Chapter 4.1- Flashback
A few hours ago: Kaiba was checking the KC Mainframe. "Nothing seems to have changed since we left. Reports show that Industrial Illusions is doing fine as well."
"That's good news." Pegasus said in relief. "So, you have the mainframe. What's the plan?"
"Well, I have had many theories about our next world visit. If we can defeat Seymour here, he will take us into our world, more specifically, Domino City." Kaiba said. "Once there, I want us to be in control, to be on the offensive."
"I think we all know where this is going." Mokuba said to himself.
"I feel that the only way to have this control is to hold a tournament. This would control who he duels, when he does, and where he is." He announced.
Pegasus spoke, "That's a good idea. Seymour would have to do what we wanted. We could also enforce the Ante rule, so we could take any rare cards he's using to stay in this world."
"I agree" Mokuba said. "So, how will we handle invitations? Battle City style or Grand Championship style?"
"I think a mix appropriate. Let's say we invite 28 people, and have the world fight for the other 100, making a 128-person bracket." Kaiba said.
"Let's talk about it in a moment, food is here." Pegasus said.
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"So, let's talk tournament." Kaiba said, laptop in hand, connected to a sphere screen on the wall.
"I like the idea that it is an open tournament." Mokuba said. "No tournament has ever allowed this before. Also, I have an idea of how to do this. Each duelist on the planet would have 40,000 Cumulative LP. Each duel, 4000 of that would go to their duel LP, and whatever was left after the duel would go back into that Cum LP."
"And then at the end of the 5-week period, the top 100, or the last 100 at any point in the weeks would come to Domino, more specifically Kaiba Land, to play in the tournament. The International Duelist's Championship" Kaiba said, enjoying the ring on the name he had created.
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In the next 2 hours, Kaiba2 and Pegasus had created a schedule of events:
Announcement of Tournament- Today, Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Preliminary Duels- June 17th-July 19th, 2008
Deadline to Arrive Back in Domino- Monday, July 21st, 2008
Top 128- First 36 Duels- Sat., July 26th, 2008- Kaiba Dome (MAN)/Duel Dome (MAN)
Top 128- 24 Duels/Top 4- Sunday, July 27th – KD (MA)/DD (MA)-Top 4- KD (N)
Rest- July 28th/29th
Top 64- First 28 Duels- July 30th, 2008- KD (MAN)/DD (MAN)
Rest- July 31st, 2007
Top 64- 4 Duels/Top 4 Duels- Aug. 1st, KD (M/N)
Rest- Aug 2nd/3rd, 2008
Top 32- First 6 Duels- 8/4/2008- all duels from here down are in the KD at Night.
Rest- 8/5/2008
Top 32- Second 6 Duels- 8/6/2008
Rest- 8/7/2008
Top 32- Top 4 Duels- 8/8/2008
Top 16- First 4 Duels- 8/9/2008
Top 16- Top 4 Duels- 8/10/2008
Rest- 8/11-14/2008
Top 8- 2 Duels- 8/15/2008
Top 8- Duel- 8/16/2008
Top 8- Top Duel- 8/17/2008
Rest- 8/18-21/2008
Top 4- 8/22/2008
3rd Place Match- Saturday, August 23rd, 2008, 8 PM, KaibaDome
Championship Title Match- Sunday, August 24th, 2008, 8 PM, KaibaDome
Award Presentation- After Championship Match, KaibaDome, All Participants Invited
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KD-KaibaDome
DD- Duel Dome
(MAN)- Morning/Afternoon/Night
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"Ok, next item of business, invitees and prizes." Pegasus said. "Yugi Mutou, Seto Kaiba, basically anyone how is dueling here with us, Seymour, and anyone else wants, and then Rebecca Hawkins."
"Good," Mokuba said, while his brother typed for his brother, who was taking a break.
"Next thoughts, prizes." Kaiba said, having a drink. "Pegasus, you are the creator of the game, you have rare cards, and I have money. Pretty good combo, there."
"I already have the Champion's card planned." Pegasus said, smiling. "I plan to repair a rare, previously torn up card, and give it to the winner."
"Rare torn card." Kaiba said under his breath. "You can't possibly mean…"
"Ah, but I do." He said, showing him a taped up card. "My prize will be the 4th Blue-Eyes White Dragon, compliments of Mr. Solomon Mutou."
Chapter 4.2- Prize Shocker
Seto Kaiba stood in shock of what he was hearing. The 4th card in his 3-card collection was going to be handed to the winner of the tournament. "Ok, then I suppose I will simply have to win it if I want it." He said, displeased. "Monetary amount will come from me, so I am thinking $2,000,000?"
"But Seto," Mokuba began, "Duelist Kingdom gave away $3,000,000. You have to top that, no offense, Pegasus."
