Ash Ketchum Attends Duel Academy

Amnael's Endgame

Chazz's eyes stirred a bit before they opened, and when he was fully awake, he found himself inside an oddly colored bubble. "Where am I?" When he looked around, he noticed some more bubbles. He even noticed someone inside the one that was closest to him. "Who is that?" After a moment, he got a clear vision on this person. It was someone who was laying down, and Chazz recognized her instantly. "Alexis?"

"And Atticus too? What the... Where on Earth am I?" At that moment, his attention was dragged into a bright light from the side. He turned to find the source, but was really shocked. Directly ahead of him, was the planet Earth itself! It sat there in the void of space as Chazz watched from his bubble. "Actually... let's make that... Where off the Earth am I?"

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Jaden, Syrus and Chumley looked around, glancing at the eight pillars of light surrounding the Academy island.

"What's going on around here?!" Chumley questioned, holding Pharaoh in his arms.

"Yeah, those 8 laser beams of light just shot out from nowhere." Syrus said.

"Uh oh!" Jaden said as he was struck by a realization. "You know what? I don't think they shot out from nowhere!"

"I think they shot out from the spirit gates!"

"The question is... how was it unlocked?"

"I'll tell you how!" Jaden looked down at the cards Jaden held in his hand. Ojama Yellow was looking up at them from the safe confines of his card. "That last Shadow Riders is vicious!"

Jaden looked back up. "You mean he took them all down? Chazz, Alexis and Banner?"

"That everyone's lost but Jaden and Ash!" Syrus turned to the others. "He has the final keys!"

"Oh man, this last Shadow Rider must be really good." Chumley commented.

"No joke..." Syrus turned to Jaden.

"Let's get out of here! Those guys are definitely looking for you so they can unlock the final spirit gate! You have to hide immediately, before you end up like all the rest!"

"I'm not gonna hide, Sy!" Jaden replied.

"You wha...?" Syrus was shocked by the answer.

"Look, our friends need out help, and we're gonna give it to them! We have no choice!"

The smaller Slifer couldn't argue with that. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Besides, we don't have to worry about that Shadow Rider finding us. Because I'm planning to finding him first!"

"Uh, when you say I, you don't mean we, do you?" Chumley asked nervously.

"You better believe I do." Jaden nodded. "After all... it all comes down to this! Everything we've been working for! And I want you guys to be there when we beat those guys and save the world!"

Chumley and Syrus turned to each other and nodded.

Meanwhile in a dark room, deep under the Abandoned Dorm, the masked Shadow Rider was standing in front of some kind of coffin. His red cloaked ally was standing right next to him. He let out a dark laughter as he spun around and held up his arms. "All has gone according to plan! All that remains is the endgame, where Jaden and Ash will face a dueling trial unlike anything they've ever seen!"

As he said that, the floor in front of him lit up with a big, familiar glowing circle with a dot in the middle, which became brighter and brighter...

And then, an even bigger version of the glowing symbol briefly appeared right above the dorm building.

A large bolt of lightning fell from the sky and collided with a large tree, snapping it in half. As it fell, Jaden and the others ran out of the way before it came down on them, screaming.