Tenchi Muyo/Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle for Jurai
Chapter One - Prepare for Departure
By Ashura Hedgehog
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All Tenchi Muyo Characters are owned by AIC and Pioneer
All Sonic the Hedgehog Characters are owned by Sonic Team and SEGA
Any others are owned by their respective owners
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Rain. It never supposed to rain at the Masaki home.
Unfortunantly, it was now. And thanks to this, it ruined a perfectly
planned day for the family. They were supposed to have a picnic outside
today, filled with fun and games. Now, they're stuck channel surfing.
"Seenitseenitseenitseenitseenitseenitseenitseenitseenit...."
Sonic muttered, as he constantly hit the "UP" button on the remote.
"Nothing on...."
"Tell me about it...." Washu said. "I'm so bored, I don't even
have the nerve to experiment today!"
"Talk about being out of character...." Shadow said.
"For once in my life, I wish something exciting would happen."
Tenchi said.
"Oh, I can think of one thing that can excite you..." Ryoko
said, a mischevious grin on her face.
"Ryoko, I just ate!" Mina said, a low growl in her voice. She
knew what she was talking about, and everyone couldn't take it
anymore. It was something that has gone on since Ryoko first came to
the house and it intensified after going to the Station Square dance
club and she and Tenchi became a couple. Luckly, Amy wasn't like that
around Sonic.
"This bites...." Tails said. He yawned and went to sleep.
"I wonder when this'll end......" Sasami said.
"I hope it ends soon, Sasami...." Ayeka said.
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Angel Island. Once again, its guardian, Knuckles the Echinda,
stands firm over the Master Emerald, his friends Chaos and Tikal
watching him.
"Knuckles has been standing there for quite some time, Chaos."
Tikal said. Chaos let out a small growl. "I guess he's trying to break
his record of 10 hours standing still. You know how long he's been like
that?" Chaos shook its head. "Thought so." Just then, a mysterious ship
soared by, a fleet of other, smaller ships flying beside it, attacking
it. This snapped Knuckles out of his trance.
"What the?!" Knuckles said, in shock. Realising what the ships
attacking the bigger ship was, he went into battle mode. "Looks like
even Eggmen can hate visitors."
"Looks like he finally moved." Tikal said.
Knuckles ran to where the bridge that once connected the Master
Emerald shrine to the Echinda Tribe village, the echinda took off and
glid to the closest ship. "Heh. Egg Fighters." The echinda activated
his Hammer Glove attachments and bashed the cockpit, spliting the ship
in half. He flew over to the other ships and did the same to the rest.
He, then, flew over to the big ship's "cockpit" and peered in to see
two women unconsious and on the floor. Knuckles bashed open the window,
dropped in, and ran to the two and began trying to revive them. Slowly,
they began to stir.
"Ow. My head...." One of them said. She was Queen Misaki. She
took one look at Knuckles and did the only thing she could think of:
give him one of her patented bear hugs. "OH, HOW SO KE-UTE!!!"
"ACK! Need...air....can't....breath...." Knuckles sputtered.
"Sister, please let go of him." the second woman said. She was
Queen Funaho. Misaki looked at Funaho, blinked a few times, looked at
Knuckles, and released him. The echinda was bluer than Sonic.
"Air....thank goodness." Knuckles said, standing up and
coughing.
"Oh, my. I'm sorry." Misaki said.
"No problem." Knuckles said, back to his normal self. "Why were
those ships attacking you."
"Something bad has happened on Planet Jurai." Funaho said.
"A scientist named Dr. Robotnik has taken it over, and...."
"WAIT A SECOND!" Knuckles said, in surprise. "Robotnik? Taken
over a planet?!"
"Is that bad?" Misaki asked.
"Sister, it's worser than that!" Knuckles said.
"That is why we must go find my great grandson, Tenchi." Funaho
said.
"Tenchi?" Knuckles said. "About 6 foot, has a lightsword, has
a bunch of girls hanging around him."
"That's him!" Funaho said.
"Then he won't be enough!" Knuckles said. "A friend of mine is
living with him...."
