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I do not own the characters mentioned here. They are owned by SEGA, NAMCO and the other respective owners I might not be sure who is.. So there!!

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Somewhere in the skies of Mobius

"So Tails, would you mind telling me why you need to use my Chaos Emerald?" said Knuckles as he impatiently sits on the passenger seat of the yet again upgraded Biplane.

"Well Knuckles, Eggman is in Green Hill right now riding a giant robot. It has an unbreakable armor and is for some reason immune to Chaos attacks."

"And you need me because?"

"We need your Chaos Emerald to power up something I'm inventing." Knuckles felt annoyed because of that. "Couldn't you have just used Shadow's?" As he looked down at whatever lands they were crossing.

"No."

And that got his attention back.

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107...108...109... another sigh goes the Cabbit for the countless time as he continues to be pulled in by the seemingly endless vortex to another world. For someone with a thirst for adventure like him, not being able to do anything was a matter of fact, a living nightmare.

He started counting and holding his breath many times now to pass the time, he even fell asleep twice but then when he woke up, he was still in that place just mindlessly going along the flow. Now, where was he? Oh yeah… he forgot.

He threw a fit as he unwillingly floated deeper into the vortex. After he was done, he pouted "Whatever is on the other side should be worth this torture" he thought to himself. And suddenly he heard a drowned out voice from the distance.

"k…lon…oa"

"I must be going crazy…" he thought to himself.

"KLONOA!!"

"No wait, that sounds like…" he looked back and he saw a speeding ball of light coming right at him. "…MONYAAAH!!" the cannon ball which hit him right at the stomach was Huepow, prince of the Moon Kingdom and close friend of Klonoa.

"Klonoa it's been a long time, how are you?" he said happily.

"Huh?" his smile disappeared as he saw his friend with eyes replaced by X symbols and giving of low moans that sounds like "nice to see you Huepow…" at the same time.

"K… Klonoa! Oh no, oh no, what should I do? I'm sorry, wake up!!" he said those things as he panicked, floating in random patterns around the space in front of the knocked out cabbit. Then the vortex finally reached the end and the two were engulfed in a flash of light.

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"Shadow got his Chaos Emerald stolen a few days ago by the same robot… We're here, you'd better hold on tight" Tails said, finally ending the conversation.

Knuckles looked below and indeed saw a robot. An orange one, so it definitely belonged to Eggman. Looking near it he could see a blue blur and others trying to stop the robot. They landed near Amy and Cream, in which a closer look, Cream has been tending an injured Amy.

The two tailed fox got out of the biplane and rushed towards the two. "Amy, are you OK?" She stood up with the help of her companion, shooting a hateful glare at the robot she said. "I'm OK Tails, but that thing packs a punch…" and she looked at him unsure "… are you sure your invention will work?"

Tails just nodded his head as a reply not being really sure that his invention can totally destroy it. "Cream, help Tails with his invention. Knuckles, guard him while he's working." Amy stated as she walked towards the robot.

"Huh, Why me?"

She suddenly looked back and with authority yelled "JUST DO IT!!" and she continued to walk nearer to the robot, which has been bashing holes on the ground trying to splat Sonic.

"Yes MA'AM!" Knuckles replied, right hand on his forehead as if a private responding to an officer's order. A sweat drop formed on his head. He got out of that pose and crossed his arms on his chest, he groaned.

"Cream you can be my assistant." Tails told her as he went to open a compartment on the side of the biplane containing an unfinished invention, a bunch of parts and a toolbox.

He placed them on the ground and started to do what he can. Cream sat beside him and grabbed the tool box, opening it and feeling the tools. He reached out his hand and said.

"Cream, pass me the screw driver."

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"Huh? Where am I?" Klonoa woke up in the middle of a grassy area. Sitting himself up he began to think of what just happened to him. His moved his hands so that his right hand touched his cheek and it rested on his left palm, he crossed his legs then.

"Hmm… now what happened again? ... 00!!!" and he remembered. But then he was startled by a voice behind him.

"Klonoa, your awake!"

"H… Huepow, it's really you!!" The cabbit then tackled him in a brotherly hug. "How did you get here?"

"I asked permission from mother to… follow you!"

"Really? Cool, glad to see you again pal!"

This reunion was clearly overwhelming for the two friends. It was Huepow that talked first. "Klonoa, you forgive me right?" Formation of tears now evident on his eyes. Klonoa just smiled.

"Huepow… I already forgave you when we went to retrieve the pieces of the moon, do I have to do it again?"

"No.. you don't have to." As the moment passes his eyes just got bigger and clearly wetter. And for some reason Klonoa could feel his do the same as well.

"Hey, don't cry, because if you do sniff you'll make me cry as well..."

"Me? I'm not crying sniff my eyes are sweating, that's all."

"But blobs of light don't sweat..."

"How would you know?"

After that they held their tears and then suddenly just laughed and cried themselves out. "We're going crazy huh Huepow?" He nodded

"yeah…"

After they collected themselves and their emotions, Klonoa stood up and decided to look around. "Weird place huh?" Huepow said as he floated beside him.

There were strange roads everywhere; some were even forming spirals like a roller coaster rail. Who would build such a place? Klonoa couldn't help but smile as he began to get ideas. "Do you know where we are Klonoa?" asked a curious Huepow.

"Yes… Green Hill Zone"

"Wow, so you've been here Klonoa?" He looked at him

"No, I just read the sign."

"What sign?"

"The big one behind you."

