind. "Judai. I know you may not forgive me for this. But please know I'm just trying to protect you. You're too important to me to just let her do to you what she does to everyone else when she's finished with them. I wont let her take you. I've saved you once, I'll do it again, no matter the cost!"

"Johan! Don't do it! Please just listen!"

"I cant! I have to save you! Rainbow Dragon! Direct attack. Over The Rainbow!"

"Johan!" Judai looked down at the center set card.

In seconds Judai was completely covered by the might of Rainbow Dragon. What ever, if anything, Judai was doing to try and save himself was lost to Johan as the blast hit. It exploded. The full power of Rainbow Dragon had found a mark.

Seconds later Judai could be seen. He may not have been smiling, but his life points revealed the truth.

(LP/4000)

"What?" Johan's eyes moved to witness the movement he could see. "Winged Kuriboh..." He frowned. "Why are you trying to stop me Judai? You know better than me how dangerous Yubel is."

"Yes Johan. I know how dangerous she can be. I also know why she did the things she did. Johan, will you please listen-"

"No Judai! Whatever she's told you is a lie! It's how her kind survive. They lie, they wait for the upper hand and then they take advantage. She did it to Cobra and she'll do it to you." He picked up one of the remaining cards in his hand. "I set one card. Turn end."

"Johan. Please stop this."

"No. Not until she's somewhere she cant hurt you or anyone else."

"Dammit Johan." He placed a hand on his deck. "I wont hold back now. I'm sorry. Draw!" He glanced at it. "Convert Contact activate. Because I control no monsters, I can send one "Neo Spacian" from my hand, and one from my deck to the graveyard to draw two cards. I send Air Hummingbird from my hand. And Flare Scarb from my deck. Draw." He looked at his hand. "I have just one chance." He revealed one of the cards in his hand. "I activate Take over 5! I can send the top five cards from my deck to the graveyard." He picked up his cards, and watched them go into the graveyard one by one.

"Perfect!" He picked up two cards in his hand, showing them one at a time. "Cocoon Party! For every Neo Spacian in my graveyard, I can special summon a Chrysalis monster from my deck. I have Air Hummingbird, flare Scarb, and Grand Mole in my graveyard. I summon Chrysalis Dolphin." The young Dolphin appeared to be scared by the Dragon before it as it looked through it's shell. (Defence position. ATK/400 DEF/600) "Chrysalis Pantail." The young feline merely blinked at is appeared, it's interest focused on the cat under Johans control. (Defence position. ATK/800 DEF/300) "And Chrysalis Pinny." This young Neo Spacian was too busy investigating the taste of it's own arm to pay attention. (Defence position. ATK/100 DEF/700)

Judai revealed the second card of his combo. "Contact! I tribute my Chrysalis monsters to summon the Neo Spacians on their card text." The young were quickly growing old. "Aqua Dolphin!" (Defence position. ATK/600 DEF800) "Black Panther." (Defence position. ATK/1000 DEF/500) "Glow Moss!" (Defence position. ATK/300 DEF/900)

"But what good will they do you against Rainbow Dragon? Even combined their attack power is not even half of that of Rainbow Dragons."

"No. You're right. Alone the Neo Spacians are not very strong. But the Neo Spacians are strongest united. With the three Neo Spcians on my field!" His graveyard was suddenly glowing."The three in my grave!" The three Neo Spacian cards emerged, along with a forth card. "And Elemental Hero Neos! I'll show you the unity of the Neo Spaicians! Ultimate Contact Fusion!"

The Neo Spacians, along with Neos rose up into the air. The Neo Spcaians were transformed into spheres of energy with one by one, became one with Neos Neos glowed, and an explosion of light revealed a new monster. This warrior was dressed in gold, it's armor equip with two huge golden wings. It was many times the size of the tallest monster used to fuse it, and with it's appearance, and the monsters used to create him, could only be given a single name. "God Neos!" (attack position. ATK/3000 DEF/2500)

"God...Neos.." Johan knew this card. "You used this monster to defeat darkness. So why are you using it against me?"

