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Chapter 4: A Miko's Anxiety: A Hedgehog's Comfort
Azabu-jūban district/4:03 P.M…
It was a calm, peaceful evening in Azabu-jūban district of Tokyo. Everyone was fast asleep. Inside Ami's apartment, the Mercurian soldier was sleeping peacefully in her bed, snoring softly in her sleep. She, Sonic, and the other Sailor Senshi had succeeded in defeating a Daimon Toden, who targeted Yuuichiro for his pure-heart crystal. Thankfully, the young priest's pure-heart wasn't a Talisman. However, she and the other's noticed that Rei hasn't been getting any sleep for a few days. She also noticed that the fiery Miko would fall asleep during their study sessions. And when she wakes up, she looks like as if she's seen a ghost. Just what was bothering her? Why won't she tell them what's wrong? In the living room, Sonic was snoozing on the couch, snoring loudly with drool dripping from his gaping mouth. Suddenly, his ears perked up when he heard a knock on the door.
"Hmm?" Sonic moaned, cracking his emerald green eyes opened. Yawning loudly, he stretched his limbs and hopped off the couch, trudging up to the door. Swiftly, once he unlocked the door, he pulled it open, and was surprised at who was standing right before him.
"Rei?" The blue hedgehog questioned in surprise as he looked up at the raven-haired Miko, who smiled softly and gave a slight wave.
"Hey Sonic," she greeted. The blue speedster let out another loud yawn as he rubbed one of his eyes.
"What're ya doin' up this early?" Sonic asked groggily. "It's 4 in the mornin'."
Rei's smile fell almost instantly and it was replaced with a look of nervousness and anxiety, something Sonic took note of.
"Do you..." The ruler of mars began, rubbing her left arm. "...do you mind if I talk to you for a second?"
Sonic blinked at this, but there was this pit in his stomach that kept telling him that it must be urgent.
"Uh, sure, why not?" Sonic shrugged as he walked out and closed the door behind him. "So, what's up?"
There was a pause. Rei began biting her lip, fiddling with her raven black locks. The raven-haired beauty let out a sigh as she spoke up, her back against the wall.
"It's...it's about one of those dreams she's been having lately,"
Sonic arched his eyebrows upon hearing this. What did dreams have to do with this conversation?
"Dreams?" pondered the Mobian hedgehog. "What kinda dreams are we talkin' about here?"
"It's...complicated," Rei admitted. "You see, as a Miko, I have the ability to do fire readings and possess some psychic ability."
Sonic's eyes went wide. "WHOA! You're psychic?!"
"Shh~!" Rei shushed.
"Oh, sorry, my bad," Sonic whispered, smiling sheepishly.
"Anyway," The fiery Miko continued. "I usually have dreams or visions in the fire whenever a new enemy appears. Whenever I do, I divine these visions or dreams in the fire so I could know what we're up against. But..."
"But what?" Sonic asked. The raven-haired Miko sighed once more.
"I've been staying up all night trying to divine the dreams I've been having, no matter how many times I've tried," Rei bites her lower lip. "I couldn't read a single thing in the fire."
Sonic raised an eyebrow at this. "How come?"
"I...I don't know," Rei sighed in distress, dragging her hand down her face. "And that's what scares me."
Sonic remained silent, his eyes wide. Whatever kind of dreams she's been having, they must've been serious. Especially if she's unable to read them in the sacred fire. The hedgehog needs to know what kind of dreams she's been having.
"So, Rei..." Sonic began. "What be happenin' in your dreams?"
There was a pause. Rei swallows the lump in her throat as she said.
"In one of my dreams...I see an army of robots destroying the city,"
Hearing this caused Sonic's blood to run on ice.
"Innocent civilians were running for their lives, screaming as the city's being burned to the ground," Rei continued, her voice dripping with fear. "Not only that, but Usagi-chan, Minako-chan, Ami-chan, Mako-chan, Uranus, and Neptune were all robots!"
The blue hedgehog felt his heart in his stomach for a moment. Rei swallowed another lump in her throat as she continued.
"But what scared me he most, is this shadowy figure that stands in front of the fire," Her voice was barely a whisper. "It was a large, imposing figure of a man with blue eyes and had a nightmarish grin on his face. He fiddled with his mustache as he watched the city being destroyed. And that laugh...I can't get it out of my head!"
"Eggman..." Sonic thought, his eyebrows furrowed. The description of Rei's dream was a huge red flag...no, crimson flag that Eggman was most likely here. A dead silence fell upon them, until the hedgehog decided to break the silence.
"Yo, Rei," Sonic began in an unusually serious tone. "Ya remember when I was tellin' you girls about Egggman the other day?"
Rei titled her head in confusion before nodding weakly.
