Thetrueazure: Hey guys here with the second chapter of this story.

Ritsu: We actually get to go search for an elemental dragon.

Thetrueazure: Yes, now do the disclaimer.

Ritsu: *Sigh* Thetrueazure does not own YuGiOh 5d's, only Ritsu and the cards he makes

(Azure) if you see this icon that means that card is made by yours truly
(Agion) if you see this icon that means that some cards were made by Agion
Enjoy Ch.2!

Ch.2 Belial

It had been a few days since Ritsu found Raikou and was told to find the other five elemental dragons and their respective masters so that they can defeat the dark dragon Apollyon and save both the human and the spirit world from total annihilation.

Over at New Domino City Duel Park

There were six sets of duel fields all adjacent to one another with people dueling in some of them, Ritsu was sitting down on one of the benches shuffling through his deck looking at all of his cards until he came upon Raikou.

"Ritsu what are you thinking about?" Raikou asked as he was floating above Ritsu as he was deep in thought "Ritsu!"

"Huh! Oh sorry Raikou I was just thinking about this whole thing about the elemental dragons, and Apollyon." Ritsu put his deck back into his deck holder and got up to leave, until he was stopped by someone.

"Hey" Ritsu turned to see where the voice came from he saw a young man the man had snow white hair that covered his ears, had brown eyes; he wore a grey T-shirt with a crimson jacket over it with a hat to match it, he also wore black jeans and had a necklace with a sword on it.

"Hello. Can I help you with something?"

"I have a question. Do you have Raikou?"

Ritsu froze at the question, how this guy knows who Raikou is and who the hell is he, he's never seen him around the duel park before. Could he have an elemental dragon?

"And what if I did. Are you with Apollyon?" Ritsu readied his duel disk but the young man in front of him put up his hands signaling Ritsu to take it easy as he was smiling.

"Whoa whoa let's just calm down for a sec. First off my name is Krad-Krad Kenshin and second I'm not your enemy, I have an elemental dragon myself" Krad pointed up so Ritsu could see what Krad meant, what he saw was a shadow dragon whose scales were dark purple " That is Belial-The Dragon of The Shadows."

"Hello Raikou it's been a long time has it not" Belial and Raikou were both floating above their respective masters when he looked at Ritsu "So this human is your master?"

"Yes old friend he is."

"I wish to test his worth if you don't mind?"

"Hold on, test?" Ritsu was very confused when Belial said that but he thought that by doing this it will give him more answers "What test do you have in mind?"

"A duel"

"A duel? With Krad?"

"Yes. If you win I will accept you as Raikou's master."

"Ok I accept"

Over at a duel arena

Both Ritsu and Krad readied their duel disks

Ritsu/Krad: Let's Duel!

Ritsu: 4000
Krad: 4000

"First turn is mine! I draw!" Ritsu drew his sixth card and added it to his hand "And I'll start things off with Mirage Dragon LV4 (1600/600) in attack mode" A ghostly dragon appeared in a white mist "I'll end things off with three face downs" three reverse cards appeared on the field.

"My move then! Draw!" Krad drew his sixth card and added it to his hand "And I summon (Agion) Dark Knight Swordsman-Zehaal LV4 (1800/500) in attack mode." A knight in dark armor appeared on the field carrying a double-edged sword in his hand.

"A Dark Knight card?"

"That's right. These cards can't inflict battle damage unless the card it destroys goes to the grave. And furthermore when a Dark Knight monster is brought out to the field I can summon another one with a different level from my deck."

"What!"

"So I summon (Agion) Dark Knight Avenger- Fryll LV6 (2100/1100) in attack mode!" another shadow knight appeared on the field right beside Zehaal. "Fryll attack Mirage Dragon!"

"I activate my trap (Azure) Dragon's Barrier!" A large barrier was put up in front of Mirage Dragon Protecting him from Fryll's attack "You see with Dragon's Barrier if I have a face up Dragon-type monster out that card cannot be destroyed in battle. So my dragon stays"

"Fine I'll set one card face down. Your turn." One reverse card appeared behind Krad's monsters

"Alright then, I draw!" Ritsu drew his card and added it to his hand

"And I activate my trap (Agion) Ordeal of the Dark Knights by paying 2000 life points."

Ritsu: 4000
Krad: 2000

"But why would you do that?"

"Because when Ordeal of the Dark Knights is out, Dark Knight Cards can inflict damage even if the card doesn't go to the graveyard, and lastly if I attack you directly you take half the damage."

"Alright then. I remove from play Mirage in order to special summon Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon LV10 (2800/2400) to the field!"

From a column of dark flames came a dragon whose entire body was made entirely out of dark metal it's piercing red eyes stared at Krad with murderous intent.

"Whoa that's incredible! You were able to bring out a monster with 2800 attack points on just your second turn!"

