FINAL CHAPTER: NEVER TURN BACK

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When we last left off, Shadow had agreed to let Vyse, Aika, and Fina go into space with them to battle Black Doom. He had also told them once they went to the ARK; it was total do-or-die time, meaning they couldn't turn back. Vyse, Aika, and Fina made sure that they were ready for anything. Blade was now being called Blade the "Soul Master" Mouse. Can we just get to the final scenes already? Good.

"Shadow," Vyse told the black hedgehog, "I think we're ready to go." He turned to Aika and Fina, who gave him thumbs-ups. "Actually," Vyse corrected himself, "we ARE ready to go."

Ramirez cheered to them, "Good luck, you guys!"

"We'll end this, Ramirez!" Fina assured her older friend.

Blade tugged on Vyse's shirt like a little kid would. "Vyse," he told him with a sad look on his face. "If we win, I can't assure that we'll see each other again. For starters, as soon as we're done, I'll have to go back to Gigas Island. Tails will be back at his workshop, tinkering on his inventions that I won't be able to get to. Knuckles will be on Angel Island once more. Cream will be back with her mom. Rouge will be back with the government, and stealing jewels. Shadow will be just roaming around. Sonic will probably be the same, only with Amy following him. GUN will probably destroy all the warp gates that connect Arcadia to Earth, at the same time keeping a close eye on us super powered animals. Blaze will be back on her own world. Dr. Eggman will be out trying to conquer the universe. Drachma will head back to the world of the dead." Tears streamed from his eyes as he finished, "Basically, I'll never get to see you again! And if I did, it would be only four years from now, and we'll probably have forgotten each other!"

Aika rolled her eyes at this mouse's depressed state. "Blade, you can still see us again!" She took his Silvite hand, and pointed to the crystal in it. "If you ever want to see us, just use your Lunar Divide!"

Blade smiled as Fina finished, "And we could never forget you!"

Vyse smiled, and gave the little mouse a thumbs-up. "Blade, if there's one thing I'll be able to teach you," he told him, "it's that you should never give up!"

Blade wiped the tears out of his eyes. Sonic rubbed Blade on the head a bit. "You're a Sonic Hero, Blade the Soul Master!" he exclaimed to Blade. "And you made the greatest adventure we had! I've seen so many things about Arcadia, and if it wasn't for your freak accident, then we never would have gone on this adventure!"

Blade lowered his head. He then raised it, and grinned. "Let's go!" he yelled across the place.

They all walked up to the crystals, when they heard several cries of, "WAIT!"

They all turned, and saw all of their friends. Dyne asked, "Is it true, Vyse? You're really going into space?"

Vyse replied, "Yeah, Dad! And I'm going alone!" He pointed to Aika and Fina, who were waving. "Aika and Fina are coming, too!"

Dr. Kamiko lowered his head. I never thought, he told himself, that my boy Blade would be the next one. He said aloud, "Blade, good luck!"

Blade smiled, "I will win, dad!"

Soar causally approached Blade, and ran her fingers up Blade's chest until she tapped his nose. In a flirty way, she told him, "Bladder, you are the best hunter ever!"

Blade was blushing like mad, when Dixie kissed him on the cheek, causing him to go completely red. Blitz saw that his student might pass out before the true final battle began. He quickly pulled the girls away from flirting with him, and Bluheim splashed the mouse with some water.

Blitz chuckled at Blade shaking off. He then told the girls, "You can flirt with him all you want when he succeeds in his mission!"

The girls sighed, "Yes, sir…!"

Bluheim asked his other brothers, "Shouldn't we… you know, get back in the sword to help Blade?"

Recumen moaned, "Do we have to? I was only getting warmed up back there!"

Blaze placed her hand on her hips, and told him, "Yes you do, Recumen!" She reminded him, "I saved Blade's life when he was you, and I would have beat you if Blade didn't switch into Yelligar!"

Recumen rolled his eyes, and muttered, "Don't remind me…."

