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// Duel 5: Preparations 
// Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Dueling 3: Battle City Canterlot 
// by Bahamut0 
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	That night, Kaiba put out the announcement for Battle City, Burst and his friends registered for the tournament. Each one was prepping their decks to perform at their best. All of them excited for the upcoming tournament. School had even been closed down because so many students were planning on participating in the city-wide tournament! However, as Burst and his friends prepared for the tournament, another duelist was anticipating Battle City as well. "So. The whole city is going to be dueling. Excellent.", Tirek said with a wicked smile. "All of Canterlot will be a feast for the Wicked God Cards. So many duelists, so little time."

"Indeed. You could grow quite powerful", a voice said. Tirek turned and found the same cloaked figure who had given him the Wicked God Cards. "Greetings Tirek. I see you've made good use of the power I bestowed upon you."

"So why have you sought me out?", Tirek demanded. "Do you think I can't handle their power?!"

"No. I just came to tell you that Sombra was defeated and destroyed along with Zorc. And the duelist who bested them, the one who won Duelist Kingdom, lives in Canterlot. Do not take him lightly."

"Heh. Anyone who could beat Sombra should have more than enough energy to sate the Wicked God Cards. So can I have the name of my newest target?"

"He is called Burst Stream. And you would be wise not to underestimate him."

"Hah! The Wicked God Cards shall feast upon the energy of his cards! Like all the duelists who have crossed me!"

"Then farewell for now Tirek..." and the figure vanished without a trace. The cloaked figure then returned to his home. 'Curse it all! I hadn't expected Sombra to be defeated. I was the one who was supposed to beat him! It was by my design that he made it so far in order for me to defeat him! Then all would know me as the hero who repulsed the darkness! But no. This 'Burst Stream' stole my glory! No matter. Tirek should prove more powerful than Sombra. And this time, I will NOT be denied!'

Meanwhile at Burst's House...

"Can you believe it Blue-Eyes? A city-wide tournament! All of Canterlot is going to be caught up in duel madness!"

"A tournament this big is sure to attract a lot of duelists from around the city.", Blue-Eyes said.

"Yeah. But at least Kaiba got rid of the ante rule from the first Battle City. If you lost, you had to give up your rarest card to the winner of the duel!"

"Wow. That's a bit extreme for a card game. Anyway, I take it your friends are preparing for the tournament?" Burst nodded.

"Inferno's checking over his deck. Rainbow Dash is hoping to get her own harmony card. Ace is actually bringing along Sonata with him as his sort of cheering section. Those two are inseparable. Gold's fine-tuning his Crimson Dragon deck. And that new guy Nightfall is testing out his new deck at Battle City too. In fact, all the girls who aren't dueling in the tournament decided to cheer us along the way. Both Sunset and Rarity have had their fill of bad-guys severing their bonds with their cards."

"Easy to see why there.", Blue-Eyes said with a sage nod. "There's only a select few monsters I can think of that are worse than Zorc."

"Really? Who are they?"

"Truth be told, I've only heard about them in old stories from my granparents. Bur from what I've heard, their power equals that of the Egyptian God Cards. So let's hope we never have to face power like that."

"Let's hope so...", Burst said as he got ready for bed. "Good night Blue-Eyes."

"Sleep well Burst.", Blue-Eyes said as he returned to the monster world. Both of them eagerly awaiting tomorrow.