The Dragon Master IV: Chapter Twelve

	"What are those," Darla cried.
	"The Elemental Warriors of the Unown," I said. "They want the shards." 
Immediately, each warrior jumped off the cliff that they were standing on.
	"Brock, Darla," I ordered. "Go and get our Masteries. They should be in the 
secret safe behind the PC. Go up to it, and open the file titled 'Project 
Lancaster.' It will ask for a password. Type in 'Lincoln.' It should open. 
Go." They ran off, just in time for me to dodge a punch from the Fighting 
Warrior. The Psychic Warrior came net at me, and I pulled out my handgun and 
emptied a clip at it. The Psychic Warrior didn't even flinch, and used 
Recover to heal itself. I pulled out the Dark Shard to hit it again, but the 
Dark Warrior came out of my shadow and stole the shard. The shard levitated 
above its hand, and glowed silver. It transformed into a silver ring with a 
black stone in the middle. The Dark Warrior slipped the ring on.
	"What...just...happened," Erika asked.
	"It turned the Dark Shard into a ring so the Dark Warrior could be the 
guardian of the Dark Shard," I replied. I tossed two shards to every person, 
and kept one for myself. I kept the Ice Shard for myself.
	The Ice Warrior came towards me, rearing its ugly head and used an Ice 
Drill on me. It nearly missed me, and I retaliated with an Ice Punch in the 
face.
	Meanwhile, Jimmy was busy fighting off the Rock Warrior and the Bug Warrior 
at the same time.
	"ROCK BOMB," he cried, aiming at the Rock Warrior. The Rock Warrior, 
however, used an Ancientpower, knocking Jimmy to his feet and the Rock Shard 
out of his hands. The Rock Warrior caught it, transformed it into its ring 
state, and jumped back to where the Dark Warrior was standing, observing all 
the action.
	Two shards captured...sixteen shards left.
	The Fighting Warrior was using Mach Punch on Giovanni over and over, but 
not hitting him. Giovanni was rushing back, avoiding the punches. The Ghost 
Warrior, however, was lingering behind him in its transparent manner. Once 
Giovanni was in front of the Ghost Warrior, the Ghost Warrior let a Shadow 
Ball rip, forcing Giovanni to fall unconscious and give up the Fighting 
Shard and the Ghost Shard. The two warriors converted the shards into rings, 
the Fighting Ring with a maroon jewel, and the Ghost Ring with a lavender 
gem, and placed them on their fingers. Like the other two warrior that were 
victorious, the Fighting Warrior and the Ghost Warrior stood back and 
observed the action.
	Lorelei and the Change Warrior were morphing back and forth into different 
forms. First Lorelei was a Dragonite, and the Change Warrior was a Lapras. 
Then Lorelei was a Lanturn, then the Change Warrior morphed into a Jumpluff. 
Next, Lorelei changed into a Magmar, while the Change Warrior turned into a 
Golem. Finally, Lorelei changed into a Machamp, and the Psychic Warrior 
blasted her from behind with Psychic. She held onto the Psychic Shard, but 
the Change Shard flew out of her hand.
	The Water Warrior and the Dragon Warrior were ganging up on Duplica. As 
there was no water because we were on land, the two warriors were 
improvising. The Dragon Warrior used a Twister, and the Water Warrior Water 
Gunned the twister to create a Water Spout. Duplica was running away to 
avoid the Water Spout, but it caught up to her and took the Water Shard away 
from her. The Water Warrior changed the shard into a silver ring with a blue 
sapphire as the gem, and stood over by the other finished Warriors to watch.
	Six shards captured...twelve shards left.
	Both Erika and the Flying Warrior had taken to the skies, and were dueling 
it out. She was frying him with Thunderbolt. Unbeknownst to her, the Thunder 
Warrior was biding its time, and waiting for the perfect moment to attack 
her. Right when the Flying Warrior was defeated, the Thunder Warrior struck 
down Erika with Thunder. The Thunder Warrior got what it wanted when the 
Thunder Shard fell down into its hand. Then, the Thunder Warrior altered the 
Thunder Shard into the Thunder Ring, which it then placed on its finger.
	The Poison Warrior was after Whitney, swinging at her with a poison blade. 
She pulled out the Ground Shard that I had given her.
	"DIG," she cried. Digging into the ground, she confused the Poison Warrior. 
She was digging very fast, unaware that the Ground Warrior was also 
underground. The Ground Warrior came out of nowhere, slamming into Whitney 
with a force so great that she came up from the ground. The Poison Shard 
landed in front of the Poison Warrior, and the Ground Shard was clenched in 
the fist of the Ground Warrior. They each made a ring from the shards. The 
Ground Ring had a brown precious stone in it, while the Poison Ring had a 
fuchsia gemstone in the silver band. The two newly finished warriors went 
and stood over by the rest of the completed warriors.
	Eight shards captured...ten shards left.
	The Fire Warrior was coming at Morty using Blaze Kick. Over and over again 
the Fire Warrior kicked with its fiery feet. Morty was using Reflect with 
the help of the Normal Shard. Morty was setting up his attack.
