The Maelstrom of Chaos

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Chaos 2: Kia of Twilight Island! Tikal's Reincarnate!

Chapter Cover: Kia is sitting in a field of flowers, looking at the readers with a happy smile. She was hugging a Chaos 0 doll. Behind her was a transparent Tikal as she held her arms out towards Kia, eyes closed but a smile present on her face.


(Kia's POV)

Hiya! I am Kia of Twilight Island! I'm 13 years old and I live on Twilight Island, a peaceful beautiful island paradise that no one in the outside world knows about. I am also the reincarnation of Tikal the Echidna.

You must be wondering who and what I'm talking about right?

It all started the day I was born, breathing in my first air and getting ready to start my life. However, my time in this world came too short as I died. My family and the villagers were shocked and confused as they wondered what had happened.

Even though I was born a healthy baby, the greatest doctors in the village had no idea what was wrong with me as they had tried everything they can to bring me back. There was no disease on me or nothing. I just died.

Just before they could officially declare me dead or bury my body, my grandmother told me that a spirit, in the form of a pink orb, had suddenly appeared above my lifeless body. Grandmother said the spirit had entered my body, and within seconds, I was brought back to life.

Grandmother quickly ran and alerted everyone of what happened. Hehe, mother once told me that my father wouldn't stop showering me with kisses, which to me was kinda embarrassing even though I was baby.

That was when my grandmother gave me the name Kia, which means "new beginnings", though father wanted to call me Kiara, which means "bright". Eventually, after being out voted by everyone, my father settled on Kia.

As years passed, I continued to live my life to the fullest. Of course, everyone here called me a "miracle child" because I was given life again thanks to the spirit who saved me. All in all, I've had a normal life.

But when I turned six, that was when everything changed. I...I started to have dreams. Strange dreams of a clan full of walking talking echidnas! However it was the peace-orange colored echidna girl, I've been dreaming about the most. And that girl's name...was Tikal.

I told my family about the dreams and I remembered their reactions. Mother looked stunned and concern, father was worried, and my grandmother looked surprised at first but then was happy.

When we questioned her, she told us, me specifically, more details of what happened that night the spirit came.

Apparently, before the orb had entered my body, it had taken form of an echidna girl. I knew it was it Tikal because of the way grandma described her.

I still remember what she said to me after she told us the spirit orb.


*Flashback*

Seven Years Ago

"But grandma, what does it mean?" I asked grandma after she told us the story.

We were currently outside sitting by the fire as we listened to my grandma giving us more details of what happened that night I came back to life.

"The echidna girl you saw...I know that it's Tikal." I continued, looking down at the fire. "But...why do I keep dreaming about her?"

"Yes mother." Papa said, rubbing my back softly. "Is everything okay with Kia?"

We all looked at grandma and saw she still had that happy smile on her face.

"Kia will be just fine." Grandma said, bringing much relief to my parents as they sighed. She turns to me, a proud look on her face. "Now child, the dreams that you've been having aren't really dreams. Those are memories, Tikal's memories to be exact."

"Tikal's memories?" I asked curiously as Grandma nodded.

"But why is Kia having these memories?" Mama asked grandma, hugging me close to her. "What does it mean?"

"It means that Kia is getting ready to meet her destiny." Grandma answered.

I blinked at that. "My...destiny?" My parents and I looked at each other in confusion. What was she talking about? What destiny?

"Yes Kia. Tell me...what do you know about reincarnation?"

"Reincar-" Papa was about to say before I interrupted him.

"Oh! Oh! I know!" I raised my hand in excitement. "Reincarnation is the rebirth of a soul in a new body!"

"That's right!" Grandma clapped her hands. "Now think about it; Kia died as a newborn but then Tikal, the Spirit Orb I saw that night, came here to Kia and entered her body, bringing her back to life. Now years later, today, Kia starts to dream about Tikal's memories. What does all of that tell you?"

I blinked and turned to my parents only to tilt my head to the side as I saw the looks on their faces. Mama seems shocked and surprise while Papa looked shocked, confused and in disbelief. But why? Why did they have these reactions?

"Mother...what are you…?" Papa tried to ask but he couldn't.

"Sarabi, are you saying...that Kia is…?" Mama also tried to ask, looking at me with an awestruck expression.

