Joey is standing on the top of a hill and looking from far away at Yugi and Mai chatting.

Should he go close to them? No, he's not ready. He's still not ready to face anyone he knows after that night he was attacked by those thugs and failed his sister.

Speaking of which, his sister must have had her eye surgery by now (Joey doesn't know yet that she didn't grow the courage to have that surgery after all and went permanently blind). Well, at least she regained her eyesight. This thought is a little consoling. As for everything else in his life, it is... meh.

Anyway, let's walk away before Mai or Yugi spot us. Because, if they spot us, it is more than certain that they will run after us. And the last thing Joey needs to do right now is try to convince those stubborn people that he is better off without anyone around him. Anyone except that cute Duke guy he met at the beach last night and...wait, why did that thought come to his mind? Why did he remember that boy all of a sudden?

He's not gay. Stop looking at him like that. HE'S NOT GAY! And he doesn't even know why he felt the need to specify this, let alone with capital letters!

Joey is still running away when he almost bumps against an unknown boy. He's shorter than him and probably a few years younger. He has dark blue, middle length hair and green eyes. He's wearing a red sweater. He's holding a piece of paper and a pen.

'Hello, Mister Wheeler,' the aforementioned boy politely greets him.

'I'm not gay... I mean, do I know you?' Joey asks, curious.

'No, Mister Wheeler,' the boy shakes his head with a smile. 'But I do know you. After all, you reached the Duelist Kingdom semi finals. You are one of the best duelists on the planet!'

Joey raises an eyebrow. 'And... what do you want?' he drawls.

The boy extends his arms. 'I would like you to sign me an autograph, Mister Wheeler, if this is not too much to ask. It is for my sister. She's in love with you!'

Joey takes a stern expression. All his life, he has been a laughing stock. Nobody has ever taken him seriously. And now, all of a sudden, someone admires him THAT much? The old Joey, the comic relief character he used to be, would definitely have fallen for that. But not the current Joey!

The blond boy cracks his knuckles. Threateningly.

The other boy gulps. 'Mi-Mister Wheeler,' he stutters. 'Is everything okay?'

Weevil is waiting in a dark alley. From time to time, he lets out one of his creepy chuckles.

That boy he sent must have done the job by now. The plan is simple yet ingenious. One of those ingenious plans only a genius like him can come up with. Has he mentioned he's a genius?

That boy will flatter that blond Joey blockhead and trick him into giving him his duel disk. Then, while he's holding the duel disk, he will slip in Joey's deck three copies of the Parasite Paracide card. When, during their duel, Joey draws one of them, it will instantly be special summoned to the field. And infect each and every monster Joey plays, turning it into an insect. The infected monsters won't be able to be tributed, so Joey won't be able to summon any high level monsters. And, when Weevil draws the Insect Barrier, Joey's monsters won't be able to attack either. Last but not least, when Weevil summons his ultimate monster, the Insect Queen, Her Majesty will become immensely strong, since she gains 400 ATK points for every insect monster on the field.

Yuk yuk, his plan is perfect. He cannot lose!

Why did he bother doing all that to fight someone like Joey, you ask.

Well, he met Yugi earlier today. Needless to say, he challenged him. Yugi (he was in his Yami form) laughed scornfully at him and denied the challenge. And when Weevil pointed out that, according to the Battle City rules, it is illegal to deny a challenge, Yugi went like, 'Do you want me to inform the authorities about all the illegal things YOU have done, Underwood?'

And when Weevil went like, 'You cannot prove anything,' Yugi's pendant started glowing with a white light that freaked Weevil out. The blue haired boy ran away, but he was determined to take revenge.

So he will take it out on Yugi's friend instead. That dimwit is the perfect victim! And when he has crushed and humiliated him, Yugi will definitely show up to defend his friend. And then... he will finally get his revenge on that freak with multicolored hair.

The boy is fallen on the street, with one eye bruised. He's panting. He's freaking out.

'So?' Joey cracks his knuckles again. 'Will you tell me who sent you or do you want more?'

'NO!' the fallen boy shrieks, turning to Joey. 'I don't want more. I will tell you everything. Just don't hit me again.'

And he proceeds to tell Joey about Weevil's plan.

Joey smirks. Weevil, huh? That would be interesting. Let's go put that blue haired freak in his place!

Yami Mokuba is at his mansion, in his room. Or should I say the room that used to belong to the poor boy whose body that evil entity has taken.

A maid enters. 'Mister Kaiba, your guests have arrived.'

'Good,' the boy smiles. 'Tell them to come in and leave us alone.'

Soon, Marik, Odeon and Tea enter the room. Before the maid exits the room, she can't help noticing how strange and unresponsive that teenage girl seems.

'The job is done,' Marik snaps his fingers with a smile.

