Intro is pretty much cannon as are the characters storylines. After that everything else is made up. I don't know how many card rulings have changed over the years, anime-wise I'm actually only up to the beginning of season 3 GX . video game wise its 5ds tag force 5 so I'm just gonna use the effs stated in tag force 5. Don't like it? The back button is on the upper left corner. MC is also changed to my OC (see profile for details)

BTW any info on the rules of turbo duels would be greatly appreciated! (turbo duels are the ones on the duel runners right?)

Battle hall.

I sighed and looked around as I entered the hall. All kinds of people had appearently gotten the same invitation I did in the mail. There were even children, which surprised me greatly. I thought children couldn't turbo duel. I mentally said while watching two kids duel with duel disks. There were two ways to duel in New Domino city. Standing, which was the way they had done it a very long time ago before duel runners had been made. And turbo dueling, which was basically dueling while, running around a duel field on duel runners, which resembled motorcycles mainly although these days there were different designs. The room suddenly darkened and a rather very short man with red lines over his eyes and a very messed up hairdo appeared on a giant screen, grinning like a mad hatter.

*warning! Those who haven't played tag force 5 yet, prepare for long dialogue.*

"Good day, everyone! As Vice Director of the Public Security Bureau, I welcome you all. As I'm sure you're aware, New Domino City has undergone some major changes."

Understatement.

"The opening of the Daedalus Bridge has linked our city to satellite." Huh? They linked the city? What gives? I thought in surprise. "And the World Racing Grand Prix, aka the WRGP…will serve as a symbol of our new city." The Clown-man took a sip of water before continuing.

"So, as a prelude to the WRGP on this fine day…I would like to announce the opening of the World Tag Duel Grand Prix, aka the WTGP!" I raised an eyebrow suspiciously "So anyone can enter this time eh?" I said looking around and shrugged "That explains the children." A certain group suddenly caught my eye; it was a group of three guys.

One was uber familiar; He had blonde hair spiked straight up and wore a white duel coat with a REALLY long duel disk going from his shoulder to his hand and slightly past it. He was Jack Atlas, FORMER duel king until Yusei Fudo, who was standing next to Jack surprisingly defeated him and became the next King…and retired right away. He stood a bit shorter than Jack, had dark gray hair branching out in spikes like a trident with yellow streaks running through it. He also wore a duel coat though it was one of the smaller models and was blue. He also wore a gray shirt underneath and jeans. The third was about the same size as Yusei but had orange hair which spiked all over the place. (Why all the spikes? Seriously?) This guy seemed to have what looked like scars on his face and wore a dark orange vest over a yellow T-shirt and torn jeans.

The orange haired man suddenly gasped a little overdramatically "World Tag Duel Grand Prix? The WTGP?" The Taller Blonde man wearing a white coat seemed only slightly interested "Hmph sounds interesting."

The clown-man suddenly cleared his throat and successfully caught everyone's attention again; Kira still watched the group of three with interest.

"There's two members to a team, no age limit, and both citizens and non-citizens can join. Every duelist can participate in the WTGP, which is the purpose of its creation! Matches will be held at Combat Lane, built just outside the city, as will the WTGP finals. Nothing else can compare. Think of it as a way to turn more people on to dueling."

I cackled and muttered "Join the darkside…we have children's trading cards…"

"The WRGP and the WTGP will define our town as an even more perfect place to live. New Domino City - where people from all walks of life, young or old, can enjoy a good duel."

I rolled my eyes and shook my head "I bet its for political reasons too…"

Clown-man's grin grew even wider…somehow "These two tournaments will be the events of a lifetime and a bridge to eternal peace!" I rolled my eyes but clapped along with everyone else anyway as the clown-man's screen pinged away. Gotta keep up formalities.

