GammaTron: *hums while putting away the mop* And...finished. Finally got all the water out from Perfect Chaos' flood.

SZ: *wipes forehead*phew...that's the last of the new rugs…

O.N: oh they won't you knew after i was done ehehehehehe.

Z0: *sneaks up on O.N. with a giant metal club* Shh

O.N: be the way where Z0 we're going to onigashima this summer vacation and...

BLAM!

Z0: Shh-shhh...it's okay*drags him away before putting him down at his desk* It's okay dream of the Raikou...dream of it. *puts his head on a pillow*

SZ:...that just happened.

GT: …*backs away from Z0 slowly so as not to be noticed*

Z0: Now then, who wants to work.

O.N: *hand raises while snoring*

GT: *once behind a mini-anime Godzilla tamed by me* Aye. *whispers to tiny Godzilla* If he moves to attack, go 300 meters size and roar.

SZ: *raises hand*aye.

O.N: zZzz...Tusk….Bookstore….Disclaimers….ZZzzzzz

Z0: *develops evil smile* We own nothing but OC's and all rights belong to the parent companies. Now...who wants a hug? *laughs as everyone runs in fear* Hahaha...ah they are so easy.

GT: *offscreen* Minizilla, he attacking with words! Go big and roar!

Z0: I don't regret opening that world up for him to adopt that thing, Enjoy folks!

*SKREEEEEEOOOOOOOOOONK!*

*KABOOOM!*

"And then the gorilla man started a fight in my house and stole my shiny!" Sticks complained to Mario...who was still wearing a badger suit. "I mean the rudeness in some people. Right, Dad?"

"...umm sure?" Mario said, "Yamato, this little girl think I'm her dad. What do we do?"

"I'm not sure…" Yamato chuckled, "I guess she's part of the family now. Ahahaha…" he chuckled some more.

"Here's my question...where's she staying?" Tusk asked.

"Here with dad 'till I repair my house. Tusk, get the peanuts out your nose." Sticks scoffed.

"Well...one more house guest is no problem…" Mario chuckled, "Besides the boys can share a sleeping space if worse comes to worse."

"Come again?" Tusk blinked as his head snapped to Leo, who somehow found a way to scratch his head with his feet.

"...I am so glad that I claimed the pantry," Roll muttered.

"I'm glad I claimed the bathtub." Sela spoke.

"I'm glad I claimed the tree." Leo added.

"I'm glad it's not butter," Sticks smiled, holding a Butterfinger.

"...Where'd she get that?"

"We don't ask. We just say that 'It's Sticks; That's why,'" Aphrodite replied.

"Well whatever the circumstances, she's welcome here as long as need be." Yamato smiled, "I'm just glad we finally have some time to relax for once."

"Murphy!" Sticks roared, tackling Yamato.

"Mario-san, could you help me. I'm thinking a nice meal of white rice covered in a gravy made of cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, and slices of meat in the gravy for everyone," Roll noted, pulling Mario into the kitchen.

"Oh, that sounds quite interesting," Mario noted.

"Hey, where'd Sonic go?" Amu blinked.

"If you want to call it quits…" Sonic growled as he and Doggie Kruger were locked in a struggle.

"You are a good boy, Sonic," he spoke, blocking each counter attack easily with minimal movements, "But you are still in trouble for many many speeding tickets."

"Ahahaha! Oh, you have not seen me at my fastest yet. Besides, I want my buddy back."

"Sorry. Minors aren't allowed to live alone...plus, Jasmine's motherly instinct kicked in after reading his mind…"

"Then look like we're still doing this. First one to lose his sword grip is the loser, old dog!"

"Yare yare...kids these days." Doggie sighed, blocking more and more swings, "Low, high, mid, high...weak, strong." he listed, predicting each and every swing, "Ah…" he sighed before spinning around and smacking Sonic's leg, tripping him, "You are a strong kid, but I take it you've been more of a dirty brawler most times in a fight, huh?" he asked.

"To be fair, Knave. Lancelot never went full power against you... " Caliburn said.

"Are you still claiming that?"

"Sonic, are you going to argue with your sword or are you gonna get up?" Doggie asked.

"You...are lucky you're a cool old dude…" Sonic smirked, getting back up only to stop as Doggie's sword was already pointed at his face.

"Just a second." he spoke, pulling out his badge and answering it like a phone, "Soka...so I see...hm...yes that makes things simpler for us. Good news: your significant other's mother and the boy's sister arrived to take him. You're free to go Sonic." he chuckled sheathing his sword.

"What? Hell no! We're not done here yet!"

"Ah...this is Ban's first year all over again." Doggie sighed as he took his badge out again, "Tell them Sonic is being Sonic, I'll be back at base in a bit. Tell Swan not to let the paperwork get cold." he chuckled, hanging up before tearing his jacket off leaving him shirtless.

"New bet then. You lose, I get taught the hell slash you pulled on me last time; I lose, I'll fill out your paperwork in a hour."

"..." Doggie tensed as his muscles seemed to bulk up to twice their normal size, "Ikuzo…"

"Oh...so...he can do that…" Sonic blinked for a second, "This will be either fun...or very painful…"

"I am fighting an honorable blade. Either way, I am enjoying this," Caliburn informed.

"Yeah... Only samurai I've fought...wait, should I call him a samu-oh shi...!"

Everyone at SPD blinked, seeing a massive hurricane and streaks of blade waves in the air.

"And that's Sonic." Tails said as Jasmine escorted him out.

"What about the fire…" everyone asked while they blinked.

"That's Boss."

"I think Sonic's doing this just because he likes fighting the guy…" Tails muttered, "He has a dangerous addiction to adventure and excitement."

"Literally saw your entire life with the guy," Jasmine said, "It's cute how much you look up to him. If he was a bit more mature, he'd almost be like a father to you." she ruffled his hair.

"You can read minds?"

"In a way," she smiled.

"...Please tell me you didn't see any involving a red vixen."

"I try to keep out of painful ones. But in the end, I'm still not much of a master with these." she replied, "Lucky...you weren't thinking of it...so I didn't see it. Maybe glimpses of one in the back of some good ones. But...all I saw was the good. Try and keep those in the front." she offered advice.

"..." Tails thought on it a bit, "Thanks."

"Also, tell your sister about my offer. My home's big enough for two more...if you don't mind my kid."

"I'll talk to her…" he replied as he nodded.

"It's all I ask." she admitted, "Take care, and try to keep Sonic from doing something really stupid. You seem to have a good track record for that one."

"I try my best," Tails chuckled.

"Wah...it's getting messy over there…" the one in green gawked as he and the girl in pink just stared out the window.

"Do you have more of those little repair bots?" the pink girl called out to Tails, "We may need them please!"

"..." he pondered, "Pay me or give me a job here and I'll consider it."

"I'm sure Swan wouldn't mind company." the man in blue spoke.

"But he's a little young though." the man in white spoke.

"We've had weirder happen around here!" Ban laughed, "Like when Partner had his body swapped with an alien!"

"I'm not your partner and we swore to never...ever speak of that again."

"This organization seems to have quite the history in just these good men and women alone," Aphrodite giggled, "Ne, Miyuki-chan?"

"Hai, kyu," Miyuki agreed.

"Well...they are a Super Sentai, too," Tails spoke.

"Tails!" Miyuki gasped as she immediately grabbed him.

"Gah! Sis..I'm okay! I'm okay!" he panicked.

"Aw~" the Dekarangers smiled at the scene.

"Siblings looking after one another...Just another form of Love," Aphrodite giggled, "Ne, Sora-kun?"

=It's quite adorable= Skye agreed, appearing beside her and startling Ban who had been beside her.

"Bwah!" Ban jumped back.

"Amazing!" the man in green gasped, running over, "An AI! I've never seen one so advanced! This hologram looks almost solid!"

=Why thank you= Skye beamed.

"Think that's impressive? We have an AI that made herself a body using nanites," Tails pointed out.

"...You sure we can't convince you to join SPD?" the man in green asked.

=Nah, but considering my beloved goddess and I will be staying until Speedy's done fighting your boss, I don't mind sharing some tech chat with ya= Skye noted.

"Given Sonic-kun seems to be a literal ball of boundless energy, and Boss is the universe's most feared swordsman...We might be here a while," Ban chuckled.

"Yes!= the man in green and Skye cheered.

"I would like to meet this Swan you guys talk about. She sounds really smart." Tails spoke, "Maybe I can trust her with some of the secrets for my repair bots."

"It's so nice to have some new people to talk to, kyu," Miyuki smiled, "Oh! If you happen to see a white hedgehog with an eye patch, can you please let me know, kyu?"

"Family?" the girl in pink asked.

"Boyfriend, kyu."

"I promise you I shall find him," she promised, a determined glint in her eyes.

"Oh~ A fellow believer in Love!" Aphrodite beamed.

"Well, of course! Her partner is also her spouse!" Ban laughed, pointing to the one in Green.

=Heh. A woman who follows Love marrying a man of intelligence. We have a lot to talk about= Skye grinned.

"Hehehe...maybe our new otherworldly visitors will be a good thing," Ban smiled happily.

"Yes...clearly they will make Earth more normal…" the man in blue chuckled.

"Nonsense...When has Earth ever been normal?" the man in white laughed.

Tusk sighed as things had calmed down since the morning. He pulled out a book and began reading to himself. It was a book from his world he often read in his free time to remind him of him, feel closer to his father, and help him relax after a day of shenanigans. ...Which lately have been becoming more and more frequent. This morning with Sticks moving in and then a good portion of them leaving off to go pick up Tails...and then Sonic, who refused to explain what happened to him and why he looked like he'd been put through a shredder...with the blades of it coated in flames. But now was a chance to relax and enjoy a nice silent read.

"LEO!"

Or not…

"I didn't do it!" Leo cried, running around as Sela chased after him, "I blame Sticks!"

"I can't catch her, so I'm taking my anger out on you!"

"That's selfish!" Leo shouted, "And you call me selfish..you're no better than me...WAH!" he cried as a coffee mug was thrown at him and out the window, "AH! Ojisan's mug!"

"It was your fault…" Sela panicked.

"No!" he argued, "You! It was all you!"

"Mou, can't you two stop for one day?" Amu complained.

"...I think you hit Haseo with the mug," Leo noted, looking out the window.

"Leo, that's not funny!" Sela snapped in fear.

"I'm not kidding!" Leo panicked.

"Ooh~ You're both dead…And neither of you have had an actual relationship, to boot." Amu teased.

"...Amu did it," both stated, banging fists before running out, "Auntie Aphrodite! Auntie Aphrodite!"

"Lies! Lies and slander! Don't believe them, Auntie!" Amu panicked.

"One...afternoon…" Tusk sighed.

"What was that all about?" Yamato asked, coming out of the kitchen.

"I haven't got a clue…" Sonic muttered, eating an apple.

