Warning: sharks.

-The park-

"Okay," Johann said, "I finally named my deck and I'm raring to go. The radar points to this direction and…targets spotted."

At the park, he watched two duelists battle each other. One had blond hair while the other was short and wore a red beanie. It did not take long for the first duelist to defeat the second one.

"How'd you like that, Rexie?" The duelist with blond hair asked.

"Huh huh," the duelist in the beanie turned to walk away, "this sucks."

"That's right, you know you can't beat my Brooklyn Rage!"

He did a victory dance while singing something that sounded like a Lady Gaga parody song. When he noticed Johann, he stopped and he asked, "You want to challenge me next?"

"Sure."

"Wait a minute…red hair…and you have a bike. You must be that kid that Yugi and Tea were talking about. You're Johann, aren't you? I'm Joey Wheeler."

"Yeah, I'm Johann. You know Yugi and Tea?"

"Of course; they're my friends! When they told me about you, I just knew I had to duel you."

"Let's get started then."

"Duel!"

Absolute Pwnage vs Brooklyn Rage!

"First," Johann said, "I summon 'Muka Muka' in attack mode."

[Muka Muka (600/300) is summoned. Because Johann has five cards in hand, it becomes (2100/1800).]

"I end my turn."

"I place two cards face down," Joey said, "and I summon my 'Time Wizard'."

[Time Wizard (500/400) appears on the field.]

"Now I flip a coin. If I call it right, I destroy all of your monsters. If I call wrong, my 'Time Wizard' is destroyed and I take life point damage." Joey searched his pockets. "Uh…do you have a coin I can borrow?"

"You didn't bring a coin?" Johann asked in disbelief.

"Not even a penny!"

"I don't have any coins either."

"Well…great. Now what do we do?"

"Flip a rock?"

"That's just stupid."

"Okay, flip a card? Face up is heads, face down is tails?"

"I think that can work." Joey picked a card from his hand and called, "Tails!"

Just as he tossed it up in the air, a sudden gust of wind blew it away.

"Hey! Get back here!" Joey started chasing after it. "That was my 'Needle Wall', damn it!"

Joey chased after the card until he was a speck on the horizon. With him being so far away, the holograms vanished. Johann kept staring at the speck that was his opponent.

"I guess that was a draw?" He shrugged.

-Residential Street-

Johann was passing through his neighborhood when his radar picked up another signal. He followed it until he found a familiar face. Standing a few yards away from him was the boy that Joey was dueling earlier, the one who wore the red beanie.

"Huh." The boy said. "I saw you earlier."

"Yeah. I'm Johann. Want to duel?"

"Like, I'm Rex Raptor, and my dinos are going to kick your ass."

"Duel!"

Absolute Pwnage vs Dino Boners

"'Dino Boners?' What kind of name is that?" Johann asked.

Rex laughed, "You said 'boners'."

"…Ha ha ha." Johann rolled his eyes. "Is that why you named your deck that?"

"Huh huh, 'deck'."

"How is that funny?!"

"Huh huh, you really don't get it."

"I'll just start by summoning…"

-A few turns later-

[Johann has Man-Eating Treasure Chest (1600/1000), one card face down, and 6500 LP. Rex has Gilasaurus (1400/400) and Uraby (1500/800) on the field and 5550 LP.]

Rex grinned, "Huh, I sacrifice two monsters to summon 'Godzilla'."

[Both dinosaurs leave the field and Godzilla (2800/2100) is summoned.]

Johann smirked.

"Huh, what's that smirk for?" Rex asked.

"'Trap Hole'."

"Huh huh, you said-."

[Johann activates Trap Hole and destroys Godzilla.]

"Huh…wha? You destroyed 'Godzilla'."

"I love it when I do that." Johann said smugly. "It's smooth sailing from here."

-A few turns later-

"You suck." Rex said as he left.

"Does he say that every time he loses?" Johann asked himself.

A beep came from his Duel Disk and he checked his radar. He noticed that someone was approaching him.

"Heeeeeyyy! Johaaaaaaann!" A familiar voice called out to him.

He turned to the direction of the voice and saw that it was Joey. The duelist said, "I finally got my card back, and I got a coin, so now we can duel for realsies!"

"Alright then." Johann grinned.

"Duel!"

Absolute Pwnage vs Brooklyn Rage!

(Again)

"I'll start by placing 'Crawling Dragon #2' in attack mode." Johann announced.

[Crawling Dragon (1600/1200) appears on the field.]

"I'll end it there."

"Okay," Joey said, "time to do this right. I summon 'Time Wizard'."

[Time Wizard (500/400) appears on the field.]

Joey took out a coin and called "heads" before flipping it into the air. He reached to snatch the coin in midair, but he missed. Instead, the coin fell into a drain grate.

"Nyeh?! You've gotta be kidding me!" Joey exclaimed as he dropped to his hands and knees. He tried to move his fingers into the slits, but they were too big. He peered inside and said, "This sucks. I can't even see it!"

"Please tell me you have another coin." Johann sighed.

"…No."

"So, is this another draw?"

"No! I can…almost…!" Joey managed to slip a finger in, but it got stuck. "My finger's stuck! Help me out here, Johann!"

Johann pushed a button on his Duel Disk, ending the duel and turning off the holograms. He walked over to Joey and grabbed ahold of his stuck finger. They pulled together.

