Ok, you know in the last chapter where Amy and Cosmo met those monsters? Well, the whole gang from Sonic will get a monster each. I haven't decided if they are going to get them this chapter. Maybe, yet still thinking. And sorry. I still haven't decided about where I should insert the romance scene between Tea and the Pharaoh. I will eventually though. Count on it. P.S. I do not own Sonic or Yu-Gi-Oh. I do own the characters Shauna and Caitlin though. For the monsters, I might make them some of the ones I have in my deck.
Chapter Nine
At the Blue Typhoon
"What do you guys think of this place so far?" asked the blue hedgehog to his friends. Cosmo was taking a shift at Caitlin's house, to watch over the silver hedgehog. The rest of the gang was at their ship working on the repairs.
"Its nice actually. It reminds me of my planet," said Chris.
"Yeah, it kind of does," said Amy.
"Hey Amy, also, what exactly happened to get you that creature on your arm there?" asked Tails.
"Um, Yugi had just beaten that guy he was versing last night. Then, we all heard a strange noise from behind a woodpile. We looked over, and there was the creature. Then, it just put its mouth around my arm and got sucked onto it. Then it was mine," said Amy.
"That is really weird how it happened, but considering how we were attacked by a bunch of creatures like that, it does make sense," said Chris.
"Yeah," said Sonic.
Then, they heard another weird noise outside the ship. All six of them went outside, and almost passed out at the sight in front of them. Ahead of them were a bunch of monsters just like Amy's. The one staring at Sonic had yellow and dark blue armor, along with heavy shoulder armor and two little horns on his head, and was holding the biggest sword he had ever seen. The one staring at Chris had heavy white armor on his arms, shoulders, legs, and knees and feet. He had a jet-black cape on, and red gloves on his hands, along with little purple dots in the middle. The one staring at Knuckles was just a little pink blob with eyes and a mouth. The one staring at Tails was huge, for it had blue scales with purple frills on his back in two places. He had purple fins and two under his face, and a large red fin stretching along his head, going all the way down past his fins. Though it was a sea serpent, it just either sat on the ground on its long tail, or floated above the ground defying gravity. The monster staring at Cream was a beautiful fairy-like monster, wearing yellow garments as her only clothing along her arms and body, and had six beautiful sky blue wings on her back. Finally, the one staring at Cheese was a giant gray man, made up of stone.
"What in the world?" was all that Tails could say to everyone.
"They must be monsters like the ones on Amy and Cosmo's arms," said Tails.
"Yeah," said Chris. All of a sudden, the human-looking monster stepped forward and said "Do not be afraid young ones. Like the Sayrou and Unfriendly Amazon guarding your friends, we are here to protect the rest of you. Please, each of you without a monster, hold up your arms. We will bestow with you our power, and we will tell you who we are later. We will have the ability to mentally talk to you, so that even the non-human monsters will talk. Now, accept our power," said the fairy. Sonic, Chris, Knuckles, Cream, Cheese, and Tails held up their arms, and felt the monsters being carved on their arms. When the light faded, the monsters were nothing but imprints on their arms.
"That was the weirdest thing ever," said Tails.
"Shall we test them out?" asked the blue hedgehog.
"No, let's wait for Yugi and the rest to come home. Maybe they can tell us what monsters we have and how to control them," said Tails.
"Ok, let's get back to work," said Chris.
At Caitlin's House
"What's that at the door?" thought Cosmo out loud to herself. Caitlin's three dogs, Carpy, a Golden Retriever dog, Sora, a Bordie Collie, and Sky, an Australian Sheperd, looked up where Cosmo was looking. They saw something at the door, but because of the blinds, could not make out what it was. Cosmo went over and opened the door, and almost fell backwards, had the man not stopped her with his magic. She could tell he had magic because of the clothes he was wearing. He had on an entire black suit, with a black cape, and the suit was more like garments instead. He propped up Cosmo, and mentally asked "Where is Shauna?" asked the man telepathically. Cosmo pointed to the couch where Shauna was resting. He walked (or rather, floated) over to the girl, propped up her uninjured arm, and tapped it with his staff. He then disappeared in a blinding light. When Cosmo looked up, he was gone, and the light-burning mark was on Shauna's arm. Cosmo guessed what had happened to her just happened to Shauna, but with a different monster.
