Return of the Hedgehog/Dimensional Distress Part 4
By
Sega1cool

Disclaimer: All charecters and properties are owned by their respective companies, so don't sue
me B/C its all for fun.

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Unknown Location

"He's progressing quite well." said a mysterious man.
"Yes, but will he survive the final test?" said a mysterious shadow.
"I feel he will, just make sure you're ready to help when he needs it."
"Yeah, yeah. How come it wasn't this easy for when I had to do the test?"
"Because he didn't assist in trying to destroy a planet."
The shadow sweatdropped, "Well forgive a guy for making a mistake."
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2987 Bwood Dr.

As the light fades, Ryan finds himself lying on a bed.
"Well, here goes nothing. Last one to go."
He rummages around the room, and a magazine catches his attetion.
"Oh my God, No frickin' way."
On the magazine, he is on the cover along with a familiar blue dude.
"Who knew that it would come down to this?"
Looking for the name of this magazine, he found it.
"Intresting, DDR: Dance Attack is a cool name."
Reading the index, it gave an article on him and guess....Sonic the dancehog.
It said that he was the top human DDRist on the planet. It says human because Sonic was the top
animal DDRist. Despite being rivals to each other, the article said they were the best of friends.
It also said that they were both to be in the upcoming DDR 3rd Mix Championship Tournament at the
local Adventure Landing.
"Hmm, things just took an interesting turn."
Suddenly a knocking came at the door.
"Ryan, son, are you ready?"
"Yeah." Ryan said, trying to piece what was going on.
He eyed a schedule on the dresser.
Seeing the time it was and checking the schedule, he saw he had a practice session for the tournament.
"Meet me downstairs and we'll be on our way."
After he was sure he was gone, Ryan commented to himself, "It's gonna be another one of those days."
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Adventure Landing

Ryan exited his limo.
"Man, my counterpart sure is a star."
Walking into the arcade, Ryan was suprised by the noise.
One kid noticed who he was and everyone went silent.
Then one kid shouted, "Look, it's Ryan!"
Ryan was swarmed as the mob of kids overcame him.
"Whoa, back off...Hey let go....that's my shirt...watch where you're grabbing!" Ryan said.
Luckily, one of the employees their managed to lead Ryan to a private, reserved section of the arcade.
"Here you go, sir."
"Thanks, man. I owe you one. They might have killed me had you not come along." Ryan said.
"It's an honor to help you. Your friend is already practicing inside."
"Okay, thanks for filling me in."
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Adventure Landing: Reserved Arcade

Ryan walked in and saw a blue hedgehog busting away to "Butterfly Upswing Mix" on DDR 4th Mix.
"Hmm, makes sense. What else would you do if you had the world's fastest feet?" Ryan said aloud.
"I don't know, save the world?" Sonic said in reply.
"I guess I said that just a bit too loud."
"Yeah," Sonic eyed Ryan's slightly torn shirt and ragged look, "Let me guess, the fans again?"
"Right, so ready for the tourney tomorrow?"
"You bet, my friend. The only competition would be you..."
Just then, an eggshaped person walked into the room.
"Forget about me so soon?" said the person.
"Eggman?!" Ryan said.
"Who's Eggman?" Sonic said, "That's our rival, Kintobor. Although he does kinda look like an egg."
"That's enough. You guys better be ready for tomorrow. I don't want to beat you to easily." Kintobor said.
"Don't worry, you'll get plenty of competition." Ryan said, flashing that sly grin of his.
After the little run-in, Ryan and Sonic hopped onto the 4th mix machine.
"Let's start with something fun. B4U on trick should work." Ryan said.
"Sounds good, let's jam." Sonic shouted.
Unbeknowst to them, Kintobor was watching.
"Hmm, he seems better then I remember. I better prepare a back-up plan." Kintobor said as he flipped open
his cell-phone, "Yes, it's me Kintobor. I have a proposition for you...."
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The Next Day

Ryan had rested all of yesterday afternoon to regain his strength.
He arrived early to avoid the crowd.
Sonic was there early as well.
"I figured you'd show up early."
"Yeah, only way to avoid the fans. Great minds think alike, I guess."
"I talked with the employee's they said they'd let us practice a little bit."
"Cool, let's go. I'm freezing out here."

Inside, Ryan and Sonic busted it up on "Boom Boom Dollar K.O.G. G3 remix", "What a Feeling",
"Dynamite Rave", "Drop the Bomb", "Mr. Wonderful.", "Captain Jack", and other awesome songs.
Three hours later the rest of the contestants showed up.
"Sonic, how come there's only 8 other people playing?"
"DDR may be popular, but there are only a select few in our town who are skilled enough or have enough
courage to try and compete."
"Duh, I should have known that. Considering DDR is one part skill, one part looking like a fool."
Suddenly, the head employee spoke out over the P.A.
"All contestants please report the the main arcade for sign up."
"You heard the man, Sonic, let's go."