"This ought to be good." I muttered turning my attention to Yusei's group, who were talking amongst themselves again. "WTGP, huh…" Yusei simply said. The Orange guy began laughing and slapped his knee "Ha ha! Can't wait to see who or what's gonna crawl out of the woodwork for this thing!" Jack drew himself up to full height and thumped his chest with a grin "There's no need to be afraid of the unknown. You've just gotta take it head on. That's how I'm gonna power my way to the top! All hail Jack Atlas!" Some of the people who remained in the building stared at Jack who had suddenly yelled. Yusei ignored Jack and sighed "But Tag Duels aren't like regular duels. You need a good strategy to win. Apparently duelists from outside New Domino City will be gathering here too." The orange haired guy began looking around suspiciously "That's right. The ultimate mystery opponent could be here at this very moment." Jack scoffed at orange hair "Ultimate mystery opponent? Do you see anyone worthy of that title in this crowd?" Oh how I wanted to reveal myself to him right then and there. To my surprise, orange hair somehow locked onto me and pointed "Well…Hey, what about that one in the black cloak?" Jack's head snapped towards me and he began waving to me "Hey, you over there! Quit standin' around by yourself. Get over here!" I couldn't help but laugh mentally and walk over to him.

Orange hair glared at Jack "Come on Jack, show a little manners huh?" He then turned to me and grinned "Since you're here, I take it you're a duelist like us, right?" I shrugged "I was originally only here as a favor to a friend but I guess I'm entering now." He seemed to not hear what I had said as he continued "I'm Crow and this is Yusei." He motioned to the gray haired duelist who nodded. Crow then frowned and motioned to Jack "And the moocher here is Jack." Jack's eye literally twitched and a tick mark appeared on his forehead. "Crow? Did you just call me a "moocher"? What's your problem?" Crow, despite being shorter, looked Jack straight in the eyes and growled "Isn't it obvious? You're a regular freeloader, sponging off others, so its perfect!" Jack snarled and began cracking his knuckles "Come say that to my face!" Crow mimicked Jack's action down to the snarl "Hey! You want a piece of me or what?" I laughed as they began a fight that forced many of the remaining people moving away from them, making us stand out. Yusei walked up to me and held out a hand, I shook it and grinned "Name's Kira thantos." Yusei smiled and nodded "Don't be a stranger, okay? We're all duelists here." He turned to the arguing pair and sweatdropped "Oh and don't worry about Crow and Jack. They're always going at it."

I began laughing harder at the revelation, Yusei chuckled quietly. Soon after the pair calmed down and were discussing duel tactics, to which I sweatdropped at. Appearently they argue on and off on a dime, a smexy red haired girl came towards us smiling "Wow…rowdy as always I see." Yusei's eyes went wide seeing the girl "Akiza? I didn't know you were here." Smexy shrugged "The WTGP doesn't require a Duel Runner, so it looks like I'll be able to join." Crow seemed to finally notice Akiza and broke away from Jack "hey, Izinski. I'll bet you're dying to team up with Yusei, right?" Akiza's face went red at the thought while Crow cackled madly "Well, sure…If you don't mind Yusei. What do you say we partner up?" I grinned at Crow and Awwww'ed making him laugh harder and Akiza's face turn even redder.

Yusei shook his head "Don't get caught up in the excitement and make any hasty decisions. Think it over." I face palmed and muttered "Dude…" Akiza went from blushing to growling "Fine…" I thought she was about to have a tantrum "Someone from duel academy might be entering the WTGP after all. I might just enter with them." She then glared at Yusei "Too bad for you, Yusei, if that's how the chips fall!" I looked out the window and watched as a little kid dropped a hand full of potato chips into the ocean and sweatdropped. "Prickly…" I said aloud. Crow turned to me and grinned "You think so too right? Well that's because…" Jack decided to chime in at that moment "Good one! Izinski's best card is Black Rose Dragon, right?" Crow punched Crow in the shoulder while I facepalmmed…again. "Nope, that's not what he meant at all." I grinned as the two began arguing again. And they're off! After another five minute's Crow finally broke away again and frowned at me "But you're a lot sharper than you look, Kira."

Suddenly we heard a shout. I turned and watched two emerald haired twins running towards us panting.

"Yusei! Akiza!"

"Akiza! Yusei!"

