Chapter 129: A Sharp Enemy

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"I'm glad you've all came." Pegasus smiled.

"Will Paul be joining?" Daniel asked.

"Sadly, Paully-Boy denied my request but we'll still get going now that our new guests have arrived!" Pegasus smiled. "Now follow me"

Soon everyone got out of the large parking lot and too the entrance. Everyone wowed at the long road down where the large fountain stood. There were a lot of gift shops and restaurants and people dressed up as Duel Monsters.

"I really like what you've done with the place. It's great!" Daniel said.

"Thank you. I've based it all on Duel Monsters. You should see the arcade." Pegasus smiled.

"oooo, arcade." Allen smiled.

"So where are we going?" Mink asked.

"To the arena of course. That's where you'll get acquainted with our other guests." Pegasus smiled.

"And I'll be beating them all in this tournament!" Allen said triumphantly, pulling his arm down with a fist.

In a few short walks they arrived to the entrance of the arena. "Well here we are, The Toon World Arena." Pegasus announced. Pegasus led them inside where people waited in long lines to get tickets. Pegasus allowed them into a private stairwell and guided them into a private room. "Remember where this room is because you'll be meeting here after every duel."

"That's nice." Daniel said looking around.

"NICE?! This place is awsome! You get a birds eye view of the whole stadium!" Allen said running over to the walled window. "Food!"

"You already ate." Mink said.

"Who cares!" Allen said, gorging himself.

Suddenly small boy walked up to Daniel. "Wow!" He said in amazement. "Your the King of Games!"

The kid looked about to be 13 or so. "Yeah, but call me Dan^^" Daniel said, shaking his hand.

"It's a honor to meet you. My name's Takura. I'm entering in this tournament too^^" Takura said, scratching the back of his head.

Suddenly Allen's head turned around in shock. "You? How did you become such a high ranked duelist to enter this kind of tournament?" Allen said in shock.

"Well... I don't know actually^^" Takura laughed. "My dad knows a lot about Duel Monsters and owns his own company."

"I'll leave you guys alone for now. Meet at the stadium in one hour." Pegasus said, leaving the two rooms. The two guards stood outside the room so they'd make sure the right people would be going in and out.

"Hey by any chance do you know who I am?" Allen asked Takura.

Takura stood there, looking but couldn't think of anything. "Nope, never seen you before." Takura said, shrugging. Allen just about melted.

"Ahh! I'm not as famous as Dan here." He weeped.

"Ahh don't be such a wussy" Jess said, slapping his back.

Daniel laughed. "This is Allen, a friend of mine." Daniel said.

"That's cool. I hope we could be friends." Takura said, looking up at him.

"We can. I always like meeting new people." Daniel smiled.

"Cool!" Takura cheered.

Allen walked infront of the window, looking at the whole crowd. "Wow, dueling in this stadium, this is awsome." Allen said.

"Don't hold your breath." A girl's voice snapped. Allen looked to his left and saw a girl with jet black hair. She wore a plaid school uniform.

"Hey! My name's Allen, what's yours?" Allen said putting out his hand.

The girl slapped his hand away and growled at him. "Go away. Your kind is not wanted here." She hissed.

"My kind? What are you talking about?!" Allen complained. The girl walked off, throwing her hair back and whipping Allen in the face.

"What's wrong with her." Mink said, watching her pass by them.

"Who knows." Allen growled, rubbing his face.

The girl found a spot where she could be alone. "That jerk face will get what he deserves... After I squash them in this tournament." She growled.

"Anyway's, you need to know that we won't be dueling on the stadium. Only the final duel will be hosted there." Takura said.

"Then where will we be dueling?" Kai asked.

"Anywhere." Takura shrugged. "That's what I've heard."

"I bet there's random places to duel at." Devon suggested.

Suddenly they heard the door open. A guy dressed in street came in with a mean look. He glared at everyone in the room and pushed through.

"Watch it kid." He said, pushing Kai away.

