The Dragon Master V: Chapter Four

	I immediately jumped into a set of back flips, trying to outrun the 
three-bladed disc. It was catching up with me, so I went faster. I came to a 
tree, and I pushed off of it with my feet. The disc sliced right through the 
tree, and swerved back around to me. I dodged it again, and caught Duplica 
in my line of sight. She was aiming directly at me.
	"WHAT THE HELL" I started, but Duplica let the arrow fly. Just as the arrow 
was coming down towards my forehead, the flying disc came down, blocking the 
arrow. The arrow shot through the device, causing it to explode.
	"DUCK," Duplica cried, drawing another arrow. I dropped to the ground, and 
Duplica let the arrow take off. It zoomed over my head, and towards the 
assailant. The attacker jumped away, but the arrow still sliced her across 
her side, causing her to bleed freely. She grasped her side, and looked at 
me.
	"This isn't over," she said, and she dashed off into the forest.
	"It'll never be over," I mumbled to myself.
	"What was that," Duplica asked, as she put away her bow.
	"Nothing," I lied. I walked over to the disc that the attacker had left 
there. I picked it up and examined it.
	"What are you looking for," Duplica asked.
	"This," I said, pointing to an emblem on the disc. "That's the logo of the 
Pokemon League. That assassin was hired by the League." Duplica looked 
offended.
	"They didn't call me first," Duplica asked in rage.
	"Maybe you were the target," I said.
	"Or maybe it was you," she said. "You did present yourself to John 
Flargini, did you not?"
	"Well, yeah," I admitted. "But you wouldn't have killed me anyway, right?" 
I looked at her, and she smirked.
	"Money's money," she shrugged.
	"I think that we had better make our way to Cherrygrove City," I said, 
breaking the awkward silence.
	"Suit yourself," Duplica said. We immediately began strategizing.
	"Where do you think Misty and Ash will be," I asked.
	"Most likely in a hotel for the night," Duplica said. "Ash is filthy rich, 
so we can expect him to stay at the fanciest hotel. That's most likely where 
he's going to get married, too. They are getting married in a week, you 
know."
	"WHAT," I exclaimed. "We have to stop the wedding."
	"What do you mean," Duplica asked. "You said that once this thing was all 
over, that everything would be back to normal."
	"Yeah," I said. "But she still might remember all this, and that means that 
she would remember her feelings for Ash, and how she hates me in this 
reality!"
	"Okay," Duplica said. She went back to strategizing, totally unaware of the 
predicament. "The fanciest hotel is the Champion Suites. It's just down the 
road from the Radio Tower."
	"It'll most likely be heavily guarded," I said. "With an Elite Four member 
and his fiancé there, security is going to be tight."
	"No shit," Duplica agreed. "Our best bet is going to be to sneak in."
	"Yeah," I said. "But how? If the security is heavy, they're even going to 
be on the roof." Duplica thought for a minute. Then she pulled something out 
of her pocket.
	"Take this," she said. It looked like an ordinary pen. "It injects a 
powerful sleeping aid into the person that the tip is on when you click it. 
It's what I use when my clients want the person alive."
	"Okay," I said, taking it. "How many times is it good for?"
	"Five," she said. "After that, we'll have to use the old fashioned way."
	"Right," I said. "And while I'm clearing the way, where will you be?"
	"Watching your back," she said. "I can alter the tip of my arrows to be 
coated with a substance that will knock people out. I'll be kinda like a 
sniper. Only with a bow." I nodded.
	"Anything else," I asked.
	"Yeah," she said. "Take this and put it behind your ear. I will be able to 
talk to you, and listen to you." She handed me a small metallic device, 
which I placed behind my ear. I then nodded.
	"Ready," I asked. She nodded. We walked into the city gates. I immediately 
spotted the Champion Suites. It was the tall building by the Radio Tower. 