"Yes, I am." Grandma picked up some dust from her skirt pocket. "All of the signs proves it…" She blows the dust into the fire, making it glow a beautiful pink.

I gasped in awe as pink smoke from the fire started to circle around me. I looked at Grandma and saw her smiling before turning her attention back to the fire. I looked towards it as well and didn't pay attention to the smoke that was starting to form behind him.

I looked back at Grandma and saw her smiling at me. But she also seems to be staring at something behind me. I didn't even realize it then, but that smoke from before, took the shape of Tikal and it was right behind me, which is what grandma was staring at.

"Kia, you are Tikal's reincarnate."

That statement made us all gasp in shock. I'm...I'm Tikal's reincarnate?!

*Flashback Ends*


I know. I know.

Mind. Blown!

I couldn't believe it that day, but I was also excited. I knew I wasn't going weird or crazy about having those dreams. Those were just my memories from a previous life!

My mother was more accepting and even supported to help me through it if anything about me changes. But my father? Well...he didn't believe it. Or matter of fact, he just didn't want to believe it.

Us women didn't pay him no mind. After all, most men didn't want to believe in the unknown. After that confession, grandma gave me a journal, to write about the dreams and make sure not to leave anything out.

But it wasn't just the dreams I've been having. I somehow also gained powers as well! I learned of this after I accidentally summon a bolt of thunder in my sleep after seeing Tikal doing it in my dreams.

Father was there too when he saw me do it, making him believe what grandmother said.

Grandma herself said that since I'm Tikal's reincarnate, that means I'm starting to inherit all of her powers and abilities. How cool was that?

As time continued to pass, I've been having more and more dreams of Tikal's past while at the same time I've been learning more about her history in her previous world; from her past all the way to how she came to our world.

As I wrote about them in my journal, I just couldn't help but feel sorry for Tikal. All she ever wanted was for everyone to live in peace, just as her grandmother wanted until her death. But then her father...her power hungry father, wanted to rule everything by trying to conquer the neighboring countries in a series of war.

But one day, she visited the Altar of the Emeralds, where she met the Chao along with Chaos, and they became very dear friends of hers. Overtime she learned that her father planned to strike the Altar. He and the Clan murdered the Chao and shoved Tikal out of the way, knocking her out in the process.

And then Chaos comes, using the negative chaos energy of the Chaos Emeralds, and killed all members of the Knuckles Clan, including Tikal's Father, going on an endless rampage to destroy the world. To prevent that from happening, Tikal had sealed Chaos and herself inside the Master Emerald.

4,000 years later, in Tikal's world, the Master Emerald was shattered by a scientist named Dr. Eggman, releasing Chaos, so he can use him to take over the world, and unknowingly Tikal. Thankfully, Tikal aided a blue hedgehog, who's name is Sonic the Hedgehog, and his allies. After Chaos was calmed thanks to Super Sonic, Tikal left with him to live in peace.

After that…I saw it. The end of Tikal's world.

I was seven years old by then when I saw that memory. Yeah pretty crazy. A whole year of dreaming about Tikal's life. However, I wasn't prepare for what happened after that memory.


*Flashback*

(Regular POV)

After watching the destruction of Tikal's world, Kia now found herself in an empty pink space. She looks around frantically, wanting to know where she was at.

"Hey! What's going on?! Where am I now?"

"It's okay." An older girl's voice said in soft manner, but in Kia's ears, it sounded familiar. "You are in a place where we can finally meet."

"That voice…" Kia whispered as she slowly turns around. She looks up and saw a pink orb coming towards her from above.

In a flash of light, the orb had vanished and in its place stood-

"Tikal?"

Tikal has orange-fur with cobalt eyes, physically about 14-years old at the time of her demise. She wore a tank top-like garment which revealed her midriff and the traditional tribal dress with beige, green, and red triangular patterns. She wore a golden necklace and tiara-like band atop her forehead, both of which were decorated with a blue jewel in the center. Her white gloves were adorned with thick, cobalt-blue bracelets around her wrists, and she wore white-strappy sandals. Her dreadlocks were also wrapped with similar white bandages

"Hello Kia." Tikal smiled warmly.

