Zyuohgers: Monarchs of Mobius! Chapter 11: Time of Chaos pt2, a Sonic the Hedgehog + Super Sentai Crossover fanfic

GammaTron: *wearing a safari outfit* Well...I had a good time at the Zoo on Sunday, April 29, 2018.

KamenRiderZER0: *walks in wearing a lion themed hoodie* I got adopted by a pride of lions…

GT: Well...congrats. You may have to stay with them for two or three years before they consider you capable of being out on your own, though. Plus, that explains the lady lions in the break room.

SZ: *comes rushing in, covered in claw marks as he closed the door behind him*...wh...why….why are there so many lionesses in there?!

Z0: ….what they're family.

GT: Wow.

Z0: Anyway, since our...other studios are infested with wild animals...lets see what we can do here in this one. I'll say this, the shark tank was not my fault...the plumber was weird.

GT: He wasn't Mario or Luigi, was he?

Z0: I don't know we just let em in to do the job. In hindsight….that was a bad call.

GT: *deadpan* Ya think? *shakes head* Well...Disclaimer then. *wall gets broken down by ON riding in on a black rhino*

O.N: This is a bad time and month to be doing this, people. We need to hide!~

GT: Why? And where did you get a black Rhino? ...You didn't steal it from the zoo, did you?

O.N: no one cares fiool its shattered we need to hide go!*charges onward*

GT: *screams while running away from the rhino* We own neither Dobutsu Sentai Zyuohger nor the Sonic series! We only own the OCs here!

Aphrodite, wearing a cherry blossom pink business suit, gave a sharp whistle, earning the attention of the group while she and Tails stood before a chalkboard, "Okay, now this is what we have so far on what's going on. The Deathgaliens have a water-based lifeform that can become more powerful by absorbing Chaos Emeralds, hai?"

"Hai," Yamato nodded as he was bandaged up with some gauze wrapped around his head.

"Right. And Metal Sonic had one, which means they now have one," Tails noted as Aphrodite drew a Chaos Emerald on the chalkboard below an image of Azald's face.

"But we have a new power!" Leo in his mobian form roared before Aphrodite threw a spoonful of peanut butter into his mouth, causing him to start trying to lick it out of the roof of his mouth.

"True," Tails nodded as Nicole brought up the recording of Roll's livestream of the new form, "It was amazing, though I was wondering when it'd happen. I mean, Cube Eagle and Gorilla had those holes in them and Cube Tiger has those extensions on her sides."

"We never thought of seeing how else we could combine them besides, well, stacking them," Amu explained, "But yay! Now we get a five team combo with all 6 cubes." she clapped her hand, trying to keep the mood up.

"Well...technically, Bud-san helped us unlock it," Yamato added, "I'm not sure how...but I could feel his power in the Cube Animals when we combined. He helped us to unlock this new power."

A small shining orb flew in as the conversation went on.

"Bud-san?" the others all asked as they turned their full attention to Yamato.

"Hai, Bud...the Eagle Mobian who saved me when I was a kid." Yamato revealed as he took out the board, "He gave me, this too." he explained as his Cube Animals that were plugged into it ejected and rested on it as it floated in the air.

"Oh! An Extreme Gear!" Tails eyes lit up as he examined it, Leo drinking a cup of milk.

"How's it floating?" Amu tilted her head as the rest of the Cube Animals jumped on it as a sort of perch for them.

"That's easy to explain. According to the Kutta–Joukowski Theorem, the control surface flow is balanced by the inverse kinetics of the…" Tails began to explain.

"STOP! I get it! It floats and that's good!" Leo roared, "Make Leo's head not blow up!"

The orb then floated down as everyone's attention was grabbed by Leo. It began to shine, turning into Tikal, making the Cube Animals jump in excitement and give squeaks.

"Aw~They really like that board," Aphrodite giggled.

"I have food ready f…" Roll began as she exited the kitchen before noticing Tikal, "...I think I may not have enough."

"Ah!" Yamato shouted, seeing her first, "You're Bud-san's friend!"

"Hmm... It would be nice if he thought of me as one," she said as Cube Lion and Tiger licked her cheeks, "Ahh... I've missed you too, children."

"The Cube Animals like her...de...who is she?" Amu asked nicely.

"I think her name was…"

"Tikal." she introduced, "How nice to meet you, guardians of the cube," she bowed. "Apologies if I am intruding."

"Oh! You're an Echidna like Knuckles-san!" Amu exclaimed, "...You're not secretly related to Lien Da, are you?"

"Not like cousins, no...maybe as a distant ancestor though." Yamato said.

"I am not insulted," Tikal chuckled as the Cube Animals seem more offended then she did. "Anywho, I must hurry and explain why I'm here." she said, "I know the creature that seeks to ally with Ginis."

"You do?" Tusk and Tails asked.

"He is the Hakaishin."

"Hakaishin?" Sela asked confused, "How is that possible?"

"Once all seven Chaos Emeralds are assembled, Chaos will obtain his true form and the world will end. Nothing can stop it, for it will take all of the negative energy and expel it. Even with Wild Zyuoh King, Chaos cannot be killed or truly defeated...you must seal him away."

"Seal him?" Yamato asked.

"Okay...it's immortal, so best way," Sonic spoke up finally.

"How do we do it?" Yamato asked politely.

"With the keys in your pockets." she snapped her fingers as the Zyuoh Changers began glowing brilliantly.

"Key?" Leo asked.

"The power of the Zyuoh Cubes can seal him?" Yamato asked.

"Long ago, an ancient King with the power of the Zyuoh Cubes used his mighty gift of power to seal the God of Destruction away into a peaceful slumber. Where he shall now know pain of the world, where he can rest and find peace." she explained, as the cubes formed images for her story, showing a red warrior locking Chaos in a cube like prison, "The King left him to sleep with the hope maybe one day when Chaos discovers peace of heart again he shall awaken. But if awakened before then, he shall seek to continue his path of destruction."

"And he was freed by Eggman?"

"By your plan," she told them.

"Okay... So that thing really did cause a lot of dimensional disturbances...Oh man! How many other stuff from our world fell in?" Tails worried.

"More than likely, the other six Emeralds," Aphrodite guessed, earning a nod from Tikal.

"And knowing ol' Eggbutt, he's gonna have his Egg bosses search for them," Sonic added.

"Oh no. The Deathgalians are already looking and nearly obtained their second one," Tikal informed.

"Wait, what?!" Sonic exclaimed.

"I'm not surprised. That alien, Ginis if what I heard from Metal's head was right, said it was his turn, so Chaos could be his 'player,'" Sela noted.

"Also, you should go to Knuckles right now," Tikal advised.

"Knuckles-san?" Roll repeated.

"Yes, the Deathgaliens are attacking him."

"Ahh! My headbutt buddy!" leo roared.

"Ohohohohohohoh!" Eggman laughed as Knuckles fought off the Moebas, "Had enough, guardian?"

"Depends. You done taking your 'walk' with your master?" Knuckles countered.

"ma...MASTER?!"

"Yes, Squishy?" Azald asked, turning to him, "You called?"

"Quiet you...and get this dog collar off me! I'm a genius, not some filthy mutt!"

"Ah, but you're just a low evolved lifeform. It's intergalactic law that all low level life forms need to be on a leash." Azald replied.

"I am a genius, making me superior to everyone on Mobius AND this planet!" Eggman snapped.

"Hasn't Tails made better gizmos and robots then you?" Knuckles asked, uppercutting a Moeba and sending it flying away.

"Mere flukes! Besides, Sonic most likely gave him those ideas."

"Okay, seriously. You give Sonic WAY too much credit…" Knuckles deadpanned.

"Silence and hand over the item in your possession..." Eggman groaned.

"Item? You mean the hat the nice old man got me?"

"No!"

"...uh...not sure what else you could want."

"I mean the item of limitless power in your hobo bindle!" Eggman snapped.

"Hey! It's a backpack!"

"Exactly. Hobo bindle!"

"Wow. And I thought your crazy couldn't get weirder…" Knuckles deadpanned before slamming the back of his left fist into the face of a Moeba about to attack him from behind.

"I AM NOT CRAZY!"

"You did dress up in a weird costume before, didn't you...how many was it?"

"That's not for you to know, you muscle bound idiot!"

"At least I don't watch soap operas!"

"HOW DID Y-!?" Eggman began before tensing, "...I...don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh yeah. Denial. Really good twist."

"Why do you keep talking?! Aren't you all punch and break stuff?!"

"Meh. Sure," Knuckles replied before punching a boulder at Eggman.

Eggman screamed as he ducked down, letting the boulder slam into Azald. Azald spat out rock shards and dust as he shook his head.

"Ugh...Was that sandstone? Always leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth…"

"Seriously, is this all you got, Eggman?" Knuckles asked as he backfisted a Moeba that tried to sneak up on him, "Not even your Egg Pawns were this weak."

"WEAK?! Why you…" Eggman began before an idea popped into his head, "...At least I'm not slower than Sonic."

"Really? Gonna try that again?" Knuckles raised a brow, "Please, like I'm gonna be tricked by you ag-"

"He has a Master Emerald Shard in one of those cube things those multi-colored spandex freaks have."

"..."

"Ah see...I know stuff." Eggman smirked.

"...Now I see something red coming in from the sky."

"What?" he blinked before ZyuohEagle stepped off Eggman's head, knocking him down, "You again?!"

Eagle shouted as he used his Eagriser to cut down all the Moeba with one wide whip swing. He flicked his wrist, returning it to sword mode as he turned to Eggman.

"I told you...I'm always here to stop you," Eagle reminded.

"...Just to be clear, you or your teammates don't have Master Emerald Shards in those cubes of yours, do you?" Knuckles whispered to Eagle.

"No...these are their own separate thing."

"Okay good…"

"Damn it! There goes that plan…" Eggman groaned, "Whatever...I still have my Egg Bosses searching for the other Emeralds, so getting the one fmo you will be easy!" he laughed, "Alzad, destroy Yamato!"

"Heh. I…" Azald began before an alarm went off, making Azald look at a Moeba with an alarm clock tied to its head, "Oh! Time for your monthly flea dip, Squishy!"

"My what?" Eggman blinked before Azald tugged him over, "Hey! What are you…?! At that, the duo vanished in a flash of light.

"Eh?" Eagle tilted his head, "Is...Eggman...their mascot character?"

"...Pffft!" Knuckles covered his mouth to force back a laugh.

"But we got something, Tails." Eagle spoke into his changer, "Eggman has sent his Bosses to find the Emeralds. Do you happen to have a way to track either the Emeralds or them?"

"Um…" Tails looked around his lab.

"Top right shelf, third from the center on the left," Nicole informed.

"Yeah, I have a device that can narrow us down to...roughly the right place. But that's not gonna tell you under what, or over where…" he muttered, "The energy is really really weird at times. So I could tell you what general area."

=But we'd still need to look carefully. It's good enough, at the least we can take them back from one of Eggman's Egg Bosses or the Deathgalien's before they can give it to Chaos= Eagle responded.

"True," Tails nodded as he continued to search, "Where is it...where...here it is!"

"That's your Wisp communicator," Nicole stated.

"...I knew that," Tails replied, putting the device back as he resumed searching the shelves, "Where...Here we go." he smirked finding an old watch like device.

=Did you find it?=

"Yes. Just give me a few minutes here." Tails said as he began tinkering with it and hooked it up to a computer, "Okay...I'm getting a few readings nearby. One in an icy area, one in a mountainous area, and one in a….a casino?"

=Well...that...seems odd...maybe someone turned it into jewelry without knowing what it is…= Eagle muttered, =Anyway...I'll handle the casino one. You send the info to the guys, Sela and Amu would probably be better able to handle the icy area. Leo and Tusk have the mountain handled=

"Tell them to be careful. It's pretty windy, and there were tornado sightings there as of late," Tails advised.

=Got it. Thanks, Tails. Can you keep looking? You'll never know. We might get lucky.=

"Hopefully…"

"Grr...Any sign of those emeralds?" Eggman demanded Orbot and Cubot.

"Well Lord Eggman we have narrowed down the searches to three key locations with the best readings. An icy area, a rather windy mountainous area, and a casino," Orbot answered.

