Chapter 10: Menu Venue Part 1

It was Nighttime and Yuya was still up editing his duel deck. "This is it..tomorrow is my first duel to become a pro, also I need to win my four duels in order to qualify for the Arc League Championship."

He suddenly remembered again about what Declan said about realizing there was a way to evolve the Pendulum Method. "I hope lose to anyone not even Declan."

The next morning Yuya got up and took his duel disk and deck then exited his bedroom as he walked out he saw Core, Watt, and En. "Good morning En, Watt, Core, Kilo." He stopped when he noticed two more cats. "Where'd you two come from?"

"Guess mom picked up more strays."

Yuya entered the kitchen and heard a voice: Yuya, good morning!" It was Sora. "Speaking of which, you're certainly here bright and early." Yuya groaned. "Well you know what they say: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Sora said smiling. "Its a special day for you cause you got your first duel today and thanks to Nico he managed to hook me up with my first opponent for today."

"You mean you're dueling so you can enter the Junior Arc League Championship?" Yuya asked. "Yeah since I only got to six matches in a row it'll be a breeze." Sora said shaking with eager. "Yeah a breeze." Yuya sighed. "Hey Mom is breakfast ready?"

"Not yet, I'm making sunrise pork loaf surprise and the recipe is a bit compulicated." Mrs Sasaki said. "Umm to tell you the truth I'd prefer you to make pancakes." Yuya said. "Well everyone is ravening about Reed Pepper and I want to try one of his recipes." Yoko said. "But I got important duel today so hurry up please." Yuya said getting impatient. "I'm cooking as fast as I can." Yoko scolded. "I can't be late for my first duel!" Yuya complained as he knocked something over.
"Oh look what you made me do." Yoko scolded.

Yuya was on his way to meet his opponent but he didn't get a chance to eat. "Oh my first match today and I didn't eat breakfast."

Then a scent caught his nose. "Hey that's smells great!" He said as he followed the scene and came front of building. "What's this, German Fauder's Flavor Factory?"

"Huh this is the address where the duel is suppose to be." He said taking out his duel disk.

Just then Nico appeared. "You're right, step this way."

"Its in here?" Yuya asked as Nico pushed him inside.

Yuya smelled another food making him drool. "I'm sooo..hungry."

Then his opponent entered from a plaform from nearby. "Everyone meet the King of the kitchen: Reed Peeper!" Nico Smiley announced.

Reed Pepper waved. "Reed is popular among those who wish to add more flavor to their flavorless lives." Nico explained as Yuya's stomach growled. "Well looks like someone is hungry." Reed said. "Well my breakfast this morning got messed up and its hard to ignore the delicous smells in here." Yuya said looking embarrassed. "Well if you got a tast for competation then I'll whip a cooking duel based on my all fans all time favorite recipes." Reed said. "German Fauder, why are you treating my son is this way he already fufilled his requirements to the Junior Arc League Championship." A woman said who was agruing with the school principal. "Why does he need another duel?"

"Ma'am I explained this before already!" The principal said back. "Mom its alright I'm going up against Yuya and he's the duelist that beat Sledgehammer." Reed said making Yuya smile. "It doesn't matter I'll have him for breakfast."

Yuya groaned at that comment. "Of course you will Reed this will be a piece of cake show everyone you're just as good as any other duelist from LID." Mrs Pepper said. "Leave it to me." Reed said.

"Yuya!" A voice called out as Yuya turned around and see that the Youth class students from You Show arrived. "What are you guys doing here?" He asked. "We're here to cheer you on." Ally said. "This duel is your first one to become pro." Tate said. "I get the goose pickles just thinking about it." Federick said looking very eager.

Yuya and Reed Pepper took their places. "Ladies and gentlemen on the challenger we got the sultan of Pendulum Summoning: Yuya Sasaki and the hot shot of cooking duels, the kitchen king: Reed Pepper!"

"You can cook in my kitchen anytime!" A woman called out as Reed waved his hand making the girls go wild.

