As Drake neared the end of the course, he spotted the crack in the wall at the bottom of one of the plateaus. He then took out his com-link and asked, "Hero, are you there?"
"Yes I am. What's up?" Hero responded.
"I found the cave. What should I do next?" Drake replied and asked.
Yuin got on the line before he said this and replied, "Good. Enter and proceed with the evacuation. I will rendezvous with you shortly."
"Wait… you are going to help Drake? Are you a dragon too!" Hero questioned.
Yuin replied, "No. The reason why I hired Drake and knew about the portal is because I was born in Aeris. Because I am an Aerian, I can use elemental attacks like fire, at any time. I came over to this world thirty years ago, after I was born. I was part of an experiment to see if the portal was functioning correctly. Just like you, I came from Aegis. Your father, Raiju, and another man used the three ultimate swords to send me through the portal to the Dragon Realm. Your father was an Aerian, Raiju was an Iyallanos, and the other man was a Lucian. Raiju was the leader of the Iyallanos. Because he was an evil man, he was put to death and his followers, the Iyallanos, were banished to the Dark Region. Raiju forged the ultimate sword of darkness from his own blood, soul, and from a special reflective ore called lunikrite. With this sword, he can absorb and reflect any elemental attack with twice as much power. Before he died, Raiju named his sword, Exile, because of the Iyallanos's banishment from Aegis. Your father was the original wielder of Soul Reaper. The maker of a holy relic called the Sacred Crystal gave him it. It is said that this relic could grant any wish… if used by a good person. The maker of the Sacred Crystal forged two swords, Soul Reaper and Luciis."
"Wow… that's a lot of information! I can't believe you're an Aerian! I'm Wyvernian."
"Yes… it is said that you would be every race in the prophecies." Yuin replied.
Yuin arrived at the cave shortly after saying this. They both peered through the crack and spotted two guard dragons. Suddenly, they left through two doors on either side of the arena and it was empty. Then, a dark figure wearing a gray, hooded cloak walked through the door on the left and stood on the left half of the arena. A woman wearing a gray hood walked in through the door on the right and stood on the right half of the arena.
The dark figure asked the woman, "So, how is the training?"
The women replied, "Good. They have all pledged their allegiance to you, except one, my lord. Soon we will have an army ready for lord Yui."
"Excellent. When the army is ready, we will destroy him and rule the world! As for now, Rica, I want you to interrogate that prisoner. If he does not pledge his allegiance to me, or tell us anything, kill him." said the man.
"I will do it now, my lord." Rica said. Then, she left the arena. The man also left and the arena was once again empty. Yuin looked at Drake and said, "Rei is being held in the lower prison area. It seems we found Sashiil."
Drake then responded, "Rica betrayed us… I wonder if the others did too? I hope she was lying!"
Drake flew onto the arena that was suspended on top of the lava. With one leap, Yuin jumped onto the arena. They both went through the door that Rica went through.
They ran down fifteen flights of stairs and found the door that led to the prison. It was locked, so Yuin used gravity to crush the lock. Rei's arms were chained to a wall and he was bleeding heavily from torture. They rushed down to the bottom of the prison and broke Rei free.
Then, they carried him up the stairs and ran into the center of the arena. Suddenly, Sashiil emerged from the lava in his dragon form and shouted, "Leaving so soon? I thought you wanted a warm welcome. Let me give you one!"
Then, thousands of dragons surrounded them. Yuin turned and looked at Sashiil and said, "Face the facts, Yui is using you! You're nothing but dispensable puppet in his overall scheme! Your biggest part is about to end!"
"Yes. To us, he is also a puppet… for giving me these dragons to train! We will soon rule the world! It's two against two-thousand!" said Sashiil.
"Yeah, the two ultimate swords against two-thousand weak dragons! These swords were meant to slay thousands of men… with one swing! That scratch that Hero gave you… wasn't even a sample of the sword's power! Give up, fate isn't on your side!" shouted Drake.
"How did you know about him! He was the only dragon to ever harm me! That cursed, white dragon! You will pay! As for now, you will die to satisfy my wrath at this moment!" Sashiil shouted.
"Hero's the… white, legendary dragon! Drake!" Yuin shouted.
"Sorry, I'm not allowed to tell you. Hero was scared of what you would've done to him." Drake replied.
"Well now I'm really going to test on him! As for this wimpy dragon in front of us, PREPARE TO DIE!" Yuin shouted.
"We'll see!" exclaimed Sashiil. Then, the dragons cornered Drake, Yuin, and Rei. Drake transformed and Yuin made a sword out of electricity. Yuin shocked and knocked out half of the dragons, while Drake fought the other half with Rei on his right shoulder. After an hour of fighting, all the dragons were knocked out and Yuin and Drake were tired.
