Chapter 28, Flip of a coin.

Far away from Duel academy there was a gambling ship sailing across the ocean, in one of the privet room there was a young man who was watching Robin and Chazz's duel live on tv while counting his daily winnings.

The man had brown hair that almost reached his grey eyes, he was dressed in a white tuxedo with a black bowtie and there was something red sticking out of his front pocket.

The man looked up from his money and noticed that the duel was about to start, the man relaxed in his chair and decided to continue counting his money after the duel was finished.

Suddenly something on the tv caught the man's eye and he quickly grabbed the controller and paused the tv, the tv currently showed Robin about to start his next turn however the man was too focused on the crowd in the background.

The man was looking directly at Alexis who he could see was leaning against a railing while watching the duel, "Ma chérie so this is where you have been" he said in a heavy French accent.

The man pulled out his phone and began to make some calls organising a trip to Duel academy.

A few days later at Duel academy, life at the academy had mostly returned to normal, the students had finally stopped congratulating Robin at every chance they got, though Robin had found the attention nice at first he was happy that people was finally leaving him alone.

Chazz was not adjusting well to life at Slifer red, he had refused to wear an Slifer red uniform and had instead chosen to continue wearing his North academy outfit.

Even though he had been lucky enough to receive a room to himself he still found the room to be frustratingly small, he had also quickly become tired of only being served rice for his dinner.

To make matters worse his brothers had frozen his bank account preventing him from accessing any of his family's money.

It was now Saturday and everyone had the day to do whatever they wanted, Alexis and Jasmine was sitting under a tree doing their maths homework when they got a text from Mindy.

Alexis pulled out her phone and read the text, "Guys there's this really cute guy that just came to the island, he's duelling a bunch of the other boys now, you've got to see him he's so dreamy" the text said.

"Who'd be bothered about some boy coming to the island" said Jasmine hardly turning her attention away from her homework, while Alexis wasn't bothered about how handsome this boy was she was curious why he had come to the island.

Alexis stood up and began to walk towards the main building, "Hey where are you going" asked Jasmine, "I thought I'd go and see what all this excitement is about" said Alexis, "Wait for me, I'm coming too" said Jasmine not wanting Alexis to be too close to this boy.

Alexis and Jasmine reached the main building and after asking one of the other students found out which arena the boy was currently duelling in, once they entered the arena they saw a boy wearing a white tuxedo duelling a Ra student.

Alexis noticed that Robin was watching the duel and approached him, "Hey Robin, do you know who this guy is" she asked, "No idea, all I know is that he calls himself The gambler" said Robin.

The man had heard Alexis and Robin talking and quickly finished his duel then he walked towards them, "Is that my little ange I hear" he said in his French accent, now that the boy was closer Alexis seemed to immediately recognise him and her face turned to one of pure hatred, "What are you doing here" she said with venom in her voice.

The boy seemed a little surprised by the tone in Alexis's voice, "Now, now ma chérie is that any way to speak to an old friend" he said, this only make Alexis angrier "We're not friends Pierre" she hissed.

Pierre took Alexis's hand in his own, "Now don't say that, or have you forgotten about me so easily" he said as he attempted to kiss Alexis's hand, however Alexis pulled her hand away before his lips even touched her "Don't touch me" she said.

Pierre tried to hold Alexis's hand again but Jasmine stepped in-between the two preventing him from getting any closer, "Didn't you hear her, she said don't touch her" said Jasmine.

Pierre frowned and said "Alexis I know we did not leave each other on the best of terms, but I'm sure we can talk this out", "Just leave me alone" Alexis almost shouted as she stormed out of the room.

Pierre tried to go after Alexis but was stopped by Jasmine, "You keep this guy busy, I'll go and make sure Alexis is ok" said Robin as he left the room to go and find Alexis, "Sure thing" said Jasmine although her eyes widened a second later as she realised what she just agreed too.

After a short time of searching Robin found Alexis in one of the classrooms by herself, Robin could tell just by looking at her that she was still very angry, "Alexis are you ok" he asked, Alexis turned around to look at him sharply although she did calm down a little when she saw who had spoken to her, "No, No I'm not ok" she said.

"Do you want to talk about it" asked Robin, Alexis thought for a second, she seemed to be trying to decide whether she wanted to talk about this, finally she made her decision.

