Side-Note: So yeah, Where do I start? Amber is the Princess of Arcadtropolis, and her parents were obviously killed by the ? and is now suffering from all this. Now there is the question, "Who is ?" That will be revealed in a far future chapter. I'll do a Question & Answer part at the end of each chapter starting with Chapter 8.
Enjoy,
MasterOfDerp
Chapter 7: Pain, Suffering and a Dark Being Inside One
(Inside of the Arcadtropolis Castle, with numerous friends of the king and queen.)
Guard 1: I have some good news and bad news that I must share with you
Sonic: What is it?
Guard 1: The bad news is that The King and Queen are dead.
Sonic: Impossible!
Tails: How could this happen? No one wants to hear this …!
Cream: You have to lying!
Guard 1: Sadly I am not, but the good news is that the princess is still alive, she is with the Queen's best friend, Marine who is (Sees Marine) walking towards all of us? What are you doing here, Marine?
Marine: I'm sorry to interrupt, but I had to bring the princess home. It just that two of my great friends gone along with the loss of, (Proceeds to cry) oh my goodness I can't keep up with this act when everything is falling apart in front of my eyes.
(Sonic walks up to Marine, since he knows about her loss from months earlier)
Sonic: I know it's been tough for you, I miss him too, Ray was a good man, murdered just the night before your…
Marine: (Mad and Crying) I should have been married to him months ago! Those rebels killed him and my dreams, I can't deal with this anymore!
Sonic: Of course you can, when my son was killed, Amy felt this way, she felt as if she failed at being a mother, I was soon able to convince to her that "although our son may be gone we still have a daughter to raise, you haven't completely failed at parenting yet". Now look at her, she's obviously a good parent.
Marine: (Hugs Sonic) you should be a speaker that helps people when they need it most, you're very good at it.
(Meanwhile at the forest, Dash wakes up with a headache)
Dash: Oh man, what happened to me?
!: You took a hard hit last night.
Dash: Who and where are you?
!: I'm inside of you
Dash: Then get out of me!
!: I can't do that
Dash: Why? Are you some sort of dark being that lives inside of me?
!: No, not exactly. I am the dark power that is a part of you, I am not entirely evil, the person I am inside of can use me for any purpose, good or bad. As for who I am, I would like to be referred as Kanji.
Dash: So there's no way for you to get out.
Kanji: Yes there is, but the price is your life which I would not recommend taking away at your age for something as simple as getting rid of a power that is born inside of you.
Dash: Ok, then if you're a part of me then how come you didn't appear before?
Kanji: Everyone in one way or another has power, but not everyone has a dark power. The dark power is born along with the person the mother gives birth and stays in the person's mind or heart and is only released when a tragic event that directly affects the person's life is witnessed by the person themself, in your case that's what happened last night.
Dash: So that's how the red energy got out of me last night.
Kanji: What happened after that was, you, or to be more accurate, we went on rampage hunting down rebels in the forest, when we after we hunted one, you hit your head and went out cold.
Dash: You said I could use this for any purpose, right?
Kanji: Yes. Why?
Dash: I want to use us to avenge my adoptive parents and make a difference in people's lives, I want to use the dark power to bring good, help others and stop the rebels. But I don't know where to start.
Kanji: Then we need to start training.
Dash: To do what?
Kanji: To Fight, so that you can stop the rebels and avenge your parents.
Question 1: How did you come with the idea for Kanji
Answer 1: The idea for For Kanji came from something not even related to the Sonic series. I am also a fan of the Street Fighter series, and while researching the series as I love to research video games for fun. I came across the page for Akuma, and I thought it would be a good idea to base a character off of him however I did feel his power would be too much for just one character. Around the same I was developing Dash's as a way to separate him from his birth-father and I decided to give the trait of hidden power. However I needed to justify this as giving someone a high amount of power would be too bland, as a result I checked out Ryu's page, and I figured that he chooses not to use his dark side at will as a result, I gave Dash Akuma's power and fearful spirit and Ryu's good nature and quest to find out who he really is. Kanji's name also came this kanji symbol (天) on the back of Akuma's suit.
Question 2: Why did you write the story as if it were a play.
Answer 2: When I started making this, I didn't know what it would become i wanted to add the dramatic effect without making it sound too corny or look too complex, of course everyone is different when it comes to writing, I tried writing a story (It wasn't even considered to be a fanfic) about me and my friends, and after a while I looked back and it looked confusing and was childish. So I wrote this as a play to avoid making that same mistake, I also knew once I got the ideas down there was really no turning back, and personally I think it looks better as a play. However I am willing to accept constructive criticism.
