Chapter 11: Metal Sonic the Destroyer
Before "Orochimaru" was defeated by Sonic, Naruto and crew, Dr. Eggman went to the lair of the real Sannin to make a deal with him. Orochimaru knew that he himself was only recovering from performing his "Immortality Jutsu," so he didn't try anything hasty. If the good doctor did, he had Sasuke and Kabuto to back him up. Decoe, Bocoe, Bokkun and the twins never spoke, knowing the consequences.
The deal in question was that Eggman knew that someone was impersonating him in the Land of Rain, and who. He offered the Purple Chaos Emerald to him if they would use it to apprehend the perpetrator, while Eggman ordered his fleet to attack the village on Orochimaru's behalf. However, he realized Sigma was too overconfident for his own good and that Metal Sonic was just as powerful without the Chaos Emerald as he was with them.
"I'm guessing our little deal failed." Orochimaru solemnly said.
"Seems like it." Eggman replied. "But rest assured those nincompoops of the Hidden Leaf will eventually fall." He looked in thought. "Hopefully, before Metal Sonic has the chance to find your little 'apprentice' here."
Sasuke looked back at him and returned the Chaos Emerald. "It's potent, but I'll rely on real power from within to crush that freak." He said.
"Lord Orochimaru." Kabuto asked. "Do you really think it's necessary to allow Naruto to live?" his master turned his attention. "Who knows what Akatsuki could accomplish if they try to steal him from Dr. Eggman?"
"For now," he replied. "It's best we leave things in control of the doctor here."
"Sasuke," Orochimaru beckoned, "I want you to seek out this…Metal Sonic…and take care of him for me."
Sasuke left without a word.
"Remind me to stay on his good side." Eggman said. "Once the Chaos Emeralds are within my control, I shall make my leave and proceed to conquering Mobius."
Orochimaru stared at him skeptically.
"I could care less about ruling another dimension. Besides, you seem to have things covered around here."
"Well, see to it that it happens." He softly replied.
On that note, Eggman left the mansion. On the way out, he took note that the entryway was very misty. He turned on his headlights to see through it.
"That guy was scary…" Eta and Theta shivered.
"Well, at least we can proceed with our World Domination plan as we had hoped." Decoe said.
"Indeed. You are a genius, Doctor." Bocoe replied.
"Well, the first part is making sure that Sasuke fella reaches Metal Sonic before he has a chance to anything horrible!" Bokkun replied.
"Indeed." Eggman said. "Let's just hope he doesn't give in to…temptation."
Within the mist, two figures walked along the path, far behind Dr. Eggman. They both wore black cloaks with red clouds spotted on them, and hats with bristly lining concealing their faces.
"So," one of them said, "this guy is also after Naruto."
"Yes." The other said. "But he seems to be more concerned with this 'Sonic' character."
"He's no threat to our organization," the first said, "But it would be nice to see what he's capable of."
"And so we shall," the other replied, with his eyes glowing red under his hat, "We just have to wait for him to return from his little 'quest'."
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As the portal opened, many years later, Sonic, Naruto, Shadow, Silver, Gaara and Emerl leapt out of it and Silver walked forward. While the rest stood close behind them, they took in the sight of what this world looked like in awe, horror and sadness.
"Take a look at what this has come to…" Silver stated.
The world was engulfed in storm clouds high above the highest skyscrapers. Many of the buildings were intact, while several others were broken or destroyed. On the ground, the streets had uplifted, trees were burnt, houses were destroyed, but other houses remained intact, and within them were innocent families who lived in fear of the great danger that flew above the skies, a fierce blue mechanical dragon that roamed the skies, constantly seeking new prey to feast upon. Sonic and Shadow knew this beast all too well. They fought him once before.
"That's Metal Sonic?!" Sonic blinked.
"How could this have happened?" Naruto asked in desperation.
"Metal Sonic finds Sasuke in the past and offers him power." Emerl commented. "They team up and overthrow the world. Many have tried to slay this duo… many have failed… many have died…including…" he turned to the four behind Silver and himself. He looked down in sadness, and they suddenly realized what it meant.