"Tikal!" Kia said happily. "I can't believe it! You're here!" She was about to run to her but stopped when she noticed Tikal's body wasn't physical to touch. "Your body…it's…"

"I know." Tikal smiled sadly as she looked down at her hands. "It means that my time here is almost up."

Kia's eyes widened. "But...but that's not...I...I still have so many questions!" Tikal looked back up at Kia. "Like, what happened to Chaos? What happened to Angel Island with the Chao and the Animals? What will happen to you?!"

Tikal blinked before she smiled. "That's what I came here to tell you about." She turns and looks up. "You see, back in my world, a terrible war arose when a new power was discovered by Dr. Eggman. This power was known as the Phantom Ruby."

"Phantom...Ruby?" Kia asked, tilting her head.

"Yes." Tikal turns to Kia, a serious frown on her face. "The Phantom Ruby's exact powers are based on virtual reality control. It takes control of people's visual and depth perception to feed false information to the brain creating a new reality for them. This includes empowering and altering beings or creating illusory places and entities that are impossible to tell if they are real or not."

Kia gasped from this as it made her take a step back. A ruby that has a power based on virtual reality and was able to do something like that. She honestly was in awe at such power actually existing in Tikal's World but it also frightened her to know that it controls her mind thinking that whatever is there is actually there but not at the same time. That could only mean that if she hurt herself or...die in that reality, she die for real.

"Dr. Eggman used the Phantom Ruby's power and conquered 99% of my world." Tikal continued. "The other 1% were still fighting against Dr. Eggman's forces in a Resistance group led by Knuckles the Echidna."

"The last guardian of the Master Emerald." Kia replied as Tikal nodded.

"That's right. Thanks to the effort of Sonic and the Resistance, they managed to defeat Eggman and the Phantom Ruby vanished. That's how things were supposed to go." Tikal looks down once more. "However, something happened. Due to the backlash of using the Phantom Ruby within 6 months, it's power spiraled out of control, turning the moon red and creating portals that brought forth many monsters from places unknown. These monsters were called...Phantoms. The Resistance fought bravely against them, but one by one they all fell, including the core Resistance members."

"And after that…" Kia looked down sadly. "The Chao, Wisps and Animals...the surviving species gathered up on Angel Island, and together with Chaos you two used the Master Emerald and Chaos Emeralds to leave your world as it got destroyed."

"Yes." Tikal nodded sadly.

"But what about Chaos?! There's a chance that-"

"It's okay." Tikal told Kia, making her blink. "If anything, he probably already met Chaos already."

"He?" Kia asked. "What are you talking about? Who met Chaos?"

"There is a boy Kia." Tikal replied as she smiles softly. "A boy that shares a special connection with Chaos, just like you and I. In fact it was thanks to him that we came to this world. It's thanks to him...that I met you. For all I know, he's probably on Angel Island looking after the emeralds and our little friends."

"He is?!" Kia asked happily. She couldn't believe it! There's a boy that's like her out there who met Chaos and he's already on the island?! "Do you know where it is?! Angel Island I mean."

"I'm sorry." Tikal shook her head. "I'm afraid I don't know where Angel Island is."

"Oh…" Kia said sadly.

"But don't worry." Tikal simled in reassurance. "Someday, whenever you're in trouble, he will come to you. And when he does, promise me that you'll always be there for him. He needs you in this world just like how Chaos needed me in my previous world."

Kia stared at Tikal before she nods her head, a determined smile on her face despite the tears that were starting to gather. "Of...of course I will! Now that I know he's out there, I want to meet him!"

A soft smile appeared on Tikal's face. She walks up to Kia and grabbed hold of her hand. "Thank you...Kia."

"Tikal?" Kia asked but then gasped as a pink aura starts to appear around Tikal. "No! Please! Don't...don't go yet!" She choked out a sob as tears started to fall. She quickly pulled Tikal into a hug. "I don't want you to leave!"

"It's okay Kia." Kia heard Tikal spoke in her head. "Please don't be sad. I'm happy. I'm happy because I got the chance to finally meet you before I go. I'm happy because I...we know we can leave the future of the island in your hands. Together, you and him will do amazing things for your world. So please...don't ever forget...I will always be with you, no matter what."

Kia sobs increased as Tikal slowly began to turn into multiple small pink lights starting from her feet, making her hug Tikal closer. "At least...at least tell me the boy's name."