"Hey! You can't just push people like that!" Allen yelled. "Man, why is everyone in a pissy mood today."

Daniel helped Kai up. "You jerk." Kai grumbled. Suddenly the street guy turned around.

"Oh so you think name calling is funny?" He growled, walking up to Kai.

"No, but I sure bet you think pushing people around is." Kai growled.

"You know what, it is." The guy laughed, pushing Kai.

Devon caught Kai and helped him up. "Hey what's going on here?!" A security guard yelled through the door.

"You better stop if you want to get disqualified." Mink warned.

"Whatever, this place is just full of losers." The guy growled, slamming the door shut after he left.

"So anyway, what kind of deck do you have? Takura?" Allen asked.

"Hey that's not fair." Kai said. "You should atleast wait until he actually duels."

"He's got a point." Daniel said, shrugging.

"gaaah, I can't wait for this tournament! I mean this is my chance to atleast get known for something." Allen said, pulling his hair.

"Relax, I mean it's just a tournament." Mink said.

"Speaking of tournament, we should go reserve seats." Devon suggested over Mink and Jess' shoulders.

"Right. We'll see you guys later" Jess said waving.

"See ya" Everyone said.

"it was good to meet you!" Takura waved.

Mink giggled. "He's such a cute kid." Jess giggled and they left.

"I say we get some grub." Devon said.

"Gotcha, seats can wait." Jess said. As soon as the three left, Pegasus came walking by with a man in a dark purple suit.

Pegasus opened the door and let the man in. "Everyone, greet Jin Hoi. One of our late arrivals." Pegasus announced.

Jin looked at Pegasus until he left and looked at the small group of duelist. "By the looks, you must be Daniel, King of Games." Jin smirked, walking up to him.

"I am! it's nice to meet you!" Daniel said, putting his hand out.

Jin accepted his greet. "I'm Jin Hoi" Jin smiled. "I'm honored to be in this tournament with you. I'm sure we will be dueling."

"Hey! Any chance know me?" Allen said hovering over them.

"No, beat it." Jin snarled.

"This is my friend, Allen." Daniel said, introducing him.

"Friend?" Jin said in a weird tone.

"Yeah...." Daniel said "is there anything wrong with that?"

"Daniel, Daniel, Daniel. Listen, do you plan to keep dueling in tournaments with friends?" Jin asked.

"Atleast five times I've done this. Allen was always cheering me on, and I did the same with him^^" Daniel said.

"5?" Jin said. "Sooner or later your friendship will get in the way with your duels."

"I don't expect to loser friends. It's just a game." Daniel said sternly.

"But these games counts on a lot of things. I am a successful man and don't need friends to win duels." Jin smiled.

"Successful or not, I don't duel because I want power, I duel for the fun of it. That's what games are meant for." Daniel said.

"Heh. I do see how you've managed to keep Allen, here, as your friends." Jin said.

"Why's that?" Kai asked.

"Because he envies you a lot. He'd just hate it so dearly if you looked away at him." Jin said.

"Are you saying I'm sucking up to him?!" Allen growled.

"If that's what you think then ok." Jin smirked.

"Listen Mr. Successful, I don't suck up to anyone! Dan is my pal and always will be no matter what!" Allen growled.

Suddenly Jin's watch beeped. "Excuse me, I have important work to do." Jin smiled and left the room.

"That jerk...." Allen growled.

"He's not the guy I'd expect. I wonder if Paul knows him." Daniel said.

Jin found an empty bench and sat down. He took out his laptop from his suit case and turned it on.

Paul got back to his computer and saw he had gotten an E-Mail and opened it. It said that Jin expects Paul to be there because if he doesn't he will become the next King of Games.

Paul grew angry. "So he thinks he can be better than me." Paul smirked. "I'll show him."

Paul pressed the intercom button, saying he'd be going to the Toon World Tournament. He quickly grabbed his duel disk and headed out, sending a reply to Jin's e-mail.

Jin read the reply and smiled. "Good. Operation Domination is in order." He smiled, turning off his laptop.