Duplica and I ran down the street to it. I called my cloak and walked 
through the doors. Duplica transformed into a Pidgey, and flew up to the 
roof. I walked up to the front desk.
	"May I help you," the clerk asked.
	"Yes," I said. "I'm looking for the room Ash Ketchum and Misty Waterflower 
are staying in."
	"I'm sorry, sir," the clerk said. "That is a private room, and we cannot 
divulge that information."
	"It's important League business," I said.
	"I see," the clerk said. "I'll deliver the message."
	"Actually," I said. "The Pokemon League Champion himself told me to deliver 
it personally. The fate of Kanto and Johto rests in this message reaching 
Ash Ketchum."
	"Okay," the clerk said. "He's in room 1102. Take this key to the elevator." 
He handed me a keycard. I took nodded, muttered a thank you, and walked over 
to the elevator. I got in, put the keycard into the slot, and went up to the 
eleventh floor.
	"Bob," Duplica said through the earpiece.
	"Yeah," I asked.
	"The clerk called security right after you left," Duplica said. "Two guards 
are up on the eleventh floor. You have to get out of there now!"
	"Okay," I said.
	"Disable the camera," she said. I pulled the plug out of the camera, and 
decided what to do next. I was already on the eighth floor. I looked around 
the elevator for something to get away in. I noticed the trapdoor on the 
ceiling. I jumped up, and caught both legs against the sides of the 
elevator, holding me up. I quickly undid the lock holding it shut.
	I was on the tenth floor. I punched it open, and I was on the eleventh 
floor. I heard a ding, and quickly crawled through the trapdoor, and shut 
it, locking it.  I could hear voices from down below.
	"Where is he," one voice asked.
	"He must've gotten off at another floor," the other one said.
	"Let's go check another floor," the first voice said. The elevator doors 
closed, and the elevator started to move downwards. I stepped on the ledge 
by the elevator, and used my katana to pry open the doors. I stepped through 
them, and they closed. There were only five rooms on this floor. There were 
two on each side, and then one at the end of the hallway. I assumed that 
these rooms were saved for the Elite Four and League Champions. I walked 
over to room 1102, Ash's room. Just as I was about to open the door, the 
doorknob jiggled. I quickly ducked behind a large plant. Ash came out of the 
door.
	"Be right back, Misty," Ash said. I grimaced.
	"Can't wait for you to come back," Misty said playfully. I shuddered at the 
thought of them together. I called my katana. Ash closed the door, and just 
stood there. He hung his head. He then started walking. I snuck up behind 
him, and held my katana to his throat.
	"Guess who," I asked.
	"What the hell," Ash asked. Then he recognized me. "You bastard. You're 
just mad because you screwed up with Misty and now she's mine." I slammed 
him against a wall, and held him up by his neck at the flat of my katana.
	"No," I said. "The reason that I'm mad is because you guys went and fucked 
up reality on me. So, I'm going to kill you, letting me get one step closer 
to getting Misty back."
	"You're insane," Ash said. "What would killing me really do? Gain Misty's 
respect? Her trust, perhaps?"
	"I have to kill the Elite Four and the League Champion," I said. "And guess 
what? You're one of them."
	"Who told you that," Ash asked, sincerely perplexed.
	"John Flargini," I said. "He's next on my list."
	"He's just sending you on a wild goose chase," Ash said. "He told you that 
because you didn't know he was one of us. Right now, he's most likely on his 
way to a tropical island somewhere."
	"You're lying," I gritted. "You're just trying to save you're ass."
	"Bob," Duplica said through the intercom. "What room is Misty in?"
	"1102," I said. "Get in there quickly."
	"I'll go through the window," Duplica said.
	"Who's that," Ash asked.
	"None of your business," I said, holding him up higher on the wall. He 
surveyed the situation. He then forced against the wall, pushing me away. I 
flew against the opposite wall, and he took off towards the balcony opposite 
of the League Champion's room. He leapt off the balcony, and down towards 
the street full of moving cars and people.
