The Dragon Master IV: Chapter Five

	I tried to calm Dave down, but he wouldn't. I took my katana out of its 
sheath, and sliced it against the stone door. Nothing happened.
	"I...can't...breathe," Dave gasped. "I...am...claustrophobic..."
	"Great," I said. All of a sudden, Dave's eyes rolled back in his head and 
he fainted. I was becoming light-headed, too. Koga had to hurry up, or Dave 
and I would both die of asphyxiation. I knelt down, decreased my breathing 
intake, and closed my eyes. This was a trick that Koga had taught me when he 
was training me to be a ninja. Nonetheless, I was getting more and more out 
of breath. I saw something on the floor of the chamber. It was the Ghost 
Shard.
	"Argh" Dave moaned quietly.
	"No wonder they can't get the door open," I said to myself. "They're 
missing one of the shards!" I held the Ghost Shard in my hand, took a deep 
breath, and walked through the wall. Ignoring Aya and Koga's shocked 
expressions, I placed the Ghost Shard in its respective slot. The door shot 
open, and the four of us ran over to Dave. He was still breathing, so that 
was always a good sign. I let Aya tend to him, while Koga and I studied the 
next clue. There was a button on the door. I pressed it. the shards fell out 
of their slots, and I scooped them up to put them in the pouch. I read the 
clue on the door. It read:

				So you've made it this far,
				You must have been smart.
				But brains alone
				Will not be enough for this next part.
				Press the second button,
				And enter through here.
				Keep an open eye at all times,
				And learn to control your fear.

	"What's that supposed to mean," Koga asked, utterly confused. I ignored 
him, and read the clue again. It made no more sense than it did the first 
time through; maybe less. So I pushed the button. The huge stone doors 
slowly opened, and there was a vast darkness lying ahead of us. Out of 
nowhere, torches flared up. We were in a circle room, and eighteen torches 
surrounded us. There was a podium in the center of the room, and eighteen 
keys lying on it. Eighteen circles about three feet in diameter went around 
the podium.
	"Wow," I gasped. Koga took a step forward, and the room started to shake. 
The torches flared up even brighter, and the eighteen circles on the ground 
started to rise. At first, we were confused. Then, after we saw what was 
under the circles, we knew all too well.
	"The Elemental Warriors of the Unknown," Koga gasped.
	"Correction," I said. "The Elemental Warriors of the Unown."
	"These are what guard the secrets of the Unown," Koga gasped.
	"Yes," I said. "Everything's all coming together. The doors to the 
Elemental Shards all had writing in Unown. This is the final test for the 
medallion." The eighteen circles arose fully, and we saw what appeared to be 
ordinary humans wearing different colored ninja suits. There were eighteen 
of them, and one for each element. I went around the room, making sure that 
each element was there. Poison, Fighting, Dragon, Water, Ice, Bug, Fire, 
Normal, Flying, I thought to myself. Change, Ground, Ghost, Steel, Grass, 
Psychic, Rock, Thunder, and Dark. They were all there. They all came to 
life. Their eyes lit up in their respective element. Smoothly, they moved 
towards me.
	"What do you think they want," Koga asked.
	"They want the Shards," I said. "Take these nine!" I threw nine of the 
shards, half the medallion, out of the pouch and to Koga. Half of the 
Warriors moved towards him instead. I drew out a shard and looked at it. It 
was the Water Shard. I was immediately reminded of why I was doing 
this...for Misty.
	"How do we use them," Koga asked frantically.
	"Hold them in your hand and shout an attack of that element," I shouted. 
"SURF!" A tidal wave appeared before me, and rushed toward the Warriors. The 
Fire, Rock, and Ground Warriors were damaged greatly. The Dragon Warrior 
held up its hand, and its eyes glowed teal. A twister shot out of it, and 
headed directly for me. I pulled another shard from my pouch. I heard Koga 
fighting over there.
	"Rock Slide," Koga yelled, forcing hundreds of rocks to fall down onto a 
few Warriors.
	"PSYCHIC," I cried, and an invisible blast shot out, knocking down all the 
Warriors. However, they got back up, this time, their eyes all silver...the 
color of the Elemental Medallion when it was activated...the sign of more 
power than all Masters combined.
	"THUNDER," Koga yelled, aiming an electric attack at the Water Warrior. The 
attack hit the enemy, but it didn't do much damage. The Psychic Warrior put 
its hands to its head, and the Psychic Shard that I was holding was zoomed 
into its hand. The Psychic Warrior whipped around, throwing the shard as 
hard as possible. The shard was inserted into one of the doors that read 
"PSYCHIC" in Unown letters. The door opened, and some odd things flew out of 
it.