Mrs Pepper was record the duel on her camera and moved it backwards. "My dear are you watching this, you'd better be if I find out you're prepping instead of watching you're toast."

"Now may I present Chairman Fauder!" Nico announced as Fauder emerged. "Cooking is a quest, a journey to discover the ultimate, it is the same with dueling these two opponents are on a quest for this reason it is a fitting to see this two battle on a designed for a food fight."

"I activate the Action Field Spell: Chaos Kitchen!"

The duel field turned into a kitchen that had several times the size of a ordinary kitchen at a home. "Uh this kinda freaky." Yuya said. "Its perfect cause this is where you're going to get served." Reed Pepper said. "I couldn't care less about where we battle cause you winning isn't on the menu." Yuya remarked as he active his duel disk. "I'm going to whip you like a bowl of whip you like a bowl of heavy cream!"

"Its a battle of delicious delights and mouth watering monsters!" Reed speculated. "Then let's take our cards out and see who takes the cake." Yuya speculated too. "Action.." The crowd began to proclaim. "DUEL!" Yuya and Reed finished.

Yuya: 4000

Reed: 4000

"Freshen always rules in the kitchen and in duels that is why I only go with the freshen ingredient available, so the first thing I'm serving up is one of my tasty pan picked recipes rise Cookpal Cluckwheat!"

Cookpal Cluckwheat Level 2 Attack 100

"Let's get cooking!" Reed Pepper proclaimed as he jumped onto Cluckwheat's back and rode on him.

He rode on his monster towards a Rice Cooker and took a tremendous leap on it and jumps on the button that opened the Rice Cooker and came out was an Action Card. "I'll just grab this Action Card." Reed said. "An Action Card already?" Yuya asked looking surprised that the famous cook duelist got an Action Card on his first turn.

"Whoa this one's hot maybe too hot for you to handle Yuya." Reed said looking at the You Show star. "I activate the Action Card: Monster Microwave!"

"With this I can send a monster from my field to my hand so I can summon another Level 4 or below monster my hand so I'm sending Cluckwheat packing and Summon out Cookpal Eggong!"

Cookpal Eggong Level 1 Attack 0

"Now Cluckwheat's special ability activates letting me hatch it again!" Reed explained.

Cookpal Cluckwheat Level 2 Attack 100

"When I at least have two Cookpals on my field I can whip up a pretty good wicked Cookpal Puma Potato!"

Cookpal Puma Potato Level 3 Attack 600

"Tasty!" Reed said as he used Eggong to fly to a bender and press a button which made the bender release a gust of wind then came out was an Action Card. "Oh no." Yuya said. "Now I'll mix in another Action Card!" Reed said.

"Whoa Reed's got three monsters out." Tate said. "Don't forget the Action Card he got." Federick reminded. "I hate to say this but I have a feeling that Yuya's goose is about to get cooked." Ally said. "I placed two cards facedown and end my turn." Reed said as he set down two cards.

"Your young chef is certainly on a finger licking start." Nico said looking impressed. "That's because he's following his recipes for his success." Fauder answered. "First he prepares his menu for the battle."

"That's right and believe me this is just the appetizer." Mrs Pepper said holding her camera.

Meanwhile at another school a Sumo Duelist begins his turn." Its my turn."

"You mean your turn to lose!" Sora proclaimed as his Frightfur Bear knocked the Sumon Duelist away.

Zuzu was watching but she seemed to be spacing out. "One down and five to go." Sora said as Zuzu snapped out of her daydreaming. "Who's next?"

"Oh its over already." Zuzu said as she stood up and Sora seemed irritated.

At Dojo the mysterious comrade Jenna who volunteered to cooking some lunch for the students and was done as she took the lunches to the Dojo students. "Here lunch is served." She said.

Gong and the rest went to get their lunches which were chicken salad, cold water, and grilled cheese.

They all sat down and took a bite of their meals which they made big smiles. "This is great." A dojo student said. "Gong likes this meal." Gong said smiling. "Thanks." She said with a smile. "now if you all excuse me I need to eat lunch too."

