Paradox's vehicle soon vanished as it drove further and further away into the distance. The final battle between the three dimensions had come to a close and peace has been brought back to the past, present and future generations of Duel Monsters or Yu-Gi-Oh. As the duel soon came to a close Judai, Yugi, and Yusei, having finally defeated Paradox and thwarted his plans of erasing Duel Monsters from the face of the world the time has come for them to bid each other farewell.
"Man, I wish I could have a chance to battle you guys. You both seem very tough," Judai stated as he shook hands with Yusei and Yugi Moto. Their battle with Paradox had saved their world from collapsing and erasing Duel Monsters from history. Guess the villains should know one thing; never mess with Yu-Gi-Oh. Yusei chuckled at Judai's remark and smiled.
"I'm just glad we're able to defeat him. If it hadn't been for you two I would've lost my Stardust Dragon and my future," Yusei stated. Yugi or rather Atem smiled at both Judai and Yusei.
"I can tell just by looking at both of you; you cherish and care for your cards deeply. Remember; trust in the heart of the cards and they will not let you down," Atem stated as he took Judai's and Yusei's hands, shaking them as the portals began to collapse.
"Judai, we have to go!" Yubel stated as the portal to their world was about to close. Judai nodded his head and grabbed his gear.
"Well; see ya around Yusei and Yugi!" Judai stated as he entered his portal first, the magical gate was zapping away as Judai entered and flew into the time rift. Dragging his body across the stars Judai felt in a positive mood and that nothing could go bad. Really wish he hadn't done that. After stepping into his portal he noticed it began to shake and something was pulling away from his universe. Judai struggled to break free; trying to pull away from the unseen force that was pulling him away against his will. Yubel seemed to notice and grabbed onto Judai's jacket trying to pull him back.
"JUDAI!" Yubel screamed as she too was engulfed inside the unknown force that had dragged them somewhere else... the only thing that Judai can do is hold onto Yubel and brace themselves for whatever was coming their way. Holding onto Yubel Judai felt his insides churning; twisting around as if Hassleberry was giving his General a good ol' fashion bear hug.
"Yu...Yubel...I...I feel like...I'm falling apart," Judai stated, his arms twitching as his breathing became heavy. Yubel held Judai close and engulf him in their wings holding onto him closely.
"Don't be afraid Judai...I'm here. We'll get through this together," Yubel stated as they continued to pummel down deeper into the vortex into the unknown.
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"Twilight, hurry up! We're gonna be late for Fluttershy's group photo event!" A young athletic girl shouted in front of a big house that stood on the edge of a cross street. Twilight Sparkle, moving and sorting out some of her outfits trying to decide on what to wear.
"Ohhh....this...but then again this looks pretty. But Fluttershy's not one to over exempt herself....*groans*...I just can't decide!" Twilight shouted falling on her bed groaning stressfully. Spike walked up to her and gave her a perplexed look.
"Uh, Twilight...You know you can always just dress casually right?" Spike stated. Twilight looked at Spike with a look that was like 'really?'.
"Spike, that's not it. Fluttershy's counting on us to use this photo to advertise the Animal Shelter for Lonely Creatures (or A.S.L.C) and recruit more members," Twilight stated. As she got up and sorted through her dresses she decided to go with the casual high school teen girl look and nodded in agreement to herself in the mirror. As Twilight head downstairs, she exited her house and ran up to meet with Rainbowdash and Sunset Shimmer.
"Took ya long enough Twilight," Rainbow Dash alleged. Twilight chuckled nervously as she did a sight cough to brush off Rainbow's remark. As the girls walked to the animal shelter an Ambulance and police were outside a crime scene that had taken place a few hours ago. Looking at the destruction, the building had long and deep gashes all over it; as if someone or something took a blade and sliced up the shop like a craze knife wielder.
"Geeze, this is the fifth attack that has happened here," Sunset alleged. Rainbow and Twilight nodded.
"I heard the old man who ran the shop was so traumatized he went into a shock and fell unconscious," Twilight added.
"What I want to know is that how can something that big be hiding here in town!? I mean, it's not like it can fit through the sewers," Rainbow stated. As the girls walked by Sunset noticed a brownish card on the floor that stood out like a green thumb. As she knelt down and picked it up it had a creature's picture marked on it. The creature was a knight, he had on a green helmet and a long cape, his cheek had a paint design and he looked almost like an...elf?