"Well send out some Egg Bosses."

"Which ones?"

"Hmm...not sure...wait! Are you two pondering what I'm pondering?!"

"I think so, Lord Eggman, but how can we get pens to taste like bacon?" Cubot asked, a pair of 'mouse ears' on his head with a pair of buck teeth glued to the front.

"What random persona did he glitch into this time…" Eggman groaned.

"I wish I knew. He's been like this since this morning when that lady in green kicked him." Orbot sighed, "He bounced 19 times and then collided with the blue guy's head."

"NARF!" Cubot shouted.

"...Anyway, I got the perfect Egg Bosses to send to those three area."

"Should we provide some Moebas and Egg Pawns?"

"Oh what do you think?!"

"Is it...yes?"

"Of course it's Yes!"

"I got the tub filled with the dip!"

"And hurry!" Eggman squeaked.

Yamato returned to the current base of operations where he changed into some more presentable clothing that was also less burned and tattered. The others had gotten the information from Tails and where preparing to set out for their agreed upon locations.

"Fluffy jacket?" Amu asked.

"Check!" Sela smirked, grabbing a blue and white one for them.

"Mountain climbing gear?"

"Check!"

"Snowboards?" Sonic added in.

"Ch-wait. Why snowboards?"

"Ever boarded during an avalanche? Heh...man, what a rush," Sonic chuckled.

"Easy for you to say. You don't have the chance of dealing with an actual tornado," Tusk snorted.

"Oh those are even better." Sonic smiled.

"Boy I'm happy you're not coming with us." Tusk sighed.

"Wait...what about Yamato?" Leo spoke up, "He doesn't have a partner."

"I'll be fine," Yamato assured.

"But what if you need backup just in case we're not able to respond?"

"I'll be fine." Yamato assured, "Besides, I think this will be easier on my own. This is a casino, and given it's within flying distance, it's probably a bad place. It's safer if I go alone and...not cause big trouble."

"Okay…" Roll noted.

"But we do want you to take this with you," Aphrodite informed as she handed him a simple-looking vest.

"A vest?"

"One of my husband's bullet-proof vests for casual wear events," Aphrodite explained, "You'll never know when it'll come in handy."

"Hm…" Yamato nodded, taking his jacket off and putting it on over his shirt, "Fits surprisingly well..." he chuckled.

"Nice, man," Sonic gave a thumbs up, "I'd come with ya, but...well, let's just say I've dealt with casino like areas ol' Eggbutt set up to try and trap me."

"It's just a normal old gambling casino. I'm sure…" Yamato began.

"Actually, it's not a normal casino, kyu," the group looked over to see Miyuki standing in the doorway, one of her tails holding an article, "It's called Casinopolis, and...well…"

"How badly did I get Murphy'ed?" Yamato asked simply, his voice cracking slightly from worry.

"Good news, the top prize is the Chaos Emerald. Bad…" Miyuki paused as she turned the article over, showing two robotic hands shaking down a man, "You need a lot of money to get it, and you're roughly shaken up until it says you've earned enough, kyu."

"Why couldn't it be just a normal casino…? I would have been happy if the worst I faced was a bunch of criminal gang members…" Yamato muttered, crouched in a corner.

"..how much does he need to win?" Leo asked before one of Miyuki's tils held a note in front of him, "HOLY!? THAT'S A LOT OF ZEROS!"

"I'll get you some aspirin for the headaches from the shaking," Roll noted.

"...Maybe I do need some backup…" Yamato slumped further.

"...I could help, kyu," Miyuki offered, "Two people at once will help get the money faster, kyu. Plus if they're both together, the total amount counts for both, kyu."

"How? People w-"

"Katsu…" Miyuki whispered before she was engulfed in a plume of smoke. As the smoke died down, it revealed a beautiful woman in Miyuki's place, her hair over one of her eyes as she wore an ice blue kimono.

"How did...when did…" Tusk gawked, "Tails, what did you make for her?"

"Wasn't me! I didn't even know!"

"I was trained under a ninja after we were separated, kyu," the woman explained in Miyuki's voice.

"It wasn't the Raiju, was it?" Aphrodite questioned.

"Iie, kyu."

"Well, alright, Yamato can fit in with a partner acting as arm candy." Sonic chuckled before a wrench hit him square in the head, "OW!"

"That's my sister you're calling 'arm candy'..." Tails frowned.

"I said acting…" Sonic muttered rubbing his head, "When did your aim get that good?"

"...It wasn't that violent shooting game, was it?" Miyuki asked with a frown.

"...No…"

"Well, I guess this plan can work...I feel like an undercover cop or something…" Yamato muttered.

"Speaking of...maybe a more fitting outfit would help you." Sonic spoke up, "You know suit and cool demeanor stuff. Like out of some kinda spy movie."

"Hmm…" Aphrodite walked around Yamato, "Considering that you can wear his vest…Haseo, sweetie, Kaa-chan needs that box I asked you to hold onto the day before we came to Earth."

"O-okay, kaa-san," Haseo nodded as he ran out of the room.

"Eh?" Yamato blinked confused.

"You'll see."

"Mmm...I wanted to see Yamato in a tux…" Amu pouted as she and Sela traveled through some snow.

"Oh, you know Aphrodite-bachan took hundreds of pictures." Sela shook her head, "You know she has you covered in these moments."

"...I should've gone with him…" Amu muttered, puffing her cheeks as she crossed her arms.

"Amu, you and your mom live in the snow covered mountains each winter. I'm used to artic cold waters. No one was better meant for this location then us." Sela argued, "Yamato knew that so it's why he trusted us to get this done. Besides I'm sure if you do a great job and get the Emerald, he'll pat your head and compliment you." she smirked while stopping for a second.

"...Let's find that Emerald," Amu said, a glint in her eyes as she gained a serious expression.

"Works every time." Sela laughed, "Come on, we still got some ground to cover."

"Ikuzo~!" Amu cheered happily.

"SHH!"

"...Ikuzo…" Amu cheered quietly, remembering that they were in a snowy mountain where it could avalanche at any moment.

"Come on. I think I hear someone around the edge. If we're quiet, we can gt a drop on them." Sela ordered.

"Don't say drop please…" Amu begged.

"...Sorry," Sela whispered as the girls headed towards a nearby snow bank, sneaking behind it as they peeked out to see a pair of familiar figures standing not too far.

"Find anything yet?" Clove asked as she and Akhlut looked at one of the Moeba's searching around the snow.

"Moba?" one of the alien grunts before it looked at another, who shrugged and continued shoveling snow, "Moba!" he shook his head no.

"...Keep looking. The faster we find the Emerald, th-"

"You should discard her already," Akhlut spoke.

"...What?"

"Your sister...even with her enhancements, her illness just makes her a liability...a weakness," Akhlut stated.

"...What would you even understand…?" she scoffed refusing to fall for his provocation.

"Be realistic. Look who we serve now," he argued, pointing up to where the Deathgalian ship is in orbit.

"We serve Eggman."

"Wrong. We serve Ginis and his Deathgalians now...and so far, he's proven to be a more efficient leader than Eggman." he spoke, "He's more powerful and has been running an army with a 99-0 win-loss ratio. The colorful heroes have only been dealing with his low ranking goons and their boss getting serious is this level of dangerous. Wake up to the facts...Ginis is the real mastermind here."

"Ohh~ I like this one," Ginis noted as he viewed the two from a screen, "I love realists like him."

"He is very logical." Quval spoke, "I'd draft him to my team given the chance."

"What?! No way! You see those muscles?!" Azald argued, "He belongs with my team!"

"Ahh...but rather then use brute strength most of the time, he uses psionic powers to fight his enemies," Quval pointed out.

"Bah!" Azald scoffed.

"Ohho. I do love these little moments." Ginis smiled, "Hm...well this should get interesting soon." he smiled, seeing Amu climbing up the side of the mountain in her Mobian form.

"Have you found it yet?" Akhlut asked as a Moeba pulled up a giant chunk of ice as a white Emerald was trapped inside.

"Moba! Moba!" he cheered, lifting it above his head before it slipped and flattened its soft head.

"Well at least they found it." Akhlut sighed, moving to take the chunk of ice; as he reached down, he screamed in pain as Amu pounced on him, scratching his back before she grabbed the chunk of ice with her tail and jumped away. "ATTACK!"

"Nya nya~~" Amu mocked as she ran off on her legs, allowing her to be able to actually run as the grunts had to trudge through the snow.

"...I'll handle her," Clove frowned as she chased after the tiger.

"The rest of you, g-" Akhlut began before he sensed something behind him, "...Ahh...the little fish of the group…" he smirked a bit as Sela stood behind him.

"..." Sela said nothing as she reverted to her Mobian form, "I won't let you go after Amu. Your fight is with me!" she shouted, striking a martial arts pose.

"...You sure you want to do that?" Akhlut smirked as he turned around, easily towering over Sela, "There's a reason why I'm the most dangerous Mobian in the seas."

"But you're not in the seas." she responded backing up a step before she backflipped...and dived into the snow as if it was water, "But to me, anywhere is water now." she spoke, her head popping out of the snow before diving back down.

"Tsk...such tricks won't save you." he spoke, sending a blast of psionic energy that cleared some snow away; but as he did, he was struck across the back, leaving a large scratch, "..."

"Where's your attitude now?" Sela's voice asked.

"...Heh...maybe you won't be an easy battle after all.." Akhlut whispered, cracking his neck a bit as he stood there, "Very well..show me who's the bigger predator of the seas...the shark…" he quickly turned as Sela surfaced, sending out a large psychic blast, "Or the orca!"

"Hmph!" Sela jumped up over the blast, "Don't underestimate me!" she growled, baring her teeth as she came down and swung her hand as she struck him above his eye, the Orca Mobian stumbled back in pain as he closed his eye feeling something getting into it, "That's one eye." Sela spoke diving back into the snow, "By the time I'm done, you won't be able to see an attack coming ever again!"

"...Who says I need to SEE?" Akhlut countered before holding his hand out, grabbing Sela just as she tried to attack him from the side. He lifted her up before tossing her sending ehr through the snow and slamming into the mountain rock wall, "It was a clever little effort, girl...but surely you didn't think you had the power to beat me."

"Oi...what does that mean?" Sela asked, her eyes narrowing in anger when he said 'girl.'

"Well for one...only one person on Mobius has made me get serious in battle, and that's Tundra...second...heh heh. No female has ever gotten close to making me go all out."

"Now you've said it…" Sela growled as she stood up before raising her hands up, "Your type...I like messing up most of all." she explained as she clapped her hands together loudly. Her opponent blinked confused before hearing a rumbling sound; he looked up and gawked as a chunk of snow above them broke off and began falling towards them.

"...Clever girl…"

"Okay...I think I lost them…" Amu whispered, hiding behind a piece of ice as she held the chunk of ice with the Chaos Emerald in it, "I hope Sela-chan isn't being reckless…" she sighed before hearing the sounds of an avalanche, "Nevermind…" she squeaked.

"I believe you should worry about yourself, Amu…"

"Eh?" Amu blinked before yelping, quickly ducking under a slash from a laser scythe as she jumped back, "Clove..."

"I'm sorry, but I need that Emerald," Clove whispered, using her scythe to slice the ice chunk in half as she approached Amu.

"And I can't let your boss get it!" she argued as she kicked snow in Clove's face as she dived for the Emerald. The distraction worked as she grabbed it in her tail again and jumped off before climbing vertically up the mountain with her claws.

"Oh and why's that? Revenge for what I did?" Clove asked as she chased after her.

"No! Because if he gets these, everyone on this world dies! And we'll never be able to go home!" Amu countered, gaining more ground then Clove, "Please...don't do this."

"Then we're at an impasse. I only care about one thing and for her, I'll become a devil!"

"Ah!" Amu panicked, ducking under a swung at a tail as she jumped off the cliff wall and landed on all four in the snow.

"Home, home is a place where I'll be locked up and my sister's enhancement will be taken away and she'll die! I had you roboticized...there is no going back for me!" Clove snapped.

"Don't say that!" Amu shouted, grabbing the handle of the scythe and pushed her back against a pile of snow, "You don't have to be like this...we can help, there are people who can help. Do you really want to kill all these innocent people, all those families and siblings who just want to live?"