I gaped at them. They were in complete synchronization! Yusei fist bumped the boy and grinned "Leo? You're here too?" Akiza smiled and waved to the twins "And Luna, too, of course?" The girl nodded excitedly "Uh-huh. How are you Akiza? Isn't this a great party?" Me, Crow, and Jack suddenly froze as the wheels turned in our heads. Party equals buffet which equals free food which equals free breakfast! Jack and Crow sped off to go search for the buffet, I already knew where it was and would raid it later. Leo and Yusei were talking Duel Runners when Leo suddenly glanced in my direction "Uh, who's this?" Yusei smiled and motioned for me to come over "That's Kira, a duelist we just met." I walked over and bent a bit lower to shake Leo and Luna's hands "What's up?" Both twins smiled at me, Leo held out his duel disk "Hey Kira! What do you say we duel sometime?" Luna bowed politely which actually felt a bit strange "I'm Luna, Leo and I are twins. It's nice to meet you." She then turned to Yusei and tilted her head "Hey, Yusei! You guys are gonna duel in the WTGP too right?"

Yusei nodded and patted his duel disk "That's the plan." Both Jack and Crow came back carrying plates stuffed with food, Jack had a chicken bone in his mouth "Riding or standing, shrinkin' away from a duel aint my style." Leo grinned and high fived Jack "Same here!" his face then switched from a grin to a frown "Since I cant ride a Duel Runner, I couldn't join the WRGP…" and back to a grin "But I can duel in the WTGP! And I'm goin' for the top prize!" Luna rolled her eyes and sighed "Through and through, Leo really is one big show-off." Akiza giggled at Luna's remark "This should be great if all of us are joining in." Crow pumped a fist into the air, nearly dropping his plate, and cheered "You better believe it!" Yusei nodded "If we know the course inside and out, it'll change the Duel Runner settings we can use." Both Akiza and I blinked "Really?" She asked "Seems like theres a lot to Duel Runner's and Turbo duels then…"

After a while of introductions and talking about daily life, Akiza walked away with Luna, Leo and Crow to find the buffet. "By the way Yusei, Who've you got in mind for a tag partner?" I turned to Yusei who shrugged "Actually, I haven't decided yet. I had my mind on the WRGP all this time. How about you?" Jack laughed "Heh- Who I team up with is irrelevant." He turned to me and grinned "In fact, What about you Kira? How about we partner up huh?" Yusei thrust a hand between us "Hold on, Jack. Since the WTGP is made up of tag duels, you better think about it. And Kira, if you find someone you wanna team up with, go talk to them." Jack nodded and pulled out a card "The cards will bring two people together if they're meant to team up, right?" Or divine intervention from the author, whatever come's first. "You got it." Yusei said with yet another nod. Jack looked around the room with a frown "Seems to me that, since we met here, one of us must have a connection with Kira."

"Jack! There you are!" A woman came running up to Jack, gasping for air. I grinned and waved "Hey Carly! Been running around for that new story?" I've known Carly since she first became a reporter. Sometime's I tip her off on any new stories or famous duelist appearances. Carly gasped and crushed me in a bear hug "Kira! I haven't seen you for ages! And yes I have! This WTGP is perfect! SO many famous duelists!" Jack flinched and began shaking "What the…? Carly…Y-You're here too?" Carly huffed "Of course I am! I'm entering the WTGP too!" She then pulled a notepad and pen out of her bag "Now it's time to do some serious fact-finding! Unless…" She began blushing at Jack "If you still need a partner Jack. Maybe I'm just who you need…? We'd make the perfect team Jack, So how about it?" Jack cleared his throat and glanced at Yusei and me "I'll uh, think about it. This is a big, important decision after all." After searching and succeeding in finding the exit, he turned back to Carly, who was still blushing "Anyway I uh… totally forgot. I need to go shopping for some late night snacks now." I stared in awe as Jack dashed out of the building quicker than a Duel Runner. Carly reached out to stop him and failed "Hey! Hold you horses Jack!" She turned back to us and bowed "Nice to see you Yusei. Sorry Kira! Gotta go!" I laughed as Carly sped after Jack "Go get him!" I cheered before resuming Duel Runner talk with Yusei "So what kind of engine do you use?"

It was about 4 in the afternoon when a man suddenly clamped a hand down on Yusei's shoulder. "Heh heh heh! How's it going Yusei? Enjoying the party?" Yusei spun around and grinned at the large man. A blue haired woman came up behind the man and sighed "I know I said to let everyone enjoy the event, Trudge. But can't you focus on your work too?" Trudge frowned and hung his head "Right, sorry…" I slapped Trudge's back and grinned "Trudge old boy! You get promoted yet?" His head snapped up and he gave me the thumbs up sign "Hey Kira. Not yet but I'm almost there! I can feel it!" I've known Trudge for a few years. He used to live in the apartment next door to me until he became a cop and moved into the police dorms. Blue haired smexy is known as Mina. She works with Trudge on assignments.

