"Excellent work Hero! You've really come a long way! Tomorrow, we head for the Dragon Order so you can be appointed as a dragon master. And by the way, what's the sexiest get-a-girl-to-go-to-the-movies-with-you phrase?" Rei asked.
"Let's call it a date, for old time's debate. I'll buy drinks." Hero replied.
"Eh, close enough. I got it from an old cola commercial, but no one needs to know that."
Hero looked up at his master Rei and smiled. Finally, he mastered his dragon powers and his sword techniques. He also can fight well and pick up a hot girl.
The next day, they left for the Dragon Order, which was on the other side of the island. Hero ran the whole way, while Rei was flying above him. After a few minutes passed by, they reached the Dragon Order's building.
When they entered, the Dragon Order greeted them.
Alrid, one of the Dragon Order, told Rei, "Rei, you are not qualified as a dragon master. The boy should be taught the ways of the dragon by a dragon who has more experience. We agreed this fate a while back."
Rei stood up and replied, "I know, but he wanted me to teach him. When I found him half-dead lying on the ground, I felt sorry for him so I treated his wounds at my house. When he woke up, he asked me if I could train him. I gladly took on the task, because I pitied him. If you were in my shoes, what would have you done? Besides, don't you think we owe him this? You know… the "Dragonslayer incident"? Please, test him so he can become a dragon master."
Then, Rica, one of the Dragon Order, stood up and responded, "Fine. We'll see if he's good enough. We'll also see if you have the ability to be a dragon master. Return here in one hour and we will test him."
Rei thanked the Order for their generous decision and left the building with Hero. Then they trained for thirty minutes.
After they were done, Rei said to Hero, "Since our training is complete, why don't you take a look around the island?"
Hero looked at him and replied, "Sure. I'll be back in thirty minutes."
After saying this, he changed into his dragon form and flew off. While flying, he looked at himself and remembered all the hard training he accomplished. Then, he looked at himself again and remembered what happened to him in the past.
He thought to himself, "I need to find Yui. Maybe he can tell me where his father is."
As he was flying, he noticed a strange crack on the side of a plateau. He flew down towards it and peeked inside. It was a giant arena suspended over molten lava!
Suddenly, Hero started coughing. There was a thick black cloud surrounding him.
Hero thought, "What the.."
Then, he fell to the ground, unconscious.
Twenty minutes later, he found himself chained to a wall next to the arena.
Suddenly, a black dragon emerged from the lava next to him. The dragon looked at him and asked, "What is your name?"
Hero looked to his right, scoffed, and then replied, "Who are you to ask for my name?"
"Well, white dragon, what are you doing in my lair?" asked the black dragon.
"I don't have to explain myself to the likes of you! You're wasting my time. Free me, or I will free myself."
The black dragon laughed and exclaimed, "You're very cocky. You don't know who I am, do you? I am Sashiil, king of all the dragons!"
Hero laughed after hearing this and replied, "Yeah, well, I'm not really a dragon, I'm a Wyvernian. You're not doing a good job ruling the dragons if I've never heard of you. And by the way, I don't care who you say you are. Only your fighting skills can truly explain who you are. I am the Legendary Warrior, but I guess you'll just have to figure out if that's true or not. A simple-minded fool like yourself doesn't stand a chance against my powers! If I were you, I'd change my name. It's the name of my friend's father, and you're ruining his name!"
Sashiil roared and shouted, "And he's ruining my name. We'll see about if what you're saying is true!"
Then, Sashiil's minions surrounded Hero. There were hundreds of them!
They were in the shape of dragons, but they were see-through. Hero noticed that the dragon was really using his soul energy to make multiple forms of dragons.
Sashiil laughed and asked, "As you were saying?"
Suddenly, blades of light cut Hero's shackles. He transformed into his human form and took out his sword. With one swing, his sword expelled a giant blade of white energy discharge, which destroyed them.
Then, Sashiil shot a gigantic fireball at Hero. Hero faced the blast as it neared him. He then took his sword again and turned the blade so the sharp side was facing the blast. As soon as it hit his sword, the fireball parted and flew past Hero.
Then, he ran up to Sashiil and made a tiny slash mark across his chest. Sashiil fell backwards into the lava still alive, but paralyzed. Hero transformed and flew back to the Order building.
Rica looked at Rei and said, "Your student is ten minutes late. He should hurry if he expects to be tested." Just then, Hero landed next to them.
"Sorry I'm late. I got a little tied up."
Rica looked at him with evil eyes and then explained, "You have two combat tests. To pass, you must successfully complete one of them. The first test requires you to fight against a fellow dragon. In the second test, you must race against a dragon of your choice.. Are you ready?"