"Naria, popcorn."

"Hai." she bowed as she handed him a paper bag filled with it.

"Hahaha...I'm seeing why the earthlings love these...these...cat fights!" Ginis smiled, "Best entertainment ever!"

"What will you do, Zyuohger? Claim revenge or die by the traitor's hand?" Quval pondered, eating his own bag of popcorn.

"Oh! Naria, do we have anymore of that pie-za?" Ginis asked.

"Yes. We just abducted one of those delivery men." she replied.

"Oh please tell me it's…"

"Oh please don't say it…" Quval quietly begged.

"Nice and hot."

"Oh phew..thought he was gonna quote that thing…"

"You mean 'extra thicc'?"

"...hurt you."

"Eh?"

"I will hurt you, Azald!" Quval snapped.

"Come on!" Clove snapped as she repeatedly slashed at Amu, "Fight me! Fight me now!"

"Ah!" she panicked, ducking each and every swing before jumping over a swing before putting her hands on Cloves' shoulders and flipped over her head. Amu grunted, using the momentum to lift and toss her over her head into a snowbank.

"I...said...fight me!" Clove snapped as she charged out of the snowbank.

"I won't!" she shouted, jumping over another swing.

'Please...fight back….' Clove thought as she tried slicing at Amu once more, 'It's what I deserve for betraying you all, especially you Amu...'

'Please Clove stop this!' Amu mentally begged, stopping the next swing and spinning her around and into another snow bank, 'I...I don't want to fight you…'

"RAH! Tusk yelled as he traded blows with Tundra, the two standing in a small mountainous plane as some fierce winds blew by.

"You call these punches?! My son Rotor pulls stronger ones than you and he's weak!" Tundra shouted as he punched Tusk into the mountainside, "You're both pathetic!"

"You're the pathetic one!" Tusk snapped as he slugged Tundra across the face, sending him staggering back, "You...what kind of father treats his son like that?!" he demanded as he charged and slammed his head into Tundra's chest, sending him skidding back as he grunted from the force behind the attack.

"I...I tried training him to become a warrior..and yet he focused on those blasted contraptions of his…!" Tundra roared, sending out a freezing cold blast of air at Tusk, freezing him in place, "He's nothing but a disappointment!" he snapped, "And people like you and those pointless Freedom Fighters made him weaker! Breaking his spine was the best gift I ever gave him and your faces when you thought he was dead...that despair...that boy is power!"

"I like him!" Azald shouted, "Such cruelty...such ferocity...such animosity towards his own family...now THAT'S a warrior!"

"I say Akhlut is better," Quval argued.

"No...Tundra is better!" Azald declared.

"No...Akhult."

"Tundra!"

"AKHULT!"

"TUNDRA!"

"...Look at this, these guys give an economy to my entertainment!" Ginis laughed, "Oh Eggman...where have you been hiding such powerful warriors?"

"What do you have to say now...boy?" Tundra asked as he looked at the frozen Tusk, "If you have a problem...then I'll just break your spine as well, because your own father raised such a pathetic warrior!"

"...urusei…" Tusk whispered.

"Eh?" Tundra raised a brow before noticing Tusk's hand moving in the ice, "?!"

"PAON!" he trumpeted as he broke free, "Don't you dare speak of my father! He is a real father who cares for his family!" he shouted as he punched him repeatedly, each punch glowing with green energy as he knocked him back. "HA!" he shouted, slamming the ground as a giant rock pillar rose from the ground that lifted Tundra up into the sky, "Don't call yourself a father if you don't have a heart!" he went on as his trunk extended and wrapped around his neck, "Don't dare use that great word ever again!" he shouted before dragging him down and into his fist as he landed a final punch to the side of his face, creating a crack in one of his tusk.

"G...gaah~!" Tundra cried out as he was sent rocketing to the ground, the impact creating a small crater in the mountain.

"Gah….ha…." Tusk gasped for air coming down from his rage induced high, "Ah…" he gasped as he wiped his forehead with his trunk, "Well...that was...therapeutic….better...go check...on Leo..."

"AHH! Woah!" Leo yelped as he kept jumping and leaping out of the way of some electrified missiles, "Seriously, how's something so small this crazy strong?!"

"My devotion to Lord Eggman gives me strength!" Thunderbolt snapped inside of a large mech-like suit as she fired at him.

"My god... Did you get the short draw?" Lien-da laughed.

"Shut up!" Leo grunted as he used his claws to keep his ground, "Just cause I was raised different doesn't mean I can't win here!"

"Then you better fight back…" Lien-Da smirked.

"Or else you'll get zapped!" Thunderbolt laughed, her mech's hand changing into a blaster as it fired an electrified beam at Leo.

"GAO!-!-!" he roared letting out a yellow shockwave that shook the very ground, messing up Thunderbolt's aim as the blast missed, "Oh my god that worked...Oh My God THAT WORKED!-!-!" he roared, shaking the ground and making them both fumble as their balance became shaky.

"Ahh...forgot he could do that…" Lien-Da whispered, about to pull out one of her whips before the wind started getting stronger, "..."

"Grr...you stupid cat…" Thunderbolt growled as she shot up, "How dare you scratch the mech suit Lord Eggman gave me?!"

"..." Leo leaned back as he began taking a very large breath of air enough so his chest expanded slightly.

"..." Lien-Da looked back and forth between Leo...and a massive tornado approaching the trio, "...Bye."

"Huh wh-" Thunderbolt began before Lien-Da vanished, "Hey! Wh…" she began before she noticed the tornado, "...Oh…"

"GAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOO!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!" Leo roared, sending out an earth shaking shockwave.

"AHH!" Thunderbolt screamed as the shockwave sent her flying..right into the tornado, "LORD EGGMAN, SAVE ME~~~!"

"...How in Lord Ginis' name did you recruit her?" Quval asked Eggman.

"She's...a big fan of my work...probably too much…" Eggman shuddered.

"Loyalty over quality got it." Quval nodded.

"What the hell?!" Tusk shouted as the entire mountain began shaking; he looked as rocks from higher grounds fell and he looked at Tundra, "Damn it…" he complained, grabbing him with his trunk and dragging him away from a boulder, "Your damn lucky I'm a better man than you."

Tusk tossed him over to a larger ledge of the mountain with no avalanche danger potential. Tusk used his trunk to grab a vantage point and began climbing up the mountain where he found a good chunk of the stone had fallen over. Lucky for him, a Chaos Emerald was embedded in the bedrock.

"...Jackpot. Now t-"

"HELP~~~!" Leo's voice screamed.

"...Oh for...Leo, wh-" Tsuk began as he turned, his eyes shrinking at the massive tornado Leo and Thunderbolt were trapped in, "?!"

"Tusk! Help! Me!" Leo shouted with each pass.

"For the love of…" he grumbled as he grabbed the Emerald before he extended his trunk out and grabbed Leo's leg, "Ghh!" he grunted, feeling the insane pull on his nose, "Damn it, Leo...cut back on the red meat!"

"Hold on! I'm trying to save Eggman's stalker!"

"Why?!"

"I'm...not gonna let her die in a tornado!" he shouted, "Just...AH! She bit me!"

"Let go of me, you sexist cat!"

"SEXIST!?"

"Oh for the love of the Master Emerald!" Tusk complained, "Leo, leave her! She'll get saved by her friends!"

"What friends?!" Leo argued.

"LORD EGGMAN WILL SAVE ME!"

"Oh will you just let me help you, you electrified basketball?!"

"I'm a chinchilla!"

"S-"

"Oh for...JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!" Tusk snapped as he swung his trunk around and smacked the Chinchilla with the lion before swinging them both out of the tornado and slamming them on the ground, "Ugh…" he grunted as his nose retracted to its normal length, "Oh my trunk...Is this what a broken nose feels like to other people?" he grunted while holding his trunk "Leo was she alo…" he started before he was shocked "Ahhh!" he screamed as he began falling down, dropping the emerald as Lien-da grabbed it.

"Thank you. Such good, boys." she smirked before vanishing.

"Bye~!" Thunderbolt laughed as she and Tundra followed suit.

"...Leo?"

"Yeah, Tusk?"

"When we leave this mountain….I am going to hurt you...BADLY."

"WHAT DID I DO?!" he roared before coughing, "...my throat...my voice…" he coughed.

"Oh thank god…" Tusk grunted as he passed out.

"Ginis-sama." Lien-Da bowed, presenting the green Emerald, "Your second Chaos Emerald."

"Amazing work." Ginis laughed taking it, "You're the first to come back with an Emerald."

"Well, my master, I just needed the muscle to do the job they're good at and grant me a window."

"Ahh...an opportunist. I like that." he smiled, "This is a great step for you." he mused, "Let us hope the rest of your friends deliver soon."

"Speaking of, let us tune back into the Cat fight." Quval spoke, waving his hand as the screen changed to show Amu as she ducked and weaved around each and every swing aimed at her.

"Such a fierce warrior...shame she is a pacifist…" Ginis noted, "Eggman, how did you get someone like her to join?"

"Her sister was sick, and came to me for a cure to her mystery illness," Eggman replied before grinning, "But here's the thing. I agreed to roboticized her to delay the illness...I never said I'd CURE it!"

"You let her interpret it as she wished?" Quval noted.

"Yup. And when she does find out…" Eggman paused as he chuckled devilishly, "Oh, the look of despair on her face will be priceless!"

"I'm starting to like you." Quval admitted, "Not enough to save you from Azald though." he quickly added, making Eggman sag his shoulders.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Azald exclaimed before pulling out a blue ribbon and tied Eggman's mustache onto the top of his head with it, "Forgot the bow after the dip."

"Pffftt…" Quval and Naria held back laughter unbecoming of their calm demeanour.

"Hmm... Eggman, get me that sister."

"Huh?"

"I have...a little game I want to play." Ginis spoke simply, his mouth curling into a smile, "Hahaha…" he chuckled in a quiet and soul chilling manor.

"...I'm listening."

"Ah!" Amu shouted as she cartwheeled away from another swing as she flipped the Emerald up into the air with her tail. Clove jumped after it, only for Amu to jump into her, sending them both falling into a snowbank. As the Emerald fell, Amu rolled up and swung her leg, kicking it and sending it flying off the cliff edge of the mountain.

"No!" Clove gasped as she tried reaching for the Emerald, only for Amu to push her back, "Damn it! Let me go!"

"I told you I won't let you take it!" Amu shouted swinging her around and away from the cliff, "SELA!" she shouted.

Down below, Sela jumped out of the piles of snow as she grabbed the emerald in her hand. She sighed in relief as she stepped over her downed opponent.

"Guess that makes me the first woman to kick your giant ass." Sela taunted while walking off, hearing him groan from the trauma of the avalanche hitting him face first., "Now...what do we do about the traitor?"

"It's over…" Amu spoke, "You won't be able to catch Sela in time. And you can't get past me anyway."

"...No...I need it…" Clove whispered, gripping the handle of her weapon as she shot up and charged, "I need that for my sister!"

"Mou…" Amu groaned as she ducked under the swing and under her body, before grabbing her leg, "Omae wa...BAKA!" she shouted before swinging her around and tossing her into a mountain wall.

"GAh!" Clove gasped out as she fell into the snow, a stinging pain in her side as she struggled to get up, "Must...get...Emerald."

"Clove, please...you've already lost. Just stay down…"

"No..I...I can't...my sister...had an attack…" Clove grunted, using the butt of her scythe to stand as she held her side, "I...need that Emerald to get….the care...she needs…"

"Then let us help you." Amu spoke, "You don't need to rely on Eggman, even more so now that he is working with the Deathgaliens...if you die, they don't care. Even worse, if your sister gets worse... they will just treat it as a part of their cruel game."

"..You don't understand…" Clove whispered as she glared at Amu, "If she doesn't get the help she needs and loses her robotic parts...she'll die!"

"How can I not understand that?!" Amu shouted, a growl in her voice, "How can I not understand that you're afraid; worried!? You want to save your family! Just like all of us… How can you say such a selfish and stupid thing like 'I don't understand?!' Of course I understand!"

