"Speaking"

*Noises*

"Thoughts, Calls, monster's speaking or Summoning Chants"

0/0 (Bold means what position the monster has been summoned into)

Sakaki Residences, (10:30 PM)

Within the home of the Sakaki household, Yuya was in his room, on the floor with all his cards in his Deck layed out so he knew what he had to use. "This is it… Tomorrow starts the beginning of my four Duels..." he said.

After School today, the teachers had told them, that they were to be given a break, but this break was to be used for trying to get the necessary Duels needed to compete in the Miami ARC League Championship. The break would last until the end of the Championship, and that started in two weeks time.

They of course were given out homework as well, just so they could manage to not fall behind in school, "Everything seems fine… but maybe I should add some of the others cards I haven't used yet..." he said to himself.

"But still… It would be nice to know where those Extra Deck cards are… That could really help me..." he said, he had been searching low and high for these Extra Deck cards, which he knew existed, he hadn't just made them up… He thought at first, but was slowly losing confidence in that he would find them.

"I need them, it will help proof what Reiji was going on about..." he said, remembering the very words Reiji spoke about during their Duel. "If it is true, then I'll be the first to make it a reality…" he said, confidently… But got depressed just as quickly, "But where are they?" he whined out loud, falling onto his back…

Azara's Apartment, (same time)

Currently in bed, but sitting up right and reading a book was Azara in her sleeping clothes, with Ruby curled up on her right side, the book she was reading was about Fusion Summoning… for Dummies. Not that she was dumb or anything, but she wanted to make Yuzu's training as simple as possible, hence the book. She was sure Nigel and the others were doing the same.

"Can you believe it Ruby?" she said out loud, putting the book down, "I can't believe I get to teach someone how to Fusion Summon! I mean sure, I have to share the teaching with like 2 other people, but still..." she said happily to herself, while her companion slept peacefully.

"I wonder how Nigel will go about teaching her Synchro Summoning? It might be tricky, seeing that he may have to talk outside of a Duel, or he may go straight into a Duel..." she said thinking about the Synchro Summoning triplet of the Denisu Brother… But then her thoughts focus more on Nigel himself, making up a scenario in her head.

These new thoughts quickly made her blush, and shake them away, "What?! Why would I think of Nigel like that?" she asked herself with slight shock, "I mean sure, the Triplets are a bit cute, each having a quirk that makes them stand out..." she said, getting a fainter blush as she said this.

Yes she did find the three cute, but she couldn't place why Nigel stood out to her… "It has to be something..." she said, suddenly Ruby lightly growled, alerting her, "Oh! Sorry girl, just thinking to myself..." she said patting the dog, and calming her down back into her sleep. After that she looked at her alarm clock, and saw the time.

"May as well go to bed, Yuzu said that her school has given them a break for the Championship coming up..." she said then turned off the bedside light, put her book to the side, and tucked herself in, "Hopefully I can help her with this..." she muttered and that was the last time she said before drifting off to sleep…

Abandon Factory, (11:23 PM)

Within the confines of the building, both Yuto and Shun were sleeping lightly, a habit that had reared its head during the invasion. *Screech* The door leading into the building, which was rusty opened with a screech, waking the two up.

"Yuto? Shun?" a voice familiar to them echoed through out the building, "Ronald!?" Shun asked confused, the two then jumped down to meet the person, who was in fact Ronald, who flinched slightly at them appearing out from above, "It is him!" he said shocked.

"Oh good, I did find the right place..." Ronald said, confusing Shun, "Oh. Yuto sent me your location after the failed meet up." he explained to Shun, who nodded in understanding, he had been informed about the meet up failing.

"Well, now that you're here, why are you here in this Dimension?" Shun asked, "It was about a couple of days after you two left..." he went to say, "During that time, the resistance was being pushed back more aggressively..." he said slowly, thinking back to some of their comrades that had fallen during that time.

"Kelly wasn't helping by shouting all the time, so I decided to come here, and report back to our Dimension if Fusion had attacked here..." he finished, "They haven't at the moment..." he added, "What are you talking about, Fusion is already in this Dimension!" Shun growled at him.

"While me and Yuto have been here, we've been taking out Fusion users, mostly from LDS, which we know the Professor ran before taking over Fusion!" he said annoyed. "But that doesn't make since, Fusion was already in this Dimension, from what I found out about DMC..." Ronald said. As he was about to explain his finding about this Dimension, there choice of words caught his attention.

"Wait! You really are the ones behind the attacks?!" he yelled out, "Yes..." Yuto said reluctantly, "Well thanks a lot! You almost got me and the school I signed up for in trouble!" he barked out, "A school?! You signed up for a school, while in a middle of a war?!" Shun growled out, grabbing Ronald by the collar.

"I did it to make a cover story for myself…" Ronald growled back, grabbing Shun's hand on his collar, making him let go, "That…" he muttered, "And I did it to find out how Yusho came to Xyz..." he said, just loud enough for them to hear, and react in shock.

"Yusho! As in Yusho Sakaki!?" Yuto asked remembering the man that taught them a bit, Ruri and Shun more than him, "Yeah, turns out he was from this Dimension, and owned a Duel School, called You Show..." he explained, "I thought that during the invasion, he somehow came back here, but the people here said that he hasn't been seen for over 3 years..." he said.

"3 Years? That's about the time he showed up in Heartland..." Shun said, remembering the man that put on the amazing shows with his monsters. While he thought of this, Yuto pulled Ronald over to the side.

"What?" he asked confused, "That girl that was with you, during when we were meant to met up..." Yuto said, "Which one?" he asked, "The pink haired girl, who is she?" he asked, making sure Shun didn't hear, which he didn't.

"Her? Her name is Yuzu Hiragi. Why?" Ronald making Yuto sigh in defeat, "So its not Ruri..." he thought sad, he then looked up to see Ronald staring at him intently, "Its just that..." Yuto looked over Ronald's shoulder to watch Shun, who was not looking or listening to them. "Between you and me, this Yuzu looks like Shun's sister, Ruri." he explained.

This news shocked Ronald, "He has a sister?" he asked, at this, Yuto pulled out a photo, which contained, Ruri with her arms around a reluctant Yuto and Shun, "Wow, she does look like Yuzu..." whispered, he then looked up at Yuto, staring at him." "Something… wrong?" he asked him. "Nothing… It just that you look like Yuya for some strange reason, that or he looks like you..." he muttered, then went back over to Shun to talk about their plans…

"Yuya? Where have I heard that name before..." he thought, trying to remember, "I think Ru- I mean Yuzu, called me that when we first saw each other..." he thought. "Maybe that other girl will know..." he said, remembering the girl with crimson coloured hair, "But first I need to find her… he said…

The next morning (8:30 AM)

As the students of Miami Prep School had time off, Yuzu was using the time to sleep in, as she had already qualified for the Youth Junior Division, "Yuzu, There's a package for you!" her father shouted for her, making her stir slightly. "Hmm..." she hummed as she started to wake up with a stretch.

"Package?..." she muttered still asleep, "I haven't ordered anything-" she said, but quickly realised something, "My cards are here!" she said more awake, she then rushed out of bed, and while still in her pyjamas, which consisted of a lavender night vest and bottoms, her hair was let down. She rushed out of her room, down the stairs, and snatched the parcel her father was holding out of his hands, "Hey!" he yelled back, as she rushed back into her room.

"Thanks dad!" she yelled from her room, before locking the door. She then placed the parcel down on her desk, and opened it, where she discovered the cards that she had ordered, "They're finally here..." she said to herself, looking through the cards.

"Now that I have them, I can properly begin my training..." she said to herself, thinking about the plans that she had with her new teachers, Azara, Sora, Ronald, Matthew, Nigel and Oliver. "Hopefully, this will help me help Yuya..." she thought, thinking about her best friend… "And the others of course!" she added, not realising she was slightly blushing.

