Chapter 7

It's time for the ultimate duel to begin!

"I'll go first, Pegasus," Kiba said, drawing his sixth Card and looking at his hand, which consisted of three monsters, two traps, and a spell.

Seto Kaiba: 8000

Maximillion Pegasus: 8000

"I'll start by setting one monster in defense mode and two cards facedown," Kaiba said before passing the turn to Pegasus, who was amused by Kaiha's actions before speaking in his mind while beginning his turn.

'Oh, poor Kaiba boy. He has no idea how I have an ace up my sleeve that'll allow me to win this duel since I already know what's in your hand.' Pegasus said, knowing about the two traps on Kaiha's field while also smiling at his own.

"And now it's time for some real fun to begin since I play Comic World!" Pegasus said in joy as the spell activated while a whimsical, cartoonish world with floating islands and vibrant colors inhabited by animated Toon characters and whimsical landscapes.

"What is this a joke?" Kaiba asked while Pegasus looked offended by the remark.

"Are you telling me you don't watch cartoons? You are even more cold-hearted than I thought." Pegasus said as he began to reminisce about his favorite cartoons when he was a child and now, which made the guys recall some cartoons when they were kids.

"He isn't wrong. Sometimes, I watch some old cartoons just for the fun of it since it is amusing to see Naruto and DBZ." Keith said that before Fenris and Issei spoke about their favorite shows, the girls wondered how much the guys seemed to enjoy cartoons, which made them wonder why they loved Duel Monsters so much.

Comic World

Spell Card

•You can only activate this Card if there are no monsters on your side of the field.

•This Card is treated as "Toon World" while face-up on the field.

•To Special Summon a Toon monster from your hand, you must pay 500 Life Points. If "Toon World" is destroyed, all Toon monsters on the field will also be destroyed.

Pegasus drew his Card. "I activate Toon Table of Contents to add Toon Kingdom to my hand, and then I activate it, banishing the top three cards of my deck."

Toon Kingdom

Spell Card

- This Card is treated as "Toon World" while being face-up on the field.

- When this Card is activated, banish the top 3 cards on your deckDeck facedown.

- Your opponent cannot target Toon monsters you control with card effects.

- If a Toon monster you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can banish 1 card from the top of your Deck facedown for each of those monsters instead.

"I summon Toon Gemini Elf, and then I'll special summon by paying 500 Life Points, Toon Ancient Gear Golem in Attack Mode."

Pegasus LP: 8000 - 500 = 7500

Toon Gemini Elf

Level 4 ATK: 1900, DEF: 900

- Cannot attack the turn it is summoned.

- If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this Card.

- If your opponent controls no Toon monsters, this Card can attack directly.

- When this Card inflicts battle damage to your opponent: Discard 1 random card from their hand.

Toon Ancient Gear Golem

Level 8 ATK: 3000 DEF: 3000

It cannot attack the turn; it is Summoned. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon monsters, this Card can attack your opponent directly. If this Card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step.

"Next, I set two cards facedown. Your move, Kaiba-boy." Pegasus said, already knowing that Kaiba's hand has a spell that can destroy one of his two spells, though he's also well aware of what traps Kaiba has in his field.

Kaiba drew his Card, looking at his hand with determination. "I summon Vorse Raider in Attack Position. Then, I activate the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Toon Kingdom!"

The Toon Kingdom is destroyed, but Toon Gemini Elf and Ancient Gear Golem remain unfazed by its destruction due to Comic World keeping them intact.

"Now, Vorse Raider, attack Pegasus directly!"

Pegasus LP: 7500 - 1900 = 5600

Kaiba smirked, "I set one card facedown and ended my turn."

"So far, it looks like the former champion has this in the bag, though I'm curious about these Toon Monsters since I've heard of Toon World, though I've never seen them before." Fenris pondered while Yugi recalled hearing the rumors about Pegasus's Deck while Pegasus drew his new Card, and his Millennium Eye glowed under his hair.

"I summon Toon Masked Sorcerer!"

Toon Masked Sorcerer

Level 4 ATK: 900, DEF: 1400

- Cannot attack the turn it is summoned.

- If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this Card.

- If your opponent controls no Toon monsters, this Card can attack directly.

- If this Card inflicts battle damage to your opponent, Draw 1 card.

"And now Ancient Gear Golem will destroy your Vorse Raider!" Pegasus said as the Golem charged at Vorse Raider before making its drill grow ten times larger, making some of the spectators laugh at the hilarity before Vorse Raider was destroyed.

Kiba grunted as his life points fell.

Seto Kaiba: 8000-1100=6900

"And now I'll have my Toon Masked Sorcerer attack you directly! And thanks to his skill, when he deals damage, I can draw a new card." Pegasus said as the sorcerer laughed and smacked the back of Kaiba's head, making him hiss at the Card while the guys tried to stifle their laughter seeing the show in front of them.

Seto Kaiba: 6900-900=6000

"And now I'll go ahead and activate the card Toon Masked Sorcerer gave me," Pegasus said as he placed the Card on the field.

