A/N: Whew! Finally got this thing out! Sorry for the late update my family and I are in the process of moving to another town and I had spend the entire weekend and most of the week packing up my stuff. O and I never knew I had a crap load of Manga and Video Games. Anyway hope all of you like this chapter and again sorry for the long wait.

Announcement, I recently posted an Sonic and Okami crossover and I would like all of you to check it out when you have the time and please leave your thoughts on it. Fan art for that story will be posted soon and so will the cover. Sorry if I'm slow on the drawings, I've had a crap load of school work and my teachers were so nice to give me a project for Thanks Giving week! GRRRRR!

Well go and read the story and remember NO FLAMES.

NOTE: I DON'T own the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, trust me if I did then everything would be A LOT different and It wouldn't go below the T rating.

Chapter 25: Acknowledgement

…Three weeks later, June 19

Now it was the middle of summer and three weeks since Sonic, Blaze, Rin and Yuffi had gained their spirits and also recovered from their injuries. While they were healing they gave detailed information about the spirits and they were especially shocked when Blaze told them that Iblis had originally belonged to her mother. Now that they were fully healed they would train with each other to learn the full extent of skills from the spirits, even creating bonds with them.

Now Blaze and Rin were sparing out on the field in Leaf Storm but there was something different about them. What was different was the fact that Rin and Blaze weren't wearing their usual attire because it got destroyed during the trials. Blaze was wearing a dark purple sleeveless tail coat with a high collar, a white strapless under shirt with black shorts, her usual high heels but without the fur cuffs and black gloves. For once, her hair wasn't in a high ponytail, instead it was left to cascade down passed her shoulders, only keeping her bangs clipped back with two red bobby pins and two strands on each side of her hair. Like her old jacket, this one, and the gloves, was made flame resistant. Rin was wearing a light brown sleeveless vest with a few buttons undone to reveal the light blue tank top, a red short skirt with black shorts and dark brown boots with finger-less black gloves. Her hair was in a high pony tail with strands on each side of her face. Both of them had their swords drawn and were training with their new weapons and spirits.

Blaze had both her swords drawn and she was blocking Rin's attacks. Rin held her blade ninja stile as she was attacking Blaze with slashes and kicks. She would doge Rin's attacks and counter with her flames from the swords. This would go on for quite some time since now, after hell in training, they were evenly matched and their powers were steadily growing.

In the sidelines Isao was staring at the two girls fighting, letting his perverted thoughts run wild as he stared. He grinned to himself as he was staring at those two. He thought that the shorts Blaze was wearing flattered her small but slender ass and he was glad that he was able to see her slender legs. Although her chest was small compared to what he likes, mainly Yuffi's chest, he thought that the tail coat flattered her figure perfectly. Switching to Rin he thought the vest and tank top flattered her petite form perfectly, outlining her waist and chest. The skirt he thought was perfect and he wished that the black shorts weren't present as they fought. He grinned even more as he thought about it.

Then he saw a kick coming his way from the two females but he was able to effectively dodge then just in time as the rock he was sitting on was shattered into pieces. He grinned at the two girls as he appeared behind them. "Nice try you two but I've gotten faster" said Isao. Then he placed his hands on both of their asses. Rin and Blaze felt a shiver go up and down their spine as his hand was in an unwanted place. "I've got to admit that your butts have gotten more firm than before, I am so proud!" he exclaimed with joy.

Both of them then punched him in the face as he flew back a few feet but he landed on his feet. "Pervert!" yelled Rin.

"For once can you stop with the sexual harassment!" yelled Blaze.

"Why should I?" he asked.

"You little pervert!" hissed Rin.

"Hey I am not a little pervert" stated Isao. He then grinned at them with playfulness in his eyes. "I'm a big one"

Both girls looked at him with complete disbelief in their eyes as they stared at each other. They could not believe that he just admitted that he was a pervert. "Did he just admit it?" mumbled Blaze in disbelief.

Rin face palmed and sighed. "Honestly if you weren't involved in this crap then you wouldn't be our friend" said Rin.

"Aw don't say that" said Isao. "I'm actually happy to meet you and Yuffi"

"Tch. Where's Junichi anyway?" asked Blaze while crossing her arms.

"He's training with Amy" answered Isao. "Apparently Mioko improved her hammer by adding different types of metals"

"Why does the thought of that kinda scare me?" mumbled Rin with blue lines down her forehead.

