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DSlifer: This chapter will explain more about the Tournament and might even have the tournament start. Notice I said might.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh

Chapter 2: New Rules!?

After lunch, the 5 friends went to Yugi's house to find out more about the Tournament. "Joey, this tournament may be a lot harder than it appears. I mean look at all the new rules and requirements."
TOURNAMENT Of ETERNAL DUELS

Requirements:
1. 1 Dueling Deck (Minimum Card Limit=40, Maximum Card Limit=60)
2. 1 Participation Letter
3. 1 Upgraded Duel Disk Version 2 (Thanks to Mr. Seto Kaiba for allowing us the honor of using these prototypes)
4. 1 Dueling Recorder

Rules:
1. Obtain all the Requirements. The Upgraded Duel Disk Version 2 and the Dueling Recorder can be found in any Game Store starting tomorrow.
2. Learn the changes in the game (listed below)
3. There are 8 finalists for the Tournament.
4. To be a finalist, duel 40 different people. (Record your duels using the "Dueling Recorder")
5. Also search for 1 out of the 8 special items. These will be located randomly in the island. (Special Item needed to be a finalist)
6. Once you have gotten 40 duels and the Special Item, come to the "Duelist Mansion".

Changes to Game:
1. Monsters level 4 or lower can be normal summoned or set.
2. Monsters level 5 or 6 must be summoned or set by offering 1 monster as tribute (excluding special summon).
3. Monsters level 7 to 9 must be summoned or set by offering 2 monster as tribute (excluding special summon).
4. Monsters level 10 or higher must be summoned or set by offering 3 monster as tribute (excluding special summon).
5. Monsters are allowed to attack your opponent directly when no monsters are on the field.
6. A Duelist starts with 8000 Life Points.

Restrictions:
Restricted to 1 per deck:
"Call of the Haunted"
"Ceasefire"
"Change of Heart"
"Confiscation"
"Cyber Jar"
"Dark Hole"
"Exodia of the Forbidden One"
"Harpie's Feather Duster"
"Imperial Order"
"Jinzo"
"Left Arm of the Forbidden One"
"Left Leg of the Forbidden One"
"Limited Removal"
"Magic Cylinder"
"Megamorph"
"Mirror Force"
"Monster Reborn"
"Painful Choice"
"Pot of Greed"
"Raigeki"
"Right Arm of the Forbidden One"
"Right Leg of the Forbidden One"
"Snatch Steal"
"The Forceful Sentry"
Restricted to 2 per deck:
"Backup Soldier"
"Bell of Destruction"
"Delinquent Duo"
"Graceful Charity"
"Heavy Storm"
"Morphing Jar #2"
"Nobleman of Crossout"
"Riryoku"
"Sangan"
"Swords of Revealing Light"
"Witch of the Black Forest"

"These rules sort of reminds me of the times in Battle City," remarked Joey.

"It does, doesn't it," said Yugi. "That brings back so much good memories, and a lot of bad ones too. I just hope that in this tournament there's no one trying to take over the world or try to take my Millennium Puzzle".

"Hey let's check out what that "rare" card of yours is." Yugi and his friends checked through the envelope until they found a smaller envelope. Yugi quickly opened it and found a plastic wrapper wrapping his card. Yugi carefully opened the wrapper and took the card out. It was an extremely rare continuous trap card, which Yugi had never even heard of. Its name was "Strength Scrambler". The card read: "Strength Scrambler, A continuous trap card that can only be set when you and your opponent have at least one monster on the field. Once this card is activated the owner of the card can rearrange the Attack and Defense Points of a monster whenever it a "Standby Phase" occurs (For example: Dark Magician has 2500 Atk Points and 2100 Def Points. You can use this card to Change the Atk Points to 5200, 0025, or 0052. The Def Points can be rearranged to either 1200, 0012, or 0021). This card can not be destroyed when there is at least 1 set card on your side of the field." "Wow with this card, you'll be unstoppable in the tournament. I mean, just imagine the power to make your mosters unstoppable for you."

"Even without that card Yugi is still unbeatable. So don't worry Joey Yugi can take you out easily anyway," remarked Tristan.

"Shut up. I'm a lot stronger than I once was. Don't forget I beaten top Duelists all by myself." Joey said starting to get angry.

"After having Yugi coach you." Tristan said bringing up his fists.

"Hey guys, look outside it's a delivery truck," Yugi said quickly trying to stop Tristan mad Joey from getting into a fight. "I didn't know grandpa was receiving something. Lets go down and check what's happening." Tristan and Joey stopped and looked at Yugi then the window, and finally they both ran down the stairs yelling, "last one down is a rotten egg". Tea and Yugi ran to catch up.

When they were outside they met Yugi's grandpa receiving boxes from the deliveryman. As the Deliveryman drove away, Yugi's Grandpa took the boxes and went into his store. Yugi quickly went and asked his grandpa what was in those boxes. His grandpa replied that it was an unexpected delivery. When the boxes was opened, everyone saw that the "unexpected delivery" was actually the new tournament's Duel Disks and Dueling Recorders.

After Yugi told his grandpa about the tournament and the requirements for it, his grandfather gave him and Joey each a Duel Disks and Dueling Recorders. Last, Grandpa took the rest of the Duel Disks and Dueling Recorders to put them on for sale. Yugi quickly went into his room to inspect his new Duel Disk and Dueling Recorder. The new Duel Disk was basically the Duel Disk used during Battle City except for the fact that there is a space that allows the user to use field cards. The Dueling Recorder was a white rectangular device that opens when you say a password. The password is first entered when the User opens the device and types in the password. Once the Dueling Recorder is opened, it has a camera and microphone that records all that is happening. There is also a screen that can replay any duel the device has recorded. A screen is there to also show how many Duelists you have won. There are also two buttons, 1 blue and 1 red. The blue button is used to turn on and turn off the camera and microphone. The red button when pressed tells the owner of the Dueling Recorder and any major facts about the user. "Wow! These new equipment are really cool. Now let's see, what will I put as the password. I need a password that is about "Duel Monsters". It can't be Dark Magician because everyone knows it's my favorite. I got it. Since Dark Magician is my favorite card and Slifer the Sky Dragon is a card I have which hardly anyone knows about, I'll combine the both of them. How does "Dark Slifer" sound, Yami?"

"It's okay no one, but us will be able to open our Dueling Recorder with that password. Now lets enter it in." Yami said as he opened the Dueling Recorder. After typing in "Dark Slifer", a voice was heard asking Yami and Yugi to say the password. After they said the password, the Dueling Recorder closed. Yami quickly said the password fearing he did something wrong when the Dueling Recorder opened. "Ah. I guess we didn't make a mistake. We should reconstruct our deck to prepare for this new tournament. It's in 5 days."

Yami and Yugi quickly got to work reconstructing his deck. They put in Dark Magician, Slifer the Sky Dragon, Strength Scrambler, Mirror Force, Brain Control, Change of Heart, Dark Magician Girl, Negate Attack, Magician of Black Chaos, Dark Magic Ritual, and 40 other cards. "I have a feeling Yugi, that this Tournament is just a trap to try to obtain the Millennium Items, but with this deck we cannot lose. And with our trust in the Heart of the Cards, no body who wants the Millennium Puzzle can defeat us," said Yami.

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DSlifer: Hmm, was this chapter good, boring, long or short tell me immediately. If I had done anything extremely stupid or if this story sucks, tell me immediately.
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