January 7, 2015
Shikokou, Kyukai

"Hey, Yuki! Get off of your fat, lazy bum and get us some emeralds!"

Yuki, Tails and Kaori all woke up to Sonic's verbal abuse. It was another morning in Shikokou, so it was time to search for more chaos emeralds. Everyone gathered around as Tails searched for the Emeralds on the Chaos Radar.
"Find any emeralds, Tails?"
"I'll find something, just a second."
"Find any emeralds, Tails?"
"I told you, be patient!"
"Find any emeralds? Find any emeralds? FIND ANY EMERALDS?"
Yuki couldn't stand Sonic anymore and punched him in the face knocking him down.
"I think he deserved it."
"As uncalled for as that was, I have to agree with you…"
"Hey you guys, I found an emerald!"
Sonic leapt right back up, instantly becoming conscious again from the news.
"Whereisit?" Sonic asked as fast as he could run.
"It's in Takashima. It seems to be on the move though, so I think it might be the demon…"
"Then how do we get it? We can't fight him head on – we've already established that." Kaori clarified.
"How many emeralds is it?" Sonic asked.
"It's just one… the demon had two, didn't he? Maybe it's somebody else after the emeralds…"
"Well no one can be any tougher than the demon, so there's nothing to lose. I'll go get it myself!" Sonic headed out the door.
"Sonic, come back! I don't think it's safe…"
"You know I'll come back, right? Well, see ya!"
"Hold on! If you're sure about going by yourself, at least let me hand you this." Tails went over to grab a modern looking yellow wristwatch.
"Um, I honestly think checking the time won't help much."
"That's no wristwatch! It's a device that lets you communicate with the Miles Electric! That way, I can keep in touch with you! Of course, it also doubles as a wristwatch."
Sonic put it on his wrist. "Yeah, I'll see you later!" He ran out and headed for Takashima.

Music - Into The Wind by Crush 40

Sonic was running through Shikokou, excited to be able to stretch his legs. He decided to have some fun while he was on his way, so he took his own route.

He sped up a building and ran on the tops of the buildings when Emakarou's demons showed up. He knocked out the first few with homing attacks, then he ran along several construction beams airbourne, then leapt off and skydived down as flying demons surrounded him. He sped up as he plummeted to the ground, and landed on his two feet, then leapt up and kicked all the demons.

He cut through the crossing and ran on the side of the buildings and massive screens. He grabbed onto a traffic sign and swung around until he rocketed forward and ran up a giant loop, showcasing his incredible speed. He boosted up a huge skyscraper boosting into the demons attacking him, and when he reached the top he flew over the top of the building and began to run down it. Demons chased him and headed toward him, which he boosted into until he reached the bottom.

He leapt off more demons with homing attacks and reached the monorail tracks, and grinded on the rail – Sonic can grind on any rail. Suddenly, a monorail approached and was chasing him, so he started to use his Sonic Boost to outrun it. Eventually he leapt up and ran on top of the train to get behind it. But then more demons started chasing him. Sonic smirked once more and kept boosting. Suddenly, he flipped around and boosted toward the demons defeating them all.

Sonic leapt off the rail only to be surrounded by more demons. He sped past them, but they appeared right in front of them – Sonic hit most of them with more homing attacks and kicks, and then went into his spin and charged into one knocking it into two more and knocking them away with another blow. He leapt up and dashed through them with a Sonic Boost finishing them off for good.

Suddenly, a gigantic demon with a dragon mask and blood red scythe jumped in front of him blocking his way. He smirked, then ran the other way to circle around it. It chased Sonic through the city as he ran down the highway suspended above the ground. Sonic jumped out of the way whenever it swung it's scythe to attack him. He pulled off tricks as he leapt off ramps, and then at the end of the highway he leapt off with one big trick and the chase continued on the rooftops at the shibuya. He leapt through the rooftops smiling away as he was running for his life. The demon swung it's scytche more times and Sonic dodged them all, then jumped up on the scytche, leapt up and hit the demon on the head with several homing attacks, then boosted into the scytche causing it shoot up at it's user and deliver the finishing blow. As it exploded into a sea of purple, Sonic left Shikokou.

He made it to Takashima soon after. He stopped to talk with Tails.
"Hey Tails, where's the emerald now?"
"It looks like it's moving toward you at a fantastic pace!"
"Really? I only know one other guy who's as fast as me…"
"…And that's Shadow!"
"Don't you finish off my lines! It sounds lame!"
"Sorry."
"He's on our side. I'll just tell him we need the emerald and I'm sure he'll be happy to hand it over."
"Oh, you're sure?"
"At least I'm hoping he will."
"Okay, good luck Sonic!"

Sonic ran off looking for Shadow. It wasn't too long before he crossed paths with the black figure he was searching for.
"Shadow! How ya been?" Sonic greeted him.
Shadow didn't respond until he stared at Sonic with his unenthusiastic frown as usual.
"You have a chaos emerald, is that right? Listen, I'm kinda dealing with this demon guy who wants all 7 of them to destroy the world so, I think I need to borrow that for a while. That okay?"
Shadow punched Sonic in the face knocking him to the ground.

Music - Event: Sonic vs. Shadow from Sonic Adventure 2

"Geez, you're in a bad mood today huh?"
"So, you're up against a demon? That's funny. I met one last night."
"Yeah, that's gotta be him! You're willing to help us out, right Shadow?"
"Not today, Sonic. The truth is… I've made an alliance with him."
This news struck Sonic like a lightning bolt striking someone on the skull. "No way!"
"The first order he gave me is to kill you, and find someone called Emayuki. Maybe you could tell me who he is?"
Sonic got up and dusted himself off. "I don't know who he is. And if you're on the bad side there's no way I'd tell you!"
"Alright, but I still have to kill you!"
Sonic got into a stance. "You can't kill me if I beat you!"

Music - Shut Up Faker! from Sonic Adventure 2

The two took off. They were going at full speed in an heated race. It's always exciting racing Shadow! I'm going to have fun this time! Sonic thought.
I don't like that smirk of his. Sonic, soon enough it'll be wiped off your face! Shadow thought. They boosted through Takashima, going around the trees, running on the river and going on walls and inside loops. Sonic had taken over. An enraged Shadow decided to use his Chaos Boost to get ahead. Sonic used his Sonic Boost to chase him. He was running right next to Shadow. "Nice try, faker! But you'll have to go faster if ya wanna beat me!" Sonic taunted.
Shadow growled in response, and got out the Chaos Emerald. "CHAOS CONTROL!" He teleported metres ahead of Sonic.
"Hey, that's cheating!"
"There are no rules when it comes to racing. You've lost, faker!"
"Nuh-uh!"
Sonic leapt high in the air and spotted Shadow. As he landed down, he hit Shadow with a homing attack, then kicked him from behind sending him flying upward. He boosted into him, and then boosted into him more as he was sent flying around. He finished off with one last boost knocking him back down to the ground. By the time Shadow had gotten up, Sonic was far ahead. A humiliated Shadow groaned as he reached out for the green emerald… only to find out it wasn't there. Shadow begun to panic. Then he looked ahead to see Sonic tossing the emerald up and catching it. "HEY, SHADOW! THANKS FOR THE EMERALD!" Sonic shouted out in the distance.
Sonic stole the emerald off of Shadow. "DARN YOOOUU!"