"Hello everyone, and welcome to the Hinata City 'Yu-Gi-Oh' Tournament!" shouted the lovely green-haired female announcer in a blue uniform in the center of the ring! "I'm the referee, Christina J. Sweet, and I'm going to be hosting things from down here today. Here come the Duelists entering this tournament."

Stepping into the ring are some of the best-known residents of the Hinata Inn…

Christina says, "In this tournament there are 14 Duelists and two Duelist teams of two. Here's their names and written profiles for this tournament––" Keitaro, our black-haired loser of a main male character of the story, runs up to her and asks in the microphone, "How about we introduce ourselves, personally?" Christina sighs, "Sure."

Keitaro speaks into the mike, "Keitaro Urashima; major league loser in just about everything. I entered this tournament because I was asked to."

Naru punches him towards the ceiling… Christina asks her, "Is he going to be alright?" Naru simply says, "He seems to all the time. I'm Naru Narusegawa; I'm a Tokyo University hopeful. I'm desperate to get on with this tournament find out which one of us is the better Duelist and return to studying."

Keitaro comes back down, crashing onto the floor… he quietly says, "I'm okay."

Kitsune came up to Christina and shoved her big breasts against the announcer's already large ones as she introduced herself to us, "Mitsune Konno; freelance writer and gambler. You may call me Kitsune, plus I'm here because I heard this tournament will give the winner a lot of money." Christina nervously says, "Okay."

A familiar foreign girl jumps onto the recovering lanky loser, "Landing Crash!" Then she introduces herself in the microphone, which the surprised announcer standing there, big-eyed, is holding. "Hi-ya there, everyone! I'm Kaolla Su: child genius! I'm here to have fun, eat, and show off the Hinata City Duel Disk!"

A golden turtle-like Duel Disk is introduced on the big screens. Keitaro sighs, "Can somebody help me up?" A shy female voice replies, "Coming, Sempai!"

Shinobu 'shoos' Kaolla away and helps Keitaro up to his feet. Mei Narusegawa, Naru's cute little stepsister, walks in. Christina gets away from Kitsune and introduces the younger ones, "Here's the first Duelist team."

Shinobu starts, "Shinobu Maehara," Mei follows, "Mei Narusegawa; Naru's little sister, Shinobu's a great cook and could make a great housewife." Shinobu blushes, "We're here because Urashima-Sempai and Naru are in this tournament."

Motoko steps up and says nothing. Keitaro makes the introduction for her, "Her name is Motoko Aoyama; she's a serious samurai girl that can blow you away with one blow with her sword!" Christina said, "She must be that seriously focused if she's going to be dueling someone."

Haruka shows up and takes the microphone from Christina, she speaks into it to the audience, "Mushi-Mushi, Haruka Urashima-Noriyasu; housemother of the Hinata Inn downtown, I also run a café. Keitaro's my nephew, but please… call me Haruka."

Keitaro buts in, "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JUST CALL HER HARUKA!" Haruka sighs and smiles, "Thank you, Keitaro, that will be all."

Shirai and Haitani show up and introduce themselves, "Shirai Kimiaki and Haitani Masayuki; friends of Keitaro Urashima." Christina asks, "Which of you is which?" Shirai (the shorter one) raises his hand, "I'm Shirai." Haitani quickly wiggles his eyebrows up and down at Christina, "And I'm Haitani. We're the other Duelist team."

THUMP! Everyone looked in the direction of the sound… Mutsumi is lying on the ground! Christina screams, "Oh my god, Mutsumi Otohime is dead!" Mutsumi gets up, "Oh, good morning." Everyone falls down in embarrassment! Keitaro groans and explains to Christina, "Mutsumi is prone to fainting spells, so it's to be expected." Christina sighs for relief, "Thank god."

Seta arrives, "Hi there, I'm Seta Noriyasu, Haruka's my wife." Christina blushes at the sight of him, "She certainly is lucky."

Nyamo jumps out of nowhere, she speaks in her native language, "Nyamo Namo, I'm here to––" then Seta speaks for her, "She's Nyamo Namo, she's in this tournament for the fun of it." Christina smiles, "Aren't we all?"

Sarah pushes past some of the others, "I am Sarah McDougal, and I'm going to kick Keitaro's ass in this game!" Christina sighs, "What a rude little girl." Keitaro gets up, "Tell me about it."

Kanako lifts Keitaro from the ground and says to the audience, "I'm Kanako Urashima; Keitaro's sister and common-law wife." Silence was heard in the audience… one of the men exclaimed, "That's disgusting!"

Kentaro shows up next to Naru and introduces himself, "Hey there, everyone! Kentaro Sakata is in the house!" The girls in the audience roared out in excitement!

Tsuruko Aoyama just came by and nodded. Motoko nervously said, "That's my sister, Tsuruko."

Maeda runs up, "And last but not least… Maeda Ema." She trips and pulls Keitaro's pants revealing his underwear (she's the female version of Keitaro (right?))!

Christina said, "Well, there's the Duelists. And here's which of them are going to be facing in the preliminary rounds." The big screens flickered and flashed… soon revealing the settings as followed––

Duel 1: Keitaro vs. Tsuruko

Duel 2: Mutsumi vs. Kentaro

Duel 3: Shinobu and Mei vs. Nyamo

Duel 4: Sarah vs. Kitsune

Duel 5: Kaolla vs. Ema

Duel 6: Motoko vs. Seta

Duel 7: Haruka vs. Shirai and Haitani

Duel 8: Kanako vs. Naru

Christina smiles and tells the future Duelists, "Remember your opponents well, and choose your cards for your decks wisely, because as Yugi Muto would say… IT'S TIME TO DUEL!"

Keitaro gulps in fear, "I guess I have to face you, Tsuruko." Tsuruko bows, "It's just a card game. So take it easy, Keitaro. I'm not as heartless as my little sister, plus I'm married." The Duelists heard many groans of disappointment from the men in the audience.

Kentaro smiles at Mutsumi, "I hope you have enough stamina to at least stand until our Duel is finished." Mutsumi smiles, "At least it won't be too much. I just hope your fans won't see you cry."

Mei said nothing as her partner, Shinobu, and their opponent, Nyamo, glared at each other, each with a fierce determination to defeat the other.

Sarah and Kitsune just agreed to themselves to be fair to each other. (Yeah, right; what mid-Duel tricks will she pull off?)

Kaolla laughed on happily for no reason, with poor Maeda feeling depressed that perhaps Kaolla would be better than her.

Motoko was determined that she believes she can win against Seta, although he did beat her since he's an excellent fighter. Seta began working on his computer for any good cards suitable for him to use.

Shirai became nervous because he and his best buddy are going to be facing his first crush, Haruka. Haitani was thinking about the future if he and Shirai won the tournament, thinking that the girls would go for them. Haruka looked at the two boys and sighed, as if she's confident enough to beat them both in a single duel.

Kanako and Naru are glaring at each other like blood rivals, ready for the kill!

Which one of these Duelists will win the tournament?

To be continued…

(A/N: Give me ideas of which suitable cards to put in their decks and vote for who should win in the preliminary rounds.)