Here we go, chapter 3 for volume 4, hopefully Chapter 4 will be here sooner … maybe within the next few days if I'm lucky. Little disclaimer: I don't own Rock Band or DDR and as for their creators, I have no idea who the original ideas were from so Adam Sharp and Rena Dragon are two made up characters that represent those two games.
Chapter 3
The Opening Ceremonies
November 5th, 2011
6 am: Toronto Time
Regan got off the plane and looked across looked across Lake Ontario to see several boats making their way in the still dark morning. "Where is the tournament being held?" She asked the flight attendant.
"Tommy Thompson Park, the MC paid a lot of money to have the building built there for the tournament, the stadium is floating which is where the duels will take place on one side and on the other there is a dance stage. The building next to it is slightly attached to the land and this is where the contestants will be staying and the other competitions will be held."
"So, are the opening ceremonies being held in the stadium or in the building?"
"They will be held in the main building, there is a grand ball room on the first floor." The flight attendant replied happily.
"Thanks."
"What airport is this, Serenity wants to send me off when we leave." Joey asked as he had Téa's phone by his ear holding the mic.
"Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport."
"Thank you," Joey replied and placed the phone back to his ear. "Sis, it's the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Where is the tournament being held?"
"Tommy Thomson Park, it's about fifteen to twenty minutes driving and you have to take a ferry to get off the island, which is another twenty minutes." The attendant answered again.
"And the place we are staying at is going to be in the building which is in Tommy Thomson Park. When are you coming?"
Regan tuned out his conversation and pulled her luggage bag towards the rest of their group leaving Joey to run after them a minute later.
"So how's Serenity?" Tristan asked.
"She's great, she's going to come to the tournament on the ninth," Joey answered excitedly and then he turned his direction to the box Regan held. "What's in the box?"
"You'll have to wait and see little one."
"Little one, hey last I checked you're the one that is the shortest here. Or have you placed yourself at the top of the world."
"Hey can we not start something here?" Yugi tried to intervene.
"No, but we are almost standing on the top." Regan replied. "Compare to this place you are so small, and compare to the amount of land to the number of people. In Japan, there are a 127.7 million people living on 1.2 million square kilometres. In Canada, there are only thirty-four million people living on 9.9 million square kilometres. That means for every square kilometre there is a range of a 106.41 people if they were spread out. In Canada, for every square kilometre there are 3.34 people if they were spread out."
"Japan has more people then Canada, doesn't make this place bigger." Joey retorted.
"Joey, take 9.9 and divide it by 1.2." Téa replied.
Joey started to count on his fingers and Kaiba sighed. "It's 8.25 times bigger, you buffoon."
"Holy shit that's huge." Joey exclaimed.
"Second largest country in the world, and as for the population," Regan told him. "For every kilometre here with the population of Japan only 12.89 people if they were spread out."
"That is slightly bigger than our home," Tristan commented and patted Joey on the back. "Good luck next time buddy."
"Well, we better catch a taxi before the ferry leaves." Regan said grabbing Yugi's arm. "Or we'll be late."
"Late for what, the Ceremony doesn't start until six pm tonight, twelve hours from now." Mokuba stated.
"Mokuba, it doesn't just start at the tournament opening, it has already started. The streets are already blocked and people are showing off their talents in Street Performing. Plus there are hundreds of sales in stores just for the tournament."
"So that's why we are in a hurry to get to a taxi?" Yugi asked.
"Yes and no, I personally don't want to be in the morning rush."
"Oh come one, the traffic can't be that bad at six in the morning." Joey retorted.
She grinned as they walked up to the loading zone, "Asked the cab driver yourself."
After a few minutes of waiting, Regan had put on her coat that she had brought and noticed Yugi had his on already. Téa looked at her funny. "Hey where did you get the coat? It's freezing out here."
"Well I checked the weather before we left and it was calling for a high of eight degrees Celsius and a low of one, so I brought a coat and it looks like Yugi is all seasoned prepared."
"Did you maybe forget to tell the rest of us?"
"No, I just thought maybe you guys can get some new jackets, the tournament has these cards that have money placed on them so visitors could buy some stuff while they're down. It said that on their site that is placed online, though it doesn't really tell you much, it does explain the things that are provided."
"I guess that explains a lot," Téa replied as a taxi pulled up to the airport.
