Chapter 3: Key of the Masters of Masters
"What do I do?!" Kuroki asked himself. Falsream's attack exploded around Kuroki and smoke covered the area and obscured everyone's vision on him.
"And so our duel ends…"
"We'll see about that!" Kuroki had his hands out confidently. "I activate the Trap Card from my Graveyard. The one you just destroyed. 'Key to Wisdom'. By banishing this card and two other 'Keyblade' cards in my Graveyard, I take no damage for the rest of this turn."
"No way… tch. I'll set 2 cards face-down and end my turn." Itou relaxed himself staring at Kuroki.
Turn 5
Kuroki
LP: 400
Hand: 3
Graveyard: 5
Banished: 3
Itou
LP: 400
Hand: 0
Graveyard: 7
"My turn, I'll draw!" Kuroki smiled at his drawn card. "I activate the Spell Card 'Key of Mastery'. If I control a 'Keyblade' monster, I banish 3 cards in your Graveyard. Then, I send the top 3 cards of my Deck to the Graveyard. I'll banish Nighream, Dayream, and Luciream from your Graveyard. Now my 3 cards are sent to the Graveyard."
"Hmmmm… what could he be planning?" Maya wondered. Kintaro pat her back. "Oh don't worry, your boyfriend is fine!" Maya immediately punched Kintaro in the guts.
"Next, I activate the Spell Card 'Key of Valor'! All 'Keyblade' monsters I control gain 800 ATK, also they cannot be destroyed by battle!" Kuroki announced.
Wisdom Sora's ATK: 2100 - 2900
Goofy's ATK: 1500 - 2300
"Now, attack! Sora, finish this duel! Take on Dreahealream!"
"And so you have fallen for it. I activate the Trap Card, 'Blazing Mirror Force'." Itou opened his Trap Card.
"As if, I activate 'Sora the Keyblade of Wisdom's' effect! I can negate the activation of a Spell/Trap Card once per turn and destroy it." Kuroki retaliated.
"Oh, that is where you're wrong. I activate my other Trap Card, 'Breakthrough Skill'. I target 1 monster you control and negate its effects this turn!"
"In that case, I activate 'Key of Finality'. This turn, if I control 2 or more 'Keyblade' monsters, I discard 1 card, then shuffle all monsters I control to my Deck, and shuffle all monsters you control to your Deck. Bye bye Links!"
"Agh!" Itou returned his monsters to his Extra Deck while Kuroki had his Deck shuffled.
"I'll end my turn." Kuroki was intensely nervous. He will lose if Itou drew the right card.
Turn 6
Kuroki
LP: 400
Hand: 0
Graveyard: 10
Banished: 3
Itou
LP: 400
Hand: 0
Graveyard: 4
Banished: 3
Itou slowly drew his card from his Deck. "My draw." He looked at it and sighed.
"I'll set 1 card and end my turn." Itou looked at Kuroki. They both felt the same. Nervous about each other's next move. Anxious to see what the other would do.
Turn 7
"Draw!" Kuroki was baffled. He drew exactly what he needed. "It looks like I'm winning this one."
"It doesn't matter what you Summon, the result is the same!" Itou said. "You can't change it!" Kuroki simply laughed it off.
"That is what you think, but watch this! I Summon 'Young Sora'. (Level 2/LIGHT/Warrior/400/0) Now, get ready! Direct attack! Wooden Swordplay!" Itou screamed.
"You asked for it! I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Psychotic Shift'! I banish 1 'Reality Rupture' card from my Graveyard. I'll banish 'Reality Rupture Haven' and then target 1 monster you control and destroy it!" Itou smirked as students around were hyping up this finale.
"It doesn't matter if my monster is destroyed, the outcome is still at random!" Kuroki exclaimed.
"And that is where you're wrong. We both take damage equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster! That is 400 points of damage to both of us! So we'll both take the damage!" Itou explained.
Kuroki gasped aloud. "Agh! No!" A large blue wave pulsed throughout the room and both Kuroki and Itou fell to their knees.
Kuroki
LP: 400 - 0
Itou
LP: 400 - 0
Winner: No contest.
Itou stood up first. "Wow, Itou. You ended it in a Draw!" Shouted Maya. He turned around and chuckled scratching the back of his head.
Kuroki breathed in and out. "That was… a fun game!" He then pointed at Itou. "We should duel again sometime! I know we'll have another outcome different to this one. I just know it!" Kintaro and Vance approached the excited Kuroki.
"Nice dueling skills you got there." Vance complimented. "Great to see a potential rival that I'll be able to battle soon."
