After settling everything and apologizing to everyone, Tempest, Grubber, and Capper headed off to find a new town and restart their lives. The Plana children were taken to the local homeless shelter, in hopes of finding new and pure families.

A couple days later

Finally, it was graduation day at Domino High. Yugi was in the auditorium reading his graduation speech, which did cause Tea to tear up a little. But Joey and Tristan cried uncontrollably. Finally, at the end of the ceremony, Yugi, Joey, Tea, Bakura, and Tristan all threw their diplomas up and cheered like crazy.

In his new town, Capper got a job working with the cats at the local animal shelter.

A small distance away in the same town, Tempest and Grubber enrolled in a special school so they could eventually accomplish their new goal. Go into space as astronauts.

Back in Domino, Yugi, his grandpa, Joey, Tristan, Duke, Bakura, and even Mai had gathered at the airport along with Sunset and her friends to see Tea off as she was getting ready to board her plane. After giving high fives to all her old pals, and hugging Sunset, Twilight, and the others, she finally boarded her plane, and set off to go study dancing abroad.

Yugi began his career of designing new games, while Tristan was forced to work in his father's factory.

Joey and Mai started entering tournaments all over the world. They vowed to never enter the same competition so they wouldn't have to battle each other. And whenever there was a tag team tournament, they took down everyone together.

Because all the girls loved his accent, Bakura decided to become a voice actor, which led to instant success.

Duke kept trying to sell Dungeon Dice Monsters, but it never went big, eventually it stopped selling, so he just went back to selling duel monster cards.

Sunset, and the girls then headed back to Canterlot High.

On the KaibaCorp space station, Kaiba was in a pod, talking with his brother on a monitor.

"Big bro!" said Mokuba. "The numbers are in for the new duel disk. It's a big hit!"

"Thank you for the update Mokuba," said Kaiba. "But I really need to concentrate right now."

"Big bro, are you sure you want to go through with this?" asked Mokuba. "We haven't even tested this prototype yet. It's too dangerous!"

"I'll be fine," said Kaiba as he grasped the Quantum Cube.

"How can you be so sure?" asked Mokuba.

"Just trust me," said Kaiba. "Now it's time. Mokuba, you're in charge."

"Seto, promise you'll come back," said Mokuba.

Kaiba nodded. "Duel Dimension System! Activate!" The pod then shot down the elevator shaft that connected the station to Earth. The cube activated, covering the entire space station in golden light, the pod then suddenly vanished.

Kaiba's pod reappeared in an Egyptian desert. "Yes! It worked! So this is where the Pharaoh has been hiding in the afterlife. Well, he can't hide from me any longer!" Kaiba then exited the pod and walked to the top of a hill, overlooking a city containing Atem's palace.

Once at the palace, he advanced to the throne room where Atem is sitting with the puzzle around his neck.

"Who are you?!" asked one of the guards. "How dare you barge in our King's throne!"

"Relax!" said Atem. "I know him. He and I have a score to settle."

"You bet we do," said Kaiba.

"My king, let us deal with this trespasser," said the guard.

"No need to," said Atem. "He just wants to duel." He then activated his DiaDhank.

"If you say so, my king," said the guard.

"Let's do this," said Kaiba as he activated his duel disk.

"Give them room to duel!" said the guard. Everyone in the throne room gave them some distance.

"Game on!" said the two.

Kaiba LP: 8000

Atem LP: 8000

Turn 1: Kaiba

"I've been waiting for this moment my entire life, Pharaoh," said Kaiba. "Time to prove everyone, and to myself, that I truly am the best! I activate Polymerization to fuse my three Blue Eyes White Dragons together to form, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Now I'll tribute it to special summon a monster that Pegasus just remade! The Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!"

"I don't believe it," said Atem.

"You remember his effect, right?" asked Kaiba. "He gains 300 points for every Dragon in my graveyard." (Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon ATK: 3000 – 4200) "Then I'll play Dragon Shrine! This lets me send one Dragon monster (Luster Dragon #2) from my deck to my graveyard! And if that monster was a Normal Dragon, which it was, I can then send another Dragon from my deck straight to the grave!" (D.D. Dragon) "Which means my dragon's points go up!" (Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon ATK: 4200 – 4800) "I end my turn."

Turn 2: Atem

"Very well, my turn!" said Atem. As he touch his deck, the top card glowed. "I shall discard my three Magnet Warriors to special summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior! Then I'll tribute him to re-summon back Alpha, Beta, and Gamma in attack mode! Now I shall sacrifice all three of them to summon my Egyptian God Card! The Winged Dragon of Ra!"

"Say what?!" asked Kaiba.

A giant glowing sphere appeared on the field. It then opened up to reveal the Egyptian God of the sun, Ra.

"And when he is summoned, I can reduce my life points down to 100, to power him up!" said Atem. "And that's exactly what I'll do." (The Winged Dragon of Ra ATK: ? – 7900)

Kaiba LP: 8000

Atem LP: 100

"7900 ATK points, on the first turn?!" asked Kaiba.

