~Sabrina~

The next day has come, signaling the start of the Grand Prix. I stand next to Joey and then other duelists on the stage in the Blue-Eyes Dome. Yugi sits in the crowd since they're saving him for the final match. The sun shines down at us as the crowd cheers loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen! I present to you the top chosen duelists and contestants in the one and only KC Grand Prix!" Roland says, "And only one will become World Champion!"

Joey's making smug faces toward the other contestants and making motions to them that speak 'come at me'. I just shake my head and stare back at the crowd. "And now, make some noise for our master of ceremonies; Mokuba Kaiba himself!" Roland says.

Mokuba then walks up on the stage and steps onto a risen platform and holds a microphone "Is everyone ready to see some dueling!" Mokuba says. The crowd cheers even louder now, "Awesome, because it's time to kick off the best Duel Monsters tournament in history! And by the end of the week, we may have a new World Champion! But for now, let's get some words from our current champ; Yugi Muto!"

The cameras zoom in on Yugi's face as it turns pink. He shyly sits there and gives a small wave to the camera, "Okay, maybe later…" Mokuba says, "Now guide your attention to the big screen, because it's time to decide who will duel who! The system has been organized into blocks 'A' and 'B', the winner of each division will get to face each other in hopes of advancing to face the World Champion!"

The giant screen behind Mokuba lights up and shows a tournament bracket on it. "And our first duelist in Block A is Joey Wheeler!" Mokuba says, "Who'll be facing… Apnarg Otum!"

"Yeah, imma kick some old man butt! And then I'm gonna make him reveal who's under dat mask!" Joey says.

I end up face-palming; isn't it obvious enough by now Joey? "You can trash talk later, just start thinking about a strategy to beat him." I say.

"And our next match will be Leon Wilson versus Richard Goat!" Mokuba announces. So Leon's dueling also. "But before we get the duels under way, I think we all want to hear from someone special. Yugi! Get on up here!"

Yugi blushes and slowly walks up to the stage in an extremely awkward fashion. He gives a slight wave to the crowd, as their cheers increase. He's about to walk up to where Mokuba is, but then all of us hear a sound overhead.

I look up to see Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon Jet stop in midair over the arena. Kaiba then jumps out of it wearing his white suit and a jetpack. That guy really needs to control his ego. He lands next to Mokuba and removes the jetpack as Mokuba gives him the microphone, "Alright, I'm going to make this brief." Kaiba says, "This tournament isn't a festival, or a show for entertainment! It's an ultimate survival game in which duelists will test their pride and limits! You'll be the witness; of their cries of death agony and their voice of victory! Duelists! Kaiba Land will be your coliseum, and only one of you will survive! Now show me who that will be!"

Roland then takes the microphone, "Yes, so Kaiba Land will be the setting for your duels! Only the two people in the final match will face each other here in the Blue-Eyes Dome! Match one will take place on our Amazon Adventure Trail, while match two will take place under the track of our Blue-Eyes Coaster! Duelists will now take their places!"

I look up at the screen, which shows a shot of where Leon's dueling and he and Richard Goat are already there. Is there a passage or something? The screen then flashes to where Joey and 'Apdnarg' are supposed to duel, where Apdnarg is already there, but Joey isn't. I step down from the stage and look around and then notice Joey walking around. "Joey! What are you doing here?!" I say.

"Hey, I went to get a hot dog. I don't duel on an empty stomach!" he says.

"You mean you missed the entire announcement?!"

"What announcement?"

The rest of the gang and Mokuba also notice Joey and rush up to us, "Hey! You're supposed to be on the Amazon Adventure Trail, you idiot!" Mokuba says.

"I needed a hot dog." Joey says taking another bite of it.

"You idiot! Your first match is already starting! And if you're not there in ten minutes, you'll be disqualified!"

"What?! Wait, ten minutes? I'll be there in no time flat!"

"You're so dense! The Amazon Adventure is part of a huge jungle! You'll never find it in time! But I guess I have no choice but to…"

Joey drops his hot dog and then starts running off toward the jungle. The gang and I end up running after him. Tristan found a map along the way once we make it to the jungle. But whatever he says, Joey will do the opposite and run into the purposely-made traps set in it. Once we only have twenty seconds left, Joey starts spazz-running until we reach a clearing, where Apdnarg is waiting. "Alright… I'm here!" Joey says panting, leaning against Mokuba. "Wait… how'd ya get here faster than me?"