"The window's been broken," Caliburn noted, managing to hop over to it, "Ah! Sir Yamato, Knave, young Haseo is unconscious and injured with broken shards around his head!"

"What?!" the two ran over and looked out.

"...Oh...Whoever did that is gonna be killed slowly and painfully…" Sonic cringed as Yamato scrambled for a medical kit.

"I'm coming, Haseo-kun!" Yamato panicked, racing out the door as a red blur due to his shirt.

"Onee-chan~~" Haseo dizziley groaned.

"...Yeah. If Aphrodite doesn't get them….Roll will," Sonic muttered.

"...Ugh...one afternoon," Tusk complained again as he got up and put his book away in the safety of Mario's room. If he left it anywhere else, who knew what those idiots would do to it, "It's all I ask. Just one...quiet...afternoon… Maybe I should check on Tails… Maybe he's doing something less stress inducing."

"Why would you try and modify a roomba like that?!" Nicole yelped as she, Tails, and Miyuki stood on a chair, the latter two keeping their tails up as a roomba was zooming around the garage like crazy.

"It was meant to be a gift for Miyuki!" Tails replied.

"I appreciate that, Tails, kyu...but why was it trying to suck up our tails?!" Miyuki exclaimed.

"I didn't program it to do that! Gah! It's trying to suck up Kirin and Mogura!"

"I was wrong…" Tusk spoke, opening the door to see this scene, "I was so very wrong...Tails what is...oh my god! It's coming at me!" he panicked.

"Keep your trunk away from it!" Tails panicked.

"MMM!" Tusk panicked as it somehow jumped and clung to his face; Tusk began punching it and, inadvertently, his face until it fell over, crushed in several areas and coughing up dust.

"..." Nicole grabbed a stick and poked the roomba.

*BOOM!*

"Eep!" Nicole squeaked as Mogura and Kirin scurried behind her...while Tusk-completely covered in soot and dust-had his eye twitching madly.

"...That's it. I'm going to the library…." Tusk muttered as he stomped out, "If anyone needs me...don't!"

"Was it the vacuum to the face?" Tails asked after a moment.

*SLAM!*

"...I think that's a yes," Nicole noted with a sweatdrop.

"Ooh...we better call the others to tell them he's in a mood." Tails spoke, "Last time no one told people Tusk was upset...someone had to go to the hospital. You'd think his being short for his kind would diminish that super strength…"

"You know the saying: never judge a book by its cover, kyu," Miyuki informed, "Now...to clean this mess up…"

"Do I have to? Nicole could…"

"Your mess, Miles Tails Prower, so you clean it up, kyu."

"...Yes ma'am," Tails meeped at the stern glare Miyuki gave him.

"And no more Roombas!"

"...Okay...no randomness...no craziness….just silent…" Tusk muttered, sitting in the library as he looked around, "...just me...and some books…" he smiled happily, "...Why couldn't I live in a place like this?" he sighed, taking off a pair of reading glasses as he sat down, "Nothing will...no, no. Not invoking that." he shook his head as he picked a book up, "Just gonna ignore...and relax…"

"So..the fatass is still out of it," Lien-Da noted, seeing no sight of Eggman, "...Fine with me. Feels good taking orders from someone much more competent...and not obsessed with a certain blue hedgehog."

"Yes...I'm obsessed with ALL the colorful annoying do-gooders of this world." Ginis chuckled, "Ah...but in all seriousness, I believe we've offered enough sporting rest time. Let us begin the next game."

"Good. Been looking forward to messing with them again," Lien-Da smirked, "So..who shall we send out, my lord?"

"Oh yes yes. Now we have a much bigger number of players…" Ginis spoke, "And with how fond I am of you all in the Dark Legion...and how smart you all are to not get yourselves killed." he muttered as he pulled out another GIFT machine, "This one will go to whoever is up to go out." he explained, "How about you lot pick who gets a chance. I'm interested to see your process."

"Hmm...considering Akhlut and Tundra got their butts handed to them by two of the Zyuohgers…" Lien-Da began, earning an eye twitch from the two, "And how Thunderbolt's not leaving Eggman's side right now...hmm…"

"...I'll take the offer," Maw spoke, "I...would like to test the potential of the Zyuohgers, Lord Ginis."

"Hmm...the very elements vs sound…It should be an interesting match up...very well, Maw. Modify the GIFT to your specifications."

"I will not disappoint."

"I swear when I catch who did this…" Roll muttered as she gave Haseo a cup of chocolate milk, some bandages wrapped around the upper half of his head, "Oh-hoh-hoh~ They won't like it."

Leo and Sela gulped very audibly. Amu elbowed them both strongly, making them cough and hide it better. Yamato sighed as he brought Haseo pillows for him to relax in his seat.

"You're sure you don't remember how it happened?" he asked gently as he patted his shoulder.

"...Iie. J...just a headache, and a slight short term memory loss….and a slight short term memory loss."

"Hah...Roll, when you find them, tell me," Yamato spoke, his eyes red and slitted like an eagles, "I'd like to talk to them…"

'...We're dead,' Leo and Sela mentally paled.

"Alrighty then. For now, let's focus on the little dude." Sonic muttered motioning to Haseo, "Let's focus on him for now. Well, you guys...You're the ones who freak out over this."

"We don't freak out," Both spoke in unison before blinking, "Did you just repeat what I j-oi stop that! No. You stop that! NO! YOU STOP IT!"

"Ahh!" Haseo cried out as he fell over, holding his hands over his ears as his tails twitched in pain, "Itaitaitaitaitaitaitai~!"

"Haseo? Haseo, what's wrong?!" Yamato gasped as he helped him up.

"T...too loud~!"

"...Sela?"

"I don't hear anything."

"Something Haseo-kun can hear, but Sela can't…" Yamato spoke as his mind began working overtime bring out its encyclopedic knowledge of zoology.

"...hold it. I think I know who it is…" Sonic spoke up, "Nicole, picking anything up?"

=I'm detecting a small faint source of sound in your location, focusing on a single spot= Nicole replied.

"...It's Maw."

"Maw?" Yamato asked.

"One of the smartest members of Eggman's little army with an affinity for sound," Sonic explained.

"..." Roll walked over to a window and opened it, "MAW! IF YOU HEAR ME, YOU STOP HURTING HASEO-CHAN RIGHT THIS INSTANT!"

"Roll-san?!" Yamato panicked, keeping her from fully climbing out the window, luckily his enhanced strength made it easy to hold her up and pull her back in. That is, if he wanted to…

"If he's doing this...it's most likely to get our attention," Sonic figured, "Though..don't really know much of the guy aside from a bit of info after an infiltration mission. Hell, never even fought him once."

"..I...it stopped…" Haseo whispered, the ringing in his ears dying down as his tails drooped, "Th...thank-kami…"

"Roll, go to Haseo!" Yamato spoke, aiming her at her brother and letting go.

"Haseo-chan!" Roll called out as she immediately bolted for Haseo, "Daijobu? Did it worsen the concussion? Oh, that Maw is going to have his namesake ripped out and shoved down his throat if he made it worse!"

"...We better get to him before Roll does."

"Yeah…" Sela began before she suddenly fell to her knees, clutching her ears, "Ah!" she cried.

"Now he's aiming for Sela!?"

"Mm...Where's Tsuk when you need him?" Amu frowned.

"Okay...that's book number ten…" Tusk smiled as he put his book down, "Okay...now onto number e-"

"Ahh! Stop that noise!" the librarian screamed, earning shushes from the library goes, "Don't hush me! Someone is playing some loud noise!"

"...Well...it was nice while it lasted..." Tusk groaned as he took his glasses off, "Sound based frequencies that only specific hearing ranges can detect." he noted, "Only one person fits that bill." he sighed before grabbing his stuff and running out, leaving his books on the return cart as he ran for the door.

"That should gain their attention…" Maw said as he stood next to a machine resembling a speaker.

=I must admit...using a certain sound frequency to attack certain hearing ranges...How devious=Quval admitted =I have to admit that its genius is evident. You would harm the delicate eared ones and drive the less so mad. My kind of plan=

"Given the nature of the Zyuohgers, they would attempt to stop the source of the sound attacks," Maw explained, "Plus the only way to shut my machine down is through a specific sound range and vocal pattern...mine, to be precise."

=...How the hell did Eggman even recruit you again?= Lien-Da asked.

"I was interested in his Roboticizer," Maw answered

=That'd explain it= Quval spoke.

"...Footsteps coming from north with a matted 'mane' flowing in the wind...that's them," Maw noted as Yamato and the others ran into the area, "Greetings."

"...a thylacine?" Yamato blinked.

"Maw! We're here to beat you so you can run away and not end up in Roll's hands!" Leo roared.

"...Impressive sound range...though not by that much."

"Eh?!"

"As for the sound attack...I knew you'd come here to try and stop it," Maw explained as some Moebas appeared next to him, decked out in what looked like armor with small speakers on them, "As for why I wanted your attention...I'd like to test you all."

"Test?"

"Considering how much trouble both you and the Freedom Fighters have given Eggman and Lord Ginis, I'd like to see that potential for myself," Maw explained, "Feel free to attack those Moebas I was given and modified."

"...Oh Leo gonna enjoy this…" Leo grinned at that as he charged at one, roaring out as he punched straight at it...only for it to curve downward, causing his fist to pass over, "?! Nani?!"

*BAM!*

"Gah!" Leo grunted as he staggered back from a punch from the Moeba, "...Did they just become smarter?!"

"No. More...sound sensitive in a way," Maw explained as the Moebas prepared to attack, "Have fun, Zyuohgers."

"They all respond to sound and their bodies respond as such," Yamato guessed, "Like echolocation."

"Great...so...what do we do to stop them?" Amu asked.

"Uh...Leo?" Yamato muttered.

"Hit 'em harder and faster!" Leo roared.

"That's not a strate-he's charging at them again, isn't he?" Sela asked with a groan.

"Ahh!" Leo screamed as he was sent rocketing back, only to charge at the Moebas again...and to get the same result again...and again….and again…

"...He's surprisingly determined," Maw noted with a raised brow.

"You have no idea," Sela and Amu deadpanned as Leo charged again and was sent rocketing back once more.

"You SOBs, I gotcha this t-!" Leo began before the Moebas dogpiled him before tossing him into Yamato and the others.

"That's what happens when you're loud," Maw shook his head a bit, "Even the slightest pindrop will let my Moebas know your locations."

"Good to know…" Yamato grunted, "I think it's time to change."

=GORILLA! LION! SHARK! TIGER!=

"Honno Kakusei!" they all shouted flashing into their suits.

"Ikuze!" Gorilla ordered, smacking the ground with his arm, shaking the very ground and disrupting their Moeba's balance.

Maw said nothing as he snapped his fingers, causing the Moebas to shoot up as they charged at the Zyuohgers.