"Wow, never seen this here before," Sunset stated. She then put the card in her bag and picked up her paces to meet up with Rainbow and Twilight. As the girls took a few more blocks down, they meet with Rarity and Applejack who just arrived as well.
"Heya girls...I'm glad you guys made it," Applejack stated.
"Hey Applejack, Rarity; glad to see you guys are okay," Sunset stated.
"We better head on inside, better not let Fluttershy get anxious and get lonely with us being late and all," Twilight stated. The other girls nodded their heads as they followed each other into the building. Meanwhile, far off in a distant plain, a strange energy surge began erupting from thin air. The leaves being blown away in the breeze, trees, and bushes shaking as intense wind velocity began swirling around, the sounds of static and electric sparks forming at the base of the unknown energy source. As the energy began intensifying a young man wearing a red jacket falls through and slams his body against the hard grassy floor. Groaning in pain, Judai slowly got up, rubbing his head and scratching the backside, trying to see if any part of him made it in one piece.
"Ow...ow...ow...Gah. Man, talk about rough landings," Judai stated. He slowly got up and brushed his pants off, looking around.
"Are you okay Judai?" Yubel asked appearing. Judai nodded and placed his hand against his face, trying to brush away his hair from his eyes as he tried to gather his surroundings.
"Where...are we? This isn't Venice is it?" Judai asked. He looked at his bag, noticing his duel disk and his deck was still around with him. Picking up his duel disk up and setting it on his arm he re-adjusted his jacket and observed the view. There were cities, towns, roads, cars; weird...color people. Looking at his hands and his body he felt a bit...different. He ran to the nearest object that had a reflection of him and gazed at his body. He was still slim and tall, but he was...was...cartoonish?
"Judai...w...What happened to you?" Yubel asked observing her companion. Judai looked at his hands, arms, legs, feet, body, face; every inch and part of himself.
"I...I honestly do not know...I have no idea where we even are," Judai stated. Looking around he saw some people walking around and going about their every day. Hoping he could get some answers he ran up to the nearest person and grabbed them by the shoulders.
"Hey-! Watch it; what gives the man?" A random stranger stated as he felt Judai's grip on him getting tighter.
"Where am I, what is this place, what day is it?" Judai began asking strange questions that made the person a bit uneasy.
"Uh..w...what do you mean dude? Did ya bonk your head or something?" He asked. If Judai did, he wished he could have been bonked a bit harder. Judai calmly released him and patted his shirt.
"Sorry about that man...Guess I slept in too long," He lied. The man chuckled.
"No worries man; we all need some shut-eye. Especially with the Axe-Maniac around," The man stated.
"Axe...Maniac?" Judai asked. The man looked at him as if he was sleeping and living in a cave.
"You haven't heard? Where have you been living dude?" He asked. Judai tried to come up with a proper answer but decided to not say anything.
"Let's say I haven't...what is it?" He asked.
"rumors have it some strange thing is going around cutting and slicing up stores and shops up in the middle of the night. Police have been trying to find the attacker but every time they do; it vanishes!" The man claimed. Judai pondered for a moment and looked up.
"Have...you seen it?" He asked. The man nodded.
"Sure did bro...took a pic too...No one believes me but I don't mind showing it again," The man stated. He took out his phone and showed Judai the figure he took. The creature was indefinitely big but was built like beefing hardcore, jack build muscles, carried a huge ax in its left hand, though it looked like it could be wielded by both hands. As Judai observed the pic he almost shrugged it off as a joke, but something was...off about it. The creature was big from what the description the man gave. However, Judai zoomed in on the dark silhouette figure...Are those...Hooves!?
"What the...Where did you last see it?" Judai asked. The man pointed south-east of where he and Judai were standing.
"Over there; next to a place called Sugar Cube Corners," The man stated.
"Sugar Cube...Corners? Never mind; I have to see for myself...," Judai stated to himself. He gave the man back his phone and smiled. "Thanks again for showing me man; see ya!" Judai alleged heading off. As he rushed to the area he hoped it wasn't what he thought it was. It couldn't be...But he was certain for sure. The monster in that pic the man showed was not just some creature. It was an ox...Battle Ox!