"Toon Chaos Strike!" Pegasus declared as the spell activated before everyone saw the Card appear.

Toon Chaos Strike

Quick-Play Spell Card

When a Toon monster you control inflicts battle damage to your opponent, Destroy 1 card on your opponent's side of the field for each Toon monster you control.

Appearance Picture: The card art features a group of Toon monsters, led by Toon Dark Magician, launching chaotic, colorful energy beams towards the opponent's field, causing explosions and destruction in a comic-style background with exaggerated, dynamic effects.

"When a Toon Monster deals damage to you, then I can destroy a card on your side of the field for each one, and since I have three, I'll go ahead and take care of your three facedown cards, so say goodbye to your little traps Kaiba-boy," Pegasus said as the Toons hummed while giving the spell their powers before the spell fired a glitter beam that destroyed the three facedown cards behind his only remaining monster, scaring Kaiba.

'No! I was counting on my traps to deal damage to his Toon Monsters. I couldn't use Shadow Chains since it only works on one of them, and I was saving it for the Gemini Elves. I was hoping my virus trap card could've helped, but now that it's gone, there's no point in keeping my Dark Clown on the field.' Kiba was mad at his strategy being taken down before Pegasus continued his turn.

"And now my Gemini Elves will destroy your facedown monster!" Pegasus declared as the elves charged at the clown and began to stomp the clown into oblivion, making some of the girls cheer for the elves while the guys whistled their way, making the elves seem a bit embarrassed but thankful for the praise.

"Ah! Thank you. My elves do try their best." Pegasus said as if he was putting on a show until he ended his turn by placing the only Card in his hand facedown.

Kaiba drew his card, but he is still determining his advantage in terms of extra life points. "I summon Spear Dragon in Attack Position."

Spear Dragon

Level 4 ATK: 1900, DEF: 0

If this Card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

During the End Phase, if this Card is attacked, change it to Defense Position.

"And that's not all since I equip him with Dragons Suppression. This Card will take care of your Toon Monsters." Kaiba said as the Spear Dragon roared while its power rose.

Spear Dragon

ATK: 1900-700=2600

DEF: 0

Dragon's Suppression

Equip Spell Card

Equip only to a Dragon-Type monster.

It gains 700 ATK.

During the Battle Phase, if the equipped monster battles an opponent's monster, negate the effects of that opponent's monster until the end of the Damage Step.

Appearance Picture: The card art features a fierce dragon enveloped in mystical chains of light, its claws and fangs glowing with power. The background shows a battlefield with stunned and powerless enemy monsters, emphasizing the suppression of their abilities.

"Ohh! A big and scary dragon. Whatever will I do?" Pegasus said, feigning fear before he pretended he had an idea. "Oh, I know, activate a Trap card, like my Toon Briefcase!"

"Since you summoned a monster while I have a Toon on the field, then I can use my trap to send your monster back into the deck!" Pegasus said as the briefcase appeared and swallowed up Spear Dragon before spitting him back into Kaiba's Deck, which was shuffled automatically before Kaiba begrudgingly ended his turn.

Pegasus drew his Card, a confident smile forming. "I activate Toon Table of Contents to add Toon Dark Magician Girl to my hand, then I summon Toon Dark Magician Girl by paying 500 Life Points."

Toon Dark Magician Girl

Level 6 ATK: 2000, DEF: 1700

- Cannot attack the turn it is summoned.

- If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this Card.

- If your opponent controls no Toon monsters, this Card can attack directly.

- Gains 300 ATK for each "Dark Magician" or "Magician of Black Chaos" in either player's Graveyard.

Pegasus LP: 5600-500=5100

Issei, Keith, and Fenris couldn't help but be amused by the matchup as they were sharing some popcorn while the girls grew bored of the match and decided to wait until the next one.

"I was honestly expecting more from this, but Pegasus had this match from the beginning," Mai said while enjoying some water. Tea looked a bit intimidated by the many women before Sona patted her back.

"You may have lost, but you still put on a good fight. Most people would've given into fear and submitted to defeat, but you did not, so be proud of that." Sona said while Tea looked at the other females in surprise. They nodded in agreement with Sona's words before Tea cried happy tears while hugging Sona, much to her disgust.

"H-Hey! You are getting tears all over my uniform!"

"I'm just so grateful! Wah!"

Yugi, on the other hand, was looking over his Deck and was worried about his style while Weevil looked at his with Rex before the Bug specialist turned to Yugi and spoke.

"Hey! You better not cheat with that puzzle of yours! I don't cheat, unlike you!"

"Heh. It makes you wonder if Yugi actually knows how to duel." Rex said before the two duelists laughed. Yugi seemed to be down while looking at the puzzle box.

"Is it true? Am I really just pretending I know how to duel because of the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle?" Yugi asked himself before Issei whistled to Yugi.

