Chapter 14 - The Finals Begin

Kay got to her house and took a quick shower. She blowdried her hair and put on an

outfit almost exactly the same as before, except her jeans had rhinestones on it.

She put her hair in a pullback. Kay packed some clothes, pajamas, and other stuff she

needed. Adelinda did the same. They put on their backpacks and ate a quick snack.

"OK, ready to go, Adelinda?"

"Yeah." They heard the doorbell. Kay blinked.

"Now who could that be? We have to get going." She opened the door and saw three

girls standing there. The first one was Alex. The second one looked a little like a

shorter version of Anzu with longer and slightly more messy hair. The third has brown

eyes and fairly long black hair.

"surprise!"

Kay blinked, unable to believe what she was seeing.

"Tori?! Kristen?!" she said.

"Yeah."

"what are you guys doing here?"

"We heard you moved to Domino so we becamse exchange students and we're trying

to convince our parents to elt us move her permanently."

Kay squealed and hugged them.

"It's so great to see you guys again!"

"It's great to see you too, Kay." she stepped back.

"But now's not the time to sit around. I need to get to the Battle City finals!"

Kristen and Tori blinked. "Battle City what?" they asked.

"Come on, I'll explain it on the way.



Kay walked into the stadium, followed by Alex, Kristen, Tori, and Adelinda. Seto had

been almost ready to leave when he saw her.

"Kay! Adelinda!" Mokuba called happily. He ran over to them. "You made it. We

were almost going to take off." Kay smiled.

"It's a good thing we left when we did then."

"but wait a minute, this stadium is totally wrecked. You're holding the finals here?"

Kristen asked.

"Just come over here and register and we'll explain."

"Very well." Kay walked over to Roland.

"Please present your locator cards." She held them up.

"Here."

"Alright, here is your ID." He handed her the card.

"Thank you." She walked back to her friends. Cat walked up to her and smiled.

"hey, glad you made it, Kay."

"Thanks, Cat."

"Alright, may I have your attention please? All eight of the finalists have arrived, so

now it's time to announce that although your locator cards led you here, this is not the

sight of the Battle City finals."

"Huh?" Jounouchi said.

"That's weird..." Kay thought. "Then where will the finals be held?"

"The actual tournament arena should be arriving here nay second now, folks."

Everyone just stood there, confused.

"I'm lost..." Jounouchi said.

"what else is new?" Kay asked. He looked annoyed.

"Where are the finals?" Yugi asked.

"Look, up there!"

A giant blimp flew over the arena.

"It's Kaiba's blimp."

"It's huge!" Mai exclaimed.

"Just like his ego..." Kay mumbled. Adelinda giggled.

"Stand back, we'll all be boarding shortly. Kaiba Craft 3: you're in clear for landing."

"Oh man!" Jounouchi exclaimed.

"So we're dueling in the sky?" Yugi asked.

"You got it!" Kay smiled at Mokuba, finding him as adorable as ever. "In fact, 4,000

feet in the sky to be exact."

"Wow, now THAT'S a fun twist. All I need a parachute and it'll be perfect."

"What about a bungee cord?" Tori suggested.

"That would work too."

The blimp landed.

"You got barf bags on board?" Jounouchi asked. "Just checking."

"Alright! Listen up! It's time to board Kaiba Craft 3 for the start of the Battle City

finals!"

"climb aboard and watch your step."

They started up the stairs.

"A girl could definately get used to this kind of treatment!" Mai said.

"I hear ya, Mai." Kay grinned.

"Oh yeah baby! I'm kicking butt on a blimp!" Jounouchi said, grinning egotistically.

"Hold it! I can't let you nine on board without tournament IDs." Tori, Kristen, Cat,

Adelinda, Alex, Shizuka, Anzu, Duke, and Honda all stopped.

"come on!" anzu said.

"Yeah!" Alex agreed.

"Please sir, I've been looking forward to actually seeing my big brother duel for a

long time..." Shizuka pleaded sadly.

"Cut her some slack!" Duke said.

"Aw, what's the big deal?" Honda asked.

"Let us go on." Anzu winked an dgave a peace sign.

"We'll be quiet."

"Just this once?" Shizuka asked innocently.

"Yeah. I've never gotten to see my best friend duel." Alex looked sad. "Please?"

"Us too." Kristen and Tori also put on the sad look. "We haven't seen Kay in such a long time and to see her duel...well...that means so much to us."

