IDC BASE RULES

Entry Fee: $50.00
Entry Package includes: Duel-Disk and ID Card

PROCEDURES
You can bet or ante anything you want, the only thing that matters is winning or losing. The new system of progressing is Dueling Credit. Each person will receive a small bag of six credits, small coins about the size of an American dime. You have to wage at least two credits in an official duel. At the end of each round (one month), a bracket is made to determine the winner of the round. The winner receives a promo card and 10 additional credits. The top duelists will be invited to the now annual Duelist Kingdom (now run by Duke Devlin) and Battle City.

Kintaro sat at his favorite restaurant, a fast-food place called Quik Chicken while looking through his suitcase. The suitcase he had was a new prototype that had numerous ways of storing cards. He had returned home to get it. Several deck holders and an album of pages for displaying cards built right into it. He had been sent one from Kaiba Corp. because of his relation to Kaiba. I didn't ask for it, but hey. Besides, it was probably Mokuba who sent it. Kintaro had only met Mokuba once, but he seemed to treat Kintaro like a brother. Kaiba couldn't care less about someone related to Gozoburo. However, Mokuba told him that if he ever needed anything to give them a call. Good kid, bad influence.

He sat on one of the tables outside, staring at his white paladin card. Because of its extreme rarity, it was a white card instead of the usual shade of brown that other effect cards had. He couldn't remember it's effect in full, but he remembered that whenever it had hit the field in his father's duels, it was the end of the game for his opponents. Kintaro remembered many a duelist staring up at the massive knight in glowing white armor that resembled a diamond statue more than a paladin.

"So what does it do anyways?" A cheery voice said from the sidewalk behind him.

"Why are you following me?" Kintaro said.

"I am a duelist you know. That card is very intriguing. I've actually heard stories of it." Chi said.

". . . I'm not completely sure, but it was my father's. It still amazes me that this card found it's way to me. Why didn't you just take it?" Kintaro asked.

"I don't steal. Not to mention, I wouldn't want someone taking a memento of my family from me either." Chi said now sitting at the table with Kintaro.

Kintaro took a bite out of his chicken sandwich and a sip of his soda and rifled through his suitcase. Chi stared in disbelief as she saw many rare cards that Kintaro didn't even seem to notice.

"Where did you get all those?" She said staring.

As Kintaro turned to her, he had just realized that she wasn't wearing the wetsuit anymore. Too bad, however she's not looking too bad now either. Chi now wore a small, black, short sleeve, IDC tee. She also wore her silk red hair in a high-rise ponytail, but two large tails of hair hung down the sides of her face. Lastly, she had a pair of skin-tight jean shorts down to her knees. Damn she's hot. Kintaro thought while another side of him responded. Easy tiger.

"Almost all of these are my father's. I inherited them years ago. I didn't want to use them because . . . well, I kind of fell out of dueling for a while. Earlier I decided I'd need them to make my deck over again." Kintaro explained.

"I see. Well at least you have a steady build of cards in your reserves. I have nothing but the cards in my deck. I've been playing in secret for years." Chi said blushing once more.

"Why do you care?" Kintaro questioned.

"Why do I care about what?" Chi said surprised.

"What other people think? So what if other Barbie-girls don't think you're trendy. They're all phony anyways. If it's what you like, then run with it." Kintaro said after taking a big bite out his sandwich.

"Well . . . I . . . I don't know." Chi said. She looked like she had just come to a realization.

"Better yet why do you care about me?" Kintaro said taking yet another bite, reducing the sandwich to a small portion. Now she blushed a little more. After a few deep breaths though, she straightened up and stared him in the eyes.

"Kintaro, well . . . You're my opposite. You're in such a different league and . . . well I'm just normal. You're not afraid of who you are, and that's really cool. I . . . I just can't seem to do that." She finished.

"Heh, I've been back into dueling for a day and I already have a number one fan." Kintaro said.

"To be honest, I don't know what you want me to say. I think you're beautiful. I would have never thought you were a duelist. Most people consider me cold and heartless like Kaiba. I may be cold, but I'm not heartless." Kintaro said sturdily.

"But it is very nice to know that I have someone rooting for me." Kintaro said.

"Don't get me wrong, I still intend to duel you to my fullest." Chi said playfully.

"You want to duel? You pour your heart out so you can get me to duel you?" Kintaro said bewildered.

"No that was straight from my heart. However I was in the tiger league when you were as well. I always wanted to duel you but you were way out of my range. You were beating people down left and right. I had no chance of getting anywhere near you." Chi said.

"Tell you what. Let me finish my lunch and deck, then I'll duel you. It'll take me only a few minutes." Kintaro said, now filled with anticipation.

"Sounds like a deal. I'll wait at the Okawa Fountain for you. See you there!" Chi said standing up and grabbing her backpack. She walked away and waved daintily with her fingers.

Wow. Kintaro thought. She is something else. If anything, I'm not worthy of her.

Kintaro now sat at the table with his cards spread out. Several other duelists were staring. Kintaro knew it was time. He looked down at the White Paladin card. He would rebuild his father's deck and add his touch to it. Folding his suitcase up, he smiled. Now I remember where I know her from. She's that duelist from the IDC two years ago who seduced her opponents and played innocent until she got them to duel. It's said that her deck was so fierce that the duelists she faced wouldn't speak. I can play that game, too.

Walking up to the fountain, he saw her walking around a statue of Kaiba near it. Calm and collected, Kintaro had his plan in full swing.

"I decided that I'd duel you. Under one condition: I want us to duel on top of the World Mall Tower. There will be a good view." Chi said excitedly.

Just like I knew she would. A secluded location that won't show off her strategy. It may be high up but I've got the edge in this one.

"Sounds fun. Let's go." Kintaro said smoothly.

Soon enough, they were on top of the breezy twenty-story high mall tower. Chi played the part real well. She jogged around the roof area like a leaf in the breeze. Like a little girl, she played with wind and acted like she enjoyed it. Maybe she did, but Kintaro knew this strategy of hers.

"Well, let's dance." Kintaro said as he put his deck in place and started the initiation sequence on the Duel Disk.

As she started her Duel Disk, her face changed. She seemed much more serious than she had before. She then ran back to the door and locked it with a key she had in her pocket.

"HAHAHA! You've fallen right into my grasp. We will duel for all our credits!" She shouted.

"Heheheh, I knew it would come to this. I've seen this before. Go ahead and try to scare me. Don't forget, I'm Kintaro Kaiba. I'm fearless. I knew that you would try this cowardly trick, trapping me up here. What a pathetic way to get challenges. Try Weevil Underwood. He loves a good, cheap opponent." Kintaro said pumping himself up.

"I'll ante you all I have. My suitcase, my deck, and all 8 of my credits (he had gained two from that punk kid)," Kintaro said.

"Hmph, well I can see you remember me. I won't show you any mercy!" Chi said.