I hope she doesn't freak out when she wakes up… thought Cosmo as she went back to sit down, and Carpy once again laid down near the girl's lap, Sky went back over to Shauna's side, and Sora just went and laid down on the carpet.
On the plane over the ocean
"I've activated the autopilot, now let's do this," said the blonde biker.
"I LOVE this part of the job," said Valon as the back of the plane opened to let the motorcycles out.
"WOO HOO! LAST ONE THERE GOTTA POLISH ME BOOTS!" yelled Valon as he jumped out of the plane and shot ahead of his two comrades.
"HAHAHAHA!" he yelled happily.
"Give it a rest, Valon," said the red-haired biker as he and his blonde friend landed on the mountainside of their bosses' shrine.
At the museum
Yugi, Tea, Joey, Tristan, Rebecca, Solomon, and Arthur will still standing in front the Tablet of their friend.
"Seeing this carving, along with all of these monsters, confirms what I have suspected all along Yugi. You share a bond with a 5,000 year-old Pharaoh. Do you know what this means?" asked Arthur.
"Yeah, that my life's a lot more complicated than most teenagers," said Yugi with a sad yet serious expression. Joey wanted to laugh, but the glare that Caitlin gave him immediately changed his mind about what he was thinking.
"Perhaps I can shed some light on the subject Yugi. I've spent the latter of my life studying Duel Monsters. It started out more than just a game. Ancient Egyptian sorcerer's found a way to seal actual Shadow Monsters inside ancient stone tablets. They would then release the monsters as their pets to do their bidding," said Arthur.
"The more monsters they collected, the more their strength grew. But one day, the Shadow Magic spun out of control," said Arthur.
"The shadow magic the creature handler's had released threatened to destroy the entire world. But one man was able to face this darkness without fear, and turn it into light. The Great Pharaoh's power, which you now carry around your neck," said the professor.
"How does that even explain what's happening now? Did the ancient monsters come back or something?" Yugi asked Arthur.
"I'm afraid so Yugi. But there is another piece to this puzzle you might need to know about. Have you ever heard of the ancient city of Atlantis?" Arthur asked the teen with the puzzle.
"I read a great book about it once," said Tea.
"What, you nerd!" said Tristan and Joey at the same time.
"Hmhmhm," laughed the professor.
"In my latest expedition, I may have discovered the lost city, an underwater civilization that existed long before the sands of ancient Egypt," said the professor.
"But what really puzzled me even more were the carvings on the wall. Take a look," said Arthur as he handed the four teens some pictures he took in the city.
"Whoa, Duel Monsters," said an astonished Yugi.
"Yes, these monsters didn't originate 5,000 years ago in Egypt. They originated over 10,000 years ago in what I believe to be the lost city of Atlantis," said the professor.
At Caitlin's apartment
"Hey Cosmo. Any change?" asked the hedgehog.
"No, but the weirdest thing happened while you were away," said Cosmo.
"Some kind of monster appeared before you guys and became Shauna's monster right?" asked Tails.
"Yes. How did you know?" asked Cosmo.
"The same thing happened to us. Look," said Sonic as he, Tails, Knuckles, Chris, Cream, and Cheese showed Cosmo their arms. "Whoa. Did you guys release them yet to see if they obey you?" asked Cosmo.
"No, we wanted to wait for Yugi and the rest to get home. We want to ask them if they know what monsters we now hold," said Tails.
"Yeah, cause' we are not even sure," said Knuckles.
"Well, I hope we can figure it out," said Cosmo to her friends.
"Yeah, me too," said Tails.