"Sonic the Hedgehog?" Misaki said. Knuckles nodded. "But, how
can he help?"
"Sister, you're looking at one of the greatest robot bashers on
Earth!" Knuckles said. "How did you know of him, anyway?"
"He was in a Galaxy Police report file on the total elimination
of the space criminal Kain." Funaho said.
"He was the one who put him away for good. After your grandson
turned him into salami." Knuckles said.
"Okay, you've convinced us." Funaho said.
"Huh?! How did you know I was...." Knuckles said, in surprise.
Funaho said nothing. "Whatever...." In no time flat, the ship was
near the Masaki residence.
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"AAAARGH! RAIN STOP!" Amy shouted. All rain and no sun was
driving her nuts. As if someone heard her, it "stopped" raining. "Huh?!
Hey, look! It stopped raining!" Everyone looked through a window and
saw that it didn't stop, it was being blocked....by a Juraian ship.
"What in the....?" Sonic said. "What is that?!"
"It's one of the royal Juraian cruisers!" Ayeka said. "Not just
that...."
"It's MOMMY'S!" Sasami said, full of cheer. She ran out, the
others following suit. At the porch, the group were greeted by the
two queens and the echinda.
"Knuckles?!" Shadow said, in total shock. "What are you doing
here with them?!"
"They were under attack." he said. "So, I just tagged along to
help them get here."
"Attacked?" Ayeka said. "Who would attack you?"
"Robotnik." Funaho, Misaki and Knuckles said in unison. The
others looked at the three in surprise.
"But, why would Doc Eggman attack you guys?" Sonic said.
"This 'Eggman', as you call him, attacked Planet Jurai
furiously, decimating most of our army and killing King Asuza." Funaho
said. Misaki began watering up.
"It was so horrible!" Misaki said. Ayeka and Sasami couldn't
believe their ears.
"Father's....dead....?" Ayeka said. "No....he couldn't be...."
"Daddy....no....." Sasami said, her voice waivering, eyes full
of tears. Tails looked over to Sasami, who instantly wrapped her arms
around the fox and began crying on his shoulder.
"And Robotnik killed him?" Shadow said. The queens nodded.
"Man, that's too far. Even for him!" Ryoko said. "And here I
thought Achika's revival and death was too far!"
"I knew one day this would happen." a voice said. Everyone
turned to see Katsuhito standing there. His eyes were red from the
crying. "I figured one day Jurai would fall. I never suspected that the
scientist would be the reason."
"This is gonna be easy! We go to this Jurai place, get rid of
Eggman and head back to Earth in time for dinner!" Mina said.
"It's not that easy, little one." Funaho said. "He put a bounty
on our and most of your heads!"
"What?!" Tenchi said. "Man, he's determined to make sure we
DON'T get to Jurai."
"You got that right!" A voice said. Everyone turned their heads
to see a group of armored humanoids. Their leader walked closer. "I'd
advise you ALL to drop any weapons you have, and surrender." He was
answered by a plasma blast by Ryoko.
"There's no way in Hell that we'll do ANYTHING like that!"
Ryoko said.
"FINE! Then, you'll DIE!" the leader said. "TAKE NO PRISONERS!"
With that, the humanoids attacked, lasers blazing. Ayeka, in an
instant, activated her shields to deflect the attacks, but they ended
up breaking them. "HA! You actually think the puny Power of Jurai you
hold is gonna help here?"
"It may not, but let's see you handle the Power of CHAOS!"
Knuckles said, holding out his gloved hand. "BEHOLD MY POWER!" With
that, he unleashed a powerful bolt of lightning. The blast ended up
blowing up some of the weapons the men had.
"Nice try, furball." The leader said. All of a sudden, they
activated massive cannons from behind their backs. "Say yer prayers,
droolbuckets!"
"Is it me, or does this seem a little too cliched?" Sonic said.
"Oh, yeah. Too cliched." Washu said.