	"MEGA KICK," Morty shouted. Morty jumped up in the air and came down upon 
the Fire Warrior. The Normal Warrior, however, was also setting up its 
attack. The Normal Warrior got a running tackle in on Morty, sending him to 
the ground, and both the Fire Shard and the Normal Shard flying out of his 
hand. A ruby was encased within the Fire Ring, and a clear diamond inside of 
the Normal Ring.
	Ten shards captured...eight shards left.
	The Steel Warrior was coming at Karen full throttle. Using Metal Claw, it 
swiped at Karen repeatedly. She had to do something, and all she had besides 
the Steel Shard was the Grass Shard. She pulled out the Grass Shard.
	"SOLARBEAM," Karen cried. The Grass Shard sucked in energy for a moment, 
and then fired the most powerful grass attack at the Steel Warrior. It 
didn't look like it did much damage, but it did stun it.
	The Grass Warrior came out from behind Karen with a Vine Whip to restrain 
her. She couldn't move a muscle, and another vine took the Grass Shard away 
from her, changing it into an Elemental Ring. The Grass Ring had a silver 
band with an emerald in the center.
	Twelve shards captured...six shards left.
	The Dragon Warrior was coming to Duplica, in its last attempt to take the 
Dragon Shard away from her. The Dragon Warrior fired a Dragonbreath at her. 
She held out the Dragon Shard.
	"ELEMENTAL IMBALANCE," she cried. She did not know what this attack did, 
because she had only heard me use it. The Dragon Shard repelled the 
Dragonbreath attack, and it was raging towards the Dragon Warrior, four 
times the power. However, the Dragon Warrior used Elemental Imbalance, 
sending the Dragonbreath back to Duplica sixteen times the original power. 
The attack blasted Duplica back, crashing into the wall, while the Dragon 
Warrior created the Dragon Ring. The Dragon Ring had a teal stone in the 
middle, an aquamarine.
	Lorelei and the Psychic Warrior were fighting it out with Psychic attacks. 
First, Lorelei would send a Psychic. The Psychic Warrior would use a Mirror 
Coat to send it back. Lorelei dodged it, knowing that she had to defeat the 
Psychic Warrior. The Psychic Warrior read her mind, and acted quickly. Using 
Psychic Pulse, the Psychic Warrior disabled Lorelei, making her utterly 
helpless. Using its Psychic abilities, it took the shard away from Lorelei, 
and tossed her against the wall. The Psychic Warrior shifted the Psychic 
Shard into the Psychic Ring, which had a purple gemstone, and placed the 
ring on its finger before standing by the rest of the Elemental Warriors of 
the Unown that had completed their mission.
	Fourteen shards captured...four shards left.
	Both Erika and the Flying Warrior were on wings, chasing each other through 
the air. Every so often, the Flying Warrior would speed up, and use Wing 
Attack on her. She was getting tired, and was having trouble staying in the 
air. The Flying Warrior took an upward angle on Erika, and then plummeted 
down with Fly. Smashing Erika to the ground, the Flying Shard flew from her 
hand, and into the outstretched arm of the Flying Warrior. The Flying 
Warrior created the Flying Ring, which had a sky blue jewel in the middle.
	The Bug Warrior was slashing away at Jimmy with Fury Cutter. Jimmy was 
trying to fight back, but was inexperienced in the field of Bug attacks. He 
was just dodging the Bug Warrior to try to escape. However, that didn't 
work, as the Bug Warrior fired a Spider Web from its palm, pinning Jimmy to 
the wall so the shard could be taken with ease. The Bug Ring was made and 
was slipped on the finger of the Bug Warrior. The gemstone in the center of 
the ring was a light green one.
	Sixteen shards captured...two shards left.
	The Steel Warrior made its way towards Karen, wanting to retrieve the Steel 
Shard. It wielded a sharp steel sword, and Karen couldn't do anything but 
try and dodge it. She used Metal Claw, and started to fight back. However, 
the Steel Warrior used the butt of its sword to stun her and get the Steel 
Shard away. The Steel Shard was made into the Steel Ring, which had a jewel 
that was dark gray.
	Seventeen shards captured...one shard left.
	The Ice Warrior kept on hurtling towards me; throwing ice attacks every 
chance it got. I kept on shooting at it with my guns, because I knew that 
the Ice Shard wouldn't damage it very much. The bullets slowed it down, but 
didn't kill it.
	"WHY WON'T YOU DIE," I shouted at it, still unloading clips at it. The gun 
clicked, which meant that it was out of bullets. If I tried to reload, the 
Ice Warrior would get me for sure. I holstered my guns, just as the Ice 
Warrior sent an Ice Beam at me. It hit me full in the stomach, throwing me 
back and pinning me to the wall. The Ice Shard was lying right in front of 
the Ice Warrior. It picked up the Ice Shard, and morphed the Ice Shard into 
the Ice Ring. The Ice Ring had a smoky quartz inside of it.