"None taken." Pegasus said. "How about $5,000,000?"
"That's fine, too." Kaiba said. "Second place, $2,500,000?"
"And the card I will choose will be…ah, here it is. A rare card that I created. 'The Last Chance'. Very powerful in a tight situation with low LP. It should be suitable to your liking, Kaiba." Pegasus said with a grin.
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The talking continued for another half-hour, arguing over mostly prizes, but even over some side conversations about income, and split between KC and I2. Their prize tree sort of looked like this:
1st Place- $5,000,000 and Blue-Eyes White Dragon and World Championship Title
2nd Place- $2,500,000 and The Last Chance
3rd Place- $1,000,000 and Fifty-Fifty
4th Place- $500,000 and Final Question
5th-8th Place- $100,000
9th-16th Place- $25,000
17th-32nd Place- $10,000
33rd-64th Place- $1,000
64th-128th Place- $500
Total Prize Money Awarded- $9,824,000
-Time- 4:30 PM
"So, we have agreed on giving a grand total of almost $10,000,000 dollars to the contestants." Kaiba said. "In addition, 4 rare cards, plus whatever you decide to throw in at the end, Pegasus. I think that this will work."
"I agree." Mokuba said, looking up. The Airship had landed in Pallet Town. Kaiba began sending a copy of their entire work to KC for review. Roland would oversee it. Pegasus phoned for dinner, and asked Barkeep about a higher table.
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Seto said he needed some air, thus went out. His ulterior motive was to talk to Rikku. Rikku was walking toward Oak's lab, when he ran to catch up.
"Rikku!" he called. She turned around.
"Hi, Seto. What's going on? We haven't seen you guys in while." She asked, curiously.
"Mostly business, plans for when we head to Domino, things like that." He replied. "How about outside the study, how has it been?"
"Pretty good, alth-" she began, getting interrupted by Grandpa.
"Rikku, Tea is looking for you. She's complaining about something again." He said.
"…that." Rikku finished. "Got to go. Love ya." She said, kissing him on the cheek, then running off. Kaiba turned back to the Airship.
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In KC HQ in Domino, Roland had just finished speedily having the over 25 employees overview, make arrangements, fit the schedule, and reprogram things. KC had some of the best and brightest working in the control room.
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"Updating new tournament rules…40,000 Cum LP meter ready."
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"4-duels per week rule, standing by."
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"Missed duel penalties, ready for activation."
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"Ranking system on stand by, all duel disks accounted for."
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"All main TV Stations ready for Worldwide Broadcast."
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"Shutting down all duel disks!" Roland said, typing in a code and hitting ENTER. All duels taking place anywhere in the world ceased. All holograms disappeared. "Mokuba, we are ready when you are."
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"Ok, HQ, we are just waiting for Seto to get back. Play some duel footage, while I give audio messages." Mokuba requested. Roland gave the order for Championship Duel Slideshows to be played. All over the world, people began seeing Battle City Finals pictures.
Chapter 4.3- Worldwide Broadcast
"Ladies and Gentlemen of the world. This is Mokuba Kaiba. This is a worldwide broadcast to all duelists, amateur and professional. You all remember Battle City Finals, KC's first Championship Bout. World Champion Yugi Mutou prevailed against Marik Ishtar, Seto Kaiba, and Ryou Bakura for the crown." Pictures switched to Grand Championship photos. "You also remember the KC Grand Championship, at the opening of Kaiba Land- Domino. Leon Von Schroeder rose to the Final Match, defeating his share of opponents, against Yugi Mutou. After a very interesting duel with many twists and turns, Yugi Mutou retained the crown, leaving the world duelist rankings baffled, leaving Leon as the #3 best duelist in the world." The screens now switched to a split screen with KC and I2 logos. Seto had also just walked in. "Now, we stand at this year. KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions Presidents Seto Kaiba and Maximillion Pegasus have put their heads together to create a tournament so grand in size, that the entire world will be used to make it happen. Now for the formal announcement, Mr. Seto Kaiba and Mr. Maximillion Pegasus."
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"Greetings duelists of the world." Pegasus said, sitting on the left of the TV monitor. "I am Maximillion Pegasus, and sitting next to me is Seto Kaiba."
"We are here to announce the next world championship tournament. This summer, Domino City will play host to the KC International Duelist's Championship. To be more specific, the KaibaDome and Duel Dome. This tournament will put the World Title back up for grabs." Kaiba said.
