Chapter 12: Casino City
(The Great Hurricane…)
"No way! I don't wanna go!" Inuyasha's voice came from his room, "Not like this!"
"You're acting like a child, Inuyasha," Kagome's voice scolded, "Everyone's going to find out eventually!"
Naruto, Sakura H. and Billy overhear this and went to Inuyasha's room.
"What are they talking about?" Billy asked in wonder.
"Does Inuyasha has a secret that doesn't want out? I say we check it out." Naruto suggested.
"Naruto, we'll be in big trouble if we find out. But then again, might be worth checking out." Sakura H. agreed.
The three young warriors got near the door, but when they got near it, it opened and they fell on the floor.
When they looked up, they saw something odd. They saw a black haired teen who wore the same clothes as Inuyasha. He had human ears and no claws or fangs. Who was this guy?
"Oh! Um... Who is that with you, Kagome?" Sakura H. asked.
Before Kagome can answer, the black haired teen stopped.
"Kagome, no. You were right about everyone finding out. It's me, Inuyasha…" the black haired teen now identified as Inuyasha said.
"Wha-What?! But last time we check, you had silver hair and dog ears!" Naruto gawked.
Inuyasha sighed and explain about his half demon blood. His father was a powerful demon lord and his mother was a human. That would make him a half-breed. So every night during the new moon he turns into his human form. While in his human form, he cannot use the Tetsusaiga's true form or his powers, making him vulnerable.
"So your human transformation is your weakness," Billy gasped.
"Yeah. So that's why I can't go out with you guys on the way to the next destination cause I would just get in the way," Inuyasha stated.
"That's not true, Inuyasha! You can still be of help to us!" Sakura H. pleaded.
"See, powers or no powers, you can still help." Kagome nodded. Suddenly, the intercom came on.
"Everyone please head to the gate. We have arrived at our destination, Las Vegas." Amy's voice called out.
"Alright, if you say so. Then let's do it." Inuyasha pounded his fists together.
Las Vegas, Nevada…
"Wow!" Hikaru gasped in awe as the Mercenaries walked down the streets of Las Vegas.
"So many lights!" Yayoi squealed in delight.
"This is one of the places I first visited in one of my adventures." Sonic explained.
Otome looked up and saw something.
"Up there…" Otome pointed up and the Mercenaries saw the green Chaos Emerald on a screen inside a case.
"A Chaos Emerald!" Cream gasped.
"Yeah, but look at the price on it." Zoey gawked as she saw a 999 Rings sign on the bottom of the case.
"Looks like we need to get 999 Rings to get the Chaos Emerald." Sonic pointed out.
"Woohoo! Gambling, here I come!" Lina cheered as she ran full speed ahead to help her friends get the Chaos Emerald by gambling!
"Everyone else, split up and search for Rings." Trista said, everyone nodded in agreement and split up.
(With Lina, Gourry, and Amara…)
"Looks like we have an winner!" A game person yelled as he gave Lina 120 Rings. Lina drooled as she pull them towards them and hugged them.
"Lina… Don't forget what we're here for." Gourry reminded her.
"Yeah. No need to get so greedy now." Amara sighed.
"I know… But I can't help it." Lina rubbed the back of her head nervously
(With KOS-MOS, Tetsuro and Billy)
KOS-MOS leaped into the air and grabbed 50 Rings in the air.
"Wow, KOS-MOS, you're amazing!" Billy cheered.
"Yeah. So uh, Shion built you, right?" Tetsuro asked.
"Yes. I was once human before I was built back in my timeline." KOS-MOS explained.
'Human?' Tetsuro and Billy thought to themselves as the three walked back to the regroup place.
(With T-elos, Hifumi and Fuu)
"Here are the Rings!" Fuu cheered as she gathered up 200 Rings.
"Well that was easy." Hifumi stated.
"I heard there is a contest giving out 100 Rings each. Let's go check it out." T-elos suggested. The three headed to the area.