"Hi, honey! I'm home!" a voice said. Everyone looked up to see
Sabian lowering from the sky. The attackers turned their attention to
the newcomer. Firing at the armored form, they realized that they were
in deep trouble. "I see you've got pests! Well, the exterminator's
here!" He pointed his right arm at the group and fired its blasters at
them, killing them.
"Man, where have you been?!" Sonic said, annoyed.
"Sorry, just having fun in Afghanistan with Vegeta." Sabian
said.
"Afghanistan this and Afghanistan that! Look, let the U.S.
handle it!" Washu said.
"Can't help it. It's in my blood." Sabian said.
"Yeah, and your head's up your...." Amy said.
"So, what's the deal with the armored nutballs?" Sabian said.
With that, everyone began to explain everything that happened on Jurai.
"WHAT?! That's impossible!"
"Afraid so." Misaki said.
"So, what's the plan?" Sabian said.
"At the moment, it's dodge the bounty hunters, reach Jurai, and
overthrow Eggman." Ryoko said.
"Sounds like an idea." Sabian said. "But, uh, how do we get
there?" He looked at everyone there, then he looked at the ship the
queens arrived in. "I doubt all of us could fit ourselves in that."
"And Ryo-ohki's outta the question." Ryoko said.
"I guess it's time to expand!" Washu said.
"HUH?!" the others said. They turned to Washu, who was dressed
in construction clothes.
"We'll just modify the existing ship with parts from others!"
Washu said.
"Hey, I could like this!" Tails said. "So, what do we need to
start this?"
"Simple, all we need is Ryu-oh's pod, and any scraps of wood
and metal in the lake." Washu said.
"Hmm....I may have some things back on the island that could be
usful." Knuckles said. "Give me a few minutes and I'll be right back."
"Sweet!" Sonic said. "I hope you're planning to hang around to
kick some Eggbutt."
"Oh, don't worry. I plan to." Knuckles said. With that, the
echinda took off to the sky and headed back to Angel Island.
"Hey, Ryoko." Tenchi said to the space pirate. "Are you feeling
okay?"
"Why do you ask that?" Ryoko said, a confused look on her face.
"You haven't made any rude comments to Ayeka or anything like
that." Tenchi said.
"She doesn't deserve it. Besides, when I get to Jurai, that
damn Eggman'll regret even KNOWING I exist!" she said. With that, she
hovered over to the lake and phased through it to the bottom.
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In a part Washu's lab, a (still) teary-eyed Ayeka walked
towards Ryo-oh's pod, Tails right behind her.
"Ayeka, you okay?" Tails asked.
"No, I'm not, Tails." Ayeka said. "My father's dead, the empire
in the hands of that madman, Ryoko won Lord-Tenchi....my life's a
mess." She buried her face in her hands. "I don't know what to do...."
"Cheer up, Ayeka!" Tails said. "Things will work out in the
end! Trust me!" Ayeka turned to the fox, a small smile on her
tear-stained face.
"Thank you." she said, wiping her tears away. "Come on. Let's
see what we can do with Ryo-oh's pod." They teleported inside the pod
to an amazing surprise: the Ryu-oh tree was fully grown and in full
bloom. "How....how did this happen!? I mean, last I saw, it was still
a seed!"
"Really?!" Tails asked her. Ayeka nodded. Just then, Tails
noticed something at the base of the tree. Seven multi-colored gems
encircled the tree. "What the? The Chaos Emeralds?! How did they get
here?!"
"Ah, I see my experiment worked!" a voice said. The two turned
to see Washu walking up to them. "Back when we were at Station Square,
I had Sonic and Shadow retrive the gems. I wanted to see if Chaos power
could influence Juraian power, and I struck gold here!"
"I guess the timing was perfect, eh, Miss Washu?" Ayeka said.
"Oh, yeah." Washu said. "Tails, get your mech ready. We're
gonna need it. Oh, and I'll teleport the pod out in a minute."
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Outside, the remodeling of the Juraian ship was going faster
than expected. Knuckles had returned with a hovercraft filled with
scrap parts from the wreakage of the Flying Battery ship. Ryoko and
Sabian had retrived parts from the original Ryo-ohki, Ryu-oh, and the
old Masaki house.
