Rolling my runner up to the entrance tunnel, I waited for the announcer's voice to start. Around me milled a group of people in identical clothing, each with something in their right ears.

After a while, a voice came deafeningly through my headset, "Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for the first turbo duel of the tournament? Give it up for our Satellite underdog, Yusei Fudo!"

If I had thought that the announcer was deafening, it did not compare to the booing of the crowd as I emerged from the pit and drove to the starting line. For a crowd of people who likely had never met a Satellite before, their reaction was far from surprising.

Pulling to a stop at the line, I took a deep breath, No losing control of my temper. I am the first Satellite that many of these people would ever see. I need to represent every single one of us.

For a couple of seconds, I wondered if my opponent was even going to show up before the irritating announcer's voice came out again, equally as deafening, "As for his opponent, put your cards together for Shira, the Shadow Reaper!"

Once again, my habit of rolling my eyes emerged while he pulled up next to me, Why do people go by stage names like that?

In front of both of us, a hologram showed up. As it started counting down, I prepared myself for a duel that was not likely going to be easy. Rex Goodwin had a reason for me being here, and I doubted that he would make it easy for me to get back to face Jack.

Simultaneously, the timer hit 0, and a large beep echoed throughout the stadium. Justice and I launched forward as the cloak flew off of my opponent, revealing a man who had previously dueled Jack. I had only caught the end of the duel, so I never learned his name.

Thankfully, Mr Very Loud Announcer knew his name, "It looks like Enjo Hikamara is aiming to get back at Jack Atlas!"

'Enjo' looked me in the eye, "I heard from somebody that you beat Jack. Think you can beat me?"

I smirked at him, "Sure, I thought that this duel was going to be boring."

Mr Very Loud and Annoying Announcer spoke up, "This wasn't quite what we were expecting…but it looks like the Director is giving it a green light!"

Without a second of hesitation, Enjo launched himself into the duel, "I summon my Flaming Skull in attack mode and place three facedowns."

Flaming Skullhead-1000

If he is going to be similar to how he dueled Jack, then I am going to go at 70%. I don't want to draw any more attention to myself than necessary.

Glancing at my hand, I plopped down a well known card, "I summon my Speed Warrior in attack mode as well."

Speed Warrior-900

Instinctually, I opened my mouth to explain his effect when I was interrupted by the announcer, "Speed Warrior's attack points double for the first round that he is out on the field."

Speed Warrior-1800

Enjo sent a smirk to me, "I activate Zero Guard which lowers my monster's points to 0 but makes him indestructible in battle."

Flaming Skullhead-0

As long as you accept the fact that you are going to take a whole lot of damage anyways.

"Speed Warrior, attack his Flaming Skullhead!"

Life Points Enjo=2200

Despite his life points dropping, his speed counters actually rose. Before I could even open my mouth, he started talking, "I activate my Doom Accelerator trap, which adds a speed counter for every 500 points of damage I just took. So I now have four speed counters."

Rolling my eyes didn't do me any good, but it made me feel better as I lay two facedowns before ending my turn, "As I end my turn, Speed Warrior's points returns to normal."

Speed Warrior-900

Yet again Enjo started his turn with a spell, "I use Summon Speeder to bring Skull Base to my field."

Skull Base-800

What a pity that I put down Slipstream. It's even more of a pity that you are talking too much for me to say anything when I activate it.

I was mildly surprised when not even the announcer noticed me activating it, but I just waited for Enjo to stop talking so I could mention what I had done.

"Next I tune my monsters together to great Skull Flame."

Skull Flame-2600

Once again, a man that I was dueling started to cackle like a maniac, "I think my monster is going to attack yours now."

Life Points Yusei=2300

"Then I activate Speed Booster, which has two effects. It negates as many attack as the difference in our speed counters, and it deals you damage equal to the difference in our counters times 100."

So I get to take 400 points of damage. That's just great.

Life Points Yusei=1900

He ended his turn and continued laughing, "I'm going so fast that you can't possibly keep up with me-"

Mid-sentence, he dead stopped as he saw me next to him, finally leaving me a chance to talk, "Enjo, you might want to look at your screen more often."