"No you don't! Me and Cassia...we…." Clove choked out, tears in her eyes as she shook, "We can never be free...ever again...we…..I...did such terrible things…"

"You can make up for it! I will give you that chance!" Amu argued.

"...A chance….even after all I've done to you all, especially you Amu...you're willing to give me a chance…?"

"Of course. You're my friend after all."

"...Amu...I…" Clove began before she cried out in pain, clutching her chest as she fell to her knees.

=Ahh ahh ahh~ Remember who you serve~?= Eggman's voice sang.

"Yes...Lord Eggman…" Clove panted out.

=Good girl. As a prize, I'll show you and tiger girl something interesting= Eggman grinned.

At that, Orbot and Cubot appeared with a camera and projected Clove's sister tied to a bomb.

"?!"

=That's right. A little...incentive to get you motivated= Eggman smirked =You want her safe? Then get me an Emerald, or...ooh~! Even better...those Cubes those pesky Zyuohgers have!=

"You monster!" Amu growled.

=A monster? Oh no, tiger girl. I am a negotiator and a genius!= Eggman declared.

=Ugh...sis…= the younger pronghorn whispered weakly.

"Gee, Orbot, she sure doesn't look all that well…" Cubot noted, concern in his voice.

"Oh really?" Orbot deadpanned.

"Yeah. She's gone all pale and she doesn't sound like herself," Cubot replied, not realizing Orbot was using sarcasm.

=You hear that? Clock. Is. Ticking~= Eggman grinned as the screen shut off.

=This message will self destruct in 10 seconds=

"?! I thought he got rid of that habit!" Orbot freaked as he and Cubot looked around, hoping to find a safe place to throw the message bomb.

"Oh! I know!" Cubot exclaimed before grabbing the message bomb and buried it in the snow, "There we go!"

"Cubot...what did you do?"

"Well, snow is just water frozen, right? So when the snow melts, it'll put out the fuse inside of it! Narf!"

"..."

"What? It's a g-"

*BOOM!*

"NARF!" Cubot laughed as he and Orbot flew off into the sky, becoming a star.

"..."

"...That...just happened…" Sela slowly blinked as she walked up next to Amu.

"...Chance!" Clove shouted as she snatched the Emerald from Sela's hands and ran off as best she could.

"?! ...Oh for…!" Sela groaned as she and Amu ran after her.

-linebreak-

"Did I do good?" the young pronghorn laughed as soon as Eggman gave her the clear.

"Yup! She bought it!" Eggman replied, "In return, you may have your choice of game system and games, Cassia!"

"YES! PS4 PRO, YOU WILL BE MINE!" the young pronghorn beamed.

"...Still not enough to get me to stop Azald," Quval stated.

"DAMN IT!"

"...You know, I heard casino's were big but…" Yamato-wearing a tuxido-paused as he and Miyuki-wearing an elegant ice-blue dress with a small fox imprinted on the hem-looked around at the massive casino, a large gold statue in the center.

"I'm rather surprised it's been able to be allowed to operate in Japan without using a second building and a trading system, kyu," Miyuki admitted, earning a look from Yamato, "Roll-chan, Tails-chan, Aphrodite-chan and I have been reading the law books so we can find loopholes, kyu."

"There are tons of ways to get past those things." Yamato sighed, "The people with influence and power find a way. These...are exceptionally extravagnet ones though...I mean, is the gold statue necessary?"

"It's absolutely necessary!" some of the casino patrons shouted.

=I've been reading up on the casino since we learned about it= Tails noted in an earpiece in Yamato's ear =Apparently, the 'cash' you earn here is all fake bills with a tiny symbol on one corner to prove they're counterfeit so they can't be used. But to get the real cash winnings, there's a tiny building behind the casino you can take a piece of paper printed from the big shaking machine produces=

"Eh...it's just a giant pachinko parlor," Yamato whispered.

"Hmm...we could hit up a few of the slot machines and blackjack tables t-" Miyuki began before she noticed something, "?!"

"What's wrong?" Yamato asked before Miyuki pointed to a woman nearby, a straw hat hiding her onyx hair with a pair of lynx ears poking out of the back, "Who's that?"

"Conquering Storm, another of Eggman's Egg Bosses and leader of the Raiju, kyu," Miyuki whispered, a frown on her face.

"Raiju?"

=Ack! Do not let Aphrodite or her kids learn she's here!= Tails yelped.

"Uhm...guys, explain please." Yamato sighed.

"Two hundred years ago, one of the Raiju or one of the Sakurai, depends on who you ask, stole a family sword and a master ninja from the other and a blood feud was declared," Miyuki explained, "They managed to put that feud right down to the genetic level so there's no convincing either family to drop it."

"Just like a mongoose and a cobra are driven by instinct to despise the other and fight." Yamato compared, "Kinda…"

"Exactly. Which is why we cant let Aphrodite-chan or her children find out the leader of the Raiju is here, kyu," Miyuki nodded.

"Ah...more rules for how to take care of everyone." Yamato sighed as he pulled out a pair of sunglasses to finish his attire.

=I get the feeling he has an entire rule book on how to deal with all of us…= Tails spoke up.

"Just one?" Yamato replied with a chuckle.

"...I am starting to think you would have been good friends with Sakurai Skye-san…" Miyuki noted before shaking her head, "Right! Now to start earning for the Chaos Emerald, kyu!"

"Right." Yamato nodded as they walked in.

"This is a lot of red and gold," Miyuki noted, seeing the red and gold carpets, decorations, and wallpaper for the casino.

"Well given we have an enemy here the same thing, we need to move a little faster." Yamato spoke up as his eyes activated their enhanced vision.

"Hai, kyu," Miyuki nodded.

Meanwhile, the Lynx was searching around already getting word the Zyuohgers had obstructed her allies.

=Remember Storm, don't let those multi-colored spandex freaks get the Emerald= Eggman whispered =If they do get it...you have permission to go all out=

"I am aware of that, doctor…" Conquering Storm whispered as she searched the area from the shadows, turning her communicator off, "This is ridiculous. He's still acting like he's in charge, and yet he fails to see the potential of the enemy before him that isn't Sonic or the Red warrior..."

"Oh? So she's the leader of an entire ninja clan?" Ginis asked.

"That's right! You'll never know when you need an assassin to kill someone," Eggman explained before muttering, "Especially if it's Sonic."

"Correct me if I'm wrong...but wasn't it the Red one who bested you last time you had full freedom? And isn't it also true that Sonic's friends have bested you without his help...such as the fox child turning your machines against you?" Quval pointed out.

"Mere flukes! Sonic and the red oen are the bigger threats!" Eggman barked, "The rest are just sidekicks and/or cannon fodder!"

"Hmm...yes…" Quval nodded.

"Good...you see my point. Sonic and the red one are the main targets."

"It's highly unwise to brush off the others like that. It may come back to bite you in the butt one day," Naria spoke, "Unless your Ginis though, but, you're not him."

"Grr…!"

"Royal Flush again?!" some people at a poker table exclaimed as Miyuki laid out her hand.

"That's some insane luck, miss…" the poker dealer whispered with wide eyes.

"That or it's not that hard to see their card tricks…" Yamato whispered hiding his eyes behind his sunglasses.

"What can I say? I like to dabble in card games, kyu," Miyuki smiled as she stood up, "Yamato-kyun, our prize if you please, kyu?"

"Hai hai." he smiled, collecting the winnings.

"Thankyu," Miyuki smiled before bowing a bit to the poker dealer, "Thankyu for the game, kyu," she said as she and Yamato walked off, "Okay...how much do we have so far, kyu?"

"After the pachinko machines and slots…" Yamato whispered, counting out all their winnings, "I think we're close."

"Good. We just need one more game…" Miyuki whispered as they looked around.

"We should try for the game with the highest chance of payback." Yamato spoke, "That would be Roulette."

"Good. Let's see…" Miyuki muttered as she looked for an opened table, "...I think I see one and...uh oh."

"Uh oh?"

"She's there…" Miyuki whispered, seeing Conquering Storm standing at the roulette table.

"You are oddly talented." she glared at her opponent, being the last one standing.

"I just have good eyes...Bride of the Conquering Storm." the man replied slicking his white hair back.

"That's…" Yamato stopped seeing who the man was, "Bud-san?"

"So you know of me…" Conquering Storm noted.

"When I dress up…" he spoke tugging on his black leather jacket, "I take a few extra steps." he smirked his eyes turning into slitted eagle eyes for a moment, "But I have to admit...your doing not a half bad job yourself."

"As a ninja, you have to wait for the opportune moment to strike…" Conquering storm stated before glancing over her shoulder, "It seems we have company."

"Grab a seat Yamato." Bud invited not letting his focus ease up.

"Arigato…" Yamato nodded as he and Miyuki sat next to him on his side.

"Ahh the Prower brat's big sister and eagle." conquering storm noted.

"He's also a gorilla…" Bud countered, "Larry's power is a massive ground shaker."

"Hai, kyu," Miyuki added, giving Conquering Storm an even glare.

"Back to our conversation." she said, "you were asking if there was anyway i could get eggman into a ambush and arrested by humans."

"Yes." Bud spoke, "He's become a danger to humans...I want him to get the care he needs." he spoke, "I don't care for the Mobian's hate, I just care for humanities continued existence. So...I shall ensure he stays here...the rest f you go home...and pick up your little squabbles over territory and...whatever political problems bother you."

"Hmm true if ginis has his way this world will be over, and Eggman mental stability has gotten worse since Sonic cause a severe mental breakdown, sometimes he calls out to old minions he already dispose of."

"..." Bud said nothing as everyone placed their bets, he looked at Yamato's and put his on a different number, "Which is why he needs to be cared for by humans. It's only fair his fate be decided by his own race. No one should have their fate decided by an alien race."

"He seems to blame you alot, in fact, he's giving me orders to just kill you and be done with the mission." she gave Bud a curious look.

"If you knew a single thing of the past I wouldn't blame it." he spoke, "But...because you don't...I attribute you and many others to the fall of our home, and becoming the god awful mess of war and bloodshed. Eggman at least gave you all a single target...funny how that works." he spoke looking at the ball in the roulette, "The fact you joined him means to me you don't care and only wanted power and freedom to do what you like. So...how many people have you harmed?"

"Do you count how many loaves of bread you've eaten?"

"Hehe…" Bud chuckled, "If you knew my kind well, you'd know how ironic that is...our eyes are so good we remember everything we've seen...so we can remember how many grains of rice we've eaten...it's a hassle."

"Bud-san," Yamato said, getting his attention, "Why are you…"

"Same reason as you and the nine-tailed vixen: to stop Eggman, or rather Ginis, from restoring Chaos' full power." he explained, "Yamato...for right now, you and I are on the same side. I will always be here to help you. So, let us battle together." he nodded to him; Yamato nodded back as the two turned to their guest across from them.

"Alright. Place your numbers and bets," the dealer ordered.

Yamato and Bud looked as the dealer dropped the ball, they watched it spin as they both placed bets, Yamato bet on black 13, Conquering Storm on Black 20, and Bud bet on red 21. The four stayed focused as they watched the ball spin around the roulette wheel. They all waited as the speed continued for a good moment until the ball finally slowed down and began moving towards the slots.

"..." Conquering Storm then spat a pin she had in her mouth, sending the ball into the number slot she wanted.

"Black 20!" the dealer declared before sliding the large pile of bets to Conquering Storm.

"Yamato." Bud spoke.

"Hai."he nodded, their eyes seeing the same phenomenon no one else did.

"Well, this is a casino. No one ever plays fair." Bud sighed.

"Well...now wh-"

"All in," Miyuki spoke.

"?!"

"You sure that's wise, kitsune?" Conquering Storm asked with a small unnoticeable smirk.

"You want to battle as a kunoichi? ...Fine…" Miyuki spoke as she grinned back at her, "I'll play your game, kyu."

"Then if I win, I'll have your family treasure." she said, "And if you win?"

"You stay far away from us for a few weeks, kyu."

"Oh? Something that simple? I would have given you the Sakurai Treasure back, but the terms been made."

"...damn it!" Miyuki cursed quietly before an idea popped up, "...Then throw that in."

