Disclaimer: Still not owning Yu-Gi-Oh! But I do own Blake Wheeler and any made up cards not made my The Mighty Hiei, which includes Moth Dragon- Yeah.

A/N: I 4got to give you a preview..sue me.

Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh!

Weevil had summoned the all-powerful Moth Dragon to the field! Things were looking awful for Blake as his Dark Magician and B. Skull Dragon were vanquished. Blake came up with a spinning strategy to summon the Black Magic Dragon, and it blew away the moth and barely won him the duel. Weevil. Blake won the Moth Dragon and enough finalist cards to enter the Duelist Championship Final Rounds, but Weevil may come back again as he is now under the control..of Kaiba. (dramatic music)

Chapter 9: Finals, Ho!

The gang couldn't believe it. It was actually time for the finals. Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Blake and Mai all would be guaranteed spots in the finals, if they got there in time.

"Hey, look over there. Kaibacorp HQ!" Mai suddenly threw out the silence of them all. The gang all looked and was so happy, except Tea.

"That's great you see Kaibacorp" Tea said. "but did you also see the river in-between us and it?!" She sarcastically joked.

"Oh yeah" everyone suddenly realized (Tea does anime fall, while everyone else has anime raindrop)

"Hey look!" Mai shouted once again as she noticed a bridge a few yards away. Everyone started running high speed there. "Well, look it's Yugi and his group, with the lackey of course." Came a voice from Kaiba of course.

"Grrr..Kaiba!" was Joey's angry reply.

"OOPS!" Kaiba realized. "I really did hurt you didn't I?" He sarcastically sympathized. "Yugi and his group, with their dog. Yes, that sounds much better." Kaiba barked on.

"Knock it off, Kaiba!" Yugi whined.

"Oh!" Kaiba was shocked at the group. "You had better hurry Yugi & co. 8 finalists have already made it to Kaibacorp and that means only 5 spots left!" Kaiba left them with that as he hopped in his limo that just arrived.

"Boy, he's nice." Mai joked. The gang reached Kaibacorp and headed inside. There were 3 paths and each had a sign over there.

One read "Yugi and Joey" for those who qualified for the tournament. Another read "Guests" for friends of the qualifiers. The last read "Duelists" and had a table near the path to enter your ten finalist cards and in exchange you would receive a number letting you know whom you would be dueling. The finals officially started at noon tomorrow, but if there weren't a total of 16 people by noon, then the finals would start and the whole system would be rearranged.

"Well, let's part guys!" Tea said as she walked down the "Guests" corridor, Yugi and Joey walking down theirs and Tristan, Blake, and Mai walking down the "Duelists" hall.

Tea found two doors, one right one and one left one. She decided to take the right one. Now Tea will tell you how to get to her room from the right door.

Tea- NO!! I don't want to- I really don't want to

Yamigambit009: fine...wuss

So anyway, after taking the right door, she saw a floor of rooms for people staying in them. But she saw each room was reserved. She finally found her room on the 3rd floor, you have to go make a left at the first corner, left on the second, right on third corner, left on fourth corner walk around to the door that had a sign that said Section F on it. Then open that door and you go to the right on the hallway split up- go down the spiral staircase, not up it and then turn right on the next corner, left on the corner after that, make a left again, open the door saying Section F-4 and turn the right corner and you make a final left and her room is #4 in the middle on the right. So, after finally putting her things down and getting comfy, she decided to get some late lunch, since the gang was so rushed about getting to Kaibacorp; everyone, even JOEY forgot to eat lunch. So, she walked out of her hall and noticed there was a door with an EXIT sign above it, so she "exited" and as luck may have it, she came right out the left door.

"Damn that mother." Tea muttered.

So, Yugi and Joey didn't have trouble finding their room, you open a door at the end of the hall and that was it, there were 4 rooms. Two doors were closed and had doors on them; one said "Mister Kaiba" and another "Mister Mokuba" so guess whom they were for.

Tristan, Blake, and Mai went down their hall to two doors. One of the doors had 6 rooms, while the other door held 6 more. Since the first was completely filled, the gang turned to leave. Whilst opening the other door, Mai noticed there were six signs hanging up, each one saying."This Room Belongs to" and then a line under it. There was also a built in TV and videotape sticking out.

"Well, don't just stand there." Mai broke the silence.

"Oh right!" Blake managed to say as he pushed the tape in and pressed play.

"Greetings, finalists." The egomaniac spoke. "To the right of me and left of you will see some signs. Please grab one and a marker off the table and write your names. Not hard. I didn't think so. Put these on your doors until all finalists arrive. When you hear the intercom bell ring, all duelists participating please come to the cyber-room. Directions to the cyber room have been placed on every duelist's bed. If you don't receive a copy, that's YOUR PROBLEM!" Kaiba finished as the tape shut off.