"I feel your pain" said Blaze with the same look Rin had.

"So is there a reason why you're here?" asked Rin.

"No reason, just wanted to see the two of you train" replied Isao. Then he gave them his perverted grin. "And also to see which one of you wants to spar with me"

Rin and Blaze scowled at him and they looked at each other. Both girls ginned and they turned to Isao with their grins. "Since I've spared with you before I'll let Blaze fight you" said Rin as she started walking away. Not before placing a hand on her shoulder and whispering to her. "Don't castrate him"

Blaze laughed a bit and replied. "I'll try"

(Meanwhile)

In another area of the forest Sally was standing in the center of the clearing with her eyes closed and with a metallic gun blade on her right hand. It was silent around her as if she was waiting for something. She was wearing a blue tank top with a jean vest, jean denims that fall over her knees, a silver belt around her waist and her her eyes opened and five gun shots were heard. She reacted by swinging the blade and countering the fire balls that were heading to her and then switching to the gun mode and shooting in the direction the blasts came from. A figure in the trees started dodging the attacks and shooting rapidly at her. She started dodging the attacks with precise accuracy. She then flipped and started shooting until she landed on the ground. She sensed her attacker behind her and she readied to attack, that is until a gun was pointed to her head.

Ichiro was standing in front of her with his gun pointing at her head and with a serious expression on his face. He was wearing a gray shirt with a black biker sleeveless jacket left unzipped, dark jeansm red sneakers and black gloves. He then retreaded his gun and smiled. "Looks like I win" he said.

Sally blinked a few times. "Oh right" she said as he extended his hand out to her to help her up.

"I'm surprised that you mastered the gun blade in such a short time" said Ichiro. "Heck, with a little more training you might be a great sharp shooter"

Sally smiled at him and grabbed his and as he pulled her up. "Hey Ichiro, your good friends with Rin right?" she asks.

"Well she is the best friend of my younger sister" he replied.

"How can I get her to become friends with me" she asks. "I know she doesn't like nobility but I want to become her friend. I want her to know that I've got her back"

"Well you need to figure that out yourself" replied Ichiro. "Rin has never spoken about her true name due to the fact of her estranged relationship with her grandfather. I don't know all the details and neither does Asami"

"True name?" she asked.

"Her family name, she always uses her mother's last name so her name is Rin Suisei" explained Ichiro. "Asami, Aya and I's last names are Megumi"

"So that means your full name is Ichiro Megumi?" she asked.

"Yup" replied Ichiro. "So want to go for another round?"

"Later, I want to check on Bunnie and Antoine's training" said Sally. "Apparently Mioko is using them as test subjects for her and Tails new weapons. Man and I thought Rotor was a nut when it came to fixing things"

"Who?" asked Ichiro.

"Rotor he's another friend of ours and a Freedom Fighter" she said. "He and Tails are our mechanics but he's away"

"O to bad I would've liked to meet him" said Ichiro. "Although Mioko and Tails did go a little over bored with the weapons"

"Yeah they turned his workshop into an arsenal" said Sally with a small laugh.

Both of them then started walking back to the work shop and as they got closer they heard a few gun shots. Once the work shop was in sight Bunnie was holding a shotgun and taking aim at some targets Mioko made. She pulled the trigger and she landed a bull's eye on the target. "Now this is what I call shooting" she said with clear delight.

"Is that a sawed-off shotgun" asked Ichiro.

Bunnie heard him and she turned to him with a smile. She was wearing a short sleeved light brown over shirt with the buttons undone showing a black tank top, knee long jeans with holes on them, a glove on her hand and a cow boy hat on her head. She flashed him a smile. "Yeah, ain't it a beaut?" she said.

Ichiro walked over to her to get a better look at the gun. His face lit up in happiness when he saw the craftsmanship. "A short-barreled, pump-action shotgun with an 8.5 inch barrel and shortened tubular magazine" said Ichiro. "It's amazing!"

"Well glad you like it"

The teens turned to see Mioko and Tails walking out of the workshop with smiles on their faces. Mioko was wearing an orange and black shirt with dark jean skinnies, blue gloves and knee high boots and Tails was wearing a white shirt with a yellow hooded vest, blue pants that fall above his knees and his sneakers and gloves. Both had goggles on their heads.

"Mioko you made it?" asked Sally.