"That's horrible…" Shadow replied. Naruto was brought to tears upon knowing this. Gaara looked down in sadness and Sonic looked down in shame. "To think…" he said, "That he'd be powerful enough to beat us all…"
"Some are still alive." Silver stated. "They came here to Mobius to flee from this horror. They are still alive, but they only look slightly older than you because of Mobius' atmosphere. I was born into this world to fight them, and that's what I'll do. I helped Blaze stop Eggman Nega once before, before returning to this world to continue my mission. She was grateful to me, so she remained here to help me."
"Who's still alive?" Naruto asked. They turned to him as he held that sad look on his face. "Who survived?" They turned back to Silver.
He looked down for a moment and then looked back at him.
"Let me show you."
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Five minutes after Silver and Blaze went to the past to change this, Silver opened the door to the house of the Freedom League. Everyone was astonished to see him back so soon, and confused.
"Back so soon?" Shikamaru asked. "You were only gone five minutes."
"Time travel's pretty complicated." Silver replied. "I brought guests…" as he walked in, Sonic, Naruto, Shadow, Gaara and Emerl followed behind. "…from back then."
"Silver…" Sakura replied, stunned. "Was it really okay to do this?"
"They had to know…" he replied, "And we found a way to stop him."
"S-Sakura…" Naruto shuddered as he looked upon his friends. Only slightly older because of Mobius' atmosphere, and only appeared to be in their early twenties or even teen years. "Everyone…" he said as he looked upon the survivors who were astonished to see them.
"I don't believe this…" Neji said, "You're from the past…"
"Can this really be true?" Sonic asked them. "Are we really… dead?"
Everyone looked down in shame, defeat and sadness. Some of them even cried, even Suki, who was of their group, but Naruto saw her outfit and, without thinking, said, "Kurenai-Sensei?" she responded by crying into Temari's swollen belly. She stroked her across the head and Shikamaru said, "This is her daughter, Suki." Gaara looked at Temari's abdomen and walked up to her. Temari was surprised to see him, and also sad, since…you know… "This world…" he said, "…has few survivors… are you trying to repopulate?"
"Some of us found love…" Lee said, "And to save our world to a decent extent, we made it."
"Even…" Sakura said, as she pointed to Naruto, who was shocked to hear this, and took one look at Sakura's stomach to see it perfectly thin. He gave a look of dissatisfaction, before asking, "…With who?"
On that note, Hinata walked, or waddled into the room, carrying her heavy stomach as far as it could take her. She saw Naruto, and walked over to him, knelt over to give him a hug, then positioned herself so Naruto could rub her belly. He was happy to see her in this condition, because she had found love with Naruto upon realizing they shared the same dream: to never give up. Naruto helped her stand back up and returned to the group.
"What happened to the rest of us?" Shadow asked. "Don't tell me they…"
They frowned in response to this. The children cried. Emerl stood up and stated, "There is a way to change this."
Everyone turned their attention to Emerl.
"Wherever Metal Sonic is right now, we have to find him and bring him to the ground. We must fight him so we can restrain him with Chaos Control, and seal him away. With the power of four, that will be an easy task," remarking Sonic, Shadow, Silver and himself, "but the hard part is weakening him. We still know his accomplice, Sasuke, so we must fight him as well, so he won't get in the way. Naruto…" he turned over to Naruto, and remarked with, "This means you must fight your best friend."
Naruto looked over for a minute and gave it some thought. He turned back over and placed his hand forward. "We're gonna pulverize Metal Sonic for sure! We have to return hope to this hopeless world, but we'll need your help."
"Who's with me?"
Sonic, Shadow and Gaara went over and placed in their hands on his, followed by Silver and Emerl. Then Sakura placed her hand in, followed by Lee, Neji, Shikamaru, Temari, Suki, Hinata and Team Konohamaru.
"All right!" they shouted, "Let's do this!"