Lion roared out as he punched at a Moeba, only for it to block the strike with its weapon as it tried to strike at him. Lion grunted, blocking the counter attack before pushing it away. Lion grunted as he was struck across the back by a second Moeba. He turned around only for the first to kick him, making him stumble forward into the second that slashed him again. Lion roared in rage as he grabbed the next attack and brought the second Moeba in close, he then grew his claws before tearing through it, causing it to explode.

"Good luck blocking that…" he grunted before he was struck across the back again, "Gah!"

Shark flipped over a Moeba before kicking the swing of a second away. She reacted to a third as she blocked with her sword before swinging at the first and managing to scratch its arm. Shark held her ground as the three waited for a moment to strike which was sadly easier said than done as their reaction times to sound seemed to be almost matching. One of the three moved to attack, only for Shark to block it and send the Moeba into one of its fellow grunts before she blocked the third ones swing.

Maw scratched his chin as he took a mental note of this. 'Interesting...seems the blue one is sensitive to sound as well...she'll be an interesting one to face.'

Tiger yelped a bit as a Moeba tried striking at her, only to grunt when one tackled into her, sending her staggering to the side a bit as a third attempted to grab her. She ducked down in time making it miss. She then rolled forward before sliding across the ground and dragging her claws behind her, causing the ground to ice over and make the Moebas lose their balance and begin slipping around and into one another.

Gorilla roared out as he blocked some strikes from a few Moebas, attempted to strike at them as they ducked under each swing. The Moebas grunted and swung at Gorilla who raised his arms and bounced their blades off with his muscles alone. Gorilla then punched the ground, causing it to collapse beneath their feet letting them and the rubble fall down below.

"Not bad...they're improvising…" Maw noted, '...wait. Where's the green one? ...footsteps from the southeast...that must be him.'

"PAON!" Elephant shouted as he charged at Maw from behind, only for the Thylacine to side step the attack, "I knew it was you…" Elephant spoke his hand buried into a wall, "When I saw people complaining about a noise I couldn't hear, it had to be someone...with your MO."

"Hmm...noted," Maw admitted, "Nice attempt at the sneak attack by the way, but I heard your footsteps regardless."

"Yeah...was never much for stealth." Elephant spoke, "Big feet." he spoke, tensing his arm before tearing through the wall sending chunks of concrete right at Maw before he could properly react. The surprise attack took Maw by well...surprise as he was stuck by several chunks of building. Elephant then took this chance as he tackled him down, "Stop whatever you're using to send out those sound waves!"

"No. I wish to test you all further."

"People are in pain!"

"Sometimes you need to make a few hard choices to follow through with an experiment," Maw argued.

"You know what…" Elephant spoke hearing that, "On that...we can agree. Here's my hard choice." he spoke, punching him out.

"...mmm...you failed…" Maw whispered as he fell unconscious.

"What's that supposed to...nevermind. Need to shut the machine down," Elephant muttered as he shot up, running to the machine as he got up to the console, "Deactivation...where is it?" he spoke looking it over, "Oh don't tell me...that god damn Megalomaniac made this thing respond to voice…" he grumbled, "Okay...that...that won't be a problem, Nicole!" he snapped, "Please tell me she can do something like copy voices…" he muttered dialing like a mad man.

"Tusk! Any day now dude!" Lion shouted as the Moeba's lifted and carried him off, "This is not my kind of wave!"

"I'm working on it!" Elephant snapped.

"Not to sound ungrateful...but please tell me you have an idea!" Tiger complained, blocking a swing from a Moeba.

"I do! I just hope it works!" Elephant snapped as he rapidly dialed, "Come on... pick up pick up…"

=Greetings. I am currently receiving an upgrade at the moment. Please leave your message at the beep= Nicole's voice answered.

"Son of a…" he grumbled before lifting the machine up over his head, "Okay...I tried this the smart way…Now...we do this the Leo Way!"

"Wait wh-" Lion began.

*SMASH*

"Tusk!" Gorilla shouted as a shockwave came from the device that sent Elephant flying through a wall, "Tusk!" he panicked as he ran for his friend as he clotheslined several Moebas, taking them out in the process.

Elephant groaned, embedded in the wall, as his ears ringed like crazy. He felt nauseous and dizzy as the world around him became blurry and spun around. Tusk knew what was happening to his head: the soundwave disrupted his sense of balance and equilibrium. It was bad; he was unable to fight properly, but from what he could focus, the machine was busted, so that was one win at the moment.

"Tusk? Tusk, are you okay?!"

"Anyone...get the number...of that speaker…?" Elephant dizzily groaned out.

"Tusk?" Tiger asked in worry as she made her way over to him, "Can you still hear?"

"Painfully so…" he grumbled, "But...I can't see straight...and my balance is off...I'm no good...also...I need a bucket…"

"Ew…" Tiger gagged, backing away.

"...Well at least you're okay," Gorilla noted.

"As long as Maw's knocked out, we're all okay for now…."

"Moba! Moba!" a Moeba shouted at his fellow grunt brothers as they began carrying Maw off, "Mobaba!-!"

"Ah! The grunts are escaping with Maw!" Lion shouted.

"Leo...stop that or I'll tell Roll and Aunt Aphrodite the truth about what you did…" Elephant groaned, making Lion freeze.

"...What did you do that would make them mad at you?" Gorilla asked, slowly turning his head to him.

"He's delusional! He needs medical help! Get him out of here while I chase the bad guys! Come on, girls!" Lion quickly said, grabbing his female friends and running after the villains.

"Eh? Nani?" Gorilla pondered before sighing while shaking his head, "Come on, Tusk. Let's get you some first aid."

"Get me second and third, too…" he groaned being carried off.

"Well...it was effective." Tails spoke as everyone came over to check on Tusk after the destruction of the device.

"Yes, but he has taken a lot of damage. His ears and head are ringing," Yamato spoke.

"I've had worse…" Tusk groaned out in a prideful manner.

=Not from what I'm seeing in here= Skye informed before a tiny version of himself hopped out of Tusk's ear and resized himself =Aside from damage from constant exposure to Leo's roaring and minor damages overtime from battling a sound-based opponent, this was the most likely first experience with that type of wavelength and amplitude created by the device and its destruction. Oh, and please do a better job of cleaning your ears. You have some wax buildup=

"I am used to doing it the normal Elephant way…" he explained, reverting to Mobian form and sucking up water with his trunk before aiming at his ear.

=Ack! No, no, no! That's why you have a wax buildup!= Skye exclaimed.

"Shut up. It's how we do it…" he complained, moving his trunk away from his ear, revealing he was just doing it for emphasis and instead drank it, "Besides I'll be fine." he grumbled while pushing himself up.

=Okay...But I suggest you put three drops of olive oil in your ears when in your human form at least once every other week to break up the ear wax and easier to, well, blast out of your Mobian form ears= Skye advised.

"I'll worry about that some other time. We need to catch Maw," Tusk groaned, "All I did was knock him out, but next time he might up the stakes just to spite me for that tooth I knocked loose."

=...Do you happen to have a recording of any battles with Maw, Nicole?= Skye asked.

"Several."

=Excellent!=

"Work that almost magic." Tusk grunted.

"Already doing so."

=We shall have it ready for Tails to assemble within several minutes your time, several months our time= Skye informed before he and Nicole went off.

"Well, while we wait...What did Leo do that would make Roll and Aun-Aphrodite-san mad at him?" Yamato asked.

"You're gonna have to be specific. Because there's a pair of lists: one for things he's one they know about one for things he's done they don't know about." Tusk explained "And that whole big list is…" he tapped his head with a finger, "Up here...forever. As eternal blackmail. I also have a whole list on Amu, Sela, and-believe it or not-a short one for Roll herself."

"Huh...I thought that was just a saying," Yamato admitted, impressed with Tusk.

"Wait...you have secrets on everyone?" Sonic blinked.

"Even Caliburn."

"Me?" Caliburn asked.

"Last Friday at three-twenty in the morning."

"...What happened la…"

"Absolutely nothing, Knave," Caliburn informed quickly.

"My point exactly." Tusk spoke, "It's how I get anything done, favors."

"You would make a scary shogun…" Yamato admitted.

"Perhaps, possibly not as bad as Oda Nobunaga though," Tusk noted.

"Eh?"

"I was enjoying some peace in a library when Maw attacked. Was just finishing a book about him, too," Tusk explained, frowning a bit, "The man did some truly horrendous things. In truth, I'm rather glad that we've had to deal with Eggman and not the 'Demon King of the Sixth Heaven.'"

"...Demon King...of the Sixth Heaven?" Sonic repeated, "That's...kinda dumb. I mean, shouldn't it be Demon King of the Sixth Hell?"

"It was meant to signify his ferocity…" Yamato spoke, "But it amazes me how much you learned in one afternoon."

"It's the elephant clan that kept the kingdom out of the red after all." Tusk smiled, "We are very good at bartering and information and using it to our benefit is what we do best."

"It's why Tusk owns bling…" Sonic whispered, pointing to the emerald rings Tusk had.

"Regardless, Maw must be stopped. He will have a lot of resources now with the Deathgaliens," Tusk spoke, "I'll go find some sources on sound proofing. It might come in useful."

"You should rest Tusk. Who knows how bad you are after that sound blast." Yamato advised.

"I'm fine, I've had worse." Tusk spoke leaving.

"Know what I wonder...What has Roll done worthy of blackmail?" Sonic asked suddenly once Tusk left.

"Real question is...what does he have on you?" Yamato smirked.

"...touche, birdboy."

"...Barbaric tactic...but effective," Maw noted, looking at the black eye he sported in a small mirror.

"Yes, they do continue to surprise us," Quval noted

"He gave you a hell of a shiner, fleshy!" Azald laughed.

"But the game has been interesting so far." Ginis laughed, "Your tests seemed effective. You were able to reach all the people in the nation. With a bigger machine and a resonating and grounding device, you could spread it to half the globe." he then snapped his fingers as a hologram showed up of a large metal tower, "I bet this would make an amazingly useful amplification tower. The metal is just perfect for resonating sound."

"From what I've gathered, this structure is known as the 'Tokyo Tower' and is used for broadcasting," Quval noted, "Rather ironic if you do use it, Maw. A tower meant to broadcast amusement to the masses being an instrument for their suffering."

"Yes, but there is a secondary issue," Maw admitted, "How to obtain it and weaponize it before the Zyuohgers can interfere..."

"Ginis-sama, I do believe I have an idea to help with that," Quval noted.

"Oh?"

"Yes. We give them a 'mini-game' to handle," Quval noted, "I would like to offer one of my Players for it while Maw prepares."

"Oh?"

"It's not gonna be a wimpy guy, is it?" Azald asked.

Quval chuckled before replying, "Just await for what my Player, Hattenaa, can do."

"Is that the one that makes people stupid?" Azald asked.