"Hey Cosmo, when that monster appeared for Shauna, did you notice this mark on her other arm?" asked Sonic.
"What other mark?" asked Cosmo.
"Right here," said Sonic as everyone else came over and looked at her arm. It had the mark of a large black dragon with red marks all over it.
"No, I didn't notice that one," said Cosmo. "It must have appeared there after you guys came when I was not looking."
"I wonder if it's a monster like all of ours," said Sonic.
"I don't know, but Yugi and the others might know. We'll just have to wait until they get home," said Tails.
"Ok," said Cosmo as she went into the kitchen to get everyone something to eat. Caitlin had given her a tour of her house yesterday to show her about how everything worked.
I wonder what that mark was on Shauna's arm…thought Cosmo.
At the Museum
"Wait a minute, Atlantis was real?!" asked Tea.
"Do you know what this means Arthur? Your discovery could completely rewrite history," said Soloman.
"However, there is still some stuff I am not sure of," said the professor. Yugi began to look through the pictures of the city again.
"Hey, look at this. It looks like the monsters we saw are attacking the city," said Yugi as a certain picture caught his eye.
"If you look closely, you'll notice that only some of the monsters are attacking the city," said the professor.
"Hey, he's right," said Yugi as he looked again along with his friends.
"So, if only some of these monsters are evil, does that mean that the other monsters are good?" Yugi asked Arthur.
"I haven't collected enough data to make it certain yet, but I believe that there exists a parallel dimension of monsters aside of ours," said the professor.
"Throughout history, humans have been able to release these monsters to help humanity, while others used the monsters to destroy it," said Arthur.
"Gimme a break, you nutty professor!" yelled Tristan. Out of nowhere, while everyone else just watched, Rebecca went right up to Tristan and kicked him hard in the shin.
"OWW, the pain," yelled Tristan.
"Good, cause' that's my grandfather you're talking about," said Rebecca. She looked so mad, Caitlin went up from behind and held her arms back to restrain the girl. She had an exasperated look on her face that Yugi could read clear as day.
I can't believe you guys are actually friends with her, or should I say were... said Caitlin's face.
"You got that punk? Anyone who messes with my grandfather messes with me, so leave him alone," said Rebecca. Tristan shrank under her gaze, so he backed up slowly, and Caitlin started to pull the girl back to prevent her from lashing out even more at her friend.
"Won't happen again," said the freaked-out Tristan. Yugi, Caitlin, who had let go of the girl, Tea, Joey, and Soloman just looked on at what the heck just happened, all with exasperated looks on their faces before the professor spoke up to break the silence.
"Hmhm, don't worry. I'm no stranger to ridicule. Besides, it is a bit of a farfetched theory," said the professor.
"But Grandpa, its true" said Rebecca. Joey just coughed in the background.
"I believe ya professor," said the blonde.
"Ha, figures," said Tristan to his friend.
"After all that we've been through, I'll believe anything, like the time I fought Marik in that Shadow Game," recalled Joey.
"Yeah, I remember that," said Caitlin to her friend.
"All of those monster attacks felt pretty real to me," said Joey.
"And remember that time that both Mai and Bakura got blasted into the Shadow Realm?" asked Joey. "Let's face it, there's no reason to doubt what the professor told us, guys," said Joey.
"Yeah, and also, remember when Yugi blocked that attack for you and Mai, and I used my connection with the Pharaoh to absorb some of the pain to help the Pharaoh? That felt pretty real to the both of us," said Caitlin.
"Yeah, it did," said Yugi to his partner's descendant of his sister, though no one knew it but Caitlin and the Pharaoh, but he hadn't told Yugi yet.
"Let's face it, there's a whole lot of stuff out there in the world that can't be explained," said Joey.
"Like how there's a Pharaoh living in my puzzle," said Yugi to his friends.
"And there is one more thing about what Caitlin said. Has she told you yet?" asked Arthur.
"About what?" asked Joey.
"The Pharaoh that is housed in Yugi's body is the ancestor of Caitlin," said Arthur.
