Brother of Wind {book 4: The Tournament of Elements}

chapter 8

"Skylor, Master of Amber, versus Jacob, Master of Sound. Fight! Fight!" Chen yelled. This match was in a room full of large vases and tatami mats on the floor, surrounded by shoji doors.

"Eenie, meenie, minie, moe..." Skylor counted the vases.
"Catch a Jadeblade by its toe!" She threw a pear and broke the vase, hoping the jadeblade would be in there. Not a jadeblade, but a bow and arrow. Jacob strummed his guitar. The master was blind and relied on sound waves to help him, like echolocation.

Skylor ran behind a different vase. She waited then fired! And arrow shot straight. Jacob ducked and a another arrow fired. The sound master used his small size to run and dodge, landing on one of the arrows that landed in the wood of the room and strummed.

His sound waves were piercing, a high enough frequency to break a vase as Skylor ran away, covering her ears.

"Master of Sound's gotten stronger since the last time I saw him." Garmadon observed from above. Skylor stepped carefully behind Jacob and tapped his shoulder. She quickly his behind the vase again.

Jacob grabbed some shurikens from a broken vase. Skylor stood still, waiting then Jacob threw. She preformed and aerial, dodging all the shurikens, with the last one breaking yet another vase.

"Excuse me. Excuse me. Uh, don't mean to block your view. Just passing through. Sorry, all of these temples look the same." Kai said trying to make his way to the other ninja. He stepped on everyone's feet on the way.

"Did I miss anything?" Kai asked.
"Ugh. By the looks of it, you didn't miss much." Jay gestured to all the other masters, unhappy with Kai.

"Maybe we shouldn't be sitting together." Jay suggested.
"I mean, the more they think we're a team, the bigger targets we put on ourselves." Jay said.
"Don't say that, we are a team." Lloyd reassured.
"Sure we just lost Cole and still can't find Zane, but we're a team. Just smaller. All the more reason to stick together." He said.
"Right Morro?" Lloyd asked.

Morro played attention to the fight, not his team at the moment. He kept his eyes fixed on Skylor. Kai looked down at the fight.
"Skylor's fighting?" Kai jumped up.

The amber master threw a ball of fire at Jacob and burned his instrument.
"What has him so excited?" Garmadon asked.
"He had a crush on her until he found out they might be related." Jay giggled.
"Her element isn't Fire. She's the Master of Amber, power of absorption. She can emulate the power of anyone she's touched." Garmadon explained.
"You're telling me we're not related?" Kai perked up.
"Oh, boy. Here we go again." Jay sighed.

Skylor used her opponents power against him and broke another vase, a blowdart inside. Jacob took the darts and fired. One hit the paper wall right by Skylor's foot. She had an idea.

Skylor made Lot's of noises as she cartwheeled past the paper wall. The darts made holes, allowing a different stream of air to flow in. Confusing Jacob, Skylor kicked the last vase and grabbed the jadeblade that flew out.

Everyone cheered.
"Yes! Go Skylor!" Kai yelled.
"Winner! And loser." Another trapdoor opened up and Jacob fell through.

"I hope the Tournament of Elements has entertained you as much as it has me. To thank you, I wanted to give everyone fancy jewels and untold shiny things." Chen held up a plate of valuables.
"But then in yesterday's battle, Master Jay and Cole tried to undermine me by teaming up and refusing to fight each other. And that made me very upset. For their insubordination, all of your fancy quarters will be taken away, and tonight everyone must sleep together in the chow house." Chen threw away the jewels. The fighters look displease with Jay.

"That is all. Thank you, you can go." Chen said. The room started to clear out.
"Nice one, Jay." Kai said. Morro slapped Kai on the head.
"Whoa, easy, Romeo." Jay shot back at Kai.
"Don't worry about them. We aren't here to make friends, just to save ours." Lloyd said a little coldly.
"Yes, but your exclusion of others has only made enemies. Beware how you treat those around you, for they will treat you the same." Garmadon said.