Yelligar walked up to his brother, and nodded. "She's right," he smiled at him. "Our fun is over now. We have to go back."

"Actually," Blade said to the Elemental Arcadian Mice, "I need you guys to do us a HUGE favor."

Grendel asked, "You want us to find the Gigas' bodies, and warp them to the Eclipse Cannon via Lunar Divide when you are done saving humanity?"

Aika questioned, "Is that your final part of your secret plan to save Arcadia from the Gigas forever?"

"It is now!" Blade replied. "With an extremely good shot, the Gigas will all be gone for good."

Drachma walked up, and shook his head. "Leave Rhaknam where he is," he ordered the mice.

Vyse shrugged. "Well, you have to respect his wishes!" he told Plergoth.

"Yeah," Plergoth stated as he lowered his hat. "I guess I could only help freeze the Red Gigas or the Silver one."

Zelos smiled, and yelled, "I call dibs on Plergoth's help!"

Blade chuckled as how his ancestors were just as childish as he was sometimes. Blade headed over to the gems after handing Zenth the Sun Soul. On the other side of the good luck party, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy were talking.

"Good luck, Sonic!" Amy cheered him on.

Tails gave him a thumbs-up, and told him, "The whole universe will be watching this!"

"So," Knuckles warned him, "Don't you dare give up, Sonic!"

Sonic nodded, and gave them his cocky attitude. "This time," the fastest thing alive grinned, "I'll give Black Doom a warm butt kicking to the other side of the universe!" He then headed over the gems.

Oh another side of this, Shadow was talking to Rouge, Omega, and Arrgon.

Arrgon smiled, and told his ideal, "Go, Shadow!"

Rouge asked, "Shadow, can you really win?"

Shadow nodded, and gave them a smile, and thumbs up. "I'll destroy Black Doom this time!" he told them before walking over to Sonic and Blade.

After all of that, Heart cheered, "Go get them, speedy heroes!"

Vyse, Aika, and Fina realized that the three were about to go, and nodded. They all walked over to them.

Enquire yelled, "This is it, guys!"

Jet smiled, and told Sonic, "We'll meet in the EX World Grand Prix 2 in a month! Be ready, Sonic the Hedgehog!"

Sonic replied, "Looking forward to it, Jet!"

Gilder spun his gun around. "Don't lose, Vyse! We're all depending on a victory!"

Burst smiled, as did his brothers. Shock muttered, "This is it… we get to see Sonic become Super Sonic."

Mudslide continued, "And Shadow turn Hyper Shadow."

Burst finished, "And Blade transform into… I got nothing for him."

Blade, Vyse, Sonic, and Shadow closed their eyes. Aika and Fina watched as the gems surrounded them all. When the four opened their eyes, the eyes were different. Blade's blue eyes were now pure yellow, Vyse's brown eyes were glowing red, just as Shadow's red eyes, and Sonic's green eyes were also red. Sonic's fur became golden, and his quills looked like Super Sayin's hair. Shadow's fur was now gold with red stripes, and he too had SS hair. Vyse's clothes were glowing gold, and his hair was now like Sonic's and Shadow's. Blade's fur was now pure silver, his clothes were red, and his hair was long like his Yafutoman outfit, only it was yellow.

Vyse looked around, and saw what was going on. "How did I get this?" he questioned.

Sonic shrugged, and replied, "Who cares? You're now Legendary Vyse! And Blade's… Excalibur Blade!"

Blade grinned at this. "I like that name!" he happily replied. Getting serious, he waved his hand at Aika and Fina, and they were surrounded in the Chaos Shields.

Vyse held up his hand, and the three super animals followed in suit. Sonic and Shadow yelled, "CHAOS CONTROL!" while Blade and Vyse yelled, "LUNAR DIVIDE!" And with that, the six heroes warped.

Dixie and Zenth looked up. "Blade's really grown up…." They both silently said.