"...I hate you so much…" Quval grumbled.

"And you're following me because…?" Tusk asked, avoiding looking at Sonic.

"Someone's gotta keep an eye on you if you fall over from the ringing in your head," Sonic replied.

"Not gonna happen." Tusk spoke simply.

"Happened twice just before you left," Sonic countered.

"Lies," Tusk replied simply as he kept walking, "Besides I'm going to a bookstore...you know reading, books, knowledge gathering...things you claimed to be allergic to."

"Hey, hey, hey. I'm just here to keep an eye on you; not to be around those things. You go in there and I'll go find a spot to keep an eye on you in it," Sonic replied as they started to approach a used bookstore called 'Contrarian Hall.'

"Of course you wi…" Tusk began before an elder man pushed a younger man out of the store.

"Get out! No books for you!" the elder declared.

"I was just reading a bit!" the man argued as they started grappling with each other.

"Nani?!"

"Ah! Please stop!" Tusk called as he ran over and began to try to separate the two men.

"This has got to be the weirdest thing ever…" Sonic muttered.

"What about the time with Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain and the donkey?"

"We never speak of that day," Sonic replied with a shudder before the elder and Tusk fell over from Tusk slipping on a paper on the ground.

"This is nonsense," the man huffed as he stomped off.

"Oi! What did you do?!" Tusk demanded as he got up.

"Ah! My arm! My arm's broken!"

"Hoo boy," Sonic cringed.

"Daijobu?!" Tusk asked as he knelt down to the elder...only for the man to grab his wrist, "Eh?"

"Pay my doctor bill," the elder ordered.

"...EH?!" Tusk exclaimed.

"You got to be kidding me…" Sonic spoke up upon hearing that.

"Arigatou! Please come again!" Roll called with a wave to the customer leaving the cafe, "Ah, this is a good day so far." the phone rang, "Moshi-moshi. Beast Heart Cafe. Sakurai Roll speaking."

=Hey, uh, Roll? We...kinda have an issue…=

"Eh? Sonikku, what's wrong?"

=Well, I was with Tusk and there was this old guy and a fall and long story short? We need cash to pay for a medical bill=

"...Sonikku, what did you and Tusk-san do?"

=Nothing! He's scamming us!=

"..." Roll sighed, "Start over...from the begi-"

"Ano, Roll-chan, kyu?" Miyuki called out, seeing a crowd of irritated people standing out the door, "I...think they all want refunds, kyu."

"EH?!" Roll exclaimed, her tail shooting up, "Sonikku, have to go. Angry customers at the moment."

=No, wait! Do…= Sonic began before Roll hung up.

"Let me in, damn it!" a man snapped outside, "I got sick from your soup because of the fly feces I found in there!"

"And that steak was raw!" another added.

"..." Roll looked in the kitchen, "Leo-san, you're fired."

"Aw dang…" Leo slumped, his dreadlocks shoved into a hairnet that was shoved into a trash bag shoved into a much bigger hairnet.

"...Wait. There wasn't fly feces or anything raw when those dishes were sent out, kyu. In fact, we don't serve soup or steak, kyu," Miyuki recalled...before frowning a bit, "...They're trying to scam us, kyu."

"..." Roll narrowed her eyes, "Leo-san, you're hired as intimidation."

The kitchen door was kicked open as Leo-minus his hair containment-tore his shirt off, revealing his super well built muscles, making several of the men outside gulp in fear, "Okay...Who's got a complaint?" he asked, cracking his neck.

"Since you won't pay for a doctor and your friend ran off once he hung up the phone, you will have to work until my arm is healed up," the old man informed Tusk...who was wearing an apron and had a dusting rag on a stick.

'That's it! When I see something for Sonic to do that's incredibly embarrassing and/or humiliating for him to do, I'm going to blackmail him to do it! Maybe what he did with Tails and a banana will be enough...' Tusk thought.

"Boy is he gonna be mad…" Sonic muttered, sitting on a tree outside.

"And be sure to get rid of that giant mutated rat outside!" the old man barked.

"Sonic...wanna just…" Tusk began slowly.

"Oho...Way ahead of you!" Sonic spoke before speeding off.

"Now he's gonna go do something to get back at him…" Tusk sighed.

"Back to work!" the old man barked once more.

"Ugh…" Tusk groaned, walking back inside as he began dusting.

The day went on after that. All through it, the old man kept shouting at people who came to the shop and making them leave. Each time with various random reasons that Tusk didn't really understand. It was as if this man just didn't want anyone in his store; no matter who it was, he found a reason to kick them out. He didn't seem to want people he didn't approve of taking the books. Which, to Tusk, was more odd. In his clan, information and knowledge was treasured more than any precious metal or gemstone. To him, denying others information or knowledge seemed...idiotic and selfish. But he had no place to judge; humans were just different, he told himself. This was how humans acted….no matter how odd it was.

'Ugh...what I wouldn't do f-'

"No thinking!" the old man snapped, "Think on your own time!"

"Gah!" Tusk yelped, ending up tripping in his startlement and fell down with the pile of books he had been carrying, "Good grief…"

"What are you doing?!" the old man asked in exasperation before going over to Tusk, "I went to great lengths to gather these books here." he picked up one and yelped, "Ah! It's folded!" he showed Tusk the book, revealing one of the pages had been folded diagonally, "I can't sell this!" he shoved it into Tusk's hands and pointed at him with the same hand, "Your debt's gone up. So you better work hard!"

"Ah mou…" Tusk groaned.

"Eh?! You got pulled into a job, Tusk-chan?" Aphrodite asked.

"The old man wanted me to pay with money I did not have...I didn't want to burden Yamato and ask him, so I thought of working it off. But he's impossible...He hordes all his books within his library and lets no one buy anything unless he approves of them. He won't even let me take a break!"

"Nothing?"

"None! I can't even think!"

"I think this is a good social lesson for Tusk-kun since he's shy," Amu noted.

"What?!" he snapped.

"I'm getting tea~" Amu replied before scurrying to the treehouse's kitchen.

"Well maybe Amu has a point…" Yamato spoke, "An important lesson all humans learn as adults is to deal with difficult people without letting anger control you." he explained, "Maybe this could help Tusk learn to deal with difficult people...whom he's not allowed to treat like Leo…"

"At least those lessons Skye-kun gave you on how to talk when working came in handy...right?" Aphrodite pondered.

"That still confuses me. Why do you humans have to have to speak completely different at a job in this country?" Sela asked.

"It's hard to explain. But work is a thing we must all do. We all need to work, and it is the rule to respect your superiors in workplace. It is how things have always been taught and it's an unwritten rule for adults in my country." Yamato explained, "That said…" he sighed getting their attention, "It's why I chose to follow my dream: a career that I love and can put my heart into where I can be at my own. The workforce in my country has long since been known to be unhealthily stressful…" he sighed, "It's complicated and kind of unfair. I'm sorry to say, Tusk, that is just how things are for adults in this world."

"That sucks…" Tusk and the others admitted.

"Such is the world of adults...and work," Yamato sighed, sounding like a parent by this point.

"In the end, all I have from my troubles today is this book," Tusk noted, showing the book with a folded page.

"..." Haseo giggled at the cover, a drawing of an elephant with a tiny trunk, "K-Kawaii…"

"I suppose this is more for children...and those who enjoy such adorable stories," Tusk smiled, seeing the two-tailed fox's happy expression, "Here...have it for the night. Might be a good read."

"A-Arigatou!" Haseo thanked.

"The Short-Nosed Elephant?" Roll read the cover.

"It's a really sweet story." Tusk explained, "I'll give this to the human world...they paint amazing stories to read."

"Oh quite true," Aphrodite agreed, "Quite a few romance novels I've read that Skye-kun has in his files have simply been wonderful to read."

"Oh?" Amu perked her ears up as she came back in with a platter of teas, "They have romance novels worthy of Aunty...oho...Earth, you surprise me still."

The next day soon came and Tusk was once more at the store. As he looked at the shelves, he noticed that many of the books seemed to have been-outside of the dusting-taken well care of. He even noticed several books on each shelf was also a different language.

"I went to great lengths to gather these books here," Tusk recalled the old man's scolding yesterday before he was snapped out by his dusting stick was taken and used on the back of his head.

"Ow…" Tusk grunted as he turned to see the old man had done it.

"Get to work," he ordered, handing it back to him before going back to his seat.

"Will your shop survive with how you've been driving customers away?" Tusk asked.

"It's not your place to worry," the old man replied before taking a sip of tea, "I don't want to sell to those who don't appreciate books. I'd rather the shop went out of business first."

"Hmm…" Tusk muttered to himself as he mulled over that concept.

"Let's go to the park!"

"Hey, hey!"

"Wait up!"

"?" Tusk looked outside to see some children run past the store, "..."

"Oi oi! Did I say you could slack?!"

"..That's it," Tusk whispered.

"Eh?"

"A way to find those who appreciate books," Tusk replied.

"What are you talking about? ...You're not giving the books to those brats that passed by, are you?!"

"No, no, no," Tusk replied, "But…" he paused, "I know that anyone can appreciate a good book if they are shown the worth of it. That can't be done by just waiting for them to find it…" he smiled as memories flashed in his mind of the times his father read to him, "It takes someone else to show the worth of a good book. Show them what lies beneath the cover."

"..."

"...Unless you have a problem with that?" Tusk asked honestly as he moved to leave.

"...if I see even one tear, you're paying for each one I see...in every single book."

Tusk smiled as he walked off, "Okay."

"But before you go, check and see what's causing that ringing sound. It's irritating."

"...ringing sound?" Tusk quietly repeated, '...oh don't tell me…'

"Hmm...calibrations seem normal…" Maw noted, adjusting a small controller as he turned the knob a bit, "Hattenna, progress report."

=I am ready to begin the minigame!= Hattenna replied on a video call =I'm currently hiding on top of a restroom in a park waiting for the signal to start the minigame, Maw!=

"Good...the Zyuohgers should be picking up the 'signals' I sent out," Maw stated, "The moment one enters the area, that will be your cue."

=You got it!= Hattenna replied with a salute.

"...Nicole, can you turn that ringing sound off?" Tails asked, currently working on something.

=I'm sorry?=

"You and Skye don't hear that? That faint ringing sound?"

=He's back…= they sighed realizing what recent enemy they battled had returned.

"Who's b….Maw...sis!"

=She's at work with Roll=

"Darn it…connect to her then."

"Roll-chan, the orders for tables 2, 4, 6, and 8 are ready, kyu!" Miyuki called out as her covered tails placed some plates on the counter.

A pink and yellow blur came by before the plates were at their tables and Roll was before the counter, "Arigatou, Miyuki-chan. Whew. A nice morning rush is quite nice, isn't it?"

