Kingdom Rider92: Hey guys! Guess what I did today?
Blade: Did you do something stupid again?
Kingdom Rider92: Blade, I've only done things like that in the past. I'm the NEW Kingdom Rider92.
Vyse: You've been my writer for twenty-three chapters now, not including this one. You've done stupid stuff recently for no reason but to entertain us.
Rouge: It was cute, but it got old. Stop going out so much.
Kingdom Rider92: All I did was return the 8-bit Theater crew to their web comic.
Blade: That… is a smart move.
Sora: Can we get on with it, now?
Kingdom Rider92: Why, yes. Yes we can.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: VYSE'S RAGE, AND BLADE'S PRIDE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At Valua the next morning, Blade and Zenth were grinning at each other as they saw their fellow Z Hunters and friends at the gate. One of them- a brown lemur that's three feet tall, white gloves, red eyes, and wears a silver necklace, a green leaf skirt, and a yellow shirt named Blitz (in Blade's eyes, he was "Sir") walked up to the pair. He was eighteen, minus the thousands of years he's spent in hibernation because of Knuckles' tribe in the past.
Blitz cleared his throat, and proudly stated, "Hunter Zenth, Rookie (A/N: When Blitz ever says "Rookie," he is referring to Blade, as he trained Blade when the mouse first started being a Z Hunter.), it is an honor to have my best two students in the semi-finals. Even though I'm surprised that Zenth abandoned the village like that despite the mayor's refusal, I respect you both."
Blade saluted, and chimed, "Sir, that means a lot!"
Zenth also saluted, "One of us will go all the way in this match!"
Blitz's eyes drooped, and he turned his bushy tail away as he stated, "I don't know… those humans look pretty tough since one beat Sonic the Hedgehog… I just want you two to fight your hearts out!"
Dixie and Soar at the same time cheered, "I know that Blade will!" The mouse blushed at his two girls. He gave them a wave, and headed off.
Zenth turned to Blitz and whispered, "Do you really think that you can convince the mayor to let me off?"
Blitz turned his head at Zenth, and stated, "I'm the guy who started the Z Hunters. If I can't get you and Dixie out of this mess, then no Z Hunter can."
Burst overheard this, and continued, "You're also the sole survivor of an ancient race of lemurs that were wiped out by Knuckles' clan and you're 5,018 years old."
And Mudslide finished, "Not to mention you've been frozen for thousands of years and it was Shock's stupidity that got you out of that glacier."
Blitz scowled at the two Elementals, and mutters, "I wonder why Rookie agrees to hang out with you two bastards…."
Shock then finished, "And I did a smart thing when I unfroze Blitz! He has trained Blade when the mouse was first starting out! I clearly remember one time that Blade's used his Z Hunting to save your lives…."
Mudslide just creates a full rock prison around Shock, and says, "Shut up, Shock."
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Blade and Zenth grinned at each other as they entered the arena for their match. Blade was cheerful, because he, Zenth, and Dixie were finally reunited. Blade didn't care that he had to spend three years off the island for Zenth and Dixie to grow up so they could all return. He's spent one so far, and is completely willing to go four at the time. Zenth was now relived to know that he didn't have to eliminate his younger friend. In his eyes, Blade had really matured since he last saw him.
When the match finally began, Blade and Zenth drew their swords, and rushed up to each other. Their sword clashes sounded like the Valuan Thunder, and they flashed like the Yellow Moon's lightning. A perfect place for a swordfight between two unique animals that are best friends and are both part of a group of secret mercenaries called "Z Hunters".
Blade gave Zenth a brilliant uppercut. Zenth returned with a powerful body blow. Blade threw Zenth to the ground, and gave the guy's stomach a flurry of kicks. When Blade jumped off, Zenth grabbed Blade's leg, and threw the mouse down. Zenth then stood up and got some distance between him and his younger friend. Blade stood up and started charging up for his Z Slash, but Zenth saw this coming. He started to glow a bright red when Blade rushed up to him and slashed the hedgehog in a Z pattern, but with no damage.
"I call that my Verse Flare," explained Zenth as Blade was backing up in total awe. "It allows me to negate any and all Special Attacks my foes have to offer for a bit."
Blade recovered from his shock, and grinned. "Awesome! Now, let's take this battle sky high!" He then transformed into Bluheim the Agile. The young mouse had learned a secret from Daigo while he was in Yafutoma. Flying high in the air, Blade pressed a button in between the Suirian Blades and they became two swords. Zenth jumped into the air to meet Blade, and they clashed again. Blade was glowing blue for some odd reason. When Zenth stopped clashing with the mouse, Blade spun around like the wind. Everyone looked up into the sky to see a high wind drill smash into the ground outside the arena, disappear, and Blade flying back into the ring. Zenth was being dizzy right where the drill hit the coliseum.