Seto cleared his throat. "Regan, Mokuba and I are going to head to the hotel in this cab."
"Sure Seto, see you there." Regan answered with a smile and then the two brothers left as she waved goodbye.
And then a van taxi showed up taking the place of the last taxi. The window rolled down on the passenger side to reveal a middle aged man with sand colored hair and amber colored eyes that looked like they enjoyed the little things. "Hey are you guys in a group?"
"Yes we are." Joey replied boldly in Japanese. Regan elbowed him in the stomach and then he realized that the driver had not understood him. He repeated it cheekily in English.
"I won't be able to take all of you in the van, it's only an eight seated van, but I can take the luggage if you wish; the next taxi isn't going to be here for another half hour."
'Oh perfect.' Regan thought. "How about you guys go ahead, I know where I'm going so I'll meet you guys over there, we should meet about the same time if I'm correct."
She could see the protest starting to form in everyone's faces, and Yugi came out with a solution to settle their worries. "It's alright guys, I'll walk with Regan to the tournament, and we both have coats so it won't be that cold for us to get there."
"Are you sure?" Téa asked.
"They'll be fine," Tristan answered taking Regan's and Yugi's suit cases and helped the driver set them in the trunk. "It's not that far and besides, there will be lots of people around to make sure that they won't magically disappear."
Everyone, except for Joey piled into the van after placing the suitcases and bags in and Grandpa sat in the passenger seat. Joey walked up to his window.
"So," Joey asked in his most intelligent voice. "How long will it take for them to walk to the hotel?"
"It depends on how fast they walk, it's a half an hour's drive sometimes, but there are a lot of short cuts walkers can take." The driver answered. "Give or take an hour to an hour and a half or so."
Joey nodded.
Regan looked at Yugi. "What on earth is he doing?"
"Probably trying to prove you wrong to make himself feel better about the first time you proved him wrong." Yugi answered face palming himself in the face.
"How long will it take for us to drive there?" Joey asked his second question.
"About the same time, normally it would take fifteen minutes to get there; I personally made it in ten." The man told him.
"Why are they the same amount of time?"
"Because there are about fifty different detours and so it's going to take a while to get through them. That or we sit in traffic all day waiting for the three million people to get out of our way, and that isn't exaggerated at the least, which isn't including the tourists."
"What the heck is the difference then?" Joey exclaimed.
"Well that is simple, you can freeze or you can stay warm." The driver answered with a smile and then he started to laugh.
Everyone looked at him funny.
"What's so funny?" Regan asked.
"I was thinking we have a race."
"A race?"
"Yea, I never met such a group of people or the King of Games."
"What's the catch?" Yugi and Atem asked at the same time.
The driver looked into his rear view mirror with mischief. "It's not a major disaster deal, so the suspicious look is not necessary. I just thought that if the king of Games and the newest female champion could make it to the hotel before me, I'll go back to the taxi depot and get a limo or a twelve seated vehicle as I'm pretty sure from past tournaments, Mokuba or Seto Kaiba will be joining you at some point or another and I'll take you wherever you need to go for the entire tournament. But if I win, you have to let my family and me be guests at the tournament free of charge."
"And how big is your family?" Regan asked the driver.
"There is my wife and my two kids."
She nodded and moved Joey out of the way and stuck her hand into the window. The driver grabbed her hand and they shook. "I just have one question for you, what is your name?"
"The name's Terry Lodmen. I also have a question. Who will the one to see the winner?"
Regan took out her phone with a mysterious smile that she felt grow on her face. "I have the right people in mind, but our race will start once the ferry brings us back to the main land."
They walked over to the ferry that just arrived at the dock with the van following close beside. They boarded the boat and without much of a wait the boat left. About half way across she tapped a button on her phone and set it on speaker phone.
"You have him on speed dial?" Joey asked in astonishment.
"Of course, now get in the van." She answered and Joey hopped into the vehicle.
~Hello?~ Seto's voice echoed the nearly empty boat.
"Hey Seto, where are you in this marvellous city?"
~About to arrive at the hotel, we managed to beat traffic as it formed behind us. Where are you?~
"Almost hitting shore, can I ask you a favor?"
~Depends on what it is.~
"Well Yugi and I are going to be racing a taxi van. So we need someone at the finish line." There was a pause and then a laugh could be heard from the background. "Mokuba, I'm not kidding." She responded in annoyance.