"Of course. His name is…"

The pink lights that were Tikal entered Kia's body as said girl closed her eyes. She opens them back up, only this time they were glowing pink.

"Naruto/Naruto…" She spoke in a sync voice between herself and Tikal.

*Flashback Ends*


(Kia's POV)

And that was the last time I saw her. Six long years since I saw Tikal and I haven't dreamt about her memories. But that doesn't mean I dream of going to Angel Island and meeting Naruto one day.

After meeting my previous incarnate, I started to inherit more and more of her spiritual powers as the years passed by, including her ability to turn into her spirit form. Though with me, instead of my body actually turning into the Orb, the Orb itself leaves behind my body.

Since grandmother was good with all things spiritual, she trained me with my newfound powers, while at the same time, father has been training me in various forms of combat.

At the same time, I still couldn't stop thinking about that boy Naruto.

I mean I did see him the other day and he was amazing when he fought that monster, even more so when turned into a form very similar to Chaos! I seriously can't wait to meet him! I have so many things I want to tell him! But like Tikal said, in time, he'll come to me.

But what exactly does that mean? Thinking about it now, I don't know why but I get a strange feeling that Naruto would be coming here sooner than I think.

And that something bad might happen to my peaceful island home. I just hope I'm wrong.


(Regular POV)

Kia was at her secret garden, eyes closed and a calm expression on her face. She could hear everything. The waterfalls, the wind blowing and rustling the leaves, the birds chirping. She could hear it all.

However, a lone water drop separated itself from the waterfall. In a slow motion like manner, the water drop fell to the lake, all the while Kia remained where she was on her spot. The water drop hit the lake, creating a soft, almost quiet, splash.

That little splash was enough for Kia to snap her eyes open into a sharp narrow gaze, seeing that she was surrounded by a bunch of bandits and pirates. They gave out battle cries as they charged at her.

Kia smirked before she flipped a bandit, that was ahead of everyone, over her shoulder and into those behind her. She dodged the slashing sword of a pirate before kneeing him in the stomach then palming him in the chin.

She blocked an incoming punch from a bandit before ducking to avoid a roundhouse kick by one of the pirates behind her, kicking the bandit in the process.

Kia smirked before she kicked the pirate in the groin, making him squeal like a girl while making the others flinch and hold their private areas. Kia then grabbed the pirate's sword and kicked him across the face, making him release his hold on his weapon.

Kia stared at the sword before doing some moves with it. She stared at the remaining bandits and pirates with a smirk, making them break out in cold sweat. She brought her hand up as her bracelet begins to glow. Soon blue markings starts to appear on her body.

"Come on."

"YAAAH!" The pirates and bandits charged at Kia again but they soon stopped seeing that she vanish. They looked behind them and saw Kia was there in a stance, the glow on her bracelet vanishing.

"Game over." Kia said. The pirates and bandits were cut to pieces as they dropped to the floor. Their appearance starts to flicker before the pirates and bandits revealed themselves to be robots.

Kia took a deep breath and releases it, smiling happily now. "That was fun! Augmented Reality Training: Offline." The robots vanished in purple lights, causing her to look at the orbs that were the cause of their appearance.

"Now that that's taken care of, time to head out." Kia said as she left her secret place and was now running through the jungle, on her way to the village.

She jumped from tree to tree before swinging on a large tree branch, flipping in the air and landing safely on her feet. Seeing the village was nearby, just across the small bridge above the river, she decided to walk.

Twilight Island is truly a paradise. The island itself is large and it's surrounded by jungles, palm trees and beaches among others. The only village of the island had several houses, stone-made huts and even some buildings. Twilight Island is also the only island in the world to have advanced technology.

As Kia entered the village and look around, she saw many of the villagers were out and about doing various things with smiles on their faces. Some of the villagers were talking on their cell phones, on their laptops or just sitting down watching TV. There were also others leaving out of stores with bags in their hands or eating at a restaurant or even walking their pets.

Hearing laughter, Kia stops and smiles happily as she saw children playing at the park. The children saw her and they waved at her. She giggles and waved back at them before continuing on her way.

She was walking towards a large hut and she could smell the food that's being cooked, making her sigh heavenly. She recognized that delicious aroma anywhere. It's one of her favorite dishes.

