The two friends stood face-to-face, the silence filled with memories of everything they had survived—from the docks of Duelist Kingdom to the shadow games of Battle City. Yami stepped forward, his Duel Disk humming to life.

As the sun rose behind them, the ultimate "friendship duel" began—not for a title or a world-saving prize, but to prove how far they had both come.

The next morning, as the sun began to peek over the city skyline, Yugi Muto quietly prepared his deck. Yami nodded in approval as Yugi added a specific card: the . They slipped out of the game shop, past a watchful Grandpa, and headed toward the town square. Joey was already there, waiting.

High above the waves, didn't look back. In his mind, destroying the tower was the only way to bury the memory of his defeat and move toward a future he could control. He veered his Blue-Eyes White Dragon jet away from the group, disappearing into the clouds without a word.

"I know," Joey replied, his eyes filled with a new kind of fire. "And it's time I earned it back."

: Leo finally awakens as the Sixth Signer . In a desperate battle against Aporia, he evolves his Power Tool Dragon into the legendary Life Stream Dragon , saving Jack and Luna from total despair.

Depending on which series you are following, Episode 143 tells a very different story: