Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from either Sonic the hedgehog or Pokemon, or the plot for Super smash brothers.

Friends in a storm


The thunder rumbled and lightning cracked like a whip overhead.

Green Hill Zone was normally a nice and pleasant place in which a familiar blue hedgehog liked to run through, speeding along in an all too familiar blue blur as he dashed on the loop-de-loop tracks. The grass might have been green and the breeze may have been blowing, but the atmosphere was really intense and not without a good reason —that reason being that a confrontation was about to take place.

The wind blew even harder.

Pikachu walked across the bright, emerald green grass with a look of worry and fear on his cute little face. The little yellow Pokémon's ears were down and his lightning bolt-shaped tail was tucked beneath his legs; it showed just how frightened he was right now. He glanced upwards and noticed that the already-gray clouds were beginning to darken until the sky was looking like someone had chucked a bottle of ink up there.

He flinched when he felt a small droplet of rain fell from the sky and hit him on the nose.

It was starting to rain.

This reminded the little yellow mouse Pokémon of the night he had first met Sonic. On that rainy night, during that terrible thunder storm, when he was at his weakest, the blue hedgehog had managed to save him and the two journeyed together and made all sorts of memories together as friends.

It made him smile a hint.

Pikachu also vividly recalled what had transpired after he'd been hit by that beam of light. He had become naught but a puppet after that zap that seperated Sonic and himself and, after being revived and brought back from the brink, from being a literally lifeless puppet, Kirby had managed to reunite a few members of the original gang whom got blasted by Galeem's beams of light and they were still trying to grab the others. He could remember the last time he saw Sonic, too...he could remember seeing the sadness and pain in the hedgehog's eyes as he was zapped and consumed by that overwhelmingly powerful light.

It was after being brought back that Pikachu knew it was time.

Time to get his friend back.

Pikachu, Kirby, Mario and the others ventured into the realm of darkness and wandered into Link and Zelda's neck of the woods where Sonic turned out to be.

Of all places, it turned out to be Green hill zone...

The others had decided to let Pikachu handle this on his own since the small Pokémon (with a fair bit of translation from the more animal members of the group that could understand him) had insisted that he go alone so he could try to reach Sonic first, but they kept themselves close by just encase Pikachu's attempt to reason with the fastest thing alive had failed.

They couldn't risk Pikachu getting hurt.

The raindrops started to multiply and fall harder whilst the thunder boomed from above.

Pikachu whimpered softly and flinched. He wanted to find Sonic soon since he knew his friend disliked the rain and water in general and the clouds told him that a terrible storm was on its way and that made him want to hurry. He just wanted to find his friend, get him back, and travel with the others and finally defeat Galeem.

He was an electric type Pokémon and he knew better what the signs of a serious thunderstorm were.

Pikachu kept skulking across the luscious, green grass with his body starting to get this tingling sensation of ever growing dread zipping about inside him. He was pretty sure that this weather was only adding to his unease. He finally froze and stopped dead in his tracks, his slow army crawl ceasing too, and he looked up to find a familiar silhouette of a shape in front of him. It was still and seemed more shadowy and growing darker thanks to the darkening storm clouds looming overhead.

The little yellow mouse Pokémon half wanted to run over and glomp him out of pure relief...but, at the same time, he knew something was off. He was sure that if Sonic was himself he would had run over towards him or something, the blue hedgehog was never still on his feet.

Everyone whom was acquainted with Sonic knew this all too well about him.

Out of pure curiosity and disbelief, he cautiously approached.

"Piii...?" He cautiously called out.

Sonic said nothing as he just stood there, his eyes glowing red and a dark yet emotionless scowl etched on his face. His eyes were narrowed and a frown had been glued to his paler-than-normal peach muzzle. His back quills had bristled noticeably, a sure sign of hostility, and he was creepily calm as he seemed ready to lash and strike out at any moment.

Pikachu shrunk when he saw the lifeless husk of what used to be the blue hedgehog.

The hedgehog had this unsettling aura about him.

This wasn't the Sonic he knew...

KA-BOOOOM!

A blinding flash of light momentarily lit up the area whilst lightning struck across the dark clouds and an explosion of sound burst through the skies, the rain starting to come hammering down now as the weather became more wild and untameable. The wind had started to glow into something liken to a minor version of a hurricane.