They opened the door, and then Naruto said, "Okay, now our first order of business is to get that big lizard out of the sky!" But suddenly, Hinata collapsed to the floor behind them and intensely clutched her stomach. She closed her eyes and held tighter in great pain, and Sonic noticed that her lower belly was wet and that water was formulating a puddle beneath her.
"Uh, oh." Sakura said, "Sonic, get Hinata to that bed over there!" she shouted in a commanding tone of voice, "Silver, go boil some water! Neji! Lee! We're gonna need fresh towels!" Naruto looked at her, confused, and asked her, "Sakura, what's going on?! What's wrong with Hinata?"
"You're having twins, Naruto!" she replied, causing him to gasp and freak out.
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In the bedroom behind them, Silver brought in a small tub of boiling hot water with his Psychokinesis, Neji and Lee had brought in fresh towels from the pantry and placed them next to the tub. Both were placed next to the bed Hinata laid in, who was placed under a sheet on that bed, belly up, and legs spread apart. Sakura had been taught many medical procedures by Tsunade, including childbirth, so she took charge as the head doctor.
"The water broke 4.25 minutes ago." She said. "The babies haven't crowned yet, but they will soon."
"Just relax, Hinata." Sonic said, "Everything will be all right." She nodded to him in response as she continued to sweat profusely. "Hinata…" Naruto said as he walked to her side. "I knew you got your courage from me, and my very same determination never to give up, but I never knew you felt so strongly about me…" he placed his hand to her face. She returned the favor. "Naruto…I...OUCH!!" she shouted as she clutched the bed at her side and closed her eyes and clenched her teeth in pain.
"The first baby is crowing!" Sakura said, "Sonic! Naruto! Grab her hands!" They responded by doing just that. "Hinata, when I count to Three, push in rhythm of your breathing, okay?" She nodded in response. Sakura went back to Hinata's lower area.
"Ready? One… two… three… PUSH!!"
Hinata did just as she was told, and began to push in rhythm of her own breathing. It was so painful, however, that she had clutched the hands of Sonic and Naruto, who screamed in pain after feeling this.
"As if taking a hit from Knuckles didn't hurt badly enough!!" Sonic shouted. She continued to squeeze their hands, crushing them from the pressure. "OUCH!!" she screamed in pain as she continued to push. "The head is out! PUSH, Hinata!" Sakura yelled as Hinata continued to push, but went out of rhythm. "I can't do it!!" she cried. "Yes, you can, Hinata!" Naruto yelled. "Remember never to give up!" She blushed and then continued to grunt in pain. She breathed even more heavily and pushed even further.
As a loud crying was heard, Sakura pulled out the first baby, snipped its cord, and passed it to Lee to dry off. "It's a boy!" she said. "Lee! Hold onto him until we're finished!" He nodded and rubbed the baby in his arms with the towel. Hinata continued to push in rhythm of breathing, but realized no progress was being made.
"Oh, no!" Sakura shouted. "The second baby is being strangled by its own umbilical cord! If you push any further, it will die!" Hinata gasped in response, trying as best as she could to hold it in. "DAMMIT!" Naruto shouted. "I'm not giving up on you, Hinata! There has to be another way!" Sonic nodded.
"Let me through!" Silver shouted as he looked into Hinata. Then he closed his eyes and focused his energy. He used "Psycho Path!" to see into her stomach and to find out, Sakura was right. The baby was being choked by its own umbilical cord. Then, Silver twiddled his fingers to use his Psychokinesis to release the strangle hold on the baby. Silver then opened his eyes, looked back into Hinata and took control.
"Hinata, PUSH!!" He shouted, and she proceeded to do just that. This time, the baby continued to crown, just as she continued to push. Silver pulled the baby out, which cried as loud as its sibling, cut its cord and handed it to Neji. "It's a girl."
Hinata was incredibly exhausted from this procedure. She was breathing heavily and Sonic and Naruto comforted her. She laid on the bed and breathed some more.
