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OC featured: Tomo the Chameleon

Note: This is the first time Naruto references have officially appeared in this series, aside from the Leaf Whirlwind.

Chapter 11: Ninja Sibling's Vendetta

Recently, in Future City, Amy, Rector, and Emily had battled one of Nega's robots. Once it was destroyed, they witnessed Armand's death at the hands of Nega. Vowing revenge, the three heroes converged on Nega, and defeated him when Emily used Energy Overload. However, the technique used up all of Emily's life energy, and she fell over, dead. Amy and Rector were now the only two left, and their hopes of success were dimming.

Amy and Rector had followed the direction Nega had flown off in, and found themselves in the Green Forest. Clouds were overhead, and they knew it would rain soon. This would prove to be an advantage, because if Nega's robots were here, they would probably be shorted out by the rain. But there was the possibility of Nega's robots being waterproof, which would make things difficult because visibility would be reduced.

"Man, I hope it doesn't rain." Amy complained.

"If it does, we'll just have to fight in the rain." Rector told his sister.

"Something I don't like." Amy complained.

"I know, but what choice do we….AHHH!" Rector yelled before jumping back. Amy looked down near where Rector was standing, and saw a spider.

"Rector, it's just a little spider." Amy said.

"Yeah? Well, what if it's poisonous?" Rector asked. "If there's one thing I hate, it's spiders."

Amy then brought out her hammer, covered one side of the head with plastic, and smashed the spider before tearing off the plastic and throwing it into a nearby trash barrel. "Well, it's over now."

Rector then calmed down and headed in the direction they were originally traveling in, with Amy in pursuit. After walking for a few minutes, Amy started thinking about what had happened since the beginning of this event. From the deaths in Station Square, to Jet's death, and all the way to Emily's sacrifice, the battles were tough, and the casualties were high. Amy knew Nega wanted to destroy the world, but she couldn't believe the extent to which he'd go to do that.

Off to the side, they heard a battle. Someone invisible was tearing up 10 Nega Pawns. How the figure was doing that, they didn't know, but it soon became obvious when the figure exited its invisibility. The figure was a female purple chameleon with purple hair, gray slacks with black tiger stripes, a red sleeveless shirt, gray boots with black straps, a gray vest, white gloves with various compartments, and a katana strapped to her back. Obviously, she was a ninja of some sort. A leaf headband was around her neck, but also on her neck was a scar. She had no horn, but females never did.

"Whoa!" Amy said as the chameleon turned toward them. "That was amazing. How'd you do that?"

"I'm a ninja, and a chameleon. I can turn invisible." The chameleon replied. "I'm Tomo. And you are…?"

"Amy Rose." Amy replied. "And this is my older brother, Rector Rose."

Rector just waved. Tomo nodded before continuing. "I'm looking for a large fat guy with a gray mustache. Any ideas?"

"Eggman Nega?" Amy asked. "We've been looking for him."

"I see. Well, I need to get revenge, because he killed my little brother." Tomo told them.

"Who's your brother?" Rector asked.

"Have you heard of a chameleon named Espio?" Tomo asked.

"Heard of him? We know him." Amy replied.

"Well, Nega killed him, and I want revenge." Tomo told them. "But the reason is because his death was supposed to be at my hands."

Amy immediately brought her hammer out. "And why would you want to kill your own brother?" She asked in an angry tone.

"Because he received an honor that belonged to ME!" Tomo retaliated.

"And what honor might that have been?" Rector asked, curious.

"The honor of being taught by Master Kakashi Hatake!" Tomo revealed. Rector was surprised.

"Wait? Master Kakashi? THE Master Kakashi?" Rector asked. "The famous mirror ninja?

"Yeah." Tomo answered. "Why?"

"Because I was one of his students as well." Rector replied with a smirk.

"Really. Well, that's a surprise." Tomo said. "Anyway, I was supposed to receive that honor of being his student…

7 years ago…

"Now, the one who can claim this bell becomes my student." Kakashi told the two siblings. "Shall we begin?"

A while later, Tomo stood with the bell in her hand. She had retrieved the bell as Kakashi had saved Espio from her attack. "Sorry, brother, but it looks like the better shinobi won."

"You're right. HE did." Kakashi said, stunning the two siblings.

"But why?" Tomo asked angrily. She knew that he was referring to Espio.

"A friend once told me that those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." Kakashi explained. "The same applies to siblings…"

Return to present day…

"So, you were rejected because you fired the attack at Kakashi, without any regard for your brother." Rector asked.