"Well, I better get ready, Oliver said that Nico managed to get him a Duel today at about 11, as well as Nigel and Matthew after his." she said then looked at the time, she had a while before that so she then made her way to go have a shower.

"Yuya said that he had his first Duel today, I hope it goes well." she said to herself…

Sakaki Residences (same time)

Having just washed his face, he exited the bathroom, where he encountered En and Core… along with the other strays his mother picked up, Watt, which was a black bulldog, Kilo, a poodle, and two new cats, one strangely had a moustache, or what appeared like one in it's fur.

"Mom must have gotten two new strays..." Yuya sighed to himself, his mother couldn't say no to a defenceless and homeless pets. But he didn't mind most of the time… Well, there was one stray he didn't like being here, and it wasn't a dog or cat.

Speaking of said stray, Sora was sitting down at the table, while Yuko dealt with breakfast, "Morning Yuya!" Sora said, "Speak of the Devil, and he shall come..." he thought to himself with a laugh.

"You're here as usual." Yuya said to Sora, "What do you expect? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Sora said to him, "We both need it, you have your first Duel today, along with me with my first two!" he added.

"Speaking of your Duels, are you having Yuzu watch, to gain experience?" Yuya asked, "Not today, Oliver is going to teach her the basics of Fusion Summoning, but I would like to be there, to tell them properly though..." he said smugly.

"How can he be so cocky and not realise he just insulted someone?" Yuya thought, "So mom, is breakfast ready?" he asked his mother, who was sweating as she concentrated on her cooking. "Sorry you two, but it will be a while." she answered, shocking the two, mostly Sora.

"What's wrong?" he asked, "Just trying to make Sunrise Pork-loaf Surprise, but the recipe is a bit difficult to follow..." she answered, "Why are you making that? Also what's wrong with Pancakes?" Yuya asked.

"I would, but this recipe is the new talk of the town, so I figured I'd give it a try, it was created by a famous chef called Michio." she said, "Michio? I could of swore I've heard that somewhere..." Yuya said to himself.

"Is there anything else we can have? We've got a big day ahead of us." he said, "Sorry Yuya, but I don't have time to do anything else, could you wait a while longer?" she asked, losing some patient, "But I need to get going by..." he said, looking at his Duel Disk for the time, it telling him that it was now 8:45 AM, "Quarter to nine! I gotta get going!" he yelled out, rushing outside, not before grabbing a red apple from the table.

"Hey! That was mine!" Sora shouted at him, "You eat here for free, get over it!" Yuya yelled back, slamming the door behind, snapping Yuko out of her concentration, "Damn it! I messed up, now I have to start over..." she muttered, while Sora pouted at this…

Denisu Residences, (9:00 AM)

Currently the three identical brothers were sitting down, eating their breakfast, their mother had already gone to work, "So what do you plan to teach Yuzu first?" Matthew asked the younger of the three, Oliver.

"Don't really know, of course Fusion, but I could go through many ways, but it depends on the cards I get for the Duel." Oliver answered, "What are you two going to do while you wait?" he asked, "Do part of the chemistry assignment while I wait until my Duel later, you Nigel?" Matthew said, looking at the middle triplet, who was lost in thought.

"Nigel? Nigel? Niiiigeeel…." Matthew said, waving a hand in front of his face, but still no response, "NIGEL!" Oliver yelled out, snapping him out of his train of thought, "… Huh?" he said, "What's with you? You're normally so focused in the morning. What's up?" Matthew asked.

"Not much..." he said blushing slightly, which Oliver saw, "OMG! Did you wake up with a-" he went to say, but Matthew slapped him with hand over his mouth, "We don't ask that kind of thing moron!" Matthew hissed out.

"No!… It's just that I had a weird dream last night." Nigel answered, with Matthew taking his hand away from Oliver's mouth. "It wasn't a-" "Don't even think about!" the older said, stopping the younger from finishing, knowing what he was going to say.

"It involved… Azara for some reason." Nigel said, "Azara? Why would you-" Matthew said, but realised why, which caused him to suddenly smirk and grin "Oh..." he said slowly, "What do you know?" Oliver asked, with Matthew whispering into his ear, what he said also made Oliver smirk and grin, the two then smirked at Nigel…

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…

"What?" Nigel asked, slightly creeped out by the smirking, and shit eating grins, they still continued, "Seriously what?!" he asked, "Oh nothing..." the two said in unison, making them all suddenly shiver.

"Okay, we agreed to never do that again, remember?" Matthew said, "What were you smirking for?" Nigel asked, "That's for us to know, and for you to figure out yourself..." Oliver said, he then got up and left for his room to get ready.

"Matthew?" he asked, "Like he said, figure it out yourself, it's your dream." he said, he too then walked off to his room, "What's does it have to do with my dream?" he asked, not getting a response… "Rude!" he huffed out…

(9:30 AM)

Within the City, Yuya was walking about, his stomach growling out in hunger and pain, "Stupid apple, not a good start to the day..." he mumbled to himself, "Now I'm going to starve before I get to my Duel..." he moaned… But then a wonderful smell, entered his nostrils, making him smile in delight.

"Wow… That smells delicious, maybe I can get a decent meal before my Duel!" he perked up, running off, following his nose to the smell that he had enjoyed, he found himself of the building the smell came from.

"Is this it? Chairman's Flavour Factory?" he said reading the sign above, "Wait, isn't this the place for my Duel?" he said taking his Duel Disk out again, which he went through, and found out that the building was the right place.

"It is, so where is-", "Yuya my boy, you made it!" Nico Smiley said, scaring Yuya from finishing, "Right this way sir!" he added, sounding like a waiter, taking a customer to their table, "Really? My Duel is in there?" he asked, walking into the building.

A few minutes later, he found himself with standing on top of a large Duel Arena, with a multi coloured flower the middle, he also caught a whiff of the same smell as before, "There it is again..." he said, licking his lips.

"Allow me to introduce your opponent, The Cooking Duel Prince, Michio Mokota!" Nico's voice from the com system said, as appearing from a trap door elevator, along with some cooking equipment, was a young man with orange hair, with a red bang that hanged down the front, his eyes were squinted, had pale skin and freckles. For clothing he had a white undershirt, covered by light pink shirt with long sleeves that were rolled up, and a dark blue waistcoat over those, with a red cross tie around his neck. For his trousers, they were cream in colour, but there was a spiral of yellow going around the legs, and finally he had brown dress shoes.

"Hello! Nice to meet you Yuya, my name as mentioned before is Michio." Michio said walking up to Yuya, who was stunned, "Michio!? I knew I heard that name before!" Yuya said, a bit stern, "Oh, are you a fan?" Michio asked.

"No, but my mum is, and because of you, I had to skip out on breakfast!" Yuya ranted, and he would've done more, but his stomach growled, silencing him with hunger pains, "Oh! Well, sorry about that." Michio said, with Nico then appearing by their side.

"Not only is Michio a famous young chef, but also an amazing Duelist to boot!" Nico said, "Due to this, he's packed quite a gathering of fans that want to make what he makes!" he added, gesturing to the viewing box around the arena, where Yuya could see into, but he noticed a lot of the crowd was middle aged woman, a few older than that and some younger, like around his age nearly.

Just then Yuya's stomach growled again, making Yuya blush, "S-Sorry, but the smells in here are too irresistible." he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "Well, how about this, after we've duelled, and you win, I whip up an amazing meal for you." Michio said.

"Really? Thanks, that would be-", "Listen you!" Yuya was cut off, he turned to his left to see a man, somewhat dressed like royalty and a woman, arguing, "Why did you agree to this Duel? My son has already met the requirements to qualify for this years Championship, and then you go and push him into a Duel that could jeopardise his chances!" the woman barked at the man.