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After a while, everyone waited in the living room. Suki continued to lay across Temari's belly, while Temari rubbed her head and comforted her like the mother she would soon be. Gaara sat net to her and she stroked him across the head. "Don't worry." She said. "If you defeat Metal Sonic, everyone will still be alive." He smiled at her, then turned to Shikamaru, who, along with Shadow, looked at Team Konohamaru playing with Emerl. "I found love for that silly knucklehead over there. And I didn't get pregnant just for the sake of reviving the world." Gaara looked at her somewhat skeptically, but then chuckled gently.
"Kids are pretty cute, aren't they?" Shikamaru asked Shadow.
"They are…" he replied, "But they remind me too much of a friend I once had."
"Really?" Shikamaru asked in response.
"I put it behind me, so I wouldn't be conflicted by it…" he looked to the ceiling. "I'll never forget you… Maria."
Then, the door opened and Sakura came through with a smile on her face.
"The operation was a success!"
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Everyone walked into the room, and took in the pleasurable sight of Sonic, Naruto and Silver standing aside Hinata, who was sitting up on the walled edge of the bed, and holding her babies to her chest, close to her heart. They had blue hair, like Hinata, only they were very short on their heads. One would just bet they were going to have spiky hair. They had whiskered cheeks, as well. They hadn't opened their eyes, yet, but one would probably assume they had blue Hyuga eyes. She had opened her shirt, so she could breastfeed them for their very first meal.
"They're feeding right now, so don't bother them." Sakura said. "All that's needed for now is plenty of rest. Also, be very quiet."
They had all gotten closer to her, but kept a safe distance, so she had room to breathe. Naruto took the opportunity to rub them both over their heads. "Look at them." Hinata said. "Aren't they precious?"
"Yeah." Sonic said softly. "They even look like a combo of Hinata and Naruto."
"Wow…" Naruto said, "My own son and daughter…"
"She wanted it to be special," Silver said, "since she had cared about you just as much as she wanted to be like you."
"I want to thank you." She said. "Thank you, Naruto. Seeing your face has given me hope again. You've given me the courage to bring life into this forsaken world. You brought a light to my darkness. And you've given me hope that we can change this world, so it's safe for everyone."
"We all owe it to you for that." Lee said. "Seeing our old friends has given us confidence to live on, even in this broken time. You've even given me confidence that the Lotus of Love will revive within the Springtime of Youth."
Naruto chuckled. "That's just like you, Bushy-Brows."
"It's not over, yet." Shadow said. "We've still got to defeat Metal Sonic and Sasuke."
"I say," Emerl continued, "That we take this opportunity to strike while he's distracted. Then when we can weaken him, we cripple him with Chaos Control!"
"Okay!" Silver shouted. "Let's do this!"
"Yeah!" Naruto shouted, "I hereby assign this as an S-Rank Mission, as Official Hokage of this new World!" In that, Sonic and Hinata looked at him with a nervous grin, and everyone else gave an unamused glare. "Temari!" he pointed, "You stay here and take care of Hinata and the kids!" Temari accepted her task, and replied with, "You got it!"
"Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Shikamaru declared, "First of all, you're still younger than us, and second, you're giving a Man's job to a woman?! That's unreal!!" Temari smacked him across the head. "I think you've said enough!" she said, "I'm only six months in; I can take care of myself!" Shikamaru rubbed the swollen lump on his head and admit defeat.
"Sonic!" he called out, "You know Metal Sonic better than anybody! I think you should lead this mission." Sonic replied with a smile and the thumbs up. "Okay!" he shouted, "Let's go!"
And on that, Sonic, Naruto, Shadow, Silver, Gaara, Sakura, Rock Lee, Neji, Emerl and Shikamaru headed off to change the destiny of the world!
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Back inside, Temari sat aside Hinata and rubbed Suki over her head, while Hinata held her twins to her side and fell asleep. Konohamaru walked up to Temari and asked:
"You think we should've told him he actually does become Hokage?"
"Nah." She replied. "He can learn that on his own."