"Yeah." Tomo replied, unhappy. "What's it to you, anyway?"

"Hey, I just wanted to know!" Rector answered in a snappy voice.

"At any rate, I want revenge, so I can get revenge." Tomo told them, summing up her motives.

"But when Espio is revived, aren't you going to kill him immediately?" Amy asked.

"I might let him live a few days so he can enjoy life, but I'll be after him again soon enough." Tomo replied. "But don't count on it, because I said I might."

Rector just nodded. "I suppose that'll work out. At any rate, since we're looking for the same person, why not help each other out. Since we're the only two, we could use another hero."

"Fine. I'll help out, but don't call me a hero." Tomo told them. The others nodded as they headed deeper into the forest.

One hour later, they were getting nowhere, and the heat in the forest, despite the clouds up above, was taking its toll. Even Tomo, being a ninja, was getting exhausted from thirst and the heat. Rector was tired as well, but his near-limitless amount of stamina kept him going. But Amy…she was about ready to drop down and not get up. If they could find some fresh water, they could recover strength. But it would take an extreme amount of luck for that to happen. Rector moved closer to Amy and let her lean on him so she could keep going. Tomo was walking around, using her senses to try and locate a water source. Soon enough, she could hear some running water.

"Wait!" Tomo said. Rector and Amy stopped. "I…I hear running water."

"Really?" Rector asked.

"It's over this way." Tomo said, heading left of their current position. Rector and Amy followed the chameleon in the direction she heard the running water, and the trio emerged into a clearing. Sure enough, there was a waterfall, with a pool of water in the middle. It was quite large, and the water, coming from a waterfall, had to be safe to drink.

"Hey, you were right, Tomo!" Rector exclaimed.

Rector helped Amy to the water as Tomo walked up to it. They all took some water and drank up. It didn't take long before they were all back to strength. Rector brought out three canteens and filled them, then handed one to Amy, which she gratefully accepted, and another to Tomo, which she accepted as well, and kept the other one for himself. Now that they were back to full strength, they could continue. It wasn't long, though, before they came across three of Nega's robots.

"Look!" Amy said. "Nega's here somewhere."

"So those are the robots?" Tomo asked.

"The very ones. If they see someone, they won't hesitate to attack." Rector told her.

"Then I guess I'll just have to keep them from seeing me." Tomo said as she turned invisible and brought out a kunai. She sneaked up to one of the robots and sliced it using the kunai. The other robots turned, only to find nothing but robot parts. Just then, the other two robots were sliced in half. Tomo then reappeared and replaced the kunai.

"And that's how you pull off a stealth kill." Tomo told the other two heroes.

"Well, you can turn invisible, but doing that was cool." Rector complimented.

"And now I think you've done enough!" Someone said from somewhere. Amy and Rector knew that voice.

"Eggman Nega!" Amy and Rector said at the same time.

Just then, Eggman Nega appeared in his Negamobile, with a small legion of robots, and a few powered up ones.

"So, you're Eggman Nega?" Tomo asked.

"Yes. And who might I be addressing?" Nega asked.

"The name's Tomo. I'm Espio's sister." Tomo replied.

"Oh, I didn't know Espio had a sister." Nega told her. "Well, I'll allow you to join him. PERMANENTLY! Robots, attack!"

The robots moved in towards the heroes, who all assumed a defensive stance. The robots came at them with spears, swords, lances, guns, maces…and the list went on. Nega must have been preparing his robots. If they were to have any chance of victory, they would have to pull off something. But what? Tomo had an idea for a start-off, so she performed a series of seals.

"Fire Style: Dragon Fire Jutsu!" Tomo shouted.

Tomo unleashed a current of fire from her mouth, engulfing about 5 robots. When the flames died down, the robots were nothing but melted metal. Nega was amazed. He had yet to come across someone who actually used fire. But what Nega didn't realize was the fact that Tomo had more than just fire attacks. Tomo proved this quickly by turning to another group of robots and performing another set of seals.

"Wind Style: Gale Wind Palm!"

She clapped her hands together, and a great gust of wind appeared out of nowhere and blew the robots every which way. Those that hit trees busted upon impact, while those that landed on the ground were disabled. Nega was shocked. How could she do that?

"How…how are you able to do that?" Nega asked.

"Because, I've had training from some of the best teachers in the world." Tomo told him. "I've learned nearly every elemental style."

"Quite amazing, I must admit." Nega said.