Pikachu had succumbed to the instinct to shut his eyes the instant the lightning flashed but, the second the light subsided, he peeled his eyes open and The little chubby mouse Pokémon's ears drooped even further (if that were even physically possible without them dropping off) as his small eyes widened in their sockets as he had been stunned beyond rational thought at what he saw in that split second he did open his eyes.

It was all like slow motion.

The darkened form of the hedgehog had apparently made a dash in front of him and had smacked him and, thus, sent him hurtling backwards.

"PIKAAAA...!"

Time sped up again when Pikachu landed on the ground a yard or so away with a really hard "thud" and he landed in the cold, damp grass.

A slight impact wound covered the side of his face where that blow had been landed upon him. He was stunned into staying down as his mind raced, around a billion thoughts dashing through them at lightning speed as he tried to properly comprehend was had just happened to him. He didn't expect to be hit like that and he didn't expect Sonic to be so fast, but he supposed that he had been a bit naive to think that it would be easy.

Pikachu shook his head.

This just couldn't be happening...

The Pokémon looked at Sonic with a hurt expression, his ears down and his mouth pulled into a little sad frown. He looked pleadingly at the hedgehog but saw no emotion in his friend's eyes and that hurt like a Serviper fang stabbing his heart. He couldn't believe that Sonic had hurt him...he wasn't himself but it was still really heartbreaking.

He muttered sadly, "Pikachu...?"

Sonic said nothing, he just glared.

In spite of his heart break, Pikachu knew he needed to focus.

He straightened himself out to stand on his hind feet, and dusted his front off, and his ear twitched when he heard the sound of feet crunching on the grass behind him. He knew it was probably the others making an attempt to rush to his aid but the little electrical mouse Pokémon focused on the hedgehog in front of him, scowled, and held his arm out to the side in a gesture that said "stay back, I'll handle him".

Sonic continued to wear that dark, never-changing glare on his face as he (also) prepared to attack again while Pikachu's scowl darkened and the two stood in a fierce stand-off.

Pikachu had been in enough Pokémon battles before to know, from a mere glance, when there was a competitor was looking for a fight. He slowly crouched down, small electric charges of energy jolting from his little red cheek sacks. He didn't want to harm the blue hedgehog but if he really had to in order to try and bring him back to his senses then that was something he knew that he had to do.

He couldn't help but be reminded of that fateful night both the Pokémon and anthropomorphic hedgehog first met.

He didn't wish to zap his friend but desperate times called for desperate measures.

Pikachu closed his eyes, his face squeezing tight and pinching up as he gathered energy, and he summoned a bolt of lightning that struck down from the sky and engulfed him and he seemed to absorb the lightning strike into his body like a sponge soaking in water. When he opened his eyes again, he tensed his body up a second time and the same lightning that was just absorbed was redirected back at Sonic as he sent the electrical attack his way and it hit him full force.

"CHUUUU!"

Sonic cried out in pain.

Pikachu kept up the electric charge.

Sonic seemed to struggle in the volts of electricity encasing him and jolting through his body and then overcome it as he then curled up into a ball and spindashed straight out of his suspension and barrelled straight towards Pikachu. Thankfully, the Pokémon had the presence of mind to leap out of the way and then watch as he whirled around the grounds.

He cried as he fell to his pudgy knees, "Pika!"

Then he charged again and proceeded to whack him with a good Iron tail attack.

Even though it hurt, Pikachu had to try and smack some sense into his friend!

The two had fought for what felt like ages.

Sonic would attack and Pikachu would defend himself with clear pain in his eyes, it was clear that the latter didn't wish to fight but had no choice but to.

It hurt to watch such a scene.

It didn't take long until both opponents had started to have enough.

Sonic, covered in welts and bruises, had fallen to one knee and gripped it in one hand as he steadied himself, to avoid falling to the ground completely, and he breathed in deeply as he seethed his breaths in and out. He seemed to try and recover his energy and he kept his gaze on the little yellow creature.

Pikachu was in the same state as he felt so drained and tired due to using so much electricity. He shook off his weakness and stared at Sonic non-blinkingly, his little red cheeks discharging unused electric power, and he felt the brown-striped fur on his back stand up into hackles and he bore his fangs as he gathered his power once more.

The stand-off had shattered like shards of ice and the two charged at each other simultaneously.