Zenth recovered, and laughed. "Nice shot, Blade! Your powers have really grown with that sword!"
Blade rubbed the back of his head, and grinned. "Well," Blade stated, "I've still have a long way to go if I'm going to master the Moon Soul." Looking up, Blade thought, Vyse better keep control of himself now. I don't want Ramirez's powers destroying Valua again.
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Blade and Zenth took their seats in the audience. Blade just so happened to be in between Soar and Dixie. Soar was constantly nuzzling her head into Blade's chest while congratulating him on making the final round tomorrow. Dixie was hugging her mouse friend, and he was blushing at both. Secretly, Tails was constantly watching the three of them- as well as Vyse, Aika, and Fina- whenever he got the chance. That bet that the four adults put on him was being a pain in the neck with the secret battleship he was helping to finish. The team was nearly done with it.
Speaking of Aika and Fina, Zenth was talking to them. "Are you two worried that what almost happened to Aika yesterday is going to happen to Vyse?" the hedgehog asked the two of them, both of which were looking pretty worried.
They turned to him, and gave him pretty serious looks. "Zenth," Dixie sternly ordered him, "don't talk to them like that! We all know what happened to Aika yesterday, and Vyse wanted to fight Senshi for Aika's honor."
Upon hearing this, Aika got pretty choked up. "Vyse…" Aika managed to say. "When we were younger, we were best friends to the end." She lowered her head, and started to cry. "And when my parents died, Vyse was there to comfort me. His family practically took me in after that."
Arrgon was also in the audience next to her as she really started to cry over her memories. The younger twin said in Spanish to Blade, "Alguien necesita animar Aika para arriba. Y por 'alguien,' nos significo '!' ¿Cuidado para hacer la cara tonta del gemelo del ratón?" Blade nodded, and Arrgon tapped Aika's shoulder. She turned around to see the twins covering their faces.
"Why are you two covering your faces?" Aika asked in a sad voice. Blade and Arrgon to reveal the goofiest expressions that the twins could offer anyone that looked. Aika's crying stopped, because she had to laugh at the two's silliness. Fina, Dixie, and Soar looked at their faces, and burst out laughing. Zenth saw this, and chuckled. The twins were a wacky duo.
Blade grinned at Arrgon, "This proves that no one with a kind heart is immune to our furry faces!"
When the girls finally stopped laughing, Aika patted the mice brothers' heads and smiled. "Thanks, Blade and Arrgon. You two are the silliest heroes in-training I've ever met."
Soar continued, "But then again, Arrgon and Bladder are OUR heroes in-training." Blade and Arrgon blushed in embarrassment at this statement.
Fina smiled at them, but it was a weak one. "Um, guys…."
Zenth was the first to read her thoughts. "Something was wrong with Vyse yesterday after Aika's brutal loss to Senshi." Fina gasped at this. "I know what you're thinking, Fina. Blade and Vyse have been filling Arrgon and me in on the details of your adventures together. Blade's used Ramirez's Silver Moon Saber twice, but not without passing out both times. He's given Ramirez a bit of energy. However, Vyse has only used it once, and now he's on a never-ending limbo between the Light Moon and the Dark Moon."
Aika turned to the mouse, and whined, "BLADE! That's supposed to be a Team Secret!"
Arrgon calmly stated, "Rest assured, we won't tell a living soul." Aika, Fina, and Dixie turned to him with confused looks, and he continued, "Blade threatened to rip out our own vocal chords if we did."
Fina questioned, "How do you rip out someone's vocal chords?" Blade just whispered the answer, and she got a disgusted look on her face. "You'd do that!"
"Well," Blade responded to her, "my dad is a genius, so he's bound to have a shrink ray…."
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In the Valuan Coliseum, Senshi was walking in, his katana out of it's holster. Soon, Vyse… you're time will come in this match, the anti-hero ninja (A/N: Senshi will probably be my favorite anti-hero in my stories, because he'll constantly try to kill both Vyse and Aika at least once to prove himself the Ultimate Ninja; this will be one of those times) thought as he waited for Vyse to enter. But still, to entertain myself, I'll drive him to the Silver Mode and eliminate him then.
Vyse chuckled as he entered with both of his cutlasses out, "Sorry to keep you waiting, you ninja bastard!"
Senshi sarcastically replied, "From you, that was harsh." Getting out of his sarcasm, he readied his sword. Vyse readied his cutlasses, and the two stared each other down for what seemed to be a long time.
When the match finally began, the two launched at each other with inhuman speeds. Blade, Zenth, Dixie, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, and Sonic all yelled at the same time as the two combatants clashed, "HOLY FLAMING CRAP CAKES!"