"We should have this finished up before supper!" Sonic said,
placing a piece of metal over one of the damaged areas of the vessel
and speed-hammering it down tight. "Way before!"
"Thank goodness!" Tenchi said. "The sooner we finish, the
sooner we get outta here, the sooner Tails and Miss Washu get out of
those getups!" Tenchi had a point. Ever since they started the
construction, Washu and Tails were dressed up as the hosts from the
TV show "Junkyard Wars". "They're creeping me out."
"I'll never watch that show again....." Sabian said.
"Tell me about it." Mina said.
Five hours passed, and the ship's modifications were complete.
It had both pods positioned beside each other, the original Ryo-ohki's
"wings" as fins, rocket boosters from the Flying Battery attached
under the fins, and the nose extended by parts of the original Masaki
home and Ryu-oh.
"Well, it's finished. The outside is, anyway." Shadow said,
swiping sweat from his brow. "But, what do we call it?"
"The Egg Beater!" Sonic exlaimed.
"LAME!" Ryoko shouted. "How about....Ryu-ohki! I mean, it's
part Ryo-ohki, part Ryu-oh...."
"Part Masaki home, part Flying Battery...." Knuckles said.
"Well, I think it's an excellent name!" Misaki said. She was
holding both Ryo-ohki and the Chao from Station Square. "Reminds me
of cute, little Ryo-ohki!" She brought the cabbit to her cheek and
nuzzled it.
"Then it's settled?" Tenchi asked. Everyone nodded and aggreed
on it.
"Well, what are we waiting for?!" Sonic asked. "There's an
Eggman to dethrone! Every second we waste is a second that is in his
advantage!"
"So, let's get moving!" Ryoko said. As everyone headed towards
the ship, Tenchi went to Katsuhito, who was watching the whole thing.
"Grandpa, are you coming with us?" he asked.
"Of course. I want to take out Robotnik as much as Sonic does."
Katsuhito said. As the two headed for the ship, a hail of energy ripped
across the ground. The group looked up and saw a entire army of
Eggrobos heading towards them.
[By the order of Emperor Robotnik of the Eggman Empire, you are
to surrender immediately or be destroyed!] One of the Eggrobos said.
"Over our dead bodies!" Sonic shouted. That, apparently, was
the wrong answer as they retaliated again. "Big mistake, yes?"
[Die!] The Eggrobos said, firing at the group. The group
scattered from the hail of blaster fire. As they got far enough, Sonic,
Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, Sabian and Ryoko fought back, attacking with
everything they had. As they took down a few, more appeared. Even with
Azaka and Kamidake's help, they were still overpowered by their sheer
numbers.
"Damn! Where do they come from!?" Sabian said, before being
blasted in the back with a plasma blast.
"Saiban!" Ryoko shouted, before she, too, was taken down.
Pretty soon, the defensive line was defeated. As the gang gathered
around the six, the Eggrobo squad landed and pointed their blasters
at them.
[Surrender or die?] One said.
"We rather die fighting than surrender!" Tenchi said.
[Suit yourself.] It said. As it powered up its blaster, a
massive plasma shot zipped across, taking out the attacking robot and
a few others. The plasma shot was followed by a flurry of slices,
taking down a few other Eggrobos.
"What in the....?" Washu said. The group looked around and saw
two more robots. One was a blue robot, one of his arms in Arm Cannon
mode. The second was a robot with long, blonde hair, wearing red
armor and holding a beam saber.
"Looks like we got here just in time, Zero!" the blue robot
said.
"Yeah. But, I doubt these bots are Mavericks, X" the red robot,
Zero, said. All of a sudden, the Eggrobos aimed their blasters at the
newcomers. "Then again...."
"Alright, buckets of bolts, round two starts now!" Sonic said,
standing up. As the two Maverick Hunters began their assault again,
Sonic joined them, with a new sense of determination. Pretty soon, the
others joined in, determined to take them down once and for all. Within
10 minutes of X and Zero's arrival, the Eggrobos were either destroyed
or retreating.