"Yes Kaiba," said Atem. "But I'm not done. Now I play my Pump Up magic card! It doubles the ATK points of one of my monsters until the end of the turn!" (The Winged Dragon of Ra ATK: 7900 – 15800)

"15,800?!" cried Kaiba. "No! It's not possible!"

"Maybe for a normal duel monster," said Atem. "But as you know, it's no mere monster, it's a God!"

"Just like I told Tempest," thought Kaiba.

"Ra! Destroy his dragon!" ordered Atem.

"Nooooo!" cried Kaiba. "Not again!"

Kaiba LP: 0

Atem LP: 100

"Hooray!" said some of the guards.

"Long live King Atem!" said the others. "Long live the Pharaoh!"

Kaiba was in absolute shock. "How could I let this happen? I went through all this, just have my scars of defeat reopen? I wasted all this time and money just to have history repeat itself? No! This can't really be happening! Everyone gets what they desire. What do I have to do to finally get what I rightfully deserve?! It's not fair! When will I finally get my shot?! How do I beat you?!"

"Silence, worm!" said one of guards. "You have no right to speak to our king like that! Now begone! You've wasted enough of his time already!"

"If only we were back in my office instead of here," thought Kaiba. "I would be the one telling him that."

"Kaiba," said Atem. "Your scars of defeat will only continue to burn if you let them. Maybe it's just time to let it all go, and move on with your life."

"I can't!" said Kaiba. "I told you before! I am this best at everything I do! But when it comes to dueling, you always one step ahead! But everyone knows that I…"

"Silence!" said the guard as he held up his spear. "Never speak to our King like that! Ever!"

"Relax," said Atem.

"Yes your highness," said the guard.

"I just… can't," said Kaiba. "Not matter what I do, I can't let it go. I've tried so hard, and spent more money, time, and effort than anyone else in the world. Not to mention I have the best technology. I just feel that I deserve to be the best."

"I understand that, Kaiba," said Atem. "But when you only fight for yourself, you've already lost the battle. I never dueled only for myself, nor did I ever duel alone."

"Please, I've heard all already," said Kaiba. "I just can't believe there's something in this world that I can't do."

"Kaiba," said Atem. "You have a brother, and a company to take care of. You can't just keep pulling yourself into these situations. It's time for you to let it all go! And if you can't, I'll help you! The same way I did the first time we met! By opening your mind! Mind Crush!"

The part of Kaiba's mind that held onto the constant thirst for victory was destroyed and banished. Kaiba then took a deep breath. "I've… felt this feeling before."

"There, Kaiba," said Atem. "Maybe now you'll begin to truly see, that there's more to life, than just holding to an old personal grudge. Especially when you have much more important things to worry about back home."

"I can't believe I'm about to say this," said Kaiba. "But maybe you're right. No wonder you're a Pharaoh. Maybe this is just a lost cause. Very well. Then I guess this truly is farewell, Pharaoh."

"I wish you success, Seto Kaiba," said Atem.

"That's all I ever get," said Kaiba. "But thank you. Goodbye."

Atem waved back, then sat back in his chair.

A short time later, Kaiba was back in his pod, ready to go home and forget all about his old grudge. "Duel Dimension System! Activate!" The cube activated, covering the entire pod in golden light. But as the process was beginning, something short circuited, and the controls began to spark electricity.

"Oh no!" said Kaiba. "What's going on?!" Despite the malfunction, the pod still began to teleport.

"Aaahhhh!" cried Kaiba as he fell through a strange, colorful, spiral-like vortex.

A few seconds later, the pod appeared in a strange alternate world.

"What happened?" asked Kaiba. "And where am I?" But when Kaiba tried to open the pod, he saw a hoof instead of his hand. "What the?! What is this?!" He then looked in the monitor and saw a horse-like reflection of himself. Plus, he was naked. "No! No! T-this can't be real! I just need to get out of this pod!"

When he got out, he saw a small normal looking village nearby. "I gotta find out where I am!" But when he tried to run, he immediately collapsed. "What's has happened to me?" Kaiba took a look at his body, and instead of his normal human form, he had a small peach colored pony body, with a symbol of a white dragon on his flank. "WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME?!" Two ponies heard the noise and came to see what was happening.

Kaiba saw two ponies approach him. One was white, the other was cyan gray with a horn on his head.

"Hey buddy!" said Double Diamond. "You okay?"

Kaiba was too shocked to speak. "I gotta get out of here!"

The pod began to short circuit again. And the cube started to glow. The pod's window was still open, so Kaiba immediately jumped back in. "Please! Take me home!" The pod then vanished.

"What the heck was that?" asked Party Favor.

"Not a clue," said Double Diamond.

A few seconds later, Kaiba was back home in his space station, with clothes on. "Thank goodness! Whatever that was, I shall never repeat it to another living soul, ever again. Besides, who would believe me? I don't even believe it. The Pharaoh was right, it all just is a lost cause. And Mokuba was right as well. This test pod was too dangerous. I'm just going to forget all about this pod and get to work on my next tournament."

Mokuba then appeared on a screen. "Seto! You're back!"

"Hi Mokuba," said Kaiba.

"So, how did it go, Seto?" asked Mokuba. "Did the pod work?"

Kaiba wasn't sure how to answer.