"Son? I'm guessing she's your mother?" Yuya guessed to Michio, who nodded yes, "Mom! Please it's fine." Michio said, cutting into the conversation with his mother. "I want to have this Duel, after all Yuya Sakaki is the Duelist that defeated Strong Ishijima, not an easy task!" he said, complimenting Yuya who was flattered, much to Nico's annoyance.

"Besides, this Duel won't make a change, he'll be a quick snack for me!" he added, much to Yuya's annoyance. "Of course you will Michio, this will be a cake walk for you, and this will show those LDS people what's what!" his mother said, with this mother and son walked off, to get ready.

"Big Bro Yuya!" a voice said, making Yuya turn to see Ayu, Futoshi and Tatsuya, "What are you three doing here?" he asked, "We couldn't miss seeing your first step to becoming a Pro, now would we?" Tatsuya said.

"That and the smells in here and giving me the shivers!" Futoshi said, doing his dance, getting stares from Ayu and Tatsuya, "What?" he asked, making Yuya laugh slightly, "Well, thanks for this guys, but you should get to your sits soon, the match will begin in a couple of minutes, I think." Yuya said.

"Alright! Good luck!" Ayu said, the three then walked off. A few minutes later, the Arena was now vacant except for Yuya and Michio. "Okay everybody, are we ready to see a spectacular Duel!?" Nico shouted over a mic, with the crowd cheering at this.

"Here today, we have the rising Star of the Pendulum Summoning, Yuya Sakaki!" he shouted, letting Yuya wave, he got some applause for his introduction, "And for his challenger, the Cooking Duel Prince of the kitchen, Michio Mokota!" he shouted, with Michio bowing, and getting a major applause for him, much to Yuya's annoyance. "We can tell who's the crowd favourite..." Yuya thought sarcastically.

"Now I introduce to you, Chairman Father!" he shouted out, and rising from a pedestal was the man from before. "Cooking is a quest, a quest that will determine the best of the best, this too applies in Dueling itself." Father said, "These two Duelist are about to start their Quest to see who is the better of the two, for that reason, it would be befitting for them to Duel on this! I activate the Action Field, Chaos Kitchen!" he yelled out.

The Arc System then activated, and caused the field to materialise, a few seconds later, both Yuya and Michio were standing within a giant kitchen, with plates floating about, here and there, as well as giant vegetables about as well.

"Man, this makes me feel like ten inches tall..." Yuya muttered looking around, "It's perfect! Now I can not only show off my Cooking skill, but also my Dueling Skills!" Michio said, activating his Duel Disk.

"Plus, this will be the Duel that you get served up some defeat!" he mocked, "I think you read the menu wrong, it's your defeat, not mine!" Yuya retorted, then activated his Duel Disk. "Duelist locked in battle, kicking against the earth and dancing with their monsters!" Yuya said.

"They'll cook up and wonderous meal, as well as a spectacular fight for you to enjoy!" Michio shouted back. "It's time to start, with the latest and greatest evolution for Dueling!" Yuya said back.

"ACTION..." the crowd said, the bubble with the Action Cards in it then popped, making both Yuya and Michio draw five cards each. "DUEL!" the two yelled out.

Yuya's LP: 4000

Michio's LP: 4000

Turn 1

"I shall go first, after all the master must show the student how to cook!" Michio said, "Now to start, I use the freshest ingredients possible, and one of them will be this little guy, so I now Normal Summon Cookmate Chickwheat!" he said, placing the card on his blade, making a young chick in a wheat bag to appear.

Cookmate Chickwheat: EARTH, Level: 2 [Fairy/Effect] ATK/100 DEF/400

"Let's cook!" he yelled, jumping onto Chickwheat's back, unaware he was too much for the wheat bird. The two then raced off, heading towards the giant bread maker, Chickwheat jumped, and when close enough, Michio jumped off it, much to his monster's shock. He landed on a button on top, and spring boarded off as the lid steamed up, a single Action Card floating out of it.

"I'll be using this as a surprise ingredient." he said catching the card as he fell down. "Huh? Already!?" Yuya said stunned, as Michio landed on top of the bread maker's lid. "You should be shocked, but you're about to get a lot hotter now, I activate the Action Spell, Monster Microwave!" he said, playing the Action Card.

This caused a giant orange microwave to appear by his side, "Now by returning 1 monster on my Field to my Hand, I can then Special Summon one other Level 4 or lower monster from my Hand!" he explained as a dazed Chickwheat was returned to his Hand.

"Now appear Cookmate Eggong!" he said, and now appearing was an egg shaped monster, with a crack over the middle, a bit of the shell was missing to allow the monster to outside of it's confines, and around the egg was a gold metal ring. It was Summoned in Attack.

Cookmate Eggong: EARTH, Level: 1 [Fairy/Effect] ATK/0 DEF/300

"And now for Chickwheat's effect! When returned to my Hand, it can Special Summon itself!" he said as Chickwheat appeared again. "And when I control 2 or more Cookmates, I can Special Summon this ingredient from my Hand in Attack, appear Cookmate Potatopard!" he said.

Now appearing on the field was floating potato with red eyes and a gaping mouth, with three small chunks of potato orbiting it.

Cookmate Potatopard: EARTH, Level: 3 [Fairy/Effect] ATK/600 DEF/300

"How tasty!" he yelled, grabbing onto Eggong, which then floated him down to the giant blender, he landed, slammed into the button, turning it on, causing a twist of wind to appear, as well as an Action Card from within it. "Another!?" Yuya said in shock.

Michio then grabbed the falling Action Card, smirking as he did, "Looks like it's time to mix in a new Action Card to this recipe." he said. "To end the prepping, I place two cards face-down and end my turn!" he said as two cards appeared, then faded.

"Oh my! Young Michio has made quite the appetizer." Nico said to Father, "Of course, a master chef must always follow a recipe to the dot to ensure perfection, this also goes for Dueling as well." Father said.

Michio's Hand x 1 (An Action Card)

Meanwhile…

Within the city walking about was a gothic style girl, getting many stares as she walked, not a good look for anyone, "What are you staring at pig!" Kelly spat out, shoving past a young man with his friends. "Hey! What was that for?" the man growled out, having done nothing to gain her wrath besides just glance at her.

"I have no reason to tell you bastard!" she shouted back, continuing her path, "Man what a bitch!" one the young man's friend said, earning laughter from the others of the group. "The nerve of that guy..." Kelly though gritting her teeth, unaware it was her fault.

"Now where are those cowards… Janus said they were in this Dimension, but he never said what they were doing." she thought, she had one major thought, and it involved Fusion, the very thought made her grimace.

"Speaking of Janus, he may be here as well. I'll have to take him down, should he get in the way." she added, suddenly she bumped into someone, "Oh sorry!" a boy boy with light blue hair shouted back, not stopping to apologies.

"Well you should be!" she yelled back irritated, "The nerve of some man..." she muttered turning forward again… Unaware she just bumped into the enemy. "I need to think of a simple way to lure those three idiots out. And I think I know the perfect way to do that..." she thought grinning, if they were going after Fusion, so would she...

Turn 2

"It's time for the student to prep his meal! My turn! Draw!" Yuya shouted, drawing his card… But then his stomach growled again, "Hehehe..." he laughed out blushing, "Hey! Talk with your Dueling, not your stomach!" Ayu yelled from her seat.

"Such a shame you have to lose on an empty stomach!" Michio mocked, "Why do you think I'm the one going to lose?" Yuya asked annoyed, "Gut instincts, that and I'm the king around here!" he answered, "Let's see how tough you are after I turn up the heat! I activate the Spell, Pendulum Call!" he shouted.

"I send 1 card in my Hand to the Graveyard." he said sending Crossbow Magician to his Graveyard, "This let's me add 2 Pendulum Magicians from my Deck to my Hand! I'll add Thorn Burst and Payback Magician!" he said as two cards ejected from his Deck, which he added to his Hand.

"Then I activate the Spell, Pendulum Roll!" he shouted. The card he activated appeared on the field, the image it had was of a Yahtzee cup with two arrow facing away from each other, blue and red were their colours. And coming out of the cup were 4 six-sided dice, all showing 4 on their side.

