Disclaimer and notes: I do not own Yugioh or any Duel Monsters material. I do own my own created characters and will be used only by myself. I, also, do not own any national companies that I use in my story including 94.5 the Buzz KTBZ. One note before you begin, the deck that is used by Mattervick is my actual own deck that I use in real life (with a few exceptions of course, just to make it interesting ;-)). Throughout the story, I may change the format of my story from 3rd person form to a dialouge form (like in a play script). Please enjoy =^_^= R&R and please no flames. .

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A massive crowd stands outside of the Marriot Hotel in Chicago. Many people equipped with their dueling disk, their I.D. cards, and everything else needed to participate. Also, they had all of their luggage by their sides, preparing to go into the hotel to get situated in their rooms.

Mattervick's bus came to a slow stop about a block away from the Marriot Hotel. Mattervick had his stuff ready by his side to get out of the bus while Vick, still not saying a word to him, seemed to have calmed down and gotten over the beating that was delt to him by Mattervick. But still, he did not say a word to him. They began to get out of the bus, passing by the bus driver who had not said a word throughout the whole trip, said "Good Luck Sirs" in a low deep-toned voice. Mattervick gave him a quick grin with a nod of thanks. Vick, once again, did not do anything but get off the bus.

It was a cloudy and windy day in the Windy City. The streets seemed very busy along with the sidewalks being crowded vastly. Most of the people seemed to be buisnessmen or buisnesswomen going along with their daily lives. Mattervick became somewhat lost in all of the rush rush on the sidewalk. It was until he saw the huge sign fot the Marriot Hotels that he thought he would never find the place. He had not noticed if Vick had made it back from the bus or not but it did not matter. With his determination, he was sure that he would find his way. But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he heard rumbling. The rumbling of footsteps.

"It's Mattervick Sudaki! He is here!!", said the leader of a small group of participates in the tournament. Mattervick was a bit suprised by the little groups of fans he had. He knew that his reputation had reached out to 1.8 million people but he did not think anyone would recognize him. The website did not even have pictures of submitted duelists from the last time he saw it. "Hi! We all are really big fans of yours!! We love how you duel and how good you are and...and....and........WE LOVE YOU!!", said the hyperactive leading girl of the group of boys and girls. Mattervick did not know how to act or to respond. He had never had fans or any kind of appriciation for him before. He did not feel comfortable with the publicisty. Sure, he liked the attention of his "fans", who wouldn't? "Uhhhh.....thank you?", Mattervick finally uttered as he began to try and walk towards the hotel. "Please Matt! I can call you Matt right? Please, sit down with us and talk for a little while. We would love to get some tips on dueling from you." Mattervick did not know what to do.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- "Oye. I never thought I would lose them.", he said to himself as he arrived to the door of his room. He had talked to the whole big group of his fans for 2 hours straight. He had almost resorted to the hey-look-over- there-and-run-away trick but he decided not to. It was nice, in an self- confidence booster kind of way. Mattervick got his room key out and slid the card in the slot and observed as the green light lit up. He entered the room and was amazed. Amazed beyond belief on his.....roomey his room was.

It started out with a long hallway with marbal floors with little crystals on top to make a special pattern and a nice reflection of light. The Hallway lead into a big circle with different openings and different doors around them. One room lead to the wide kitchen area of the room, equipped with all the necessities of home. Another room was the very spacious bedroom, which had a wide-screen TV, king size bed, and everything else needed to enjoy a nice room. And that is where Mattervick headed right to and plopped himself on the bed and turned on the Television. He then remembered something very important, something that he ha dbeen waiting for throughout the whole trip.

He looked at the phone and then suddenly went running to his bag. He seemed to be looking for some kind of paper through his backpack. He finally got the packet of papers out of his bag that had to do with the rules and stipulations on this trip and everything that had to do with the tournament. He finally found what he needed and let out a loud "YES!!!!! ALL EXPENSES PAID!!!!". He rushed back over to his bed and jumped on it and towards the phone. He immediatly dialed for room service and ordered every kind of food that he could think of wanting right then.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 2 hours later, plates were scattered across the room and crumbs were piled on the side of the bed. Mattervick laid there with a full stomach and all of his attention was on the TV. He had just ordered a scary movie and quickly, with a yell, he screamed, "NO! DON'T GO IN THAT ROOM!!!!". A bang was heard from the TV and Mattervick shook his head. "I told you not to go in there!", he yelled at the TV. As the movie ended, Mattervick laid his head back on his pillow, looked up at the blue and white ceiling and thought, *This is too good to be true. I must be dreaming.*. Just then, a message appeared on the TV. Someone from the backround read "Pardon this interuption, but we have a message to all duelists from the owner of Duel Monsters Duelist United, Mr. Samuel Sinclair.". As soon as the message was read, a man wearing a trenchcoat, seeming like it covered every part of his body. He had red spiked hair that was spiked every which way possible, with deep green eyes that could intimidate even the most aggressive CEO or executive. The thing of it though was that considering how he dressed, all black, his faced seemed to be cheery, like a man that was really enjoying himself in his work. He cleared his throat and began to speak to the thousands of duelist that watched in the hotel.

"Hello all and welcome to Chicago, home of the Duel Monsters Duelists United Tournament Championship. As you can see, some fortunate participants got the best rooms in all of the hotel, while others were unfortunate and got the least expensive rooms. The higher the rank you are, the better room you have. Anyways, the rules are simple for this tournament. Whenever you meet someone to duel, you must put up your rarest card and atleast 1 locator card. You may bet up to 10 locator cards at one time if you are feeling lucky, but once you have 10 locator cards, just like in past tournaments, they will lead to the spot where the finals of this tournament will be played. If you lose all of your locator cards, you will immediatly be thrown out of this city and out of the tournament. The winner will be rewarded $10,000,000.00 and the infamous title of "King of Games". Please enjoy your trip here in the Windy City and we are glad that you have decided to participate in this event. I will be at the front of the Marriot Hotel at 9 AM sharp tomorrow morning to kick off this extravagant event so be there at 9 AM sharp. Get a good nights sleep and be prepared to duel tomorrow. And remember, this tournament will last until we have a winner. The first 16 people to get 10 locator cards will be the participants of the finals. Thank you for your time and good luck."

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Mattervick just stared somewhat blankly into the vanilla colored wall and thought to himself for several minutes. The only thing running through his mind was his confidence. *Heh. 10 locator cards? I'm gonna win this thing at any cost.*.

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hehe ok, I know that I haven't gotten to any actual dueling but it will come in the next chapter. Don't worry, I am taking my time with the next chapter and get in a good duel right from the get-go. Chapter 5 is COMING!!!.....coming....coming....coming.....