(Finally, with Sonic and Naruto)
Sonic and Naruto each got 200 Rings. "That should be enough rings." Sonic stated as he checked his portable communicator, the first group has 120 Rings from Keno, the second group has 50 Rings from Bingo, the third group has 200 Rings from Poker, the two heroes got each 200 Rings from Blackjack, the fourth group gotten 150 Rings from winning a pinball chamber game, thanks to Himeno and Corina and the fifth group got 79 Rings for winning a arcade game. "Cool! Now we can get the Chaos Emerald!" Naruto cheered.
The Mercenaries got to the prize building and showed the store owner 999 Rings. "Well today is your lucky day, I was about to give it to two girls. But now that they're late, I'll give you one of the seven legendary Chaos Emeralds!" The store owner smiled as he opened the case and gave Sonic the Chaos Emerald.
"Alright. Only 4 more to go." Shion smiled.
"No fair! You meanies!" A juvenile female voice yelled. The Mercenaries turned to see Nita and Saia. They didn't look all that happy.
"So you're the Robotnik Twins." Sonic said as he rose an eyebrow.
"Sonic you big meanie! We were about to get that Chaos Emerald before you!" Saia yelled with an anger vein on her forehead.
"So those are the daughters of Eggman?" Bantam frowned.
"We'll take that Chaos Emerald by destroying Las Vegas! Egg Battalion… GO GO GO!" Nita pressed an button on her gauntlet and she and Saia ran off.
"I got a bad feeling about this…" Scarlet frowned as the Mercenaries head outside to find Eggman robots tearing up the place.
"Looks like the Robotnik Twins have already begun their attack on Las Vegas!" Ami gasped.
"And we're putting a stop to it!" Sonic yelled as he ran full speed ahead, the others followed.
The Mercenaries first took out some Egg Fighters on the streets in Las Vegas, they then have to enter the casino and got rid of the Egg Meatcrabs with Mao and Raspberyl using their powers to destroy them. They got to the bridge with Salvia and Himeno in the Fire Pretear form dealing with the Egg Guardians, on the way to the park, they encounter Egg Caterkillers, but they managed to prevail over them. They finally arrived at the middle of the park.
"So where are the bratty twins of Eggman?" Mars challenged.
"Over here you meanies!" Nita's voice yelled, the Mercenaries turned to see the Robotnik Twins on their Egg-O-Matic staring at the heroes.
(Bowser Jr's theme from Super Mario Galaxy plays)
"We got an bigger toy to crush you this time, Sonic!" Saia shouted. Something big swooped down in front of them. It looked like a colorful butterfly with flashing lights and a poker machine in the middle. The Egg-O-Matic locked on to the top and an energy dome shielded it. "Now we're gonna play a game! If you lose to our Egg Butterfly Dealer (Egg Dealer 3.0), then you have to give up all your treasures!"
"Alright! We'll play you're game!" Peach taunted.
