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This story will be in Monkey Khan's Point of View, the whole time

Rated M for violence, mild cussing (cursing), drama, and because the authoress wants to feel freedom to put in whatever without having it taken down for censories. But I do have a policy: No lemons, no limes guaranteed.

In The Eyes Of Another

Chapter 1: The Call

"It will be sunny for the next four days with a 20% chance to rain this Friday." I predict. I show them the radar for the next two days, including the humidity, temperatures, and pollen factor for the next few days. There goes my allergies, but I could always go for a dip in the sea and clear it up for a little while. We enter into a commercial break and I step off of the green screen mat.

As I walk off, I am greeted by one of the producers who says, "Your wife has called. Will you call her back?" "Yes." I respond, and then he leads me into the boss's office, and I call her.

By the way, before you wonder who this mystery woman is that I am dialing up, it is River Byers the Lynx, my wife and Lightning the Lynx's little sister. Lightning dials in every now and then to make sure I am taking care of her, and he knows damn well that I will, but that doesn't deter him from bothering me about it.

Story behind that is that she is my omiai, or my arranged marriage partner in Japan. Lightning is so peculiar about me because Sally, one of my love interests when I was younger, decided to not take my offer to marry her when we were younger, which is understandable, people in America marry much older than we do, but I had a deadline to meet, so when that deadline happened, Sally decided that she wanted to marry me.

I didn't want her anymore. She told me the night of my 21st birthday that we would elope, and then Sonic came in and she shoved me in her closet and hid me behind her wardrobe, and I watched as Sonic bent down on one knee, asked her to marry him, her squeal "Yes" to an earpopping decible, and proceeded to make love to him. I'm still bitter over that.

But that bitterness won me back Lightning's favor when I arrived back to Japan in the next few days, who had told me, "Now you know how I felt when you told Sonic all of my weaknesses and proceeded to have him make a mockery of me in front of my Clan." I wondered if he had set the whole thing up, but a glint in his eyes told me that he knew what would happen between me and Sally, and that he knew that I'd be back to collect my prize once she had turned 20 and had her Sehijinoji, but she was just as heartbroken as I was.

Earlier, she was engaged to marry Flying Frog, one of Lightning's friends, because she was expecting his baby (That frog had babies everywhere from just about everyone), and well, she miscarried the baby, but Flying was still madly in love with her and still wanted to marry her, so she went through with the preparation, but got cold feet and left the man standing alone at the altar because she couldn't stand his face anymore.

So she comes back to Japan, and she knocks on my door, crying, telling me all of her problems, and I understand her, and she stayed at my house (Nothing happened that night), but as I was saying, we were engaged at 8 (River) and 9 (Me) years old, and once she hit 20, we would have to marry, unless we had found someone else, and then the marriage would be annulled. Moral of the story is that we marry and have 2 sons and a daughter together.

I call River and ask her what is wrong, to which she responds that nothing is happening, she just wanted to wish me a good day at work and that she couldn't wait till I got home. I told her that I loved her and couldn't wait to see her too, which was the whole truth. I look at my watch and see that I only have 3 more hours left of work and then I could go home.

So I let my day progress, clocked out, and drove home. We live in a quaint little house near Kyoto, but a little more rural. I never liked the hustle and bustle of the cities, and besides, I grew up on a farm anyways, Lightning, River, and I. Conquering Storm grew up on a ranch. And yes, all 4 of us were friends, best friends to be exact, before Conquering Storm became Queen Ninja Bitch, Lightning became the Ultimate Ninja Asshole, I became the Stuckup Dick, and River became Nicole Waterson's Temper from The Amazing World of Gumball, which the author does not own.

We loved to play with each other as kids, we even grew up together. It is such a sweet memory, but I hate remembering it because I'll cry. Why did Conquering Storm have to banish Lightning that first time? Why? He, he was my friend, and yet I stood there like an idiot, struck dumb and paralyzed, unable to move as I watched Conquering Storm lie to her father, telling him that Lightning did horrid things to her, touched her in places he shouldn't have (We were teenagers then) when he hadn't, and I was witness to them the whole time.

Conquering Storm kissed Lightning, and Lightning's uncle, Rain, caught them and Conquering Storm ran away crying. And that was why Lightning gave me such an evil eye the next time I saw him, because he did love her, he was just hoping that I would help defend his case and I didn't.