"Sorry. I…"

"My life."

"All in," the kunoichi informed, pushing her winnings forward to beside Miyuki's.

"And we're spinning once more!" the dealer declared, "Place your bets!"

"Red 13, kyu."

"Black 24."

"Alright. Let's...start!" the dealer called, spinning the wheel as he tossed the ball in.

"Miyuki, what are you…?" Yamato began.

'Trust me, kyu...I have this," Miyuki assured as the wheel began to slow down.

"...Chance," Conquering Storm whispered, spitting out another thin needle at the ball, only for it to suddenly bounce off something, "?!"

"Red 13!"

"How…" Conquering Storm began before she noticed it...a near invisible thin layer of ice blocking the spot the needle attempted to hit, "...clever vixen…"

"Like I said; you wanna fight like a kunoichi? Fine…" Miyuki grinned as she moved all her winnings towards her, "I'll play. Your. Game...kyu. Now...about our deal, kyu?"

"I'm not changing the terms agreed upon. To do so would dishonor both clans. You'll have to wait for our next duel."

"...Fine. Then I'll await for our rematch, kyu," Miyuki nodded.

Conquering Storm nodded as she walked away, her cybernetic eyes giving the trio one last look as she vanished into the shadows.

"This is why I never liked Ninjas…" Bud spoke up, "Always trying to see if they could get past my eyes…"

"You just need to find the right opening, kyu," Miyuki stated with a giggle, "Now, let's go turn these in for the emerald, kyu."

"Finally...it is a good thing I haven't eaten anything since getting here." Yamato sighed, "I hope flying around makes this easy."

"Ahh….ahh...I...think I lost them…" Clove panted, resting inside a small ice cave as she leaned against the side, "Just...need...to get the Emerald back…to base..."

"I think I heard something over here!" Sela's voice shouted.

"?!" she panicked, 'I forgot she has Sela...even the smallest of noises will tell her where I am!'

"Sela, where did she run off to?" Amu's voice asked.

"I heard her around here just a moment ago. I'll try and see if I can hear her somewhere," Sela replied.

Clove held a hand over her mouth, holding her breath as she stayed against the cave wall, hoping Sela wouldn't hear her.

"I can't hear anything she must not be here." Sela spoke up.

Clove looked out as she heard the sound of their feet shuffling through the snow. As she continued to come out more ever so slowly to make sure they left, she gasped while feeling something pounce on her and take back the Emerald. Amu rolled across the snow as she sighed, holding it in her hands.

"Phew…" she breathed out happily, having reclaimed it.

"No! Give that back!"

"No!" Amu replied, jumping away from an attempt to snatch it back, "I'm not letting anyone get hurt with this thing and that Chaos!"

"No...give it back…" Clove grunted out as she struggled to get up, "Cassia...she…"

"She was faking."

"...What?"

"It took me a moment to think about it, but if I recall, Cassia loved to pull a prank or two now and again when she wasn't focused on her games."

"...What?" Clove's eye twitched.

"I remember because I know her and you. Remember the beehive incident? Oh ho...that was a prank gone horribly wrong…"

"..."

"...Clove?"

"..." Clove said nothing as she brought a pair of fingers up to one of her ears, "Quval, teleport me back up to the ship."

=Sorry. I…=

"Teleport me….back...to...the ship…"

=...yes, ma'am….=

"Grr...Cassia…!" Clove began as she vanished.

"...I think I did a boo boo," Amu whispered, knowing full how how angry Clove was when she used THAT tone.

"Come on...come on…"

=You lose!=

"Oh, come on!" Cassia complained, nearly throwing her controller down, "I was so close too…that character is so cheap!"

"Not cheap. Just merely needed to figure them out…" Ginis chuckled. "Ahh...who knew humans had such fun things...shame the planet will be destroyed soon enough…"

"...Rema-!"

"CASSIA!-!-!"

"Oh shoot...that's my sister...and she's livid…" Cassia whispered with wide eyes, "Uh...hide me, Mr. Ginis!"

"Sorry no…" Ginis said as he left.

"...Uh...uh…" Cassia panicked, looking around frantically, "I'm so screwed…oh! I could…!"

"Cassia, you are in so much trouble…"

"...Shoot…" Cassia slumped, her sister standing in the doorway.

"Mission, complete, kyu," Miyuki smiled, back in her normal Mobian appearance as she Yamato, and Bud walked away from the casino as the nine-tailed vixen held the Chaos Emerald, "Thankyu for getting the emerald, boys, kyu."

"Stupid robot hands…" Bud muttered, "Who makes something that LITERALLY shakes you of your money?! Honestly!"

"Eh, well it's a gimmick after all…" Yamato muttered

"It's a highly unneeded gimmick!" Bud argued.

"Ma ma, boys. All that matters is that we got the Emerald, kyu," Miyuki stated, "We just need to meet up with the others, kyu."

"Right, I hope the others are okay." Yamato sighed before Bud stopped him and Miyuki, "Bud-san?"

"It's here," he frowned as a certain laugh was heard.

"Ohohohohohohoh!" Eggman laughed, arriving and taking off a collar on his neck labeled 'Squishy', "Finally got that blockhead to sleep... Listen up! I want my Chaos Emerald and I want it now!"

"No." Yamato replied simply.

"Did I say you have a choice?"

"Still no." they all replied simply.

"Know what? I'm done with talking. I just want you, especially him...!" he pointed at Bud, "DEAD!"

"You…"

"And spare me all your talk about 'I need to be captured to heal' shtick! I am Dr. Eggman, the smartest person in Mobi-nay! The entire universe! Mobian, human, everything is below me, and will submit to my genius, or will be roboticized! You..." he said pointing at miyuki, "and you." he pointed at Yamato, "Do not exist to me...only him." he said, pointing at Bud, "Chaos!"

"Chaos!?" Yamato shouted as a manhole shot off the ground in a burst of water as the elemental being rose half its body out with a growl.

"Get them!" Eggman ordered as Chaos charged, only to be suddenly flash frozen, "What?!"

"He maybe a god, but he's still made of water, kyu," Miyuki stated, a firm tone in her voice.

"Ha!" Bud shouted reverting to his Mobian form as he pulled out his Eagriser and slashed the ice statue into cubes sending them flying away with a final swing kicking up a huge gust of wind.

"...What?!"

"It's unwise to underestimate those, hakase, kyu…" Miyuki stated before pointing all nine of her tails at him, the tips frozen into blades of ice.

"...Maybe, but I do have…" Eggman began before pressing a button, sending out a gas at the trio, "This!"

"Ahh nade sore!" Yamato freaked, covering his nose.

"Sleeping gas!" Bud groaned.

"?!" Miyuki tensed as she quickly covered her nose and mouth, only to cough as she felt drowzy, "It's...too...strong…"

"Ha!" Bud shouted, growing his wings and flapping his arms sending a huge gust of wind blowing the gas away and sweeping over Eggman.

"Nice try!" Eggman grinned as a dome went over him, "Always prepared in case that happens!"

"Not everything!" Bud shouted, flying off, carrying both younger adults over his shoulders.

"...DAMN IT!" Eggman facepalmed. "You won't escape! I may be insane, but I will never forget you!"

"Mmm…" Bud muttered at hearing that, "You kids make this much harder on me…"

"G...gomen...kyu…" Miyuki whispered, the vixen struggling the stay awake and fight the sleeping gas.

"You're still awake?" he asked in surprise, "I shall leave you and Yamato near your hideout; I'll handle Eggman and Chaos."

"Ari...gato...kyu…" Miyuki tiredly smiled.

"Okay. So far the Deathgellians have two Emeralds, and we have one," tails noted as he looked at a checklist, one side showing chibi heads of Eggman and Ginis while the other showed chibi heads of Sonic and ZyuohEagle, "Just have to wait for Yamato and sis to get back and, hopefully, they'll have the 4th Emerald."

"Sorry...I miscounted." Tusk sighed as he had his head bandaged while rubbing his trunk, "At the least we learned Leo has a limit to how loud he can get." he chuckled as Leo drank herbal tea to help his voice.

"Thank you, kami-sama!" Sela cheered.

"Bleck..it may be liquid salad…" Leo gagged a bit, "But at least it's healing my vocal chords a bit…"

"That's what you get for pushing your voice so far." Amu spoke as she placed their captured Emerald in a little holder to display for them, part so everyone would know where it is and not be lost.

"How was I supposed to know that chinchilla would bring her freakin' mech suit…?!" Leo argued before gagging, "Ahh...bad idea…bad on the chords..."

"That's what you get for being dumb." Amu shook her head.

"More hot cocoa?" Roll offered, pouring one for Sela.

"Ah thanks," she sighed while taking it, "Even if I can stand the cold, diving into an avalanche is to cold...heh. Least I beat Akhlut."

"Nice…" Leo gave a thumbs up while coughing again.

"Tadai…" Miyuki paused as she gave a small yawn, both her and Yamato walking in, "...ma, minna kyu…"

"...Eggman?" Nicole guessed.

"Hai…" Miyuki replied with a yawn.

"Sleeping gas…" Yamato muttered, walking up to the counter before slumping over it, "Hey... did this place always use to be upside down?" he asked having turned over and seeing everything upside down.

"Kaa-san, we need sleeping gas wake up drinks," Roll noted.

"Here you go," Aphrodite put two large mugs of coffee before the two….tinted red.

"Thank you…" Yamato muttered as he was turned right side up so he could take a sip, his eyes snapped open as they turned into their eagle slitted form for a moment, "Whoa!" he shouted, "Ah...oh...that'll wake you up."

"..." Miyuk blinked as she took a sip of her drink, her eyes snapping wide open as all nine of her tails shot up, the Chaos Emerald falling out of one of them, "K...KYU!-!-!-!"

"What's in that stuff?" Tusk asked.

"It was a brew my late husband made," Aphrodite explained, "He'd use it and he'd be awake for three days. It reacts with some things in your body to produce a special enzyme that keeps you awake without repercussions of lack of sleep."

"Good good good good~!" Miyuki repeated rapidly as she drank hers, "Tastes just as good as White-kyun's, kyu kyu kyu kyu!"

"Wait...who?" Tails blinked at that.

"Ah!" Yamato freaked, covering his ears.

"Nothing, otouto, kyu!" Miyuki shouted.

"Uh...by chance is...it a little on the...addictive side?" Yamato asked in worry as he let go of Tails's head.

"Well…"

"No seriously, who's White?" Tails asked once more.

"My boyfriend, kyu~"

"Oh….WAIT WHAT?!"

"BYE!" Miyuki shouted as she ran out, leaving small prints of ice and snow on the floor.

"Tails?" Yamato asked in worry as he just stood there, "Tails? Hello? Earth to Tails...ah..his eyes are blue screen of death! Tails, wake up!"

"I take it Bud left to deal with Chaos and Eggman?" Tikal asked, appearing out of thin air.

"Ah!" Yamato shouted as the scare was enough to snap Tails out of it and jumping into his arms at the same time, "Please don't do that...the coffee has my heart rate up enough…"

"Ahh... I forgot Bud doesn't like you all except for Yamato...that will make the seal impossible."

"Impossible?" Tails asked as he and Yamato looked at one another, Tails jumped down and side stepped away, "Why would it be impossible...unless...oh no...they need to all agree, don't they?"

"Clever boy. When I mentioned the story, what was the key difference in my story and your current situation?"

"Just one hero…"

"So that must mean that with there being six cubes...all six need to be used at once." Yamato added.

"Yes, you must unite in body and soul. Once you all truly work together can the seal be activated. At the rate you all are going, it will last but a month... a year at best."

"Why that feather head jerk don't like other Mobian's anyway?" Leo asked, sipping his tea.

"Hmm."

"Wait...Bud knows this, doesn't he? ...Yet he still helped… He has his own plan, doesn't he?" Yamato asked, his tone worried, "Bud-san...he has a crazy plan to protect everyone and he plans to risk himself?"

"..."

-flashback-

"You won't succeed! Work with the guardians!" Tikal snapped at Bud.

