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Awakening
Sam rose immediately to the scent of pancakes, and began to walk downstairs. "Well, rise and shine…" Blaze said, cautiously flipping a flapjack.
"Good morning to you too…where are the others? Sam said lazily.
"…Where do you think?" Sonic said, as Sam was front of Sonic, who was front of Tails.
"Good morning." Sam said, facing the duo and walking down. "Whoa!" Sam then fell down the stairs, head first.
"…I'm okay…" He got up, felt the back of his head, to feel no blood, and said: "…Yeah, I'm okay."
He began to sit down and eat some flapjacks, piled high with syrup, and began cutting. He then heard a beeping noise. "…Well, another Shard's appeared…Oh, and Blaze, did you get that Sol Emerald?" Sam asked curiously.
"It was in a forest. Thankfully, Nega never got his paws on them." She held it up, and placed it back.
"I'll eat the food when I get back. If it gets cold, Sonic, Tails, I openly presume you're going to eat it." He then promptly ran out of the house, and ran toward the location of the shard.
"…So…Shall we, Tails?" Sonic said, pointing to the stacks of pancakes.
"Let's." Tails grabbed his fork and knife, and began to dig into Sam's plate…
10 minutes later, he arrived at the destination. "Well, I guess this is almost the end of my quest…" Sam said, walking in, fully knowing what to expect. After all, after four times, a person should know what to expect.
"Huh…no black hedgehog…" Sam grabbed the Soul Shard, and jammed it within himself.
"I guess this is just one of those lucky days…" Suddenly, the only entrance and exit, was blocked by a solid, green, poison wall.
"Or…not." Sam turned around, and made his hand into a blade.
"Indeed, hedgehog, you have come far…this is as far as you'll go!" She rushed at him with her Swordbend, intending for an upwards slash.
He dodged the attack, but he noticed the Swordbend was still in the air spinning. She moved her hand, and the Swordbend went flying toward Sam, still spinning. He dodged the attack, but then, she moved her hand, and it came from the back. Sam, not expecting this, was hit multiple times in the back and spines. "…You've grown in skill, quickly…" Sam said, feeling his back.
She smirked, and rushed at him. He did the same and stuck his 'sword' into the ground, and was sent flying forward in a flying kick. She dodged it, but Sam curled up into a ball midair, and hit her in the back. She grunted a bit, and as Sam landed, got him in a stab to the leg. He kicked her with his good leg, and ran up her, and pinned her against the poison wall. He pointed his 'sword' to her, and said: "…You have a choice. Let me leave, or we do this the hard way."
"…Poison Wall, release…" She said, feeling her health and energy sap away. "…I won't hold back next time…" She said, and ran off.
"…She was holding back?" Sam said, thinking.
Sam headed back to Tails' place, and noticed something: his food was gone, and Sonic and Tails had full stomachs… "Only 30 minutes, and I see my food gone…Well, it would've gotten stale." Sam sighed, and grabbed an apple.
"You're welcome for the meal." Sam walked by Sonic and Tails, who were sitting and watching T.V.
"…C'mon, get up. By now, it should be ready." Sonic and Tails both got up, and follow Sam to the room they were training in.
"…Now…Do the aura." They both focused, and got it.
"Now…First, Sonic, close your eyes and imagine freedom, in its purest form.
"That's kind of hard to imagine." He though of an endless road, stretching onward, over and over.
"Now, do the aura!" Sonic did so, and saw gusts of wind forming in front of him, to make a form of a dragon.
"…What are you, and how did you get in my mind? Sonic asked, confused.
"I'm what you imagined. Just wind, flowing onward an endless road." The wind dragon said, smirking.
"Cool. So…what are you doing here?" Sonic asked, looking around.
"What am I doing here? I'm your Soulbend! I'm supposed to be here!" The dragon said, laughing.
"…So, this is what my Soul looks like…" Sonic said, looking in awe.
"…Not necessarily." The dragon said.
"Sonic, can you hear me?" Sam said.
"Yeah, why?" Sonic said.
"Now, just stay in there, get to know what your Soulbend is like." Sam said.
"Alright." Sonic began to close his eyes, and sit down.