"And I want to be there for Yugi. Please sir." Cat bowed.

"And me for Onee-chan."

"It is against the rules-"

"Give it a rest Roland," Mokuba said, "we can bend the rules for them. I don't have an ID card."

"But they're-Mr. Kaiba's rules."

"Well Nii-sama?" Mokuba aske,d looking at Seto, who was standin gthere with his

arms crossed. He closed his eyes, expression neutral.

"Whatever." Adelinda beamed.

"Yay!"

"Well, sounds good like a yes to me!"

They ran up into the blimp.

"Let the dweebs go."

"Thanks Seto."

Adelinda ran up to Mokuba and kissed him on the cheek.

"Thank you for helping us out, Mokie!" And she ran after the gang. Mokuba stood

there, blushing bright red and rubbing his cheek.

"No...problem..." he said in a daze.

"Begin take off immediately!" Seto commanded.

And soon, they were off.



They lifted off. Everyone crowded around the windows.

"This is awesome! I've never seen the city from this high up before!" anzu said.

"Yeah, it's beautiful..." Cat breathed. Suddenly, a thought of the pharaoh flashed

thorugh her mind and she blushed.

"Hey Cat."

"Huh?" She looked at Kay.

"Are you alright?"

"Oh, just fine. I guess being so high up is making me a little dizzy."

"Hm..."

"The lgihts are so beautiful, thanks for bringing me, Jounouchi."

"Just one of the many perks of being related to a champion!" Jounouchi said before

laughing. Seto walked by.

"You call yourself a champion, Jounouchi? You're here by a fluke."

"Grr, keep walking, Kaiba."

"Enjoy this while you can and listen, I wouldn't get your hopes up too high because

it's a long way down from up here. Oh, and uh, last time I checked, monkeys can't

fly."

"MONKEY?! Who's he calling a monkey?"

Kay had to bite her lip so hard, she drew blood to keep herself from laughing.

Alex smiled at the view.

"It's nice here."

"Yeah." Kay leaned over and whispered in Alex's ear. "Hey, have oyu noticed Kristen

eyeing Yugi?"

"Huh?"

"Take a look." Sure enough, Kristen was looking at Yugi, a pale pink in her face.

"Hah, you're right!"

"Hey, I wanna go check out my room."

"We'll tag along." She nodded and they walked away.

Kay sat in her room, sipping a glass of sparkling water she had poured herself. The

rooms were first class and the food was five star and beyond expensive.

Adelinda sat next to her, drinking some juice and snacking on some candy. Alex, Tori,

and Kristen were raiding the fridge.

"So Kay, are you excited?" Adelinda asked.

"Hm. There isn't much competetition."

"Huh?"

"I'm not losing."

"Yeah, that's the spirit, Kay-Chan!"

"Attention duelists!" Roland announced. "The Battle City fianls are about to begin. Mr. Kaiba requests the presence of all finalists in the main hall."

"Oh, that's you Kay-chan." Kay nodded and put on her duelist and loaded her deck into it.

"Well Blue Eyes, we've come a long way. And I'll bet I'll need you in the finals. And I know you won't let me down."

"Let's go."

"Right!" They walked out into the hall, to see Jounouchi about to exit when Seto walked past him.

"Winners first, money-boy."

"What'd you say, tough guy?" Jounouchi yelled after him. "Yeah, you'd better walk away."

Kay snickered and walked past Jounouchi.

"Well, Kaiba was right about two things." She looked at him. "One, don't get your hopes up too high because it is a long way down from here." Jounouchi blinked. Kay smirked. "And two," she started walking down the hall again, "monkeys can't fly."

"WHAT?!"

"Unless you want to have a test flight, be my guest Jounouchi."

"HEY!" Honda grabbed Jounouchi to prevent him from chasing Kay.

"Calm down, man!"

"Grr..." Jounouchi stood and calmed. "yeah, you're right, Honda. No point in getting all worked up."

"There ya go, Jounouchi."

"Yeah! I'm gonna win this thing!" he said, posing.

"I wouldn't go that far." Anzu giggled a bit and Shizuka cheered him on.

"Hello Jounouchi." He turned.

"Hey Namu."

"Before we begin, let me just say may the best man win."

"I will. and let me just say I hope you're not too disappointed when I beat you, Namu."

"Well I admire your determination, Jounouchi, let's go."

"Yeah!"



The Main hall was really big and fairly empty other than a few tables with food and drink.

