Thetrueazure: Here it is, the Epilogue of the story and a Teaser to the sequel with Serpentdragons help.
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Epilogue: A year later and a new enemy?
A year later.
Ritsu was currently working on his new duel runner at his new house he and Yuzuki bought, Yuki, being the overprotective mother wanted Ritsu to stay with his family but Shin told her that Ritsu was an adult now as that he could visit them anytime, Crow was like Shin in a sense that he knew Yuzuki wasn't a little girl anymore, though he did threaten Ritsu saying that if he hurts Yuzuki then he'll know the full might of the Blackwings.
Ritsu was typing at the keyboard and then went to his runner. "Let's see about this setting." Ritsu turned on his runner and did a couple of tests, everything was going alright until the runner decided to blow a plume of smoke in his face. Ritsu's brow twitched in annoyance as his face was covered in soot. "This is getting troublesome."
Just then, Yuzuki came downstairs carrying some new supplies for Ritsu. "Still having trouble with the Runner modifications, babe?"
"Yeah, unfortunately," he said as he got off his Runner. "For whatever reason, no matter what setting I put it to, the power regulator for the over-booster keeps overloading. I can't figure out what to do with it."
"Well," Yuzuki said as she put the supplies on the table, "The others will be here soon. Maybe they can help."
"Yeah, well let's just hope that it doesn't end up like before." Ritsu said as he remembered the time they were working on the runner, they had to use one of Ritsu's work tables as a shield in order to turn off the runner so that it didn't blow the garage up. "I really don't want to explain it to sector security or your dad for that matter as to why our house is in flames."
"Yeah, I kinda like my house and boyfriend in one piece." Yuzuki laughed slightly. "How are your parents doing?"
"They're doing alright, dad is still doing loads of paperwork." Ritsu said and shivered at the thought of doing mountains of paperwork. "Thankfully mom is keeping him on task."
"That's good," Yuzuki said with a nod. Just then, she heard the ringing of the bell. "That must be the others! Now, Ritsu, I know you and the others will wanna work on this for a while, but remember, we are supposed to be celebrating today."
"Don't worry," the Light User replied, wiping his face off. "I'll be up in a bit, all cleaned up. I wouldn't miss this party for anything." He and Yuzuki then shared a quick kiss as she ran back upstairs to let the others in. Meanwhile, Ritsu went to the shower to clean up. This really would be a big party. All their friends and comrades from the war against Apollyon were coming over to celebrate the first anniversary of their victory. However. as he did, he could not help but notice how depressed Raikou seemed. "Raikou, what is it?"
Sighing, the Light Dragon said, "I can't help but feel sorrow at the memory of my brother's death. In my heart I know that killing him was the only choice to save the human world and the Spirit World. Still, I regret there was not a way to save my brother and redeem his soul."
"I can understand how you feel." Ritsu said. "Even though he was corrupt with power he was still your brother, but you have to ask yourself this question; would he have done the same thing if your roles were reversed?"
The Light Dragon thought about it for a minute. "He, he would."
"Plus, you can honor his memory before he became corrupt." Ritsu said.
"I see, but I can help but feel as though there was some outside force involved." Raikou wondered. "He was a proud dragon and was not easily fooled."
"We can think about that later." Ritsu said with a smile.
Raikou nodded with a smile. "You're right, my friend. Now you should go shower and get dressed today is supposed to be a day among friends."
"That's the spirit, Raikou!" Ritsu said to his dragon before rushing into the shower.
About 20 minutes later, Ritsu was upstairs with the others, enjoying their little party as they all discussed what they had been up to over the past year.
"Hey, look who it is!" Krad said while he received an elbow to the ribs by Keira. "OW!" After the war Ritsu gave Krad and Keira his old house when he and Yuzuki bought their house.
"Hello to you too Krad." Ritsu said. "How's the house? It's still in one piece right?"
Keira smiled. "Of course it is, Krad knows better. Right Krad?" Keira gave a sickly sweet smile that made every male in the room, dragons included, shiver in fright.
Krad smiled in a frightened manner as he nodded a little TOO enthusiastically as he said, "Of-of course, Keira, sweetheart..." Despite his smile, he gulped a bit.
