It was a new day and Daniel was already up to get started for the contest. Allen had promise to meet Daniel at his house.

"I bet Mink and Jess are in this contest" Daniel said to Allen. "yeah too bad Mina is hosting it she can't help us duel them" Allen said. "well we'll be against each other you know" Daniel said. "so be it!"Allen replied.

They finally got to the Ground of The Pegasus to meet the Host of the contest. Mina's father was sitting in a chair high top of the building along with Mina at his side.

"look who showed up..." Allen said. He pointed at a person. "thats Mokio Akazuma... he was a winner at the japanese contest in japan he has rare japanese cards" He said. "and there's Mink and Jess" Daniel pointed out.

"awww this is just like Battle City 20 years ago" Mina's Father said. "I bet so" Mina replied. "look at all those pathetic people" Jess replied, "you know you might be calling us pathetic" Mink said knocking Jess' head. There was people everywhere showing off their cards and trading obviously ruining their decks.

The giant clock on the building rang three times announcing it was officially 3:00 Mina's Father gave Mina a little push to the front of the balcony. A giant screen turned on with Mina's face on it. People cheered Mina was the celebrity duelist of the town and everyone wished to have their cards. Allen and Daniel heard that people were looking forward to win her cards even steal them but Allen and Daniel cheered on while Mink and Jess were watching from across the street leaning on lamp posts. "Peoples settle down please" Mina ordered and everyone did. "As you see in this family business my Father as I call him you might call him "Pegasus" has ordered me to start a contest of dueling with duel monsters!" She said and everyone cheered. "The rules are simple the people dueling each other will bid up their rarest cards and who ever wins will be awarded the card the opponent put up for grabs"

That's when the crowd booed they hated the idea. "i know it may seem kind of unfair but it happened 20 years ago before some of you have been born in Battle City just like the contest Seto Kaiba did. Anyway the final 8 of the contest will face each other then the final 4 then the final 2 then the winner will face me and win my 5 rare cards in my deck and they will win another prize too... 1 magic card, 1 trap card, and 1 god card of their choice. These 3 cards are priceless that means that there's only 1 copy of them in the world" Some people started whispering and cheering.

"The new system will be these" The screen changed pictures to a long board with card slots in them one section for monster cards and one for magic and trap cards. It looked exactly like the one Kaiba corp made but it was more updated. The picture showed how it was used and how it worked while Mina told them about how to use it. "you can pick them up here in this building please form 4 lines to the booths of the building to get them and scanned with your name and ID. And one more thing...." She said, "The computers will tell you what rank you are please go to your nearest mall and to find out your rank the contest will start tomorrow at 12" Mina finished and left inside the building.

Everyone had gotten their dueling system and now the place was emtpy. Daniel and Allen decided to go to the mall to find out their rank. "oh yeah! I'm 9!" Daniel said. Because of all his rare and strong cards he had gotten to 9. Allen scanned his Dueling ID into the machine. "7!" Allen said, "not bad but I'm still good" he said bragging. "out of my way" said someone pushing Allen and Daniel away.

It was Mokio. "excuse me but if your a 7 that means that your barley allowed to even be in this contest" Mokio said. She scanned his ID in showing that he had a 13. "woah!" Daniel said. Mokio gave a quick snobby smile. "as you see I have a really rare card" He said taking it out of his pocket. "The Dark Necrophia a really rare card that probably none of you beginners have" He said. Mokio started to get on their nerves. "what's your rare and strong card?" Mokio asked. "well I guess mine is Salamandra" Daniel said showing it to Mokio. "peh not even worth using" Mokio said lifting his head up as if he had the better cards than Mina. "besides I plan to beat that little girly Mina" He said. "she is'nt little!" Allen snapped, "she's our friend!" Allen said again

"YOUR friend?" Mokio asked, "jeez she must be that desperate for a celebrity like her" Mokio said. "what is your rare card?" Mokio asked. Allen didi'nt know so he just showed his deck to him. Too bad Allen's deck made him look like a sissy to Mokio. "do you even know how to play this game?!" Mokio teased. Allen growled. Then as Mokio took a closer look something caught his eye. "what is this?" He said and took a closer look. "The Dark Sage?!" He said, "how could a rookie like you get this card?!" He stammed. "beats being such a stereotype" Allen said. "well at least I have the cards to summon. I bet you don't have Time Wizard" Mokio said showing it off. Allen's head drooped over. "yup that's right you don't have the card to summon Dark Mage keep your head down and drop out of the contest you little dog!" Mokio said pointing as if he were bigger than him.

"STOP IT!" Daniel said. Mokio quickly looked at him. "what are you going to do?" Mokio said. "obviously I have had enough of your stupid personality!" Daniel said. "don't like it eh?" Mokio replied. "well I'll see you tomorrow for your first measly duel for the contest and I'll surely bring you down!" Mokio said. "you will be sorry for your wronging!" Daniel replied. "now as I must leave you I will see you tomorrow near the Pegasus Building" Mokio said as 2 guards escorted him out of the mall. "man what a jerk" Allen said, "are you sure you can handle him?"

