Chapter 9; Revelations about Sonic and his past
Sonic and Amy woke up around 10 and left the hotel as their 'honeymoon' came to an end. Today they would have to continue their way towards the black mountain. Before leaving they sat next to the river to relax. Last night was something sacred to both of them. By the time they fell asleep they were both exhausted. While looking at the clouds Amy remembered the questions she wanted to ask Sonic the last few days but due to the endless duels she didn't get the chance.
"Sonic?"
"Hmm?"
"I just remembered. I wanted to ask you a few questions."
"Sure. Fire away."
"First of all, about these assault blackwings."
"Oh yeah wait a minute."
He took them out of his extra deck and showed them to Amy.
"These cards could have made you beaten me and the gang easier that you already do. Why didn't you ever use them?"
"Because they are not available yet."
"Really? But then how do you have them?"
"Remember when I left about 6 months after I became the champion and was away for a week?"
"Yeah. Where did you go?"
"I travelled to the duel monsters' production company in Japan. They wanted me to have a look at the new cards they wanted to create and at a new set of blackwing cards they were considering to create. So as the best they wanted me to test them out against the hardest dueling AI they could create. It was no match for me even with a deck made like 10 minutes before the test. So in exchange for my time and services, I received every not yet made card 3 times. I can create any deck I like. But I wouldn't change my trusted blackwings for anything."
"So you really are that important to the dueling world?"
"Well challengers call me king, master duelist, champ, black ace and master of the sky. And they all refer to me in a formal tone. I'm telling them I'm not that formal but they insist."
"So cool."
"Kinda. But not really cool if I have to duel challengers all day. When I get overloaded I just hide somewhere and then come right back out."
"Clever. It really gets boring after sometime. But still, sometimes you really disappear."
"Well I'll explain. Have you seen the world leaderboards in dueling?"
"Not recently."
"I am first, Tails is second and Knuckles is third. Sometimes police comes and ask for me to track down and defeat wanted people or villains along with Tails and Knuckles. We also get good money for it."
"ARE THEY SERIOUS?! What if you get killed? You are the best duelist in the world Sonic but no a warrior."
"Lately the police has had several encounters with criminals and were defeated in duels. So they wanted the best to catch them."
"But what if some madmen can't accept their defeat?"
"That's were bulletproof jackets and guns come in handy."
"WHAT?! You've been shot before?"
"Yeah. Twice until now. But every criminal then realized I always wear such a thing in such missions and stopped resisting once they lost."
"Promise me you will stop these missions."
"Amy I can't. These guys have to pay for their crimes. If the best is not there to stop then who?"
"But… what if you get shot on the head or something?"
"Don't worry baby. I Knuckles and Tails have been trained for such occasions."
"You promise me you will be safe?"
"I promise you baby nothing will happen to me."
She was so happy at that moment that she jumped on him and kissed him hard. After they broke their kiss she continued her questions.
"So what kinds of decks have you made?"
"Blue-eyes because new support cards were created, dinosaurs just like storm but with new more powerful cards, a new synchro deck with new synchros and my blackwings that got buffed."
"Have you used any of them in public?"
"Very few times. Most people want to beat my blackwings."
"Well since wherever I go they talk about strategies on how to counter the blackwings I guess it is true. Have you ever faced any other blackwing deck?"
"Many times. Just no one has the same level of mastery as I do. They all focus on getting out and reviving armor master. I just wreck them."
"What's the time when you were incredibly close to defeat."
"To tell the truth the only one who almost managed to beat me is Jet. During the final of the duel cup. When she used his samurai lock. Had I not drawn sirocco I would be done for."
"Noone has manage to corner you harder than Jet?"
"Noone."
"No wonder you are considered a legend."