"Hey, Puzzle, get over here and enjoy the match! It's almost over!" Issei called out, which made Yugi question who he was talking to before the boy pointed to himself, making Issei nod before gesturing for the kid to come over, which he did until Issei patted the kid's head

"Look, we may be giving you a hard time, but it's just because we're not sure whether to believe that you're the real deal or not. We've all worked hard to get where we are, and we haven't used some little magic truck to get this far. Granted, it was dumb luck me and Vivian best that PaniK guy, but even still, we won, and it was risky." Issei explained before Fenris gave his own two cents.

"He's not wrong. I remember getting a load of emails saying I cheated somehow when I was starting. Still, eventually, I didn't care about them and just enjoyed dueling since what's the point of caring about what other people think when you should focus on those who actually care about you? So if you say you are the best, Kaiba, then prove it. Show us what you can do, kid." Fenris said before Keith nodded in agreement with his teammate, making Yugi nod in thanks before looking down at Kaiba and Pegasus continuing their duel.

A massive glitter bomb exploded as Kaiba coughed into his left fist. Dark Magician Girl giggled at Kaiba's life points, dropping.

Seto Kaiba: 6000-2000=4000

"Your turn, Gemini! And then you get to have fun, Ancient Gear Golem!" Pegasus ordered as both the elves and Ancient Gear Golem struck Kaiba and destroyed the last of his life points.

Kaiba groaned as he watched his life points fall while the toons laughed at his pain.

Seto Kaiba: 4000-4900=-900

"I'm sorry, Mokuba," Kaiba said while this amused Pegasus before picking his cards back up before the referee announced Pegasus as the winner of the duel.

'What a shame. I wasn't even able to bring out the special Card that I won, which would've made a wonderful Toon. Oh well, perhaps Yugi-boy, Fenris, or even Issei will give me a good battle. That is if they can pass my special duelist as well.' Pegasus said while walking away and smiling at a picture of when he was the happiest man in the world with the woman who made his life so full of color and beauty, and even a child, which sadly led to a cruel twist of fate when her illness began to affect her health and ended up taking her life.

"And now the last matchup will be Weevil Underwood and Yugi Moto! Please make your way to the arena." The referee said that the last two duelists of the day began to walk to the arena, with Yugi stopping next to Tea and handing her the Millennium Puzzle. Tea shocked Tea for a moment, and then she nodded when he explained his reasons.

Yugi walked down to the arena without his puzzle, shocking the duelists. Then, he spoke to Weevil.

"I know many of you doubt my skills, but I want to prove to you all that I am a real duelist and gain your respect," Yugi said with Weevil looking surprised by this before snickering in response.

"Well, in that case, I accept and look forward to this duel since I have had some new cards in my deck since our last duel," Weevil said before placing his Deck on the platform.

"Get ready, Weevil, because I'm not holding back," Yugi said, pulling their first five cards before Pegasus explained the special rule.

"For this duel, the two sides of the arena will have a special field that'll give you both a challenge in adjusting your strategies," Pegasus said before a roulette appeared behind Pegasus; it spun like wild until two field spells were played on both sides of the stadium.

Weevil and Yugi were surprised by the cards given to them before it was placed on their fields.

'Insect Paradise? This Field Spell might be useful for my lovely insects.' Weevil said while seeing many opportunities for his lower insects while Yugi was looking over his field spell.

'Duelist Kingdom? This'll be good for Dark Magician and Summoned Skull along with my other monsters, and if I can summon more monsters, then I might be able to summon that special Card I won in that event.' Yugi said while looking at the one special Card in his hand.

Pegasus smiled as he watched the life points reset to 8000 before the two duelists got ready for the last round of the day.

"Now, the last round shall begin!" The referee declared that the last match was about to begin.

"DUEL!"

However, another spectator was watching the duel while she was sitting in an office watching the duel in a room before a door opened up to reveal Pegasus walking towards her.

"Jasmine. How's my little princess?" Pegasus asked with a smile on his face as his daughter, Jasmine, turned and smiled at him before hugging him.

"I am well, Dad, and please stop calling me princess. It's embarrassing." Jasmine said with a faint blush on her cheeks, which made Pegasus chuckle a bit at his daughter's embarrassed face.

"Aw, but it's my job as your father to mess with you."

"Dad!" Jasmine whined, which made Pegasus laugh a bit more. The two hugged each other until Pegasus let her go and gave her a special card.

"My little princess, I want you to use this special Card since I think your mother would've wanted you to have it. She was the Sun to my moon, and so I think that'll be perfect for you." Pegasus said, handing the Card to Jasmine, who accepted it before gasping in awe of the Card shining in a golden light.

"The Winged Dragon of Ra," Jasmine said as her eyes became coated in a powerful aura until Pegasus saw the massive god of the Sun behind his little Sun.

'So the Egyptian God has accepted her, and now my daughter is ready to enter this tournament when she crushed Keith in battle.' Pegasus said while hugging his daughter, who thanked him for the Card.

Scene!

Jasmine is Pegasus's daughter and will be the one to face Keith. Her Deck is a bit of a mix of Toons and dolls, but not the fun kind.

And next time: Yugi's Trial.