Coughing slightly, Yuzuki said as she poured some champagne for everyone, "Um, well, how about... You, Satoshi? How have you been?"
"Well, since Ritsu was so kind as to take my title of New Domino Duel King last year," Satoshi said as he took a glass, making everyone laugh a bit, "I've been training really hard to prepare for our rematch."
Shiko grinned as she put on a baseball cap that said "Team Shinamori" and nudged Satoshi as she said, "And since I've become Satoshi's official training manager, I've put together a training regimen that has made his skills quite better. Wouldn't you agree, Apollo?" She said the last part looking up to the Duel Spirit.
Apollo nodded as he said, "You bet! I'm more fired up than ever!"
Satoshi nodded with a smile and said, "Mhmm. Thanks to my beautiful girlfriend's training," pausing to kiss Shiko before continuing, "I'm gonna be gunning for you in the next tournament, Ritsu."
Ritsu smirked and took a glass of champagne as well. "And me and Raikou will be ready to defend our title."
"How about you Nami?" Yuzuki asked. "How have you been?"
"Well, like Satoshi I've been training after Kurogasa beat me at the Dragon's Cup in order to beat him with a rematch." Nami said. "I even asked Akira to live with me while I train."
Akira smiled. "Yeah, she's even dragged me into her insane training regimens a few times."
Nami nudged him playfully as she said, "Oh, you know you had fun some of the time."
Akira rolled his eyes with a smirk as he replied, "Yeah, yeah, yeah..."
As everyone chuckled at the playful bickering between the couple, Ritsu then said, "So, Terra, what have you been up to?"
Smiling, Terra said, "Well, actually, Jihl and I have started Duel College. I've been studying Duel Runner engineering and mechanics while she's been studying advanced Duel Theory. Of course, we've been doing some competitions as well to keep our skills sharp."
JIhl smirked and adjusted her glasses. "And I also keep him on track if he starts to procrastinate."
"Hey, I don't do it as often." Terra said causing everyone to laugh.
"Ok, what about you Kurogasa?" Ritsu asked.
"Well, after the war Yusei offered me a job as a mechanic." Kurogasa said. "I'm still keeping my dueling skill in tip top shape so I won't lose to you again like I did at the Dragon's Cup."
Yuzuki laughed as she playfully nudged Ritsu's side as she said, "Watch out, sweetie, you've got Satoshi AND Kurogasa coming after you."
After finishing a sip of his champagne, Ritsu just chuckled as he said, "I'll be ready for them, in fact, I'll be looking forward to it."
Krad smiled as he picked up his glass and said, "Well... I propose a toast. A toast to our victory, our continuing success... And our continuing friendship."
Everyone smiled and held up their glasses. "Cheers!"
As everyone took a drink they started to converse about different topics and enjoyed the party.
In an unknown place there was a dark room with seven flames in the center and two cloaked figures.
"So Apollyon was destroyed?" A female voice asked.
"It appears so." The cloaked figure said in a male voice. "It appears he was fated to be destroyed by the elements."
"It doesn't matter if he was destroyed or not." The cloaked female said with a smirk. "When the Destroyers appear, all will come to an end, come along now, we must prepare for their arrival."
The cloaked male nodded with a grin, chuckling evilly. "Indeed... And at least Apollyon managed to give us a taste of the Elemental Duelists' powers. And from what I've seen, how they just managed to defeat Apollyon, they won't be any trouble.
"None at all," said the female. "Avaritia and the others will crush them all..." And with that, they walked away, radiating an evil energy.
Epilogue and Sequel Preveiw? END
Thetrueazure: Yes folks you read right, there will be a sequel known as Advent of Destroyers.
Ritsu: Every OC here will be in the sequel with new cards and enemies so stay tuned for it!
Preview for Advent of the Destroyers.
"The legend states that the Destroyers contained power that rivaled that of the Egyptian Gods." Yuki said. "It is said that when they appear, it is the signal of the Apocalypse."
"They may have the elements at their side, but we have the power of sin." The cloaked female said.
"What is that?"
"The end of everything."