"That guy's name is Pierre Mitsuo, I meet him in elementary school, he was an exchange student from France, me and him did become friends and I taught him how to play duel monsters" Alexis said the last part with anger in her voice but she continued her story.

"He came from a rich family but he always wanted more so he started to persuade the other kids to bet their favourite toys on card games, however Pierre was so rich he could just keep playing until he won"

"Finally I got sick of it and challenged him to a single game of duel monsters where if I won he would have to give back everything he'd taken, I won, but not only did Pierre not give anything back he also stole my scarf, the one that my grandmother knitted me, the next day he moved back to France and that was the last time I saw him" said Alexis finishing her story.

"You mean until today" said a voice, Robin and Alexis turned to see Pierre standing by the door, clearly Jasmine had been unable to stop him, Alexis stood up "Why are you here" she almost shouted, "Why mon amour I am here for you" said Pierre fiddling with something red in his front pocket.

"Say the word and I'll throw him off the island" whispered Robin so only Alexis could hear him, Alexis was tempted to take Robin up on his offer until she noticed that the thing Pierre was fiddling with looked familiar, "Wait what is that" she said.

"This, this is just my porte-bonheur" said Pierre as he pulled the red thing out of his pocket revealing it to be a red scarf, "My scarf" said Alexis recognising the scarf, "Yes it has brought me such good luck over these past few years" said Pierre as he caressed the scarf.

"Give that back to me now" said Alexis clenching her fists, it looked like she was about to punch Pierre, "Why I would be happy to give this back to you, if you come back to France with me" said Pierre smiling.

"How's about you give that back to her and I don't hurt you" said Robin, Pierre seemed shocked and a little frightened by this "I'm sure we can handle this peacefully, perhaps a little wager" said Pierre starting to sweet.

"I've had enough of making bets with you" said Alexis with venom in her voice, Pierre looked nerves "But I think you will like this one, I propose a duel and if you win then I will return your scarf, but if I win you must come to France with me" he said.

Alexis couldn't believe she was actually considering this offer, "How do I know you won't just run away with it if I win" she said, "Ma chérie you wound me, do you really think I would do something so deceitful" said Pierre however Alexis was not convinced.

"He won't run away, I won't let him" said Robin making his voice sound more sinister for the second part, Alexis smiled a part of her hoped Pierre would try to run away just so she could see what Robin would do to him.

"Ok then Pierre, I'll duel you for my scarf" said Alexis, "Merveilleux, I will see you at the arena" said Pierre as he quickly ran out of the room wanting to get as far away from Robin as possible.

Alexis and Robin started walking towards the arena, "Just so you know, he users a coin flip deck" said Robin, Alexis nodded, she had expected Pierre would use some type of gamble deck.

Soon the two reached the arena and found Pierre waiting for them with his duel disk already activated, Alexis took her place to begin the duel and Robin moved to block the exit just in case Pierre tried to flee.

"I think I will go first" said Pierre as he started his turn, "I activate the spell Second coin toss, and I summon Abare ushioni in attack mode, now I'll use my monsters effect, it lets me flip a coin and if I call it right you take 1000 points of damage, but if I'm wrong I take that damage instead"

Abare ushioni ATK 1200 DEF 1200 LV 4 EARTH beast-warrior.

Pierre flipped a coin, "Heads" he said however the coin landed on tails, "I think I will try again" said Pierre as he activated the effect of Second coin toss to flip his coin again, this time the coin landed on heads and Alexis took 1000 points of damage.

Alexis LP 4000 – 1000 = 3000.

Alexis started her turn, "I summon D.D. assailant in attack mode and now I'll use her to attack your monster" she said, Abare ushioni was destroyed, after this Alexis ended her turn.

D.D. assailant ATK 1700 DEF 1600 LV 4 EARTH warrior.

Pierre LP 4000 – 500 = 3500.

"Mon amour I have missed seeing you duel" said Pierre as he started his turn, "I activate Double summon, this will let me normal summon two monsters this turn, and first I will summon Kryuel in attack mode".

Kryuel ATK 1000 DEF 1700 LV 4 DARK fiend

"Second I will summon Twin-barrel dragon in attack mode, and when I summon this card I can flip two coins and if they're both heads I can destroy one of your monsters" explained Pierre.