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Outside of the ARK, the six appeared. Sonic, Vyse, Shadow, and Blade were surrounded by golden auras. The six looked around, and saw Devilantis. It was a huge, fat dragon with a black body, purple underbelly, red, sharp claws, giant, black and red wings, and a hook shaped tail. It was on top of the ARK, and Black Doom's voice laughed at them.

"So, this is the great Excalibur Mode that Galcian warned me about?" he scoffed at Blade's super form. "This will take a mere ten minutes at the most."

Blade rolled his eyes, and took out his Excalibur Moon Soul (which was another Z Saber, only it was a red handle with the feather design stored in capsules, and a gold beam saber). "That's how long it will take us to take you out!"

They all flew at Devilantis. Devilantis set up a barrier of meteors around itself as it took flight. Blade used his super powered Eternal Dawn to take out a wall of meteors. Vyse used Rain of Swords to take out another wall. Sonic used his Sonic Wind ability to take out the frontal wall. Shadow warped behind, and used his Chaos Spear to eliminate the fourth wall- not the one that separates them from us, but the back wall that separates Shadow from kicking Devilantis' ass. Aika flew below it, and struck the below barrier hard with her Omega Cyclone. Fina used her Lunar Winds ability (with a gold Cupil because I'm cool like that) to blow away the top meteors. And this was all in ten seconds.

Doom chuckled, "Is that the best you all can do?"

"Actually," Sonic replied, "you haven't seen anything yet!"

Blade grabbed Sonic and Shadow's wrists, and started to spin them around like a huge cyclone. Legendary Vyse saw where this was going, and got the girls to move. Excalibur Blade used the Chaos Cyclone to get all of the meteor pieces scattered around into it, and when Blade stopped, he threw super powered hedgehog with meteor chunks around them at Devilantis. Devilantis was a bit shaken up at the impact, proving it wasn't invincible.

Devilantis then warped to behind Blade, and gave him a powerful uppercut with its claws. Blade was thrown into a meteor surrounding the ARK, and crashed onto the Gun Lift. Looking at this, Blade got an idea. Locking onto Devilantis, Blade fired the Gun Lift with all he had, but it still didn't do much damage.

Blade flew off of the Gun Lift, and rejoined the battle. Vyse was avoiding the fire it was using, while Aika used her super powered Alpha Storm to cancel it out. Once close enough, Vyse used his Pirates Wrath on the face. Sonic then used his Spin Dash to ram into the back, sending it crashing into space debris.

Fina was about to strike it with Lunar Glyph, but it warped out of her sight. She then found herself caught in Devilantis' tail being squeezed the life out of.

"FINA!" the others yelled at this sight. They decided to help their friend no matter what was the cost.

Vyse, Shadow, and Blade used their swords to slash their way through the debris summoned to slow them down while Sonic and Aika used their speed to bust through. Once close enough, Sonic and Aika freed Fina by using their new power level to force the tail open, while Blade slashed Devilantis across the eyes, Vyse stabbed its underbelly, and Shadow slashing the tail clean off.

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Back on Earth, everyone was watching this fight. People who originally hated Blade for getting in Sonic's way were now cheering him on. Well, technically, if your planet's fate was left in the hands of a big rival to Sonic's to this day, plus Sonic, Shadow, and three heroes that before all of this began no one even knew about, then you wouldn't really have a choice.

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On Arcadia, friends and foes of Vyse were cheering him on. Arcadia's biggest hero, Vyse the Legend, was actually winning against a Gigas without a ship. Now that takes power and courage.

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In Hell, Senshi wasn't really even caring for all of this. He was too busy talking to a new associate… Fina Replica, Fina's rival.

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Back at the ARK, the six heroes kept on dodging Devilantis' assault. Well, since it couldn't see and no longer had a tail, it was kind of too easy. Vyse and Blade even used a combo attack called, "Chaotic Necroses." Basically, Blade and Vyse both used their most powerful attacks, and their finishers were simultaneously.