"WHAT?!" screamed everyone but Caitlin.
"Yes. Apparently, the Nameless Pharaoh had a 22-year-old sister, who gave her life for him. But she did have a daughter, which is why Caitlin is here," said Arthur. Everyone looked at Caitlin, though she did say it was true, but not all of it, and the Pharaoh knew that she was lying.
"Actually, our hypothesis suggests that the supernatural phenomenon might actually find it's roots in Atlantis," said Rebecca. The five teens and Yugi's grandpa just stared at what the heck their friend had just said.
"Man, I understand what you said, yet I'm still surprised that you can even interpret stuff like that," said Caitlin.
"Whoa, those are pretty big words coming from a little kid," said Tristan as Tea just groaned in the back of the group, and Rebecca just got an exasperated, yet angry look on her face.
"A KID? I'm A COLLEGE STUDENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" yelled Rebecca at the five teens.
"COLLEGE STUDENT?" Tea, Joey, and Tristan all said at the same time with shocked looks on their faces. Yugi, Caitlin, and Yugi's grandpa just looked at the girl in front of them with shock.
"My granddaughter is quite gifted," said the professor.
"Oh grandpa, I'm just your average child genius," said the girl.
"That's spelled G-E-N-I-U-S," said Rebecca.
"Very impressive. Can you spell obnoxious?" asked Joey under his breath.
"I HEARD THAT!" yelled Rebecca at the teen.
"Now Rebecca, is that the proper behavior of a college student?" asked her grandfather.
"Sorry grandpa, continue," said Rebecca.
"Hm. Now on to the point I was trying to get to. When the ancient Egyptian sorcerer's of 5,000 years ago conjured up these shadow creatures, the Pharaoh was there to save mankind from destruction," said the professor. "Now it seems that that Pharaoh has been reborn in you, which could mean that mankind needs his help once again," Arthur said to the five teens and his old friend.
"Yeah, but I wouldn't even know where to begin professor," said Yugi. "I mean, do we try and get all these monsters to return to their own world? Or should we try and focus on what that weird biker gang wants?" asked Yugi.
"Ah, hey, wait a second," said Yugi as he reached into his jacket pocket. He then pulled out the green stone that he took from the battle after he beat Gurimo. "I may have a clue."
"Ever seen anything like this before?" asked Yugi as he held up the stone.
"Wow, that's beautiful," said Rebecca to her friends.
"What do you have there Yugi?" asked the professor.
"Not sure. The guys we dueled against last night left it behind," said Yugi as the professor gently took the stone from Yugi's hand.
Hm, incredible. This looks remarkably similar to what I saw on my expedition… thought the professor as he remembered a statue having the exact same stone color in its eyes.
At Caitlin's Apartment
"Hey Sonic, did you hear that outside?" asked Knuckles.
"Yeah, I heard it," he replied. "Cosmo, you and the girls stay here. The four of us will go out and fight," said the hedgehog.
"But you guys don't have your planes," said Cream.
"Actually, we have the X-Tornado. We brought the X-Tornado behind the house, and we hid it well in the forest. The property was big enough, and before you guys left for her house last night, we asked Caitlin if that was okay, and she said yes," said Tails.
"That's good," said Amy.
"Well then, let's go!" said Knuckles. The four guys ran outside to the plane, two hopped inside with Sonic and Knuckles on the outside, and flew off.
"Wait, we won't be able to attack them all with just one plane!" said Sonic.
"What do we do?" asked Tails.
At the museum
"Would you mind if I held onto this stone Yugi?" asked the professor.
"No, of course not professor," Yugi replied.
"I'd like to take it back to my lab to examine it. It may hold the key to some of our problems," said the professor as he turned back to the stone tablet once again.
Outside
"You kids be good now, I'm going to take Rebecca and Arthur to the airport," said Yugi's grandpa as he got in the limo waiting for the professor.