"Indeed, kyu," Miyuki smiled before she picked up the ringing phone, "Moshi-moshi? ...Yes, we...what? Are...are you...mmm~" she looked over at Roll, "Please tell me Yamato-kyun and the others are free, kyu."

"...Maw?"

"Maw…"

"Yamato-san!" she called out as a stack of research papers and books exploded to reveal Yamato, who had been finishing work he'd neglected since their arrival.

"I'm up!" he called, his hair messy as a book rested on his head like a hat, "What happened?"

"Maw's back…"

"I'll get the others." Yamato spoke, shaking his head, "Roll...please hide my research papers…"

"What research papers?"

"Th-" Yamato began before he noticed the stacks of books and papers were gone, "...You are quite fast."

"Arigatou," Roll giggled.

"Eh? Oh, Skye-san asks if you could send someone over to Tails-chan's lab," Miyuki noted, still on the phone, "Nicole-chan and he have finished whatever they were working on, kyu."

"On it."

"Don't forget to put cotton in your ears," Roll advised as Yamato and Amu ran out.

"Right!" Yamato replied with a nod .

=Oh! I think I see them now!= Hattena exclaimed.

"Good. Commence mini-game," Maw ordered, "The device is about 85% done."

=You got it! Oh, this is gonna be so much fun~!=

"Just stay focused on the task at hand," Maw stated, "In chess, you have to stay focused on what moves you make. Make the incorrect one, and your opponent will take the upper hand and defeat you."

=Don't worry about it! They won't know what will hit 'em!=

"...Famous last words," Maw whispered as he cut the communicator.

"Alright...where's that damn Thylacine at…" Lion murmured as he and the others looked around for Maw at the park.

"Whoo-hahahahaa~!"

"Darn. I hate when they reveal themselves by laughing…" Lion muttered as Hattena jumped down to stand across from them, "Hey, you're not Maw!"

"My name is Hattena! A pleasure~!" the hat-wearing Deathgalien greeted.

"I get it...it's cause you have a silly hat!" Lion clapped his hands.

"..." Tiger and Shark slapped the back of Lion's helmet.

"Right! Let's fight!" he roared pulling out his sword and charging.

"Come on boys! Mini-game time!" Hattena declared as Moebas hopped out of the bushes and charged.

"Oh come on!" Lion complained slashing at the grunts making them back off.

"This is their fall back method." Eagle responded as he pulled out his Eagriser, he then flipped around with a kick of his legs swinging his sword as it broke into whip form. He swung around as he began slashing the Moebas. He swing wildly as the whip moved with his arms creating a razor sharp barrier around him which cut and snagged the grunts making them explode.

"That's a little too extreme of an attack style!" Hattena shouted.

"I...kinda enjoy this part!" Shark added as she swung her sword while sliding across the ground sending them all flying back and into a lake. She dove into the water right behind, them. Suddenly the water exploded as the Moeba's where sent flying up into the air, Shark jumped after them as she spun around slicing them apart while in the air, the resulting explosions creating a dazzling mist of water in the process.

"That's too extravagant!" Hattena gawked.

"GAO!" Lion roared as he sent a group of Moebas flying.

"THAT'S TOO LOUD!"

"Hup!" Tiger cheered flipping across the ground each time her hands touched said ground it began to ice over making all the Moeba's slip around. As she landed she spun around before forming her claws, she slid across the ground before pushing herself forward across the icy ground. She spun around leaving multiple pink streaks in the air as she slashed the Moebas to frozen ribbons.

"Another Extravagant one! And too...c-c-c-cold!"

"Can someone please shut him up?" Shark asked.

"Honoo Kakusei!" Eagle shouted, lifting his mask up as he transformed into Gorilla, "HA!" he roared before slamming the ground, sending a shockwave across the ground and launched Hattena up into the air; as he fell towards them, Gorilla took a deep breath before snorting out a gust of wind which sent him flying away and into several trees, snapping them in half with the force.

"...ow…." Hattena wheezed.

"Ooh...That's gotta smart…" Lion noted.

"He's a Quval player, so he's not much in the way of stamina." Gorilla pointed out, "Let's finish him before whatever weird game he has planned takes effect."

"...heh...too late…" Hattena grinned as he stood up, "Already done…"

"Oh yeah?!" Lion growled, "Ya….uh….Ya….what is it again?"

"Seriously Leo? It…" Shark began before blinking behind her helmet, "...ano...what...was it again?"

"Ah! Where's his injuries?" Tiger asked.

"Huh?" Gorilla pondered before he looked at Hatenna, seeing no signs of any damage, "Nani?"

"Allow me to show you~" Hatenna chuckled...before simply taking off his hat and putting it on the ground.

"Hat?" Lion pondered before the hat flew into the air.

"Beam!-!" Hatenna declared before the hat fired a large yellow blast that hit all four, knocking them away.

Words in red, white, blue, and yellow writing emerged from the four before more spilled out of them and into the hat. It flew over Hattena and grew tentacles that dug into Hatenna before going back down onto his head.

Gorilla, in confusion, looked himself over... seeing nothing was really in much pain. So...what did his attack do? He turned to his team mates to ask how they were doing...but...nothing. Silence came from him. Gorilla quickly put his hands to his throat in shock as he realized he could no longer speak.

"Surprise~!" Hattena laughed, "My mini game is No Words! I take words away simply enough! Even the power of speech! You can't talk, read, or even write anymore!" he laughed as the four tried to communicate with one another to no avail, "Ah, I love my game!"

"...He can really do that?" Lien-Da asked, blinking in slight surprise.

"Of course," Quval answered, "Why do you think it's been silent for a while now?"

"...What are you…" Lien-Da pondered for a moment before blinking in realization, "...Thunderbolt….Oh, that is clever…"

"Overly complicated," Azald huffed.

"Hatenna's Word Hunting allows him to steal all words on a world, rendering the inhabitants incapable of communicating with one another and formulate plans and strategy," Quval explained.

"Words are the symbol of civilization," Ginis noted, "Those that have them taken have no choice but to be destroyed."

"Children?" the elder pondered as he and Tusk entered a park with a large playground.

"Sou," Tusk replied.

"...You took me and my books from my store for children?"

"Yes," Tusk nodded simply, "Books must be taught to be appreciated. Only from a young age can such a valuable lesson be instilled in others. Reading a simple book to children can have powerful effects."

"Eh?"The elder blinked at that.

"You seem to complain a lot that people don't appreciate books…" Tusk explained, "Maybe you can show people how...instead of turning everyone away and keeping these books to yourself."

"...And you're sure of this?"

"Of course," Tusk replied. He then gently nudged him forward to begin, "So let's get going."

"...mmm…" the elder mumbled as he cautiously stepped forward, "...Oi...kids."

At that, the kids all stopped in their wild fun as they noticed the elder. Most of them somewhat knowing him as the cranky bookshop owner where initially weary that he'd shown up just to yell at them for something they didn't do. If that sounds really specific...it's because chances are...this has been a regular song and dance for these neighborhood kids and this cranky Bookshop owner.

"Hello. We work at the bookshop just down the street," Tusk greeted while showing them the book about the short-nosed elephant, "We're hoping to share with you all a story."

"Story?"

"Yes. It's a picture book known as 'The Short-Nosed Elephant,'" Tusk explained, "It's a really nice story." he smiled, for a rare sight this was one of Tusk's honestly kind and welcoming smiles, it served to melt away the kids concerns they'd be yelled at again, and got them interested.

"It is?"

"What's it about?"

"Why is the Elephant's nose short?"

The elder blinked a few times in surprise at the children quickly gathering around Tusk. Nearby, Sonic watched on a tree before digging out his Miles Electric.

"Never underestimate kids and their curiosity," Sonic noted as he set the volume down to low as he began to contact someone on it, "May as well get some help. See if anyone can get some costumes from Mario to help do a performance of the book." he mused picking out his contact, "Yo, Ta…"

=Oh finally!= Tails exclaimed =Did you have your Miles Electric off again?!=

"What? It doesn't stop buzzing because of Amu discovering people like to take pictures of their food and posting them online," Sonic defended, "And I swear if Leo sends another picture of someone he wants to fight because of an optical illusion of them 'carrying' something massive that's actually in the distance, I'm…"

=Yeah, yeah, yeah. Complain later. I just lost communications with Yamato and the other Zyuohgers= Tails explained =They were near your current area=

"Wait. Lost communications?" he repeated, "Who could they have sent to take them out?" he asked, running off to search.

Yamato sighed as he and the girls watched Leo in his Mobain form trying to roar. He kept taking deep breath after deep breath and lurching forward to yell, but nothing. After a while, he began to glow red from anger and running around before grabbing a tree and trying to bite it, just to find some way to express his rage so everyone knew it. Hattena ran off not long after leaving them mute, laughing about how useless they are in this situation. Sela facepalmed when his biting disturbed a wasp nest that landed on Leo's head, causing him to be chased around by the angry residents of it.

"Wow. This is the quietest I've ever heard the dude," the trio jumped and turned to see Manic standing between Amu and Sela, "Sup?"

The three moved to speak but stopped as they remembered...they can't. Yamato had an idea as he began motioning to his throat as Amu pointed at Leo 'yelling' at a lake. Yamato then made the motion of speaking as Sela, to punctuate, crossed her arms to imply they could no longer speak whatsoever.

"...Aunty tricked you all into accepting her sticky cinnamon and honey dumplings and you ate too many again?" Manic guessed, earning Yamato looking at the three with wide eyes as Amu tried to not look at anyone while Sela crossed her arms and shook her head, "Tusk tricked you all into jinxing yourselves and Leo's taking it too far again?" Sela's eye twitched before she tackled Leo into a fight cloud as Yamato crossed his arms, "...Bad breath?"

Amu slapped her head at that before she walked over and pointed at Sela yelling and hitting Leo, and making it clear to look at how she was livid...and yelling...but nothing no sound at all...not even her fists hitting his face made a sound.

"...Oh~ You lost your voices," Manic realized, "...and sounds...the heck?"

Yamato put his jacket over his head and held his hands out to act like a monster as Amu made the motion of cutting him down with a sword.

"...What does Mom, Aunty, and a pinata have to do with this?" Manic asked in disbelief.

Both slapped their foreheads before they pointed up, making him look. The two then tried their best to charade aliens to him.

"Wow. Who told Yamato about those hacks that try to call themselves thieves, the Babylon Rogues, back on Mobius?" Manic asked, earning another facepalm before he took out some paper and pens, "...Think you can write it out for me?"

The two took the paper before writing down...um...writing down... Both then blinked, realizing the words they wrote down vanished into the air. Manic blinked, seeing this effect as well before rubbing his eyes a few times.

"Okay...either something's stolen your writing...or I should not have eaten that cafe's ramen," Manic muttered. Yamato held up one finger to indicate the first one and then tapped his nose to tell him that was correct, "Wait, really?...wait. Who's behind this? A monster?" Amu rapidly nodded in response, "...Who would send a monster out?"