"..." Bud said nothing as he looked out, "Tikal...tell me: what are in their hearts?" he spoke up, "Do they think of this world? Its well being? Do they spend every moment looking at the humans of this world and seeing the world that needs to be protected? No...I know in their hearts, they want to return home, to their families, their loved ones. It is not wicked...and it's not terrible. But...their hearts aren't focused on saving the humans. Mine and Yamato's are...we seek to save this world. All they want is to return home...it will not work." he shook his head as he held the cube, "But...if I have learned one thing it is that humans have the potential to change the hearts of those they meet. So...I shall take that power given unto me by the humans I cherish...and I shall change the heart of Chaos."

"It can't be changed. People in general can't change easily even after all these years."

"...Then I shall try and try." he spoke, "I shall change Chaos at his core. I can feel this is the right thing to do. To seal him away for years again…" he shook his head, "It would just be continuing the cycle of hate that created him. That is why I shall save him from this cycle; I shall change things. This is why I left that world. I refused to bend to their terrible ways, so I left to a world where, yes I was met with fear and hate...But then I found people who saved me, and treated me as their hero. I will save Chaos...and let him find his path." he explained, "I know it is selfish...but sometimes a little selfishness can be good."

-end-

"Nothing will come from it," she said sadly.

"..." Yamato looked down at that as he thought back to the day Bud saved him, and even to the day Larry saved his life, "That's not true…" he spoke up, "One has to try. To try and help others; to reach out to them. To say nothing can come of trying to help others is a terrible thing to say. One can always try. And even if they fail, they still tried their best to help someone. That kindness has to mean something."

"The heart is something that takes a great force to sway," Aphrodite noted, "While he may not like us, I do wholly agree with Bud-san's choice. It is better to give love and spread it to others than it is to try to give love through keeping it away."

"It doesn't have love anymore. It's consumed by hate."

"...Okay, Tikal...It seems you know more than us," Tusk said.

"So can I ask a big question?" Sela asked, "...Why don't you have a heartbeat?"

"..." Tikal gave a small sigh, "It's because...I'm a spirit...One that was sealed with Chaos within the Master Emerald."

"Oh, that makes...A ghost?!" Roll freaked before Sonic's oxygen was cut off by her hugging him with a shiver.

"I think 'spirit' is more apt…" Yamato spoke up, "She can't hear me, huh?"

"I don't think she cares either…" Amu muttered.

Sonic managed to flick Roll's left ear and gasped deeply for air when she collapsed like a ragdoll in his lap, purring blissfully.

"If I may continue..." Tikal started, "A long long time ago, the world was at war. The red warrior of legend ruled everything. We all desired his protection. We needed it."

"The red warrior of legend?" Tusk asked confused.

"The First King." she explained, "We wanted his protection, but...my father...he...wanted his power, along with the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald."

"That sounds...like a lot of power." Yamato spoke up, gulping in worry.

"Yes. They were entrusted to us along with the Chao by him...He trusted all his subjects; we were family and his children."

-flashback-

"For the last time, no."

"You're a selfish one!" Tikal's father snapped, "Just because you have power, you force us to lick your feet!" he shouted to a figure seated in a throne hidden behind a veiled curtain.

"I ask no such things," he spoke in a gruff elder voice, "I ask merely my people all live in equality; in peace. That everyone strive to live happy lives. Power is nothing...It is just an object…"

"Shut up!" he roared.

"Father, please." Tikal spoke, at the king's side.

"Quiet, you whore! You sold yourself to him to be with a more fruitful clan while we take orders from you both?!"

The King stood up as a flash of red light revealed a very humanoid figure with a flowing cloak hanging from his waist. As he stood up, the sky began to rain despite there being no clouds in the sky. He walked forward, causing a great pleasure to wash over the person standing before his throne.

"Please no! My father does not know what he's saying!" Tikal stopped the king.

"A father...should never speak of their child in such a manner." the king spoke, "Such a greedy man is not worthy to lead. It pains me to say this...but you are removed from your position! I shall appoint a new leader in your place...and I shall exile you."

"WHAT?!"

"Please beloved, don't do this!" Tikal begged.

"I can not give him a third chance, or forth, or even fifth. Your people are suffering for his actions. For the betterment of those who follow me...I must make this choice. Unless…" he looked away, "He begs for forgiveness...from his child whom he insulted. I will let any insult wash over me...but no father should ever say those words to their child."

"She stopped being my daughter when she chose you as her beloved! She's dead to me!" he shouted; at that, the floor underneath them shook.

"Now look what you've done. You've made that child angry."

"...You'll pay…" he growled as he walked away, "I'll see to it that you'll pay...and prove our tribe should rule this world…"

-flashback pause-

"...Wh...what happened next?"

"...my father and a few of those devoted to him came to the shrine the Emeralds and Chao stayed and…" Tikal paused, a tinge of pain on her face as she held back some tears. "They slaughtered them to reach the Emeralds and even stabbed me."

"Eh?!" the group exclaimed as Tikal pulled her top down a bit, showing a scar over where her heart was.

"My father...was the one who gave me this…as punishment for 'betraying my own kind'." she smiled, "I can easily make it disappear, but I need to remember. It was at this time, seeing me, his friend, and his friends, the Chao, dying around him or wounded fatally that hate infected Chaos."

"Well who wouldn't be mad at that?" Aphrodite scowled, hugging Haseo close to her, "Even just hearing what your…father..." she spat out the word, "...did, I would most likely be just as angered were I in place of Chaos."

"Rah!" Cube Tiger roared as the six Cube Animals seemed really agitated.

"Why are they mad?"

"Oh, it was because they were there," Tikal explained.

"..." Nicole looked at Cube Kirin and Cube Mogura, "And just when were you two going to tell me you were older than me?"

"They like to be spoiled," Tikal defended.

"C-Can we please go back to them being there when your...father...did what he did, please?" Tusk asked, "They're that ancient?"

"Yes but…" Tikal pointed at Cube Leo, Tiger, and Shark snarling, "You are the one who brought up their ages, so deal with the consequences." Tikal then stood up, "The king loved me. The moment I was stabbed, he came for me." she sighed, "But it was too late... Chaos had already became a god of destruction...and it was too late for me."

"You wanted more time with him, didn't you?" Sonic asked Tikal.

"Of course. I did marry him out of duty, but he was kind... too kind for his own good, but that pure nature of his drew us in...Only someone pure evil and full of hate wouldn't be able to accept it." she continued.

"Aw~" the girls all cooed.

-flashback-

Tikal looked at her hands covered in blood. Fire was consuming her city, smoke claiming the skies. She looked to her left at the corpse of her father-the first victim-and held his hand. She took a breath and turned to see a water dragon facing down with four giants; two were obscured behind the flames and smoke while the others were clearly ZyuohKing and Zyuoh Wild. Her attention was then grabbed by the sound of crying as two hands took her own.

"Tikal...Tikal!"

"Do you grieve for one such as me?" she asked. "Look what my clan has done."

"It doesn't matter!" he spoke, "Please don't speak save your strength."

"You need to use me i'm the only one who can help you stop Chaos." she said as he saw the four giants losing. "Let me redeem my clan...I don't want to die carrying my father's sins."

"Tsk…" he groaned, unsure of what to say next, "I understand…"

"...I wanted to see so much with you, learn much, and teach much." she said; as they approached the Master Emerald, they both then reached forward.

"The servers are the 7 chaos. Chaos is power, power enriched by the heart, the controller is the one who unifies the chaos." they chanted as tikal coughed blood she focus the power to the king.

"Use your power now my...king…"

-end-

"I awoke to find myself separated from my body, the destruction ended, and my king crying over my body." Tikal finished her tale as Aphrodite, Roll, and Haseo were blowing their noses with streams of tears going down their cheeks. "However the cube animals could still see me and hear me..but my king never knew I stayed with him."

"I'm so sorry." Yamato spoke.

"Hmm?"

"For what happened to you…"

"...It is fine, Yamato. I…" Tikal began.

"But...it's not fine." Yamato spoke, "You're still in pain, Chaos is still in pain. All those years alone with nothing but the memory of pain and loss. No wonder Bud-san wants to save him; he wants to save both of you." he spoke getting everyone's attention at that.

-line break-

"Grr!" Bud grunted as he ducked under another swing from Chaos before slashing him with his Eagriser, "Just one Emerald and this is all the power you have?" he grunted while grabbing his shoulder in pain, "I'm not impressed, Hakaishin!"

"Then it's a good thing that it's feeding time," a voice said as Cubot and Orbot appeared and gave Chaos the Chaos Emerald Team Deathgaliens got. Chaos gripped it in his other hand as the same phenomenon as before happened with bones forming within his liquid form as the new Emerald rested in the back of his hand.

"Hmm... I think this is called Murphy's Law…" Bud spoke as he ripped his sleeve off and used it as a bandage over his arm, "Does me no difference either way," he grunted, holding his sword in his beak as he worked, "Ah…" he grunted while rolling his arm, "Let's settle this, Hakaishin Chaos!"

"..." Chaos glared at him at the mention of that name; it then opened what would be its mouth as it fired water that froze everything it hit. Bud ran along a wall as Chaos moved around to hit him, hitting his 'allies' in the process.

"S-s-s-s-s-so c-c-c-c-c-c-cold…" Orbot muttered.

"C-c-c-circuits f-f-f-freezing…" Cubot added.

"K-k-k-k-kill him, C-C-Chaos…" Eggman ordered.

"Ha!" Bud shouted, swinging his sword as a red flash shot out and slashed Chaos in half and left a giant cut across the ground. The flash of light traveled on, melting all the ice as it radiated intense heat.

"Oh come on!" Eggman shouted, soaked from the melted ice, "He can do that?! How can he do that?! WHY!?"

"What can I say? It pays to practice," Bud panted, swinging his sword down.

"This is quite the surprise," Orbot noted, "Right, Cubot? ...Cubot?" he heard someone sniffing and looked to see Cubot with dog ears and a tail sniffing his lower half, "And of course the water short-circuits him into a new personality..."

"You...You...You insufferable buzzard! You got that from the blue hedgehog, didn't you?!"

"I've been able to do this since I was 19. By the by, I'm in my thirties." Bud stated.

"What number?"

"Even I do not share everything..." Bud muttered, "Regardless, I've been able to do this since before Sonic even became a problem. If anything...I'm better with a sword then he ever will be...partly due to the fact he never practices."

"Who cares about Sonic!?" Eggman snapped, "You are the only Mobian who's going to die!"

"Funny coming from you…" Bud muttered as he turned back to Chaos who reformed and hardened his arms as it clashed with Bud's sword.

"...Cubot, did Eggman just say 'who cares about Sonic'?"

"Arf!"

"I hate when you can't talk...it makes it even more clear how different our IQ's are."

"Gh!" Bud exclaimed as he blocked another swing from Chaos before he flicked his wrist and swapped to whip mode as he tied its arms together before pulling Chaos down. Bud pulled out his cube as it began glowing, "Let's take a peek at what's going on in here." he spoke as he pushed the cube into Chaos' head, causing a blinding flash of light.

"What?!" Eggman exclaimed, shielding his eyes from the flash

Bud looked around at a temple of flames. He took note of the Chao lying around - dead - before looking at Chaos' original form, looking around mournful.

"There they are! Grab the Emeralds before he arrives!" Tikal's father shouted in the distance.

"..." Chaos' form began to twitch in anger, the water surrounding the shrine starting to bubble up.

"No...d-" Tikal began weakly before she coughed up some blood, the female echidna lying weakly on the ground as she held a hand over her bleeding chest.

"Soka... This is how you saw it." Bud sighed, looking at the giant water dragon that had spawn.

"Doshite ?" a voice asked as Bud turn to see a shadowed figure, "Why do you seek to learn the source of his pain?"

"...To understand." Bud spoke, "To understand someone is to know the true meaning for everything."

"The past cannot be changed...nor should it be allowed to repeat leave."

"Is that why he seeks this world's destruction? He's doesn't want a repeat?" he asked as he closed his eyes in annoyance; as he did, this...shared mental space seemed to connect to his mind. Bud's own mind and memory, images of a younger Bud running around holding a bleeding arm, meeting a man, receiving kindness, finding and saving a crying child, and giving him hope.

"...Soka...that eagle boy and your mistake give you hope." he said, seeing the full extent. "...If only that kindness was around back then."