"With the help of Tails" she replied. "Making a shotgun is a simple task for me. But I will show you my pride and joy"

Mioko went back into the work shop and she came out with a large case. She sat it down into the ground and she opened it. Inside were many pieces of a gun and she started putting them together. When she was done what was left in its place was a large sniper rifle.

Ichiro, Sally and Bunnie's jaws dropped to the floor at the sight of the thing. Ichiro's face was in pure amazement as she aimed the gun in a further distance. "This here is my baby, Barrett M107CQ. She's specifically designed where the firepower of a .50 caliber rifle is required. The M107CQ is 9" shorter in overall length and 5 pounds lighter than the regular M107" she said. "I modified the scope to extend the distance further and to be able to analyze the target. Also it can fire the special made bullets I prepared or you can focus you spirit energy and fire"

"We're currently working on another model to perfect the accuracy and also enable a more smooth flow of energy" said Tails.

"It's a good thing you guys are on our side" said Sally with a slight twitch of her brow.

Both tanuki and fox gave childish smiles at them. To think that an eight year old child and an ex-G.U.N member could make such weapons was incredible. It was a good think that they are on the good side. "Mioko how did you learn to make these weapons?" asked Sally.

"I had a natural talent. You know that many young girls want to be teachers and doctors; well I wanted to be a weapon engineer. G.U.N found out about my natural talent and I applied for them" explained Mioko. "It was there actually where I met my husband Hiroko. This gun specifically was what brought us together" her eyes grew slightly sad but kept her smile. "It's my red thread of fate"

"Mio-chan, that sounds like something out of a manga"

Now they turned to see Rin walking towards them. She glanced at Sally and gave her an unreadable expression and turned her gaze back to Mioko. "I knew that you had a think for weapons but that statement sounds like something you got out from a manga" said Rin.

Mioko laughed. "Well with the amount of anime and manga you own some of it has rubbed off on me" she replied.

Rin smiled and laughed a bit. "Hey Rin, where's Blaze?" asked Ichiro.

Rin flashed him a grin and at that very instant a flash of lightning was heard and struck further into the forest. Tails, Bunnie and Sally winced at the flash. "She's sparing with Isao" was her reply.

"Are you sure you should leave her alone with him?" asked Bunnie with a raised brow. "He's not someone to be left alone with a girl"

"Blaze is a big girl she can handle this herself" was Rin's reply.

"Trust me, you shouldn't worry about her" said Ichiro. "If anything else it's Isao I'm worried about"

"I warned her not to castrate him but if he provokes it he's not having kids in the future" stated Rin.

Sally, Bunnie and Tails faded back into chibi field as they turned white with that statement. They just could not believe that those words came out of her mouth and she was 13 for god's sake. Just goes to show that she watches anime a little to mature for her age.

"What?" she asked with a question mark over her head.

Ichiro couldn't help but let out a small chuckle as he shook his head. He also laughed at their dumbfounded faces. "Anyway Rin I have something for you" said Mioko.

From the gun case she grabbed two straps and handed them to Rin. Rin smiled widely as she saw that each of the straps had three kunai knifes attached and each strap had a small wheel of metallic thread. Rin then attached both straps to her thighs as she grinned.

"Wow six kunai knifes with metallic thread really suits me as a ninja" she said with glee.

"Glad you like it" said Mioko. "Since Espio has been teaching you I thought that it might suit you" she said with a smile and handed her two more straps. "Hand these two to Espio"

Rin smiled and she dashed off into the forest to give the new weapons to Espio. Sally couldn't help but let a smile come to her face as she saw her run off with a grin. She was now determined to get Rin to accept her.

The sound of metal clashing started ringing throughout the forest as two fighters were in a one on one sword fight. Sonic and Yuffi were sparing with their swords and they were very concentrated in their attacks. Heck even their spirits were grinning as they were fighting. Yuffi held her sword firmly on her hand as she dodged Sonic's strikes. Her attire also changed since her kimono and hakama were torn to shreds, something that she was very pissed off about. Now she was wearing a black tank top that outlined her figure, white knee long pants with a silver belt on her waist, white and black sneakers, black gloves and a sheath hanging form her left hip. Sonic was wearing a black shirt with a dark blue short sleeved jacket left unzipped with a hood, dark blue knee long pants, his usual sneakers, his usual white gloves but this time he had black streaks on the palm and the back of his hand, a sheath hanging from his left hip and his sunglasses on his head.