	"You crazy son of a bitch," I muttered to myself. I ran towards the 
balcony, threw off my cloak, called my wings, and jumped off. I spotted Ash 
immediately. He was zooming around on a black air board that he made out of 
shadows. It had rocket propulsion on the back of it. I forced my wings to go 
farther.
	"YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME," Ash screamed over all the noise.
	"RAIN DANCE," I cried. Rain poured down from the sky, bringing down a 
torrential rain because of my rage. "THUNDER!" Bolts of lightening came down 
from the sky, all aimed at Ash, but he easily maneuvered out of the way. I 
had to use something more powerful.
	"WHAT DID I TELL YOU," Ash yelled.
	"To take care of Misty," I said to myself, remembering the motivation 
behind this. "ELEMENTAL STORM!" Thunder, Ice, and Fire all came down from 
the sky, and followed directly behind Ash. It was gaining on him, and he was 
looking worried.
	"YOU'LL NEVER WIN," Ash said.
	"NEITHER WILL YOU," I shouted. "IF I'M GOING DOWN, YOU AND THIS ENTIRE 
WORLD IS COMING WITH ME!" Ash did a simple aerial trick, and dodged the 
attack. Before the attack injured any civilians, I snapped my fingers, 
making it disappear.
	"DARK NIGHT," Ash roared. Immediately, it stopped raining, and the clouds 
moved across the moon, plunging Cherrygrove City into complete and utter 
darkness. Despite the darkness, I followed Ash as best as I could. I needed 
to do something.
	"BRIGHT NIGHT," I cried. The clouds vanished, and the moon shone as 
brightly as ever. Ash knew that he wouldn't escape this situation in a good 
position, so he threw something that exploded, surrounding him in black 
smoke. I went right through it, and didn't hit him. The smoke dissipated, 
and Ash was nowhere to be seen.
	A Noctowl flew across the street and landed on the ledge next to me. It's 
form blurred, and then became Duplica.
	"Did he get away," Duplica asked.
	"Is his bloody body down there," I asked.
	"I'll take that as a 'yes,'" Duplica said.
	"Did you get any information from Misty," I asked.
	"Not except the League is planning something big," Duplica said. "And with 
this hand we've got, something big puts us out of the game."
	"So we can't let that happen," I said.
	"Yeah," Duplica replied.
	"Where do we go from here," I asked.
	"I have a contact up in Olivine City," Duplica said. "She'll help us." I 
nodded.
	"Let's walk there, so we won't cause any more suspicion than we already 
have," I said. She nodded. We were on the outskirts of Cherrygrove City, 
anyway, so we flew the rest of the way, and then landed on the ground.
	We started walking down Route 30, and we started talking about the 
differences between our two worlds.
	"Is there anything about Violet City that I should know," I asked.
	"Depends on what it's like in your reality," she responded cleverly.
	"Well," I said. "It's like this: Falkner runs the Gym, the Sprout Tower is 
the main attraction, and the ruins of the Unown are just past Route 36."
	"That's pretty much the way that it is here," Duplica said. "But I don't 
know. It's been four years since I've been there. It could have changed."
	"Yeah," I said. Something darted out of the bushes behind us and into the 
other side of the route. I whipped around, wondering what it was.
	"What's wrong," Duplica asked.
	"Something's not right," I said.
	"Duh," Duplica said. "When something's wrong, it's usually not right."
	"This is different," I said.
	"It's both wrong and right," Duplica asked.
	"Shut up," I ordered. I walked closer to the bushes. Suddenly, something 
sprang out of the bushes and past me. Then, hundreds of things leaped out of 
the bushes. When they all settled, I could see that they were all ninjas 
wearing red suits. They all parted, and let a red-cloaked figure walk past. 
I knew who it was right away.
	"Do you know her," Duplica asked.
	"Mya Waterflower," I said. "Misty's mother."
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