Odeon just resumes a standing position with his arms crossed and his back leaning against a wall.

Mokuba walks around the girl and eyes her, caressing his chin meaningfully. The girl's eyes are blank. 'So she's now under your control,' Yami infers.

'Completely,' Marik winks.

'Do you know what's the good thing about a girl controlled by a Millennium Item?' Mokuba asks, the teenage hormones of the mortal body he is possessing kicking in at the sight of this beautiful, helpless gal.

'She can't say no!' Marik answers.

'Exactly!' Mokuba points a finger at him and clicks his tongue with approval.

Both males are now eyeing the hot girl in front of them, drooling, repressing creepy giggles.

Odeon remains oblivious.

Thankfully, neither of them acts on those sexual urges. The point of this abduction is to keep the girl intact for the time being, so that they can use her to blackmail Yugi later.

Besides, there are so many other chicks out there for them to get. When they go out tonight, they can easily roofie some of those and have it their way with them.

As Joey is approaching the alley that boy told him he will find Weevil in, he feels more and more enraged, recalling all things that blue haired freak has done.

He recalls the night he and Yugi had the dishonor of meeting him on the way to Pegasuses island. At first, Weevil pretended to be friendly and all, so that he could get Yugi to show him his five Exodia cards, the ones he had defeated Kaiba with the first time they fought. And as soon as that asshole got his hands on those cards, he threw them into the ocean and then walked away, laughing triumphantly!

Joey wanted to clobber him on the spot. He wanted it so badly! But he couldn't. For he had to dive into the sea to get back his friend's cards, for all Yugi's advice against it. He almost got pneumonia that night. All due to that blue haired, poor excuse for a true duelist.

Unfortunately, Joey managed to save only two Exodia cards. And, in a duel, when someone does not have all five Exodia pieces, they might as well have none of them! Furthermore, the two Exodia cards Joey had salvaged had become too wet to be of any collectible value anymore anyway and they crumbled into shreds soon after.

He recalls Yugi's duel against that cheater. Weevil having somehow stolen the official Duelist Kingdom rulebook beforehand gave him an unfair advantage. That made Joey even angrier, although Yugi won in the end.

And now, on top of the above, Weevil is trying to cheat again. That does it! Joey is gonna squash that bug so hard that he will learn his lesson for good.

Joey admits that, back at the Duelist Kingdom, when he was watching the Yugi vs Weevil duel, he was gaping with awe, almost unable to follow what was happening on the battlefield. Such a high level duel, between two super strong duelists, the Japanese champion and the guy who had defeated Seto Kaiba. Joey admits that, back then, those two guys were way out his league. But not anymore!

Nowadays, anyone can lose to Joey Wheeler!

Weevil steps out of the alley. 'Looking for someone, Wheeler?'

'Cut it out, Underwood,' Joey scoffs. 'I know about your trap. I punched the truth out of that actor wannabe you sent.'

'What?' Weevil gasps. How did someone like Joey Wheeler see through his trap?

Also... is it just him or does Joey look different? More serious, more haughty, more determined. The Joey he met at the Duelist Kingdom was nothing like that.

'No, it is just me,' Weevil says in his head, which he shakes, trying to shake off those stupid thoughts. 'Joey Wheeler is just a caricature of a duelist. Even without the help of the Parasite Paracide, I will trounce him!'

'So, Weevil?' Joey asks, preparing his duel disk. 'Are we gonna duel? Or are you so weak that you cannot duel anyone without cheating?'

'SHUT UP!' the blue haired boy screams, offended. 'I'm gonna wipe the Domino City streets with you. And I will do the same thing to your pal, Yugi, when I meet him.'

'Dream on,' Joey casually says. 'True duelists do not resort to dirty tricks. You are not a duelist, Underwood. You're just a bug. And I'll show you how weak you are. I'll squash you like the bug that you are.'

Weevil growls. 'I see you have three locator cards,' he changes the subject.

'I see you have three locator cards too,' Joey replies, shuffling his deck. 'Wanna bet all of them?'

'Fine by me,' Weevil growls, shuffling his deck as well. 'The winner, that is to say me, goes to the finals.'

The blue haired boy produces a coin. 'Heads or tails?' he asks, still growling.

'No need,' Joey scoffs with a dismissive gesture. 'You can go first.'

'As you wish,' Weevil chuckles and looks at his starting hand. His smile widens. Insect Queen, DNA Surgery, Pinch Hopper, Insect Barrier and Eradicating Aerosol. The perfect hand! Seriously, if he had rigged his deck beforehand, this would have been the exact five cards he would have placed at the top!

'First, I play the continuous spell card Insect Barrier.'

The short boy places on the disk a card depicting a butterfly and a ladybug unsuccessfully trying to go through a net glowing with a yellow light. As long as it is on the field, the opponent's insect monsters cannot attack.