"Owowowowow!" Joey hollered. After another tug, his finger was out, though it was now swollen and red. He blew air on it in an attempt to ease the pain. He said, "Man, I can't believe how rotten my luck is today."

"Maybe you should bring more than one coin next time." Johann suggested.

"You don't need to tell me that. I'm not a moron." Joey stood up. "One of these days, Johann, we will have a real duel."

He then walked away, leaving Johann alone once again. He shook his head as he got back on his bike and pedaled away.

-The pier-

Though the radar had guided Johann to the pier, he saw no one around. What he did find, however, were a Duel Disk, a blue vest, a towel, and a harpoon. He stared at the Duel Disk, then at the ocean. He figured someone must have gone for a late afternoon swim, but he saw no one in the water. He looked back at the Duel Disk and wondered whether he should just leave it there or not.

He bent down to pick it up when he heard a loud splash. He lifted his head up. He let out a startled yell and recoiled several feet. Climbing onto the pier was something that looked like a human, except it had a large wad of kelp for a head with a crab stuck on it.

"Freaky fish guy!" Johann exclaimed.

The thing growled and grabbed the kelp. With one strong yank, it pulled both it and the crab off of it, showing that it was indeed a human being. It was a man with spikey black hair and a tan. The man glared and snarled, "I am not a freaky fish guy!"

"Whoa, sorry-."

"Are you trying to steal my Duel Disk?"

"No, I just thought-!"

The man ran up and snatched the harpoon. He threatened, "Get back before I harpoon you!"

Johann scooted back with his hands in the air. He tried to explain, "I just didn't think it was a good idea to leave something like that out in the open!"

"Well I couldn't bring it with me while I spent quality time with the ocean."

"I get it, I get it, would you just drop that thing?!"

The man paused before placing the harpoon back on the ground. He picked up his vest and put it on. As he dried himself off with the towel, he admitted, "I can't hold a grudge forever. Seeing that you're here, I guess you want to duel me?"

"Yeah," Johann said warily, "just as long as it doesn't involve that harpoon."

"Then let us begin. I, Mako Tsunami, will beat you with my Ocean Deck!"

"Duel!"

Absolute Pwnage vs Ocean Love

"I'll start this off by playing the magic card 'Umi'!" Mako announced.

[A hologram of the ocean appears on the floor.]

"This boosts the ATK and DEF of all my oceanic monsters. Now I summon 'Jabberjaw' in attack mode."

[Jabberjaw (1000+200/800+200) leaps out of the ocean.]

"I now end my turn."

"Are all of your cards ocean related?" Johann asked.

"Of course they're all ocean related; this is an Ocean Deck after all. Having anything in my deck that is not related to the ocean would be just wrong."

He really has something for the ocean. I just hope all of his cards aren't sharks. Johann thought as he placed a monster face down in defense mode.

-Several turns later-

"This…bites." Johann winced at the bad pun he made.

[Johann has two cards face down and Prevent Rat (500/2000) in defense mode. Mako has Umi, one card face down, and the monsters Jaws (2000+200/1500+200), Singing Shark (1100+200/1400+200), and Sharktopus (1800+200/1500+200). Johann's LP is at 3400 and Mako's is at 6750.]

"It looks like I win this game." Mako grinned. "Now, I reveal my face down card: 'Sharknado'!"

[A water twister shoots out of the ocean and engulfs all of Mako's monsters.]

"For this one turn, the power of all my Aqua monsters is doubled. Afterwards, they are destroyed, but it doesn't matter, since you're about to lose! Now, I attack with all my monsters!"

[The water twister moves forward and launches all monsters. Jaws destroys Prevent Rat while the other two sharks crash right into Johann, knocking him off of his feet. His LP drops to 0.]

"Yeouch!" Johann winced in pain. "Who knew holograms could do actual damage?"

The holograms vanished. Mako walked up to Johann and offered a hand. Johann took it and Mako helped him up. Johann said, "That was just overkill, Mako."

"No one has ever beaten the 'Sharknado'." The winning duelist boasted. "You see, this is what happens when you underestimate the power of the ocean."

"You just had a good start, that's all."

Mako looked at the setting sun and said, "It is getting late. I should head back before bad people show up."

"Bad people?"

"Last night, on my way home, I was confronted by a strange man who spoke in rhymes. I did not know what he was blabbing about, but he challenged me to a duel. I won, of course, as no one can beat the 'Sharknado'. He was a silly person, but I think he is also dangerous. Be careful, Fishbait."

Mako picked up his things and left. Irritated at the nickname, Johann called out, "Who are you calling 'Fishbait'?!"

Mako only laughed in response. Johann now thought back to his words.

A strange man who spoke in rhymes…is this related to the duelists who went comatose last night?

Johann decided he would be extra careful on the way home.

Tune in for the next chapter.

Always carry extra change when playing cards involving coin tosses.

"Okay piggy," Joey said as he raised his hammer, "I hate to do this, but I need the money."

He paused, closed his eyes, and brought the hammer down. The sound of smashed porcelain rang in his ears. He slowly opens his eyes to find a destroyed piggy bank, its contents spilled out on the floor.

"Your sacrifice will not be in vain, little pig. All I have to do now is make sure Tristan doesn't find out."