"(Gong says that girl can cook very good like Yuko.)" Gong thought as he continued eat his grilled cheese and chicken salad.

At the LID was Katt dueling one of Sylvio's classmates.

"Now Dark Magican Cat Lady attack Ootomo directly with Dark Inferno Blast!" She commanded as the Dark Magician Cat swung her staff and released a fiery ball of energy.

"Aah!" Ootomo screamed as he was knocked on his back. "(hmm this girl is strong.)" Sylvio thought.

Ootomo: 0

"Katt is our winner!" Claude announced. "Heh, you were great." Ootomo said getting off his back and sitting up straight. "Heh heh you're not bad either meow." Katt said winking at him.

"Man that cat girl is getting stronger." Dipper said looking a bit nervous. "What's wrong, you scared that she might be your next opponent and lose?" Yamabe asked giggling. "Hey I'm not afraid of her!" The LID Male Xyz Summoner yelled offended.

Julia was watching the duel as well and she wasn't happy either. "(This cat girl is getting on my nerves)." She thought in her eyes were weren't a look of anger but something else. "(She's getting a lot of attention from other male students so much lately expect for Dipper.)"

"(Hmm Katt is strong indeed.)" Declan thought who was watching the duel as well.

in Paradise City Central Park Raptor was walking around and looking at the trees which were beautiful with some flowers.

"This place is sorta nice and reminds me of the..." He began to say as something occurred in his memory as his head was then filled with strange men laughing sinisterly, and wicked smiles on their faces causing him to fall in his knees and put his hands on his head. Then a woman walking by noticed him. "Um excuse me young man, are you alright?" She asked as she reached out her arm to help the spiked black haired man. Raptor then looked at her with weird looking eyes that weren't human eyes anymore but Dinosaur like eyes and started growling. The woman backed away looking a bit scared yet confused. "Uh I think I'll be going, sorry that I brothered you."

Raptor shook his head and his eyes went back to normal. "Whoa."

He then kept walking through the park and from behind Raptor 2 security and Herk from LID who saw this scene.

"What was about?" the 1st guard asked. "Should we ask that young man some questions?" The 2nd asked. "No but we'll report this scene to Declan." Herk said as he and the two guards walked away. (Though something is telling me there's more to that young man that meets the eye.)" He thought as he slightly glanced at Raptor.

Back at the Flavor Factory.

"I draw!" Yuya proclaimed as he drew and then his stomach growled again. "Hey, Yuya keep your focus!" Ally called out. "Heh heh heh." Yuya giggled nervously. "Hmm you indeed skipped breakfast but too bad you'll be losing on an empty." Reed said chuckling a bit. "What's makes you so sure I'll be the loser?" Yuya asked looking annoyed.

"I suppose its just a gut feeling but you shouldn't feel too badly about it cause I'm the king of this kitchen." The cook duelist replied. "Let's see what happens when I turn up the heat." Yuya said. "I summon Peformapal Whip Snake!"

Peformapal Whip Snake Level 4 Attack 1700

"Let's swing into action!" Yuya proclaimed as he swung Whip Snake like a rope to latch it to a faucet and hoist himself up. He managed to but he then slipped on a faucet's top and fell off. "That's not good." Tate said as Ally shut her eyes but then they noticed Yuya was hanging the long part of the faucet as Yuya opened his eyes he noticed an Action Card from the behind the faucet top. "That Action Card can come in handy." He said.

"This kid is sure hanging in there." The cook chancellor said looking impressed. "That's because Yuya happens to be the son of Yosho Sasaki the Action Pioneer." Nico replied. "Oh I see why you think he's got so much potential." Fauder added. "Okay Whip Snake attack Eggong!" Yuya commanded as he swung his Peformapal snake towards at the Eggong monster like a lasso. "I activate the Action Spell: Freeze Freezer this card puts all your monsters attacks on ice this turn." Reed explained as a big freezer appeared and froze Whip Snake with a chill cold breeze.

"That is chilly." Federick said with a freezing tone voice. "I'll fix that with the Action Card: Battle Burner it defrosts my monster so it can attack again."

