SoftWare: And on we go!

Akiru: Can I go now?

SoftWare: Where, may I ask?

Akiru: Anywhere but here. This is embarrassing.

SoftWare: You're lucky I'm not a Dark Signer.

Chapter Three

Tournament of the King

Akiru woke up, and got out of bed. Miss Tamer was a nice person, and Akiru hoped she was able to get a better home

to live in. She deserved better than Satellite. He clasped his Duel Disc to his arm. Once he reached the living room, he

found a jacket laying on the couch that was too big for him, but that had a note laying on it. It read, I hope you can

wear this one day. Akiru made his decision. He tucked it into the backpack she had given him. His new friend, Andrew,

had set him up with a hideout in the Light District. He armed his Duel Disc, and walked to his new home. Once he

arrived, Andrew met him there. "Hey, Akiru. You'll never believe this. The King of Satellite has agreed to a tournament

so that he can solidify his claim on Satellite's Dueling Network. You should enter it." Akiru saw the excitement in

Andrew's face. He thought it over. "When does it start?" "Next week." Akiru closed his eyes in thought. "All right."

Andrew grinned. "Great! I'll go get the registration papers!" Akiru wasn't really surprised with him. One week later, he

stood in the grounds of the opening ceremony. "Duelists of Satellite, I, Zachary Taylor, King of Satellite, welcome you

to the Tournament of the King!" Some applaused, Akiru not among them. "The rules are simple. Win Duels to move on.

You lose once, you're out. The winner of the Tournament will not only become the second strongest Duelist of Satellite,

but will then have the legal right to challenge me, and I'm very curious to see who it is! Now, go! Fight hard, because

only the strongest will win! And, only eight will advance to the next round!" Akiru nodded to Andrew. Andrew nodded

back. "Good luck, bud. I'm going to find my first opponent." Akiru looked at his opponent, who approached him. "Hey,

there, kid. My name's Josh." "Akiru." "Nice to meet you. Now, let's get started." Their Duel Discs lit up and the Duel was

on.

(Josh: 4000)

(Akiru: 4000)

Josh grinned. "I'll start us off. I Draw!" He grinned at his drawn card. "I Summon Twin-Sword Marauder in Attack

Mode!"

(Twin Sword Marauder appeared: a level 4 monster with 1600 ATK)

"That's all for now!" Akiru nodded. "My turn, then. I Draw!" Akiru took note of his new card. "I Set a Monster in Defense

Mode, as well as a Face-Down. Go." Josh drew his card. "Ha! Twin-Sword Marauder, attack the Set Monster!" Akiru

grinned. "Huh? Did I-?" He then remembered Akiru's set card. "Oh, no." "I play Magic Cylinder!" "Ah!"

(Josh: 2400)

Josh smirked. "You're good." Akiru said nothing as he drew his card. "I reveal my Set Monster, Queen's Knight!"

(Queen's Knight appeared: a level 4 monster with 1500 ATK)

"Next, I Summon King's Knight!"

(King's Knight appeared: a level 4 monster with 1600 ATK)

"Now, using the ability of King's Knight, from my Deck, I Special Summon Jack's Knight!"

(Jack's Knight appeared: a level 5 monster with 1900 ATK)

"Jack's Knight, attack his Twin-Sword Marauder!" "Ah!"

(Josh: 2100)

"King's Knight, attack him directly!" "Ah!"

(Josh: 500)

"Queen's Knight, finish this!" "No!"

(Josh: 0)

Josh panted. He had never been OTK'd before. This kid was incredible. "Nice win. I look forward to our next match."

With that, he walked off. Akiru had reduced the number of Duelists in the tournament from sixteen to fifteen, and had

earned a place in the top eight. The King of Satellite observed this from a computer monitor. "A One Turn Kill. And in

the first Duel of the Tournament. This kid has skill. I'll be keeping my eye on him."

A/N SoftWare: There you have it.

Akiru: What now?

SoftWare: Be patient.

Computer: SoftWare, offline.