Sashiil laughed and exclaimed, "Impressive! You forgot one big thing… me! Prepare to die!"
Suddenly, Rei got up and said, "No, YOU forgot one thing! Me!"
Then, he extended his index and middle finger together and slashed his right hand at Sashiil. Light energy flew out of the slash and created a giant wave. The wave flew and hit Sashiil causing him to fall on the arena's floor parlayed. Then, Drake, Yuin, and Rei exited the cave. Yuin used earth and caused a boulder to fall and block the entrance.
"Rei, that was amazing! How did you do that?" Drake shouted happily and amazed.
"Well… I've been working on that move for a while. I'm the only surviving light dragon left in my family." Rei explained.
"Really? I heard of the light dragons. They were very powerful. To bad Sashiil killed all of them. I feel bad for you." Yuin replied.
"It's ok. You don't need to burden yourself with my past." Rei said happily.
The light dragons were by far the most powerful dragons in the Dragon Realm. Sashiil destroyed all of them, because they were too powerful. By doing it, he was considered evil. He thought they were evil. They weren't, but he had his way.
"That move… it looked exactly like a Lucian move. It's strange that he could of mastered that move… especially because it isn't one of the light dragon's moves." Yuin thought.
Then, Rei said, "I'm sure Rica will take care of him. Sashiil and his army will wake up, soon. For now, let's rendezvous with Hero. He's probably reached the spot where Yui is, so we must hurry!"
After he said this, they headed north to reach Hero. Hopefully, he'd be just fine.
After Yuin told the story to him, Hero turned off his com-link and sat down to rest. He knew they found Sashiil, so he left them alone.
When a few minutes past, Hero got up and started walking on the northern pathway. While he was walking, he spotted a huge pool of blood. The blood was darker than normal blood. Someone here had a brutal fight, so the loser left the battle. There were blood stains all over the road.
Hero thought to himself, "Wha..? What happened? This is… Iyallanos blood. Yui…"
After thinking this, Hero continued his journey. To either side of it was a green meadow stretching as far as the eye can see. It was very peaceful and beautiful. Hero realized that if he were to encounter Yui, he might have to kill him. He was fine with the fat, because he wanted to free Yui from his father at any cost. Hero was also prepared to sacrifice his life.
After an hour of walking, Hero reached a strange temple at the end of the path. He noticed another pool of blood near the entrance. Yui was definitely here.
The temple was somewhat small and was a white marble color. This temple was known as the Temple of Light. There were always fireflies buzzing about near the entrance. Every dragon came here to purify themselves, because they believed that it was a holy place. There was a tranquil pool outside of the temple and a few trees. These were some of the only trees on Vinifia Island. There was also a grassy patch next to the pool of water, meant for meditation. Indeed, this was the most sacred part in Vinifia Island.
He rushed inside and looked around. It was damp and dark, just like a cave. I guess sometimes beauty is only shown on the outside. In the middle of the room, was a pedestal with many runes on it. Hero calmly walked over while above him was a skylight which beamed in light, and shoved his sword into the strange pedestal.
Suddenly, the locked door leading to the next room opened revealing a pathway. He noticed a light shining over in the next room.
"You opened the door for me, thank you! I guess I don't have to slay you now!"
Hero looked up and saw Yui standing on the floor above him. Yui jumped down holding his bleeding chest, and walked past Hero.
Hero asked, "What happened to you!"
"My father and I had a disagreement, but we came to an understanding." Yui replied.
"How can you live with him if he does this to you!"
"Why do you care? My father's strong, unlike your weak father who gave his life for you! If only he told where you were… he would still probably be alive! What a pathetic fool!"
"I care… because I am your friend. My father was stronger than your father, because he sacrificed himself for me!" Hero exclaimed.
"Stay out of this! You don't know my life! Now step aside. I must get the treasure beyond this door!" Yui said.
Yui walked a little bit further, then collapsed because of blood loss. Hero ran up to him and yelled, "YUI! Hold still so I can help you."
"No! Keep your ground, or I'll kill you!"
"What's happening to you! You would rather abandon me, as your friend, and be with your father? Do you hate me that much! I didn't even do anything to you! I tried to stop the guards, but I couldn't move out of fear! You're such a fool!" Hero shouted.
"So you couldn't even stop some guards to save your best friend? What kind of friend are you!" Yui shouted angrily.
"What kind of friend are you for not forgiving your friend, siding with the enemy and saying his only friend betrayed him, but he didn't! Yui, why are you so ignorant!" Hero returned angrily.