"I cannot Pendulum Summon the turn this card is activated, but I get to roll a dice!" he said as a palm size six-sided dice appeared in his open palm, "Please be the right number..." he thought, he tossed the dice, and it bounced before settling on 3.

"Yes! Due to this, I can Special Summon Pendulum Monsters from my Hand with a Level equal or lower than the number I rolled, and up to that many!" he said, he then took three cards from his Hand.

"I Summon Payback, Thorn Burst and Ring Fire Magician who are all Level 3!" he said, placing the cards onto his blade. The first to appear was Payback Magician, which was a black dressed wizard, the trimming for the coat he had was dark grey, he also had a mask that covered the bottom part of his face, and around his neck was a long scarf, on his left hip, on a belt was a small concealed blade, as well as multiple throwing stars, some of which were being held in between his fingers.

The second was Thorn Burst Magician, and he appeared to look like Zorro, but more colourful, first his hat, a traditional cowboy hat was as a dark violet colour, along with his ragged cape, his mask, which covered his upper face was a dark green, and within his teeth was a single red rose. He had a cotton shirt that was grey, his trousers were black, along with his shoes, and within his right hand was a wooden Rapier, that was covered in small thorns, he was Summoned in DEF.

And finally there was Ring Fire Magician in the middle of them.

Payback Magician: DARK, Level: 3 [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/1200, PS: 3

Thorn Burst Magician: EARTH, Level: 3 [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/500 DEF/1100, PS: 2

Ring Fire Magician: FIRE, Level: 3 [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/1300 DEF/1000, PS: 5

"Send me flying guys!" Yuya shouted jumping into the air, the three nodded and formed a triangle, bring their arms together, Yuya landed on them, and they flung him upwards, where he landed on top of the giant sink… But slipped on some water that was on it. "Ahh!" he cried out falling, but some how clasped his legs around the facet, hanging from it upside down, this made his monsters sigh out of embarrassment and relief.

Yuya groaned, then opened his eyes, and was shocked that he spotted an Action Card stuck onto the facet tap. "Well this Action Card could turn this whole Duel upside down..." he muttered.

"That boy sure is hanging in there!" Father joked, earning some laughter, "To be fair, Yuya is the son of the famous Yusho Sakaki! The Action Dueling Pioneer!" Nico said to him. "Now it makes sense, that man could always put a smile on any ones face. Must be why you have such faith in him." Father said back.

"Battle! Payback Magician attacks Eggong!" Yuya ordered, Payback charged at the Eggong, leaving after images in his wake. "Sorry to stop your cooking, but I need to put it on ice! I activate the Action Spell, Freeze Freezer!" Michio said using his Action Card, making a giant freezer appear behind him.

"This card stops Payback's attack!" he said as the door to the freezer blow open, with a cold wind blowing out of it, freezing Payback in his tracks, somehow still in mid air. "I told you I was going to turn up the heat! I activate the Action Spell, Battle Burner!" Yuya shouted, activating his Action Card.

"Now this card can allow the frozen Payback to attack again!" he said as blow torch then appeared, and shot out a torrent of flames at the frozen Magician, melting the ice safely, but the Magician's clothing was caught a lit, which he quickly fanned out. He then continued to fade in and out, before slicing the Eggong with the his conceal blade too fast to see.

The Egg monster then burst into particles, Michio's LP: 4000 – 800 = 3200, "But that's not all! As Battle Burner destroys your other monsters!" Yuya said, two fire balls from the blow torch shot out aiming for the panicking Chickwheat and Potatopard, who cried out as they were destroyed.

"Now for Ring Fire to attack you directly!" he ordered, Ring Fire tossed a ring at Michio, which stopped upright, confusing Michio, who was quickly flicked on the head by Ring Fire's hand that appeared from the ring, with the Magician retracting his arm from the ring in his other hand, making the hand that flicked Michio disappear. 3200 – 1300 = 1900. (Michio)

"Since your out all out of ingredients, it looks like you can't cook any more!" Yuya said, with laughter erupting from Michio, "Huh?" he said, "You're right about that, but a chef always has other ingredients ready!" Michio yelled out.

"I activate the Continious Trap, Food Cemetery!" he said his face down flipping up, with this causing a giant cook pot to appear, "Now all Cookmate monsters that were destroyed this turn are placed in this pot!" he said.

Three dark portal from the Graveyard appeared, each having a beam of light shot out and into the opening cook pot, which then closed. "Better than the trash, I guess..." Ayu muttered.

"Now since I put three Cookmate in the Food Cemetery, I can add 3 Cookmates from my Deck to my Hand!" he said smirking, "Thanks for helping me prep my ingredients quiet nicely there Yuya!" he said mockingly.

"He planned for that to happen, no matter the amount of monsters I Summoned." Yuya thought gritting his teeth, "If this keeps following his recipe, then I'll be having a delicious defea-" he added, but then shaked himself. "Okay why am I getting into the food puns!? It's only making me more hungry!" he thought, his stomach growled again to prove this.

"I place 2 cards face-down and end my turn!" he said placing two cards face-down, which appeared on his field, then faded.

Yuya's Hand x 0

Turn 3

"Then it's my turn to start cooking again! Draw!" Michio shouted out, drawing his card. "Time to show you something so divine, even your own Life Points won't cope!" he said with a bow, "I now activate the Continious Spell, Regal Recipe!" he said.

"Because I have 3 Cookmates in my Food Cemetery, I can Special Summon up to 3 Royal Cookmate monsters from my Hand!" he said. A beam from the Spell hit the cook pot, making it swell and churn it's inside, before spilling out three lights.

"Dinner is served! I Summon Royal Cookmates Knight Napolitan, Princess Pudding, and Prince Curry!" he said, as appearing from each light was a food monster, a pasta dish dressed in armour an also carrying a fork as a weapon. A Pudding in a glass bowl, while carrying a golden spoon, and a gravy bowl with curry in it, tilted downwards, carrying a brown coloured spoon, in its other hand was a shield… which had cooked white rice on it.

Royal Cookmate Knight Napolitan: EARTH, Level: 8 [Fairy/Effect] ATK/300 DEF/1100

Royal Cookmate Princess Pudding: EARTH, Level: 6 [Fairy/Effect] ATK/300 DEF/100

Royal Cookmate Prince Curry: EARTH, Level: 7 [Fairy/Effect] ATK/300 DEF/1000

"Wow… Yuya managed to get rid of all his monsters last turn, but Michio has already got the same number from before." Tatsuya muttered out, amazed at the monsters that just appeared. "Yeah… They look..." Ayu said, "So delicious! They're giving me the shivers!" Futoshi cried out, earning annoyance from the other two. "I-I-I mean… Gross!" he quickly added, sweating in fear for their stares.

"What do you think of my Royal Cookmates Yuya? They are made from the finest ingredients known to the world!" Michio gloated, "This is bad! Whenever I destroy a Cookmate monster, it will be put in that pot, giving him even more monsters to dish out..." Yuya muttered to himself.

"Exactly! This is the perfect recipe!" Michio said, sliding down Napolitan's pasta and into a cup, "Ha! Would you look at that, another Action Card!" he shouted climbing out, holding an Action Card.

"Already!?" Yuya shouted, he then ran off, hoping to find his own Action Card to use just in case.

"And to make this recipe better, for every Royal Cookmate Summoned this way, you take 300 damage!" he added, to Yuya's shock. The three Royal versions of Cookmates all glowed, unleashing a bolt of lightning out, that hit Yuya, shocking him as he landed on some plates. Yuya's LP: 4000 – 900 = 3100.

"Damn that hurt… But at least your monsters don't have enough power to dish out an attack..." Yuya hissed in pain. "True, but you know what they say, some meals taste better together!" Michio retorted.

