-Chapter 43-
Spectacular Opening! Entermate King
It was later in the evening. The citizens of Metrosand City gathered at the central district's stadium, created and owned by Leo Corporation; it was called "Taiyou Dome".
It was named after the sun, representing as the shining beacon where some of the greatest Dueling takes place. It was the grandest place in the entire city, and tonight was no exception, since the opening ceremony will start soon.
Meanwhile, Muiko, Mike, Hannah, Cody Hackin, and Gr. Griffon were conversing in the lounge while they waited for the two duelists to be called. They were gonna be part of the opening ceremony, which was part of the tournament.
"Hey Mike, just relax. Your legs are shaking like you're in a freezer or something," Hannah said.
"I…I know, but I'm…I'm just feeling nervous, that's all," Mike stuttered.
"Why do we have to wait, anyway? Can't we just, I don't know, Duel already or rather, go home?" Muiko bickered.
"It's part of the tournament. All participants whom made it through the preliminaries must attend," Mr. Griffon said.
"In other word, it is part of the rule," Cody Hackin repeated.
"I just wonder where Ace is! He should be here by now!" Hannah said excitedly as she eyed from left to right, looking for him.
Suddenly, a musical ring tone occurred, followed with a voice stating an announcement. "Attentions to all participants please walk forward through the hallway that leads to the entranceway of the arena. To all spectators, please report to your seat as the opening ceremony will begin shortly."
"Well, it looks like we got to go," Muiko said as she began walking to the hallway.
"I guess I got to go, too. See you later, Hannah and Mr. Griffon," Mike said as he waved goodbye to them.
"See ya guys later. We'll see each other at the dinner party after the ceremony!" Hannah cheered.
"I almost forgot about that," Muiko moaned.
Shortly afterward, Muiko and Mike, along with other participating Duelists entered the dome as they hear the loud cheer of audiences from rows of seats around them.
"Please welcome to the participants who made it through the hot and exciting preliminaries! As your host and announcer, Vivi, I'll be your live commentator as well as explain the process of the tournament. These 50 Duelists have made it this far, and of course, we are all looking forward to how they present their Dueling Style! Please give them a round of cheering, everybody!" A female announcer stated as the audiences cheered.
This announcer had a black hair that covered her ear, with a bang on either side on her forehead. Her eyes were blue, her complexion was creamy white, and wore a skimpy, purple short pants, black vest, and see-through white top shirt underneath it. She also wore a little red top-hat.
Meanwhile, Mr. Griffon and Hannah watched from a private spectator's room, where they can see everything, including refreshment.
"Oh! There is Mike and Muiko! I wonder if they can see me? Hey, is that…Director Akaba!? Why is she here!?" She wondered before her eyes popped out, like how in Loony Tunes does it. "Kyaaaahh! There he is, Aaaaaccceee!"
The Duelists lined up in neatly order, composed of 5 lines. However, interesting note was that the last line only had 9 people. There was one Duelist missing.
"Huh? What's this?" The announcer noticed. "It appears that we are one Duelist short! Where is the last 50th Duelist?"
The audiences noticed, too as some of them mumbled about the whereabout of the 50th Duelist.
"I guess someone must've overslept," Muiko commented, with her eye closed and arms crossed.
"Maybe he or she is late," Mike thought aloud.
"Laaaaddieesssss…." A voice echoed, surprising. "And gentlemen!"
"Huh!? Where that voice came from?' Vivi questioned as everyone wondered the same thing, too.
"Who said that?" Hannah asked.
Cody Hackin was using his eyeglasses, which was also an electronic goggle. His eyeglasses detected someone at the top of the arc structure of the dome.
"Over there! Someone is up on that arc!" Cody Hackin burst out.
Three spotlights shined at the arc, where the voice came from, revealing it to be a boy standing on it whiles the winds blew through his jacket.
"Who is that guy!?" Mike stated, sweating from the fear of height as he imagined him being in that guy's shoes.
Muiko narrowed her eyes as she watched calmly and curiously.
"Hello, people of Metrosand City and fellow Duelists from around the world! I am honored and welcomed you to the Cup of Scorch Tournament here at this grand stadium. Now, just please sit back and enjoy the show!" The mysterious lad announced.