	"They're freeing the Unown," I shouted to my companion. "Use your pokemon! 
Scarlet, Dragon, Dragonight, Aeroy, Flare, Puff, go! Fight the Unown!"
	"Ariados, Venomoth, Forettress, Muk, Crobat," Koga yelled. "Help out Bob's 
pokemon!" Our eleven pokemon took on the newly freed Unown, while Koga and I 
continued to fight the Elemental Warriors.
	"Flying Shard," I cried. "FLY!" Wings like Falkner's sprouted from my back, 
and I remembered the joy of flying. I took off into the air, and the Flying 
Warrior came up after me, on wings of its own. I pulled the Ice Shard from 
my pouch, and held it out.
	"Bob," Koga yelled. "Behind you!"
	"Ice Beam," I shouted, hitting the Flying Warrior, and making him crash to 
the ground.
	"Shadow Ball," Koga yelled. I turned around, just as his Shadow Ball hit 
the Psychic Warrior. The Ghost Warrior was coming up to me fast. I had to do 
something.
	"Dark Shard," I shouted, holding it to the Ghost Warrior. "Crunch!" 
Involuntarily, my body slammed forward on the Ghost Warrior. A huge crunch 
was heard, and the Ghost Warrior plummeted back to the ground. Koga, 
meanwhile, was bust fighting the Poison, Fire, Rock, and Steel Warriors.
	"Earthquake," Koga shouted, clenching the Ground Shard in his hand. He did 
a flip, and landed on the ground, causing it to shake. "Tremors!" Koga 
repeatedly pounded the ground with his fists, and damage increased on the 
Poison, Fire, Rock, and Steel Warriors.
	I was getting the crap kicked out of me by the Water Warrior. It was water 
gunning me again and again, and the Thunder Warrior was preparing to attack 
me.
	"MEGA DRAIN," I shouted out, holding the Grass Shard to the Water Warrior. 
Energy withdrew itself from the Water Warrior, and went into me.
	"Dragon Shard," Koga yelled, aiming at the Dragon Warrior. "Dragonbreath!" 
Hot steam shot out of the shard, and hit the Dragon Warrior. The Dragon 
Warrior fell down in paralysis.
	At that instant, the Thunder Warrior chose to attack. Bolts of electricity 
flew from its hands, headed directly for me because I was soaked. However, 
an ice beam flew out from the right of me. It formed a wall in front of me, 
protecting me from the thunder attack. I looked to see where it had come 
from, and my strongest Dragonite, Puff, was standing there. Flare was flying 
high in the sky, and then started to plummet down toward earth, fists 
outstretched. The Thunder Warrior started to throw lightening bolts at 
Flare, and I watched in terror.
	"Flare, watch out," I yelled. Rocks flew up from the stone floor, striking 
and deadening the blots of thunder. Flare continued to fly down, and he hit 
the ground with supreme force. The ground rattled, and the Thunder Warrior 
was thrown off balance, falling to the ground.
	Meanwhile, the door for the Psychic Shard was still open, and Unown were 
flying out of it.
	"ARGH," Koga yelled. The Ground Warrior was standing above him, with Ground 
Shard in hand. With a jump and a swift throw, the Ground Shard was in place 
above its door. In Unown letters, "GROUND" was above the door.
	"Koga," I shouted, running to my friend. He wasn't that badly hurt, but he 
was shaking quite a bit.
	"Watch out," Koga said, gasping for air. The Grass Warrior was coming up on 
me fast, so I took out the bug Shard.
	"Fury Cutter," I commanded, holding out the Bug Shard, and not knowing what 
was going to happen. Unexpectedly, my katana flung to my hand, and the Bug 
Shard placed itself on the hilt. The whole sword glowed bright green, and I 
knew what to do. I slashed and swiped at the Grass Warrior, but it ducked 
out, and the Poison Warrior took its place. Neither Koga nor I had elements 
that were good against Poison. The only two, Psychic and Ground, were gone. 
I heard a huge roar from behind me, and jumped out of the way. A huge 
Steelix was right behind me, rearing towards the Poison Warrior. I saw the 
Poison Warrior shoot a Toxic from its hands, but as the Steelix being a 
steel type, and immune to poison, the Steelix was unaffected. An Iron Tail 
whipped around and hit the Poison Warrior, knocking it against the wall and 
out cold. The Steelix turned to me, and it turned bright silver before 
morphing back into Koga. He had a pink shard in his hand.