"I activate Princess Pudding's effect! I target 1 other Royal Cookmate, and she doubles its original ATK until the end of the turn at the cost of her own attack!" he said as the pudding danced around Prince Curry, who erupted in flames, getting a bit more milder. Prince Curry's ATK: 300×2 = 600.

"And then Napolitan will also activate its own same effect! Targeting Curry also!" he said as Napolitan causing Curry to erupt I another torrent of flames, making it more milder curry. 600x2 = 1200. (Prince Curry)

"Curry, Pasta and Pudding! That's delicious!" Futoshi drooled out, Ayu was also drooling with him. "Hey! Cut it out you two!" Tatsuya scolded the two. "Yuya needs this win so much you can practically taste it!" he added… Then Yuya's stomach growled again, shocking Tatsuya into falling over.

"My, my, my... My Royal Cookmates must be getting to your stomach." Michio said grinning, "Sorry I can't help it, they look delicious enough to eat." Yuya said, "Well how about a serving! I now activate the Action Spell, Spicy Spice!" he said using the Action Card he got.

"Now 1 monster I control gains 1000 ATK!" he said, a spice rack appeared over Prince Curry, sprinkling some spice over the monster, making it super spicy and red hot. 1200 + 1000 = 2200. (Prince Curry)

"Its time to Eat! Battle! Prince Curry will now attack Ring Fire Magician!" he shouted, as Prince Curry then released a torrent of curry at Ring Fire, covering it with the sauce and burning the FIRE monster… Ironic. Ring Fire was then destroyed. 3100 – 900 = 2200. (Yuya)

"Aww is it too spicy for you?" Michio mocked as Yuya knelt down in pain, "I now end my turn! With it ending, Prince Curry's ATK returns to normal!" he said, 2200 = 300. (Prince Curry)

Michio's Hand x 0

Turn 4

"I hope you're still hungry, as I still have plently of food to deal out before you lose!" he mocked more, annoying Yuya. "My turn! Draw!" Yuya shouted drawing his card. "I activate the Spell, Pendulum Cost!" he said. The image the card had was a set of scales, one was blue and had a weight on it, while the other was red, but had nothing on it.

"Since I have no Pendulum Monsters in my Hand, I can destroys as many cards on my Field!" he said as Payback, Thorn Burst and one of his face-downs was destroyed. "This then lets me add a Pendulum Monster from my Deck to my Hand for every card I destroyed!" he said, three cards then ejected itself from his Deck which he took.

"So far, you've been leading this Recipe, but now it's time to improvise!" he said, "With the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, I set the Pendulum Scales!" he shouted placing the two cards in their respective zone.

(1) P-E-N-D-U-L-U-M (8)

The two Magicians then appeared within their pillars of blue light, much to Michio's shock, "Yes! He's Pendulum Summoning!" Ayu cheered. "I can now Summon monsters from Level 2 through 7 all at the same time!" he shouted.

"Swing Pendulum of the soul, draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Now appear my monsters!" he yelled out, the Pendulum rift opened, making lights appear from it.

"Appear once again! Payback Magician, Ring Fire Magician and from my Hand, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" he said as the two Magicians appeared again, along with his ace Odd-Eyes.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: DARK, Level: 7 [Dragon/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/2000, PS: 4

"Alright! Now to deal with you-" Odd-Eyes went to roar out, but then he spotted to food monsters, "… You delicious delicious meals..." he said drooling.

"Welcome you three! I hope you enjoy your meal!" Michio shouted, much to Yuya's confusion, "It's an honor to serve monsters that have been Pendulum Summoned!" he said, "So you're not intimidated at all?" Yuya asked.

"Why would I, as I now activate all of my Royal Cookmate's effect!" he said. "Before you three go, treat these three to what makes you so amazing! Ballistic Belly Buster!" he said.

The three food monsters quickly made their way over to the Pendulum Summoned monsters… And proceeded to force feed them their own bodies. Pudding to Payback, who was enjoying the sweet desert, Prince Curry to Ring Fire, who enjoyed the spicy dish, and Napolitan to Odd-Eyes who was basically drinking the long pasta monster.

"So good..." the three monster said in unison, "Hey! That's not fair! Why are they the only ones eating?" Yuya angrily asked, but he then noticed something about his eating monster, being the fact that they were swelling up.

"G-Guys! Stop eating, your turning into balloons!" he yelled, alerting his monsters to this, "He's right, thanks for the meal but-" Odd-Eyes went to say, but Napolitan quickly stuffed his mouth again, "Hey! I said that's enoug-" he gurgled out, his size continuing to grow bigger, his two companions were already unconscious from the food, but the monsters feeding them didn't stop force feeding them.

"Yes! Eat to your hearts content! You look ready to burst!" Michio shouted, alerting Yuya, "Burst! Do you mean-" he said, "That's rights. For every Royal Cookmate that I return to my Hand for every monster you Summoned, they're destroyed!" he said his eyes opening to reveal they were grey.

"I return all three Royal Cookmates to my Hand!" he said taking their cards from his blade, "So now your three fattened monsters are destroyed!" he said smirking, as the ballooning monsters exploded into particles.

"No way… They were destroyed that easy..." Yuya got out, "Sorry about that, but they certainly enjoyed themselves before they went..." Michio mocked, Yuya gritted his teeth at this. "I hope losing doesn't leave a bad taste!" he adding with a laugh…

The Harbour, (same time)

At the Harbour, workers were of course hard at work getting shipments in and out of the city, these shipments contained foods, electronics, etc, and of course Duel Monster Cards.

In the abandoned part of the Harbour, in a run down warehouse, a local gang of thugs had made their home there, doing whatever the hell they wanted until their boss asked them to do something.

"Hey you hear the rumor going about lately?" one thug said to his fellow thugs, as the lot played poker around a crate box, "What rumor?" another thug said, "About the disappearance of some people, mainly Duelist." the first said.

"Oh yeah, I've heard that its mostly people from LDS." Another said, a fourth thug, a female sniggered, "Serves those stuck ups right!" she said laughing, the others then follow her lead.

Elsewhere near them, the leader of the gang was thinking to himself, he was a big man, standing over 6 feet and looking punkish and menacing, his girlfriend sitting on his lap, "Hmm..." he hummed out.

"Something wrong babe?" his girlfriend asked, "Trying to figure out what we can loot for our next heist..." he said. He thought hard, but he just couldn't figure out what to loot, he ran a small black market scheme with stolen goods, but with security being higher than usual, his gang's chances for looting had become slimmer than usual.

"I'm sure you'll think of something boss." his right hand man said, "Maybe I should bring someone in to help us..." the boss pondered.

*Knock Knock* Came from the closed door, all activities halted at this, "Go check the door!" the boss ordered one of his croons, they nodded and they walked over to the door and opened it slowly.

The crone talked to who it was, a moment later, "They say they want to speak to you!" the crone said, everyone in room looked to their boss at this, "Fine, let them in." he said.

The crone nodded and pushed the warehouse door open slightly, allowing the person to walk in, the other thugs froze up in confusion, their heads turning the follow the person limping there way to the boss, they notice, that they were leaning on their left side.

The person then stopped in front of the boss, who asked his girlfriend to get off him, and stand to the side, which she did, "Who are you?" the boss asked getting up and walking down from his makeshift chair.

The person in question was a young man of 15, wearing dusty black trousers, and drab grey shirt and a dull jacket, his hair was a mixture of black and gold, this was done in a stinger like style like that of a wasps. His face concealed by a plague mask.

"I'm here, because I heard that your little business isn't doing well..." the young man said, "And I thought that I could help with that." he said, "And how do you plan to do that?" the boss asked, "By taking over, and keeping you for muscle!" the young man said, the gang having heard this, got up and made their way over to this cocky runt.

Their boss however stopped them with a simple wave of his hand, "How do you plan to take over?" the boss growled out, "With a Duel! Do you except?" he said.

