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"Welcome, welcome one and all!" shouted the announcer, "to the King of Games Challenge!" Not like there was a crowd to shout to. The only people within miles were the very reluctant participants of the tournament. Most of them were there against their will.

"I have no idea why I am even here!" said Kaiba, the pompous, mean, self-absorbed, cold hearted person of the group.

"Because I forced you to!" shouted the announcer, whose name is Alex.

"You can't force me to do anything!" shouted Kaiba.

"Oh yeah, do ten jumping jacks." sneered Alex. Suddenly Kaiba's body jerked and he started doing jumping jacks!

"What the!?" shouted Kaiba, unable to stop himself. Nearby two participants were laughing their heads off. They were the King of Games himself Yugi Mutou, and his close friend Joey Wheeler.

"Shut up! It's not funny!" huffed Kaiba. "How did you do that?" he shot at Alex.

"Simple, I'm the representative for the writer of this story." replied Alex.

"Story? What do you mean by story?" asked Yugi.

'Idiot!' someone shouted from nowhere.

"Uh……whoops." said Alex, "Wasn't supposed to let that slip." There was a very long silence. "Just forget what you just heard."

"Why should we?" asked another participant named Jaden Yuki.

Alex glared at Jaden with sharp red eyes. "Do it or I'll painfully force you to do it." he shouted. Alex scared Jaden so much that he dived behind his two friends Syrus and Kenzan, who were also in the tournament.

"Alright," said Alex, obviously annoyed, "I'm just going to make this short, sweet, and to the point. You are doing this because I'm bored, because I can make you do this, and I want to see a new King of Games crowned. Your opponents will be randomly chosen and placed on this board." Alex pointed over his shoulder. A large board appeared behind him, and then names appeared on the board. "You will receive the locations to where you will duel. You have 10 minutes to prepare." And Alex disappeared.

List of participants and their opponents for round one.

Jacob vs. Weevil Underwood

Syrus vs. Rex Raptor

Yugi vs. Dr. Vellian Crowler

Joey Wheeler vs. Bastion

Bobby vs. Rebecca

Jim Crocodile Cook vs. Tira Mukuu

Jaden vs. Leon

Kenzan vs. Sugoroku

Kaiba vs. Zane

Chazz vs. Tenma Gekkou

Tenma Yakou vs. Axel Brodie

Jesse Anderson vs. Kirk Dixon

Kitamori Reiko vs. Adrian Gecko

Aster Phoenix vs. Sieg

Mako Tsunami vs. Alexis Rhodes

Mia Valentine vs. René Ryou