	"Change Shard," Koga said, smiling. Though this was not a time to smile. 
The Normal Warrior was rearing its ugly head, and coming straight for us. I 
let Koga deal with him, as the Rock Warrior was coming for me.
	"Flying Shard," I commanded. "FLY!" I flew up high, so the Rock Warrior 
couldn't reach me. I could hear Koga battling the Normal Warrior.
	"Fighting Shard," Koga cried. "Dynamic Punch!"
	"Steel Shard," I ordered. "Steel Wing!" The wings given to me by the Flying 
Shard turned steely silver, and I flew directly at the Rock Warrior at 
breakneck speed. I had hit the enemy straight on, and the two shards that 
which I had combined were recalled. The Change Warrior was standing before 
me, and I saw it change. A bright pink it glowed, and its shape shifted into 
one of the most powerful pokemon ever known...Mewtwo.
	"Psychic," Mewtwo-Change Warrior chanted, and I saw the nearly invisible 
waves coming towards me.
	"Dark Shard," I said in panic. "DARK SHIELD!" Blackness covered me, and I 
saw the Psychic hit the shield with a powerful blast. The Dark Shield was 
cracking, and the Psychic was still coming. Not being a Dark Master, I could 
not enforce it.
I saw a beam of energy come from the right of Mewtwo-Change Warrior. It was 
a Hyper Blast, and five more were following closely behind it. I looked from 
where it was coming from, and Scarlet, Dragon, Dragonight, Aeroy, Flare, and 
Puff had all fired a Hyper Blast at Mewtwo-Change Warrior to protect me. 
Alas, the Psychic Warrior was coming to help Mewtwo-Change Warrior after it 
was hit. The Hyper Blasts hit Mewtwo-Change Warrior, and it was blown to the 
wall, back in its original form. I jumped out of the Dark Shield, and headed 
directly for the Psychic Warrior. With my katana Fury Cutter powered, I 
sliced away at the enemy with a weakness to bug. Finally I connected, 
blowing the Psychic Warrior back.
	Unown were still flowing out the two doors. I called the Flying Shard to 
give me wings so I could get there faster. A shot of ice flew out from 
nowhere, and the shards that I had with me flew from my hands. I fell to the 
ground, my wings, arms, and legs encased with ice. The Ice Warrior stood in 
front of me, and the Ice Shard flew to his hand. Like the others, the Ice 
Warrior threw the shard to its respective door, with "ICE" above it in Unown 
letters. The door slowly creaked open, and Unown started to pour out of it. 
My wings disappeared, as the Flying Shard was no longer in my grasp. 
However, the Ice Warrior had only grabbed the Ice Shard. It didn't worry 
about any of the other shards.
	"Fire Shard," Koga yelled. "FIRE DRILL!" A drill made of complete fire came 
out of the Fire Shard, and headed directly at the Ice Warrior. However, the 
Water Warrior blocked it, sacrificing few of its hit points. Slowly and 
carefully, the Water Warrior went over and picked up the Water Shard.
	"Do something," I pleaded with Koga. He held out the Thunder Shard, ready 
to attack.
	"Thunder Shard," Koga began. "THUNDER DRI-" he was interrupted as a bolt of 
lightening came by, and then materialized again as the Thunder Warrior, with 
the Thunder Shard in hand. Both the Thunder and Water Warriors threw their 
shards into their respective slots marked "THUNDER" and "WATER," both in 
Unown lettering. Unown flooded out of five out of eighteen doors. The Dark 
Warrior approached me, and I was afraid, for the first time in my life, that 
I was going to die. However, the Dark Warrior did not even seem the least 
bit interested in me, as it walked right by, grabbed the Dark Shard, and 
whipped it over to the door marked "DARK" in Unown lettering.
I maneuvered over very slowly and grabbed the Flying Shard with my teeth. I 
knew what I had to do in order to get the shards back.
	"Fly," I said with my teeth clenched. Wings sprouted from my back, forcing 
the ice to shatter. I picked up what remained of my shards, and took off 
into the air. The Fighting Warrior was attacking Koga, and since fighting 
was weak to flying, I decided to help him out.
	"Normal Shard," Koga whispered. "Extremespeed." In a blink of an eye, Koga 
nailed the Fighting Warrior, forcing it to the ground. I chose that moment 
to attack.
	"Flying Shard," I said to the stone in my hand. "Wing attack!" I flew down, 
and struck the Fighting Warrior down. The Bug Warrior was not scared of its 
flying weakness, and came up for me on wings of its own. That was when I 
first saw it. a slot on the Bug Warrior's forehead which was the perfect 
size and shape to stick the Bug Shard in.