~Fine we'll be here, oh and Regan, don't lose.~ Seto agreed and then hung up.
She hung up her phone and put it in her zip up pocket.
"You have Seto Kaiba's cellphone number?!" Terry asked in shock.
"Yea, whether you beat us in this race or not, which you won't, you'll probably figure out why without much help." Regan said as she watched the confusion build on Terry's face before it turned into one of concentration.
They came up to shore and then the gate went down. Without communication, both the van and the runners were off.
About a block or two later Yugi asked. "So do you actually have any idea where we are going?"
"Yea, I looked at it on my map on the ferry ride over here, we are practically going straight and then we'll head right and then cut through a park and then turn right onto the little manmade island which by then we should be able to see the buildings."
"Sounds simple enough," Yugi replied happily.
They ran and then they noticed that they were in the blocked streets and it wasn't because they couldn't find any moving cars on the roads. Yugi and Regan didn't even have a second to enter before there was the awful screeching noise of several fan girls of Yugi's that cried out his name. They ran even faster as they dodged his fans and when they thought they were home free the fans from before would screech and caused more ears to perk up and join in. They had to run twice as fast and as they reached the park they had to run even faster than a girl riding her bike.
"I thought you said this country wasn't all grabby!" Yugi demanded as they managed to get over a fence were the biker couldn't follow.
"They usually aren't, but then again most of them may not even be locals, except for the bike girl, I think she was nuts, she could have got you and her killed." Regan told him out of breath.
They turned into the manmade park and noticed the building in the distance.
"We're almost there." Yugi cheered. Regan nodded and looked to her left. It was still dark, but there was a faint light of the sun that wouldn't appear for at least an hour. She felt Yugi pull on her arm and they stopped overlooking the great lake. "Beautiful isn't it?"
"It is," She agreed. The water was clear and reflected the few stars that were left as the city lights didn't affect the sky in the park. They stood for what seemed like minutes, but it was only a few seconds and Regan sighed as the memory of that they were still in a race came to mind. "I guess we better finish this race, we don't know when the cab will show up if it hasn't already."
"Right," Yugi agreed and they ran off again towards the building that was pretty large, but not very tall compared to the ones in the city across the little bay of Lake Ontario separating it. When they reached the steps of the building, they immediately took the water bottles that were offered by her brothers.
"I thought you guys would get here within forty minutes." Seto stated to them.
"Paparazzi are evil." Nile responded popping out of nowhere to sit on the steps next to Mokuba.
Mokuba jumped about two feet in the air. "Why do you keep on doing that?"
"Because," Nile stated with a grin. "But I'm guessing everyone has already arrived?"
"Not at all, you got here in just under half an hour." Mokuba answered glaring at Nile.
"How could you know when we started?" Yugi asked taking the water bottle away from his mouth.
"Regan's phone can be located with ease as it is a smart phone, when it started to speed down the street we knew that the race had begun." Seto answered.
"So you were spying on her?"
"Not at all, I also have Atem's phone on the map." Mokuba explained. "We were bored so we watched the progress of the race."
"Well before they get here, I need to do something." Regan announced closing her water bottle. They all gave her a confused look and then Nile gave an understanding "Ohh." She went into the building as the others followed. The room looked like any other hotel lobby. There was an administration desk with a few computers on it, some computers around the room, chairs, tables, and a fire place with couches facing it. Yugi appeared beside her and they headed towards the desk to register and get their room keys.
"Do you have guests?" The lady asked.
"They will be here shortly." Yugi answered as he turned around. "Oh here they are."
The group of seven travellers walked towards them.
"As if you beat us," Joey exclaimed. "Terry said it would be an hour to walk and you are here way before that."
"You can thank the paparazzi for that." Regan answered.
Terry came forward with a smile of joy as he brought the baggage on the trolley behind him. "Well that was fun; I guess I'm taking you wherever you wish to go for the rest of the tournament."
"Yea, so I guess that twelve seated vehicle will need to come in handy." Regan replied as Terry started to turn away. "But there is still something that needs to be done before you go."
Terry turned around. "Like what?"
"Well do you want your room card and tournament pass for you and your family?"
"What do you mean?"
Regan smiled. "The bet wasn't an either or, so since I don't have a guest; you can be my guest along with your family."
"Are you serious… this is unreal! Thank you so much!" Terry shouted with glee.
