Yawn….I just want to go to bed now…but I said, hey, let me post a new chapter first.
Disclaimer: FOR THE 18TH TIME, I DO NOT OWN ANY SONIC CHARACTERS. Just my OCs. Ace belongs to Darkrose. Ninetails, the Canine Warriors and Amaterasu (from Okami) belongs to Clover or Capcom. And I came up with the legend myself. ONWARDS!
Chapter 20: Canine Warriors, AWAY!
*theme song plays*
Shadow was still in the tree, looking down nervously as Techno started running around, barking in puzzlement. Paul came over.
"Hey! Hedgehog! Have you seen Samuel? He's still not back!" Paul shouted up at Shadow, who shrugged.
"I don't know where he is, but I have a bad feeling about that dog…" He said, pointing at Techno. The husky looked up at Paul, and started jumping up and down, barking furiously.
"He's very hyperactive…maybe you should walk him?" Paul walked off, leaving Shadow with an angry dog.
"WOOF! GRRR! WOOF!" Techno barked at Shadow.
"Get lost! Or I'll Chaos spear you!" Shadow yelled down. Techno ran off, and Shadow let out a sigh of relief. Then unexpectedly, Techno came back, dragging a machine gun with him.
"WOOF!" Techno placed the gun so it was pointing up at Shadow, who sweatdropped.
"Mutt, that's Samuel's gun. If he finds you with it, he'll stuff you."
"WOOF!" Techno tried to pull the trigger with his paw, which set off alarm bells in Shadow's head.
"It can't be…" Shadow jumped down, and raced off to find Maria, with a mad looking Techno chasing after him. He found Maria talking to Brook and Ace.
"Maria! That dog isn't normal! He knows how guns work, and he just tried to shoot me!" Shadow shouted. Techno growled, and jumped at him, but Shadow stepped out of the way.
"Oh, he just wants to play, I think. Look, here's a stick, go play fetch with him." Maria gave Shadow a stick.
"Fine, watch this. FETCH!" Shadow threw the stick past Techno, who just stared at him with a 'dude, I'm not your servant you know' look.
"Maybe you need to train him?"
"HE'S YOUR DOG!"
"Guys…I think Samuel's around. Is he? I can sense him." Brook said, twitching her ears.
"No, I don't see him." Maria said, looking around. Techno started bouncing up and down, barking madly.
"What is it?"
"I'm definitely sure I can sense Samuel." Brook insisted.
"Could you come over here for a second?" Shadow asked. Brook stood in front of Techno, who was growling.
"Yeah! Isn't Samuel right here?" Brook replied, waving at the dog.
"…Maria…I think I'll go and get that coffee." Shadow zoomed off, and came back with a cup of coffee. He placed it in front of Techno, who sniffed at it suspiciously.
"I haven't poisoned it or anything." Shadow said. Techno barked, and started drinking the coffee.
"See? I think that…" Shadow began.
"No! It can't be!" Maria interrupted.
"It is. Techno is Samuel!" Shadow shouted. 'Techno' looked up.
"WOOF!" He nodded.
"Sammy! What happened to you?" Maria asked, rushing over to Samuel.
"Woof, woof, woof!" Samuel barked.
"It looks like he can't talk…"
"Come on. We'll find Reimaru, and ask him what's going on." They walked off, and spotted Reimaru sitting on a rock, meditating. He looked up as they ran over.
"Is something wrong?" He asked.
"Yes! Samuel's a husky!" Shadow pointed at Samuel, who growled at Reimaru.
"AHH! DOG! I HATE DOGS!" Reimaru turned into his demon fox form, snarling.
"But do you know how to change him back?" Maria asked. Reimaru took a closer look at Samuel, then sniggered.
"Serves you right for sneaking around in my ruins, trying to steal treasure!" He laughed. Samuel's eye twitched, and the purple orb on his bandanna started glowing. He howled, somehow making time slow down, and charged at Reimaru, who simply side stepped out of the way. He watched as the husky raced past him, and slowed down as the orb stopped glowing.
"OK…WHAT THE CHAOS JUST HAPPENED?" Shadow shouted.