Pikachu ran, picking up more and more speed by the second, his body started to turn yellow and so did the area around him. He gathered his remaining power and knew he needed to put his remaining energy in this final tackle as he was about to use a move he couldn't remember using for quite awhile.

Volt tackle.

"Pika, Pika, Pika, Pika, Pika...!"

Faster and faster he ran, Pikachu narrowed his eyes as he and Sonic got closer.

"PIKACHUUUU!"

Then they collided.

Sonic and Pikachu made a fierce collision at first and they even shoved each other, almost ricochetting off of each other...but it was the latter who ended up prevailing as he pushed harder. Pikachu ended up sending Sonic hurtling down towards the ground and he ended up landing in the grass and mud, just like Pikachu had earlier. The blue hedgehog lay in the rain, not even knowing as the droplets pelted his whole body.

Sonic just lay on the ground, unconscious.

Pikachu, in spite of his better judgement, ran right over to Sonic's unconscious form and stood over his body. He laid still in the grass of the Green hill zone and lay on his stomach as he seemed to be as still as anything, it was quite a saddening sight. He didn't want to go that far but he knew that his friend needed to be subdued. The small, yellow Pokémon leaned forwards and watched over the hedgehog to check whether he was okay.

Sonic breathed in and out with slow, steady breaths.

Pikachu softened his eyes sadly and leaned a bit more towards the hedgehog's face so he got get a bit closer, he stuck out his small tongue and licked Sonic on the side of his muzzle affectionately. He whimpered whilst his ears lowered and he nuzzled the blue blur lovingly to try and offer him some comfort and to let him know that he was there.

"Nnngh..."

A moan was heard.

Pikachu felt his stomach drop and he jerked backwards, getting into a defensive stance just encase Sonic reverted back to his corrupted self again...but he was feeling hopeful due to the fact that the blue hedgehog was making the first sounds he had made since he was found, yet he refused to drop his guard.

"Pika...chu?"

The blue hedgehog stirred as he weakly opened his eyes and glanced up at Pikachu, clearly weak from the fight and probably feeling like he had been run over by a giant truck. He groaned softly as he tried to regain consciousness (even though he was clearly struggling to do so) and he took a minute or so until he had finally managed to sit up.

Pikachu was still on high alert just encase but he was growing more hopeful by the second.

Things were looking promising.

Sonic finally looked at Pikachu and seemed to be in disbelief.

"Pikachu...? You...You're...you're alive?"

Pikachu blinked in realisation.

That's right!

The last time they had seen each other was just before Galeem had shot them with its beam of lights, technically "killed" them and turned them into their puppets. This probably made Sonic feel confused and not sure what to think, plus he was really sore and hurt from the attack he had made and the strikes Pikachu had landed on him.

It was something that was more heartbreaking.

Sonic seemed a bit disoriented but then, all of a sudden, grabbed Pikachu up into his arms and held him tight in a hug. He didn't cry but his joy was overly palpable; the small electric mouse Pokémon felt as though his spine was cracking under the pressure of the bone-crushingly tight hug and he felt as though his head was about to explode. He choked and sputtered as he tried to loosen the hold the anthropomorphic blue hedgehog had on him.

"Oh, Pikachu! You're alive! I'm so happy to see ya!"

Sonic scratched his friend's head whilst holding him tight in a hug.

Pikachu, in spite of feeling crushed, smiled and snuggled into the embrace even if he felt exhausted and weakened from the fight. He was one hundred percent certain now that there was no doubt that his friend was back. It was all he could do as he just sunk into his embrace, soaking in his body heat as it helped him warm up from the rain still falling, and he succumbed to the need to close his eyes. He could faintly hear the sounds of the other members of the party rushing over to reunite with Sonic and himself as he finally drowned into blissful unconsciousness.

The rain may have been falling, but Pikachu was happy to have his friend back.

It didn't matter if they became seperated after they defeated Galeem, nor if they went back to their individual worlds.

They were still friends in a storm and always would be.


A/N: This is the final chapter!

Pikachu managed to save Sonic and the two are friends again.

Now, the Pikachu in this fic is NOT Ash's pikachu!

Since it is never specified in SMB whether the Pikachu in the game is Ash's, I thought that this could be a different Pikachu.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this fic and I hope you enjoyed this grand finale!

-Chloemcg