"...!" Amu 'gasped' as she got an idea before holding up a finger.

"...oh charades! Sweet...okay uh...first word…" Manic whispered as Amu began to move her mouth, "...uh...biting? Speaking? No...oh! Screaming!"

Amu merely facepalmed before pointing at her mouth.

"...uh...hungry? Fangy?"

Sela saw this before face palming before stomping on Leo's tail, making him 'scream' as she pointed at her and Leo's mouth.

"...uh...mouth? Jaw line? J….oh wait…" Manic paused as he realized what they were implying, "...It's that Maw dude, isn't it?" they nodded as he got it correct, "So...they set up some scheme and now you guys can't communicate outside of charades...oh boy…wait. Where's Tusk?"

"..."

"...Yeah maybe I should go g-" Manic began before Sonic zoomed into the area, "Woah!"

"Hey bro. Wh-" Sonic began before noticing Yamato and the others trying to say something, "...Uh...what happened?"

"Some freaky monster things and Maw took their voices and sound away," Manic answered.

"...that explains why Tails hasn't heard from them," Sonic muttered before looking at Leo, "...Think we could keep him like this?"

"Aw dude, come on. Leo's not that bad," Manic snorted as Leo nodded vigorously, "So, dudes, anything else we need to know?" Yamato held up an airhorn with a flute attached to where the horn was supposed to go, "...Huh?"

"Apparently Tails made it," Sonic noted as Amu was pointing at her tail while holding up two fingers and pointing at the item with her tail, "This for Maw?" they nodded, "Okay. So...you three go find the thing that caused this and we'll go deal with Maw."

"Wait, what?"

"You get to break anything he's built up with an earthquake," Sonic tempted.

"..."

"...And I'll get you a discount from Roll's cafe."

"Deal."

"Sweet. Then let's go."

"Question though...where's your sword?"

"...oh yeah. Left him with Roll," Sonic recalled.

"...You left the one blade that she can't break with that slashing technique she has with one of Egg-butt's minions in the area?" Manic asked, "Won't the dude be near his minion to gloat?"

"I...I don't know...I mean last we saw him, he was abducted by the crazy blue cube guy who treats him like a purse dog," Sonic revealed.

"Oh, Azald. Step-Sis told me about him...Hey, if he's there, bet I can get a ton of alien cash from him," Manic chuckled.

Amu, Sela, and Yamato all facepalmed at that. Leo, meanwhile, finally got his head out of the crater Sela had made with it before coughing up a pile of dirt into a perfect shape of his Mobian Head.

"...Hey, before we leave to deal with Maw...do you guys need to shout 'Honoo Kakusei' when you transform or do you just like to do it for fun?" Sonic asked.

"...?" the three smartest pondered before shrugging. Leo just silently screamed in realization that could be the case and freaked out.

"..." Manic handed Sela his Miles Electric spraypainted green as they watched him freak silently, "Record this for me and I'll give ya a copy edited with old timey silent film music." Sela thumbs upped him before Sonic ran off with Manic on his back just in time for Leo to smack into a tree and cause another wasp's nest to hit him, sending him fleeing with his head covered in the swarm into a pond before he erupted from it, grabbing his tail with a large fish biting hard on the end.

"Ah, this is so much fun!" Hattena laughed as he looked out at the city, "Say, Maw, you want me to wipe out more words to let you enjoy your music better and not have screams mess with it?"

"That would be pleasurable...but I suppose we should get back to work," he mused.

"That means 'yes!' Go! Go! GO!" Hattena cheered as he quickly threw his hat high into the air, "Word Hunting…" a rapid fire of the yellow beam shot all over the city, "Scatter Shot! Be-be-be-be-BEAM~!-!-!"

Maw didn't seem to mind the…colorful words Hattena gave off as he messed with a touchpad, "Output readings at 75%...not long now before it's ready. Question is...where to test it first?"

"How's about space since no one would hear it?"

"...The hedgehog…" Maw frowned a bit as he looked over his shoulder, seeing Sonic and Manic leaning against a tree, "And his thief of a brother…"

"Still mad about Chun-Nan?" Manic asked, earning a fierce glare from Maw.

"...What happened in…" Sonic began.

"Be silent," Maw ordered before snapping his fingers as multiple grunts appeared, "Distract these two. I think I know where to target first."

"...okay. Manic, since he has a grudge towards you, I'll deal with the grunts," Sonic offered.

"Wait wh-" Manic began before Sonic zipped off in a blur, plowing over the Moeba's in the process.

"...After him," Maw ordered as the grunts chased after Sonic, "Hattena, make sure the Zyuohgers aren't nearby."

"Roger!" he saluted as he ran off.

"As for you…" Maw began, putting his touchpad away as he glared at Manic, "I will enjoy this?"

"...with what? Last I checked you're not the physical type of guy for fighting," Manic countered as he summoned his drum kit.

"True...which is hy I made this," Maw said as he pulled out a gun resembling a speakerphone.

"...what is that?"

"I examined some of this worlds virtual programs-or video games as children like to call them- and found some rather interesting ideas...this being one," Maw answered as he aimed it at Manic

"...and what does it do?" Manic asked as he tapped his drums, causing some pillars of earth to come heading towards Maw.

"Simple…" Maw began as he pulled the trigger...unleashing a large soundwave that immediately shattered the pillars, "It produces sound waves strong enough to break rock and stone."

"...so no matter what I do…"

"Yes...my weapon will break your attacks and defenses."

"...nerts."

=Okay, I got feed from some nearby cameras and...why are they acting like mimes?= Skye asked as he displayed a holographic screen depicting Yamato and Amu facepalming...while Sela was strangling Leo with her tail bandaged up and his bent in several places =...= he dialed up Yamato's cube =What is up with you guys? I've got you on a screen on some cameras. Oh and Tails and Nicole are here with me=

Yamato began thinking of how to begin this song and dance again.

=Do any of them know morse code?= Skye asked, turning to Tails before Yamato quickly shot his arm up as he pulled out a flashlight and began quickly turning it on and off in Morse Code.

"Yamato, wrong camera," Tails noted, "Turn around and flash the...um...what building?"

=The library= Skye replied as Yamato spun around and repeated what he did =Oh, Deathgalien that steals the ability to speak, but also adds in the removal of writing and reading abilities. Good thing you don't 'write' with Morse Code and…= he paused when several yellow lights hit signs around them, causing the words to vanish =...oh…=

=...This is not good...he can also take words away too…= Nicole noted before Yamato used morse code again =...'Which is why Leo and Sela forgot to say the words to use our power up forms'...oh dear=

"So they can't transform!" Tails realized, "They need to shout that to activate them! ...Huh...I thought it was just something they did for motivation." Yamato flashed some more, "Tusk? Um...Skye?"

=Checking cameras and...other side of the park with an Oiwa Genkuro, owner of Contrarian Hall, a bookshop with a selective customer base= Skye noted =...Huh...that's the second worst fake broken arm act I've ever seen=

"Fake?" Tails repeated.

=Who had the first?=

=Buddy, first year of college= Skye chuckled.

"Isn't he a...master warrior who would sooner somehow break your arm instead...via nonsense deflecting the damage towards you?"

=Yes. But he did something stupid and the Original got him to do the fake broken arm bit, recorded it, and made copies for blackmail= Skye chuckled =And that blackmail led to more blackmail on Buddy...which led to more on him...ah, I love being a genius= everyone cringed as breaking glass could be heard in the background =Still a hologram, Buddy~!=

=...I'll just go contact Tusk then= Nicole said, ignoring the semi-loud cursing from outside.

With Tusk, he had succeeded in getting the attention of the kids and continued reading to them, keeping them entertained and focused on the story. The elder, Genkuro, was quite surprised at it all. He honestly never thought kids could be so interested in books like this.

"What happened next? What happened next?"

"And then…" Tusk stopped when he picked up the sounds of fighting well...the super powered chaotic fighting he was accustomed to in the distance, "Eh?"

"Eh?" the children repeated.

"Ah! Look out!" Genkuro called, seeing a laser heading their way.

Tusk, prioritizing the children, jumped before them as a shield, leaving the book behind where he was seated. He opened his eyes realizing that the kids and him where safe...so the beam didn't explode. Which was good for now...so what effect did it have then?

"...?!" Genkuro tensed when he saw the book, "N...nande?"

Tusk took notice of his reaction before looking at the book. His eyes widening in surprise and shock when he saw that the cover had...nothing on it. He opened the book, only to see no words and merely pictures in it...as if they were completely erased.

"The words!" Genkuro gasped, choking back a sob, "The book!"

Tusk looked at the saddened elder and then at the children, many showing sadness at the loss of the fun book. His eyes sharpened as he looked at where Genkuro had been looking to see a few more shots going to different parts of the city, all from a single location.

"I'm going to fix it."

"Eh?" Genkuro looked at Tusk.

"I'll retrieve the words," Tusk stated as he started to leave when Genkuro ran before him.

"Are you mad?! What if you get hit by one of those blasts, too?!"

Tusk gently put his hands on Genkuro's shoulders, "I love books, too. I won't let such wonderful things be erased." with that, he ran off to where the shots were being fired from, leaving an aweing group of kids and Genkuro.

"Bro…"

"Yeah, Manic?"

"I swear if we survive this…" Manic spoke as he did a split while Sonic was doing the hustle all while a floating disco ball was above them, "I am never going to complain about disco in terms of dance. Just the flashy balls that make you do it."

"Hattena!" the Deathgalien cheered as he blasted Sonic and Manic while avoiding the ball, letting his hat soak up their 'words,' "Oh my! The blue one has a ton of 'words!' More than that bookstore one of my shots hits, even!"

"...If Eggman were conscious right now, he'd be enjoying the moment of silence," Maw commented before pulling his touchpad out once more, "But enough..the preparations are ready. Good work, Hattena."

"No problem!" Hattena replied before burping, "Ooh...excuse me. I tend to get gassy when I've 'eaten' too much. I think the blue one is the cause."

Maw merely rolled his eyes, about to press something on the touchpad before pausing, "...Steps coming in from the west."

"Huh? Wh-"

"Honno Kakusei!"

"Hattena?" Hattena asked before screaming as Elephant's blade hit him, knocking him away, "Ah! I've been slashed by green!"

"I'm an Elephant." he corrected, "I knew I shouldn't have gotten a job...that wasn't with Roll...at least she pays me."

Nearby, Genkuro-who had followed Tusk-gawked at Elephant, "He changed forms?" he looked over at Sonic and Manic while the other Zyuohgers arrived, "Discoing hedgehogs? Oi, do you two have space cards from SPD?"

Sonic and Manic shot him a deadpanned look. Leo pointed and laughed at the two until Sela bopped him upside the head.

"...Oi speak up! You're not mute are you!?" Genkuro demanded, earning silence from the two, "...oh you are…sumimasen."