Vyse constantly clashed with Senshi, as their swords were constantly striking each other. Soon, Senshi put his plan of "Slaying the beast at it's fullest rage," or simply put, "Kill Vyse when the only man to defeat the Air Pirate in battle is controlling him" into action.
"Why do you insist on being friends with that girl?" Da Ninja questioned his prey. "You're the strongest Air Pirate in the known universe, damn it! You could use this strength to rule any planet you want, and yet, you're fine with hanging around several stupid talking animals, a trigger happy robot, an alien girl whose has more attitude than her entire race, a crusty old man, an annoying womanizer, and a couple chicks you have the trouble choosing between to call your lover?"
Aika and Fina scowled at all of these insults. Only the writer makes fun of us like that! Blade thought while once again breaking the forth wall, but in his own mind.
Vyse muttered while pushing his swords against Senshi's "Shut up."
Senshi chuckled, "I must have struck one of your nerves." He could have stopped there, but he continued to use Aika and Fina in his insults. "Those girls must be really lucky to have a friend like you. How'd you get that scar?"
Vyse got a little louder and said, "Will you shut up?"
Senshi then grinned, "Oh, now I remember your story! When you were ten, you and that redhead boarded Mendoza's ship thinking it was a rescue mission! Piastol saw your dad's ship, and thinking that you guys did it, she decided that she'd kill the first Air Pirate she saw. And guess who that was!"
Eager to listen about Vyse's scar story, the animals leaned forward, as no one told them about Piastol and Vyse's story's beginning. Knuckles just had to guess. "It was Aika, wasn't it?" he yelled to the combatants.
Senshi nodded at this, and continued, "Yep. Piastol threw a knife at an ill-equipped Aika's heart, but Vyse tackled the young girl out of the way, and the knife slashed across the boy's face. Since Aika didn't have green magic at the time, the scar is permanent! What a way to really start a relationship! Especially since I could've ended it last night!"
Vyse got tears in his eyes that started glowing. "SHUT UP!" he yelled at Senshi, forcing his own cutlasses out of his hands. Then, like magic, time stopped for everyone but Vyse, Senshi, and their friends. Gilder, Kamiko, and the entire audience (but our favorite heroes, Zenth, and Lori) were completely frozen. To make matters even more out of hand, Vyse was holding the Silver Moon Saber.
Blade looked around him to see everyone frozen in time. Checking his watch, he saw that the seconds weren't moving. "Guys…"
Zenth raised his hand, and asked; "Vyse's inner demon was just unleashed, stopping all time for everyone but us, wasn't it?" Fina nodded, and the hedgehog continued, "All hell is going to break loose?" Fina continued nodding, and Zenth got up.
Blade looked at him, and asked, "Where are YOU going at a time like this?"
Zenth grinned, "Hey, we can get free popcorn and drinks!" The mouse just shrugged, and the duo headed off.
Back in the arena, Vyse stated, "You shouldn't have said that, Senshi…." However, there was an eerie sound to it.
"Actually," Senshi calmly replied as he readied himself for battle, "I wanted to eliminate you and Ramirez at the same time. But you in Silver Mode should do just that!" The ninja and the darkness controlled Air Pirate clashed. Vyse used extremely powerful attacks to beat the hell out of Senshi. Senshi slashed Vyse a few times, but Vyse somehow regenerated, laughing at Senshi's feeble attempts to kill him.
Aika and Fina's eyes were full of tears at this sight. "Sonic! Shadow! Zenth! Blade!" Aika begged her animal friends. "Stop Vyse, now!" She then turned to see Blade and Zenth coming back with popcorn and sodas.
Blade and Zenth just merely put down their food, and jumped over to Sonic and Shadow. The four heroes jumped into the ring, while Blade transformed into Yelligar. Blade's Gunblade clashed with Senshi's katana, while Zenth's broadsword clashed with Vyse's Moon Saber.
"Out of the way!" Vyse ordered the hedgehog, who refused to back down.
"Move it, mouse boy!" Senshi spat in Blade's face. "I need to end him now!"
Blade looked at Senshi funny, and chuckled, "I'm doing you a favor, fool! If I weren't blocking your path to Vyse in the state YOU'RE in, you'd be chopped liver in seconds. Don't encourage Vyse's Silvite rage!"
Zenth tried to reason with Vyse. "Vyse… think about what you're doing here, man! Aika and Fina love you, and they don't want to see you lose all control! Unlike you, Ramirez gave up his heart to the Dark Moon! You can still fight it! You're a legend for fighting this stuff!"