"Because I have to go all out against you! I can't let you hurt Yubel!" He was still holding the six Neo Spacians. He revealed them to Johan. "By removing the Neo Spacians in my deck from play, God Neos can gain their effects and 500 attack points for each removed until the end of the turn." (ATK/6000) "He activates Flare Scarabs Effect! He gains 400 attack points for every spell and trap card you control!" (ATK/8000)

"8000 points?"

"Johan. Please just listen."

"No! She's deceiving you Judai! Why can't you see that?"

"She is not! If you wont listen I'll have to prove it to you!" God Neos! Attack Rainbow Dragon!" The God placed it's hands together as the six spheres appeared and joined as one. Not even the Rainbow Dragon would be able to fight back against an attack of this magnitude.

Alone. "Rainbow Dragon effect activate! Rainbow Overdrive!" One by one, each of the Jewel Beasts. Both the ones in monsters zones and in Johans spell/trap zone suddenly changed into masses of light. Each of them shot themselves into the Jewel on the dragon that had the matching color. (Rainbow Dragon ATK/11,000) "Judai! I won't hold back just because you're my friend. I'll save you from Yubel!

"She's not a danger Johan!"

"You cant be sure of that! You know what she's done!"

"Yes I do. And I have forgiven her!"

"You fool! Rainbow Dragon! End this! Over The Rainbow!" The dragon unleashed it's full power at the god before it. It would not hold back even the slightest bit of it's power

"Legendary Strike!" The god struck back, with all of it's power. With Golden Rule and the Gems in Johans spell/trap zone gone, it was weakened. (ATK/6400) But somehow it's attack still remained glorious and strong. Perhaps being a god made it's attack a vision of glory no matter what it's strength.

As their best monsters attacks closed in for collision, both duellists kept their eyes on their own set cards. Just waiting for the right moment.

Just waiting...

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Xiaolang turned around. "What is that?" Not for the first time in his life, the world seemed to hear him, and decided to answer him.

The forest before him was suddenly lit by the explosion before him. A blast of Rainbow colored energy was coming from somewhere, and it stabbed the sky itself. Xiaolang could tell it was close, and he understood one thing. "Whatever spirits are causing this, they have incredible power." He ran towards it. "I must be out of my mind!"

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Neither Johan or Judai could be seen from inside the power that enveloped their duel, which was the sight Xiaolang found himself met with then he arrived. "What's happening in there?"

The light lasted for another full minute before it finally stopped radiating. It was starting to fade now. Xiaolang drew a simple conclusion. "It's over." In another minute, he could finally make out those which stood in the light.

He could see Judai, along with Johan standing within. Whatever they were doing had left no traces. There were no Holograms. Nothing to suggest a duel had even taken place except the light that was still fading. Both stood with their heads bowed. Whatever had transpired in this duel. Whoever had won this duel. Whatever the result had been. It would be a story known to them alone.

Johan turned around, and took one step after another. He did not look back, or even seem to notice a spectator had arrived. Whatever had happened had clearly affected him. In a moment he had vanished among the trees, another moment after all sound of his footsteps had gone.

Judai too turned around, and like Johan he walked away.

Xiaolang did not understand, but he did wonder. "Who won?"

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"That's all we know."

Edo and Manjoume nodded, the latter being the first to speak. "First it was Yubel. Now this. How much is Judai hiding from us?"

"Aniki must have his reasons."

Manjoume leaned back on the couch he was resting on. "Maybe. But you guys were put in danger by him hiding things from us."

"That wasn't Aniki's fault!"

Sensing Sho might be able to pounce on Manjoume, Edo chipped in his thoughts. "He has a point Sho, but Manjoume, we cant blame Judai for Haou's actions." He took a brief pause. "We know Judai is always going to fight for the greater good. This we know for certain. But we also know Judai hides things from us, at least since we came back from the other world. Judai is our friend, but friendship is built on trust. Why wont he trust us?"

Asuka was the next to answer. "Like Sho said, there must be a reason."

Kaiser nodded. "For now, we'll trust him. But if anything like last night happens again, he has to answer us. We can't let him hide things from us if it will put us in danger. We almost died last night. If Xiaolang had not been there to summon Shien we very well might have been knocked off the roof and fallen. I think not even Judai knows all the answers, but if we're going to be dragged in, we need to know as much as possible."

