Deep within Pegasus's castle was a duel arena. It was the primary set-up for all the duels during Duelist Kingdom but this down was a dumb-downed version. One side of it was blue while the other was red. On each side was a table with fourteen squares. A view screen showed the same thing on the opponent's side. Other than that, there was a wooden table and a single security camera there. It was here that Kaiba and Pegasus went.

"So what do you think, Kaiba-Boy? Is this the latest in duel arena technology or what?"

"That contraption is an outdated joke… but then again, so are you."

"Now, now, let's not get nasty… not just yet anyway. Do you really think you can beat the creator of the game?" They placed their brief cases on the table.

"Not only do I think I can beat the creator of the game, but I can beat him without even using my Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

"You're going to regret making that decision, Kaiba-Boy."

"Enough small talk!" The two took their places on either side of the arena.

"Let's duel!" They both cried.

(K: 4000)
(P: 4000)

"I'll start things off," Pegasus said as he drew his sixth card. When he saw it, he smiled. "Oh dear, I'm afraid you're about to enter a world of pain, Kaiba-Boy…" Pegasus's life points went down by 1000.

(K: 4000)
(P: 3000)

"A world of chaos, a world of absolute mayhem." Kaiba held his breath. "That's right, a world… of toons!" A large pop-up book appeared on the field.

Kaiba laughed, "Don't tell me you're still using that idiotic Toon World card. Well this is going to be easier than I thought."

If there was one thing Pegasus hated more than anything else, it was when someone made fun of his toon monsters. "I summon Toon Gemini Elf (37)!" Two dis-proportionately buxom women appeared. Like most toon monsters, they were caricatures of the original card. They cackled as they leapt out of the Toon World book. Pegasus took another card and placed it face-down on the table. "And this for later; it's your turn, Kaiba-Boy."

Kaiba drew his sixth card. "I summon X-Head Cannon (38) and I'll also throw two cards face-down… for later."

"Oooh, I'm so scared," Pegasus mocked. "Two cards face-down? Oh mercy me, what will I do? Oh wait a minute, I know, play this: Card of Sanctity!" A bright light appeared in the sky. "Isn't it pretty? And it allows us each to draw from our decks until we're holding six cards." They each drew three cards. "And next I activate the magic card Cost Down which…"

"Do you ever shut up?" Kaiba interrupted making Pegasus even more irked. "I know what it means now you can summon your strongest monsters to the field more easily. Oh please, what do you take me for some kind of rookie?"

"You're not that good, Kaiba-Boy. Your defeats by Yugi are proof of that."

Kaiba growled.

"Down, boy. Now where were we? Oh yes, Toon Dark Magician Girl (39)!" A little chibi version of the female spellcaster popped out of the Toon World book in a puff of pink smoke. "But I won't be using her just yet. First I'll attack with the Gemini Elf and I think I'll have them target… you!" The elves kicked Kaiba in the back.

(K: 2100)
(P: 3000)

"Cartoons are so violent these days, don't you agree?" Pegasus joked as Kaiba got up from his direct attack. But I'm not done yet, my elves have another ability." Kaiba could hear the toon monsters whispering among themselves. "When they deal damage to a player, that player loses a card from his hand." The Toon Gemini Elf took away Kaiba's Monster Reborn card. "Aren't my toons simply remarkable, Kaiba-Boy?" Kaiba growled again. "Oh don't look so sour. Think of it this way, at least it'll be it will be them stopping your little quest to the top and not Yugi-Boy for the umpteenth time. Now let's get on with the show, shall we? Oh Toon Dark Magician Girl, your turn!" The little girl charged forward.

"I guess it's true that when you grow old, the mind is the first thing to go because you forgot about my face-down cards," Kaiba snapped hoping to pay Pegasus back verbally for that quest to the top remark. He turned over one of his face-down cards. A demonic-looking suit of armor appeared. Pegasus gasped and the Toon Dark Magician Girl was bewildered. "Attack Guidance Armor, this trap behaves like a magnet in that it redirects the attack right back at you!"

"You wouldn't!"

"Oh yes I would. Attack Guidance Armor, attach yourself to the Toon Gemini Elf!" The female elves tried to outrun it but the armor ensnared both of them. Toon Dark Magician Girl didn't know who to attack. The armor's red eyes then began to glow. The Toon Dark Magician Girl cooed and then slammed her wand down on the two monsters destroying it. She laughed triumphantly not realizing it was her own allies she destroyed.