EGG BUTTERFLY DEALER (Theme: Eggman Battle from Sonic Unleashed)
"Are you ready for this?" Nita shouted as the poker machine began to spin. Steadily, each slot stopped and landed on a red missile. "Take this! Missile Fever!" Saia yelled as missiles flew out from the Egg Butterfly Dealer's back and aimed at the Mercenaries. The heroes jumped out of the way as the missiles exploded. "That does it! I don't care how cute those guys are! Kinetic Bolts!" Silver shouted as he sent bolts of psychic energy at the robotic butterfly. As they got close, a barrier cancel them out. "What?!" Silver gasped. "He he he! All of your special attacks are useless against the Egg Butterfly Dealer!" Saia giggled. "You sure you still wanna play with us?" Nita taunted as the poker machine started up again. "I have an idea," Sonic told his friends, "We fought another robot like this before. We need to get that poker machine to stop moving and work in our favor. But we need to get up close and personal to do it." "So give the robot a whack? No problem!" Etna shouted as she rushed up and gave the robot a kick. The first slot stopped at a missile, but it was green. "Huh? Hey! What are you doing?" Saia blinked. "My turn!" Fu smiled as she jumped in the air punched the robot. It landed another green missile. "Oh no! They discovered our flaw!" Nita panicked. Blaze was the last to do it as she went at the robot with a Homing Spin. It was a match and the missiles fired again, only now it was aimed at the Egg Butterfly Dealer. "No no no! Abort launch!" Saia screamed as she hammered the controls. It was too late and the missiles did damage to the Egg Butterfly Dealer. "This game isn't fun anymore!" Nita whined as the Egg Butterfly Dealer tried to escape. "Where do you think you're going?" Daisy shouted as the Mercenaries gave chase. As the battle went through the streets, the poker machine started up again. "Now's our chance!" Sonic shouted as he sent a Homing Spin at the machine. It stopped at a ring. "Hey! Stop!" Nita shouted. "Not gonna happen!" Knuckles yelled as hey sent a fist at the machine, it landed another ring. "Cut it out!" Saia yelled. "Take this!" Inuyasha shouted as he sent a fist at the machine, a triple match. "No! Those are the rings we collected!" Nita cried as the Egg Butterfly Dealer spit out a bunch of rings. "Don't mind if I do!" Lina smiled as she took some rings for herself. "Just a little more!" Zoey shouted as she used a Homing Spin on the machine. Now it landed on a tornado. "That's not how it's suppose to be!" Saia cried. "My turn!" Priere shouted as she sent a kick at the Egg Butterfly Dealer. "No fair!" Nita whined as the second slot landed on a tornado. "Cheese! Get it!" Cream ordered. Her Chao obeyed and tackled the machine. "Whaa! Not Tornado Fever!" Saia whined as the Egg Butterfly Dealer flashed blue. "The machine is now weak to all wind attacks!" Hayate shouted as he drew his Wind Sword, "Hurry before the barrier returns!" "Got it! Hurricane Tornado!" Sonic yelled as he send his whirlwind attack on the machine. "Windy!" Sakura A. yelled as she used her Windy card to attack the machine. "Emerald Typhoon!" Fuu yelled as she used her attack on the machine. Hayate managed to get in a few slashes before the barrier came back up. "One more round!" Umi shouted as she jumped and kicked the Egg Butterfly Dealer. Now one slot landed on a thunderbolt. "You'd better stop that!" Nita yelled. "Or else what?" Ririka shouted as she threw her baton at them. The slot landed on another thunderbolt. "We're warning you!" Saia shouted. "Hiraikotsu!" Sango roared as she threw her weapon and made it hit. Three thunderbolts meant: "Why did we even put in Thunder Fever?!" Nita whined as the machine flashed yellow. "Now it's weak to thunder attacks, which means I can do this! Thunder Fastball!" Cream shouted as filled Cheese with thunder energy and threw her like a ball. This caused damage. "Jupiter Thunderclap!" Jupiter shouted as she unleashed her lighting attack on the machine. "Game over, you lose! Ruby Lighting!" Hikaru shouted as she sent red balls of thunder at the Egg Butterfly Dealer. It took to much damage as most of it's parts flew out and crashed down onto the street, making the Robotnik Twins fall out, defeated.
"We're the most unluckiest pretty girls in the world!" Saia whined.
"You two should be in bed," Ririka said as she walked up to them.
"So should you! You're like our age!" Nita snapped. She pressed some commands on her gantlet and the Egg-O-Matic reactivated again. The twins hoped on and hovered some feet in the air.
"We'll be back much sooner than you think!" Saia swore. With that said, the flew off to who knows where.
"Man, I bet Eggman will so mad at them for failing." Asuna grinned.
"Ok. We got another Chaos Emerald. So let's head on back to the Great Hurricane and towards our next destination!" Sonic smiled.
The Eggman twins have been defeated once again! The Mercenaries'' next destination will begin!
TBC
Next time: Wind Valley