'Next, I set 1 card.'

This face down card is the DNA Surgery, a continuous trap card depicting three androids dressed in green surgical gowns and looking downward, as if they're about to perform a surgery. This card allows Weevil to declare a monster type and, as long as it is face up on the field, all monsters on the field become that type.

'Perfect!' Weevil thinks with a grin. 'It no longer matters that Joey doesn't have my Parasite Paracide cards in his deck. With the DNA Surgery/Insect Barrier combo, I will disable his monsters all the same!'

'Lastly,' the boy says out loud, 'I play the Pinch Hopper (1000/1200) in defense mode.'

A green locust with light blue wings and eyes a darker blue color appears on the field. It produces a bug cry.

'Your turn.'

Joey draws. He looks at his starting hand and sighs. Dammit. He knew that he was going to crush this duelist wannabe fast. But did it have to be so fast? Oh, whatever...

'First, I play the Giant Trunade.'

'WHAT?' Weevil shrieks, his eyes bulging.

The blond boy places on the disk a spell card depicting a green typhoon with a horrific face in its center. 'All spell and trap cards on the field are returned to the hands of their respective owners, Weevil.'

A green typhoon appears on the field and forces Weevil to take the Insect Barrier and his face down card back. The boy mumbles curses. Oh well. He will play them again next turn.

'Next, I use the effect of the Cyber Dragon (2100/1600). Since you control a monster and I control no monsters, I can special summon it from my hand.'

A white, robotic, serpent like dragon appears on the field and produces a robotic cry. A useful card which Joey got as an ante after winning one of his previous, off screen duels.

'Then I normal summon the Marauding Captain (1200/400) in attack mode.'

A blond, sturdy, middle aged man appears on the field. He's dressed in armor and he's wielding two swords, which he produces some whoosh sound effects with. There are some battle scars on his face.

'And I activate the Marauding Captain's effect. When I normal summon him, I get to summon one more low level monster from my hand. So I also play the DD Warrior Lady (1500/1600) in attack mode.'

An arguably sexy woman with middle length, strawberry blonde hair appears. She's wearing a black, tight uniform and high boots the same color. She's wielding a sword glowing with a blue light.

'Darn. Three monsters in one turn,' Weevil thinks with a growl. 'I admit that blond dimwit is a little better than I thought. In any case, if he attacks and destroys the Pinch Hopper, I will activate its effect, which allows me to special summon an insect monster from my hand. And I will summon my Insect Queen, which will wipe out all his monsters, yuk yuk!'

'Before I attack,' Joey says out loud, 'I equip the Marauding Captain with the Lightning Blade.'

The aforementioned spark surrounded sword replaces one of the two swords the Captain is holding, increasing his ATK points to 2000.

'Now, DD Warrior Lady,' Joey commands calmly, pointing forward. 'Attack the Pinch Hopper.'

The female warrior runs towards the unnaturally large bug, in an unintentionally sexy manner. However, when she is about to strike it with her sword...

'I activate the DD Warrior Lady's effect,' Joey declares. 'When she battles, I can remove from play both her and the monster she's battling. And, since the Pinch Hopper is not sent to the graveyard, you cannot activate its effect.'

Both the DD Warrior Lady and the Pinch Hopper just disappear.

Weevil's eyes bulge in a tragic realization. This is a... this is a...

'An one turn kill!' Joey says, with a merciless expression, as if he had read Weevil's last thought. 'Cyber Dragon! And you, Marauding Captain. DIRECT ATTACK!'

The two monsters charge at the helpless, hollering boy. The dragon bites him at the same time that the captain strikes him with his sword. His life points drop to zero.

Weevil falls on his butt.

Joey walks over to the fallen boy. Weevil raises his eyes to him.

'W-wait, Joey, my friend,' he stutters, trembling. 'Let's fight again. I mean, I was just unlucky. Let's pretend that this duel never happened and...'

Joey grabs the poor boy by the collar, lifts him to the level of his head and gives him a serious but threatening look. 'Will you give me my ante or do you prefer me to squeeze your tiny testicles till you pass out?'

'NO!' Weevil shrieks. 'Here are your locator cards. And my Insect Queen!'

'Nah,' Joey denies the rare card. 'I cannot use that thing in my deck. Let me see whether you have anything more interesting... (searching his deck)... oh, I think I will take this DNA Surgery card. It will probably be useful if I combine it with...'

'Whatever, take it,' Weevil cries and runs away.

Joey chuckles, shaking his head in amusement, looking at the scared boy running.

That moment, a voice causes him to turn his head. 'That was amazing, Wheeler.'

'Duke?' Joey cries.

'Long time no see,' Duke greets him with a smile and his arms crossed.