(K: 2100)
(P: 2900)

"But they were just innocent toons! You'll pay for that, Kaiba! I activate the magic card Monster Reborn to bring them back!" The Toon Gemini Elf reappeared and the Toon Dark Magician Girl laughed again. Pegasus turned over his face-down card. "And play Ultimate Offering, now for every 500 life points I give up I can summon one additional monster and by sacrificing my Gemini Elf…" Kaiba forgot that Pegasus's Cost Down card was still in play. That meant the monster he was trying to summon could be level 7 or even 8. "And by sacrificing my Toon Gemini Elf, this first monster is a powerful one!" The Toon Gemini Elf was pulled into the Toon World book. The book started to glow intensely. "Introducing the Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon (40)!" This dragon had the same stats as Kaiba's beloved dragon but it was a mere munchkin of the actual card. "Looks quite vicious, doesn't he? Well don't worry, he's actually quite docile… well compared to my next toon anyway. Ladies and gents, meet the Toon Summoned Skull (41)!" A blue cartoon demon appeared. "Sure I'll have to give up 500 life points but you know what they say, you have to spend life points to take life points."

(K: 2100)
(P: 2400)

"Of course you know all about that, Yugi's been taking your life points for years now… oh, sorry to keep bringing that up."

Kaiba thumbed his nose at Pegasus as he started his turn. "I activate the magic card Dark Core. Now by discarding one card from my hand, I can remove any monster from the game."

"I see then… well… I'm sorry, Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, but I guess this is good-bye." The dragon's eyes bugged out at that comment.

"Not quite, Pegasus, you won't be getting off that easily because I'm discarding Y-Dragon Head (42) from my hand so I can remove X-Head Cannon from the game." X-Head Cannon was sucked into a black vortex.

"But X-Head Cannon is your own monster! What are you scheming?"

"I also activate the magic card Soul Release to remove one more monster from the game and I'm using it on my Y-Dragon Head."

"Why are you removing your own monsters?"

"And now I summon Z-Metal Tank (43) in attack mode!" Z-Metal Tank looked like a yellow caterpillar with tank treads.

"That makes no sense! Z-Metal Tank's true power lies with the X and Y monsters that you just removed. There's no point in summoning it unless…"

"Unless I have a card that can remedy that situation and it just so happens I do. Activate trap card: Return from the Different Dimension."

(K: 1050)
(P: 2400)

"It may cost me half my life points but its well worth it to bring back all the monsters I removed from play, a nice trick to have when you need to summon more than one monster in a turn." X-Head Cannon and Y-Dragon Head reappeared. "And as you well know, Pegasus, these aren't just any monsters, they combine!" The monsters transformed and combined into one with Z-Metal Tank on bottom, Y-Dragon Head in the middle and X-Head Cannon on top. "Together, they form the ultimate machine, XYZ-Dragon Cannon (44)! Now I have all the firepower I need to blast whatever card I want out of the duel. I told you, you has-been, I defeated you without even using my best cards! XYZ-Dragon Cannon, blast Toon World!" The Toon World card was destroyed as well as the monsters that were summoned with it. "Now attack him directly! Fuse Cannon Firestorm!" The two barrels on XYZ-Dragon Cannon's shoulders fired.

At that moment, a card hidden in Pegasus's brief case released a shockwave, a shockwave that interacted with XYZ-Dragon Cannon's attack solidifying the beam and throwing Pegasus back into the wall.

(K: 1050)
(P: 0)

"Game over," Kaiba declared as Pegasus struggled to stand. "Now let's see what you have to beat Yugi's Egyptian God Cards." Kaiba scanned Pegasus's deck and to the white-haired man's surprise took two cards. "Seems you've been keeping two cards from me."

"Two cards?" Pegasus asked confused. "What are you talking about, Kaiba, I made only one! I'm serious this time! I made only one card!"

"Yeah, right," Kaiba said sarcastically. "See ya, snake!" And he left.

Pegasus staggered to his feet. I don't get it. I made only one card, I'm dead certain that there's only one card in my deck. What could possibly make Kaiba think there were two cards? Pegasus looked at the security camera which had been filming the table. Pegasus staggered out and ran up to his control room. "Croquet, bring up the footage of the basement dueling arena for the past ten minutes."

"Yes, sir." The arena appeared on a monitor.

"Fast forward." In rapid motion, Kaiba and Pegasus appeared and dueled. As sooon as Kaiba was over by the table Pegasus ordered, "Stop. Proceed in slow motion." At one-half times the speed, Kaiba reached into Pegasus's brief case and withdrew two cards. "Freeze. Zoom in on the cards that Kaiba has in his hand."

"Isolating image," Croquet announced. Activating zoom lens." The cards immediately got bigger. Pegasus recognized one of the cards, the card that he made to combat the God Cards but the other.

Pegasus gasped, his remaining good eye widened. It was a trap card. But that alone didn't make sense, God Cards could not be affected by trap cards.

"Excuse me, Mister Pegasus, but there's something…"

"Hmmm… what is it, Croquet?"

"Sir, the name of the card that Kaiba picked up… well… sir, maybe you better take a look at this newspaper. Croquet split screen the monitor with a newspaper article on the right and the mysterious card on the left.

Pegasus gasped. "Croquet, prepare the chopper immediately!"