Yubel wasn't sure how much ti had passed.
For a very long ti, ti itself had no aning for her. All she faced was darkness—boundless, hopeless darkness. Pain and despair were always trying to consu her, the tornt of both body and mind enough to break even the strongest-willed of guardians.
She didn't know how she did it, but in the end, she survived. Though covered in wounds, her spirit twisted and monstrous, with only one hand left to her na, she still lived.
Because she rembered her mission—the one thing more important than her own life, the person she would give everything to protect.
Her mories grew muddled; she couldn't tell dream from reality, past from future. Suddenly, it felt like a light pierced through this centuries-long darkness.
And there were voices.
"Did you think it was over? Did you think you had already won?"
"No. I rember you. My day of resurrection is near. When my seal is broken and I return to this world, you will be the first I seek.
When that ti cos, both you and your spirit will return to the darkness."
It was a hoarse, sinister voice, growing more distant.
But next, a youthful voice rang out, full of energy, like a burning fla—one that could burn away even the deepest darkness.
"Bring it on. I'll be waiting," the youth said. "No matter how many tis you co back, it'll be the sa. Because Yubel is my most important partner."
Yubel's heart trembled. The voice echoed in her ears, and before her eyes flashed the mory of the young prince calling her na, welcoming her. The darkness and haze in her heart seed to be swept away, and her mind cleared.
"Jaden... That's right, Jaden!"
Yubel's eyes snapped open.
And right away, she saw the youth sitting before her, smiling. Behind him, the sky was a pure blue, as if just cleansed by the receding storm. Sunlight, shy and gentle, broke through the clouds, and a rainbow spanned the sky, beautiful as a dream.
Yubel stared at him, dazed. It was like a scene she'd dread of countless tis, yet she could hardly believe it was real.
"Hey there," Jaden greeted her with a smile. "Welco back."
For several seconds, Yubel remained frozen. Then, overwheld by emotion, she burst into tears and threw herself into Jaden's arms.
"..."
With this, Yubel was finally, truly freed from all negative influences—a complete rebirth.
The Evil God, Eraser, had only taken advantage of Yubel's weakness, a common possession thod with nothing special about it. It could be easily expelled by defeating it in a duel—not a difficult challenge.
The real challenge was the Light of Destruction, rooted deeply within her after her exile to space ten years ago.
Yubel had always harbored darkness. Once the guardian of the Supre King, she had fought countless battles, watched friends die, and stained her hands with blood. Though she had crossed into this world with Jaden, after countless cycles of reincarnation, she now regarded mortal lives as insignificant.
That was why, in his childhood, she had put every duelist who defeated Jaden into a coma. Given her cris, Jaden's sentence of ten years of exile was hardly unjust.
But during this ti, her inner darkness only grew, exploited by the Light of Destruction, which took root within her. After years of growth, the two were nearly inseparable. Even with Kira's power, winning a duel could only destroy both Yubel and the Light of Destruction together; separating them was nearly impossible.
But with the Supre King's help, and the ultimate power of "Super Polyrization," Jaden succeeded.
What returned to his hands was the true, untainted Yubel.
"By the way, thanks."
Jaden spoke to the other self in his heart.
"If not for you, I couldn't have done it. Thank you."
But there was no reply.
Jaden frowned slightly.
Knowing the Supre King, sulking silence wasn't out of character. Yet, for so reason, Jaden felt this ti was different.
"Hey? Are you there?"
"My other self?"
"...Supre King?"
"..."
Jaden closed his eyes.
He tried to recapture the feeling from the duel, to reach out to the other soul within him.
In a world of darkness, at last, that voice sounded.
"So noisy..."
The voice was cold, irritable, but now it was faint, as if it could vanish at any mont.
Sensing the other's state, Jaden was shocked.
"What's wrong? Why are you..."
"Nothing. I'm just about to disappear, that's all."
Still cold and expressionless.
"Don't make a fuss."
Though the words were calm, Jaden only grew more alard. He couldn't help but ask, "Why? How could this... Weren't you just...!?"
But as soon as he spoke, Jaden seed to realize sothing.
"Super Polyrization? Is it because of that card?"
He should have realized sooner.
Even when he first activated it, he sensed that "Super Polyrization" was unlike any card he'd used before. Even among spirits, he'd never seen such power.
The greater the power, the greater the price.
And the price of Super Polyrization was likely...
"Yeah," the Supre King's voice was as calm as ever. "Super Polyrization is a card born of a sacrificial soul. Power always cos at a price."
In the original story, the creation of Super Polyrization required the sacrifice of countless souls from another dinsion, only forged when Jaden was consud by the Supre King persona.
Even his Duel Academy friends who entered the other dinsion with him were sacrificed to the Dark World spirits' to, causing Jaden imnse pain and amplifying his darkness, providing the energy needed for Super Polyrization's birth.
Super Polyrization required a massive inner darkness as its offering. In this mont, the greatest darkness of the twelve dinsions was used as its sacrifice.
That was the Supre King himself.
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