A manifested blowtorch appears and releases of stream of fire defrosting Whip Snake. "Ok Whip Snake attack!" Yuya commanded as Whip snake continued its attack on Eggong and ate it causing explosion as Reed covered his face with both of his arms.

Reed: 2300

"Alright!" Ally cheered. "Battle Burner as another effect which destroys the rest of your monsters." Yuya explained as the blowtorch disappeared and two fire balls flew towards at Cluckwheat and Puma Potato then destroying them both as they screamed.

"That chef doesn't have any leftovers!" Tate cheered. "This is giving me goosebumps." Federick added shaking with excitement. "Tough luck Reed you can't cook without ingredients, can you?" Yuya asked as Reed began to chuckle. "You're right but don't worry cause you just did me a favor." He said as he revealed a trap card. "I activate the trap: Food Cemetery so now my monsters are that were destroyed will be placed in my food cemetery instead of the card graveyard."

"I guess that's ok then going to garbage disposal." Ally said. "There's more since I added three monsters to Food Cemetery I can add three new Cookpals from my deck to my hand." Reed explained. "So thanks for you help you saved me from a lot of work I can an assistant like you in my kitchen and now I got three new dishes to my menu."

"Even his words are tasty." Mrs Pepper praised. "(I got a feeling whatever Reed is cooking is going to be hard to swallow.)" Yuya thought. "You still hungry Yuya, cause believe me you won't be for long." Reed said as Mr Pepper watched the duel from his kitchen and briefly glances at the tablet but goes back to his work.

"I draw!" Reed proclaimed as he drew a card. "Its my pleasure to show you a move so delicious divine that your life points won't know what hit them."

"Amazing he's a good as a duelist as he is a chef." A woman praised. "Get ready cause I'm activating the Spell: Regal Recipes, since I got three monsters in my Food Cemetery I can three Cookpals in attack mode." Reed explained as his Food Cemetery released three new monsters. "Knight Pasta, Princess Pudding, and Prince Curry!"

Royal Cookpal Princess Pudding Level 6 Attack 300

Royal Cookpal Prince Curry Level 7 Attack 300

Royal Cookpal Knight Pasta Level 8 Attack 300

"Hey you guys can't you believe that Yuya went to all that trouble to get ride of three monsters but Reed summoned 3 more back, they look..." Tate began saying. "Totally yummy." Federick said drooling as his friends glared at him. "Uh totally crummy." Federick corrected himself. "My three Royal Cookpals are the finest premium quality grade a ingredients a cooking connoisseur could have." Reed reiterated. "Here's the best part thanks to Regal Recipe let me keep my Food Cemetery fully stocked with fresh ingredients to cook up more delicious surprises."

"What do I do now, if I destroy his monsters Reed can just summon more and more." Yuya muttered.

"Exactly its full proof recipe for victory!" Reed proclaimed as he slide down noodles that came from Knight Pasta right into a bowl. "Ah, another action Card!
He said as he came out of the bowl. "Another one, this keeps getting worse." Yuya said as he ran off to find Action Card too. "Well its still going to get hot I activate Regal Recipes effect which means you take 300 points of damage for every Royal Cookpal on my field." Reed explained.

"He summoned 3 Royal Cookpals which means.." Tate began to say. "Which means 300x300 will be..' Federick added. "900 points of damage." Ally finished. "Lucky for we expect all manager life points." Reed said as energy was fired at Yuya and struck him.

"Aaah!" He screamed in pain.

Yuya: 3100

Yuya struggled from the effect damage. "Your monsters all have 300 attack points each so they'll need to more than that to take down Whip Snake."

"That's true for now but I have recipe that's going to make my cookpals attack points even stronger." Reed said as Yuya looked nervous at what the cook duelist was getting at. "The answer is in Princess Pudding which she double my Prince Curry's attack points."

Prince Curry Attack 300-600

"I love how that boy makes his menu!" A woman said. "So do I, especially when its includes its tasty desserts." Ally praised. "Princess Pudding can't attack after using her special ability so I'm going to activate Knight Pasta's ability which lets doubles Prince Curry's attack points again." Reed explained.