"I do!" the boss said, then looked to his left, a thug nodded and went to retrieve the bosses Disk and Deck.

"So if you win, I step down and you take over, right?" the boss said, "Right! And if you win… If..." the young man said, annoying the boss with this, "You stay in charge, but I'll still work for you, and tell you how to improve!" the young man said.

The boss thought for a second about the terms, either way, if the young man knew what to do, the gang would flourish, but he wouldn't be in charge one way, he had a 50/50 chance of winning, he wasn't cocky like most Duelist were when they were on a winning streak.

"Deal!" the boss finally said, holding his hand out, with the young man shaking it, "Before we begin..." the boss said, the thug returning with his Duel Disk and Deck in hand. "Can I get your name?" he asked.

"Janus… Janus Ickster." Janus said finally introducing himself…

Back to the Duel…

"You can laugh for now, but I ain't out of this yet!" Yuya said, "I end my turn!" he said.

Yuya's Hand x 0

Turn 5

"Now what can Big Bro do if Michio can simply counter his Pendulum Summon?" Tatsuya said, "Not much..." Ayu said, "At least Michio's Royal Cookmates aren't on the field..." Futoshi said hopefully.

"Time to bring the recipe to boil and serve! Draw!" Michio said drawing his card, "And now I activate Regal Recipe's effect!" he sad, the Continious Spell glowing, "Since I have 3 Cookmates in my Food Cemetery, I can once again Special Summon 3 Royal Cookmates from my Hand!" he explained again.

"Since they returned to his Hand last turn from destroying my monsters, he can Special Summon and repeat!" Yuya thought, realising Michio's strategy, lucky there was a way around that he could see, but he wasn't sure if Michio had a back-up plan.

"Once again I serve up Royal Cookmate Knight Napolitan, Princess Pudding and Prince Curry!" Michio shouted, as from the floating pot it began to shake, releasing the Cookmates, they turned into energy and transformed into the Royal Cookmates. They were Summoned in Attack.

"If this keeps up… I'll lose this Duel and my appetite!" Yuya said to himself, just then his stomach growled again, "Actually… That may be a good thing for my stomach, cause I'm starving..." he groaned out.

"Cheer up Yuya! This way you lose weight, but sadly some LP!" Michio said, confusing his opponent, "Remember, When I Summon Royal Cookmates this way, you take 300 damage for each one Summoned!" he explained.

Yuya suddenly remembered this and was shocked, but couldn't do a thing for the balls of energy that hit him one at a time. 2200 – 900 = 1300, (Yuya) "Maybe you aren't suited to be in my kitchen!" Michio said.

"Okay that's it!" Yuya yelled getting back up, "Stop with the puns man! Seriously! My stomach gets more hungrier with each pun!" he cried out, "I can't help it, there are so tasty to make!" Michio retorted.

"Now I use Napolitan's effect! I target Prince Curry to double it's original ATK again!" he said, 300x2 = 600. (Prince Curry) "And then for Princess Pudding's effect to do the same!" he added. 600x2 = 1200. (Prince Curry) "At least the other two can't attack anymore..." Yuya thought hopefully.

"Keep up the delicious Duel Michio!" a housewife in the crowd yelled out, "Let's see, you only have 1300 LP left, Prince Curry's ATK is just 100 ATK short from finishing you off. But that can change with just a fork full of power!" Michio said.

He then started to jump from floating plate to the other, "Oh look what we have here!" he said, turning to his side, where he spotted an Action Card just resting there. He then picked it up.

"Wow! I got lucky today! I now activate the Action Spell, Victory Topping!" he said, the card appearing on the field near him.

"This card give Prince Curry an extra 600 ATK!" he said, 1200 + 600 = 1800. (Prince Curry) As the Curry dish monster gained power, its shield gained an ingredient, it was a- "Is that a Pork Cutlet!?" Ayu and Tatsuya said together while Futoshi drooled a little bit.

"Time for you to pig out Yuya!" Michio joked, "Battle! Prince Curry attacks you directly!" he said, at this the Curry monster charged at Yuya, its kitchen based weapon pointed at Yuya.

"Not so fast! I activate the Trap, Mystical Calling!" Yuya said, "This puts Prince Curry's attack on cold!" he said, the flash from the card blinding Prince Curry who stopped in its tracks.

"And now I can add 2 Magicians from my Deck to my Hand whose combined DEF is less or equal to Prince Curry's ATK!" he explained.

"Prince Curry has 1800 ATK, so I'll add Force Draw Magician who has 600 DEF, and Moongazer Magician with 1200 DEF!" he said, the two cards in question ejected itself from his Deck which he added to his hand.

"Excellent! You not only stopped Curry's attack, but also added two new monsters to your Hand!" Michio said, "You basically just repeated what I said..." Yuya muttered to himself.

"However I'm not really worried about that at all, as now I activate the Trap, Food Preservation Factory!" Michio said, his second face-down flipping up. "When you add cards to your Hand other than during your draw phase, I can place the same amount of Cookmates to the amount of cards you got to my Food Cemetery!" he explained.

"You got 2 cards, so I'll put Cookmate Lionion and Rabbitamato into the Food Cemetry!" he said, a spectral form of a lion with a mane of onion skin peeling and an egg shaped tomato with rabbit ears and feet appeared and then sucked into the Food Cemetery.

"Not again! I need to find a way to stop that cook pot!" Yuya gritted out, "I then I activate the Spell, Food Fraud!" he said, "I can add two Royal Cookmates from my Deck to my Hand!" he said as two cards were ejected from his Deck, which he took.

"I'll add King Hamburg and Queen Omelette to my Hand!" he said showing them, Yuya's stomach gave a small groan at the names. "Too bad you can't see them yet, as when using Food Fraud, I can't Special Summon them, so with that I end my turn!" he said.

"With it ending, Prince Curry's ATK returns to normal..." he said, 1800 = 300. (Prince Curry)

Michio's Hand x 2

Turn 6

"This is bad… During his next turn, he can Special Summon up to 5 Royal Cookmates, I need to think of how to get past that..." Yuya thought. "My turn! Draw!" he said, drawing his card. "Good card, but not for now..." he added in his head.

"If that won't do..." he said out loud, running forward and then jumping upwards from under a plate that he saw with an Action Card. "Then I'll-" he stopped as his stomach growled again, shocking him so much that he failed to grab the Action Card.

"So… Hungry… Too… Weak..." he groaned in his head as he fell back down onto his back, the kids flinched as he landed, "That just won't do, won't it Yuya!" a voice echoed throughout the arena, making people turn to the source and see Yuya's mother, Yuko, holding a wrapped item.

"Haven't I anyways told you Yuya, 'You can't Duel without any fuel to burn!" she said, then threw the item at her son, who was just alert enough to catch it. "What's this?" he said confused, he slowly opened it and was amazed.

"Your classic Pancake!" Yuya yelled smiling and drooling at the sight of his mother's pancake… But he notice one thing of about it, it was a bit fatter then what she usually makes. "Oh well!" he thought nothing of it and took a huge bite, savouring the taste.

"So good… I really needed thi- Eh?" he thought, suddenly realising something was off about the pancake, but not in a bad way. He looked inside the bitten into pancake and notice that there appeared to be something inside it.

"What's in this Mom?" he asked, "You remember the Sunrise Pork-loaf I was making? Well I mixed it with my Pancake and made a sandwich!" she explained as he continued to chow down but listen.

"It's perfect!" he said, mouth full of the now pancake sandwich, "It's only perfect due to Michio's recipe, but I came up with the idea to turn it into a sandwich with my pancake, making the recipe better!" she said.

Michio having heard this sneered at her, "What are you on about? My recipes are already perfect, you cannot make them better when they're perfect!" Michio sneered at her.

"Perfection made even better… Huh?" Yuya said to himself, smiled, then finished what was left of his sandwich. He then got back onto his feet.