However, Devilantis did something they thought it would never do. It used the Black Moon's reverse energy to send them all crashing into an asteroid. He then surrounded them with the Enteres crystals. They could move freely, but Aika stated, "Guys, I can't use Delta Shield!"

Blade continued, "And I'm out with Chaos Guard! We're dead if we don't think of something!"

Sonic chuckled as he used wind power to form a sword around his hand. "I wouldn't be caught dead using weapons," he told them, "but the wind as a sword doesn't really count!"

Vyse grinned his adventurous grin, and nodded. "Let's do this!"

The six then used their weapons to reflect the oncoming Enteres spell. It was a long process, but the spell was kept at bay from skewering the heroes, and raising their morale (A/N: Skies of Arcadia fans will know this!). After the madness ended, the four boys were coming out of their super forms.

Devilantis took advantage of their weakness, and used its power to smash the asteroid. The power knocked them into the ARK. They were quick to recover though, only to see Devilantis hurdling towards them to strike with everything it had. The team found that they were all glowing. Cupil nodded, knowing that what it was time for.

They all formed a circle. Legendary Vyse began, "In dire needs…" and placed the Vorlik Blade into it.

Aika placed her Boomerang in as well, and continued, "We call a forth…."

Sonic joined in with his wind-sword arm. "The power…."

Fina placed Cupil in as well. "Of the ancients!"

"To battle our foe!" Blade and Shadow finished before placing their beam swords in.

Black Doom laughed, "The ancients can't save you from death!" However, the six heroes teleported out of Devilantis' strike, causing it to stop the finishing blow. Black Doom looked around the Earth, pondering, "Where did those foolish heroes go?"

Just then, the Earth's Moon came ramming into Devilantis, and all six heroes voices rang out, "THIS is the true Prophecy!"

After that, there was a huge beam of light piercing through the dragon, and when the light faded, the moon was the only thing back in its place while Devilantis floated dead in space.

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Back in the Dark Rift, the Lygross had all of the remaining heroes on board that weren't on their own ships. Dixie was the first to realize that Drachma was fading.

"Did they win?" she asked him.

"If they didn't," Drachma replied, "then I wouldn't be fading. My time is due, Dixie. It's Blade's responsibility watching them."

Drachma then finished fading after giving Dixie a thumbs-up. Zenth walked over to her, and stated, "We need to head to Inverse Isle."

So the Lygross headed there, unknown to anyone that Ramirez had already teleported there.

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On Inverse Isle, the six heroes had teleported there. The boys finished coming out of their super forms, and all fourteen gems were lying on the ground (this includes the Black Moon Crystal).

Fina giggled, "We did it!"

"Looks like," Aika cheered, "we saved the world again!"

Blade looked at Vyse, and told him, "Thanks, Vyse. You've once again saved my ass."

"How," Vyse questioned, "did I save you again?"

Blade chuckled, "Remember that deal with GUN? You said if we- as in your crew- took down the Black Eight's leader before GUN did, then we were all off the hook!"

"You guys made a deal with GUN?" Sonic questioned. "Man, Blade, you caused a lot of trouble back home! I guess it's back to the beginning?"

Blade shook his head. "Sorry, Sonic," Blade replied. "Our little rivalry has to come to an end. When we go home, I'll be back on Gigas Island for four years. You and I won't remember each other."

Shadow rolled his eyes. "And that little Zeta Hunter law can't be messed with?" he asked him. "Give us five minutes with that mayor of yours, and we'll get you off that rock for adventures in no time!"

They all heard a groan of pain. Black Doom was lying on the ground a few yards from them. Blade pointed his pistol at Black Doom. Fina lowered his hand, and cast a Sacri spell on Black Doom.

Fina turned from him as the Lygross approached. "Black Doom," she told him, "you're not really worth the time it would take us to defeat you forever. Go, and never bother us again."

The others knew that Black Doom had really no other choice than Blade's Option A. Black Doom didn't really have a fighting force anymore, he could barely see, he was badly hurt even with healing magic, and could barely float in the air. They all started walking toward the Lygross to escape this. The war had been won, so no further action could be taken.