"It's nothing." Regan replied and turned to the woman at the desk. "Can I have two room keys and four guests' passes please?"
"And shall I bill you now or later?" The woman asked.
"I'll come back after I find my wallet, so I guess within the next hour or so." She said and the receptionist gave her the requested items. She handed them to an excited Terry. "Here, now get going so you can have your family and the vehicle here by ten."
"Yes ma'am." The man named Terry Lodmen stated and took off with a little leap in his step.
"That's great that you let him be your guest and all, but where are you staying?" Joey asked grabbing the abandoned trolley.
"I'll find someplace to sleep." She responded.
Atem and Joey registered and Yugi gave the room key and guest card to his grandfather.
They started down the hall that the receptionist pointed down and Atem and Joey passed the cards to their guests.
"She can stay in my room." Yugi stated after they passed a few doors.
"Not anytime soon Yugi." Seto growled as he led the group to the room.
They walked up to the door and Regan noticed that the outer room doors were widely spread apart. "These must be some big suites if the rooms are this spread apart."
"You have no idea." Mokuba commented as he opened the door.
They headed through the door and Regan looked around to see all the rooms were branched off of the large main room. The main room could have had a small classroom in it with a very fluffy futon on one side and a sixty inch flat screen TV on the other side. There was several game systems attached to it and under the coffee table there was remotes and what she thought to be two rock band guitars, drums and a mic and some mats. On the flat wall there was a patio door that had curtains covering it. There were six doors that branched off the three doors on either side and to her left there was a kitchen and a dining table that fitted eight.
"This place is huge." Téa stated.
"No kidding." Mai said as Joey walked over to the patio door.
He pulled back the curtains and on the other side was a large in ground pool with two creates full of different types of pool toys and a rack full of towels. "Sweet we have our very own pool. I guess that explains why the rooms are so big and spread out."
"And we have our own bathrooms too." Mokuba answered with glee as he wandered over to the left door that was closest to the pool. "Each of the doors has the name of the entrées on it."
"Really," Mai asked and walked to the rooms on the left and found her door in the middle. "Hey Téa, get your stuff in here you can stay in my room. Regan you want to join as well?"
"I'll think about it." Regan answered after a moment after Seto's look caught her eye, "If not tonight then definitely tomorrow night."
Mai nodded, "Got it girl."
"Yugi, your room is across from Kaiba's and my room is next to yours while Joey, your room is closest to the door.
"Meaning Terry's room is going to be next to the kitchen." Regan stated. "Well I guess we better get ready, we have three hours to get ready for our day trip."
She placed her stuff into Seto and Mokuba's room and grabbed her wallet. She walked out of the room to leave her brothers alone and saw Tristan and Joey already ordering from room service. She sighed to them on her way out to the front desk. "You two are lucky that room service is free."
"Damn straight and we are taking advantage of it." Tristan said proudly.
Regan shook her head and headed out of the room to pay the extra bill that she had a feeling was not going to be a cheap one.
Terry showed up with his family a couple of hours later and Joey directed Terry and his wife to their room while ignoring the fact that their two kids ran past him and went straight to Yugi and Seto and asked several questions, but not enough to tip the CEO off the edge.
Terry said good bye to his family and then led everyone out the door for their tour around the city. Each of the passes had a stripe that allowed for shopping of a total of five hundred dollars and the invitees got discounts by showing their ID card. Seto and Mokuba went their separate way as they said they would return at the designated time and place. Regan followed the rest of their group and got swimsuits, some winter clothing and some food. They spent time look at the amazing street performers and gave some coins to them as they went by.
Several hours later in Atem's room…
Regan and Téa had kicked Atem out of his room to have for them to get ready for the opening ceremonies.
"So what's in the box?" Téa asked through the door.
Regan turned off the shower as she got out. "It's a surprise."
"A surprise for Yugi maybe."
Regan felt her cheeks heat up as she dried herself off. "I got it from Seto this morning. It's a gown with accessories, and shoes and I must say it is gorgeous."
"Oh I can't wait to see it on you." Téa responded as Regan placed on her bra. The door opened and Téa appeared in the door way.
"Privacy will you, I'm only in undergarments." Regan squeaked.
Téa laughed. "So what, it's not like I'm a guy or anything. Besides I think you need help getting ready.
"True," Regan sighed as she placed on her dress. "Hey wait, who said anything about me needing help."