They all nodded. Edo finished off the conversation. "Now we need to prepare for whatever will happen next."

Despite Edo's confident words, everyone thought the exact same thing.

What exactly were they going to have to prepare for?

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The creature growled out. "I hate the light." The mass of energy that was Draygor now groaned as the light continued to fight against him. "I changed the light so long ago, why isn't it working this time?" As the situation was he could not convert the light that remained on his body. "I need to siphon it off on something." He tried thinking of where to put it, almost anything would do. As long as it could hold it. Otherwise it would simply find it's way back to him.

Then exactly what he was looking for found him. Four students had found his hiding place, for he recognized. "My martyrs."

The students walked forward, kneeling before the entity that was now Draygor. Kenji was the first to speak. "How can we assist you?"

The darkness turned, gathering the light to create four small spheres with darkness wrapped around it. "Let's find out." The four spheres were formed, each one was gray, a mixer of the power of the Emissary of Extinction and the Light of Ruin. "Hold these for me." Each of the four spheres made their way towards each of the four. "Wonder if they'll survive it?"

Kenji was the first to grasp his sphere. His fingers broke into the surface of the sphere, like dipping into a body of water. The water spread down his fingers.

Then it gained a mind of it's own.

The substance stuck to him, and continued to spread down his hands, along the surface of his arms. He tried dropping the sphere but it was stuck to him now. He screamed. "Get it off me!" It travelled under his clothing, spreading over his body. "Stop it! Stop it!"

"Quiet. This is what is meant to be." This served to silence Kenji, but he could not completely hide his screams of fear as the Gray spread across his body. In a moment his entire skin had been dyed Gray. Kenji had stopped struggling, his skin was dyed Gray, and he was completely silent with his eyes closed. Suddenly his eyes opened, bringing his skin back it's natural color.

He stood up, his face completely blank of any emotion as he reached his feet. He looked at his hands.

He smiled. Suddenly his body radiated with a Gray aura. He started laughing. First it started weakly, before growing into a loud, heartfelt laughter. "This is the best feeling ever!" he finally stopped laughing. He turned around to face his allies. "Join in the feeling." The remaining spheres made their way to a target, each of them placing their hands upon them.

Draygor watched with interest as the students before him held the spheres and absorbed the power it gave. "This is unexpected." In a moment the transformations had been completed, leaving four students before him with Gray auras. "Am I going to have to kill them now I wonder."

Kenji watched as his friends finished their transformations. He nodded and turned around. "What is it you request of us, Draygor."

Draygor took a moment to think. Had he had a mouth, he'd have smiled. "My Martyrs. You are my Martyrs no more. From here on, you are my soldiers." The students were slowly starting to smile. "Humanity has many interesting end of the world myths. Almost all I have read over my time with Humanity. And there is one that befits you four."

The darkness of Draygors body spread, joining with the four auras before him. Four pieces of darkness broke away from the main body, falling to the open hands of each of the students, who watched one by one as a card formed in each of them. Each card would from then on be a representation of them. Of their title, of their duty.

"From here on. You are...the Four Horsemen."

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End of Chapter

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Today's Strongest Card

The Flute Of Summoning Kuriboh

Spell (Quick-play)

Add 1 "Kuriboh" or 1 "Winged Kuriboh" from your Deck to your hand, OR Special Summon 1 "Kuriboh" or 1 "Winged Kuriboh" from your Deck to your side of the field.

Commentary: Judai

"I've lost count of the number of times this card has saved me." "Kurii!"

Authors note:

First: About the Jewel/Gem beasts. I don't have a direct translation of their Japanese name, so I've referred to them as "Jewel Beasts" thus far because that's the name I'm familiar with (from subs). What would you all prefer? Or if you're aware, what is the correct translation? Personally I like "Gem" better but it's up to your guys, or the correct translation. If you decide on a change this chapter and the previous chapter they duelled in will be amended with the decided/correct name.

Second: Which dub version should I used for the Destiny Hero names? The original Japanese version or the English Dub? I can go either way on this one so it's your choice guys.