"The figure that you saw in your dreams," Sonic looked at her dead in the eyes. "Was him."
Rei felt her heart stop, her eyes going wide. "Th-that was him?!"
"Yeah," Sonic nodded. "If you're havin' these visions 'em, then there's no doubt that he's here. And knowing him, he probably wants to take over your planet and turn you guys into his robot slaves."
Rei slumped to the floor, her hands on her head. She began to breathe heavily, with a look of distraught on her face. The thought of being turned into a robot terrified her.
"Sonic..." Rei whispered. "What if we can't win?"
Sonic turned to her, a look of surprise on his face. "Huh?"
"What if Eggman was nothing like we ever face before?" Her voice started to break. "What if we're up against a fight we can't win? What if...what if that vision comes true?"
Sonic didn't speak, but he kept looking at Rei's trembling figure. The fire in her voice was gone. He never seen her look so...vulnerable before. She was fiery, passionate, strong, fierce, and had a bit of a temper. Now she looked so...scared. She looked like she wanted to cry. And if there's one thing Sonic hates, it's seeing his friends cry. The blue hedgehog walks up to her and removes her hands from her head, before placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Hey," Sonic began, prompting Rei to look up at her. "Don't you worry 'bout a thing, we're gonna make sure that vision doesn't come true. I promise."
Rei didn't speak, but she continued to stare into his emerald green orbs.
"And besides," Sonic grinned. "With me by your side, whaddya got to lose?"
This caused Rei to crack a small smile.
"You're never alone Rei," Sonic stated. "Once Egghead comes knockin' we'll kick his ass all the way back to Mobius!"
Upon hearing this, a giggle bubbled out of Rei as she stood back on her feet, stroking her raven black hair.
"You're right Sonic..." The fiery Miko smiled, playing with her hair. "I don't know what gotten over me."
Sonic grinned upon seeing her smile. "See? There's that smile!"
Rei blinked in surprise, then shot the blue blur an irritated glare.
"What?! You've never seen me smile before?!" She questioned.
"Certainly not on you're face!" Sonic said teasingly. "You're always scowlin' like some grumpy ol' troll!" A tick marked appeared on Rei's forehead as a smirk made a way to her lips.
"Oh, that's SO rich coming from a blue talking rat!" Rei sneered, causing Sonic to glare at her.
"Like you've got any room to talk Martian Queen!" The blue hedgehog shot back.
"Pin cushion!"
"Fire harpy!"
"Overgrown porcupine!"
"Flame-brain!"
The two glared at each other so intensely that you could see sparks flying. After what felt like hours, Sonic buzzed at the lips and Rei snorted before they both erupted into laughter. Sonic let out a loud yawn, stretching his arms.
"Well, I'm gonna hit the hay," The blue hedgehog walks to the door. "Night Rei."
"Night Sonic," Rei responded as she started waking away, but then she stops in her tracks. "Oh, and Sonic."
Sonic turns his head towards her. "Yeah?"
Rei looked over her shoulder, grinning at the blue speedster. "Thanks, I needed that."
Sonic blinks at her before grinning, giving her a wink and a thumbs up. Rei waved him goodbye as she headed back home. Once Sonic walked back inside, he closed the door behind him and leaned against it, looking up at the ceiling with a thoughtful look on his face.
"If what she said is true, then there's a high chance that Egghead's here," Sonic thought. "And if Egghead's here, then the other's should be here too. But where?"
Elsewhere...
In what appears to be a dark room, a wide monitor screen was playing a video of Sonic, Uranus, and Sailor Moon fighting Taiyan.
"WORLD SHAKING~!"
"MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK~!"
Sitting in a chair in front of the monitor was a of a tall, obese, burly man with a bald head, a bright red nose, and a large bushy mustache. He wore a red jacket with yellow triangles, black pants with connected boots and silver round buckles, white gloves, and blue mirror prince-nez glasses with green lensed goggles on top of his head. He goes by the name Dr. Eggman, the greatest, most evil scientific genius in the world, and Sonic's archnemesis.
He then switches the video that showed the Sailor Senshi and Sonic confronting Kaolinite, while battling against the Daimon Toden.
"BURNING MANDALA~!"
"MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK~!"
Eggman hummed in amusement, stroking as he watched Sailor Mars and Moon finish the Daimon off. He starts replaying the video to observe the Sailor Senshi transforming and then, paused it. He zooms in the video to lock onto their transformation pens and Usagi's Crystal Heart Compact. The mad scientist correctly assumed that those must be the source of their power. An evil grin made way to his face.
"Impressive, for a harem of harlots," Eggman mused, standing up with his hands behind his back. "They'll make perfect specimens for my roboticizer. Now I just need to harness their power, and once I do, my Eggman Empire will finally be complete! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!"
To be continued...
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