After going through all the legal stuff, the first five matches were set up.
Ryan vs. a robot named Disc A,
Sonic vs. Emi,
Eggman vs. Rage,
Jenny vs. Konsento, and
Yuni vs. some pathetic looking guy named Zole.
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Ryan vs. Disc A

Ryan looked over his opponent.
"Interesting, I think the way your design makes sense for DDR."
"Thank you," Disc A said, "I hope to be of some challenge."
The host of the whole event showed up.
"Thank you and welcome. These are the rules: 1.No tripping your opponent, 2.No reckless dancing, and
3. Just have fun, cause we're all winners with DDR. All songs will be choosen at random by the game. Good
Luck and begin."

First Song: Era
"Ah, this one." Ryan said, "I suggest you stay on your toes with this one."
The reason Ryan said this was that, as any DDRist knows, the song "Era" starts fast, goes slow, then goes
fast again.
Ryan busted it on the fast part and matched the robot move for move.
However the slowing and speeding up got the better of Disc A.
"Bzzzt...Can't go on....Ahhh." Disc A said as he began to shortciruit and then collapsed.
"Uhhh, Ryan wins by default." the ref said.
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Sonic vs. Emi

Emi seemed to be a little concerned.
"I've heard about you. They say you've got the world's fastest feet."
"You've heard right."
"Well, then I've got my work cut out for me." Emi said with a sigh.

First Song: Kung Fu Fighting
"Oh, yeah. Gotta love the classics." Sonic shouted.
Sonic and Emi were matching each others moves while Ryan sung from behind them.
"Those cats were kung fu fighting, huh! Those cats were fast as lighting, huh!
Things were a little bit freightning, huh! We pulled it of with expert timing, huh!"
Sonic managed to pull off a A and beat Emi's B.

Second Song: Dynamite Rave
Emi seemed excited.
"Careful, Sonic." Ryan said, "Her and Rage practice on this all the time."
"Gotcha, I'll take care of this." Sonic said.
Emi raised the stakes a bit, "Hey, Sonic. I challenge you to a battle."
The crowd was hushed when they heard this.
"I feel adventurous, I accept your challenge."
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a battle on our hands. In this, they share moves as well as giving
sections of a song for their own. The winner is the one who gets the higher score. Winner take all."
The arrows split and the battle began.
They mimicked each others moves, but thanks to his speed, Sonic won.
"Sonic is the winner!" the ref said.
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Second half

After the first round, it was Ryan, Sonic, Zole, Jenny, and Eggman.
However, Jenny was sick from overdoing it and forfeited.
So the second half was:
Ryan vs. Zole, and
Eggman vs. Sonic.
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RYAN VS. Zole:
They got on the DDR pad.
"You seem to do well for a beginner."
"Well, let's just say I've got a few tricks."
First Song: "Dream a Dream"
Ryan would not lose to Zole and danced like a maniac.
Zole was amazed at his speed and stopped dancing.
Needless to say, Ryan won.

"You idiot, you are supposed to beat him."
"Sorry, Kintobor, but he's better than you said."
"Whatever you do, take him out."

Second Song: "B4U"
Ryan was waiting for Zole.
"Sorry, I was preparing something for you." Zole said with a evil grin.
Ryan was a little concernd with it.
"Ready, start! Winner take all."
Ryan was dancing like he always does.
Zole kept it going, and then Kintobor gave him the signal.
Zole did a violent sweeping kick and knocked Ryan down.
"Ouch!" Ryan screamed as he hit the ground.
"Stop the music, grab him. You know the rules. You are disqualified for kicking your opponent. Ryan are you
okay?"
"I'll be fine but I don't think I can continue."
"Then let the final begin."
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Final Round: Sonic vs. Eggman

"So it's down to us, again?" Sonic said.
"I think it's fitting." Kintobor said.
"And here it is, the final. Let the end begin." the ref screamed.

First Song: "End of the Century"
Sonic went about dancing circles around Kintobor.
However, Sonic slipped and ended up getting a B.
"Sonic are you okay?" the ref asked.
"I can't move my leg very well." Sonic said.
"Well, then I guess Kintobor is the winner."
"I don't think so." Ryan shouted.
Ryan approached the machine and helped his friend up.
"If I'm not mistaken, someone can fill in for him."
"You're right, that's what the rules say."
"Then I'm filling in for him."

Second Song: "Boom Boom Dollar K.O.G. G3 Mix."
"Good Luck, Ryan."
Ryan stepped on the dance floor.
"I'm don't know what you did, Kintobor. But I will make sure you don't win."
Ryan thought to himself, "It all comes down to my best song."
Ryan went at it, moving like lighting.
Kintobor was worried but not too much, Ryan needed a SSS to win and that was the rariest of letter grades.
Ryan felt the pain from his leg from the event before.
Kintobor missed a step and cursed a bit but kept going.
Ryan needed to get the last sucession to win.
He slipped into his own world and went to it.
Sonic cheered as he pulled it off.
As the scores were tallying, the max combo dial was glowing.
"Oh please..." Ryan whispered.
When the letter grades were spinning, it was as if time stood still.
When the letter appeared Ryan jumped so high up, he nearly broke the machine.
"Ryan, you are the winner." the ref said handing Ryan the trophy.
"I may have beat Kintobor but, this win belong to Sonic."
"We both deserve it." Sonic said as both he and Ryan held the trophy high.
As they high-fived each other, Ryan was engulfed in the white light and he couldn't feel better.

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