Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or Magic: The Gathering or any of the personalities from either of these. They are owned by other companies and not me which makes me sad.

Note: This fic is assuming that you know the rules of MTG, if you don't go to www.wizards.com/magic to learn them.

Well, I'm Tom Stuart. You might not know me now but you will soon because I am going to kick some serious ass at the Extended regionals this October (this is NOT part of the fic, watch your ass Kai!) so this is a few years in the future, say early 2005. It has both real characters and fictional ones from Yu-Gi-Oh. And this is the PTQ (Pro-Tour Qualifier, the qualifying rounds for the regionals) so I'm going to be facing novices (Joey) to some experts (Yugi and Seto Kaiba). So I'm re-putting up the 4th wall and starting the fic.

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At the entrance hall.

*Tom, Alex, Andrew and Loren walk in*

Tom (thats me!): Hello Alex

Alex: Hi Tom, ready to die?

Tom: You know I'll kick your ass, I did last year, and two years ago and...

Alex: Shut up. This year I...

Tom: ...Have an unbeatable strategy! I've heard it before.

Andrew: We all have.

Loren: Your mom's heard it before, ooh!

Tom: I have driven you and Andrew 3 days and I have heard that over 70 times.

Andrew: 86 by my count.

Tom: I swear to god, if you say that one more time I'll leave you here and won't let you in the hotel room.

Loren: Your mom will leave me here and not let me in your hotel room, ooh!

Tom: Fine.

*Enter Yugi and Joey*

Joey: ...and that's why you're such a tightass!

Yugi: Joey, I've said it before and I'll say it again, SHUT THE HELL UP!!!

Alex: Hi guys.

Yugi: Hi Alex, Andrew, Loren, Tom.

Tom: Yugi.

Joey: Umm, am I missing something?

Alex: They constantly are kicking each other's asses, like I'll kick yours.

Joey: You want some? Come get some?

*Alex grabs Joey's wrist and twists it, flooring him*

Joey: Ouch, ouch, C'mon, I didn't mean it, please? Uncle? Mercy?

*Alex finally lets go of Joey's wrist as Tom and Yugi are continuing to stare each other down*

Seto (walking in): There seems to be some hostilities, but save it for the game, girls!

Loren: Your mom will save it for the game, ooh!

Seto: Is he with you?

Tom: Not anymore.

Yugi: Seto.

Seto: Yugi. Tom. Alex. Joey. Andrew. Loren.

Alex: Seto.

Joey: Seto.

Andrew: Seto.

Loren: Seto.

Seto (into microphone): Everyone. The Neo-Worlds qualifier is starting. I'm your resident champion, Seto Kaiba.

Alex (from now gathering crowd): Bullshit!

Seto: I'll see you in the game.

Alex: Bring it.

Seto (again into microphone): The rules are different this year but still simple. Each player will choose a hero from the storyline and get a deck based on the character. For example, choosing "Chainer" will yield a black nightmare deck. Each player will play 3 others from their current ranking. The games for round one are as follows. I, Seto Kaiba will be having the bye (meaning it's considered an automatic victory, I wonder why he volunteered to schedule the duals?), Yugi will be playing Tom Stuart.

Tom:...

Yugi:...

Seto: Joey will be playing Alex.

Joey: You're going down!

Alex: Bring it mafia boy!

Seto: Loren will be playing Andrew

Loren: Your mom will be playing Andrew, ooh!

Andrew: I'm going to enjoy kicking your ass.

Loren: Your...

All: SHUT THE HELL UP!

*Seto calls off the other names, none of which are worth mentioning*

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End of chapter 1

Chapter 2 and on will be the duals we all have. Please review, and yes, Loren really does talk that way.