"Hattena! Hattena!" Hattena repeated his name as he blocked slashes of Elephant's blade with his pen-like staff, only for Elephant to kick it to the side before delivering a charged slash to Hattena, slicing into him, "Ah! I've been defeated…" he stumbled back before the 'eyes' on his hat flashed and his wounds healed immediately, "...not~!"

"...regeneration…" Elephant realized before jumping out of the way from a sound blast from Maw's gun, "Maw!"

"It seems you do require vocal commands to aid in transforming," Maw noted, glancing over at the other four as they pulled out their cubes to try changing only to panic on seeing no numbers, "Or perhaps Hattena…"

"I stole the numbers, too! Hattena!" Hattena laughed before bopping Elephant, "Hattena!" he smacked him across the chest, sending sparks from the impact, "Hattena!" he bopped Elephant three times on the head, causing a 'bonk' to go off with each hit, "Hattena!"

"WIll you stop repeating that?!" Elephant snapped, switching his weapon to gun mode and firing several shots.

"Ah~! I've been hit! Hattena is dying…" Hattena stumbled back before his hat's 'eyes' flashed again and the holes in his body repaired instantly, "...not~!"

"I don't get it...No matter how much I hurt it...he heals...Something in him must be fixing the rest...but what haven't I damaged 'till now?" Elephant pondered before barely avoiding another attack from Maw.

"Enough of this. I may as well use you as a test run," Maw scowled before snapping his fingers.

A Gift appeared behind him. Its coloration was a deep yellow with scarlet detailing. Its shoulders sported speakers while its hands were also replaced with speakers. A chest mounted speaker shaped like a blaster emerged from its chest while its head resembled a gold helmet with a black screen with a multicolored soundbar displayed on it. Maw jumped above it and its head moved back to let Maw slid into the machine where he landed in a cockpit and had his mouth covered. The head moved back into place and the screen glowed briefly. Nearby, the disco ball exploded and Manic and Sonic sighed in mute relief as they stopped dancing...only to fall flat on their faces due to them both being mid jump.

"...What…" Elephant began.

=My personal Gift...Symphonian= Maw answered through the speakers as the soundbars on his Gift's head moved in time with his voice =I was hoping to save this for later, but you? ...you'll make a good test subject=

Sela mutedly whimpered, her ears already aching from the thoughts in her head at how loud this is going to get.

"For someone who seems so well mannered and polite...your tendency for sound pollution makes you a pain," Elephant sighed.

=While I thank you for the compliment on my manners, I do find your insults lacking in...shall we say a proper forte?= Maw noted before firing a massive sound blast from his hand speakers, knocking Elephant through several walls =Perfect. Hattena, finish him while I handle my plans=

"Of course! Hattena~!" the Deathgalien cheered as he skipped and jumped through the Elephant-shaped holes as Maw left with Sonic giving chase.

"Yasei Kaihou!"

"Hat?" Hattena blinked before he was dropped kicked hard in the face by Elephant's feet, sending him rocketing back and right into a tree, "...I have a headache...and a massive pain in my face."

"Okay...you are really making me want to stampede," Elephant growled before noticing the mute members all waving at him, "Huh? What? ...Wait, did he make you all mute?" Manic gave a thumbs up as the others made an 'O' with their arms, "...damn it." they began to do gestures, "Ah great...Gestures now?!" Yamato made shooting motions, "Gun? Rifle?"

"Hattena~!"

"Gh!" Elephant grunted as Hattena grabbed him in a hold before seeing Manic slashing the air, "Slash?" he stabbed Hattena in the face, freeing him to spin around and slash Hattena away from him, "Ugh...I hate charades!" they started to make gestures to their heads, "UFO?" crosses were given and they tried again with Yamato standing straight, "Bou (Stick)?" they nodded and made gestures of putting something to the side, "Leave bou?"

"Leave bou?!" Hattena demanded as he charged at Elephant.

"Kaba?" Elephant guessed, only to be whacked, "Gah! Ano...Kirin?" another attack nailed him, "Dammit, Leo! I don't get what you're gesturing!" Leo frowned and held up a hand, "...Well I get that one! And I'm telling Aunty you did that!"

"...oh!" Genkuro gasped in realization, "Oi! The hat!"

"Eh?"

"That hat! Aim for the hat!" Genkuro shouted, "Do you get it now?! The hat!"

"The hat?" Elephant asked.

"How long are you going to keep this up?" Hattena asked as his hat floated into the air, "BEAM~!"

Elephant rolled to the side of the shot. He delivered two slashes to Hattena, making him bend over. Elephant jumped onto Hattena's back and stabbed at the hat, getting it in the underside.

"GYAHHHHH~!" Hattena screamed as the 'eyes' revealed themselves to be literal ones as they bulged out from the pain.

"Ah! Tsukumogami?!" Genkuro panicked.

"...wait. Does this mean the chubby thing I've been hitting this whole time was just a bio-puppet?" Elephant asked as he realized the hat was the sentient part.

"...uh...no…" Hattena replied nervously, sweating bullets at this point.

"..."

"...you're going to hurt me aren't you?"

*BANG! BANG! SLASH SLASH! BAM!*

"Gah ha!" Hattena screamed as he flew back, dropping his weapon in the process just as Elephant grabbed it, "...no...don't you dare…"

"..."

"Don't you do it!"

Elephant merely stood there as he held it up...before dropping it on the ground and stomped on it with his feet, breaking it in two.

"NO~!"

"That was...cathartic…" Elephant sighed, "...and seeing how the others haven't regained their voices yet…" he began walking towards Hattena.

"...oi oi. M-matte…" Hattena gulped as he backed up.

"You must be the key." he spoke cracking his knuckles as his tunics animal pattern eyes began glowing as he lifted one of his legs up as it transformed.

"...Not another drop kick!" Hattena freaked, holding several tentacles up in defense.

"Ha….." Elephant growled as green aura formed around him. He then stomped his leg and sent himself flying up, the aura forming the image of a large elephant of green light. It and Elephant stomped down at the same time, smashing Hattena with their legs. The result was an earth shaking tremor as everyone stumbled about, the explosion exploding outward as Elephant trumpeted in victory as the aura projection vanished.

Hattena exploded before his body followed soon after. The explosion from where his hat/real body was erupted into numerous words and numbers in various languages that went all over the city and even out to space. Red, white, yellow, lime-green, and blue writing and numbers went into the five muted members while black writing went into Genkuro's book, restoring it to normal.

"Did he just make a giant green energy elephant?!" Manic gawked.

"He did it! We can talk!" Amu cheered.

"YES! I CAN TALK! GAOOOOO!" Leo roared happily.

"NOT SO LOUD!" Sela snapped, drop-kicking Leo's head.

"The book!" Genkuro cheered, "Look! Look!"

"Who knew words were so important?" Sela pondered, smiling at Elephant.

"Hmph…" he crossed his arms at that, "Thank god...I would hate for my books to be blank." he sighed before remembering, "Right...the mastermind of todays game."

"Eh, I think Bro's got him," Manic assured.

=Let's see...judging by sound refractions of the buildings, echolocation-created maps, and several quick calculations…= Maw smirked as he halted his Gift in the center of an amphitheater =This is the perfect place to fire all speakers at max volume. The sounds will echo about, destabilizing everything in the city and 'tickle' the inner ears of all those in it, causing them to be unable to escape as the buildings collapse=

"Why is it that every villain I meet monologues?" Maw turned the Gift's head to see Sonic smirking while laying in one of the seats, "Yo~"

=Blast it all. Hattena must have been defeated. Naria, may I request a Continue for Hattena should my plans be scrubbed by the blue hedgehog?= Maw asked, looking up at the sky.

=You may= Ginis replied.

=Ah. I thank you, milord= Maw thanked before the speakers on the Gift activated =Shall we see if you can truly prevent me from firing, hedgehog?=

"Nah. Fire away," Sonic replied as he pulled out the modified airhorn.

=So be it= Maw replied as all the speakers lit up before firing a pulse.

Sonic pressed down on the top of the airhorn.

*THWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT~~~~!*

A pulse shot out of the modified item and collided with the pulse from the speakers. For a moment, it looked as if the Gift's pulse would overpower the smaller one before it suddenly wrapped around it and shot back at the Gift, slamming it and blowing up the speakers. The top of the Gift opened and Maw climbed out, gagging as smoke escaping his sparking mouth.

"W-Wh-*Kzzt*-at?!" Maw gagged, his voice becoming static, "It har-*zzrt*-monized with my pu-*ksshhh*-lse and redi-*eeert*-rected it back at m-*kzzzzrt*-e?!"

"...Huh...Go Tails," Sonic chuckled, looking at the modified airhorn.

"Y...y-*KZZT*-ou…." Maw growled out before coughing, "Na-*bbzt!*-ria...send me...b-*Bzzt*-ack…"

"Yeesh...might want to get that checked...sounds like a nasty tickle in your throat," Sonic waved as he was picked up by green energy coins and teleported away before Sonic pulled out his Miles Electric once more, "Hey, Roll? Giant battle coming in a few minutes. ...Yes, it's why your cafe lost all the words and you became mute for a couple minutes. ...Wait, it muted Caliburn, too? Huh, maybe we should've kept that Hattena guy… Ack! No, no! Just trying to joke is all! Okay, see ya later! Have fun streaming the giant battle!" he hung up and sighed in relief, "Thank the wind…"

"Here we go again," Leo noted as Naria appeared.

"Yo, you may want to come away from here with me," Manic gulped.

"..." Naria looked at the remains of Hattena and frowned at Elephant, "Did you have to destroy the slot?"

"Would you have done the same if he took your tablet's words and numbers and your 'words' so you couldn't verbally or digitally praise your boss?" Elephant asked in a deadpan.

"..." Naria dropped the coin on Hattena's remains and stomped it hard into the remains before leaving with a huff aimed at Hattena.

=We're rolling= Nicole informed once Hattena reformed and grew to giant size.

"THANK YOU, NARIA! HATTENA~!" Hattena cheered.

"Konnichiwa, minna!" Roll greeted, "Ah it's another good day for a giant battle, ne? I wonder what combination we'll see today!"

"He has two bodies, let's form two at once," Elephant offered.

"Issue," Sela noted as she turned into Shark, "Cube Eagle and Cube Gorilla."

"We've never formed two at once without me jumping out of one to immediately form the other." Eagle spoke, both Cube Animals on his shoulders and glaring at each other.

"I think they both want you operating," Tiger giggled.

"Hattena~! Oh! I can fire big beams now!" Hattena cheered as he hat/real body flew off his fake one and fired at the city, "BEAM~!-!"

"For those of you who don't live in the area, that beam steals one's 'words' and actual words and numbers, rendering you mute and incapable of reading or writing," Roll explained before frowning, "And what is taking so long with the robot half of this battle to come out?"