"I don't know... I don't think I've done the right thing..." Daniel replied, "well I'll be cheering you on!" Allen said. Soon Jess came. "remember tell anyone about the ring and I'll take control forever!" The evil spirit in t he ring said. "oh hey Jess!" Allen said. "listen trust me the Yami is'nt in control" Jess replied. "YOU NIT" The spirit said. "remember I didi'nt say anything about the Ring" Jess replied back to the ring then it kept quiet.

They told Jess about Mokio how much of a jerk he was and now Daniel has to face him in his first duel for the contest. "well i say just do it you got yourself in you can get your self out as the victor" Jess said. Suddenly a crowd was created at the front gates of the Mall. "it's Mina!" a voice said. Mina came bursting and a couple guards came out pushing people aside so Mina could get through. Mina came running up to the 3. "hey guys!" Mina said. Everyone said hi. "just here to get my self scanned^^" Mina said. Daniel, Allen. and Jess followed to see what rank Mina was in. "woah!" Jess said. Mina was in Rank 20 higher from everyone else. "oh cool! I didi'nt know my deck was that strong!" Mina said cheerfully. "you never knew?!" Daniel said. Mina ignored him. "so did you guys get scanned?" Mina asked. Daniel and Allen both said yes. Jess quickly grabbed her ID and scanned it. "woah cool I'm a 14!" Jess said. Allen and Daniels mouth dropped open. "a bunch of girls stronger than us!" Allen said. "aww don't listen to the machine it's only basing on what cards you have not what kind of strategy's you have" Mina said. "by the way" Allen said, "what is your strongest card?" He asked

"oh I have to keep that secret my dad won't let me tell because he wants to surprise the duelist who goes against me^^" Mina replied. "I bet it's strong..." Daniel said.

Another person came. "hi!" She said cheerfully. "hi!" the group replied. "my name is Enya^^ and I'm trying out for the dueling contest I'm looking forward to win how about you guys?". They all introduced themselves and they started talking.

Suddenly Jess' Millennium Ring started glowing. "another Millennium Item!" the evil spirit said. It pointed at the Necklace around Enya's neck. "a Millennium Item..." Enya's spirit said. "hey you guys have Millennium Items too!" Enya said pointing at Jess' Millennium Ring. "yeah I have the Scale" Daniel said showing it to her. "and I have The Eye" Allen said, "and I have the Ankh!" Mina said cheerfully "that's so cool mine is the Tauk or the Necklace as I like to call it" Enya said. "oh I better get scanned" She said and went to the Machine the others followed. Enya quickly scanned her ID Showing she had an 8. Enya cheered that she was higher than Allen. "it's really nice to find some nice people around here" Enya said. "yeah i know just look at Mokio" Daniel said, "I mean he's an idiot and jerk mixed in!" Allen replied. "oh I'm so sorry!" Enya said, "I hope he didi'nt hurt you" Enya said.

Now Daniel and Allen were shocked. "you mean..." Allen said, "yeah he's my brother" Enya said. "I try to tell him to be nice but those cards seem like to take over his mind" She said. "I can see that I have to face him in a duel tomorrow" Daniel said. "well I hope you win^^" Enya said.

The mall was now closing because of all the duelist and people entering the mall. Daniel got home. "jeez what did I get myself in to!" He said in his bed. "well at least we made a new friend and Mina is has started a contest!". Daniel dozed off to sleep.

"oh no...." Enya said. "I've got to stop then I got to change the future!" Enya said. Enya had tapped into her Millennium Necklace which let her see the past and future obviously something bad is going to be happening in the second to last duel. "they must be stopped!" Enya said.

"Wake up Daniel!" His mother said shaking him. Daniel finally woke up. "Breakfast is ready and it's getting cold!" His mom said. He quickly got up ate his breakfast and showered. He grabbed his dueling system and started showing it off to his sister which she never found any interest in duel monsters. Allen came along with Daniel as he walked to The Grounds of Pegasus. There were a lot of people in one big space. Duels have been started and he could see giant holograms destroying other monsters. He saw Mokio and Enya waiting at the giant Pegasus statue. He came up to him. "ready to go you rookie?" Mokio said. "oh Mokio be nice!" Enya said. "get back!" He snapped at her

"your going to pay for what you did to my friends" Daniel said. "shut up and lets duel!" Mokio said. "This is going to be good" Mink said in the shadows with Jess. "before we duel we must bid up 2 cards" Mokio said. "but I thought it was only one!" Enya said. "shut up and go over there little sister!" Mokio said. Enya drooped her head and went by Allen and Mina. "WE will bid up 2 cards!" Mokio said. "and i choose your Devils Comedian and Salamandra!" Mokio said. "Daniel smirked. I thought you said my Salamandra was useless but oh well I choose your Dark Necrophia and Time Wizard!" Daniel said. The Duel had begun