	As the Bug Warrior came closer, I withdrew my Bug Shard, and held it out. I 
was about to stick it in its forehead, but with a swift upward motion of the 
Bug Warrior's arm, it deflected my attack, and the Bug Shard went flying. I 
zoomed to try and get it, but the Bug Warrior got there first. With a quick 
movement of its hands, it threw the Bug Shard into the slot above the door 
marked "BUG" in Unown letters. That was seven doors that Unown were flowing 
freely out of.
	"Shadow Ball," Koga yelled, aiming the Ghost Shard at the Ghost Warrior. 
Unbeknownst to him, the Dragon Warrior was coming up fast behind him, and 
charging an Outrage as he went. I used the Flying Shard to call wings, but 
the Flying Warrior was right on my tail. With that following me, I couldn't 
save Koga.
	"Watch out," I screamed to Koga. But it was too late. The Outrage hit Koga 
in the back, letting the Dragon Warrior obtain the Dragon Shard, and the 
Ghost Warrior get the Ghost Shard. They threw their shards into doors marked 
"DRAGON" and "GHOST" respectively, both in Unown letters. Half of the doors 
were now open, and Unown still flying out of all of them.
	"The Grass Warrior," Koga warned me. I withdrew the Poison Shard, and held 
it out.
	"Poison Sting," I shouted. Pins of poison flew out of the shard, and they 
were hitting the Grass Warrior fiercely. The Fire Warrior was coming upon 
Koga, but he had it under control thanks to the Rock Shard.
	"Rock Bomb," Koga shouted. Rocks fell from the ceiling, exploding when 
coming in contact with the Fire Warrior. But the Fighting Warrior was coming 
in, protecting the Fire Warrior from the Rock Bombs, Karate Chopping them as 
they went, rendering the attack useless. The Normal Warrior Tackled Koga, 
throwing loose the three shards that they were after. The Fire Warrior 
picked up the Fire Shard, and threw it into the door marked "FIRE" in Unown 
lettering. Along with the Fire Warrior, the Fighting and Normal Warriors 
each threw their shards into the "FIGHTING" door and the "NORMAL" door, each 
marked with Unown lettering.
	"CHANGE WARRIOR," I tried to warn Koga, but it wasn't soon enough. He was 
hit by the rampaging Tyranitar-Change Warrior, and was thrown into the wall, 
losing the last of his shards...the Change Shard, and the Rock Shard. The 
two warriors came and picked their shards up, whipping them into their 
doors. The Rock Shard was inserted into the door marked "ROCK," and the 
Change Shard was put into the door marked "CHANGE." Both doors were marked 
in Unown lettering. Fourteen doors were now open, causing many Unown to pile 
out.
	Koga was knocked out...the rest of the warriors were advancing on me...and 
I only had four shards left. I had to use them wisely...
	"GRASS SHARD," I cried, holding the shard out in front of me. "SOLARBEAM!" 
A beam of sunlight drifted in and hit the shard, causing it to activate. I 
aimed the Grass Shard at the approaching warriors, and a huge blast fired 
out. The Fire Warrior used a Flamethrower, and the Solarbeam to wink out. I 
suddenly realized that I had seen neither Koga's pokemon nor mine. I looked 
behind me, and all of the pokemon were all in a pile, with Unown around 
them, their message reading "THE LEGENDARY DOGS 	WILL BE BROUGHT TO THEIR 
KNEES AT THE MIGHT OF THE ELEMENTS." Then, I suddenly realized what they 
were planning to do. They were going to kill the Legendary Dogs, and they 
were going to use the Elemental Warriors to do it. Without me knowing it, 
the Steel Warrior was upon me, grabbing in my pouch, and grabbing the Steel 
Shard. With tremendous force, the Steel Shard was thrown above the door 
marked "STEEL." The Flying Warrior used a Wing Attack on me, knocking all 
three of my remaining shards away from me. The Flying, Grass, and Poison 
Warriors swooped in on their shards, and hurtled them towards their 
corresponding door. The Flying Shard was thrown into the door marked 
"FLYING" in Unown letters, the Grass Shard into the "GRASS" door in Unown 
letters, and the "POISON" door was soon occupied by the Poison Shard.
	All of a sudden, the ground started to shake. The Elemental Warriors of the 
Unown went to their doors, and held their hands outstretched. Their own 
Elemental Energy shot from their hands, and connected with others. All of 
the Unown in the room started to circle around the center. All of the energy 
connected in the middle of the room. I had failed...
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