During [[Battle City]], when Joey and Téa were possessed by [[Marik Ishtar]] they lured Yugi here. Yugi and Joey were forced to duel, while strapped to an archoranchor. Defeating their opponent would release a key, to save themselfthemselves. After a timer hit zero, the anchor would drag the whatever players are strapped to it into the water to drown. Yugi fights the Duel without [[Yami Yugi|Yami Yugi's]] assistance. He manages to snap Joey out of Marik's control, but drops his own Life Points to 0, to save Joey. Joey fully snaps out of Marik's control and forces the Duel into a draw. With seconds left, he swings across to grab Yugi's key. Both players are dragged into the water. Joey unlocks Yugi, saving him, but the key won't work in his own shackle. In the manga, [[Seto Kaiba]], drops the other key, into the water for him to save himself. In the anime, Joey's sister [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]] arrives and removes her bandages in time to see what's going on. She grabs Joey's key and dives into the water to save him.

Yugi tells Yami, how he and Joey, defeated Marik together. Impressed with Yugi's performance, Yami thinks to himself, that he has learnt learned from Yugi, that in kindness lies the greatest strength of all and thinks one day Yugi will surpass him in every way. Joey on the other hand is ashamed of himself for nearly killing his best friend and thinks Serenity shouldn't even look at him. [[Mai Valentine]] scolds Joey and slaps him for easily throwing away his pride as a duelist. His friends remind him that he's at the pier where they departed for Duelist Kingdom. It was here where he took his first step to becoming a true duelist.