"Who could this mysterious boy be?" Vivi asked, with excitement in her eyes.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened; the boy jumped off from the arc, making some of the people screamed in horror.
"OH MY GOD! That kid just jumped!" Mike yelled.
"I summon Performapal Trampolynx!" A familiar purple cat, with a trampoline for a body appeared on the ground before the boy fell in and bounced up back in the air.
"Then, I summon Performapal Momoncarpet!" Suddenly, he landed on the back of a purple flying squirrel. The boy took off his hood, revealing spiky green and red hairs. He also had one dark blue sapphire eye for his right eye and crimson red eye for his left eye.
"Folk, it seems that we have a surprise guest in this tournament! The world's number 1 Entertainment Duelist and the direct successor and descendant of the legendary King of Duelists, Yuya Sakaki, is our mysterious 50th Duelist! He is the one and only….Yuta Sakaki!" Vivi announced joyfully.
The spectators went wild, cheering the loudest they can.
"Now, now folks, this is not the only thing I can do! Of course, since I am here, I know that all you want to see it!" Yuta stated as he flew on his monster. "But, first I want to hear it from you all to make sure. Do you all want to see it?"
"Yes!"
"What was that? I didn't quite get it. I said, do you all want to see it?"
"YEEESSS!"
"Very well! First off, let's set up the stage with Smile World!" Suddenly, the entire stadium were covered with bunch of smiling icons in the shape of circle and star everywhere, floating around the area.
"Wow! So beautiful…" Mike awed.
"Then, time to bring out the dancers! I activate the Spell Card Hippo Carnival!"
Three hippos; one blue, one yellow, and another orange appeared as they began dancing.
"Here we go! I, using Scale 1 Timegazer Magician and Scale 8 Stargazer Magician, complete the Pendulum Scale!"
The two familiar magicians appeared as they flew up through the pillars of light on either side. The pillar of light stood on either side of the dome, with a giant pendulum swing above the dome.
"Here we go, folks! Everyone, repeat after me!" Yuta announced. "Sway, pendulum of souls!"
"Draw an arc of light across the ether!" Everyone recited as Mike watched with a smile on his face while Muiko watched with the usual facial expression, with her arms still crossed.
"Pendulum Summon! Come! My monsters!" The pendulum swayed, creating a portal and when it did, it opened up and three lights came out.
"I present my fellow monster partners! First is Performapal Hip Hippo!" The pink hippo in a red jacket, top hat, and heart-shaped tail appeared as it bowed to the spectators.
"Performapal Elephammer!" The blue elephant with a hammer for a nose gave out a mighty roar to welcome the spectators.
"And of course, the main attraction of the show, appear! Wondrous and beautiful dichromatic eyes! The legendary Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
Finally, the very dragon appeared as it gave out the mightiest roar, shining with all of its glory.
The spectators cheered, including the participating Duelists.
"And, that my friends, is our opening ceremony! I hope all of you enjoyed tonight show and I look forward to some exiting entertainment duels for the remaining of the Cup of Scorch Tournament! Thank you all!"
Yuta and his monster partners bowed, followed by a huge applaud from everyone. Muiko, with her arms crossed, put up a friendly and enjoyed grin while everyone else clapped to cheer the King of Entertainment Dueling.
"Hmph, show off…" She thought as she enjoyed the show.
Hello, everybody! Sorry that it took awhile for the new chapter to come out. I was a bit busy with writing other stories as some of you may have noticed, and this story has not been updated for little bit over a month since the last chapter was uploaded.
Nonetheless, I hope you enjoyed this short chapter. This chapter served as a short introduction to the next story arc, "Top 50 Arc". I also introduced a new character will be important to the plot, Yuta Sakaki, the great grandson of Yuya Sakaki.
I also want to announce something unrelated to Yu-Gi-Oh that you may be interested in; I was thinking of writing a new Sonic the Hedgehog story and Five Nights in Anime story. The first one will follow something similar to the original Sonic X anime series, and the second one may be my first Rated M story or not (if you know or played the game before).
Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed the show :) I will see you all in the next chapter.