"Tails, your turn." Sam said, and he closed his eyes, to imagine just a giant globe, and he was on top of it.
"…So, you're literally on top of the world, huh?" A spark appeared, and Tails stepped back in fear, eyes wide open.
"…Calm yourself." The spark enlarged, and formed into a lightning dragon.
"Oh…I thought I was a goner…Because water conducts electricity, and since I'm standing on the world, I guessed…" Tails began to ramble.
"…I get it with the rambling." The dragon sighed.
"Tails, get to know your Soulbend more." Sam said, wondering if he could hear him.
"Alright!" He too began to sit down, next to Sonic.
"…They learn fast." Sam bit into his apple, and chewed, and Blaze came in.
Sam gestured for Blaze to be quiet and she did. She quietly walked up to Sam, and whispered: "Why are they talking to themselves?"
"Getting to know the Soulbend." Sam whispered back, and smirked. He glowed red, healing him partially of his injuries from the fight before.
"….Be quiet, anything that disturbs their conversation will break the mental bond, and it'll cause them to snap back into reality.
"Alright." She went upstairs, Sam following suit, leaving the two downstairs.
"I guess this'll make them know the name of their respective Soulbends?" Blaze said.
"Yup. They'll learn it, probably about 10, maybe 15 minutes from now." Sam said. "They're fast learners!" He said, smiling.
"…Sairai, Denkō!" Sonic was bursting with energy, and he rose.
"…Well, that was quick…" Sam said, walking downstairs.
Sonic now glowed with a blue aura, and clenched his hands into fists, channeling the energy to his hands, then his chest, then his legs. Sam gestured for him to come up. "…How did you learn your Soulbend's name so quickly? And the release command?" Sam was shocked.
"All I did was ask…" Sonic shrugged, and waited a bit.
"I presume Tails is trying to learn the same thing?" Sonic asked.
"Sengen, Ketsudan!" Tails hollered.
"…You two are incredibly quick learners…Now, let's go downstairs." Sam said in awe, as Tails came upstairs.
They did so, and Blaze came down as well. "Blaze, do you mind teaming up with me?" Sam asked.
"Why?" Blaze said.
"…Sonic, Tails. Your mission is to knock us both to the ground, using your Soulbends." Sam said calmly
"I refuse!" Blaze said.
"…Fine. Magic: Soul Clone!" Another Sam walked out of him, and both made their right hands into a blade.
"…Once again: Knock us down using your Soulbends." Both Sams assumed a fighting stance, while Blaze watched.
"…Sairai, Denkō!" Sonic said, bursting with energy.
"Sengen, Ketsudan!" Tails said, also bursting with energy.
The first Sam rushed forward, and tried to hit Sonic, who sidestepped, and channeled energy through his hands, and began to punch Sam incredibly fast, making his hands and arms a blur.
The second Sam tried to hit Tails, who kicked him in the stomach, who followed up with a punch, which made Sam dazed for a bit.
The first tried to slash Sonic in the arm, but he channeled the energy to his arms, and moved back, and kicked Sam in the stomach, making him stumble, but he was up. He followed up with a strong punch, and the first Sam was on the floor.
The second Sam tried to slash Tails, but Sonic, from the side, hit with a series of incredibly fast kicks, and Tails, as a follow-up, used his tails as a whip, and it knocked the second Sam to the ground, and it disappeared.
"…Good." Sam rose, and looked at the two.
"…Now, just try to stay inside the Soulbend's realm, the world that you imagined, for a long amount of time. Converse with it for a while." After he said that, a beeping rose, and both trackers, the Sol and the Shard tracker began to beep.
"Well, I'm out." Sam said, and he ran out, ready to obtain the 6th Soul Shard…
Longest. Chapter. EVER. Its pretty action packed, and people who have an interest in the plot, will eventually be shocked at what happens. Vacation's almost over, and I'm hoping to squeeze one or two, probably the latter, chapters before it ends. So, happy New Year in advance, and I'll see you next. Soulbend Translation:
Sairai, Denkō: Return, Blue Streak
Sengen, Ketsudan: Declaration, Determination
~ADarknessInHeaven
Aka: Sam