Black Doom didn't know when to give up, though. He used all of his newfound strength to summon a meteor to kill Fina so he could use her crystal later. He threw it just as Fina was turning around to see the meteor. Suddenly, Ramirez jumped in front of her and took the blast. He fell down to the ground. Fina was shocked, so she drew a kunai at the Black Moon Crystal, destroying it. She also took the gun from Blade, and pulled the trigger with the barrel of the thing aimed at Black Doom.

A shot rang out, and the screen faded black.

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Two days later… Fina was standing out on the edge of Crescent Isle, clutching Ramirez's Moon Crystal (A/N: Sorry, but Ramirez died after Fina shot Black Doom). Except for Blade's gloves, Zenth, and Blitz, everyone who got an outfit change was now in his or her original outfit. Vyse handed the GUN Commander a bag, and the Commander traded it with a series of files on Vyse, Aika, Fina, Blade, Gilder, and Shadow.

Blade ran over to Fina, and gladly cheered, "We're no longer on GUN's most wanted! I feel like dancing!"

Fina was completely silent, so Blade scorned at this. He called Arrgon over, and the duo tugged on her jacket, and covered their faces. When Fina finally turned, they did their silly faces, causing her to giggle.

Arrgon asked, "You still down about what happened?"

"He was…" Fina replied. "My… friend."

Blade sighed, "Just like what Shadow was…."

"What Blade means," Arrgon explained, "is that before Blade met him, Shadow had amnesia long before the two met. That's what Black Doom tried to take advantage of the first time. Shadow put his past far behind him, kicked Black Doom's ass, and you finished the job."

"Maybe YOU should let go of your days as a Silvite, and fully embrace the Air Pirate in you!" Blade suggested.

Vyse walked over, and asked, "What are you guys talking about?"

"They think it would be a good idea for me to let go of my past," Fina replied. "And they've gotten me to believe it's a good idea!" She took Ramirez's sword, and used it to levitate the Silver Moon Crystal, and place it off the island.

"You're at least keeping the Eclipse Swords, aren't you?" Aika asked as she walked over.

Fina nodded. "Well, it's about time that I used a weapon besides Cupil, no offense to him."

Blade smiled, "Great! I'm going to need a teacher in the Silver Arts!" Fina gasped at this. Blade took out the Moon Soul, switched into Zelos the Alchemist, and asked, "What do you say, Master Fina?"

Fina replied as she held up the Sword of the Silver Eclipse, "Your training begins soon!"

"Blade!" Dixie cheered as she ran up and hugged him. "Good news! Blitz has promoted us to S Class Hunters! That means we're practically adults, meaning we can still come home no problem!"

Blade returned the hug, and told her, "Good to know! But what about the light show?"

Zenth threw Blade the Mouse his S Class ID, which the mouse placed in his wallet. "It's starting tonight!" Zenth answered happily.

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The crew watched as the Eclipse Cannon obliterated the Gigas, and Soar nudged Blade, and whispered something to him. Blade nodded, and told Vyse, "I'll see you guys tomorrow."

He then walked out of the meeting room. Soar smiled, "Bladder… you've become so much more of a cute mouse."

Dixie swooned, "Blade… there's so much that's changed of you. Immaturity that you had is now gone, and I like it that way."

Vyse asked, "What were you girls talking about?"

Zenth replied, "Gigas Island. We have to return soon."

Aika frowned, "Right… I wish you guys can stay longer."

"Don't think you've seen the last of us," Rouge assured them.

"Something tells us," Knuckles continued, "That Blade and Tails have something planned."

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The next day, the Sonic Heroes were all standing in front of a portal built on Crescent Isle. GUN reluctantly agreed not to destroy any of the portals between Earth and Arcadia.

Blade came back just in time for the farewell party. The heroes all said their goodbyes, and everyone from Earth but Sonic, Shadow, and the Zeta Hunters walked through.