"Right! Now that I'm fuelled up, let's continue the show!" he said, "With Stargazer and Timegazer in the Pendulum Summon I once again!" he said, the rift opened up as two lights appeared from it.

"I Pendulum Summon Moongazer Magician and Force Draw Magician!" he said, appearing on the field was Moongazer and a new magician. He was dress like a magician who appeared on a magic show, his coat was white and on it were the four suits for cards, at the top left was a red heart, the top right had a black club, the bottom left has a black spade and the bottom right had a red diamond. He also had white magician gloves on, which he was using the do tricks with a deck of playing cards. His black top hat had a single playing card with it.

Moongazer Magician: DARK, Level: 4 [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/1200, PS: 9

Force Draw Magician: EARTH, Level: 3 [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/1200 DEF/600, PS: 6

"Moongazer's effect! When Summoned, I can add 1 Trap from my Deck to my Hand!" he said, a card ejecting itself from his Deck, which he added to his Hand.

"Nice try Yuya, but now I use Princess Pudding and Knight Napolitan's effect! Ballistic Belly Buster!" Michio said.

The two Royal Cookmates made their way over to the two Magician, and proceeded to stuff themselves into the Magicians, Princess Pudding to Moongazer and Napolitan to Force Draw, the two getting fatter as they were force fed.

Yuya knew that would happen, but he needed a just the right card from Moongazer, which he now had, "Sorry guys… But at least you get a decent meal..." he nervously laughed at his joke, his monsters, in their fattened state, managed to turn their heads and give him a glare.

"Now by returning Princess Pudding and Knight Napolitan to my Hand, I can destroyed one monster you Summoned per returned card!" Michio said, he then took the cards from his blade, doing so destroyed the two fattened magicians.

"What a nice way to go, with a full stomach!" he laughed out.

"That's twisted! Destroying monsters like that for laughs!" Tatsuya said, "How tasteless!" Ayu said, "What a rotten apple!" Futoshi said.

"Good thing Pendulum Monsters when destroyed are sent to the Extra Deck face-up to Summoned again..." Yuya said taking the destroyed monsters cards and placing them into his Extra Deck, this action and his words shocked Michio, but he quickly got over it, seeing that he could easily destroy them when they were Summoned.

"I end my turn with two face-downs!" he said, as the cards appeared on the field then vanished.

Yuya's Hand x 0

Turn 7

"Let's end this recipe! Draw!" Michio drew his card, he then turned to Yuko, "So… You honestly think you made my recipe even better?" he asked her, "Yes but-" "But that can't be possible! My recipes are perfect! Even everything else I do is perfect! And you can't prefect perfection!" he said smirking.

"My boy is right! No one can do better than him!" Michio's mother cheered out, "Aww, thanks mom!" he said turning back to Yuya. "I have 5 Cookmates in my Food Cemetery, and now I use Regal Recipe's effect once again!" he said.

"I can now Special Summon up to 5 Royal Cookmates from my Hand!" he said, once again the cook pot sprang to life, expelling 4 of the Cookmates, that turned into Knight Napolitan, Princess Pudding and two new ones.

One of them was Queen Omelette, and she was literally an omelette, she had a long regal purple cape on her back, and floating by her side was a silver spoon on her front in red sauce was the Royal Cookmate marking. King Hamburg was the other, it was a a slab of batter fried meat with sauce on it and two cooked eggs for eyes, and a few vegetables on the sides, it was on a golden heart shape plate with a golden knife and a slightly twisted golden fork.

Royal Cookmate Queen Omelette: EARTH, Level: 9 [Fairy/Effect] ATK/300 DEF/1200

Royal Cookmate King Hamburg: EARTH, Level: 10 [Fairy/Effect] ATK/300 DEF/1300

"That the best looking super meal!" Yuya said out loud, meanwhile Futoshi was full on drooling now, "Curry… Burger… Omelette and Pasta..." he drooled out, "Don't forget Pudding for desert!" Ayu added also drooling a bit.

"If my eyes were mouth, I would be stuffed already!" he said, eyes wide and sparkling. "Due to Regal Recipe, you now take 300 damage per Royal Cookmate Summoned!" Michio said.

Once again, balls of energy from the food monster shot out and hit Yuya, but he had time to brace himself, 1300 – 1200 = 100. (Yuya) "Yuya!" his mother cried out for him. "The boy did well to survive this long, but going up against all five Royal Cookmate is tough for anyone to swallow..." Father solemnly said.

"Now I use Napolitan, Princess Pudding, Queen Omelette and King Hamburg's shared effect on Prince Curry!" Michio said, "They each double Curry's ATK!" he said, 300x2 = 600x2 = 1200x2 = 2400x2 = 4800. (Prince Curry)

With each boost in power, Prince Curry was getting spicier and spicier, until finally he somehow turned golden. "4800 ATK!? That Curry must be packed with calories!" Tatsuya said shocked.

"The final meal has been served for you! Battle! Prince Curry attacks you directly!" Michio yelled out as Prince Curry rushed his way over to the defenceless Yuya, "Royal Golden Curry!" he yelled, these words then made the Curry monster shoot out a gold stream of curry.

"The Final Meal has to be taken back sorry! I activate the Trap, Wall of Disruption!" Yuya said, one of his face-downs flipping up.

"Your attacking monster loses 800 ATK per monster you control, including itself!" he explained, as a dark red beam from the Trap shoot out. "You control 5 monsters, so Prince Curry loses 4000 ATK!" he said as a the beam split the curry attack apart and striked the Curry Prince. 4800 – 4000 = 800. (Prince Curry)

"Still a shame, as Prince Curry is still attacking and you only have 100 LP left! Face it, you lose!" Michio yelled out, just then Prince Curry shot out another torrent of curry out.

Yuya threw down his goggles over his eyes, ran forward, jumped off a plate and into the air just as the curry attack neared him and exploded, shocking the kids and Yuko, with Michio smirking.

"I give him this though, he sure lasted longer than most opponents I've faced..." he said grinning, looking at the fallen food blender, meanwhile the woman in the crowd except Yuko were muttering amongst themselves.

As the smoke cleared, Yuya was still standing, 100 = 100 (Yuya), "But how!?" Michio yelled out in shock, even Prince Curry was shocked.

"Simple! A little thing called an Action Card! The Action Spell, Damage Banish!" he said, the Action Spell standing by him enlarged, "I managed to get this before Curry's attack hit me! Should I take battle damage, it becomes 0!" he explained.

"It was the one I tried to go for before on an empty stomach!" he said, making his opponent think back to that moment just before Yuko showed up with her 'improved version of his recipe'.

"I end my turn! With it ending, Prince Curry's ATK returns to normal..." Michio gritted out, 800 = 300. (Prince Curry) "Don't get to comfortable about surviving, the second you Pendulum Summon your monsters, they're going away after their last meal!" he said.

Michio's Hand x 1

Turn 8

"Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that..." Yuya said, smirking, he now had the perfect plan to counter his Royal Cookmates… But an extra card couldn't hurt to have just in case… "I need a perfect card just in case..." he thought placing his finger over his Deck.

"My turn! DRAW!" he shouted, drawing his card, he slowly looked at it, "It's you again..." he whispered out, he knew his deck would come through for him, even if he didn't need it, just nice to have a back up. "And now, the fun has just begun!" he declared, snapping his fingers, the lights cut out, then one turned on agian, focused on Yuya.

"Ladies and… Well I don't really see many Gentlemen, but anyways, I now introduce you to the grand finale of this cooking show!" he said. "No… He's taking over my kitchen!" Michio got out.

"As you know I control the Scale 1 Stargazer Magicain and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, so now I can once again Summon monsters from Levels 2 through 7 at the same time!" Yuya said.

"Say it with me if you know the words!" he encouraged, "Swing Pendulum of the soul, draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon!" he said with some of the crowd joining in with him.

