Chapter 13: Joe vs Super Sonic

The crowd became silent as they watched the two hedgehogs, both at full power, staring each other down. Then in the blink of an eye, they were trading punches and kicks faster than everyone could see. Flashes kept appearing in the arena as they dashed around and collided with each other, the crowd roared with approval as the fight waged on.

Joe dashed back and shot several energy blasts at the other hedgehog but Super Sonic dodged them with ease before he charged at him, gathering energy for a Super Charge. However Joe moved out of the way and aimed another Maximum Flash for the super powered hedgehog, Sonic managed to charge out of the way and they both charged at each other yet again and traded attacks.

While they were both at full power, they both had one advantage over the other; Joe was stronger, but Sonic was faster. Super Sonic managed to get a punch in and it sent the hedgehog right into the arena wall at full force. Joe took a few seconds to gather his bearings before opening his eyes and grit his teeth. He then blasted out of the wall and charged for Super Sonic, landing a punch of his own into the stomach of the super hedgehog.

Sonic coughed up a bit of blood; the punch was much harder than he thought it would be. He was then met with a kick from Joe and this time he was sent into the arena wall. As Super Sonic crashed the other hedgehog followed right behind him, delivering more punches. Joe was aiming everywhere, but obviously not planning to kill the hedgehog; all he had to do was knock him out or make sure he was too exhausted or hurt to stand.

Sonic grunted and groaned with every punch he took, he couldn't take a lot of this, even in his super form. He had to do something. He opened one eye and waited for an opening. Joe brought his fist back for a big punch, and then Sonic struck with a hard kick to the side of the head. Now it was Sonic's turn to bring in a barrage of punches and kicks, hitting Joe with everything he had. He wasn't as strong as him but he was faster, so more attacks in a shorter time.

Joe couldn't defend himself as he suffered this assault from the super powered hedgehog, his back eventually ended up against the wall as Sonic was still hitting him. He tried to hold on before he eventually caved into the wall, Super Sonic was relentless and wasn't going to stop. Sonic kept striking and then he quickly dashed back and went into the other yellow hedgehog with a Super-Charged Homing Attack, sending him further into the wall.

Super Sonic landed on the floor, catching his breath a little, but he also got ready because he knew it wasn't over yet. Joe broke out of the wall with a loud yell as he put his hands by the left side of his head. Sonic grinned at him. "Galick Gun? You know you're leaving yourself open right?" Joe didn't say anything as he gritted his teeth and charged up. The grin disappeared from Sonic's face as he watched him; he didn't seem to be bluffing. Was he really that stupid?

"Galick..." Super Sonic's eyes widened as he dashed right for the hedgehog and threw a punch but then Joe disappeared into thin air. Sonic looked around for him and he couldn't see anything, but then he heard a sound and turned around, and saw Joe right in front of him, still charging up his attack. Sonic's eyes widened as even from this distance his speed wouldn't be able to dodge in time.

"GUN!" Joe shot his Galick Gun and it engulfed Super Sonic completely and it sent him into the other side of the arena. Brave Vesperia were in shock from what they were seeing, this was unreal. From all this aer he was bringing out, all their hard work could be undone. That's what they thought anyway. Rita was also wondering how her invention would hold out under this kind of power.

Joe was still holding his attack on Sonic as he held his power into it, Sonic screamed in pain as the attack continued to engulf him. Even his super form had its limits, as well as his opponent. But right now he was pushing his threshold for pain, and he couldn't take much more of this unless he did something. He opened an eye as he looked at the other hedgehog. The attack was starting to weaken a little, he was getting tired too.

Sonic had to just hold out for as long as he could, his Super form would help with that, hopefully it would be enough. He gritted his teeth and resisted the pain as much as he could. Joe knew he couldn't hold his attack forever, so he had to end it before he knocked himself out, or worse; killed Sonic. He gradually let the attack disperse and soon it disappeared completely. Sonic was embedded into the wall.

He put his hands on his knees to catch his breath; Rita's invention seemed to work, but even attacks like that are still going to come with a price. Joe raised his head to look at the super powered hedgehog in the wall. Sonic slowly fell out of it, landing on his hands and knees, groaning as he tried to stand. "Stay down Sonic... you know you can't take much more..."

Sonic raised his head, and a grin appeared on his face. "Neither can you..." Joe clenched his fists as he slowly and somewhat unwillingly dropped to one knee as well. D-Damn... I guess I over-estimated Rita's invention... Put too much into that move... Both hedgehogs were breathing hard, exhausted from pushing themselves too hard too quickly.

Super Sonic was the first to his feet as he stumbled over to the other hedgehog, his vision starting to blur a little. Need to end this... N-Now... Joe slowly got to his feet too and watched the super powered hedgehog stumble towards him. He got himself ready as he was starting to get dizzy, he never pushed himself this hard before.

Sonic pulled a fist back and landed a punch right to the other hedgehog's jaw as he stumbled back. Joe then sent out his fist and landed a punch to Sonic's face, making him stumble back too. They both traded these slow punches; both sides of the arena cheering whenever one of the hedgehogs struck the other.

Super Sonic was preparing for his seventh punch when his worst nightmare happened; he suddenly lost his super form. "N-No... Out of r-rings..." He was then met with Joe's fist one more time and he fell back, landing on his stomach. Joe could barely stand as he prayed Sonic would stay down now. The blue hedgehog put his hands on the floor as he started to push himself up, refusing to fall, the hero he was.