Both of them clashed swords again and again. Small sparks of their blades came out with every strike. Sonic continued to attack her until he got her cornered to a tree trunk. He grinned thinking that he was going to win against her for the first time. Yuffi felt her back hit the tree trunk she hissed to herself, that is until she grinned. Sonic swung his sword again but she ducked and the blade hit the trunk of the tree. Then she used the hilt of the blade and rammed it on his gut. Sonic let out a yell of pain as he flew back a few feet, his sword stuck on the tree.

"Looks like I win" said Yuffi with a grin.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that" Sonic managed to say since he was still in pain.

She raised a brow and felt a presence behind her. But the attack the presence was going to throw never came. Yuffi turned her head and saw Kageboshi with his sword drawn blocking an attack from Zephyros. He pushed him back and pointed his sword to the other spirit.

"Hey this was supposed to be one-on-one!" she yelled at Sonic with an anger vein on her head.

"If I remember correctly, Tsubaki said that the spirits are part of us, so Zephyros was just helping me out" said Sonic. "Just like Kageboshi protected you, so I say we're even"

Yuffi puffed her cheeks at his statement, not happy that it made sense but she'll learn to live with it. Kageboshi laughed at his mistress and placed a hand on her head. "That was a very extraordinary battle Ojo-sama" said Kageboshi.

"I've told you this so many times, call me Yuffi" she yelled at him with a blush covering her face. "Ojo-sama sounds embarrassing"

"How about Yuffi-sama?" asked Kageboshi.

"How about just Yuffi" she replied.

"I can't show my disrespect to my mistress" he said.

"Disrespecting is not following you're mistress's orders, so call me Yuffi" she replied again.

Knowing that she had a point Kageboshi agreed to her statement. Zephyros couldn't help but let out a laugh. "How does it feel having yet another female mistress" he said with a grin.

"Quite enjoyable" replied Kageboshi.

An anger vein appeared on Yuffi's head as she glared at Kageboshi. "And what do you mean by that!?" she yelled.

"What I said" he said again.

"Man Yuffi what did you think he meant when he said that?" asked Sonic.

"Uh…nothing" she said looking flustered.

"You've been reading way too much manga" said Sonic with a grin.

"Shut up!" she yelled. Then all of a sudden they heard a loud crack of lightning in the distance. "What the?! Is Isao training?" said Yuffi in shock.

"Sounds like it" said Sonic.

"Judging by the other spiritual pressure in the air it seems that Blaze-sama is partaking in the training" said Kageboshi.

"WHAT!" yelled Sonic and Yuffi.

"Why does this shock you master?" asked Zephyros.

"The fact that she's training with that pervert!" he yelled again.

"Is someone jealous?" asked Yuffi slyly as she narrowed her eyes at him with a grin.

Sonic glared at Yuffi with a noticeable blush on his face. Then another crack of lightning was heard and getting closer. The two fighters and spirits shared looks before jumping out of the way as a rail of lightning slammed into a tree, knocking it over in the process and with a metallic arrow stuck on it. Then out from the trees Blaze jumped out and landed on the ground.

"Man he almost got me with that one" she said not noticing that Sonic, Yuffi and their spirits were present.

She then heard another rail and she cartwheeled to her left and dodged the rail of lightning as it hit the tree in front of her. More arrows started shooting and she started dodging all of them with graceful flips and turns. Then the arrows stopped and Isao jumped from the bushes and with his bow swing to strike Blaze. In that instant she drew her swords and blocked the attack. She pushed him back and round house kicked him in his side. He managed to dodge the attack and he jumped back.

"This isn't over, I will win and when I do, you'll need to wear a maid's outfit for me" said Isao with his perverted grin. "I already have a few in mind"

Once that word left his mouth, Isao was met with a brutal punch in his gut as he flew back and slammed into a tree, effectively breaking it. "Shit Yuffi!" he yelled.

"Sorry to disappoint you but that wasn't me" yelled Yuffi from the other side.

"Wasn't me ether" said Sonic.

"Then who punched me?" said Isao getting up but still clenching his stomach.

Then his face went pale when he felt a presence behind him glaring daggers at him. His spine went cold as he started sweating bullets. He slowly turned his head behind him and he was met with the glaring gaze of Iblis. It didn't take him long to figure out that it was Iblis who punched him.