"Mama! I'm home!" Kia called out as she enters the hut, going through the living.

"Ah, hello Kia." Kia's mother, Nala, smiled at seeing her daughter.

Nala looked like an older version of Kia. Her auburn orange hair was cut short, going past her shoulders but was held by a golden bracelet. She wore a red tank top and an orange tribal dress. Like Kia, she has cobalt eyes as well.

"So, how was your training?" Nala asked curiously.

"It was good!" Kia said, looking at her hands. "It's like...every time I train, I feel like I keep discovering more spiritual abilities. Abilities that I think Tikal probably doesn't have."

"Good." Nala nodded, going back to cooking. "It just shows that you may be surpassing Tikal."

"You really think so?" Kia asked.

"Of course." Nala smiled. "You may have inherited Tikal's spiritual powers, but over the years as I watched you grow, you keep getting stronger. Even going as far as to go past your limit."

"Yes." Kia looked down, a smile on her face. "I want to be ready for when I meet Naruto. After all, I promised Tikal that I would be there for him."

Nala looked surprised at her daughter before she smiled. It was no secret that everyone knew about her daughter's story of how she met Tikal, her past incarnate, in her dreams after seeing the last of her memory.

After meeting her, Kia would always go out somewhere to train in her powers in order to find the location of Angel Island. Not only that, she even asked her father to help her train in hand-to-hand combat, which brought a surprise from both parents face while her mother-in law Sarabi was smiling proudly at her.

As she watched her beloved daughter grow into a beautiful young woman, she knew it was going to be a matter of time before she leaves Twilight Island and begin her journey to find Angel Island and that boy Naruto.

She still remembers how excited she was yesterday after she told her and her grandmother that she found them. It honestly looked like she was going to burst in joy and that she was going to leave at any moment.

And it hurts. It hurts that her baby girl will be leaving soon to find Angel Island. But she's growing up, and her Kia isn't going to be a baby forever, no matter how much she wished it.

"Hey what's that?" Kia asked, hearing cheering coming from outside and interrupting Nala's thoughts.

"Hmm...sounds like your father is home." Nala smiled.

"Ah!?" Kia smiled happily. "Papa!" She stood up and instantly ran out the house.

"Oh! Kia! Dinner will be ready for an hour!" Nala called out.

"Okay!" Kia yelled.

The chief of Twilight Island, Kwan, is getting off the boats and into the sandy beach, with many men getting out as well, them being reunited with their families. Kwan's a large muscular man with tattoos on his body. He wore a necklace made of seashells and a red loincloth. He has wavy brown hair tied into a mini ponytail and a beard.

"Father!"

"Huh? Puh!" Kwan gasped in surprise before he fell on his back. He suddenly began to laugh as he looks down and saw his daughter hugging him. "Hello Kia."

"Welcome back, father!" Kia said happily, looking up at him before she got off him. "How was your trip?"

"Oh ho ho! It was fine. A little crazy, but still fine." Kwan replied happily.

"That's great!" Kia nodded. "Mom said that dinner will be ready within an hour, so you're right on time."

Kwan sighed happily. "I swear, I feel like your mother might have powers like you sometimes." He looks at his daughter. "So tell me, has anything happen while I was away?"

Kia looked around playfully. "Well..."

"Hey! Kia!"

Kia and Kwan turned their heads, seeing one of Kia's best friends, waving to them. She has black hair tied up into a side ponytail. She also wore a similar tribal outfit.

"Hiya Zera!" Kia looked to her father. "Sorry, I'll tell you later. But you'll be excited!" She ran to her best friend.

"Okay, have fun!" Kwan waved to his only child. He began to wonder what it is his daughter wanted to tell and why he would be excited. He shrugged his shoulders. She did say she'll tell him later.

"So, had fun with your training?" Zera asked.

"Yup. Just got finished." Kia told her.

"Great! Maybe now we can hang out!" Zera said happily before she pouted. "The others are out doing their own thing and they couldn't come along. Talk about party poopers huh?"

Kia giggles at that. "I guess. So what do you want to do?"

Zera looked thoughtful. "Hmm, well you want to go the island next door? We still gotta explore that place we found the other day."

"That place?" Kia blinked before she gasped in realization. "Oh yeah! You told me you guys found a place that has something to do with the Ancients."

