Roland joined Mokuba on stage.
"Start the match!" said Mokuba.
"Let's duel!" said Kaiba and Sunset.
Kaiba LP: 8000
Sunset LP: 8000
Turn 1: Sunset
"Ladies first!" said Sunset. "I summon Giant Germ in defense mode. Then I'll place two cards face down and end my turn."
Turn 2: Kaiba
"My turn, I draw!" said Kaiba. "I summon Assault Wyvern in attack mode. Now, exterminate her little virus!"
"Guess you forgot your biology," said Sunset. "Don't you know how rapidly germ cells make multiple? When one is destroyed, two more infect the field! Then the infection travels to your life points!"
Kaiba LP: 7500
Sunset LP: 8000
"On the contrary," said Kaiba. "I know exactly how they work. And how to eradicate them completely. I activate my Wyvern's effect! When he destroys a monster, I can tribute him, to special summon a Dragon from my hand. I choose Blue Eyes White Dragon! Then I play Dragon's Fighting Spirit! With this spell, my dragon can make one additional attack for each monster that was special summoned this turn. So with his normal attack, plus the two monsters you just brought out, that makes three!"
"Woah," said Sunset. "Good thing I came prepared. I activate Desert Sunlight! This switches every monster on my field into defense mode."
"Not bad," said Kaiba. "But far from good enough! Blue Eyes! Attack!"
"Don't forget about my germ's effects!" said Sunset.
Kaiba LP: 6500
Sunset LP: 8000
"You'll have to do a lot better than that," said Kaiba. "Blue Eyes, Attack!"
Kaiba LP: 6500
Sunset LP: 5000
"Fine!" said Sunset. "I activate Damage Condenser! Whenever I receive damage from an attack, I can discard one card, (Drillago) then special summon a monster from my deck with ATK power equal to, or less than the damage I took. So I'll bring out, Beast King Barbaros!"
"I end my turn," said Kaiba.
Turn 3: Sunset
"Okay, my turn!" said Sunset. "King Barbaros, attack his dragon!"
"But they'll both be destroyed!" said Kaiba.
"I know," said Sunset. "That's what I want. Now I can play Message in a Bottle! This lets me select three monsters with different levels in my graveyard, after that, I can bring em back to the field. So I'll bring back one of my Germs, my Beast King, and the Drillago I discarded. Then I'll play Galaxy Queen's Light. It lets me select one level seven or higher monster on my side, then every other monster I control has their level raised to the same number as the selected creature. Obviously I choose my Beast King, so my other two monster's levels rise to eight." (Giant Germ Level: 2 – 8) (Drillago Level: 4 – 8) "Now I'll overlay them and Xyz summon Grandopolis, The Eternal Golden City in defense mode. This card reminds me of Las Pegasus. I'm done, for now."
Turn 4: Kaiba
"Very well," said Kaiba as he drew. "I activate Chaos Form! With this spell, I can send the second Blue Eyes in my hand to the grave, then Ritual summon Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon! Attack her tower turtle! Oh, and by the way, whenever my MAX Dragon destroys a monster in defense mode, you take twice the piercing damage!"
"What?!" asked Sunset. "Oh snap!"
Kaiba LP: 6500
Sunset LP: 4000
"Just surrender," said Kaiba. "You have no chance."
"Never!" said Sunset.
Kaiba shrugged. "So be it. As soon as we're finished, I'll finally get a worthy opponent. Be ready to bring out Atem, Yugi."
"What?!" asked Yugi. "Is that what this has all been about?!"
"Of course, Yugi," said Kaiba. "He's the only one that has ever given me an actual challenge."
Sunset was so mad, her hair lit on fire. "Why you…"
"Sunset, I am so sorry!" said Yugi. "Kaiba, you have to get over this. The truth is… Atem isn't inside the puzzle anymore."
"Nice try, Yugi," said Kaiba.
"Okay then, I suppose I have to show you," said Yugi. He then completed the puzzle, but nothing happened.
"The Pharaoh," said Grubber. "He didn't return."
"He doesn't know?!" asked Sunset remembering what Yugi said about the ancient Pharaoh. "Oh my god!"
"He's gone, Kaiba," said Yugi. "Gone forever. He ascended to the great beyond. It wasn't easy. It still isn't. But I had to let him go, and you have to as well. I'm sorry. It was just his time to go."
Kaiba couldn't believe his ears, or his eyes. "Everything I did up until this moment was for nothing?! No! It can't be true! I've come too far to just let it all go! You lie!"
"Huh?" asked Yugi.
"He's just afraid!" said Kaiba. "Scared to come out and face me! He knows he's no match for me! But it's not going to work! As soon as I'm done with Shimmer, he's mine!" He then turned back to Sunset. "Let's finish this!"
Turn 5: Sunset
Sunset scowled. "Yeah, let's! I play Pot of Greed, so I draw two cards. Now since I don't have any monsters, I can special summon Junk Forward. Then I'll tribute him so I can summon Kabuki Dragon! And whenever he attacks, I can change the battle mode of your monster."
"Oh no," said Kaiba.
"Say goodbye to your Blue Eyes!" said Sunset. "Kabuki Dragon, attack!" Kaiba's dragon was changed to defense mode, then destroyed.
"Time for reinforcements," said Kaiba. "Whenever a Blue Eyes monster is destroyed, I can special summon this card! Deep-Eyes White Dragon! But that's not all, now you lose 600 life points for each dragon with a different name in my graveyard! And I have three."
"Crud!" said Sunset.
Kaiba LP: 6500
Sunset LP: 2200
"Also," said Kaiba. "My Deep-Eyes lets me choose a Dragon in my graveyard, and copy its ATK. So I choose, my Chaos MAX Dragon!" (Deep-Eyes White Dragon ATK: 0 – 4000)
"Oh great," said Sunset. "I place one card face down and end my turn."
