*Ritsu and Kazuma open a capsule that had Azure in it*

Thetrueazure: Zzzzz...

Kazuma: Azure wake up.

Ritsu: *Holding a baseball bat in his hand* Forget it Kazu, he can't hear you.

Kazuma: Well what do we do? *Ritsu swing the bat knocking Azure upside the head as well as cracking the bat*

Ritsu: all you need is tough love *sigh* Thetrueazure does not own Yugioh 5ds only Ritsu.

Ch.3 Flames Of Resolve

Last chapter Ritsu, Krad, and Keria were invited to the opening dinner for tomorrows Dragon's Cup. During the dinner Ritsu was selected to duel in an exhibition match against Satoshi, the king of turbo duels. During the duel Sato brought out his ace Apollo, now hat your up to speed let's get on with this chapter.

"OK, calm down Ritsu, he could be friendly." Ritsu thought as Apollo was staring him down

"Apollo attack his dragon with solar flare strike!" On command Apollo flew up in the air and sent a large heatwave towards Ritsu's monster but was blocked by a barrier "What!"

"My trap Dragons Barrier protects my dragon from destruction."

"However your still going to take damage." a large shock wave hit Ritsu

Ritsu: 2700
Satoshi: 4000

"Well there goes my theory of him being friendly."

"I activate Apollo's ability, you see by discarding one card from my hand to the grave-" Satoshi discarded a card from his hand to the grave and Apollo shot a fireball at Ritsu " And when I do that Apollo can slam you for 500 points."

Ritsu: 2200
Satoshi: 4000

"I'll end with a facedown."

"INCREDIBLE, IN JUST ONE TURN SATOSHI TOOK OUT ALMOST HALF OF RITSU'S LIFE POINTS WITH HIS ACE CARD, HOW WILL HE COUNTER THIS!" The MC screamed in the mic.

"Oh man, Ritsu's got his work cut out for him" Krad said as he and Keria were watching

"It's my move now!" Ritsu drew his card when he look at it he smirked "This could work if i play my cards right."

"I think it's time I leveled the playing field! I summon the tuner monster Heavens Dragon LV2(1000/800) to the field!" a portal opened showing a heavenly dragon flying out and landing on Ritsu's shoulder "And he has an awesome ability, you see by tossing a card from my hand to the grave I can increase the level of this card by one."Ritsu discarded two cards from his hand to the grave, then a green light shined down on Heavens Dragon giving him more power.

Heavens Dragon LV4

"Now I tune my level 4 Divine Dragon Ragnarok and my level 4 Heavens Dragon." Heavens Dragon flew up in the air and turned into four green rings and started to surround Ragnarok turning him into four 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, Raikou-The Dragon of the Heavens! LV8 (3000/2400)

"JUDGING BY HOW POWERFUL THAT DRAGON LOOKS THAT MUST BE RITSU'S ACE CARD, BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH?"

"Apollo, we meet again." Raikou said as he growled at him

"Hello Raikou"

"Now I play a spell card I like to call Battle Tuned! Now by removing from play a tuner monster from my grave Raikou gains it's attack points until the end of my turn." Ritsu pocketed his Heavens Dragon while Raikou gained it's power from him.

Raikou ATK: 4000

"Raikou attack Apollo now" Raikou fired white flames at Apollo destroying him

Ritsu: 2200
Satoshi: 2800

"I activate the trap Miracle Wake! Now i can bring back a monster who was destroyed by battle. Revive! Apollo!" a large black portal appeared above Sato showing Apollo flying out.

"Fine I'll end my turn here."

Raikou ATK: 3000

"It's my move" Sato drew his card and added it to his hand and smiled " Your a good duelist Ritsu."

"Thanks you a good duelist yourself."

"But you see I don't plan on losing today."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I activate the equip spell (Azure) Flames of Resolve!"

"NO!"

"I take it by you expression that you know this card. For those who don't this powerful spell can only be equipped to a level 7 or above dragon type synchro card." Sato equipped the spell to Apollo who glowed alot brighter than before "Now when he attacks he gains half of his targets attack points, not only that but went he successfully destroys his target you get hit for half of you cards original attack."

"This is bad if that attack goes through Ritsu will lose." Krad said as he was getting more worried by the minute

"Apollo attack Raikou and end this duel" Apollo charged towards Raikou and slammed into him " Don't forget Apollo gains half of Raikou's attack"

Apollo ATK: 4300

"OK decision time if I activate my face down it'll be a draw, but can I risk it?"

"Do it!" Raikou yelled as he was fending off Apollo "Use it Ritsu, we'll settle the score at the Dragon's Cup.

"Alright I activate the trap card Shock Wave! Now if I have less points then you do I can destory one moster on the field and then we both take damage equal to the destoyed mosnters attack points." Ritsu pointed at Raikou " And I choose Raikou" Raikou was able to escape Apollo's grip and flew up in the air and let out a roar sending shock waves at both Ritsu and Sato.

Ritsu: 0
Satoshi: 0: Draw

"I-IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS NO WINNER IT ENDED IN A DRAW!" the MC yelled as everyone started to clap, Krad and Keria ran to Ritsu who was about to fall over in exhaustion but they caught him

"You ok?" Krad asked him

"Yeah I'm fine but that was a tough duel there."

"Well you'll have another shot tomorrow."

Ch.3 end

Thetrueazure: Well that takes care of that! Sorry for the delay and that this is a short chapter.

Ritsu: Well I guess there is no helping it.

Thetrueazure: Ritsu I thought I told you not to come within ten feet of me.

Ritsu: OH Come on! I said I was sorry!

Thetrueazure: 'Sorry' doesn't pay my medical bills.

Ritsu: Let's look at whats coming up next chapter.

It's the day of the Dragon's Cup and we're pumped up and waiting to duel. The first match is Kurogasa Kururugi Vs. Maverick Murdock, it's weird I think I've met Kurogasa somewhere before.

Next chapter: Dragon's Cup Begins. Kurogasa Vs. Maverick

"That dragon looks so familiar."