Everyone here on the island knows about the legend of the Ancients.

Legends say that the Ancients had come from an alternate reality after it was said that one of their own betrayed them for their own selfish needs. Once the Ancients were done sealing the traitor, some of them had crossover into this world and settled here on this unknown island.

The Ancients were a good natured and noble race who strived for peace and the greater good. They were devoted to peacefully controlling the world's resources and would willingly sacrifice their most precious and vital relics to protect the earth from villains seeking to abuse them.

The Ancients were also highly developed people in terms of technological prowess as they were the ones who created the machine that transported them here. Despite being such an advanced civilization, Ancients deeply respected the natural world, having lived in perfect harmony with nature despite their advanced technology.

The first Chief, who, along with many others, were survivors from an attack that destroyed their home and traveled to locate one. They soon discovered Twilight Island, along with the Ancients.

After listening to their story, while placing them under an undetected lie detector, the Ancients allowed them to stay on Twilight Island. Together they shared each other knowledge about their worlds and created the village.

But as the centuries passed and Twilight Island continued to evolve, the Ancients soon became extinct, but their skills, history and knowledge were passed down thanks to the villagers and the chief keeping their legend alive.

And who was the first chief you may ask? His name was Mufasa and he is also Kia's ancestor. And since her father is currently the chief, that means she will be chief one day, meaning she's...kind of a princess.

"...you forgot didn't you?" Zera deadpanned making Kia smile sheepishly as she bonked her head and stuck her tongue out.

"Sorry. I was just so excited to found Angel Island and I-"

"Wait, you found it?!" Zera asked in surprise, getting into Kia's face and making her step back. "Like, you actually found it?!"

"Y-Yeah…?"

Zera's eyes gleamed. "Well?! Give me the details! What did you see?!" She always loved to hear stories about Angel Island after hearing Kia having those dreams...or memories of her previous life.

"Well..." Kia put her arms behind her head, looking up as she remembered what she saw yesterday. "Angel Island, it was as beautiful as I saw in Tikal's memories. I saw the Animals and Wisps playing, the Chao in their Gardens having fun, the Altar of the Emeralds. And...I saw him."

Zera gasped in awe. "You mean...Chaos? You saw Chaos?!"

"Um, sort of." Kia admitted but then flinched in shock as Zera screamed in excitement.

"Oh my gosh! I can't believe it! You actually saw Chaos!"

"Um, actually Zera..." Kia said, getting her best friend's attention. "It's true that I saw Chaos but it wasn't actually Chaos."

"Huh? What does that mean?" Zera asked, raising a brow in confusion. What was she talking about?

"Do you remember years ago, when I told you I met Tikal?" Zera nodded. "Before she left, she told me about a boy. A boy who has a special connection to Chaos. I saw that same boy on Angel Island fighting against a monster." Zera gasped from that. "He transformed into a form that resembles Chaos, but slightly different, and he won."

"Wait wait wait!" Zera stopped her, making Kia look at her. "Are you saying that Chaos, the Chaos, the same Water Spirit, the Guardian God/God of Destrustion, from your dreams is in fact a boy in our age group?"

"Um, yes." Kia blinked.

Zera gained a glint in her eyes as she stared at her best friend, a sly look on her face. "Is he...cute?"

Kia blushed from that and she tried to hide it by fake coughing in her fist. "Cute? Oh, um, I guess so. No I mean, he is very handsome. No wait! I-I mean he was okay, even though he had the face of a prince."

By now Kia was starting to become a stuttering mess as her face keeps getting brighter and brighter as she kept thinking about Naruto. His beautiful long blue hair, his feminine-like handsome face, his very nicely toned body and his fun-loving caring personality towards the creatures on the island.

Zera slyly smirked at her best friend's reaction, which only seem to get darker as steam is rising out of her head.

"Well, judging from you reaction, I can honestly say that Chaos Boy is pretty hot!" Zera said happily as she imagines what the mysterious boy might look like while Kia glared at her. "Oh~! Now you got me wanting to meet him!"

"Yeah. Yeah." Kia muttered as she turns and walks away, faster than normal. "Now let's go and find this secret location you were talking about."

Zera got out of her daydreaming and saw her best friend walking away. She ran after her. "Hey wait a second! What's this boy's name?"

