Epilogue
Three months after the events that occurred on Astraea Island, Jaden was in Paris France, waiting outside of the Eiffel Tower to meet some friends. The friends that Jaden was waiting for had invited him to a special tournament being held in the city. As Jaden waited, he reflected on a few of the things that had happened after the incident with the Wicked Gods. Jaden had heard from Pegasus that not long after the Wicked Gods and Zorc were destroyed, Yako Tenma’s twin brother Gekko had finally come out of the coma that he had been in for years. The two brothers had made up and according to Pegasus were starting a project together. Yako had gotten the idea for a brand new type of monster card that would be summoned by combining the levels of two weaker monsters. Jaden thought that it sounded like the Synchro monsters used by that duelist from the future that Jaden had met once, Yusei Fudo. Both brothers went down to South America to begin the project.
Jaden had also heard about some of the things going on back on Astraea Island from a letter from Chikaru that he had received about a month and a half before. A few things had changed on the island. For one thing, Yaya and Tsubomi had apparently become quite the item. Jaden was glad to hear that Yaya had gotten over Hikari. The other big change was that since Miyuki had graduated, Tamao had been elected the new student council president of Miator. As for Shizuma and Nagisa, that was a more interesting story. Shizuma had graduated at the end of the year that Jaden battled the Wicked Gods, but she was able to take Nagisa with her. Before she graduated, Miyuki had gotten Nagisa into a study abroad program that would allow her to travel with Shizuma. It was apparently the least that Miyuki could do after helping Tenma to collect the Wicked Gods.
“Jaden, is that you?” a voice suddenly said, stirring Jaden from his thoughts. Jaden turned to see that the one who spoke was a tall and rather well endowed young woman with medium length brown hair. Jaden recognized her immediately as his old friend, Alexis Rhodes.
“Wow, Alexis! This is a surprise!” Jaden greeted. “What’re you doing here?”
“I’m actually on vacation.” Alexis answered. “What are you doing here? Don’t tell me that you’re here to participate in the Versailles Tournament!”
“Actually I am.” Jaden laughed. “I was invited there by a couple of friends.”
“That tournament is the hard to get into!” Alexis exclaimed. “You must have some kind of friends!”
“Hey, what’s that you’re holding?” Jaden asked indicating a magazine that Alexis was holding in her right hand.
“Oh, this is just the latest issue of Duelist Monthly.” Alexis answered as she held up the publication. The picture on the cover was a familiar blond girl and blue haired tomboy. “The top article is about this duo from the St. Spica duel academy that’s been heating up the tag duel circuit. People are starting to say that they’re unbeatable.”
“I’m glad to see that Hikari and Amane are doing well for themselves.” Jaden said with a smile.
“Wait, do you know those two?” Alexis asked in surprise.
“Yeah, it’s a long story.” Jaden replied.
“Sorry we’re late.” A voice suddenly said.
Jaden and Alexis turned to see Shizuma and Nagisa standing before them and holding hands. Shizuma was wearing a denim jacket, blue jeans, and a purple top, while Nagisa was wearing a simple pink dress and a blue jacket. Both girls had on their duel disks.
“Hey guys.” Jaden greeted. “Glad you could show up.”
“Who’s your friend Jaden?” Nagisa asked.
“Oh, this my old friend from my old academy, Alexis Rhodes.” Jaden introduced. “Alexis, these are the two friends I came here to meet up with, Shizuma Hanazono and Nagisa Aoi.”
“So this is the Alexis that you’ve told us so much about. She’s not bad looking, but not as beautiful as my Nagisa.” Shizuma said, looking Alexis over. Nagisa blushed fiercely at Shizuma’s comment. “Well, since you have a friend with you, why don’t all four of us have a duel? You and Alexis against Nagisa and I.”
“What do say Alexis, think we can take on these two lovebirds?” Jaden asked.
“Lovebirds?” Alexis asked with a raised eyebrow. Though after a moment she realized what Jaden was talking about and shrugged it off. “Sure, why not?”
With that, the four duelists activated their duel disks and prepared to face off.
THE END
