Chapter 15:
The Rules
Yugi slumped back into his seat, heavy with the news he so often got, the fate of the world is in your hands .He looked out the porthole, looking for something that wasn't coming. But then he noticed something in the water, something that made him gasp. It was a waterlogged Duel Monsters card, one that Yugi's used only once. It was Exodia, the Forbidden one.
"What're the chances?" he asked himself, smiling.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now arriving at Type Championship Isle. Docking time, ten minutes."
Yugi gathered his belongings and fastened his seat belt.
"Hello, Yugi."
Yugi turned around, thinking he recognized the voice, but refused to believe it.
"Tea! Tristan?" he sputtered.
Sure enough, is two friends were in the two seats across from him.
"What are you guys doing here!"
Tristan grinned.
"It was too quiet, without you two."
Yugi had another thought.
"Does Joey know?"
He turned around to see Joey, who's snoring drowned out the engine of the submarine.
"Well, he'll find out soon. So, how did you guys get here?"
Tea rubbed the back of her head.
"Well, we asked one of Pegasus' goons, who said only duelists were allowed. So…"
She and Tristan took out a small stack of cards each.
"Your grandpa helped us."
Yugi was baffled.
"You made your own decks?"
Tea shrugged.
"We thought we've watched you and Joey duel tons of times. And we've had some experience of our own."
Yugi stood up and stretched.
"Well, it's about time we should arrive," he said.
Within ten minutes, the submarine was empty.
The passengers emptied onto a sunbathed island that just barely touched the surface of the water.
"So, where's the tournament?" someone called out.
Kroket answered, "Right below us."
"We're dueling under ground?" someone else asked.
"Not exactly."
Kroket took out what looked like a ballpoint pen and pressed the clicky thing.
The ground began to rumble, and it slowly slid open. After five minutes of opening, a huge steel platform took up most of the island. Just when everyone's guard was lowered, it began to rise.
The platform was at least 10,000 ft. by 10,000 ft.
As soon as the other submarines arrived, Kroket held up a hand to silence the huge crowd.
"Welcome, duelists, to the Type Championship-"
Kroket began, but was interrupted by a loud cheer. He held up his hand again, and once again, the noise stopped.
"Congratulations on making this cut. You have proven yourself to be the best of the best. The rules are as follows. During the initiations, you each have been given five different Duel Monsters cards.
"You will duel one another, and the winner of each duel will receive five of the losers Type Championship Duel Monsters cards. Only the cards handed out at the qualification rounds will be accepted as the cards you give to the winner.
"Each card handed out has the words 'Industrial Illusions' on its back, so you will know them from an ordinary Duel Monsters card. If you do not have any TC cards, you will be expelled from the Type Championship. Once you receive forty TC cards or more, you will make a deck with the TC cards you have accumulated and duel one of our Duel Administrators.
"If you lose that duel, you will be expelled from the Type Championship. But if you win, you will be qualified along with seven other finalists to become the Type Champion. Once we have eight finalists, the finals will begin and we will decide the winner with single round elimination matches."
The duelists took this in, until the silence was broken by someone in the back.
"Is the dueling platform big enough for all duelists?"
Kroket smiled and pressed his ball point pen thing again.
The sea around the island began to churn and froth until several more large platforms rose out of the ocean on marble columns. Each new platform joined with the one over the island, so that the entire island and hundreds of feet out into the ocean was cast in shadow. The very center of the huge mega-platform opened up and folded downward, zigzagging downward until it reached the island, creating a long staircase.
"The Type Championship has begun!" shouted Kroket.