I woke up in my hotel room to an alarm going off on my clock. I grumbled a bit rolling over and slapping my hand on the clock turning off the alarm "piece of junk..." slowly getting out of bed I stretched a bit rubbing my head. Today was the day of the opening ceremony for the WDC which is why I decided to wake up early.

As I got ready for the day I thought about what kind of competition there'd be since it's people from around the world. There was bound to be all kinds of crazy and/or powerful duelists that would show up. I grinned at the thought as I put fresh clothes on "plenty of strong people to play with...and hopefully more numbers for me to take." When I said that I looked over at my deck sitting on my nightstand and I could practically feel Number 68 getting excited. After I finished putting my shirt on I went over grabbing my deck and simply going through it memorizing everything I had.

I stayed up late last night fine tuning and editing my deck the best I could in preparation for today and even decided to try new monsters "hmm...I still think it's missing something...maybe I'll swing by the card store after the ceremony." Putting my deck in its box i then stuffed it into my jacket pocket and grabbed both my duel disk and gazer. After double checking to make sure I had everything I headed outside going straight for the location of the opening ceremony.

I had soon arrived at the location as was simply astonished by how massive the crowd was. Even in the city center people were practically bunched up together in front of a massive stadium that had a massive tv on the front which was just showing a picture of the WDC logo. Looking around at all the people I scoffed 'they all look puny. All I see are either a bunch of kids or some adults that don't look like they muster up to much in life.' Then I felt something. It was like someone was glaring directly at me, a feeling I knew very well thanks to prison. Looking around I tried to find the source of the stares then I found it. Through the bustling crowd I saw a blonde teen staring at me with his arms crossed. I couldn't tell if he was simply seizing up competition or looking for prey thanks to his stoic face. He soon broke the stare with me and looked forward so I did as well 'probably just some mouse looking to fight a lion...'

Suddenly the tv on the screen changed and showed a man dressed in very bizarre clothing "hello ladies and gentlemen! Those of you who don't know me I am Mr. Heartland the owner of Heartland and the founder of the World Duel Carnival! Now I shall go over the rules of the tournament." He then dug through his jacket pocket and pulled out a small pink piece of glass "when all of you signed up you were given this. It's called a heart piece and it is a crucial item in the preliminaries of this tournament. You will all have three days to collect 3 heart pieces which can be put together to form a heart. How do you get this heart pieces you may wonder? It's simple! You challenge people to a duel and bet however many heart pieces you wish and the winner of the duel gets the amount of pieces bet. That's basically it for the rules but remember! You only have three days to complete this objective. That's exactly 72 hours from now. If you complete the heart we will notify you on what to do next. But if you don't...you're eliminated from the tournament! So with all that out of the way...let the tournament...BEGIN!" When he said that hundreds of pretty fireworks shot out of the stadium and into the air signifying that the tournament was now underway.

People began to cheer in excitement and soon everyone began to duel with each other. Not wanting to be stuck in this crowd any longer I decided to leave and find an opponent elsewhere. As I walked around I tried to locate that kid that was staring at me earlier but he seemed to have vanished. 'Probably got caught up in a duel somewhere or something...' I thought simply shrugging it off as I walked down the empty street. I imagined it was empty since most people were still in the town center duking it out which is why it surprised me when I suddenly saw a small crowd in front of a restaurant. Feeling a little curious I decided to go check it out and pushed through most of the crowd, which I soon noticed were all women. Once I got to the center I saw they were all crowding around a man who was sitting at an outside table simply drinking coffee. He was a very well dressed man wearing an expensive white suite, a shiny watch, and had his hair slicked back.

I of course knew who he was but then again you'd have to have been living under your rock your entire life to not know him. His name was Percy and he was a famous model/actor. His face was on many many magazine covers and he's stared in several movies which explains why there was a crowd around him. I personally didn't like him for several reasons partially because he's one of those stuck up rich people "oh my goodness! Is that my little brother I see hiding in the crowd?!" And mostly because he was my sibling.

Percy stood up from his table and waved his arms shooing all the fans away from me then came over "I thought you were in prison little bro~" he said with a big grin enjoying the feeling of being better then his sibling. A feeling he's felt a lot unfortunately.

I growled as I looked at him "I thought you'd be too busy kissing someone's ass to be out here..."

"Oh my poor little heart!" He said with heavy sarcasm as he held his hand over his chest "So tell me why are you out and about hm? You can't really steal things in broad daylight"

"None of your damn business Percy. Go back to your Starbucks and amusing your fan girls."

Percy rolled his eyes then spotted the duel disk on my arm and his grin got much bigger "ahhh you're here for the WDC aren't you? Very brave considering you're both A. A wanted man and B. A terrible duelist. As I have proven time and time again~"

"Don't give me that crap" I said in an annoyed tone as I gripped my fist "you know when we duel you win by the skin of your teeth..."

"Mmm true but it is still considered winning regardless. Ah I know! How about we have a rematch right here and now? It'll give me a chance to show off in front of all this lovely ladies AND eliminate you from the tournament! So many good things in that situation...for me of course none for you."

He really knew how to get under my skin. That typical I'm better and older then you trick always ticks me off to know end. So without even thinking I nodded in agreement "fine. I'll finally take you down and prove to all your parasite fans that you're just a weakling in fancy clothes!"

"Big talk from a convict huh? But I don't care for you reasons let's get started. Follow me little brother we'll go to a nearby park to play our game so we're in no one's way." Then he walked off with his posse following close behind as if they were his shadow

Standing there alone I watched him leave and couldn't help but feel a little reminiscent. I remembered every single time Percy bested me. He was the favorite child, he was successful and famous, and many many other areas. In my deck box Number 68 glowed slightly and I grinned widely "However in dueling he will no longer best me..."