"He's still nice." Mai joked as everyone grabbed a sign; Blake put his name in regular form. Tristan slobbered his name on the sign and Mai grabbed some lipstick from her purse, threw some on, and planted a big kiss on it.

"Simple Perfection Boys." Mai told them. "Now" Mai said getting her room's key from the drawer, "stay out of my room!" and with that she slammed the door.

Tristan and Blake grabbed a key too, which only one key fitted with one door, and went on with their lives.

"Master Kaiba" the mind controlled Rex Raptor spoke.

"Yes, slave?" Kaiba annoyingly asked.

"The last finalist has arrived. Should I sound the bell?" Rex continued.

"No, I still want to fan through my deck, the tournament doesn't even officially start until tomorrow, and besides we still need to let everyone know who they are dueling." Kaiba replied.

"Okay." Rex said and left.

(Yugi MUST be crushed in this tournament. Then, everyone else will be easy pickings.) Kaiba thought as he got up and went to the main room and hit the button to sound the bell.

Joey would have surely missed it if Yugi hadn't of woken him up.

"Oh, okay Yuge, just give me another hour or two" he managed to say.

So, after everyone arrived Yugi and Joey started checking out the finalists, he saw some familiar faces. Over across from him was Espa Roba, whom he defeated in Battle City after discovering his little psychic scam.

Yugi found Mako Tsunami, whom he defeated in Duelist Kingdom and Joey defeated him in Battle City and also he saw, someone in a trench coat, a hat and shades. He seemed secretive, and most likely wouldn't want his identity revealed until his duel. Yugi seemed worried.

Joey also sniffed out Weevil- whom he defeated in Battle City and Rex Raptor- whom was defeated in Duelist Kingdom.

"Okay, let's make this quick." Kaiba announced as he walked on stage, followed by Mokuba placing a box on a stool. "Inside this box are 16 tennis balls with numbers on them." He said, pointing to it, this number will determine when and whom you duel. (Large Single Elimination chart appears behind him) "Each of you will be placed on this and will be marked as your progress, whoever gets to the top of the chart is the #1 duelist in the world, and don't forget!!!" He said, holding up Slifer, Obelisk, and Ra, and a check worth 100 million dollars, and gave all 4 objects to Mokuba to keep until the finals are over.

Now, when I call your name, come and grab a ball and show it to Mokuba.

"Rex Raptor". Rex went up and drew #1.

"Weevil Underwood." Drew #6

"Yugi Moto" Drew #3

"Joey Wheeler." Drew #11. Then Seto Kaiba went to draw "Come on 4, he thought, I'll face Yugi!"

"Come on 16!! He won't face me, he won't." and then Kaiba's hand came up and he had drawn.#4.

"DAMN!" Yugi shouted and then anime fell as everyone stared at him.

"O.kay" Kaiba managed to say and then continued. "Mai Valentine" Drew #12

"Tristan Taylor" drew #14

"Blake Wheeler" drew #9

"Espa Roba" drew #5

"Mako Tsunami" drew #2

"Masked Man?!" drew #15

"Rebecca Hawkins" drew #8 "Ryder Thomas" drew #13

"Jose Grande" drew #16

"Jade Arkuni" drew #10

And finally Jaina drew #7

So, may you care, may you not, it seems the battles will go in this order.

Rex v. Mako

Yugi v. Kaiba

Espa v. Weevil

Jaina v. Rebecca

Blake v. Jade

Joey v. Mai

Ryder v. Tristan

And the "Masked Man" vs. Jose.

"So" Kaiba yelled, breaking the worried looks on their faces. "It seems one matter is settled. Tomorrow at noon Rex Raptor and Mako Tsunami will kick off the Duelist Championship Finals!" and with that Kaiba left the room.

(Ah! Perfect! Yugi and me in the second round, after watching one boring duel, the real show will begin, and this should come in handy.) Kaiba thought as he got out the Winged Dragon of Ra card and placed it on the top of his deck.

A/N: So, how's that? Kinda short, I know, kinda boring, but I had to do something, think of it as like "The Night Before" nothing exciting. So, get ready for the next "episode" and speaking' of it, here's a preview.

Next Time on Yu-Gi-Oh!

How will the gang react to the chosen duels; Yugi against Kaiba in the second match, and Joey against Mai? Kaiba has plans with the Rod and Ra. Plus, the first final round begins, next time in Chapter 10: Round One, Begin!

A/N: If you actually bother to read this, I need some help for some made up DINOSAUR and AQUA cards, both monster and magic. Oh, and anyone who has some helpful information on the Winged Dragon of Ra card, that would be useful. I already have the words to make him listen, but any thing about effects and attack strength and things are greatly appreciated. I'll even send you chapters before I post them and get your opinion on it. The first person to give the MOST USEFUL information will win.