Chapter 3

Marshmallon woke up in the morning, his body in cold sweat 'Thank Goodness that that was only a dream'. Marshmallon floated over to his shower, and started to clean himself. After the shower, he remembered that today was the World Championships! Marshmallon got ready as fast as possible and put on his clothes, brushed his teeth, and shaved all at once. Once he was ready, he set out to Eggy's house and rang the doorbell. Eggy answered the door.

"Oh, hey Marshy. Kuriboh's inside getting ready." Marshmallon entered the house and looked around. Eggy's house was different than the two friends'. It had many Power Disks for Spells and Traps, and a special combination centre. Kurry was in one corner, flying around. Marshmallon went over to Kuriboh and started to find his "Go Yugi!" bandanna.

"Hey Kurry. How was sleep?" asked Marshmallon.

"Normal. I was dreaming about leveling up to LV 12. It was a great dream." replied

Kuriboh, with a dreamy look in his eyes. "You?"

"I dreamt that an evil guy called Number 96 was trying to kill me." said Marshmallon, shuddering at the thought of the dream.

"Wow. That seems much more violent that mine." Kuriboh was concerned about his friend's well-being. "You wanna talk about it?"

"No, it's okay." Marshmallon started to think that maybe it was just a nightmare. He prepared his wallet and his ID card for the subway and the Championship Authentication Centre.

Eggy appeared when they were done and they got into a MHST Cab (Marshmania HiSpeed Transit) and they went to the Shell Subway Station, which would take them to the World Cup Station, roughly seventeen rumarsh away (A rumarsh is roughly equivalent to three kilometers). They paid twenty marshmallows for the cab fee, as Marshmallows were the national currency in Marshmania, and set they off toward the Subway. The Shell Station was the closest station to the trio. It had ticket centers, and matter transporters which would take them one rumarsh directly down to the Maglev station. Maglev trains could go up to roughly 115 rumarsh per hour. On the subway, Marshmallon was thinking about the Cup. "I can't wait to see the Cup!" he thought.

Once the trio arrived at World Cup Station, Eggy paid ten Marshmallows as he was a Duelist-In-Training (DIT) and Marshmallon and Kurry gave five Marshmallows each to the World Cup Ticket Centre. They took a matter transporter up to ground level and gaped at the massive dome-like structure which the World Cup would be held in. "It's huge" was all they could say, and even that was a humongous understatement. The World Dome was approximately two rumarsh wide, long, and tall (6kmx6kmx6km). The dome was also slightly sunken underground to make sure that the dome was visible and to keep it stable. Eggy, Kuriboh, and Marshmallon entered the security gate. An Odd-Eyes Dragon asked them for their tickets, and they handed them over as the Dragon checked them to make sure they were authentic. "Hmm. Looks like everything is in order. Go Ahead!" said Odd-Eyes. With that, they passed through the Gate of Duelists, which the last ten champions were displayed, and they tried to find a seat in one of the five stadiums. After an hour or so, they finally found a seat in Stadium A, Row 21, Seat 1247. They were directly down the middle, and they had a wonderful view of the stadium. On the sides of the stadium there were also big screens that sometimes showed the Duelists current data, or showed progress of the other stadiums.

"How long is it until the Opening Ceremony?" asked Marshmallon, looking around the stadium.

" 'The Opening Ceremony begins at 9:00am. The Ceremony shows the Duelists and commentates about them.' " recited Kuriboh, reading off the guidebook.

"Okay. Let's get some food and use the bathroom if we need to then," suggested Eggy. "because I really need to use the lavatory." The other two agreed and went off to do their stuff. Marshmallon and Kuriboh would get the food, and Eggy went to use the restroom.

While in the food line, Kuriboh asked: "What should we get?"

"Let's see . . ." said Marshmallon, thinking about the options. "We got two hundred Marshmallows. Let's buy six sodas, fifteen bags of Marshmallow-flavoured popcorn, a couple JUMBO-XTRALARGE marshmallow chip bags, and maybe a couple of hot dogs with Marshmallow toppings." suggested Marshmallon.

"Sure! That'll cost us about . . Hmm. one hundred and twenty-seven Marshmallows. Let's do it!" agreed Kuriboh.

Once they finished ordering their food, they headed back to their seats and sat down. Eggy had come back twenty minutes earlier, as the line to order food was very long. It was almost one rumarsh! Half an hour later, they heard the PA System say: "Welcome to the World Dome! Ladies and Gentlemen, the Opening Ceremony will begin in five minutes, so get ready to watch the show!" Marshmallon and Kuriboh got themselves comfortable, produced a marshmallow (due to Marshmallon's special regenerating cells), and waited for the show to begin.

While they waited, they came across a gambler who was walking around, trying to get money. "Anyone want to bet?"

Marshmallon held out fifty Marshmallows. "I bet fifty Marshmallows that Yuma, Astral, and Yusei are not going to make it to Round Two. I also bet that Yugi will win." said Marshmallon.

"Sure! I'll take that bet, even your second bet was fairly obvious." said the gambler, and he took Marshmallon's Marshmallows. After that, the PA System said again: "Ladies and gentlemen, the show will be starting in ten seconds. I repeat, ten seconds." Kuriboh was excited. He kept moving around in his seat. Ten seconds later, the Opening Ceremony started. It showed all the Duelists of Block A, and congratulated them all.

"YAYAYAY! GO YUGI!" cried Kuriboh, when Yugi's name was called. After the announcement of Duelists, the Tournament began!