Vyse's eyes were cooling down. Sonic decided to continue. "When this happened to me, oddly enough, Eggman talked me out of this rage. If I can do that, so can you! Think of your crew! Think of your family! Think of Aika and Fina!"
Shadow then saw Blade getting kicked to the side as Vyse was tearing up and coming back. Senshi lunged toward the downed Blue Rogue for the kill, but Shadow roundhouse kicked Da Ninja in the face out of the ring. "Sneak attacks aren't going to cut it in this tournament, jerk!" Shadow insulted him, and warped the four back to their seats just as time was restarting.
Everyone was shocked to see a scraped Vyse in the ring, and a battered and bruised Senshi out of the ring after a second when the light cleared.
Kamiko raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Gilder, can you describe to me what the hell happened with that flash?"
Gilder shook his head, and replied, "I don't know, mouse man, but since Vyse is in the ring while Senshi isn't, Vyse wins."
The crowd erupted at that, while Blade, Shadow, Sonic, and Zenth smiled. That is, until Blade realized that he was crushing his free popcorn.
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Senshi, Lori, and Zenth were at the exit of the Valuan Port. Blade, Blitz, and Dixie decided to see them all off.
"So," Dixie asked in a sad voice, "you three have to leave now?"
Lori smiled at this, and nodded. "Senshi's still has a lesson to learn that two of us already have."
Blitz answered for her, "Never tick off a Blue Rogue! Especially one that Rookie here knows like a brother!"
Blade eyed Senshi, and he stared him back. "Something tells me," Blade pondered, "that you're not going to give up on trying to kill Vyse."
Senshi ordered, "Tell your captain that I said I'll leave him be for now, but when we meet again as rivals, it will be our last time!"
Zenth pushed Senshi aside, and smiled, "I would stay and return home with you, but I still have a few things left as a Gold Dragon to do. See you later, Bladder!"
The three ninjas warped out, and Blade eyed a smiling Blitz. "Sir," Blade asked, "you're not going to let me live down Zenth calling me by my true name for a while, are you?"
Blitz just patted Blade's back, and walked off. Blade just shrugged, and left. Dixie looked at the young mouse's back, and saw a sign labeled, "Call me Bladder!"
It took Blade five more hours to figure out what Blitz did, but he had a big day tomorrow… a showdown with Vyse the Legend.
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Back in the Black Eight's evil lair, the leader was watching what happened to Vyse. "Ramirez's takeover isn't far off, now," the evil genius muttered as he stared into the crystal.
Galcian walked into the room, and stated, "That Blue Rogue now has all of the Chaos Emeralds, and all of the Moon Crystals."
The evil mastermind correctly explained, "He will tomorrow, whether the mouse wins over him or not. And when he does, Shadow and the rat will have enough power to eliminate you with a wave of their hands."
Galcian stared at his leader, and asked, "But what of you? Shadow had nearly ended your existence a year ago with his betrayal because of a girl and a scientist, the destruction of your comet."
The Black Eight's leader turned around, and stated, "Professor Gerald knew about your planet, but never told anyone but myself. He also knew about your Moon Crystals, and how they were polar opposites of the Chaos Emeralds, but without Chaos Control. He even knew…" The dark overlord paused to take out a shinning black comet shaped gem, "about this Moon Crystal that the Black Civilization made. Devilantis needs to be revived in the Black Eclipse to bond with my ultimate power. And to do that, I need you to eliminate Vyse, Shadow, Blade, and that blue hedgehog at the tournament tomorrow. To assure the victory, take Guybrush with you and kidnap the Silvite and her redheaded friend. Do not fail me!"
Galcian saluted, "I won't… Black Doom." He then left for the Black Arms leader to come out of his shadows, scaring the crap out of kids who shouldn't be reading this story.
Now, all of those who have played and beaten Shadow the Hedgehog are like, "But… Black Arms blood that's Shadow's… broken bond… Devil Doom… Hyper Shadow fight… Chaos Control to outer space… Eclipse Cannon… how is he still alive!"
The answer… did you guys realize that there wasn't a corpse shown of Black Doom's super form, so it couldn't be confirmed that Black Doom is dead. He could have used the last of his strength to warp himself off of the planet, and to Arcadia's Dark Rift. Which he did. His third eye was closed, but now it has fully opened. Black Doom is back, and with an evil vengeance.
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Kingdom Rider92's Notes: What the last sentence in this chapter says. Now, I have brought this guy back for a cool reason. Many people have never seen Black Doom's demise, so it has to happen sooner or later. What's going to happen to Vyse, Sonic, Shadow, and Blade? Will Aika and Fina get kidnapped? And if so, what does our evil alien mastermind of this world takeover have in store for them? Kingdom Rider92 out!