	Eighteen shards captured...no shards left. We had lost all of the shards. 
The Elemental Warriors of the Unown were about to take off, but the rocks 
beneath them started to shake. They all tripped, falling to the ground. 
After the durst cleared, I saw two people standing on the cliff behind them.
	"BROCK, DARLA," I shouted. Brock had his brown Master's cloak on, and Darla 
had her red Master's cloak on.
	"You have no idea how long I've waited to do that," Brock smiled. He came 
down with a bag in his hand. Just as he came down, someone came out of 
Victory Road. It was Koga, Aya, and Bruno. They all ran towards us. A large 
group of men followed the three newly appointed generals out of the cave. 
Bringing up the rear was Bugsy, Jasmine, and Sabrina. I dumped the bag out, 
and many balls of energy rolled out. I searched for the teal one, and I 
grabbed it as soon as I found it. I felt the power of the Dragon Mastery 
course once again through my veins. I immediately got rid of the League 
uniform I had on, and generated a teal ninja suit, along with a teal 
Master's cloak, and my teal katana with a silver hilt. Everyone grabbed his 
or her Mastery, and called their normal clothes. Finally, the Elemental 
Warriors of the Unown came to fight once again.
	"They have the Elemental Rings," I cried. "Everyone, get your Elemental 
Ring!" I ran straight for the Dragon Warrior. It called a sword of its own, 
and we fought it out. I swung with my katana, and it blocked with its own. 
Back and forth we fought, until it made one fatal mistake...it ran away. It 
sprinted away, hoping that just having the ring would be enough. However, I 
called my wings and zoomed after it.
	I tackled it, forcing it to fly into the wall. Before the Dragon Warrior 
could react, I drove my katana through the spot on its belt where the Dragon 
Shard was supposed to go. The Dragon Warrior cried out in pain, and then 
turned into teal energy. The teal energy flew off back to where it came 
from, the Chambers of the Unown. The Dragon Ring was left lying on the 
ground. I picked up the ring, and stuck it on my right ring finger. 
Immediately, the jewel in the ring glowed teal, and the ring made me the 
official guardian of the Dragon Element.
	I did some quick calculating in my head. There were elements that didn't 
have a Master here: Thunder, Flying, and Water. I spotted those three 
warriors standing over by the wall, just observing all the action going on. 
Calling my wings, I ran over to the warriors not doing anything. I caught 
the Water Warrior with a drop kick, forcing it to fall forward.
	"Puff, fight the Thunder Warrior," I called. "Flare, fight the Flying 
Warrior!" Throwing out two teal pokeballs, my pokemon obeyed me. Flare 
started to roast the Flying Warrior, and Puff began to beat up the Thunder 
Warrior.
	I was fighting the Water Warrior, as the Water Master, Misty, was my 
fiancé. Pulling out my katana, I started to swipe at the Water Warrior. The 
Water Warrior fired Water Surges, Water Guns, Surfs, and Waterfalls at me. I 
flew up in the air, and the Water Warrior used Rain Dance.
	"You've dug you own grave," I smiled. "THUNDER!" Lightening fell from the 
sky, striking the Water Warrior so hard that it was immediately turned into 
blue energy and the energy flew off to where the teal energy went...the 
Chambers of the Unown. The Water Warrior was hit so hard, that the Water 
Ring flew up into the sky, and fell right into my palm.
	I turned around, and was greeted by energy of many colors zooming towards 
the Chambers of the Unown. I flew back to the ground, and saw the fourteen 
other Masters, along with Puff and Flare, each holding an Elemental Ring.
	"Puff, Flare, good job," I said. Puff handed me the Thunder Ring, and Flare 
handed me the Flying Ring. I put them into a pouch along with the Water 
Ring.
	"What do we do with these now," Duplica asked.
	"Put them on your right ring finger," I said. "Puff, Flare, return." Puff 
and Flare came back to their teal pokeballs. The Masters put on the rings, 
and fifteen of the eighteen elements had guardians.
	"You must go now," Koga ordered. "Take Giovanni and Lorelei with you. You 
three are closer than you think. Quickly!"
	"Right," I said. I grabbed Giovanni and Lorelei, pulling them up the cliff 
where we could sneak into the League. Just as we reached the top of the 
cliff, the entire League army of five thousand came out of the front of the 
headquarters. The small Rebel army composed of five hundred was ready. I 
wanted to stay and help, but they didn't need it. Not only did they have 
twelve Pokemon Masters on their side, but also each soldier threw out nine 
pokeballs, and each pokeball contained a Ditto. Simultaneously, every Ditto 
turned into the soldier that released them, multiplying the Rebel army's 
number by ten. The Rebels now had five thousand fighting for their just 
cause. While I was standing in awe, Lorelei grabbed me.
	"Come on, Bob," Lorelei persisted.
	"Do you want to save your fiancé or not," Giovanni asked, with a hint of a 
smile on his face. The three of us ran to the headquarters, ready to start 
my ultimate test...
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