Tales of Destiny: The Beginning

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Chapter 28: Dylan and Shadow: The Ultimate Tag-Team!

"Grr!" Eclipse growled as he recovered quickly from the punch Dylan gave him. "Hmm?" Eclipse raised an eyebrow.

Dylan was staring at Eclipse, surging with energy.

"Ah I see, you somehow recharged?" Eclipse smiled evilly. "It doesn't matter. If you actually believe you can stop me when at your full power, then you're more of a fool than I thought."

Dylan smirked as he disappeared with a flash of light.

"WHAT!?!"

POW

Dylan gave Eclipse a punch to the gut. Dylan then punched him multiple times then delivered a powerful kick.

Eclipse was sent flying. In a flash Dylan reappeared and unleashed another punch barrage.

Eclipse landed on his feet, but unlike before, Eclipse was actually in pain. "AGH! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!"

Eclipse punched rapidly attempting to hit Dylan but Dylan dodged for over a minute before connecting with another gut punch. Eclipse groaned in agony as he hit the ground.

Dylan and Eclipse both fired an attack.

"CHAOS SPEAR!"

"DARK TORRENT!"

The two attacks met and canceled each other out. Dylan charged and the two fighter clashed several times. Finally Eclipse got in a hit, sending Dylan into another rock.

"NOW YOU DIE!"

Dylan got up, smirking. "You forgot I'm not alone."

"What?" said Eclipse.

WHAM

Eclipse got hit Shadow's metal boot.

Eclipse looked at Dylan and Shadow, both ready to fight.

'BLAST IT! THEY'RE TOO STRONG! I NEED ANOTHER EMERALD!'

Eclipse shot off in the direction of the city.

"AFTER HIM!" yelled Dylan. He and Shadow were off like a shot. Sonic, Knuckles and Rouge followed behind.

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The battle at Station Square was winding down a little. The monsters, once coming in waves, were dwindling in number. Commander, Tsunade, and Melissa were all confused.

"What's going on? There are not so many anymore." said Melissa.

Tsunade nodded. "You're right."

"I have a theory."

Everyone turned to Gaara, whose face was the same neutral state.

"Eclipse is most likely feeling the pressure. Either that or his power source was cut off. Either way, he is losing his strength. The Destined must be involved."

"If that is true, then what will Eclipse do?"

No sooner then Commander finished that question, Eclipse landed in the middle of the street. He took one look at the emeralds that were on the Commander's transport and lunged for them.

Dylan came out of nowhere and caught Eclipse's outstretched hand.

"Oh no you don't!"

With his free hand, Dylan punched Eclipse. Eclipse hit several streetlights and hit the same dumpster that Naruto sent him into before.

Dylan spun to the leaders and said, "We're good here!" and charged at Eclipse. A few seconds later Shadow appeared and said, "Keep your men back!" before rushing to help Dylan.

A few seconds passed.

"Whoa." said the Commander.

Dylan lashed another punch, sending Eclipse flying into Shadow's Chaos Spear.

Eclipse got up, beside himself with anger.

Shadow ran up the Dylan. "We getting serious yet?"

"Come on, Shadow! This is nothing now!"

"Maybe, but it is time to stop playing around. Let's finish it."

"Okay!"

Dylan was about to attack when an idea flashed through his head.

"HEY! What about a Light Speed Attack?"

Shadow chuckled. "You're just like Sonic. You never cease to surprise me."

"So that's a yes?"

Shadow nodded. "LET'S DO IT!"

Dylan focused his energy while Shadow leapt up and started spinning in mid air.

Eclipse was confused. 'What now?'

Dylan and Shadow were covered in balls of light.

"Shall we be going?"

"BLAST AWAY!"

The two heroes shot at Eclipse like rockets. They shot around him warp-speed.

'What's going on!? I can't track them!'

Dylan and Shadow both were grinning.

"We're at light-speed now!"

"Just watch this!"

Dylan shot forward hitting Eclipse with a smashing right. Shadow followed with a fierce roundhouse kick. Dylan followed that with a powerful uppercut.

It was like a hyper round of tennis for 10 straight minutes till Dylan finished it by punching Eclipse into the ground.

Shadow turned to Dylan. "DYLAN!"

"GOT IT!"

Dylan focused his energy. He put both his hand behind him (Think the Kamehameha Wave from DBZ). A ball of energy appeared and got bigger.

Eclipse got up and prepared another Dark Storm, but Shadow calmly gestured towards Dylan. Eclipse looked and paled.

Dylan fired.

"CHAOS…BEAM!"

The beam of energy hit Eclipse point blank. Eclipse screamed as he was sent into a building, causing it to collapse around him.

Dylan and Shadow looked at the wreckage, then each other, then slapped a high five.

"YEAH! We rock!"

"Perfect as always!"

The two grinned and warped back to the others.

Melissa spoke up. "You did it!"

Commander nodded. "And so have we. The last monster was just taken out. What confuses me, though, is why they stopped appearing."

Shadow answered. "Eclipse had the seventh emerald the whole time. That's why he was so strong. Once Dylan removed it, his power was reduced."

"And the monsters stopped appearing." Commander nodded. "Well then, I for one am glad this is over."

"Uh-huh." said Dylan.

"Dylan!"

Dylan turned to Sarah running up with Sonic, Knuckles and Rouge. Sarah went up and hugged him. Dylan smiled and returned it, though he turned a little red, which didn't go unnoticed. Shadow smirked while Melissa smiled at the scene.

Suddenly there was huge flash of light. Shadow, Dylan, and Knuckles were knocked down. When the light faded, the emeralds were gone!

"The emeralds!" yelled Dylan.

Eclipse laughed as he took off with the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald.

Dylan turned to Shadow. "Let's go!"

Shadow nodded and the two took off after Eclipse.

"Go get him, Dylan! Take him out!" yelled Sarah.