"Bye cutie," said Rebecca as she nuzzled Yugi a little too closely, and kissed him on the forehead. As she walked away, he blushed really heavily, and Tea just appeared next to him with a very angry look on her face.
"Ta-ta," said Rebecca as the limo left.
"Good riddance," said Tristan as they five teens watched the car drive away.
"Oh come on Tristan, the girl is actually really sweet," said Caitlin as she pretended to gag at the same time as she was talking. Joey and Tristan busted out laughing at what their friend just did. That was what they all loved about Caitlin, along with her natural ability to make friends and care for others- her sense of humor. She was naturally funny, and could make anyone laugh at any time.
Just when I thought things were finally going back to normal, they went and got ten times worse… thought Yugi.
Mind Link
"Yes, and this time, the situation seems even more treacherous then ever," said the Pharaoh.
End Mind Link
Please help me… said a voice out of nowhere.
"Ah," said Yugi.
"You alright there Yuge?" asked Yugi.
"Weird, did you guys here someone call out for help just now?" asked Yugi.
"HUH?" all four teens responded.
"No, this place is a ghost town," said Joey.
"Don't say ghost," said Tea as they all observed the town surrounding them.
"Well come on gang, its been an exhausting day, so we should all catch a few zz's," said Joey.
"Easy for you three to say. After that story, its gonna be nightmare central for me," said Tea to her two male and one female friend. Yugi continued just to stand in the same place though without moving.
Near Caitlin's House
"Man, how many of these things are there?" asked Sonic to his three friends.
"I don't know, but I'm already exhausted," said Knuckles.
"We need backup," said Chris.
"Hey guys, my arm is glowing," said Tails.
"Yeah, mine too," said Sonic.
"Same here," said Knuckles and Chris together.
"I wonder," said Sonic under his breath.
"Guys, focus like Yugi told Amy! Try to summon your monsters!" said Sonic.
"Um, ok, we'll try," said Tails. They concentrated really hard like their friend told them. They managed to summon all four of them successfully. Sonic's monster came out of his arm, and slashed four monsters at once. Tails, Chris, and Knuckles monsters did the same.
In the City
"Guys, do you see that?" asked Yugi.
"Yeah, it looks like a Divine Dragon Aquabizarre," responded Joey.
"Do you guys think its Sonic?" asked Tristan.
"No, probably not," responded Yugi.
"Hey guys, I think it is them," said Tea.
"What do you mean?" asked Caitlin.
"Sonic isn't inside Yugi's house. None of them are. I just yelled their names, and they didn't respond!" said Tea.
"Oh no, we have to go help!" yelled Tristan.
"I agree! Come on!" yelled Joey, who was already running, as was Caitlin. The other three teens soon followed.
Near Caitlin's
"Swordsman, attack those shadow creatures with shadow sword swipe!" yelled Sonic to his monster.
"Man, there is no way we can fight off all these guys!" yelled Tails to the others as he commanded his monster to attack some shadow ghouls.
"Man, what can we do?" asked Chris.
"Hey guys, we can help!" yelled Amy.
"WHAT?" yeled Sonic. Amy, Cream, Cosmo, and Cheese summoned their monsters.
"Sayarou, attack those Shadow Ghouls!" yelled Amy.
"There is still too many!" yelled Cosmo after her Amazon monster destroyed some monsters.
"What now?" asked Tails.
"HEY GUYS!" yelled Yugi from down below.
"Yugi, get out of here! Its not safe!" yelled Sonic.
"We want to help you by giving advice! We know we can't actually fight, but we can help! Amy, tell your Sayarou, and Cosmo, tell you Unfriendly Amazon to attack the portal letting them in!" yelled Yugi.
"What will that do?" asked Amy.
"Just do it! It will stop the monsters from entering our world!" yelled Yugi.
"OK THEN," yelled Amy back to him. She and Cosmo had their monsters attack the portal simultaneously. The portal got destroyed, but there will still a lot of monsters.
"There is no way we can defeat them all at once!" yelled Sonic.