"Now appear my monsters!" he said as the rift opened up, with 4 beams shooting out of it, "Appear Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" he said as his ace appeared, "Payback Magician!" the ninja like Magicain appeared. "Moongazer Magician!" the younger twin to Sungazer appeared with a curtsey.

"And finally Odd-Eyes Punishment Dragon!" he said, and finally appearing was Odd-Eyes's yellow cousin with a roar.

Odd-Eyes Punishment Dragon: DARK, Level: 7 [Dragon/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/1800, PS: 1

"Hey cousin!" Odd-Eyes (Pendulum) roared to his cousin who roared back. "Since Moongazer was Summoned again, I add a Trap to my Hand!" Yuya said, doing just that. "Odd-Eyes's effect activates! When Pendulum Summoned from the Extra Deck, 1 of your Special Summoned monsters lose 100 ATK for every Level that I can Pendulum Summon! Scale Force!" Odd-Eyes released a blue pulse of energy, that washed over the Royal Cookmates, specifically Curry "As Curry only has 300 ATK, that all its loses." Yuya added on. 300 - 300 = 0 (Curry) "Are you kidding me!" Michio gasped out

"And now Odd-Eyes gains that lost ATK until the end of the turn!" Odd-Eyes's ATK: 2500 + 300 = 2800. "Seriously! What an effect!" Michio cried out shocked. "Yay! Odd-Eyes can end this!" Ayu cheered, "But what about-" Tatsuya went to say.

"Another Hungry Dragon? Well I better get serving, I activate all but Prince Curry's effect!" Michio said grinning, "Ballistic Belly Buster!" he said for the last time today.

All but Prince Curry took off for Yuya's monsters, with Napolitan going for Punishment Dragon, who happily ate, not knowing what was going to happen, Pudding to Moongazer, who was trying not to open her mouth, Queen Omelette to Payback, who silently just ate, knowing what was coming. And Odd-Eyes chomping into King Hamburg. "So good, I know I shouldn't, but I can't resist!" Odd-Eyes groaned out between bites.

All four of Yuya's monsters were now bloated up, "Now by returning them to my Hand, I destroy all your monsters!" he said taking the four activated card from his blade and into his Hand.

He then looked to see Yuya's monsters go pop… Only for them to go back to normal, shocking both he, the crowd and the monsters, but the after taste from their monster sized meals made the two dragons and magicians rub their stomachs with content.

"B-B-But how!?" They should be destroyed!" he yelled out in shock, "I think you need pay attention to everything else other than your customers Michio!" Yuya joked, "If you had, you would've seen me activate the Continious Trap, Scale Guard!" he said, waving to the now final flipped upwards card, the image it had was the two blue pillars for the Pendulum Zones, but in their place of a monster were a blue and red shield, a heater shield to be exact.

"I can activate this card if a Pendulum Summoned monster or more are about to be destroyed." he explained.

"Now while this card is face-up once per turn, should monsters I control whose Levels are within my Pendulum Scale are to be destroyed by a card effect, that destruction is negated!" he added shocking Michio.

"I can't believe it! That boy stopped Michio's recipe!" Father shouted out, not in fear or shock, but amazement, Nico Smiley was smiling as usual, he knew Yuya would save something amazing for the finale.

"This can't be… My recipe was perfect..." Michio said, falling to his knees, "Sorry to tell you this, but nothing is perfect!" Yuya said.

"We all try and work to make things become perfect in our own way but we always improve after that." he added shocking Michio who was reminded that his master/father said words similar to what Yuya just said, "You believe your recipe was perfect, but it is okay to try and make it even better, just like Dueling!" he said.

"Also even if I didn't have Scale Guard, Punishment Dragon can negate the destruction of Pendulum Monsters on the field or in the Pendulum Zones once per turn." he added rubbing his neck after that little speech.

"So either way, they would have survived." Michio realised, "You aren't perfect Michio… but you're always getting better." Yuya said smiling, making Michio smile a bit as well.

"It's time to end this Duel! Battle! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon attacks Prince Curry! Spiral Strike Burst!" he yelled, Odd-Eyes roared, charged a sphere and released it at Curry, who was struck right in the curry.

"Since Odd-Eyes is battling a Level 5 or higher monster, his effect doubles the damage! Reaction Force!" he said, the beam got twice as strong, destroying the Curry monster and taking Michio's LP with it. 1900 – 5600 = 0.

"And that is the end of our dinner show... I hope you enjoyed!" Yuya said with a bow, the crowd clapping and cheering for Yuya.

Yuya: WINS

Michio: LOSE

"Yay!" Ayu cheered out, "He got his first win!" Tatsuya cheered as well, "Ohhhhhhh..." Futoshi cried out doing his little dance.

"Michio!" his mother cried out for Michio who slowly came to, "I couldn't believe that you could lose, but now..." his mother said, "I'm sorry mom, but Yuya and Mrs Sakaki are right, I can always improve." Michio said smiling.

"I guess you're right..." she said, with Yuya the kids were running up to him and congratulated him, Michio then made his way after they did. "That was some finale there Yuya, and you were right, the student has surpassed the master!" Michio said, making Yuya smile.

"Now that I know that I'm not as perfect as I think I am, I can get even better for the next time we Duel!" he said holding his hand out, which Yuya took and shook, "I hope you make it in for that rematch." he said.

"Thanks, and I can't wait for it!" Yuya said… But again, his stomach growled, still hungry, this shocked Yuya, who nervously laughed, and shocked Michio too. "Looks like you used all that fuel in the Duel Yuya." Yuko said, "What do you say Yuya, another Pancake Sandwich?" she asked.

"I've got a better idea." Michio began, shocking Yuko, "I believe I can improve on that recipe!" he added shocking her, "Sounds great! What do you think mom?" he said, but was confused at how still his mother became.

"Errr... Mom?" he asked, "I can't believe it!" she suddenly cried out in joy, shocking her son, "Michio Mokota wants to use my Pancake Sandwich Recipe!" she yelled out, "I'm a star! I'm a star! I'm a star!" she chanted, much to her son's embarrassment.

"Mom! Stop that, people are watching!" Yuya shouted at her, as in fact the crowd, while dispersing, looking back at the commotion, making Yuya even embarrassed…

End of Chapter 19

Hey guys! Sorry that I have been away for sooooo long, but I couldn't help some of it! Work, Family and family events taking place… And playing Fortnite Battle Royale… (I'm sadly addicted to that game.) got in the way And also I have another Yugioh Story! Called 'Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: The Link Between Fates' in the makings, if you like the Vrains series, then you may like my story…

Also to make up for this long pause, I have during the time during my last submission, made 2 chapters for this, number 20 should be out like an hour after this hopefully.

As for Queen Omelette's DEF, it was made up, I can't seem to find a source where it shows me it's DEF, so I made it between Knight Napolitan and King Hamburg's DEF.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the next one will have the Denisu Brother showing Yuzu the basic's behind their type of Extra Deck summoning in their Duels to qualify for the Senior Division… See ya!

OC Cards

(Yuya)

Pendulum Roll
Normal Spell
You cannot Pendulum Summon the turn you activate this card, or control cards in your Pendulum Zones. Roll a six-sided dice, then Special Summon Pendulum Monsters from your Hand whose Levels are equal or lower to the number you rolled from the Dice, as well as up to that many. You can only activate 1 "Pendulum Roll" once per Duel.

Pendulum Cost
Normal Spell
If you have no Pendulum Monsters in your Hand, destroy as many cards on your Field, and if you do, add 1 Pendulum Monster from your Deck to your Hand for every destroyed card.

Scale Guard
Continious Trap
Activate when Pendulum Summoned Monsters you control are about to be destroyed. While this card is face-up on the field: Once per turn, during either player's turn, should a monster(s) you control with a Level between your Pendulum Scale be destroyed by a card effect: Negate the destruction.

Mystical Calling (used to be Performapal Call)
Normal Trap
same effect as before, but the effect targets Magicians now…