Joe watched him, shaking his head. He didn't want Sonic to get up, because if they kept going they might kill each other. Sonic got onto his hands and knees as he looked up at the yellow hedgehog and grinned at him, before closing his eyes and falling back to the floor. He was down. The arena was silent for a few moments. "..."

"W-Wow, ladies and gentlemen! Both teams have left it all in the arena, but only one team could be the winners! And that team is... Brave Vesperia!" The crowd erupted with approval for both teams as they cheered and applauded the incredible battle they just saw. Joe slowly grinned as he took in the crowd and looked down at Sonic. "T-Told you I... was the... strong..." Joe then slowly fell back onto the floor; he was out cold too.

The rest of Brave Vesperia jumped down into the arena to get their team-mates. Estelle looked at the Sonic Team with a concerned look on her face before Rita called her over to help carry their team into the inn. After they left, Tails and the others ran in to get Sonic Team to the inn as well. Robotnik scratched behind his head nervously. "This is going to be awkward..."

A few hours had passed before Yuri woke up; his body hurt, but in terms of health he was recovered. Estelle was right by his side and she put her hand on his. The ex-knight turned to the princess. "Estelle?" She nodded and smiled at him. "I'm glad to see you're awake." A look of concern suddenly took over. "How are you feeling?" Yuri smiled at her and winked. "My body hurts a bit, but I'll live."

The princess smiled and gripped his hand a little tighter unknowingly. Yuri rubbed his forehead and sighed. "Did we win?" Estelle nodded which made Yuri lie back down in his bed. "That's good. I probably would feel a lot worse if we still lost." Estelle giggled as she watched the ex-knight relax. "Rita is checking her invention right now. There was a lot of aer coming from our new friend, and she is checking to see if her invention can handle it."

Yuri raised an eyebrow at the princess before closing his eyes a little to relax. Judith was already up in her bed, with Raven right by her side. She paid him no mind as she expected this from him, which brought a small smile to her lips. Karol and Nan were watching over Nexus, who was sitting up in his bed, rubbing the side of his head. "That kick hurt like hell..." Nan looked over his bruises. "I'm surprised you took them how you did, a normal monster would have fallen in an instant."

Nexus frowned a little. "I'm not a monster." Nan shook her head in protest. "Sorry, I didn't mean it that way." The echidna raised his hand. "Nah, it's fine, I know. Shouldn't have said that." He sighed as he looked at Karol. "Guess we have some explaining to do don't we?" Karol slowly nodded. "Why lie?"

Nexus sighed again. "None of you would have probably believed us. But, we'll wait for the others to be up and about before we can explain. Though me and Joe do need to know how they got here themselves." Karol raised an eyebrow. "You mean you're not from this world?" Nexus nodded. "Yeah, kinda. But we'll explain when everyone is up." Karol nodded slowly in response.

Rita tinkered with Joe's gloves as he started to stir. She didn't bother to look at him as he opened his eyes. "Hey..." The mage didn't reply as she focused on her work. "Guess I overdid it huh?" Still no reply. "Guess I'll need to explain how me and my friend look like them." Rita still said nothing as she overlooked the hedgehogs gloves. "Sorry for pushing your invention so hard, guess I over-"

This time Rita cut him off. "What were you thinking? Bringing out all that aer! All our hard work could have been undone because of what you did! Not to mention you might have broken this thing! That's gratitude for you!" Joe sat up slowly, closing his eyes. "Rita-"

The mage cut him off again. "Shut up! I don't want to hear it! I'll fix this thing because Estelle said you would be helpless otherwise if you took on a powerful monster, but that's the ONLY reason!" The hedgehog sighed. "If you'll let me-"

Once more. "I said shut up! I can't believe you did this! If you brought the Adephagos back, we would all have been-"

This time the hedgehog cut her off. "I couldn't have brought it back even if I did want to. I don't use aer." Rita looked at the hedgehog dumbfounded. "Of course you use aer, otherwise my invention wouldn't work." The hedgehog shook his head. "I'm not sure how you did it, but it doesn't matter if I use aer or not, it still works fine. Unless I push myself too hard like I did in the arena."

Joe sighed before opening his eyes. "When the others wake up, we'll explain everything to you. Though there has to be a reason they are here too, since we're not from this world after all." Rita said there dumbfounded, just staring at the hedgehog as he laid back down in his bed and put his hands behind his head. Raven then walked by and stood by the bed. "How're you feeling kid?"

The hedgehog yawned with a wince, which hurt his pride a little. "I've felt worse. But I pushed myself too hard I guess." The old man gave him a thumbs-up before getting a concerned look on his face. "You shouldn't push yourself like that kid. I know winning is important, but don't kill yourself doing it. Trust me on that. Not to mention all the aer you give off could potentially-"

Joe raised his hand to politely interrupt. "Raven, me and my friend will be able to explain everything when the others are up. They're here in the inn too right?" Raven reluctantly nodded his head. "Don't say anything to them yet, me and Nexus will explain to them what's happened. Though they owe us an explanation too as to why they're here."

The old man nodded before sitting down on the bed and facing the mage. "How's your gadget doing?" Rita turned to them both with a slightly saddened face before turning back to her invention. "It's slightly damaged, but it's nothing I can't fix. I think I'll need to refine it some more though." The hedgehog yawned a little before smiling. "I think I know some people who can help with that."

I know, horrible action scenes with DBZ elements. But now the crossover really begins. This story seems to be much bigger than just their two worlds...

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