"Eh…H-hey Iblis" said Isao as he was still sweating bullets.

"What was that comment you made about my mistress, something about a maids outfit?" said Iblis with a slight demonic voice.

"Well… ugh…um…" was the only thing Isao was able to say as he was now scared for his life. There was something else that scared him more than getting kicked in the balls and that something was Iblis.

"As I thought" said Iblis. "I will not let any harm come to my mistress for as long as I'm contracted to her, especially from a vulgar hedgehog like yourself"

"Iblis I could have handled him no problem" said Blaze walking over to her spirit.

"I can't be too careful" said Iblis.

Blaze let out a small laugh as she smiled at him. "Well, let me continue my training" she said.

"As you wish" and with that he vanished in a small torrent of flames.

"We'll we're heading out as well" said Kageboshi as he to disappeared with Zephyros following soon after.

Yuffi laughed at Isao's terrified face. "Isao, bricks were shat?" she asked.

"Bricks were shat" he said as he slumped onto the ground.

"No wonder Zephyros is intimidated by him" said Sonic.

"He may be intimidating but he's very kind once you get to know him" said Blaze.

"Yeah, kinda reminds me of you in some way" said Sonic with a grin.

Blaze returned his smile. "Well let's continue with training, Yuffi how about a match?" said Blaze.

"You're on!" said Yuffi with a grin.

"Then that means I'm training with you" said Sonic while looking at a still traumatized Isao.

It was at that moment when they felt an overwhelming and familiar presence in the air. All they eyes went wide with shock and Isao shot back to his feet and gripped his bow. All of them huddled back to back, with their weapons in their hands.

"What is with this spiritual pressure?" hissed Isao as he readied his bow.

"I have no idea, its way stronger than a Kaiju" said Yuffi.

"Do you think it may be a Rasetsu?" asked Blaze.

"It's possible but how could they have created a stable one?" wondered Yuffi.

"Remember they made Nazo" said Sonic. "So I think that if they managed to make that killing machine they could make a Rasetsu"

"Anyway keep your guard up" said Yuffi clenching her sword.

Once the strange spiritual pressure exploded in the air, all hell broke loose. Now the area of Leaf Storm turned into a battle ground. Rin and Espio were fighting off hoards of Kaijus in front of Tails work shop with Ichiro, Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, Tails and Mioko. Ichiro prayed that Asami was alright, but then again she was training with Silver, Junichi was with Amy and Aya was with Mayu and Kaiko at Cream and Vanilla's house. The rest were in other parts of Leaf Storm and they were also in their share of battles.

"Had a feeling this would happen sooner or later" said Rin as she charged up to one of the Kaiju's and slashed its torso.

The rest of them charged also at the Kaijus and started attacking. Tails, Mioko, Ichiro and Bunnie were shooting them and Antoine, Espio, Sally and Rin were attacking them with their weapons in close combat. They kept on killing them but more and more continued to appear.

"How are they able to make these things in such numbers in a short time!" yelled Sally after snapping the neck of one of the Kaiju's.

"Beats the hell out of me!" yelled Ichiro after shooting a Kaiju in the head.

"Man they must be really bored to suddenly attack us like this!" hissed Rin.

"What could this mean?" said Bunnie as she finished another round of bullets.

"It's a game" said Mioko.

"A game?" wondered Tails as he looked at Mioko with a questioned glance.

"The Necks like to play 'games' as they like to call it" explained Mioko. "I don't know all the details but it would seem that the way they play their games is by sending an amount of demons they created to their targets"

"Anyone bearing the Orochi mark is a contender in the game" said Rin after impaling a Kaiju with her sword.

More of the Kaiju's started attacking and Espio pulled out one of his kunai knifes and charged up to the demon. He then vanished for a second and appeared behind the Kaiju. The moment his feet touched the ground a large gash appeared on the demon's neck and it fell over. He then looked at the other monsters and begun to attack again. Sally switched from the gun to the blade feature and charged up to one of them. She skillfully dodged its attacks and she slashed its torso as blood sprayed out. Rin takes note that she's become more confident in dealing fatal blows as she also continued to attack the rest of the demons. Antoine was also attacking them with his skillful fencing attacks from his sword.

"We need to cover more ground" yelled Sally.

"Rin go with Sally and make sure none of these demons get out of the forest and into the city!" said Espio.

"WHAT!" yelled Rin.

