A/N: I really want to know what you guys/gals think. If I don't hear back, I take it that I am horrible, and you guys/gals are saying to stop while you're ahead. So...yes, I just need some feedback that you are actually interested.


"Hey, are you okay?" said some kids. Crow awakens to find himself in a crash. He gets up begrudgingly.

"I'm up. I'm up." He finds his Duel Runner, crashed into some trash cans. "Ah, not my Runner." He goes to it and starts liking it over for damage, when the trash cans that fell over started moving.

"ERROR. ERROR," they report, and Crow helps to get them back up.

"Hey, mister," says one of the kids. "That's a cool looking bike you have there."

"Thanks. It's my Duel Runner."

"What's a Duel Runner? Is it some kind of new fad?"

"No. Basically, my entire bike is a Duel Disk."

"Really? It seems cool, but isn't it just clunky to always use your bike to Duel?"

The kids leave as they are called by their parents and Crow looks at them confusingly. He gets on his bike, and attempts to start it, but it doesn't. Then another person riding a bike stops before him.

"Need some help?" The person takes off his helmet and reveals himself. "I'm Shark."

"Crow Hogan. Thanks for your help. It looks like everything is working fine, but, for some reason, it's not receiving any Momentum Energy."

"What's Momentum?"

"You know, it's our bike's power source, and it helps us achieve the Dueling World of Speed."

"Sorry, but mine runs on vehicle batteries." Shark takes out his phone, and makes a call, while Crow continues to inspect his Runner. After a minute, Shark hangs up and addresses Crow. "I called for a mechanic I know. He should be here in a while."

"Thanks. Any way I can repay you?" Shark looks him over and sees Crows deck on his arm.

"You said you were a Duelist. So let's have a Duel while we wait."

"Okay, but my Runner is damaged, so I can't have a Riding Duel with you."

"I don't know what this Riding Duel is, but we don't do that here. Can you Duel without it?"

"Yeah." Crow goes to his Duel Runner, and activates the Duel Disk detachment system to put it on his arm. "Duel Disk set."

Shark responds, "Duel Disk also set. Duel Gazer set." As Shark put his Duel Gazer on, Crow's left eye had a Duel Gazer Tattoo materialized, looking similar to a black feather.

"DUEL!" they both yell. The AR Vision links and they both draw their 5 cards. Shark's hand contains "Shark Stickers", "Zeus' Breath", "Shocktopus", "Aqua Jet", and "Needle Sunfish". Crow's hand contains "Blackwing – Kochi the Daybreak", "Blackback", "Blackwing –Gladius the Midnight Sun", "Blackwing – Zephyrus the Elite", and "Defense Draw".

Shark begins. "I'll go first. Draw!" He draws "Bubble Bringer". "I start off with a Set monster and I set 1 card. I end my turn."

"Alright, I draw. When you control a monster and I don't, I can Normal Summon 'Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn' from my hand without tributing. Then, because I have 1 'Blackwing', I Special Summon 'Blackwing –Gladius the Midnight Sun' in Attack Position."

"I've never seen those types of monsters before."

"You're about to see them at a better angle. 'Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn' attacks your face-down monster." The monster is revealed to be "Shocktopus", in which Sirocco destroys.

"I activate 'Shocktopus' effect, when destroyed by battle, it equips to that monster, reducing its ATK to 0 (ATK: 2000 - 0)."

"Then I'll keep attacking. 'Gladius' attacks directly. (Shark: 4000 - 3200) I end by setting 1 card."

"Now it's my turn, Draw! Time to repay the favor. First I Normal Summon 'Shark Artillery', and when a Fish-type monster is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon 'Shark Stickers' from my hand. I overlay my 2 Level 3 monsters, 'Shark Artillery' and 'Shark Stickers'. I will create an Overlay network with these two monsters. Xyz Summon! Appear, 'Submersible Carrier Aero Shark'!"

Remembering his Duel with the mysterious opponent, Crow looks in astonishment. "Wait a minute! What kind of summoning is that?"

"It's Xyz Summoning, where you call forth a monster from another galaxy by offering two or more monsters with the same Level. This isn't anything new. Now, since I used 'Shark Artillery' as 1 of its Xyz material, I can detach 1 Material from 'Aero Shark' to inflict 400 damage x the number of cards in my hand. I have 3, so that means 1200 damage. (Crow: 4000 - 2800) 'Aero Shark" attacks 'Sirocco the Dawn'."

The attack goes through, and "Sirocco" is destroyed, but Crows Life Points remain at 2800.

"It's a good thing I had this trap, 'Defense Draw'. It reduces battle damage to 0 and I draw a card."

"Lucky you. I end my turn."

"Damn. Now what am I going to do?" Frustrated, Crow looks at his remaining hand.


A/N: I forgot to mention how I am making these duels play out.

Top Priority: Actual OCG/TCG cards

Middle Priority: Anime cards

Last Priority: Plot-Convenience/Original cards

Yes, I want to include as few of those originals as possible (except from the Solar Deck), but sometimes, you just can't get it with the cards you have (I think I understand how those writers feel now). For instance, I created "Shark Artillery" because I wanted "Submersible Carrier Aero Shark's" anime effect. You can probably expect similar calls in the future.

Shark Artillery

(WATER/Fish-Effect/3/900/400)

When this card is used as Xyz Material for a Fish, Sea-Serpent, or Aqua-type Xyz Monster, that monster gains the following effect: Once per turn: detatch 1 Xyz Material from this card; your opponent takes damage equal to the number of cards in your hand x 400.