Prince Curry Attack 600-1200

"Oh that's double Curry, Pasta, and Pudding now this is a kids meal I could sink my teeth into too." Federick commented. "Unfortunately Pasta can't attack either when using its ability." Reed explained as Federick and Ally began to drool. "Hey you guys stop it I came to see this duel not you two drool!" Tate yelled as his classmates chuckled nervously. "Can't you see that Yuya needs to win this duel so bad?"

Then Yuya's stomach growled again causing Tate to fall flat on his face. "Is your head empty too?!" He yelled as Yuya laughs nervously. "Heh heh it sounds like my monster recipes has really gotten your appetite." Reed pointed out. "Well I have to admit they look tasty and your Prince Curry still hasn't enough attack points to beat my Whip Snake." Yuya replied.

"We'll see about that cause that's going to change." Reed said as Yuya began to wonder what he meant. "I spice up the Prince with the Action Spell: Spicy Spice, this lets me add 1000 attack points to any of my monsters."

Prince Curry Attack 1200-2200

"Let's cook Prince Curry attack Whip Snake with Curry Catastrophe!" Reed commanded as Curry rode on express train and fired its contents at Whip Snake causing it to scream in a pain.

Yuya: 2600

"What's matter is my recipe too spicy for you?" Reed asked. "I'm going to end my turn and Prince Curry's attack points go back to normal also the power up effects end as well."

Prince Curry Attack 2200-300

"Had enough or are you hungry for more?" Reed asked. "My turn." Yuya said as he drew a card and looked at it which was Timgazer Magician. "And this is going to be hard for you to swallow so far you've been top chef but I'm the cook that's going to spoil your brawl."

"I'll use Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician to set the Pendulum Scale, I'm taken control of this duel starting now!"

Stargazer and Timegazer Magician appeared on the Pendulum Scale. "Alright!" Federick and Ally both cheered. "Yuya's really cooking." Tate added. "Swing for Pendulum, Crave the Arc of Victory, my monsters are ready to swing into action!" Yuya proclaimed.

"Jump to it Peformapal Trampolynx!"

Peformapal Trampolynx Level 2 Attack 300

"Get set to lend a helping hand Peformapal Partnaga!"

Peformapal Partnaga Level 5 Attack 500

"Turn up the heat Pendulum Odd-Eyes Dragon!"

Pendulum Odd-Eyes Dragon Level 7 Attack 2500

"Party of three welcome!" Reed called out as he bowed leaving Yuya confused at what the cook duelist meant. "I'm honored that you graced me with your awesome Pendulum Summoning even without reservations."

"You're not scared?" Yuya asked. "Of course not but you should be cause whenever you summon a monster onto your field Prince Curry, Princess Pudding, and Knight Pasta's additional ability activates Ballistic Belly Buster!" Reed proclaimed as his Royal Cookpals began feeding Yuya's monsters. "Huh, why do they get to eat I'm the one whose starving." Yuya groaned. "More more!" Reed ordered.

"This is bad." Tate said. "He's force feeding the monsters." Ally said. "What a way to go." Federick said.

Yuya's monsters began rolling around with stomach aches. "I hope your monsters enjoyed their meal cause its going to be their last." Reed said. "By returning Prince Curry, Princess Pudding, and Knight Pasta to my hand I destroy every monster on your field for each one my monsters that returned to my hand."

Yuya's three monsters vanished. "No way."

"I hope losing doesn't put a bad taste in your mouth." Reed said with a grin.

Meanwhile at the harbor.

The mysterious pink haired girl vampire was sleeping on a bed.

Just then the door opened and coming inside was the mysterious man that dueled Sylvio. "(Even though she's part human she needs to stay out of sight so she doesn't go into the drama she went through back.)" He thought frowning down at her.

"(Get some rest little sis.)" He thought as he looked at case which was on the table next to the bed the pink haired girl was sleeping on.

He then walked back outside but not before closing the door to the warehouse.

end of chapter with Cliffhanger.