=Showing feed= Skye informed as a monitor popped up in midair to show Cube Eagle and Cube Gorilla now tugging on Eagle's helmet =I think they both want him piloting one and not the other. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you don't cheat on your significant other=

"Chotto Roll...please don't tack on such an important subject to my Cube Animals not wanting to share…" Eagle complained, able to read her lips from the distance, "Okay, both of you stop or no treats tonight!" both paused and slumped, "Gorilla, Eagle has senority so I'll pilot Eagle this time. You'll be operated the next time we use both mechs at once. Fair?" both nodded with squeaks, "Good. Now make up." Gorilla hugged Eagle, "Good. ...Good golly, some of those comments on screen..."

"Eh?" the others asked.

"Just combine," Eagle sighed.

"Oh finally…" Roll sighed in relief before gawking, "Eh?! This called for both ZyuohKing and ZyuohWild?!" Mogura and Kirin squeaked as they jumped off Nicole and ran to the battle, "Oh! Cube Kirin and Cube Mogura want in on the battle as well!"

"Kasei! ZyohKing Kirin and ZyuohWild Mogura!" the Zyuohgers shouted as their mechas grabbed the cube weapons.

"Hattena?!" Hattena freaked.

"This'll be easy now that we know his weak spot!" Lion declared.

"Wild take on its body. We'll take on the head." Eagle ordered.

"Let's use him to vent, Gorilla!" Elephant spoke to their mecha.

Wild banged his fists as he tackled Hattena's body.

"And Wild goes in with a lariat, knocking the hat right off hi-and it's flying on its own!" Roll gawked, "Deathgaliens are strange. ...No offense to any viewers from space that may be related in terms of abilities or species as any fought before." Skye gave a thumbs up off-screen while analyzing the comments, "And it looks like ZyuohKing is going straight for the finisher."

"Zyuoh Fire!" the trio shouted as the Kirin Bazooka fired a volley at Hattena, who laughed as he flew around, dodging the shots.

"Uso...he's fast!" Shark gasped.

"Stupid hat! This is why bandanas are better!" Lion snapped.

"Eh…?" Eagle blinked at how random to him that felt.

They all then shouted as the cockpit shook violently all of a sudden. They looked up and screamed as tentacles began sneaking inside. Shark who was the most freaked jumped into Eagle's arms as Lion swatted them away.

"...No one comment…" Roll deadpanned at the screen as Hattena had his tentacles going to work on ZyuohKing.

=Already had to ban ten people from commenting...and four from space for trying to flirt= Skye informed.

"Flirt? With the hat or the robot getting tentacled?" Roll asked.

=Yes= both AI replied.

"Eh? What's going on?" Tiger pondered.

"Ah...This fits nicely. Hattena," Hattena noted as ZyuohKing's optics turned purple, "Oh my! You're so huge! I can barely fit you inside~"

=...And like that, fifty banned for 'That's what she said' as their comments= Skye muttered under his 'breath.'

"Oi! What are you doing?" Elephant demanded.

"This is my body now!" Hattena cheered.

"Ah! The hat's controlling ZyuohKing! Oh no!" Roll gasped as H-ZyuohKing open fired on Wild, "He's firing on ZyuohWIld! Foul! I call shenanigans!"

"Ah!" the trio inside said mecha shouted as they worked to hack at the tentacles filling the cockpit.

"Ah mou...What do we do?" Tiger gulped.

"Hmm...If he wants a body so bad…" Elephant noted as Wild looked to see Hattena's fake body had slumped over, no longer moving without the real one, "Then let's give it one!"

"Eh? ZyuohWild is sprinting towards Hattena's body. What are you planning?" Roll pondered before Wild picked up the fake body and used it as a shield for the shots fired by King, "Ah! An improvised shield! And now they're throwing it at King!"

"Ah! Hey! Watch it with that! I made it all nice and bouncy…" Hattena snapped as King dropped the bazooka to grab the thrown body...only for Wild to jump over them and slam a foot into Hattena, throwing him away, "GYAH!"

"OH! They're gone!" Lion exclaimed before looking behind his seat, "You can get out from behind there."

"Urusei," Shark grumbled as she got back to her seat from behind Lion's while King tossed Hattena's fake body onto Hattena.

"No more chances of that happening again. Minna, Dobutsu Dai Gattai," Eagle ordered.

"Oh! They're going for the full combination sequence this time!" Roll cheered as Lion stacked onto Elephant, followed by Shark then Tiger before Eagle and Gorilla became the arms, "Yatta! The wild ruler of the lands is back once more! It's…"

=WILD ZYUOHKING~!=

"Kansei! Wild ZyuohKing!"

"UGh...That wasn't a pleseant kick at all...why am I getting kicked by ele…" Hattena began before a shadow came over him, making him look up at Wild ZyuohKing, "DEKA~~~!-!-!-!"

"Wow...They're going for the finisher already so soon after combining! ...Do you think Shark is to blame?" Roll asked.

"Zyuoh Dynamic Strike!" the five shouted as Wild ZyuohKing fired its six lasers.

"HATTENA?!" Hattena screamed before he was struck and exploded violently...before Wild ZyuohKing repeated stomped on the embers that landed on the ground.

"Die, die, die, die, die!" Shark barked, repeatedly spinning her cube left and right.

"Sela...Sela!" Eagle panicked as he and Tiger rushed to her side, Tiger letting Shark cuddle in her arms.

"There there...shh...shh...it's dead...yes, you killed it…" Tiger sighed, patting her best friend's head.

"...We're putting peanut butter into Sonic's socks again for showing Sela that doujin thing, right?" Lion whispered to Elephant.

"This time...crunchy." Elephant nodded.

"Ugh…" Eagle sighed as he pulled out his phone, "Roll...we won...Sonic's in trouble though, so don't try to hide him later, okay?" he muttered out his text as he sent it to her.

"And with that...another victory," Roll noted, blinking a few times, "And maybe a trip to a psychiatrist for mental scarring? Well...until next time, minna. Sayonara~"

Tusk sighed as he walked along the street on his way back to work. He decided to leave the aftermath of the fight to his friends. They probably could handle it better...but the look of terror on Sonic's face when Roll learned why Sela was so disturbed will keep him going through the rest of this day for sure.

"Maybe I'll finally get paid just enough for the crunchy peanut butter," Tusk muttered as he finally reached the Book shop. "Without a doubt, that whole event will become a problem here…" he sighed, remembering he blew his secret identity in front of his grumpy boss, "I'm here." he looked up to see Genkuro without his arm held up, "Eh? Wait...your arm wasn't broken?"

"You also lied about yourself, so we're even," Genkuro informed, "You don't need to work here anymore."

"Ah...Alright," Tusk nodded before smiling, "Though next time, I'll come in as a customer. I hear that there are a lot of good books in this store."

Genkuro chuckled as he turned back to face Tusk, "For you, I will be glad to sell books to."

"Hmm…" Tusk smirked as he walked off, "See you around." he waved.

"Ojii-san! Ojii-san!" Tusk moved to the side to let a group of kids go by to run up to Genkuro.

"Can we hear another story please?"

"Please, Ojii-san? We wanna hear another interesting story!"

"Hai, hai," Genkuro chuckled, "Ojii-san needs to practice first."

Tusk chuckled as he left the building. He turned to walk off before blinking twice. Yamato gave a small wave as Leo got back up from sitting on the curb while Sela moved away from the wall she was leaning against. Amu smiled at Tusk from beside Yamato. Tusk gave a simple smile at them before walking over to them before smirking when Leo held up a jar of crunchy peanut butter and a pair of Sonic's socks.

"Let's get some payback!" Leo smirked happily.

"We'll only have a few minutes once we let Roll at him," Tusk noted, "So better make it quick."

"Oh please, Sonic can't handle her pouty look of disappointment. Worse so when we get Auntie to pile on the looks," Amu smiled.

"..." Sela discreetly motioned to Yamato and pointed at her eyes while Yamato wasn't looking at them, earning a nod from Amu in agreeing his stares were just as bad if not worse than a tag team of the pouty look of disappointment.

"It will take a few days to repair the damage," Lien-Da noted.

"It would appear your...damage caused a-what do you call it...domino effect," Quval added, looking at Maw's damage report, "One bad thing led to another, and now your actual vocal chords or...what's left are also damaged." he went on, "Thankfully, the damage didn't spread further to your lungs or heaven forbid...so that's how that term works...I've been reading and watching these comedy shows of doctors breaking bad news to humans...really lifts the spirit seeing their pained looks to learn it's terminal."

'Blasted hedgehog…' Maw thought.

"Fortunately, it can be fixed," Quval noted as he looked at his tablet, "Hmm...I'll be taking Clove and Cassia with me to the surface for a small trip."

"Huh?" Lien-Da pondered.

"I would take one of the others, but I feel they'd more than likely destroy what I'm going to be looking at instead of looking with me," Quval informed before looking at Maw, "Oh come now. I wasn't going to be here the whole time for the repair work. It's all automated. But I do have this..." he had a monitor lower and turn on, showing Azald humming as he had Eggman dressed up in a dog suit, Thunderbolt trying to get out of the hamster cage sized to fit her...yet didn't think to jump off the wheel she was running on.

=Play dead, Squishy= Azald ordered, earning no response from Eggman =...I'm so proud of my Squishy. He knows 'play dead.' I am a happy pet owner!=

"I believe if my kind had such a response...drop dead laughter is apropo..." Quval muttered, "And with that, I'm off with Clove and Cassia. Ciao."

SZ: Whoo..finally after….what? A Year or so before updating this?

GT: Not counting the Valentine's chapter? Then yes.

SZ: Yeah...real life caught up once more. Work, job searching, new stories, new games…*rushes back to playing DQ11*where are you Metal Slimes!?

Z0: *sleeping on a bed made from everyone's desks* No...no more overtime...screw you boss...I have a life….ZZZzzzzZZz!

SZ: *pauses game* That too...should we just move onto the chapter preview?

Z0: *sleep walks grabs katana and cuts down rope which was holding up both the screen….and the roof above our heads*

Jikai, Zyuohger: Monarchs of Mobius!

Leo: Guys….I think I'm in love!

Sela: Not again….

Yamato: A Mountain with an axe rock?

Amu: Oh! It's a big axe rock!

Tusk: ...Amu, you might want to reword that

Clove: What are you planning, Quval?

Quval: This was discovered thanks to Chaos when he was hunting for the Chaos Emeralds.

Cassia: What is it exactly?

Cube 14: The Summit Witness

Quval: Hello...a living genetic library?

GT: Well...that doesn't seem good.

SZ: No...no it does not.

Z0: Next time suckers! We are gonna celebrate with Sushi like we nerds do!

SZ: HOO YEAH!

GT: Yep. So until next time, please Read and Review!

Z0: *mouth full of California roll* Bye-bye!