"I'm not ignorant! I finally found the truth! You… caused me to be this way. I will never forget your actions."
"So, you were never really my friend? Is that what you're saying? You never liked me and hated me because I'm an Iyallanos too? Why would you betray me like this!" Hero shouted.
"I did like you… until you turned evil. I despise the wicked."
"Yui… if you were or are my friend, please, let me help you by treating your wounds." Hero said while approaching Yui.
Yui turned and shouted, "Stay back! I'll kill you if you come any closer!"
"You don't have the strength to. Now hold still."
Then, Yui grabbed his sword and sliced Hero across the stomach! He lay on the floor shocked. Yui was also shocked.
Blood was spilled on the floor by two eternal rivals forevermore enemies. Hero looked at his blood, then looked at Yui. Yui could sense Hero's despair, so he closed his eyes and started to cry softly.
"So… this is what you were instructed to do… kill me? Ok, you can do it. Finish me off." Hero said sadly.
"No… I can't… but I must… no. I won't do it. My instructions were to find what lies beyond that passage. I won't kill you… yet." Yui replied.
"Heh, I guess we're enemies from now on. I… never wanted it to end this-"
Then, Hero coughed up blood and fell to the floor. Yui backed up from the ground and shouted, "What have I turned into!"
Then, he ran out of the building and headed eastward. Hero laid on the ground for a while to recover his lost strength. He thought of his parents, and then regained all of his determination and strength. He got up and walked into the next room.
There was a pillar with a golden slab on it, just like the previous slabs. Hero walked over and read it aloud, "The sacred treasure sought by all, lies within the wielder of the ultimate sword. The power of the holy relic is infinite. The Crystal will reveal itself to the chosen one when darkness comes close… what does this mean?"
"Why is it that where ever I go to, I always find these helpful, golden slabs? This is awkward…" Hero thought.
Just then, Yuin, Drake and Rei walked into the room. Hero was surprised to see Rei come in.
"Wow! Rei, what are you doing here?" Hero shouted with joy.
"I see you're not wearing your headband." Rei replied with evil eyes.
"Uhhh… I can explain?" Hero said questionably.
"I'm sure you can."
Then, Hero took the headband out of his pocket and shouted, "Hey look Rei! I just looked and found it in my pocket! Looks like you don't need to make me do any form of hard labor and or chores!" Hero shouted obviously suspicious.
"Actually, I told you to wear it. Not find it. Looks like you can give me five-hundred pushups." Rei said.
"Ummm… cool?" Hero replied confused.
"Now, put on the headband, smile and do five-hundred pushups, okay?"
"Ok." Hero replied annoyed.
"What's with them?" Drake asked Yuin.
"Oh, Rei is Hero's dragon master. I feel bad for the guy." Yuin said.
"Hey Hero, do you want me to hook you up with that other white dragon? I heard she's hot." Yuin told Hero.
"DRAKE!" Hero shouted while doing pushups.
"Sorry, Hero! It was Sashiil's fault! He told everyone that you were a white dragon!" Drake explained.
"Ha ha! Now I can run all kinds of tests on you, Hero! BWAHAHAH!" Yuin shouted excitedly.
"Man Hero… I feel sorry for you. Not only do you have to do five-hundred pushups, but you have to have Yuin run tests on you all the time! Well… at least you have the sexiest get-a-girl-to-go-to-the-movies-with-you phrase." Rei replied.
"Ugh! Let's call… it a… date for… old time's… UGH!…debate… I'll bring… drinks." Hero said slowly while doing pushups. He was only on one hundred and fifty.
"Great! Now just say that to her and you'll score her for life!" Rei said happily.
"Just think of the possibilities!" Yuin shouted in joy.
"Sorry, Hero. I'm going to have to leave you alone on this one. You see, I-"
"Drake!" Hero said angrily.
"Well, I don't like people breeding dogs and they're small, but dragons… I don't know…"
"DRAKE! YOU BETTER GET ME OUTTA THIS!" Hero shouted while Yuin and Rei were laughing manically.
"Sorry man… I got to go. I guess I'll catch you later."
"Drake… you don't want me to tell Yuin you're a "special dragon" too, do you?"
"Well… I am. Dragon-X is the name."
"Dang! Well, did Yuin do any weird tests on you?"
"Most certainly!"
"Uhhh… this is going to be one long life…" Hero concluded.
After they all read the slab, and Hero did five-hundred pushups with the headband of death on, they left for Yuin's secret base. Later while walking, Hero took off the headband complaining that it made his forehead "too hot". Rei believed this lie and told Hero he could. That walk was pretty long and tiring.