"Well, I already ready to go and if I don't help you, then you'll be late."
Regan took another glace at Téa. She wore a single shoulder red and black dress with a heart at the top with a single strand that connected to the skirt that had black and gold diamond pattern that twisted back and forth down the center of the red skirt. She had two gold arm bracelets that swirled in the middle and a gold chocker. Lastly, her shoes were black and gold, flat gladiator sandals. "Oh wow, you look like you could be the Queen of Egypt."
Téa blushed madly. "Where… where did that come from?"
"Nowhere, now let me fix this gown and you can help me with my hair."
After Téa was finished with her hair, which was just drying it and giving it some volume, Regan looked in the mirror. She wore a strapless ice blue gown that showed every curve on her body. The skirt itself had some flow and the dress in the middle was navy blue growing as it went down the dress starting from her waist. She had ice blue gloves with two navy blue lines that weaved each other on each side of her glove. Her boots were white with four inched heels that matched the white gold collar and sapphire jewels.
"Holy shit, it's the Queen of Kaiba Corp." Téa exclaimed.
"No, it's the sister of the amazing CEO of Kaiba Corporation."
They giggled as Téa decided against the simple and went fancy with both of their hair. Téa placed her hair in a bun with two strips curled on each side of her bangs. Regan started on her hair before Téa took over. By the time Téa was done, Regan had a ring that was connected together with a tiny wrap bun near the top of her head and the rest of it curled and her bangs teased and her blond strips as the ring. Regan looked at the time on her phone as she placed on the River's Puzzle. The time read 5:59PM.
"I think we're going to be a little late, but does the puzzle clash with the outfit?"
"Not really, it shows, but the sliver on the tips of the puzzle makes the item fit." Téa replied.
"Yes it fits fine, but the timing, it will only make the guys wait in suspense." Someone said from the door.
"Mai, you're still here?" Téa exclaimed as Regan placed on a little bit of makeup.
"That's right, so who are your two dates?" Mai asked.
Regan and Téa went silent. Regan looked at Mai, but she couldn't see her dress. "Mai can we see your dress, you're hiding behind the doorframe."
"Oops," She moved. "Take a nice look, I love it."
Mai was wearing a yellow strapless gown that had a purple strip that remind Regan of Dark Magician Girl's strip that went around her arms. Purple Celtic lines marked the center of her torso and a slit was on one side of the dress that went half way up her thigh. Her shoes were simple yellow and purple high heeled gladiator sandals.
"We are the 'Primary Dates'." Regan declared.
"What?" Téa and Mai asked at the same time.
"Well you are wearing a beautiful yellow gown, Téa is wearing a stylish red gown and I'm wearing a slick blue gown, the three primary colors." The two girls in front of her looked at her in confusion. She just shook her head. "Never mind, let's just head down to the ceremony."
The three of them headed out and followed the signs to the ball room.
"So I'm guessing you are with Atem and you are with Yugi?" Mai asked as the three of them stopped in front of the ballroom door.
With the silent answers of blushing, Mai laughed as she broke the awkwardness. "Have fun you two, I have a date with Joey."
"We actually don't have dates, we are hoping for dates though." Regan said looking at Téa and was almost her height looking for some support.
"You mean he never asked you?" Téa asked in shock. "Well if he doesn't ask you to dance or something along those lines, tell me so I can give him a nice mark."
"Okay then, let's head in shall we." Mai said as the two door guards opened the doors.
Regan almost had a heart attack to see so many people in one room let alone all the famous people in the giant ball room, "Got a question for you two."
"Yeah, what is it?" Mai asked.
"Who is famous and isn't here?"
"That's easy, us." Téa replied and they all giggled.
"True enough, now let's find the boys." Mai stated.
They walked along the walls of the room to get the full sight of the people there. About half way to the stage at the front of the room, Regan spotted a tall business man in a white suit. "Hey I found Seto."
"Kaiba, where?" Her two friends asked at the same time.
"The guy in the white suit." Regan responded and took them over to him.
When they managed to get through the crowd they saw Seto in his white suit, Mokuba in a black suit, Yugi in a white and blue suit with the Millennium Puzzle on, Atem in a black and red suit, Tristan in a simple burgundy suit, and Joey in a purple and yellow suit all standing around looking like they had better things to do. Mai walked in front of the two girls and straight up to Joey.