And he looked to see a big sign with Nylon lights as words. "Oh... well, so Klonoa what do you want to do?" He scanned the area once more recalling the idea he just had, showing a big grin once he looked back at Huepow, the prince asked the cabbit "What?" as a sweat drop formed at his head.

"Let's go Air Boarding!!" Klonoa ran to the nearest road once he said those words looking behind him he could see Huepow following him "Wait! What's Air Boarding?"

Klonoa smiled, untangling the strap that held the Wind Ring to his pants, he pointed it right in front of him and said "This!!" bits of wind and light came out as his Air Board popped out off the ring and he jumped on. "Let's go Huepow!" he floated near Klonoa's shoulder at the instant he began to turn the Air Board on.

"Huh? Since when did you... WOAHHHH!!" he held on to Klonoa and there they went speeding through the wacky path of this new world.

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"Tails, would you hurry up with that!!!" said Knuckles who was now relentlessly tapping his right foot on the ground.

"I'm almost done just keep him busy!" Tails said in response.

OK, OK now I'm in the open, right in front of a giant killer robot with an insane doctor controlling it working on something to blow it up so I'm in no such kind of danger, Sonic and the others are keeping it busy so I'm perfectly safe, I mean Knuckles is watching my back just in case right?

No, wait... What am I thinking! I'd better finish this as quickly as I can. I reached out my left hand and said "Cream, Wrench!!" without even looking at my helper.

"Here!!" after twitching bolts here and there and reaching for more tools it's construction is finally finished. "Cream the fuse!!" She looked around at first and then picked it up among the piles of different parts on the ground and cheerfully said "Found it!!" she reached it to me with much haste and I could see the smile on her pretty face of a job well done. Wait a minute; did I just think she was pretty?

Never mind, I finally inserted the last piece on the right slot and running towards Knuckles, grabbing the Chaos Emerald and somehow startling him at the same time.

I inserted it at the middle, I twisted the machine part around it and it started to glow in a warm light. I looked around scanning the circumstances once more.

"Cheese, where are you?" I heard Cream say as she used her ears to fly, worry clearly heard in her voice. For now I perished the thought and I held the trigger, charging my invention.

"Sonic, It's ready!!"

"About time Tails!" they moved out of the way knowing that the robot might fall on their heads if they don't, then I pulled the trigger. Incase your curious I just made a laser gun that can disrupt energy currents, this is the easiest way I could think of on how to stop a robot capable of deflecting Shadow's Chaos Energy.

Eggman must have been pretty careful in designing that thing. OK here it goes "FIRE!!"

BOOM

And it came falling down...well actually, no. I thought it was done and the worst was over but then... a barrier? Wow, that's new. I guess the big egg really did design it carefully. And yes, there was a maniacal laugh. A smirk from Sonic's face appeared "Wow you've really outdone yourself this time Eggy!" As quickly as it appeared the barrier disappeared in an instant.

-Insert maniacal 'Butnick laughter here

He started to move towards us "I don't have time to play with you and your friends hedgehog. I'm after a much bigger prize, so let's finish this!"

-Insert more maniacal 'Butnick laughter here

The robot's left arm lifted itself up, it suddenly glowed with a strange yet dangerous light and tried to smash Sonic, and in sonic speed he dashed out of the way and onto the robots limb leaving a tremor and a huge marking where Sonic stood stopping right in front of Eggman's view "Too Slow Eggman! heh.. Dude, even with a powerful robot you still stink!"

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"Aaahh!!" shrieked Klonoa as he fell off his Air Board due to a sudden quake. He stumbled on landing and rolled a bit on the ground out of unbalance. He finally stopped, laying on his stomach.

"Oww.."

He opened his eyes and saw his blue companion. "Huepow, you OK?" Standing himself up.

"Chao?"

"Huh? Wait a minute, your not Huepow!!" He grabbed the impostor and with a firm grip interrogated the creature. "Who are you and what did you do to Huepow!?" Klonoa asked not a bit loosing his grip at the tiny creature resembling his friend.

"CHAO, CHAO!!"

"Uhh Klonoa? I'm right here." he looked to his left and indeed saw his friend floating with a sweatdrop on his spherical body.

"Oh... then whose this?" Klonoa asked him as he reached out his hand holding the creature in question. But then there was another voice.

"Cheese!!"

They both looked at the direction of the voice and saw a young rabbit which by the looks of sizes was bit younger than him. She saw the clutched hand and the worried face on her switched to an angry one. She ran and suddenly jumped high, in a certain distance she went for a kick right at Klonoa. It was then that it hit him, LITERALLY.

"MONYAAH!!"

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And there I went about flying only to fall several feet on my back. She hit me on the nose, and it hurts. I couldn't stand I just held my nose with my two hands and just kept to myself feeling great pain. How could someone that looks so adorable be capable of such brutality?

Note to self: beware of the cuteness in this strange world.

"KLONOA!! are you OK?"

My eyes closed from the surging pain yet I can feel his presence going nearer to me. Not saying a word I sat myself up still holding my nose. I opened my eyes just to see the angry pout of the girl that attacked me.

She was holding the blue creature that resembled my friend dear friend Huepow. A more detailed look revealed that the creature which I presume to be "Cheese" has spirals for eyes. Did I really shake him that hard? She stepped closer and closer and closer, I don't know if it's just me but it seems as if her steps caused the ground to shake.

After she got to a very near distance Huepow started to hide behind me. Both arms on her waists, she bowed her head down getting an equal range to my head, anger clearly seen and she suddenly spoke.

"Who are you and what were you trying to do to Cheese?"

TO BE CONTINUED...

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