"So words won't be enough for you, Chaos?" he said seeing the hate Chaos bore in the form of a dragon, "Then I shall show you! I shall show you the hope born of kindness!"

-real world-

"Thank god a giant pillar of light was a big clue. So what's happening here?" Sonic blinked as he and the Zyuohgers saw Bud and Chaos just standing as Eggman held his head.

"What did you do?!" Eggman shouted as the light faded.

"Ah!" Bud gasped, regaining his senses before he backed away from Chaos who swung at him with its arm acting as a sword of water.

"Doke, old bird!" Leo said as the zyuohgers ran to his side, "We'll handle him!"

"Stop!" Bud snapped as he swung his sword using it as a whip to stop them, "You lot can't do anything to stop him!"

"And what can you do alone?" Sela asked.

"More importantly; we need your cube after this."

"Minna!" Yamato shouted getting their attention. "Right now, Bud-san isn't our enemy; and Bud-san, we're not your enemy. We want to help Chaos too."

"...Yamato…"

"Minna, even if we seal Chaos, nothing will change. He'll be a danger for everyone who comes after our generation. Here and now we need to break Chaos's chains!" Bud shouted, "For the sake of the earth and its innocent people."

"Humph. Okay," Sonic spoke up, "I may not be one of you, but I'll be your wingman on this, Yamato and Buddy." Sonic said standing with Bud.

"Sonic-san." Yamato smiled.

"Buddy?" Bud questioned.

"Yeah. Bud, so Buddy…I mean who would pass up on that?"

"Don't repeat this…" Bud muttered looking away with a huff. "But at least I've met royalty I don't dislike for once, even if you're the spawn of Aleena."

"I get the feeling you don't like my mom…" Sonic muttered.

"I don't agree with a lot of politics of Mobians my age...but that's beyond the point." he said as Amu and the others looked at one another and nodded.

"Fine, bird man. We won't trust you, but we're gonna have faith in Yamato who has faith in you!"

"Finally Leo says something smart." Sela agreed.

"I don't know why you don't like us...but we all want to stop Chaos." Amu spoke as Bud looked at them.

"We don't want innocent people of this world to die by something from our world. If we let it go mad...we'd be just as bad as him." Tusk spoke, looking at Eggman, "All those families...they don't deserve this."

"Are you guys done with the speeches yet? The party is going to start and the guest of honor is ready to dance!" Sonic smirked, pointing Caliburn at Chaos.

"Hahahaha…." Bud laughed, getting their attention, "You brats are cheeky...but you're not bad." he explained his reason for laughter, "Compared to your parents...I think you're pretty reliable." he then raised his cube, "Ouja no shikaku…" he spoke as it pulsated energy within, "You chose these children for a reason. I shall give them a chance…" he spoke as it shone a faint gold at the center.

"Minna, we'll corner Chaos then once Bud-san gives the signal, we'll hit him with the King Credentials all at once."

"I'll be your backup." Sonic smirked, "Make it count."

"Don't expect me to save any of your tailed behinds." Bud spoke, "Prove you have skills."

"Let's go everyone!" Yamato shouted while holding up his Zyuoh changer.

=GORILLA~LION~SHARK~ELEPHANT~TIGER~!=

"Uh...what about…"

"Don't make it weird, kid." Bud cut off Sonic.

"Well at least I'm not the only one feeling left out." Sonic sighed.

"Ikuze!" Gorilla ordered as all of them charged.

Gorilla went first as he swung and hit Chaos multiple times, striking his face. The deity was too stunned to make his body malleable enough to let them move through him. Chaos stumbled back before Lion ran and jumped over Gorilla's back. Lion roared as he grew his claws and slashed Chaos, shocking him with electricity. Chaos stumbled back before stopping in place as its lgs froze over. Chaos raised and crossed its arms forming a blue barrier. Shark jumped forward as she rolled into a spin dash as she charged into the barrier causing sparks to fly. Chaos strained to keep the attack back before grunting as the ground shook beneath him, Chaos's concentration broke just as Sonic joined in and crashed into the barrier with Shark. Both of them crashed through Chaos sending his upper torso flying away, the rest left behind frozen.

Chaos grunted, landing on the ground as its lower body began reforming.

"What are you doing, Chaos?! Hurry up! It doesn't matter if you lose! Just kill the bird Mobian!" Eggman shouted as Tails arrived with Roll.

"You really think we're gonna have a mech fight?" Tails asked skeptical.

"You can never know," Roll replied.

=It'd be harder to convince her otherwise= Nicole spoke from his pad.

"Get up, Chaos!" Eggman egged on as it glare at him.

"Shut up, Eggman! We're busy here." Sonic smirked.

"...Eggman...who is that?" he asked as Sonic looked at him, "And who are you? I just want that Eagle, owl, whatever bird he is, dead! That's the only thing on my mind!"

"?!" the Zyuohgers and Mobians, minus Bud, looked at him like he just grew a second head screeching German in a thick Spanish accent.

"...Okay, is this his twin brother or something?" Roll asked after shaking off her shock.

"Lord Eggman, get yourself together!" Orbot pleaded.

"Arf!"

"Who is Eggman?! My name is...my name is...ahh! Why is my head splitting?! The bird Mobian... He did this! Kill him! Kill him, Ch…" he started before Chaos grabbed him by the neck, "Grk!"

"?! He grabbed his neck?" Lion gawked.

"Even gods are pissed with the bastard," Elephant snorted.

"Yamato, Buddy, throw me!" Sonic ordered.

"I told you not to repeat that."

"Hai."

At that, the two Eagriser blades wrapped around Sonic's feet before he was sent flying Eggman's way. He curled up and proceeded with using the spin dash to cut the doctor free. He grabbed him and ran back to Bud and Yamato's side.

"Interesting. they're trying to save a god," Ginis muttered, drinking some wine, "Now that's funny." he smirked, "I like this world."

"It's like the fat one is broken. What cruel game did you give him, Ginis-sama?" Naria asked.

"It's a mental trauma." Quval interjected, "When that white haired one appears, it seems something Azald's pet keeps buried in his mind came bursting out and it hurts."

"I have a good hangover..." Azald yawned while waking up, "What's goin' on with the game?" he looked at the screen, "AHH! SQUISHY~!-! YA LOST YER BOW!"

"Azald, retrieve him," Ginis said as Naria and Quval blinked.

"Master?" Azald looked over at Ginis.

"I liked a line from the leader...Mascot," Ginis spoke, "Bring back our mascot, Azald. We don't want him hurt."

"Yosha!" Azald declared.

"Ivo, are you alright?" Bud asked as Eggman kept muttering nonsense while holding his head. "This is the best chance we've got. Sonic, was it? Get him to a mental hospital."

"Huh?"

"His mind is regressing to its original state. He is returning to who he use to be." Bud explained, "If you get him to human professionals, maybe they can help him. He will be taken care of in a mental hospital."

"Someone help me, please... I don't want them to kill me."

"Hurry up!" Bud snapped before Azald landed and knocked Sonic into Zyuoh Lion.

"Ahh! My poor Squishy~! Don't you worry! Chaos is gonna give it to them good." he said while helping him up.

"Ivo!" Bud panicked flying at Azald who vanished, "No! No!"

'...'I don't want them to kill me.' …' Roll mentally repeated before her thoughts turned to the sound of a gunshot and a cry of a little girl as she dug her claws into her hands, drawing a bit of her own blood.

"What'd I miss Kyu?" Miyuki asked, arriving with the Chaos Emerald.

"Sis, what are you doing with that?!" Tails asked.

"Oh. Tikal said we need the Chaos Emeralds. It'll multiply the Zyuoh phones."

'Phones?' Roll and Tails blinked, the former then snarled for some reason as Miyuki gave her a death glare.

"RAIJU!" Roll snapped, tackling 'Miyuki'.

"What just happened?!" Tails asked, clearly confused.

"You can change your form, but your filthy Raiju scent remains!"

"And I see the Sakurai's bloodhound noses never changes!" 'Miyuki' smirked, "But thank for making it easy to get the Emerald. Your brother was so trusting!"

"?!" she snarled, "Did you touch my brother?"

"Worse: I flirted with him." she smirked, dropping Miyuki's form and revealing she was Conquering Storm.

'Wait that...oh…' Tails recalled.

-flashback-

"So a sword was stolen?" Sonic asked.

"It was a special sword gifted and made to be presented during the joyous wedding. No Sakurai has ever been married without the honored sword there to bless them."

"From what I heard, a Raiju used the wedding as a trick to steal the sword and left his or her beloved at the altar...and stole all 40 strawberry cakes."

"What does the cake...never mind. I caught my own stupid question."

"Since then, no Sakurai is allowed to fall for the advancements of a Raiju clan."

"Man they really hate each other...Sonic, you got any 5s?" Tails asked.

-end-

"Hey, Tails, what's going on up there?" Sonic shouted.

"Conquering Storm has our Chaos Emerald! Roll's fighting her." Tails shouted, "Should I help?"

"NO!" Sonic, Sela, Amu, Leo and Tusk shouted in concern for Tails' life.

"Ha!" Conquering Storm shouted as she and Roll kicked at one another, their legs clashing as it unleashed a shockwave, "...Not bad. It seems the Sakurai's skills haven't rusted in terms of fighting."

"Ma...Likewise. A pity that the Raiju are now just fodder for someone broken."

"After I kill you, your brother is gonna make a great husband/slave…I at least obey the rule to never exterminate a clan."

"Noted…" Roll frowned

"I hate ninjas. So persistent." Bud muttered as Chaos was trapped in the same spot thanks to Shark, Tiger, and Sonic. "Yamato, it's time. On my mark."

"Hai, Bud-san," Eagle nodded.

"Wait for it…" Bud whispered, waiting for the right moment as Chaos leapt into the air, "Now!"

"Oh no you don't!" Conquering Storm countered, managing to jump over Roll to throw the Chaos Emerald at Chaos.

Chaos managed to grab it and it began to shine. Chaos' legs twitched before melding together as half a rib cage formed in its body, the new Emerald inside of it, while a fin grew out of his back.

"If there wasn't a child present, I'd have a word summing this up perfectly…" Bud spoke.

"Eh, Knuckles desensitized me when he stubbed his toe once so go ahead," Tails assured.

"FU-!"

"AH! What was that?!" Mario shouted, hearing a loud shout from outside.

"Sounds a bit like a loud curse. Someone must have stubbed their toe something fierce," Aphrodite noted, "And...there," she held up a fake fox head for a costume, "Mended the hole."

"Ah, amazing!" Mario spoke, "I haven't used this costume in ages. I am no good at sewing."

"Oh, it's no trouble at all," Aphrodite assured, "And excellent choice in species of fox for the basis."

"Ah...my work pales to what you and your kids do though...but eh, I can't do to part with these things." Mario spoke, "These things have brought a lot of smiles to that boy." he chuckled, looking at a picture of a much younger Yamato and Mario at the zoo, "Ha...Being a parent was one of the last things I expected to be, but I don't regret taking Yamato in. It was the cause for some of my happiest memories."

"True. Being a parent is something that brings many things with it," Aphrodite agreed, "Sometimes, it's a bit stressful, but most of the time it's far more rewarding that one could ever know without experiencing it themself."

"Yes...but there is one thing I feel bad about." Mario spoke, "Here I am, enjoying all the pride that comes from raising a young man like Yamato. And yet...they didn't get to see the great man he's become."

"There's a saying in my family, Mario-san; 'Those who are not here, those in our family's past that have never seen you nor have you ever met them, they all see you through your heart,'" Aphrodite offered, "His family both here and passed on will always look after him, even if he is without knowledge that they are, because in all families, Love is something that can't be bound to the body."

"You're a surprisingly wise woman for your age," Mario chuckled.

"Arigatou, Mario-san," Aphrodite thanked, "It comes with being the head of a clan even if there are only just myself and my two children."

"Ah you seem to have a bigger family than that." Mario shrugged off, "All those colorful kids seem to love you like family. By the way the fact you know how to deal with all of them, I compliment you. Lord knows I was never cut out to deal with girls...or Leo's…"

"The secret to taming him is earplugs for you and a spoonful of peanut butter for him," Aphrodite winked.