"Now, where were we?" Tomo asked before turning to another group of robots. "Lightning Style: False Darkness!"

Tomo's head tilted back to snapping point, then suddenly thrust forward, releasing a black bolt of lightning, right into a line of robots. Those that weren't destroyed by direct hit were short-circuited by overload. Nega was both amazed and nervous at the same time. Never before had he faced off against someone like this. A chameleon that could turn invisible was one thing, but a chameleon that could do that AND use jutsu like that, was another.

"So, give up yet?" Tomo asked.

"Not yet. I think you've shown enough." Nega replied. "Robots, charge!"

The remaining robots moved forward. Tomo brought out a kunai blade and charged into the midst of them, Amy pulled out her hammer, and Rector just ran into the robots. The battle had started. Amy bashed some of the robots with her hammer while spin dashing into others. Rector was punching robots left and right, and Tomo was slicing every robot she came across with her kunai. But there were a lot of robots, so they couldn't bother Nega at the moment. The only problem was that for each robot they destroyed, it seemed that two more appeared to fight. It wasn't long before the numbers of robots were overwhelming the trio.

"There's too many." Rector complained.

"Gah ha ha ha!" Nega laughed. "Now it's time for you to die! Then, the heroes will be out of the way, and I can finally get what I want!"

"I won't let that happen." Tomo valiantly declared.

"Oh, and how do you suppose you can beat me?" Nega asked; Tomo just smirked.

"I'll show you." Tomo said before turning to Amy and Rector. "Get out of here. What I'm about to do can't be controlled."

"What about you?" Amy asked.

"Don't worry." Tomo said. "I won't die."

Amy was about to protest, but Rector picked her up and urged her along. Amy and Rector started running to get out of range. Meanwhile, Tomo turned to Nega and the army of robots that were closing in. She performed a series of hand signs before jumping into the air.

"Let's see how you like this one!" Tomo shouted. "Fire Style: FLAMING PYROCLASM!"

Tomo created two fireballs in her hands and threw them out into the middle of the army of robots. She then reared back and let out a fireball from her mouth. The fireball shot into the other two fireballs, which were partially fused, and the impact caused all three of them to explode. A massive red/orange inferno of fire was created, incinerating every robot seen, and sending Nega out of the forest.

"I'LL BE BACK!" Nega yelled. "AND I WILL GET YOU ALL!"

The attack had set the area on fire, but as luck would have it, rain started pouring down from the clouds above, which put out the fire, saving the forest. But Tomo was nowhere to be seen.

Over at the edge of the forest, Amy and Rector stopped running. Amy was out of breath, but Rector's large amount of stamina kept him standing. They had felt the force of the attack from where they were, and hoped that Tomo didn't set the forest on fire. But it started raining where they were, and they were confident that the rain would put out the fire. But Tomo hadn't come along with them.

"Where's Tomo?" Amy asked.

"She said she wouldn't die." Rector told his sister. "But I don't know where she's at."

Just then, a figure started to appear in front of them. As it cleared up, the figure looked like it was Tomo. And it was.

"Tomo!?" Rector asked, surprised. "How did you survive?"

"Simple. As the attack hit the robots, I used a Space/Time Jutsu to warp out of there." Tomo explained. "The rain, I'm sure, cleared out the fire that may have been left by the attack. Nega's gone for now, but he's somewhere, and his robots here are incinerated."

"So, what do we do now?" Amy asked. "Do you want to join us?"

"Much as I would like to, I don't think so." Tomo said. "If I'm going to fight against Nega, I'm not working with anyone unless I need to."

"Well, if you want to be that way, we won't stop you." Rector told her as they began to walk off. "Just be careful out there."

"Same to you." Tomo said. "Oh, and I retrieved this as I was exploring the forest."

Tomo tossed a blue gem to Rector, who turned and caught it. He couldn't believe it. It was another Chaos Emerald.

"Thanks, Tomo." Rector said.

Tomo just nodded before performing another Space/Time Jutsu and warping out of there, headed off to someplace unknown. Rector and Amy started walking in the direction they saw Nega flying off to. They had caught a glimpse of his Negamobile flying in the distance, so they followed the direction it was headed. As the sun started to set, the two siblings wondered if they would ever gain a hero that would actually join them in their little army.

End of Chapter 11.

Another hero has joined the cause, yet did not join Amy and Rector. Will the siblings ever gain a new permanent ally? Where are they headed next? And where are the other Chaos Emeralds? Find out in the next chapter.

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