"Hey handsome, never thought I'd see you in a suit."
"Mai, you look amazing." Joey stated checking her out.
"Let's join the rest of the party." Téa stated and dragged Regan along. "Hey guys."
Regan looked at Yugi just as he spotted her.
"Oh wow." Yugi said in awe.
"Do you like it?" Regan asked him.
"No," Yugi paused making her feel a little disappointed and then her spirits shot up. "I love it."
She smiled. She was really glad he loved it; she wasn't use to being in something so formal let alone owned something like it. "Thanks, Seto got it for me."
"Who knew Kaiba had a taste in dresses." Tristan giggled.
Regan had no trouble placing an indent into his foot. "Go find a girl to hang out with if you're going to be like that."
"Fine, I'll behave." Tristan cried holding his foot and then he took off after he could walk again.
"Hey, where's Grandpa?" Regan asked as she noticed the old man was nowhere to be found.
"He's around here, somewhere." Yugi answered with a hint of knowing exactly where he was.
Regan shrugged as the lights dimmed.
"Come on Joey, let's get a better view." Mai said and dragged him away.
"Téa let's go over there." Atem suggested pointing towards an open area in the room.
"Sure," She replied and they left.
"What; do we smell or something? I know I don't I just showered." Mokuba stated looking towards Atem and Téa.
"They probably left for some alone time." Regan answered before the crowd became quiet.
A man walked onto the middle of the stage and the big screens, which were placed around the room, came on so everyone in the room could see him. "Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to the opening ceremonies to the Gamer's Trials Tournament! Now I would like to introduce your host, the one who created and paid for this tournament, Mr. Devin Scape."
Another man came on stage and everyone started clapping. There were a couple of whistles and shouts as he took the mic and sent the other man off stage. Devin had a perfect sweep to his burgundy hair. He had ice blue eyes and looked no older than twenty. Regan found him a little suspicious, but the girls and woman around her started to create funny squeals took her out of her thought as she understood why they were rounded up. Mr. Scape was hot with capital letters.
"This doesn't seem right." Seto stated through the squeals bringing her back to reality.
"What doesn't?" She and Mokuba asked at the same time.
"He seems too perfect, if you know what I mean. I also have never heard of this guy."
Regan caught Yugi nodding. "You're right, it does seem a bit odd, but maybe we should let it go for now."
The audience started to quiet down again as Devin Scape continued. "Thank you for such the warm welcoming, but you that should be getting the warm welcome for if you didn't come, we wouldn't be having this amazing tournament." There was another loud cheer then is quieted down again. "There are a few extra, extra special guests here today, besides the many celebrities and you. I would like to introduce the creators of the three main games that are going to be played at this tournament. Mr. Adam Sharp the creator of the game Rock Band special for our tournament!"
The audience cheered as someone walked across the stage to meet with Devin. Adam had blond and brown mad scientist hair with brown eyes and a blue suit. "Thank you Devin, it's a pleasure to personally have created this version for the tournament."
"It's a pleasure to be working with you also, now I would like to introduce the creator of Dance, Dance Revolution tournament version, Mrs. Rena Dragon!"
A lady walked the same path to meet the host and Adam. Rena had short purple spiked hair in the back and hot pink long medium hair in the front with each color streaked in each and was wearing a purple gown. The audience cheered again as she shook hands with her co-workers. "Like everyone else I would like to say than you and I hope everything goes smoothly."
"The soundtracks for the dance later on tonight were picked by Mrs. Dragon and also will be a DJ along with Mr. Sharp." Devin told the crowd as the cheers was louder almost rivaling the cat calls.
Regan didn't cheer along with her two brothers and Yugi as the three of them wanted to figure out what was with their unknown host.
"Now for the final creator of the night, I would like to call upon Mr. Maximillion J. Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters!"
Another man came onto the stage as the cheering continued. Maximillion had silver hair that covered his left eye and wore a fifteenth century English gold suit. "Hello my wonderful fans, I'm glad to be here with all of you for the next nine days."
"He certainly is more dramatic than the other two creators, isn't he?" Regan said in Yugi's ear.
"That's an understatement." Yugi answered with a small chuckle.
Maximillion shook hands with the rest of the group on stage.
"The three major games have been announced, but have no fear; these won't be the only games to be played over the next few days. There is still something that needs to be addressed. I would like the three creators to name their champion." Devin stated.