Quickly glancing down, his eyes went wide, "When did you activate Slipstream?"

"When you activated Summon Speeder."

Yet another laugh erupted out of him, "Using that spell allows me to activate my Acceleration Zone. If you gain speed counters in a way different than the usual way I gain five speed counters."

A smile curled in the corner of my face, "If you feel the need to do so. I am going to use Summon Speeder myself to summon Quillbolt Hedgehog in defensive mode."

Quillbolt Hedgehog-800

"Next, I normal summon Junk Synchron."

Junk Synchron-1300

"Once he is on the field, I use his special ability which lets me bring a monster back from my graveyard. Say hello again to Speed Warrior."

Speed Warrior-900

"As you could likely predict, I am going to Synchro summon Junk Warrior through Speed Warrior and Junk Synchron."

Junk Warrior-2300

"If Junk Warrior is on the field with another monster, his special ability allows him to borrow the attack points of any other monster on my side of the field."

Junk Warrior-3100

"Junk Warrior is now going to attack Skull Flame-"

Enjo's cackle nearly deafened me through the headset, "In case you forgot, I can negate as many attacks as the difference between our speed counters."

I let out a sigh, "Fine then, I place one facedown and end my turn."

He clearly didn't have a 'quiet' setting with his voice as he loudly proclaimed his moves, "I now use Accelerate Draw which lets me draw two cards, and I'm going to use one of them right away. End of Storm!"

Even more cackles came from him as he continued, "You should know what this does. It destroys every monster on either side of the field and the owner gets 300 points of damage for each!"

Life Points Yusei=1300

Life Points Enjo=1900

"Then I send one Flaming Skullhead out of play in order to special summon my Skull King!"

Skull King-3000

As his cockiness grew, so did my hidden smirk. And he finally made the crucial mistake I was waiting for, "Attack Yusei directly!"

"Well, then it's just a pity that I am going to activate my Scrap-Iron Scarecrow."

His face grew dark, "Then I use the ability of my Speed Booster, which gives you 500 points of damage."

Life Points Yusei=800

"Then I activate my monsters ability which deals 400 points of damage to you for every Flaming Skullhead in my graveyard, which is one!"

Life Points Yusei=400

I rolled my eyes, and then caught myself before speaking, "I use the speed spell Shift Down, which lowers my speed counters by five to allow me to draw two cards. One of those cards is Nitro Synchron, which I will summon right now."

Nitro Synchron-300

"Whenever I have a tuner monster on my field I can summon Quillbolt back from the graveyard in defensive mode."

Quillbolt Hedgehog-800

"Next I activate my Give and Take spell, which allows me to summon a monster from my graveyard to your field, and give that monster's level to a monster on my field. So you get Junk Synchron and my Quillbolt becomes a level 5."

Junk Synchron-500

"My next step is not going to be a shock. I am going to tune my Quillbolt with my Synchron in order to summon my Nitro Warrior."

Nitro Warrior-2800

"Since I haven't drawn a card yet, I am going to do so."

Upon drawing the next card I saw the one I had been looking for, "I activate Gap Storm, which destroys all spells on the field if the difference in our counters is ten or more. And since I activated a speed spell on the turn that I summoned Nitro Warrior, his attack points go up by 1000."

Nitro Warrior-3800

"Nitro Warrior is going to take out Skull King."

Life Points Enjo=1100

"After successfully destroying a monster, my Nitro's special ability activates, which changes one of your monsters from defense to attack mode. Then my monster can attack that monster. You only have Junk Synchron, so he's my target!"

Junk Synchron-1300

"Now take out the rest of his life points!"

Life Points Enjo=0 Defeat!

I slowly pulled up next to him, "Nice duel."

He laughed from his place on the asphalt, "Don't think I will take this defeat sitting down...probably should have stood up before saying that."

A chuckle slipped out of my mouth, "Probably."


A/N: Thanks Let's-Go-To-Vermont for reviewing on the original version of this chapter!