I wipe a tear out of my eye and proceed into my house, kissing my wife as I walk in, and hugging my two older sons, and going to see my 3 year old, bounding happily across the room to get to me, after finally seeing me. I give him a hug, and then we all proceed to dinner. After dinner, I take a shower, slip into the tub, and spend the rest of the night with my family, drinking my jasmine tea until I get a phone call.

I'm kind of thinking that it was one of the companies I own (I own two sets of clothing departments, one called "Kawaii" for girls clothes, and "Harusama" for the boys), but instead, it's Lightning, and this call will forevermore change my life.

"Uh, Leiang," he says, using my real name (Ken was just an American alias to avoid having my real name butchered intentionally and unintentionally over and over again). "I need your help if you do not mind." "No, I don't." I answer him, wondering what could be so dire as to call me. What about his Destructix buddies. Aren't they somewhere near? "I and Antoine have ran into big trouble. Silver has just teamed up with one of Drago's children, and he has raised an army-" "An army," I shout, literally spitting my tea across the room. "Do I look like I have people to spare?" River looks at me, worry spreading across her face like butter to bread.

"Well uh, Leiang, I really hate to admit it, but he's turned the whole damn prison loose and around the country. You're one of the elite. You, alongside my sister, helped free Japan from Eggman's clutches, but sis needs to stay there with the kids, and my wife Maybelle, and Rouge the Bat's daughter, Daylight, will be there to help her, afterall, they're in the mob, and so am I, to touch them is like asking to commit suicide, and the Destructix- the ones still alive *ahem*- will be by my side, as will you." Lightning stated.

"Are you expecting me to search all of Japan for a bunch of damn crooks?" I almost turn histerical. "No, I'm asking you to help me bring down several ringleaders. We will be encountering Silver. We will be fighting his lackies. They will be uber powerful thanks to them killing off Rouge and Knuckles and absorbing the power of the Chaos Emeralds. This may be our final stand, so we're not asking for some pansy ass kid to join us, we're asking for you, because you are strong, and you are what we need." Lightning says.

I'm taken aback by shock. Who in all of the Golden Lotus Flower Goddess could be that powerful? I mean I liberatted Japan, but I didn't do it alone. Why does he come to me? What can I do? I have 3 kids to think about, so it's not just about me anymore. Does he think I'm that indespensable? Why does he think that I'm that powerful? He's the one walking around with Electrokinesis, not I. The only powers I have are from my staff, and that was snapped in two a long time ago, so essentially, I got nothing.

But what does he mean by "we?" I ask him that question, and he responds with, "I've assembled a team of badasses," Like that really tells me anything. "So that way we won't be brought down that easily. It is my mission as assembler of this team to make sure all of these men make it back home alive, and even I doubt that."

Doubt? What does he mean, doubt? "What do you mean, 'You doubt?'" I ask him, my voice raising. "Look," Lightning answered, his tone stiff and macbre. "He's already killed Espio, his lackeys took out Rouge and Knuckles, and at least 9 other people are dead, and he's smart, so he knew who to look for first, who'd be the biggest threat. He killed Espio coming after me, but I, I am not as important as you are. And here's an ultimatium, act now and join us, or become Silver's next victim."

What in the hell made him think I would want to join this suicide mission? And who are these badasses he talks about? If it's Sonic, damn him! Damn them all! But if the world is falling to shambles, and this Silver is as big and as bad as he says he is with plenty of backup just as bad as we are, he might come for my family next.

"Will he kill my family?" I gingerly ask. "Yes," Lightning blares at me, as if I'm some sort of an idiot. "He used to be a hero, but now he's gone insane, and I've lived with one for 8 years, so I do know this: He will kill your family to get to you. He came after me, but Espio was in his way, so he killed Espio and started after me next, until Bean and Bark came and saved my ass. So, what do you say? Will you join us?"

I give myself a pause to think. If Silver had done all that to try to kill Lightning, and he's only alive because this Bean and Bark showed up, and he'll kill my wife and kids without a second thought, what a fantastic incentive to make me join! I look at River, and she knows the next words I will say, and my adrenaline thunders through my body, pushing the undenyable dread deeper within my core as I say these exact words:

"Yes Lightning, I will help you."