"However, only the top 100 in the world will come to Domino to compete with 28 pre-selected contestants. Here is how the top 100 will work. You may have noticed that your Duel Disk's had been deactivated. When the come back on, anyone who was in a duel at that time may continue, and may either finish as a Tournament Duel, or a regular duel. As for the rest, when we reactivate the disks, each LP panel should have '40,000 cLP' on it. This stands for cumulative life points. At the start of each tournament duel, 4000 of that total will become your LP for the duel, and whatever is left at the end gets put back. If you have less than 4000 cLP, then be warned, because if you hit 0 in that duel, you lose a chance at the crown" Pegasus explained.
"But, don't think you can simply play 1 duel, and wait for the finals. Based on the tournament rules, each duelist must duel at least 25 times. On July 19th, in a month and two days, if any duelist is caught without 25 registered duels, there will be a 5000-point penalty for each missed. The Top 100 duelists in the world at that point, or the last 100 duelists at any given point in the tournament, will be invited to Domino to compete." Kaiba said.
"Now, on to our 28 invitees." Pegasus began. "You will recognize quite a few of them, and some, you will have never heard of. Their specially designed duel disks will be the way to recognize those who are not revealed today. First up, Joey Wheeler. Joey was a finalist, placing 2nd in Duelist Kingdom. Joey also competed in Battle City, where he was named a semi-finalist, placing 4th. Most recently, Joey competed in the KC Grand Championship, where he was a quarter-finalist."
"Second to be announced: Rebecca Hawkins." Kaiba said. At home, Rebecca put on a big smile. "Rebecca is better known as the #1 ranked duelist in the United States, and last year, competed in the Grand Championship, where she was named a semi-finalist, placing 3rd overall."
"Third to be mentioned today is the person sitting next to me, Mr. Seto Kaiba. Seto Kaiba is well known as the former World Champion, now #2 in the world. Seto both created and participated in the Battle City Tournament, where he was a semi-finalist, placing 3rd overall. He also set up the KC Grand Championship. Next up, Leon Von Schroeder. Leon is a well-accomplished duelist, having won many tournaments under the alias Leon Wilson. At the Grand Championship, Leon was named the winner of the final bracketed match, thus going for a Title Shot. He then lost to Yugi Mutou in the final match, after many problems with the dueling system. 5th up is Mai Valentine"
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Mai, who was sitting in a café, watching the message from a window seat, perked up. "Me?"
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"Mai Valentine is a seasoned competitor in the world of dueling, who KC feels deserves her chance at a comeback. In Duelist Kingdom, Mai was named as a semi-finalist, losing to Yugi Mutou. She finished 3rd(tie) overall. Mai also competed in Battle City, where she was a quarter-finalist, losing to Marik Ishtar. Mai never did get back onto the dueling scene, but we wish her a warm welcome back."
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In the Schroeder home, Zigfried sat with his brother, Leon. "Is that what you call it, Herr Kaiba? A simple problem?"
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It was Kaiba's turn to talk about the 6th and final invitee to be revealed. "Our final invitee to be said today is Yugi Mutou. In 3 years, Yugi climbed the ranks, which changed the dueling world forever. Three years ago, Yugi was invited to the Duelist Kingdom Tournament, which was held by Pegasus. After winning 10 Star Chips, Yugi competed alongside Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine, and Bandit Keith for the title 'King of Games'. Defeating Mai Valentine, Yugi was to duel Joey Wheeler, who he defeated, then continuing to defeat Maximillion Pegasus to win the tournament. Next, two years ago, he competed in the Battle City Finals. After winning 6 Locator Cards, Yugi competed against Ryou Bakura, Seto Kaiba and Marik Ishtar, defeating all 3 to become the Battle City Champion, and retain his title as the World Champion. Finally, Yugi was part of the prize of the KC Grand Championship last year. As the brackets played out, he was to duel Leon Von Schroeder, as part of Leon's prize. He then won what has been said as one of the toughest duels ever fought in history. Yugi is #1 in the world, and risking his title on this tournament."
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Kaiba had one more thing to say. "Each of the Top 128 will receive a monetary amount, ranging from $500 to $5,000,000, with a total purse of almost $10,000,000. In addition, each of the top 4 will receive a special rare card from Pegasus."
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Pegasus, after drinking a sip of water, began the closing statement. "So, from now until July 19th, duel with one thing in mind: get to Domino. 25 duels; one month. Now, once we reactivate the duel disks, once again, you may decide whether you will be using it was a tournament duel or not. When you want to duel, activate your disk as normal, but hit YES or NO on the score display to decide whether it will be a tournament duel or not. In addition, to Leon, Rebecca, and Mai: You may come to Domino any time you want, and stay in private Kaiba Land hotel rooms, and also have free access to the park. All of the rules, prizes, pricing, lodging, et cetera, will be available, along with a new feature, duel video streams, at KaibaCorp's website. Video streams can show any duel tournament duel for any duel disk in the world. Until July 19th, you can look for updates there. Until then, Duel Disks, Activate!"