"I tried to tell you! There's a secret passage for special guests!" Mokuba says.

"Unfair!"

"Well, it looks like you have more discipline than I remember, Joey Wheeler." Apdnarg says. Yep, that voice is just way too familiar. "I mean… You've got a lesson to learn kid!"

"Gramps really needs a better disguise." Yugi says.

"Yeah, but apparently, Joey isn't smart enough to figure it out yet." I say.

"But why would he even need the disguise?"

"I believe I can clear that up."

We turn around to see Professor Halkins walking toward us. "What do you mean?" I ask.

"Your grandfather entered the tournament, but didn't want people to go easy on him, well, because… you know. So he told me that he was going to use a disguise."

"But how will this duel turn out?" Duke says.

"Gramps is really strong, so this may be a difficult duel for Joey." Yugi says.

"Really?" Mokuba says.

"Hey, you invited him here. You should know." Tristan says.

"Nope. Mister Muto actually begged to be in the tournament. But since he taught Yugi and Sabrina how to duel, I figured that I would let him in."

I look over to Joey and Grandpa to see the duel is about to start. Surprisingly, Grandpa got his hands on a Duel Disk. "Alright, old man, I'm goin' no mercy! Got that?" Joey says, "First, I'll start with summoning Swordsman of Landstar in attack mode! Then I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn!"

"Okay, I'll also play two cards face-down." Grandpa says, "And then I'll play my Wandering Mummy in attack mode. Your move."

"About time! I'll summon my Little-Winguard in attack mode! Swordsman of Landstar, destroy his Mummy while I activate Graceful Dice-!"

"Aha! I knew you would play a card like that! So I activate Legendary Gambler! With this card, I can roll a dice like you did, and if my number is higher, than I can negate the effect of Graceful Dice." Joey rolls a four, while Grandpa rolls a six, "Too bad!"

"Well, I've gotta back-up plan! Go, Skull Dice!"

"But my Legendary Gambler is a continuous trap card, so I get to roll as well!" Joey rolls a five, but Grandpa ends up rolling a six again, so Swordsman of Landstar is destroyed from the attack and Joey is down to 3000 Life Points.

"Lucky shot ya geezer! But I'll switch my Little-Winguard into defense mode and end my turn."

"My move and I reveal Non Aggression Area! Now I can discard one card from my hand to prevent you from summoning a monster next turn. And it only gets worse, because I activate Mirage of Nightmare! This card lets me draw until I have four cards in my hand during your turn, but I must discard the number of cards I've drawn on my next turn after that. And both of these are continuous, so I can repeat the cycle. So I'll set one card face-down and end my turn."

"My move-!"

"Yes, but first my magic card activates."

"But you also have to discard some cards!"

"Nope. Because I reveal Emergency Previsions, meaning I can destroy Mirage of Nightmare and I'll gain 1000 extra Life Points."

Grandpa is up to 5000 Life Points now. Its Joey's turn still, but due to Non Aggression Area, he can't summon any monsters, so he ends his turn from there. "Alright, now I play Ancient City!" Grandpa says, "Next, I'll summon my Wandering Mummy to summon Ancient Giant! And as long as this card is on the field, I'm forced to attack with it, and if I don't, then I take 300 points of damage. Next, I'll play Ancient Key, which allows me to summon two Stone Giants! And I must attack with these, or else I'll take 500 points of damage for each one that doesn't attack. Ancient Giant, attack his Little-Winguard! Now my Stone Giants, attack him directly! Then I'll set one card face-down and end my turn."

Joey is now down to 2200 Life Points. "Alright, I summon Goblin Attack Force! Now destroy his Ancient Giant!" Joey says.

"Activate Ordeal of a Traveler! This card allows me to pick one random card from my hand and you have to decide if it's a magic, monster, or trap card. This will happen every time you declare an attack. If you guess right, then your attack goes through, but if you guess wrong, then your monsters will return to your hand. So, make your decision; monsters, magic, or trap?"

"Um… trap card! No wait, magic! Um… give me more time! Okay, okay, um… magic!"

"Wrong! It was my Sinister Serpent card." Goblin Attack Force goes back to Joey's hand while he sets a card and ends his turn. "Alright, Ancient Giant, attack him directly!"

"Wrong! Go, Scapegoat! And next turn, I can attack with Goblin Attack Force!"