"Sonic, look out!" yelled Amy. Sonic got hit while he was air-born, and got knocked against a side of a building. Amy got off her monster and ran over to him, and propped him up.
"LOOK OUT" yelled Knuckles to his friends. But it was too late, the monster was too close. Sonic and Amy shut their eyes, bracing for impact. But instead of pain, they saw a light, and when it cleared, another monster. It was the same one imprinted on Shauna's arm.
"That's Shauna's monster!" yelled Sonic.
"And I'm right here, ready to dish out some pain!" yelled Shauna as she came out of the sky riding on the black dragon, her other monster.
"She's riding a Gandora!" yelled Yugi.
"And she's in control of a Sorcerer of Dark Magic too!" yelled Joey. They all watched as the sorcerer blasted a bunch of the shadow creatures, and Gandora turned around and blasted the rest of them back to the Shadow Realm. She then landed her dragon next to the plane, and her other monster landed next to the dragon as well, as did all the other monsters that Sonic and the gang possessed.
"Are you guys all ok?" Shauna asked her friends.
"You almost get killed in a warehouse by using up all of your strength and getting us the hell out of there and you are wondering how we are? What about you?" Amy almost yelled at her friend.
"Amy, I'm still alive, aren't I? That proves I'm fine," said the silver hedgehog. She then turned to Yugi and the rest of the gang behind him.
"Hi there. Name's Shauna, Shauna the Hedgehog," she said to the gang.
"Hi there. I'm Yugi, and this is Tea, Caitlin, Joey, and Tristan," said Yugi as he introduced himself and his friends.
"Nice to meet you," Shauna replied. "I see you've already met Sonic and the rest of the gang," she said.
"Yeah, but we didn't get to meet you until now," said Tea.
"Well, now you have," she said.
"How are your injuries?" asked Knuckles.
"They're fine," replied the girl.
"Well, I'm sure everyone must be tired. Let's all head back home," said Joey.
"Yeah, I could use some rest too," said Tristan.
"Easy for the two of you too say," said Tea and Caitlin together.
"HAHA, very funny," said the boys.
"Caitlin, is it ok if we re-park the plane behind your house again?" asked the fox.
"Of course," replied the girl.
"Oh guys, before we all go back home, we want to know if you guys would identify the monsters we wield," asked Chris.
"Of course we will," replied Yugi. Sonic and the gang then re-summoned their monsters to the field.
"Well, Sonic, you monster is the Buster Blader. He's a very powerful creature and a great ally," said Yugi.
"Chris, you have a Caius the Shadow Monarch. He's a creature that can create Shadow Balls in his hand to be fired at opponents. He also has a very good aim," said Caitlin.
Joey almost started to laugh at the monster in front of Knuckles. "You have a Marshmellon. He's a useful creature. He can only be destroyed by Magicians or magic creatures, like the Dark Magician," Caitlin said in place of her friend.
"Tails, you have a Divine Dragon Aquabizarre. He has psychic powers, which is why he has the ability to float over dry land," said Joey once he had calmed down enough.
"Cream, you have a Wingweaver. She's a powerful monster as well. She can chant useful spells, and use her wings to kick up very powerful winds," said Yugi.
"Cheese, you have the Giant Soldier Of Stone. He is mainly used for defense, but he can hold his own in a battle," Joey said to the little creature.
"Shauna, you have a Sorcerer of Dark Magic. He is just as mighty as the Dark Magician, and can chant very useful spells to defeat his allies with incredible ease, along with the fact that he can combine his attacks with any other monster on the field," said Caitlin. "You also have Gandora, the Dragon of Destruction. He is a mighty creature. He has a very unique ability. He can activate his multi-directional laser attack, and destroy an entire field of monsters at once," Yugi also told the girl. The blue hedgehog and his friends nodded their heads in understanding of what creatures they held and what powers they now possessed. Then, once that was finished, Tails had parked the plane, and everyone went back to the respective houses for the night. But their journey was very far from over…