"Samuel's been turned into a Canine Warrior. I did tell him not to touch any of my treasure." Reimaru sighed.
"Canine Warrior?" Maria repeated.
"Yes, it seems that he somehow found the orb of Duty in my ruins, and it chose him and turned him into a dog."
"Orb of Duty?"
"It's one of eight treasures that have mysterious powers to slow down time and make the person wearing it super fast and agile. However, it has the effect of turning the person into a Canine Warrior as soon as they touch it. The treasure only works if the person's a dog, you see." Reimaru explained.
"And a Canine Warrior is what?"
"It's a dog that can use the power of one of the orbs to defeat demons."
"This is making no sense at all." Maria sighed. Reimaru watched in amusement as Samuel glared at him.
"I'll start from the beginning, then." He said. He started telling his story.
Reimaru's account
'Way, way back in ancient times, demons used to freely roam these forests, killing whenever they wanted, and causing misfortune to happen. The queen of the demons was Ninetails, a demon fox with nine tails. She was so powerful, she could control the powers of the sacred brush gods. But she was defeated by a wolf goddess called Amaterasu, who then left this world to go to the spirit forest. But that wasn't the end, oh no. Ninetails came back a second time to wreak her revenge on the people, but her wrath was stopped finally by eight brave Canine Warriors, dogs who could defeat demons.
Their leader was Tei, a vicious fighting dog with many scars and a missing eye. Tei had the orb of Brotherhood. The second dog was Rei, who was my namesake. He had the orb of Honour, and was a pointing dog. Then there were Chi, Ko, Shin, Jin, Chu, who had the orbs of Knowledge, Wisdom, Faith, Justice and Loyalty. Finally, there was Gi, a husky with the orb of Duty. They all fought demons for many years, and passed their orbs on to their descendants.
Now, today, it is said that the descendants are still around, but the treasures were scattered across the forest and hidden from sight. The orbs are still around, and there are a few people who do occasionally pick them up, and get transformed into Canine Warriors.
*end of account*
Shadow stared at Samuel, who seemed to be baring his fangs at him. Samuel slowly got up, and howled again, his orb glowing. He charged at Shadow, karate kicked him (somehow) and sent him flying into a tree.
"Ow…I didn't even have warning…" Shadow gasped. Maria hurried over to him.
"Are you alright?" She asked. Shadow nodded, and Maria turned to Samuel.
"Why would you go and attack him like that? He didn't hurt you!" She shouted. Samuel just stared at her, a glint of mischief and power in his gaze.
"So, Samuel might be stuck like that for a while." Reimaru finished.
"Woof?" Samuel looked at Reimaru, with a shocked look on his face.
"Can we change him back? I don't really like the idea of him having special powers." Shadow said, warily keeping an eye on the husky.
"Well, if we find the orb of Brotherhood, I should be able to use it and turn him back. It's in the desert ruins. We'll get there in a few days."
"A few DAYS?" Shadow yelled. Samuel just looked at him, with an evil expression.
"He's going to use his powers on me, I know it!"
"Woof…" Samuel grinned.
"Both of you have to keep away from each other then. Samuel, you stay over there, and Shadow, I'll keep an eye on you." Maria said.
"That won't help…"
"Samuel, if I see you lay one paw on Shadow, I'll tell everyone at GUN you're a dog." Maria threatened. Samuel growled, and walked off, casting evil looks at Shadow.
"Shadow, if you keep away from him, he won't be tempted to try his powers out on you."
"I'll keep away from him."
That was easier said than done. In the evening, Shadow was sitting on a tree branch as usual, asleep. Something crept over to the tree, leapt up, and smacked him down. Shadow jumped up, and saw a smirking Samuel standing in front of him, wagging his tail.
"What's wrong with you? Can't you take a break?" Shadow snarled, getting ready to fight. Samuel bared his fangs. He howled, making the orb glow again, and charged at Shadow.
To cut a long owning fight short, Shadow was left on the ground, knocked out with a few cuts on him, as Samuel walked off, looking smug.
Yup…a bad tempered annoying guy has been turned into…a cute husky!