"Yeah and your about to see him in action, go Red Eyes attack Zehaal now!" on command the dragon fired a barrage of fireballs at Zehaal destroying him instantly.

Ritsu: 4000
Krad: 1000

"Alright! I am ruling this duel!"

"Don't celebrate just yet." Krad's eyes became bright red just like Red Eye's "I still haven't played my strongest card yet."

"Fine, I'll set one face down card and end."

"My turn then!" Krad drew his card and smiled a bit" Looks like I might win this."

"How so?"

"Because i summon (Agion) Dark Knight Apprentice LV2 (1400/400) in attack mode" Another shadow knight appeared but looked more inexperienced in the ways of combat.

"A tuner!"

"Get ready Ritsu, Belial is coming."

"I tune my level 6 Dark Knight Avenger-Fryll with my level 2 Dark Knight Apprentice."

The apprentice transformed into two green rings and surround Fryll which turned him into six stars.

The power of the shadows will aid us in our war against evil, become the power that is stronger than darkness itself! Synchro summon! The dragon of the shadows (Azure) Belial-The Dragon of The Shadows! LV8 (2900/2800)

"Gah! So that's Belial." Ritsu stepped back in shock

"And now I activate Belial's ability, you see I can discard any number of cards from my hand to have Belial gain 400 attack per card."

"What!"

"But first I play Card of sanctity, now we draw until we have six cards in our hand." Krad and Ritsu both drew five cards "Now that thats done I activate the spell Half Shut! This cuts your dragons attack points in half in return it can't be destroyed in battle."

Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon ATK: 1400

"As for Belial's ability, I'll discard my entire hand." Krad discarded five cards from his hand to the grave. " That's five cards so that means Belial gains 2000 attack points!"

Belial ATK: 4900

"Prepare yourself human!"

"Belial attack Red Eyes! Shadow flame strike!" Upon command Belial's body became enveloped in dark flame and flew right into Ritsu's monster causing it to stagger

Ritsu: 500
Krad: 1000

"I'll end my turn right there."

"Then it's my turn! Draw!" Ritsu drew his card, causing his eyes to turn into dragon eyes again "Looks like I win Krad."

"What are you talking about."

"I'll explain everything when I activate not one but two Level returner traps. This reduces one cards level by two and since I have two on the field it reduces it by four." Ritsu pointed at Red Eyes "And what better candidate that my Red Eyes!"

Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon LV6

"Next I activate his effect. His effect allows me to bring out one dragon type other than him, so I bring out the tuner monster (Azure) Heavens Dragon LV2 (1000/800) in attack mode!"

A dragon with angel wings appeared out of a dark portal and sat on Ritsu's shoulder

"Now I tune my level six Red Eyes with my level 2 Heavens Dragon."

Heavens Dragon turned into two green rings surrounding Red Eyes and turning him into six stars

Where there's darkness there is always a light that will banish it, become the ally sent from the heavens. Synchro summon! The dragon of light, (Azure) Raikou-The Dragon of the Heavens! LV8 (3000/2400)

"Incredible so that's Raikou, but Belials alot more powerful than him."

"Didn't anyone ever tell you looks can be deceiving." Ritsu was shaking his head in disappointment" I activate Raikou's special ability, you see when he battles with a card I can discard 1 monster card from my hand and he gains that cards attack points."

"What!"

"I discard Axe Dragonute to have Raikou gain 2000 attack points"

Raikou ATK : 5000

"Not only that, but I activate the trap Rising energy, now by discarding one card I can have Raikou's attack increase by 1500!"

Raikou ATK : 6500

"6500 attack points! That can't be!"

"Oh it be now Raikou end this! Heavens wrath!" Raikou fired a white fireball at Belial engulfing and destroying him instantly.

Ritsu: 500 : Winner
Krad: 0

"Congratulations Ritsu you won." Belial bowed in respect to him "I will acknowledge you as Raikou's master now, well done."

"Than you Belial but I didn't do it alone." Ritsu looked up at Raikou "It was all thanks to Raikou."

Ritsu extended his hand toward Krad

"That was an awesome duel Krad, you had me on the ropes but I was able to manage."

"Thanks Ritsu your an awesome duelist and I hope we can be friends."

Krad shook Ritsu's hand as they laughed, when they were done they went their separate ways with Ritsu smiling

"Krad. We were friends the moment the first card was drawn"

Thetrueazure: Whew! this thing to awhile to write, but it all turned out well.

Ritsu: Yeah it did

Krad: I was so close to winning.

Ritsu: well let's look at what's coming up; It looks like I was selected to participate in the Dragons cup and so was Krad and we need to get ready for the opening dinner and during the dinner I was selected for a exhibition match with the famous Satoshi Shinamori, boy am i going to be in for it.

Next Chapter Apollo

"Man is it getting hot in here or is it just me?"