Twin-barrel dragon ATK 1700 DEF 200 LV 4 DARK machine.

Pierre flipped two coins, the first one landed on tails and the second one landed on heads, Pierre used Second coin toss to try again, this time both coins landed on heads and D.D. assailant was destroyed.

"Now then my monsters please attack my little ange" said Pierre, both Twin-barrel dragon and Kryuel attacked Alexis directly.

Alexis LP 3000 – 1700 = 1300.

Alexis LP 1300 – 1000 = 300.

"To finish with I place a card face down and end my turn" said Pierre.

Despite only having 300 LP left Alexis didn't seem worried, "I activate Twin twisters, this card lets me discard one card to destroy two of your spell or trap cards" said Alexis as she discarded Etoile cyber too destroy Pierre's Second coin toss and his face down card which was revealed to be Fairy box.

Pierre was starting to look worried without his Second coin toss, "Now I'll summon Senju of the thousand hands, and when I summon this card I can add a ritual monster from my deck to my hand" said Alexis as she added Cyber angel Idaten to her hand.

Senju of the thousand hands ATK 1400 DEF 1000 LV 4 LIGHT fairy.

"Now I'll activate Machine angel ritual to summon Cyber angel Benten" said Alexis as she used the Cyber angel Idaten in her hand as a tribute to summon Benten.

Cyber angel Benten ATK 1800 DEF 1500 LV 6 LIGHT fairy.

"Benten destroy Twin-barrel dragon" said Alexis, Twin-barrel dragon was destroyed, "And when Benten destroys a monster you take damage equal to that monster's DEF" she explained.

Pierre LP 3500 – 100 = 3400.

Pierre LP 3400 – 200 = 3200.

"Senju attack his Kryuel" ordered Alexis, Kryuel was destroyed, "Merci when Kryuel is destroyed I can flip a coin and if I call it right then I can destroy one monster on your side of the field" explained Pierre.

Pierre LP 3200 – 400 = 2800.

Pierre flipped a coin and called "Heads", the coin landed on tails much to Pierre's horror.

Alexis ended her turn, "I can still win, as long as lady luck is on my side" said Pierre as he drew his card, "Stop deluding yourself Pierre you're not lucky, if it wasn't for that Second coin toss you'd never win" said Alexis.

This seemed to anger Pierre "No I am lucky, I summon Gambler of legend in attack mode, and now I'll use his effect to flip three coins" said Pierre, "All I need is three heads and I'll win" he thought.

Gambler of legend ATK 500 DEF 1400 LV 4 DARK spellcaster.

The three coins flew into the air and fell back down, "Mon dieu" cried Pierre as all three coins landed on tails, this forced Pierre to discard all the cards in his hand.

Pierre looked towards the exit but saw that Robin was still standing in the way making it impossible for him to make a quick exit.

Alexis's turn started, "Benten destroy his Gambler" she ordered, Gambler of legend was destroyed and thanks to Benten's effect Pierre took damage equal to his monster's DEF.

Pierre LP 2800 – 1300 = 1500.

Pierre LP 1500 – 1400 = 100.

"Now Senju finish this duel" said Alexis, Senju attacked Pierre directly.

Pierre LP 100 – 1400 = 0.

Pierre was stunned as his LP hit 0, "Ok Pierre now give me back my scarf" said Alexis walking towards him, Pierre quickly looked at the exit and at Robin who was keeping a close eye on him, he then looked back to Alexis who was now standing directly in front of him.

Sadly Pierre pulled the red scarf out of his front pocket and held it out to Alexis, "Please mon amour I only came back because I love you, we can be together if we try" said Pierre almost pleadingly.

Alexis wasn't swayed by Pierre's words at all as she took back her scarf, "Did you really think I would care about you at all after everything you've done" she said as she held her scarf in both hands making sure Pierre couldn't take it again.

Pierre seemed to finally give up and headed towards the exit, as he had given the scarf back Robin let him pass without conflict.

Alexis carefully placed her scarf in her pocket as Robin approached her, "So what now" he asked, Alexis smiled "First I'm going to wash this thing, god knows what Pierre was doing with it" she said.