"This legend is gone for over 5 days now. I wonder how the others are doing"
Earth
Tails Knuckles Wave and Jet managed to hold the secret of the disappearance for 3 days. Afterwards they admitted the truth and Sonic and Amy's parent's reported them missing. The whole world responded (to Sonic being missing) and everywhere around the world rescue teams were searching without results. Tails was questioned by the police for what happened but he said that they just vanished. The power of the lunar dragon belonged to them only and if anyone discovered their connection to it, it would mean one thing; a life of running away. Scientists would try to seal them as experiment subjects. All he and his friends could do was wait.
Spirit world
"Most likely Tails and the others will be the main suspects."
"Yeah."
"Have you tried contacting them with our marks?"
"Yes. It doesn't work." Sonic said
"Well I guess until we end this war the lunar dragon won't allow us communication with them."
"We'll get this over with in no time."
"And last question."
"Yeah?"
"About this guy zazz."
"What with him?"
"He said you destroyed his sister's life."
Sonic took a deep breath.
"It is a long story Ames. And with a very bad ending."
"Lemme hear it."
"It all began far before you and I met. Far before I even met Tails. Actually back in junior high school. I had a friend whose name was Zeena. When we started dueling she became obsessed with winning and turned competitive. Soon she started winning all the time in the school. I was seeing her rising and I myself also had never lost. Back then I didn't have black-winged. One day she decided to crown herself queen of the school in dueling. For 3 months everything was smoothly. Until one girl came and said that she wasn't the queen."
"Why?"
"Because she had not defeated the one other duelist who was the best in our school. Me. Soon she started challenging me but I tried to avoid it because she was my best friend back then. I knew I would beat her and I didn't want to het to lose like this. One day several of her fans called me a coward. In the end I just understood I couldn't run away from it."
"But you yourself choose when you will fight."
"Yes baby. But when I looked at her after her fans called me a coward I saw the one thing I hate in a duelist; the look of a strong duelist who calls weaklings everyone around him. I accepted. And I won. At the moment she lost to me she became even more obsessed. Her grades became too low, she didn't have any friends, not because she was rejected but because she rejected them all. All she did all day was building decks and challenging me with them. I beat her over and over, again and again until she went to a special school for duelists. I never saw her again. That was until 3 months after I became the champion. She came outside my house and demanded a duel. I told her to meet me at the duel dome. We dueled with everyone watching. The duel was going smoothly on my favor. But then once she tried to play a card, the hologram appeared but it was twitching. Everyone including me though there was a malfunction. But then I started thinking that it was because of the card."
"Was it?"
"Yes. The card was fake."
"How did you prove it?"
"My duel disc was modified the day I went to the company's headquarters. It had a program installed that scans opposing cards and my cards and determines their authenticity. I triggered the program, it scanned her card and started emitting a sound like an alarm. Zeena's card was proven to be fake after I explained what I did. Everyone turned against her and started shouting at her angry for being such a cheater while throwing her things. She dodged them and ran away but before she left she looked at me with a sad face combined with pure rage. I thought this was the last time I would ever see Zeena again. But now her brother came here. But.. how did he even get in this world? He is not a singed one."
"It doesn't matter baby. We'll never know he is dead now. Let's just enjoy our peaceful time together until we have to ride to the black mountain." She said smiling and kissing him again.
Sonic kissed her back. After some minutes Amy laid on the grass and looked at the sky. Then she closed her eyes and relaxed. Sonic was looking at his girlfriend and thought that he was the happiest person in the world. But then he felt a piercing gaze from somewhere. He looked around. There was a bridge close to them. He saw a female figure looking at him. She was too far away to be recognized. But he could clearly see rage on her face. The figure turned around and left. But not before Sonic saw a waving of green hair when she turned.
"What the… could it be her?" he thought
"What's the matter Sonic?" Amy asked seeing him surprised.
"I think I just saw Zeena.. but it must be my eyes playing tricks on me. After all I still feel somewhat guilty for killing Zazz."
"Ohhhh. Forget it baby. It is you and me now." she said pulling him into a kiss.
Shortly after this Sonic and Amy went to their duel runners and, after getting some pizza for the journey accelerated once more after 3 days towards the black mountain.