"I'm not telling!" Kia said as she starts to run ahead.

"I want to know his name! Kia~! Come on!" Zera chased after her with a pout on her face as Kia laughed at her.

While this was happening, hidden in the shadows, a figure in a black hooded cloak stepped out and watched them go. Their face was hidden by the shadows but their mouth wasn't and it showed that they looked surprised.

"Chaos? A God?"

Now that sounds interesting. The figure stepped back and vanished within the shadows, intent to learn more of this Chaos creature by following the two girls.


"This is it?" Kia asked, tilting her head to the side.

She and Zera were currently staring at a hidden small cave entrance.

Right now, the two were away from the main island and were on one of the smaller islands, where the older kids would often play.

But this smaller island holds many mysteries, especially when it concerns the Ancients, and that's why Zera and the gang were surprised when they discovered a cave that no one hasn't seen or noticed.

"This is it." Zera said as she rubbed her hands together in an evil manner. "Our journey through the Secret Passage begins."

"You seem excited." Kia deadpanned at her friend's odd behavior.

"Of course I am!" Zera exclaimed as a fiery aura appeared around her. "This will be the most awesome adventure we have ever been on! Who knows what secrets this Secret Passage might hold! Which is why we must check it out!"

Kia sweat dropped as she saw the fiery aura erupt further while she continued to talk. She laughed sheepishly. Zera is just so adventurous that it's contagious. But then again, she's been like this ever since they were kids.

"HEY!"

"Huh?" Kia and Zera both looked back and saw their friends running up to them.

"Roku! Kion! Anna!"

Roku is a slim well muscled older teen. He has red wavy shoulder-length hair and grey eyes. He wore an orange tribal shirt with matching colored shorts.

Kion is slightly younger, being the little brother of the group. He has short jet black hair and blue eyes. He was shirtless, showing his slim figure, and he wore red tribal pants.

Anna is the third female of the group. She has blue hair, tied into a long braided ponytail. She wore a simple red and orange dress with sunflower designs on them.

They each wore the same bracelet as Kia and Zera though they were in different patterns and colors.

"Everyone's here!" Zera exclaimed. "I thought you guys said you were busy today?"

"We were." Roku smiles cheekily. "But when the men came back, we were off the hook."

"Plus, we knew you would try to get Kia on board and explore the Secret Place together without us." Kion continued.

"Which I might add was a dirty trick Zera." Anna pouted. "We know how excited you are to go and explore the unknown, but the least you could do is wait for us."

"R-Right…" Zera scratched her cheek sheepishly.

"Well, you guys are here now." Kia spoke up. "So let's start exploring."

"YEAH!" Zera cheered, fist bumping the air. "Zera's Explorers is officially a go! Let's do this!" She ran and entered the small cave.

"We told you not to call us that!" Everyone yelled, small veins hovering above their heads. They look at each other and laughed a little bit before following their friend.

They entered the small cave one after the other, the boys obviously first,until Kia was the last one. Once she entered, she saw everyone's back towards her. She looks up and saw that they were starting at what looked like a door of some sort.

The door was decorated with designs and had a blue jewel in the center.

"Whoa…" Kia said in awe.

"Yeah. Whoa." Zera agreed before clapping her hands. "Well! Let's check it out!" She ran up to the door and tried to push it open. "It won't budge!"

"Come on, let's help her out." Roku said as the others nodded and they tried to push the door open as well, though they were struggling.

While they were doing that, Zera was looking at the door, a hand under her chin as she tries to figure out how to open the door.

"Hmm…" Zera saw something that caught her attention. "Hm?" She turns and walks to it.

"Come on!" Kion grit his teeth.

"Open!" Kia struggled.

"Maybe...there's a password?" Anna suggested.

"Like what? Open sesame?" Roku asked sarcastically.

The moment those words were said, the jewel started to glow brightly, making everyone look on in surprise. Then the doors starts to open automatically, making everyone, except Zera, fall back comically.

"It worked?!" They yelled.

"Nope!" Everyone turns to Zera and saw she was holding a lever, a happy smile on her face. "I found a switch!"

"A switch?!" That made everyone fall back harder than before.