"But you still need to get by Ordeal of a Traveler to attack. So now I activate Ancient Tome! This card lets me swap the one card in my hand with the one on my deck. I'll switch my Stone Giants into defense mode and end my turn."

Grandpa's Life Points drop to 4000 because he didn't attack with his Giants. Joey summons his Goblin Attack Force in attack mode again and then ends his turn. "Ah, but to keep my Ancient Tome in play, I must send my Sinister Serpent to the Graveyard, but due to its effect, it comes right back into my hand. First, I'll switch my two Stone Giants back into attack mode! And now I can finally summon the creature I've been setting up since my first move! By using the second effect of Ancient Key, to sacrifice my Ancient Giant, Ancient Gate, and Ancient Tome to summon this; Ancient Dragon!"

"He never had that card before, did he?" I ask Yugi.

"Nope. But it's awesome!" Yugi says.

"You know, your grandfather isn't the only one who has that card." Professor Halkins says. He reaches into his shirt pocket and pulls out his deck, which has Ancient Dragon on the top of it.

"You have it too?"

"Yes, but I've never been able to summon it because I lack the correct cards. In fact, your grandfather is the only duelist I know that posses all of them. So you're witnessing a rare event here. We've had a competition of sorts to see who could acquire the cards first, but it looks like I lose. This is the happiest I've seen him in a long time."

I look back over at the duel, "Ancient Dragon, destroy his Goblin Attack Force! And since Ancient Dragon attacked, I'm allowed to destroy all of your other monsters."

Joey's now down to 1700 Life Points and completely defenseless. "Alright, look out!" Joey says, "I'll activate Roll of Fate! Now I can draw up to six cards, depending on the number I roll, but I have to remove the same number of cards from the game."

"Legendary Gambler, cancel out his roll!"

Both of the dies are rolled and Joey gets a four while Grandpa gets a… three! "Yeah! Four new cards for me! So I play Landstar forces! Now I can summon Brigadier of Landstar, Knight of Landstar, and Grappler of Landstar from my hand! So now I'll sacrifice the three of them to summon Gilford the Lightning! And using its special effect, I can destroy every one of your monstas' on the field! Now attack him directly!"

"But you forget about my Ordeal of a Traveler card. So tell me, which card is this?"

"Don't be so smug, I've been payin' attention! So your card is a monster; Sinister Serpent!"

Grandpa nods and reveals Sinister Serpent, so the attack goes through. Now he's down to 1200 Life Points. Joey ends his turn from there. "Yes, but you forgot to take one thing into account. The effect of Ancient City allows me to summon back my Ancient Dragon to the field! Ancient Dragon, attack!" Both monsters are destroyed, but neither of them pay Life Points, "And now, Ancient Dragon will come right back to the field! But I'll have to end my turn from here."

"Yeah, it's my turn, and I'll activate Pot of Greed! So first, I activate Premature Burial so I can reduce my Life Points to 900 in order to summon back my Goblin Attack Force! Next, I'll activate Giant Trunade, which takes all magic and traps on the field and returns them to their owner's hands!"

"No! Now my Dragon will be defenseless!"

"And now I can activate Premature Burial once again to summon back Gilford! Gilford, destroy his Ancient Dragon and Goblin Attack Force, finish off his Life Points!"

Grandpa's Life Points go to 0, so Joey wins. Joey and the rest of us then walk up to Apdnarg, "Nice duel stranga'. But now you have to take off that mask so I can see who you really are." Joey says.

Grandpa then removes the mask to show his face, "Actually, you already know me." He says.

"NO WAY! That was a cheap trick!"

"Yeah, but you weren't smart enough to figure it out sooner like we all did." I say.

"Shut up. Well, Mister Muto, why did you even enter this tournament anyway?"

"Well, I was hoping to duel you so I could see how far you've come as a duelist. And you've aced the test."

"Yeah! Now I'm one step closer to the top!"

Just for the notice, I'm not putting Rex and Weevil into their Season 5 cameo (at least in the tournament) because I hate them so much that I want to tear their faces off and then beat up the rest of their bodies. Mhm, yeah, my hate is really strong for a lot of things. And I got asked this a few times that people were wondering what I was going to write after I finish the Bonded series. So here's my answer; you'll have to find out and read it for yourself (spoiler, I'm not doing any of the spin-offs)