When they arrived there, Yuin input his security code in the doors' computerized locking mechanism. After pressing a few digits and keys, the doors unlatched and opened.
They walked forward into the next room and found a big door. As they approached the second door, they noticed a huge melted hole in the middle of it.
"Someone's been here. This doesn't look good." Yuin said.
He used ice and froze the door's hinges. Hero and Drake both transformed and simultaneously blew fire on the frozen hinges. They cracked, because of the intense heat, and the door fell to the ground.
As soon as they walked inside, they gasped in horror as they looked straight ahead of them.
"So nice of you to join us! Please, come in and make yourselves comfortable." Sashiil greeted.
Hero, Drake, Rei and Yuin immediately got into their fighting stances. Sashiil arose from the chair he was sitting in and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, his whole army surrounded the perimeter of the base, armed and fully trained with swords and other weapons.
One dragon shot an arrow at Yuin and pierced his left shoulder.
"YUIN!" Drake, Rei and Hero shouted.
Sashiil laughed and exclaimed, "Did you really expect to beat me? Ha! Die now!"
Just then, Hero stood up, grabbed his sword and said, "It's time."
Yuin looked at him and yelled, "No! Don't do it! Stop now; don't throw your life away for one attack! Save it for a more worthy cause!"
"No. You need me. These dragons have made their choice to serve Sashiil, so I make mine to slay them with one blow. I don't care if I die… as long as you are safe. This is a worthy cause. Now prepare yourselves! Final Destruction Wave!"
The sky suddenly turned black and the ground next to Hero split open. Then, light beamed out of the crack as soon as Hero gripped his sword. He bashed it against the ground and time around him froze. Yuin, Rei and Drake looked astonished as they glanced around them and noticed they were not frozen like the dragons. Then, he slashed the ground in the same spot and clear gravity spikes burst out of the ground. They looked like crystal, and were four times larger than Hero! They came from the ground, forming a wave and pierced all of the army except Sashiil. Also, beams of light pierced the dark clouds and struck the earth next to the gravity. Holy swords and dark swords fell from the clouds like rain and pierced the army. Then, time unfrozen and the dragons were shredded and ripped apart by the intense, concentrated gravity spikes. All that remained were their dead, thrashed corpses.
Everyone looked in awe at Hero.
Suddenly, Hero collapsed to the ground unconscious. Yuin and Rei both ran over to him and tried to wake him up.
"How could this happen! White dragon, you're a formidable foe. To bad you had to die here!" Sashiil shouted.
Then, he ran over to Hero, but amazingly he was halted by someone unexpectedly. It was Yuin! He stood up and made his sword of electricity. He stood in front of Sashiil ready for action!
"This is the once in a lifetime's chance to fully capture the majestic mating habits of the legendary white dragon! I will not miss this!" Yuin shouted.
Then, everyone fell over. Hero incredibly woke up from his unconscious state and questioned, "You never give up, do you?" Then, he fell unconscious again.
"I am… very disgusted by that… I feel like I'm going to throw up!" Drake shouted.
"You can get him, Yuin! Finish him off!" Rei shouted encouragingly while throwing a few punches.
"That's it! After ruining people's lives and hearing THAT, I've decided to turn myself in. Is there room at your place?" Sashiil asked.
"Uhh… does this mean I win? YEAH! I live another day longer to study the legendary dragon! Yes, we do have room and it's conveniently located in the prison sector where we serve the most elegant entrées around. You have the choice to have the deluxe suite or the king suite. Also, there is a golf coarse located outside of the hotel for your pleasure. What room would you like, sir?" Yuin asked.
"I would like the king suite, since I'm the king of all the dragons." Sashiil replied.
"Great! I'll lead you to your cell… I mean, suite." Yuin shouted happily.
Then, Yuin lead Sashiil casually towards his base's prison area. After he put him in the prison, he returned and walked over to Drake and Rei who were standing by Hero.
"Will he be alright?" Drake asked.
"Yes. After all, our service is the best!" Yuin shouted comically.
Rei jabbed him in the stomach and shouted, "Not him! Hero!"
"I think he'll be fine. He needs a lot of rest. For now, head toward the Dragon Order. Rei, separate from them and go there now. You are the Order's only hope for reestablishment. I will stay with Sashiil. You can reach me by com-link. I'm going to write this adventure into my logs and stay at my base. Return soon." Yuin said.
After saying this, Yuin walked inside of his base, Rei flew towards the Dragon Order. Mean while, Drake and Hero were both throwing up near the base and when they were finished, they left for the Dragon order. Hero was more disgusted than Drake was about the "mating idea". After all, he was the one who was going to go through it.