"DON'T QUESTION IT JUST GO!" roared Mioko now switching into her former lieutenant mode.

Slightly shocked by the outburst Rin and Sally sprinted to the forest to defeat all of the Kaiju's and prevent them from escaping the forest. They started running through the forest at top speed in the forest looking for the Kaiju's to keep them in the forest and prevent them from getting out.

Aya and Mayu knew what was happening in Leaf Storm along with Kaiko, they could feel the spiritual pressure emitting from the forest and they could smell the blood. They knew that the Necks of Orochi had made their move, and it was just another pawn for their twisted game. Aya knew that some of them were training in Leaf Storm and they were going to try and keep the Kaiju's there so that they wouldn't get anywhere else. So for now they were going to protect Cream and her mother.

"Is something wrong?" asked Vanilla while carrying a tray of refreshments to the outside balcony.

"The air is heavy" said Mayu with a serious tone.

Vanilla placed the tray of refreshments on top of the balcony table and gave Mayu a worried look. Then all their eyes went wide when another strong spiritual pressure exploded in the air, causing most of them to fall to their knees. Mayu ran beside Vanilla and placed both of her hands on her shoulders.

"Kai-chan!" called Mayu.

"I know, get Vanilla-san inside, Aya get Cream inside as well!" ordered Kaiko getting into a battle pose.

"Right!" said Aya as she led Cream and Cheese into the house. Mayu led her inside and she stayed in front of the door to guard them.

She gave Kaiko an approving look as she saw ice form on her younger brother's feet, freezing some of the flowers and Aya also focused her energy until it became a light green aura around her body. Both of them were ready to fight as they saw a swarm of Kaiju's heading to them.

"Ready Kaiko" said Aya.

"Right" replied Kaiko.

Both wolf and fox then charged into battle to protect their friends and also to prove to the necks that they mean business! They're not going to lose now, not now, nor ever!

Rin and Sally continued to run in Leaf Storm destroying all the Kaiju's they could find in their way. Rin had a face of all seriousness as she continued to brutally kill the demons. Sally also followed suit as she skillfully shot the demons with her gun-blade and would switch to the sword feature and slice them. Both of them halted as more of the Kaiju's surrounded them. Rin quickly used her ninja speed to take most of them out as Sally rapidly shot them.

"We need to keep moving" said Rin.

But before Rin could take off running Sally grabbed her wrist and held it firmly. Rin glared at Sally as she looked at her back with all seriousness. "What!" hissed Rin.

"What the hell is your problem with me!?" said Sally with a serious and slightly angered voice. "It's been a month sice we agreed to help you and your friends and through all this time you've done nothing but avoid me and shoot glares at me!"

Rin growled at Sally and had a slight pained look on her face. She didn't answer her question because she didn't like the answer. "Listen I know you have a bad history with nobles but that is no excuse to be treating me this way!" said Sally.

"You don't think I know that!" yelled Rin. Then a Kaiju suddenly appeared to attack them and they had no time to react. They waited for the attack to hit them but it never came. Rin then saw Hakudoshi with his blade drawn, blocking the attack from the Kaiju and pushing it back. He then charged up to it and slashed it swiftly.

"Hakudoshi" whispered Rin.

The young spirit turned to Rin. "You're too tense Bocchan" said Hakudoshi. "Just tell her the truth, you'll feel better once you get it out" and with that he vanished.

Rin had a pained look on her face as she closed her eyes and turned her face to Sally. "I know this is very hypocritical of me to say but even though I hate nobles, I can't bring myself to hate Blaze or you" she said. "I know that not all nobles are jerks who look down on others but" she couldn't finish.

"Due to what your grandfather did to you" said Sally. "Asami told me that he out casted you just because you're parents didn't want to raise you like a noble"

"That's not the whole story" said Rin.

Sally's eyes went wide slightly then more Kaiju's appeared as Rin drew her sword and slashed them, as more started to appear both of them started to kill of the Kaiju's to make sure they wouldn't leave the forest. All while Rin confined to Sally the one thing she has never told her friends.

"My grandfather never even tried to become part of my life" she started. "He would always call me a 'filthy child' at first I didn't understand why, that is until one of the severs of the family had told me when I was ten the real reason why my grandfather hated me. That day I discovered that I'm my father's illegitimate child"

Sally listened to her story as they tag teamed fought the rest of the demons with their newly found skills and techniques. Sally was in shock that at that age she discovered the truth. "At that moment it made sense, he had all the reason to hate me at first I didn't care if he wasn't a part of my life but I can't shake this feeling that there is a part of me that wants to be accepted by him" she said.