Everyone stood up and looks inside the room, seeing that it led to a tomb

"Well? What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Zera went inside the tomb first while everyone else stayed to look at the switch and the door.

"...I honestly thought that worked." Roku said, a deadpanned expression on his face. The others nodded and went in to explore the tomb.

"Hm?" Kia stopped and looked back for a moment. Just now, she could've sworn she felt like something was watching her. Seeing that there was nothing, she shrugged and went down. "I wonder. What are you doing on Angel Island, Naruto?"

Unknown to her, the figure from before appeared, standing in front of the door, eyes narrowed in the dark of their hood.

Naruto? And this Angel Island that girl was talking about earlier with her friend. Is this Naruto the same boy she was talking about before? The one with that special connection with the God Chaos?

"Let's find out." The figure spoke in a boy's voice as he stepped down the stairs.


Meanwhile

Angel Island: Lost World

Deep inside the center ruins of The Lost World, Naruto is sitting on the floor, staring up at the mural of Perfect Chaos destroying the entire Knuckles Clan, a dazed look on his face.

Naruto would often come to this place, mostly to pay his respects to Chaos, or to just sit there and look at the mural, seemingly lost in thoughts. No, the right words is...is because this is the only image of Chaos, even though he's in his Perfect form.

"It's funny." Naruto said softly as he moved his hand to touch the Chaos Star pendant. "No matter how much I look at this mural, it's still amazing…that sea monster in the mural." He looks down at his hand as water begins to appear from his open palm, taking shape of a miniature Perfect Chaos. "I can't believe that's you Chaos."

The little Perfect Chaos gave out a cute roar before it vanished into a splash.

Naruto smiled bitterly, looking up at the mural, a sad look in his eyes. "Guess that's what happens when one use the negative power of the Chaos Emeralds huh?"

It always made Naruto curious about something. From what Chaos' showed him in his memories, all of the forms the Water God took on were from using the negative Chaos Energy. He never once saw any positive forms he took.

So then...if Chaos used positive Chaos Energy, what would all of his forms look like? What would Perfect Chaos' true form look like? Would it still look like as in the mural and from what Naruto saw in the memories? Or...would it be different?

Matter of fact...what would Naruto himself look like if he absorbed the Chaos Emeralds?

In the past, Naruto wanted to try and see it for himself what he would like. But he didn't do it. Because deep down, he would never use the Chaos Emeralds for his own simple curiosity, especially knowing how powerful and dangerous they are. So if anything, he would use the emeralds in case he's dealing with a very powerful threat that could no doubt destroy the world. Hell, maybe even the universe.

"Hopefully, it won't come to that." Naruto said, standing up and stretching his limbs. "But then again, nothing world threatening hasn't popped out yet." He turns and walks away. "So I highly doubt that I would need to use the emeralds."

However, something in his gut told him wrong.

It told him...something horrible was going to happen. And whatever it was...it was gonna happen soon.


Author's Note: Yes! Kia's introduction is finished! As stated about Kia, yes, I made her into Tikal's reincarnation.

How?

Remember Tikal sacrificed herself to seal Chaos and herself inside the Master Emerald. In other words, Tikal became a spirit and gained spiritual powers. So of course when they got sent to Naruto's World, they became separated and sent into different eras of Naruto's history like how the Phantom Ruby did with Classic Sonic.

Now I want you guys to think of Kia and Tikal as if they were Kagome and Kikyo from Inuyasha. Kia may have Tikal's spirit but at the same time she's not Tikal. She may have a little bit of Tikal's traits, but other than that, Kia is her own person. She will also have her own unique spiritual powers as well.

Now for the Ancients.

I know you guys have a lot of questions on why I brought the Ancients, the same Ancients from the Sonic Boom Universe, into this fic. The reason is because we never really got into detail yet on what happened to them after they sealed Lyric away. That idea came to me and I used that story to make it so the Ancients traveled into the Naruto universe.

In regards to which era the Ancients appeared in, it's during the Sage of Six Paths' era.

And as you can guess, a lot of things can happen during that time. Like, what is it that Kia and her friends will discover down in that secret lab? Why does Naruto and Kia believe that something horrible will happen soon?

Who is this mysterious stranger that's following Kia and her friends down to the lab?

Well, you guys are gonna find out in the next chapter as a lot of secrets will be revealed! Read and review!