Kay found some Swiss chocolate and ate one in hopes it would calm her nerves.

Seto was standing in the corner alone, as usual. Kay frowned and watched him from the corner of her eye.

"Look at him. Probably tihnking he's gonna beat us. I can't wait to blast him away. It'll be the most fun in a duel I ever had. Ugh, just look at him. Makes me sick. So tall, and cocky, and-"

"Hot!"

"WHAT?!" She turned to see Alex dropping some form of food on her plate.

"God! That was spicy." Kay sighed with relief.

"Dang, for a second I thought I was losing it."

"Hey Kay, aren't you going to eat anything?"

"I kinda want to and yet I don't. I already had some of the chocolate-"

"THEY HAVE CHOCOLATE?!"

Kay giggled and nodded. "Right over there."

Alex took off running. Mokuba and Adelind awalked by and Kay stopped Mokuba.

"Hey Mokie, you may need more chocolate, because Alex just found out about it."

"Huh?" He looked to see Alex piling the Swedish chocolate on her plate and in her pockets. Mokuba laughed. "It's no problem, Kay. Say, why are you here all alone? I'd expect you to be hanging with oyur friends."

"Just nerves I guess."

"Right, well don't worry. The fianls should start any second now."

"OK."

"Mokuba, I'd rather you not talk to this brat."

"I'm the brat?" Kay asked, glaring at Seto.

"Come on, Mokuba." He turned and walked away. Kay started to lunge at him, but Adelinda grabbed her arm.

"Onee-chan, don't get into a fight!"

"Grr..."

Soon, everything wa sin place. Seto snapped. (That part of the show was so awesome...he looks so great)

"Let's go!"

The lights died out. A device rose on the stage.

"Huh? What's that thing?" Jounouchi asked.

"Finalists and guests, may I have your attention please?" Roland asked. The lights came back on. "now, the first two duelists for round one will be chosen by lottery."

"What's the jackpot?" Mai asked.

"To guarantee fairness, each pair of oppoenents will be selected completely at random. You've all been assigned a number from 1 through 8. The selector will now choose the first two numbers. The second pair of numbers will not be drawn until a winner is declaired in the first duel, thus you will not know your opponent's identity until just before you duel."

Honda looked at Duke. "I'm fighting the urge to yell out 'Bingo!'"

"Go ahead, I'll laugh."

"All eight balls are of equal size and weight. The selector produces results that are 100% random. Does everyone remember his or her number?"

Seto Kaiba - 1

Katsuya Jounouchi - 2

Yugi Mouto - 3

Mai Kajuki - 4

Namu - 5

Ryou Bakura - 6

Marik Ishtar - 7

Kay Simms - 8

"We shall now begin selecting the first two duelists for the finals round 1. I'll engage the machine. Random select!"

The balls swirled around the glass dome.

"Remember, if your number is chosen, you'll be participating in the first duel of the Battle City finals."

"Whoop-dee-doo..." Kay muttered.

"And the first duelist is...number 6: Bakura."

"Me? I duel first?" he asked.

"You sure you're alright man?" Honda asked.

"Yeah Bakura, you should really be in bed resting. You jsut got out of the hospital, remember?" Anzu asked.

"you shouldn't even be walking let alone dueling." Kay wasn't paying much attention. She was eyeing Namu.

"I don't trust that guy. There's something really weird about him. He acts way too nice." she narrowed her eyes. "I smell a rat."

"Oh don't worry, I'm fine. Being the first duelist chosen just took me by surprise."

"Stand by while we choose the next duelist. Please note the selection process is final. When the second duelist is chosen, both participants must proceed directly to the arena. Bakura's opponent in the first duel is: duelist number 3, Yugi Mouto. The first duel of the Battle City finals will begin immediately in the Stratos Dueling Arena."

"I guess I'm battling Yugi. This should be fun."

"..."

"Kay-Chan?" She looked at Adelinda. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, Addy-chan."

"This duel will be played in accordance with Battle City rules and regulations. The loser will relinquish his rarest card to the winner as well as be expelled from the finals. The winner will advance to round 2.

"The Battle City Finals are about to begin! The arena is located in the upper deck! Duelists 6 and 3 follow me. Those not dueling are welcome to observe. Take the central elevator to the Stratos level."

"Awesome! I'm there!" Honda exclaimed. Kay smirked.

"Sounds interesting. The first duel and Yugi is in it. I won't miss this. Come on, Adelinda."

"Right!"

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