"Well, Vyse," Sonic told him as they were shaking hands, "it's been fun hanging out with you all, but there's not enough running room for me!"

Shadow continued, "And I have several things to do on Earth myself. We'll meet again, though. In the EX World Grand Prix!"

The two walked through, and Blade closed the portal. "Well," he announced to the other hunters, "it's time we went home!"

Fina questioned, "But how?"

Blade pointed to a new island that replaced Daccat's Island. It was Gigas Island, all right. "Since you said that Daccat's Island was totally useless, I decided to move Gigas Island there. And ALL islands on Arcadia float! That rocks!"

Vyse asked, "But aren't you a Blue Rogue now?"

Blade nodded, and replied, "After saving the world to pay you back once, staying with you guys is the least I can do."

Vyse, Aika, and Fina did their handshake, and Blade, Zenth and Dixie copied it.

START END CREDITS (With Sonic Heroes playing in the background for the first half, Never Turn Back for the second half)

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You now watch the end credits, and here's what happened to the crew…

Sonic the Hedgehog is running all across Earth again. He really needed to stretch his legs after that last adventure.

Shadow the Hedgehog is somewhere on the ARK. He has found a few DNA samples of Maria Robotnik, and has a plan.

Baltor and Vigiro had to pay for all of the damage, with Lord Bane chuckling as he threw up something rare in the background behind them.

Rouge the Bat and Knuckles were finally going out. Isn't that nice?

The Babylon Rogues sail through Arcadia and Earth, but with a forth member… Heart the Mouse.

Team Chaotix too has a fourth addition to their team. Digster has joined their work force since he had nothing better to do.

Omega is currently searching through Eggman's old base with Arrgon. All they found was Blade's journal.

Gilder is sailing the skies of Arcadia freely, kind of like Sonic with running the grounds of Earth.

Amy and Clara have something in common… they chase the men they're in love with to the ends of the world.

Tails has built a Multiverse Portal so the gang can freely travel back to Arcadia without too much havoc. He also built Blade a plane in secret.

Emperor Enquire and Empress Mogei are taking care of Valua's minimal damage with Marco's help. Enquire's Blade's Lightning Master.

The other members of Vyse's crew are back to their regular lives before the incident. Tikataka became Blade's Nature Master.

Prof. Jenkins died of old age shortly after the battle. The Elementals are taking residence with Blade's family.

Senshi has enlisted some help in his plans, and that would be Fina Replica, a Phoenix named George, and an unknown force.

Dr. Kamiko is sponsoring the EX World Grand Prix soon. Is this covering up for something? I don't know.

Cream returned home, and told her mom about her misunderstood friend, Blade the Soul Master Mouse.

Zenth gets sent on so many solo missions, it's hard to keep track of him. I guess he's just getting punished.

Dixie spends time studying the winds. She's now Blade's Wind Master.

Piastol had become Blade's Ice Master, much to her dismay. Oh well… you tell someone about Tempest Dance, and you have to teach it.

The Zeta Hunters are now well known, so they're relied on now that Blade's saved the world.

Blaze has returned to her world, and when she comes back, it's to teach Blade. She's his Fire Master.

As for Vyse, Aika, Fina, and Blade… the four got that Earth tour they wanted. They also got to keep the Lygross.

END CREDITS, TIME FOR FINAL SCENES

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Blade was swimming in the water while the others watched. "As promised!" he yelled as he came out.

Fina stared out at the Island's west beach's coast, and smiled. "I guess we still have things to figure out."

Vyse nodded as Blade came up. "Yeah. Like how you guys came to Arcadia, what's Senshi planning, who was that hedgehog was…."

Aika interrupted, "But what about what Gerald said about Blade's dad?"

"Who IS my dad?" Blade questioned about this.

END OF PART SIX

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Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Finally! I'm done with this adventure! Those questions will be answered later in the series. Sonic Arcadia Riders will be immediate since I have cool members. Kingdom Rider92 out!