"Why does that oddly explain so much? Sure as heck explains why he was smack talking the can of peanut butter in the cabinet." Mario muttered to himself as he hung the costume on the wall with the rest, "Still, it feels nice to have more people around here. Yamato always went to his friends' house in highschool and college, and this place hasn't had a woman's touch since my sister was around," he chuckled, "Ah, she would have loved those kids. Ah...but you're right. she's always watching over that kid in whatever adventure he gets into."

"Gah!" Eagle cried as he was pinned down by Chaos, "I can't tell if he's trying to eat me...or...headbutt me!" he grumbled, pushing the elemental being's head away.

"That or drown you using its own body." Elephant guessed.

"Not helping, Tusk!" Tiger complained as they all tried to pull Chaos off Eagle.

"Why's he want Yamato so bad?!" Lion grunted.

"Yamato is an unknown to Chaos!" Bud explained, "A human with the power of Mobians... His bond to the Zyuoh Changer makes him some sort of conduit for energy."

"And I guess Chaos hates unknowns," Sonic noted.

"Not helping!" Eagle freaked, "Gh…" he muttered as Chaos reached its hands towards his helmet. Eagle grabbed the arm, holding it back. As he did, the Chaos Emerald inside the arm began to glow as it seemed to draw in his power. Chaos looked at its own arm as the glow became stronger.

"What's going on?" Shark asked.

"The Emeralds are responding to Yamato's energy," Bud spoke, "His borrowed Mobian powers are allowing him to activate them. The two different energies are clashing within Chaos."

"Well...what happens then?" Lion asked.

"Boom," Bud spoke as he charged in.

"Oh, I see. That's...BOOM?!" Elephant exclaimed.

Chaos seemed to groan/roar as the light shone brighter until a burst of energy shot out. The glowing shockwave spread out across the city and, like an EMP, all forms of technology started to fail instantly.

"Okay, just one more sentence and this report is finally co…" Doggie began before the power shut down, "...I just spent three days and nights...working on that…" Dekamaster whipped out his sword, "SOMEONE'S GONNA BE DELETED TONIGHT!"

"Oh...okay so not bad boom...but still boom," Sonic groaned as everyone got up. The shockwave didn't make a crater or level buildings, but glass was broken, and some things were broken. Even the Zyuohgers were all forced out of their suits and back to Mobian form for the most part.

Yamato groaned while getting up. His jacket was torn to shreds as he seemed to have gotten the worst of the shockwave clearly. Bud groaned next to him, his leather jacket/armor torn off.

"That...that's gonna sting in the morning...and the rest of the week..." Bud grunted as he plucked a singed feather off his shoulder.

"Where is Chaos?" Yamato asked as he noticed a mass of water with glowing lights inside slinking off and down through a manhole.

"And it got away again," Tails groaned.

*FWOOMPH!*

"EEK!" Amu freaked as all the furrier Mobians' fur exploded to make them resemble puffballs.

"Never have I been glad to not have that much hair," Tusk sighed as his hair that hung behind his head poofed up, but that's it.

"True," Sela agreed as she watched Leo stumble around, his mane's poofing up completely covering his face.

"Mou...The Raiju escaped," Roll grumbled as she approached the others, her own fur poofed up with her hair stuck as an afro.

"I guess that energy burst explains the busted lights," Yamato spoke, his hair still normal, "It must have been like an EMP, all technology around here has shut down."

"...All technology?" Roll repeated.

"Hai," Yamato nodded.

"...Oh shoot! My cafe's near here!" Roll panicked.

"Thank god there are no hospitals around this section of town." Yamato sighed.

"Even still...Chaos is weakened. It will be a while until he can reconstruct his form," Bud spoke, tearing off the remains of his shirt, "This is good. We can find the rest of the Emeralds and hide them in this time." he spoke before grunting as he plucked off more of his burnt feathers.

"Tails!?" Yamato called out as he walked over, "Are you okay?"

"This feels like utter humiliation." he spoke, referring to his fur.

"Hold on. I keep a brush for this on hand," Roll noted as she pulled out a brush, "Haseo-chan has this happen when he gets startled at times, so Kaa-chan and I keep one on hand for it at times."

"Thank you!" Amu happily cheered.

"Tails, please tell me your emerald tracking device was at home." Yamato asked.

"Thankfully yes." Tails sighed as he ignored Roll fixing his fur first.

"That's good," Sonic grinned before looking at Roll, "Uh, Roll, speaking of your little bro, didn't Conquering Storm mention getting the Emerald from him?"

Tails was of mixed feelings now. On the one hand, Roll was no longer brushing his fur down and feeling embarrassed by it. On the other...all his fur was now pointing in the direction Roll had run off, everyone hearing a sonic boom a moment after she was gone.

"Well...that happened," Yamato spoke, "Does she know she ran past her destination?" he asked, still able to see her.

"I don't think she does, Yamato." Bud spoke, also able to see her, before looking down, "At least it got the burnt feathers off me…"

"We should regroup." Yamato sighed as he helped fix Tails fur so he could see.

"And before SPD gets here!" Sonic spoke hearing the familiar sirens in the distance.

"Huh...Sounds like they lost power as well and are resorting to hand-cranked sirens," Sela admitted.

"Less talking, more running," Tusk ordered as they began to book it.

"Run!" Leo shouted before running into a stop sign, "Who put this wall in the way?!"

"Chaos has slinked off to reconstitute himself." Ginis spoke, "Looks like we have a little reprieve. Let us search for the rest of the emeralds." he spoke to the Egg Bosses, "Mister Eggman is out of play 'till he sleeps off his little panic attack. So...you lot shall listen to me for this next part. Think yourselves my Deathgalien Players. My orders are law, my rules are to be followed, and my words heard." he raised three fingers, "Keep these three things in mind...and you might live."

"Understood," Akhlut nodded

"Of course...Ginis-sama," Conquering Storm bowed in respect.

"About time I listen to someone more competent…" Lien-Da muttered to herself.

"The game is simple: get the Emeralds before the heroes, but there isn't a need to kill them. I'd prefer to watch them try and fail to battle Chaos in his perfected form. But you know...if the opportunity arises..." he chuckled darkly, "I just want the Emeralds. Also, keep this in mind: True my power could revive recently killed, yet I'm unsure what effect it might have on you, not because of cybernetics. I've done that a lot, actually. It is because of your energy, what was it called? Mobian Energy...Chaos Energy?" he muttered, "Well whatever. That energy might have...undesirable effects on you lot."

"Undesirable?" Tundra asked.

"Ever try and mix two things that don't go together, and then it all just falls apart?" Ginis asked, "Bingo." he smiled, seeing the look spread across their faces, "...Eggman?"

"Eggman…" a majority of them sighed.

"He was having a bad day!" Thunderbolt argued.

"Don't you have a certain doctor to tend to?" Lien-Da deadpanned.

"..." Thunderbolt slowly blinked before running off in a blur, "LORD EGGMAN~!"

"...Continue," Lien-da nodded to Ginis.

"So now that my warning has been given, let that be a warning as to what might happen should one of you die. I won't be sure what could happen for your Continue. You might gain the normal effect, something bad like cellular calcification, or...maybe something...amazing!" he smirked, "So be warned. The first of you to kick the bucket...will be my little test subject." he grunted, standing up, "With this in mind, let the game begin, kids. Naria upgrade and equip them with new weapons and enhance their cybernetics, and give them new Moeba forces to command. Also...give them...GIFTS."

"Ginis-sama?" Naria gasped.

"I don't want to risk testing on them now. They have so much use to us, so they need something to deal with the big robots."

"H-Hai, Ginis-sama," Naria complied.

"...Question, Lord Ginis," a Mobian Thylacine spoke, earning his attention, "What is this 'Gift' you mentioned?"

"Oh? A curious one…" Ginis noted, "What is your name?"

"Maw, Egg Boss of Eggman and head of new research and development," Maw answered, "My forte is sound experimentation."

"Sounds?"

"Yes...observe," Maw began, pulling out a small tuning fork before giving it a flick, "You, Moeba, come here please?"

A Moeba complied with a saluted. As it approached him, the Thylacine flicked his tuning fork against it. The grunt started shivering before it began bouncing around...and immediately collapsed into coins.

"With the right sound vibration and frequency, even a mighty tank will fall apart at the seams," Maw replied as he put the tuning fork away, "Need I go on, my lord?"

"...Impressive…" Ginis noted, "Just where has Eggman been hiding you all?"

"Apologies, but well….he only uses us whenever we're deemed 'useful'," Lien-Da explained with a sigh.

"What a waste. Eggman is an utter fool for letting your potentials squander," Ginis shook his head, "But I will have fun with you lot. Let's play some fun-fun games." he laughed, ."...oh right. I nearly forgot about the Gift explanation...well I can't say much, but...perhaps a preview is in order?" he offered, "Naria, show the Gift demonstration video."

"Hm…" they all turned to the screen as it displayed a large robot before a city lit on fire. The robot unleashed beams of energy that destroyed everything in its path. It then unleashed a barrage of missiles that caused further destruction.

"GIFT, my personal invention, the ultimate weapon of destruction. One perfect Gift can destroy an entire planet in 24 hours time." he explained with a laugh, "Modular, variable size technology, solar charged internal batteries powered by one of my perfected cells, and-best of all-highly customizable."

'M...my god…' Clove thought, looking on in horror as she watched the destruction.

"...Really now?" Maw pondered, looking in slight intrigue.

"You'd think it's hard to make them." Ginis spoke, "Hahaha...you're wrong. I made hundreds of them...in a week." he explained as the video changed to show an army of Gifts marching down a street of burning buildings, "I hope you have as much fun with these. Perhaps turning them into your own personalized mech...oh and if that fat fool tries to...ahem, 'modify' them and adds 'Egg' into their names….tell him I was the one who gave those to you...not HIM since he fails to see the potential in his Egg Bosses….now that I think about it...Egg Bosses sounds rather….blase...Lien-Da."

"Yes?"

"Was there a name for your army before Eggman changed it?"

"...Yes, lord Ginis...the Dark Legion."

"Yes…" he snapped his fingers, "That! I like that!" he smiled, "I don't care what he says; I'm changing the name to that!" he laughed, walking around them and up to the ship's window, "The Deathgellian Dark Legion, oh I love that ring. So...my Dark Legion..." he turned to them smiling, "Ready to start the game?"

"...Of course…" Lien-Da smirked.

SZ: Hoo boy….that was only part 2...and things are looking bad.

Z0: This ain't gonna be pretty. But...it will be freakin metal as hell.

GT: Thanks to all those GIFTs given by Ginis.

SZ: Yup...and he is right. The Egg Bosses in my honest opinion sounds rather….meh compared to Dark Legion...thank god he doesn't know Eggman changed that to Dark Egg Legion in the comics before the Super Genesis Wave happened.

Z0: He's our resident expert on all things good and awesome to use from the comics. Also Dark Legion sounds like an epic evil group in a show that pulls no punches, Egg bosses sound like a bunch of bumbling goons from a very comical cartoon.

GT: Very true.

SZ: Exactly!

Z0: So yeah from now on, they the Dark Legion. An enemy sub group now. Sentai monsters of the week are fun, but lets face it not memorable. This seems more fun.

SZ: Oh yeah..massively.

GT: Yep. Speaking of fun...CUE PREVIEW!

Jikai, Monarchs of Mobius

Tusk: It seems that with each Emerald, Chaos gets bigger and changes shape.

Amu: Did he just turn into a shark?

Yamato: He has four of them now...no matter what, we can never let him get the last three.

Quval/Tails: I can't locate the last Emerald…

Bud: As long as Chaos never finds the final one, the world is safe.

Chapter 12: Chaos Part 3

Aphrodite: This marking...You've been to this world before, Skye?

Z0: Dun-Dun-DUN!-!-!

GT: Oh, I love previews at times. They just leave such juicy cliffhangers~!

SZ: Oh ho yes~! This gonna be good~~ anyway…*puts in track suit* Gotta head out for my 5k run, so see you guys!*runs off*

GT: Good luck, SZ! Hope our readers give a big review and cheer ya on!