Mina rolled her eyes. "So what are you up to then?" I asked knowing the answer already. There was only one reason why the cops would be here at an event like this.

"Arena patrol." We said in unison.

Yusei winced "Sounds rough." "You know them?" I said pointing to Trudge and Mina. Yusei nodded and crossed his arm with a grin "Hm? Oh, I've known these two for quite some time. You know them?" I nodded and patted the hulk's back "I go undercover for him sometime when there's an area that need investigation. Mina, I met on one case."

Mina looked around surprised "By the way, isn't Atlas with you today?" I snickered when Yusei sighed "He was with us until a little while ago." Mina frowned "Well, bad timing I guess." "You two gonna be in the tournament?" I asked. Trudge and Mina both groaned and hung their head's. "Every part of my being wants to be." Trudge said sadly. Mina sighed in annoyance "We just don't have the time. They'll probably make us help manage it instead." "With keeping watch and so on, I don't think we can squeeze a break in for days." I shrugged "It's a living. At least you get paid." Me, Trudge and Yusei shared a laugh while Mina rubbed her temple "Spectators must be pouring in from all over the world,. I get a headache just thinking about it."

As Trudge and Mina walked away due to a radio call from the station, me and Yusei began comparing our decks. Make an innuendo out of that I dare you. As I looked over his deck I noticed a man with blue hair wearing a red visor glaring at us from a corner of the building. "You see him too?" Yusei said without looking up from my deck. I nodded. Our thoughts were broken when a smexy blonde came strutting over to us. "Excuse me." Yusei and I looked up "You're Yusei Fudo right? My name is Sherry Leblanc." I miss Akiza already. "Hee hee. I recognized you right away." Glad to know I'm noticeable. "I'm only interested in big, strong men." Ouch! "Just like you Yusei. Did you already choose a partner?" Yusei frowned "Not yet, but I'm probably not what you need." Sherry's face fell "Why not?" Yusei glanced at me and then back to Sherry "In Tag Duels, its important to know your partner well. But we just met, so…" "So?" Sherry interrupted. I wonder what would happen if Akiza were here to hear this… "Time has nothing to do with it. There are ways for us to get more…intimate…" I gasped and slapped Yusei on the arm "You lucky dog!"

Yusei looked at me like he was confused while Sherry only turned slightly red. No fun… "All it'll take is a few turns together and you'll have a deep understanding of me." I slapped Yusei's shoulder again and grinned when she turned a bit redder. "I-I only came over today to say hi however. Au revoir for now." "You bastard!" I said slapping his arm a third time "How many girls do you know?" Sherry turned beet red and quickly strutted away. Yusei simply turned red. "Bastard." He mumbled before turning to the corner where the red visor guy was. "Huh? He's gone." "That guy huh? I had him pegged as suspicious myself. Trudge walked past Sherry up to us with a frown. "Trudge…" Trudge held out a hand to silence Yusei "He was definitely staring at you." I gasped and stared at Yusei. "W-What?" Yusei growled. "You have guys after you too?" Trudge spat out his drink and began laughing really loud. Yusei tsked and punched my arm "Anyway, you sure you weren't imagining it Trudge? He didn't really ring a bell with me." I clamped my mouth shut to hold in a laugh as Trudge frowned "Maybe you're right. I'm so wrapped up in my job. They all look a little suspicious. But you're kind of a celebrity in this town, so it wouldn't hurt to keep your eyes peeled." Yusei nodded and thanked him. Trudge glanced at his watch and gasped "Uh-oh, Mina's expecting me back at the station. See you later Yusei!"

Around 8pm

"Its getting kind of later Yusei." He looked outside and saw only night "Wow your right. We were here longer than I expected. It was fun Kira." I nodded and fist bumped him "I'll see you around." He said walking out of the building. I glanced at my watch "Crap! I was supposed to get some food for Mr. Tittles today!" I dashed out of the building hoping the pet store was still open. It was shaping up to be an interesting tournament after all.

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