Turn 6: Kaiba
"My turn," said Kaiba. "I play my own Pot of Greed. Now I play Dark Core! By discarding a card, (Polymerization) I can banish your little lizard!"
"Oh no!" gasped Sunset.
"Deep-Eyes, end this duel!" ordered Kaiba.
"Not if I can help it!" said Sunset. "I activate Half Unbreak! With this, I can select a monster on the field, then it can't be destroyed."
"I already got rid of your only creature!" Kaiba pointed out.
"I said a monster, not my monster," corrected Sunset. "So I select your Deep-Eyes! Finally, I only take have the damage this turn." (Deep-Eyes White Dragon ATK: 4000 – 2000)
Kaiba LP: 6500
Sunset LP: 200
"You're only delaying the inevitable," said Kaiba. "I end my turn." (Deep-Eyes White Dragon ATK: 2000 – 4000)
Turn 7: Sunset
"I could tell you the same thing," said Sunset. "Yes! I play Pot of Avarice! So I can return my three Germs, Beast King, and Junk Forward to my deck and draw two cards. You know, Kaiba. You're famous for your Blue Eyes cards."
"Of course I am," said Kaiba.
"And because you are…" continued Sunset. "You're more predictable. I summon Ally of Justice Core Destroyer! And whenever he battles a Light monster, it's instantly destroyed!"
"What?!" asked Kaiba.
"That's right," said Sunset. "Now attack!" The dragon was instantly destroyed.
Kaiba chuckled. "You may know about my cards, but did you know about my dragon's other effect? When it's destroyed, I can destroy every one of your monsters!"
"No!" cried Sunset.
"That's right," said Kaiba. "Nobody knows more about this game than I do!"
"Whatever, I end my turn," said Sunset.
Turn 8: Kaiba
"Your last turn," said Kaiba. "I remove my Chaos MAX Dragon and my Deep Eyes to special summon my Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of The End!"
Sunset gasped. "I'm done for!"
"Yes you are," said Kaiba. "Wait! Yugi did this to me at Battle City. He ruined my direct attack with that dumb little Kuriboh, I heard she has it too. Oh well, there's more than one way to set a sun. I activate my dragon's effect, by giving up 1000 life points, I can send all the cards on the field and in our hands to the graveyard. Then you lose 300 life points for each one."
Kaiba LP: 5500
Sunset LP: 200
"Not so fast!" said Sunset. "The card you just sent to the grave is Elephant Statue of the Blessing! And it's discarded by an opponent's card effect, I gain 2000 life points!"
"What?!" asked Kaiba.
Kaiba LP: 5500
Sunset LP: 2200
Kaiba LP: 5500
Sunset LP: 1600
"I guess it's true, the Elephant never forgets," said Sunset. "You knew I had Kuriboh in my deck, it's just a shame it wasn't the card in my hand."
Kaiba just stood there dumbfounded for a minute. "Whatever, just get your turn over with."
Turn 9: Sunset
"If you insist," said Sunset. "Perfect… I put this card in my deck specifically for you. I summon Victoria in attack mode! And once per turn, I can special summon a Dragon monster from your graveyard and special summon it to my side."
"No way!" cried Kaiba.
"Yes, way!" said Sunset. "And now, I think I'll bring back your Chaos Max Dragon!"
Kaiba stared at his own monster in complete disbelief.
"Blue Eyes Max Dragon!" called Sunset. "Attack him directly!"
"Ah!" cried Kaiba.
Kaiba LP: 1500
Sunset LP: 1600
"Victoria, end this!" ordered Sunset.
"Nooooo!" yelled Kaiba.
Kaiba LP: 0
Sunset LP: 1600
Tears were falling down Mokuba's cheeks. "No… Seto… He went through so much, and tried so hard. It's just… not fair!"
"The winner is… Sunset Shimmer!" said Roland.
The two gangs and crowd cheered.
"Way to go, Sunset!" called Flash and Twilight.
"I knew she could do it!" said Rarity.
"Me too!" said Spike.
"She did it! She did it!" cheered Fluttershy and Pinkie.
"Awesome!" cheered Rainbow and Joey.
"Yee-haw!" said Applejack.
"Yeah!" said Tea and Tristan.
Timber, Bakura, and Mai clapped in support.
Spike barked with joy.
"Congratulations!" said Yugi. "You really wowed all of us. Excellent dueling."
"Thanks, Yugi," said Sunset. "Maybe that'll teach Kaiba not to underestimate his opponents."
"No…" said Kaiba as he fell to his knees. "All my hopes and dreams were so close to coming true… But once again they slipped through my grasp... What if it's really true? What if the Pharaoh really is gone? Did I really just waste all that time and money for nothing?!"
Mokuba then ran over and helped him up. "Come on, bro. We'll figure out… something. I promise."
"The next battle will be Sunset Shimmer vs Yugi Moto!" said Roland. "The winner will be crowned the new King, or Queen of Games!"
The crowd cheered.
"So…" said Grubber. "We had nothing to worry about this whole time?"
"I guess so," said one of the Plana kids.
"This is just… too shocking to believe," said Grubber. "If only Tempest were here."
While Kaiba sat there sulking, Sunset and Yugi prepared their decks.
"Well, Sunset," said Yugi. "Best of luck to you."
"You too," said Sunset.
"We hardly knew each other at Battle City," said Yugi. "But now, we can truly show each other what we're really like, and how far we've come."
"I can't wait," said Sunset.
Both players stared at each other as they drew their cards, with respect was in their gaze, but competition burning in their souls.