Then Hero replied, "Ok. I'm ready."
In the first test, he dueled a dragon. He defeated him easily in his dragon form, and moved onto the last test.
Rica told him, "For this test, you must choose an opponent to race against."
Hero looked around at the competition. By choosing randomly, he chose a boy with spiky red and black hair. The boy wore a red, button-down shirt, a black tie and black pants.
The boy pointed at himself and questioned, "Me?"
Hero nodded and the boy walked over to him and said, "Wazzup! I'm gonna show you whose king of the course!"
Hero took his place next to the starting line and said, "Don't lose."
The boy looked shocked and responded, "Y-You're the one whose gonna lose!"
Both transformed after Blake said this. You could tell that both wanted to win. Both had equal determination.
Hero watched him take his place next to the starting line and asked, "What's your name?"
The boy looked at him and replied, "My name is Blake and I'm the greatest dragon alive."
"I'm Hero and I'm the Aerian Dragon."
Blake looked at him puzzled and then regained his focus.
"I guess for now, I'll name myself the Aerian Dragon. It sounds much better than the Wyvernian Dragon. Besides, I'm more Aerian than the other races. Thanks dad." Hero thought.
Dylan and Ashley, the red and orange dragon from earlier, walked over towards Hero.
"Good luck, white dragon. We'll be cheering for you! Sorry about earlier, I'm kind of the action guy, so I wanted to slay some Dragonslayers. I'm sorry I hurt you." Dylan apologized.
"Nah, it's ok. I'm fully healed. Besides, maybe we'll meet again so we can kick some REAL Dragonslayer butts!" Hero replied happily.
Ashley walked up to Hero and grabbed his head. She kissed him! Both were in their dragon forms, so it looked a little strange. She let go and said, "Good luck… Hero. I know you'll win."
"SIS! YOU'RE IN LOVE! That's why you tried to stop me from killing him! Uhhh… I got to find someone. At least you're in love with a winner." Dylan said.
Hero smiled while his face swelled up like a lobster. Ashley was the same way! Then, Ashley and Dylan left and waited on the sidelines as eager as ever.
Blake looked at Hero angrily and thought, "Dang it! I loved Ashley! But instead, she loves… him! All my efforts have been wasted! I WILL GET YOU, HERO!"
Then, Rica shouted, "You may begin!"
Blake and Hero both took off at a set, equal speed.
Halfway through the course, Hero increased his speed dramatically and was now twice as fast as Blake! Before the finish line, Blake gave it his all and passed Hero. Blake finished in first place!
He looked at Hero and asked, "So, how do you like me now?"
Then, he turned towards the crowd and shouted, "Oh yeah! Who's the best!"
As everyone cheered, Morin announced, "Well, we officially have a new dragon master here before us. Give a round of applause to Hero for his long, hard work!"
"Great job Hero! Now you are a dragon master!" Rei said and put his arm around Hero's shoulder.
Then, everyone clapped and cheered.
Dylan ran up to Hero and shook his hand. Ashley ran up and jumped into Hero's arms and started to kiss him! Hero was very surprised by this and so was her brother, Dylan. Actually, Dylan was crying.
"I want a girlfriend to kiss all over me too! Waaah!" he shouted.
Rica and Morin walked over to see Ashley kissing Hero and Rica told Morin, "Ahh… Morin. Doesn't this remind you of the time when we were going out with each other?"
"Yes… I remember you were just like Ashley. You were in my arms…" Morin replied.
Rica and Morin were dragon masters, teachers and spouses. They both loved each other dearly. Morin would always be there to protect and help Rica. Rica loved Morin more than anyone in the world. Sadly, they never had children. Ashley realized she loved Hero more than anyone in the world just like them.
She got out of his arms and noticed Hero was even more red than ever! She wasn't at all.
"Hero… do you love me?" Ashley asked.
"Umm… sorry, I got to go." Hero said embarrassed.
Then, he ran to Rei's house.
"Does he not love me?" Ashley said confused.
"No. He loves you alright. It's just that sometimes us men get a little scared to show emotions. Hopefully, he'll return. For now, we must train and become dragon masters… just like Hero." Dylan said while he put his arm on her shoulder.
"Yeah." Ashley said.
"I must become a dragon master… for Hero's sake." she thought.
That night, Hero thought to himself, "Now all I have to do is locate Yui. Hopefully, he'll explain everything that's happened to me."
After thinking this, Hero fell asleep in Rei's house. Tomorrow would be a new day for the new dragon master.