Kuroki cocked his head. "Why not now?" Vance pointed at his arm. There was no duel disk riding his arm. Kuroki shrugged. "I guess." He stood up and brushed his pants. Students around started exiting the room to either watch other duels or to duel other students. Then, something growled. Kuroki looked down. "Ah, I'm hungry…"
Maya pulled Kuroki closer. "I know a place to eat. Vance, Kintaro, Itou. Let's go!" With a tiring groan, Kuroki slowly followed behind.
Soon enough, they were at the restaurant inside the ship. As the group sat down at their table, they ordered their food and waited.
Maya clapped in succession of an idea. "Hey, Kuroki. Let's duel!"
"Eh, right now?!"
"Yes!"
Kuroki sighed. "But I'm hungry…"
"Oh come on. We can duel as we wait."
"Fine…" Kuroki lazily picked up his duel disk and started it. Maya threw on hers and turned hers on.
"Duel!"
Kuroki vs Maya
LP: 4000
Rules: New Era Playstyle
Maya stood from the other side of the open restaurant. "Hmmm, they said it is fine to duel here as long as we don't do something crazy. So let's do this! I'll start us off! I'll activate from my hand 'Cooking Recipe'! When it is activated, I can add 1 'Maingredient' monster from my Deck to my hand. I'll add 'Maingredient Beeph'. I then activate the Field Spell 'Cooking Pot'!" Suddenly, a gigantic pot appeared behind Maya.
"What a weird Deck… and are you teasing me with food!?" Kuroki yelled.
"Nooooo. Ahem, now I Normal Summon 'Maingredient Beeph' (Level 2/EARTH/Beast/0/0). Its effect activates! I can Special Summon 1 'Maingredient' monster from my hand. Come, 'Maingredient Porky'! (Level 1/EARTH/Beast/0/0) If it is Special Summoned: I can add 1 'Cooking Pot' from my Deck to my hand." Maya revealed the second added 'Cooking Pot'. "'Cooking Recipe' effect activates, each time a 'Maingredient' monster effect is activated, I can place 1 'Foodie Counter' on a 'Cooking Pot' I control. Two were activated so 2 Foodie Counters are placed. Now, since I control a face-up 'Cooking Pot' I can Special Summon 'Maingredient Cabbaj' from my hand including 1 other 'Maingredient' monster. Appear, Cabbaj and Carat! Carat's effect activates! Each time a 'Maingredient' monster is Special Summoned, you take 100 damage!"
"Uh oh, that's two." Kuroki mumbled. (Kuroki's LP: 4000 - 3800)
"Furthermore, since I activated a 'Maingredient' monster effect, I place 1 'Foodie Counter' on 'Cooking Pot'. (Foodie Counters: 3) Now I activate 'Maingredient Porky's' effect, I Fusion Summon 1 'Maingredient' or 1 'Maingredichef' Fusion Monster using monsters I control. I fuse Beeph, Porky, and Cabbaj. Blend together mingling the flavors, and refine what you have become! Fusion Summon! Level 6, 'Maingredient Beeph Stu'! (Level 6/EARTH/Beast/1900/1500) 'Cooking Recipe' places 1 'Foodie Counter' on 'Cooking Pot' and since 'Maingredient' monsters were sent to the Graveyard, 'Cooking Pot' places counters on itself for the number of monsters sent. (Foodie Counters: 3 - 7) Also, Carat's effect. You take 100 damage. (Kuroki's LP: 3800 - 3700) Beeph Stu's effect, I send 1 'Maingredient' monster from the Deck to the Graveyard, and inflict 100 damage for each monster used to Fusion Summon that card and the number of monsters in my Graveyard. This makes it 300 plus 400! I send 'Maingredient Beeph'. (Kuroki's LP: 3700 - 3000) 'Cooking Recipe'! (Foodie Counters: 7 - 8) 'Cooking Pot'! (Foodie Counters: 8 - 9) 'Cooking Pot' effect! Once per turn, I can banish 1 random card in my hand and in your hand until my next Standby Phase and place 1 'Foodie Counter' on itself. (FC: 9 - 10) 'Cooking Pot' effect! I remove all my counters on this card and inflict 100 damage for each counter removed! That's 10, so 1000 damage!" (Kuroki's LP: 3000 - 2000) "I'll end my turn with that!"
Kuroki looked at his hand. He lost his key card Sora. What was he going to do?
Turn 2
Kuroki
LP: 2000
Hand: 4
Graveyard: 0
Banished: 1
Maya
LP: 4000
Hand: 0
Graveyard: 4
Banished: 1