Adam stepped forward. "The Champion for Rock Band is my brother in law, seventeen year old, Borden Collie, or as many of you know him as The Lightning Border!"
The crowd cheered as a spot light came on and lit up a tall, medium length, black hair male with gray eyes. The camera shifted to him as he went up on screen. He winked at the camera and a large portion of the girls squealed.
"Looks like he's got an ego," Regan stated and Borden looked at her and flashed a smile. She shifted shrugging off his attempt and watched the camera go back to the stage.
Rena stepped forward as Adam took a step back. "The Champion for DDR is sixteen year old Kennedy Piccolo!"
The spot light once again turned onto another member of the crowd. The screen showed a girl that had medium length, blond hair with pink streaks. She waved and many of the men whistled.
Back at the stage, Maximillion was ready to go. "The Champion of Duelist Kingdom, Battle City, the KC Grand Championships and many other major and minor tournaments; I am proud to say my Champion is none other than the King of Games, sixteen year old Yugi Muto!"
The spotlight turned on Yugi and the cheering started to reach a max volume. Yugi smiled and wave without any cockiness or ego. Once the cheering died, the camera went back to the stage and Maximillion didn't seem like he was done. "I think that there is still one more introduction left Devin."
Devin nodded. "Oh I haven't forgotten."
All three creators left the stage and the audience was quiet in suspense. Regan felt the nerves of everyone around her and herself become fidgety in wonder to who the last extra, extra special guest was.
"There is still one more introduction that needs to be made, they are a local and I would like them to sing the national anthem to begin this tournament off. For those who don't know, in North America and many other countries, the country's national anthem is played to begin something that is important and large." Devin gave a pause to place the effect of his words upon the audience. "I would like to invite the new champion of the female division in Duel Monsters to come on stage, sixteen year old Regan Heartin!"
The spot light turned on directly on her. She forgot how to breathe and Yugi tapped on her shoulder. "In and out, now go show them how great you are."
She nodded placing on a confident smile and walked towards the stage. It was completely silent as no one cheered. No one clapped and if she didn't know better, she would have thought they weren't breathing either. Her boots echoed the room as she neared the steps in front of the stage. 'A little help here?' she asked mentally to Nile.
'Good luck and have fun, there's your help.' Nile responded and then her presence disappeared. Regan wanted to stop and slap her partner, but that would look weird to everyone around her and it probably wouldn't do anything to the spirit.
She got on stage and walked to where Devin was standing.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please stand if you are sitting for Canada's national Anthem."
The music started and Regan took the mic from the host. The only thing she thought before the lyrics needed to be sung was the fact that she needed to be good for her new family's reputation and the fact that the performance was Deja vu moment from the first day of school.
O Canada,
Our home and native land
True patriot love,
In all thy sons command
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée
Il sait porter la croix
Ton historie est une epopée
Des plus brilliants exploix
God keep our land
Glorious and free
O Canada! We stand on guard for thee
O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.
The audience cheered like crazy as she finished and she even felt a little proud of it herself. It had been two months since she had even heard the melody, let alone the lyrics, but somehow she managed to pull through.
"An excellent job on the bilingual version of the anthem," Devin cheered with another mic in his hand.
She turned to him. "Thank you."
Devin moved beside her and placed his hand on her shoulder. She felt a jolt course through her body and then started to feel her strength disappear.
'Regan what's wrong, your eye color changed?!' Yugi asked in her head but she couldn't answer.
Devin talked about how the tournament was going to work, but she couldn't catch any of it as a movie played in front of her eyes. But she couldn't make any sense of it either as it was all jumbled and pixelated. She closed her eyes and breathed calmly as she blocked whatever was entering. 'I'm fine.' She replied through the link as she opened her eyes again. 'Is the color normal again?'
'Yes.' Yugi answered in relief.
"Oh sorry Regan, you may enjoy yourself in the first dance and good luck in the tournament everyone." Devin said and left her as he left the stage.
Dun, dun, duuuun yea I don't know where I'm going with this: P
Anyhow, Pegasus has arrived to the tournament and I have to say I'm even excited. He is one of my favorite characters and I will be sure to place him at his best. And if anyone is wondering about where I come up with the temperatures and when the sun comes up and such things like that, The Weather Network's history and the Time and Date website for moon phases and sun rises and all those things. So I give thanks to those two websites.
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