"I can't really sympathize you there but I do know what is like being the black sheep" said Sally. "My dad had a hard time coping with the fact that I wanted to fight back when Eggman was a thread and that I had created the Freedom Fighters. I haven't given him all the details on the Necks of Orochi for a specific reason; he'll have a heart attack. He's managed to accept that I like fighting somewhat but we still clash"

Rin couldn't help but laugh at what Sally said. To think that she had so much in common with not just one noble but two of them, irony just loved to toy with the young wolf. Both of them then pulled off a tag team move where Rin threw her six kunai knifes and Sally shot each one of them and as she did it caused Rin to charge her spiritual pressure and she vanished. She would appear where a kunai was and slash a Kaiju with the said weapon and she did this process five more times, then with her hands ignited in white flames she rapidly palmed jabbed as many Kaiju's as she could as Sally shot them with her gun-blade. Both of them then landed back to back with all the Kaiju's destroyed.

"Hey Sally" said Rin. "Watch my back ok"

Sally smiled as she was glad that she finally gained Rin's friendship. "Same with me ok" she replied.

Both girls shared a grin as more of the said demons continued to appear and both of them charged to them with new found confidence and with a more positive outlook. This time they were going to win.

Sonic, Isao, Blaze and Yuffi were also in their share of battles as they were also fighting off many pre-Rasetsu's. Isao was shooting them with his electrical arrows as Sonic, Blaze and Yuffi were slashing them with their blades. They were greatly outnumbered but the pre-Rasetsu's were outmatched!

"Man ether these things have gotten weaker or we just got stronger!" exclaimed Isao while smacking a demon with his bow charged with electricity.

"What do you think dumbass!" yelled Yuffi with a slight chuckle.

"Heh looks like we just might have the upper hand here" said Sonic with a cocky grin.

"Then let us play a game then"

All of their eyes went wide with shock as they turned to see Kazeko standing before them with a wicked grin on his face, behind him were more pre-Rasetsu's. He called a large torrent of wind and he destroyed his demons in one fell swoop, shocking the young teens.

"Let's see" he began with a sadistic grin. "One, two, three, four players and one game master"

All of them got in defensive positions. Sonic had a glare fixed on Kazeko and he takes note of this, he only gives Sonic another sadistic grin. "Well then how about we play 'Catch the Demon'" said Kazeko.

"Catch the Demon?" mumbled Sonic clenching his sword.

"It's the old version of Tag" whispered Yuffi.

Kazeko grinned and he vanished in a torrent of wind. Sonic, Blaze, Yuffi and Isao all started scanning the area to try and find the sadistic wind demon. "Looks like he's 'It'" said Isao readying his bow.

Then in a flash Kazeko appeared in front of Isao and punched him in the abdomen and he was sent flying to a tree. He let out a loud grunt and the tree behind him snapped and fell over. Yuffi turned and focused her spiritual pressure in her sword until her blade was covered in black energy. She swung her sword to the wind demon but he dodged the attack swiftly and used the wind he was controlling to shoot her on her side and she also slammed into a tree. Blaze charged to him along with Sonic with both of their swords in hand and they swung at him. He would dodge Sonic's attacks but also he would use his wind powers to avoid Blaze's attacks. He then sends another torrent of wind to strike Blaze also sending her to a tree and he proceeds to attack Sonic. Sonic tried to avoid most of his attacks but he saw that the wind demon was on par with him in speed. Kazeko used more torrents of wind to throw Sonic off balance and he then proceed to punch him in the abdomen. Sonic coughed in pain and glared at the demon.

"My, my, it's been eight years since I last saw that glare, I see it hasn't changed" snickered Kazeko with another wicked grin.

"The hell are you talking about!" yelled Sonic while swinging his sword again but Kazeko merely dodged it again.

"I still see you don't remember" he grinned again. "Well then if you can catch me I'll tell you" and with that Kazeko took off into the forest riding on a torrent of winds.

Sonic didn't think twice and sprinted off into the forest chasing the said wind demon leaving his friends behind. He wanted to know how this demon knew him. He needed to know why and also he wanted to get these answers. And no matter what he was going to get them, one way or another.