"Well, that's that." Shadow said.
"Yeah. Thanks, you two." Tenchi said. "Who are you, anyway?"
"Who, us?" X said. "I'm Megaman X, or just X."
"And I'm Zero." Zero said.
"The Maverick Hunters, right?" Washu said. The two nodded. "I
knew it! So, what brings you here?"
"We detected a massive Maverick movement heading here. It looks
like it was these robots here." Zero said.
"We could defenantly use your help." Sonic said. "Normally,
those bots are just pushovers, but for some reason, they're much
stronger this time around. That or I'm losing my touch."
"You're not losing your touch, Sonic. They were much stronger."
Katsuhito said, holding up a branch from the scraps of the Eggrobos.
"That's a Juraian tree branch!" Ayeka said.
"Robotnik must have upgraded his robots to use Juraian tree
power." Funaho said. "We're in for a bigger fight than I thought."
"We'll glady help you, if you need it." X said.
"Thanks." Tenchi said. "At this point, we'll need all we can!"
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Ryoko said. "Let's move it!"
The group nodded, headed for "Ryu-ohki" and took off for space. As they
did, the furries looked down at Earth as they entered the blackness of
space.
"Wow, it's so beautiful." Mina said. "It looks so peaceful and
serene."
"Yeah, it does." Shadow said. "For years, I used to look down
on this planet, always wanting to know what it was like there. And now,
I wish I still lived on the ARK, away from the troubles of the world."
Mina looked at Shadow, pity in her eyes.
"It's okay, Shadow. Everything'll be okay, you'll see." she
said. She leaned over and gave him a small kiss on his cheek. Shadow
looked at her at the corner of his eyes and smiled at her.
"Thanks. I know it will." he said.
"Yeah, we'll take down Eggman, and be back home in no time
flat!" Sonic said. "We'll teach him not to take over any planets behind
our backs!"
"I wonder what'll happen after we win." Tails said. "I mean,
the king's dead. Does that mean we could lose the others?" the group
looked at Tails.
"Wow, I didn't even think of that." Sonic said. "If we take
down Eggman, Tenchi may hafta accend to the throne. And we may lose
both Ayeka and Sasami in the process, as well."
"That won't happen." Misaki said, causing the furries to turn
to look at her. "Azusa may be dead, but Funaho and I are perfectly
capible of controling things on Jurai."
"Well, that's a relief." Knuckles said. "I find the group Sonic
hangs out with to be a very funny group!" The six looked at Misaki, who
was still staring at the group.
"Uh, what's wrong, your highness?" Amy asked. Out of an amazing
impulse, the second queen scooped up the group and gave them her
patented Misaki bear hug.
"OH, YOU ARE SO KE-UTE!" she said as the others struggled to
get out of her grip.
"What is she: a Juraian or a flippin' bear trap?!" Shadow said.
"Can't breath....no air...." Sonic sputtered.
"Please let go of us...." Tails said.
"Ow. My arm!" Mina shouted.
"Sorry, my fault!" Knuckles said. His knuckles were poking her
in the arm.
"Sorry, ma'am, but you're hurting us....BADLY!" Shadow shouted.
This got Misaki back to her senses.
"Oh, sorry!" she said, dropping the gang.
"Now, I'm starting to wonder if this is such a good idea...."
Knuckles said. The furries turned to see the others laughing at what
happened. "Big time." The six let out a big sigh.
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"Well, it seems that my little adversaries have gotten a bit
of help." Robotnik said. He had a spy camera following the group ever
since the Eggrobos followed the two queens. "No matter. Even if they
had all the help in the universe, I can still win." Eggman looked over
to an entire row of tubes. Many of them were occupied. "And should they
get far enough to threaten my reign, I still have my latest, and
greatest achivements right here in these tubes!"
[Sire, you've lost it.] Metal MK. 2 said as Robotnik started
laughing.
[Metal, he's always lost it.] A robot said, passing the robo-
hedgehog.
[True.] Metal said.
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TO BE CONTINUED....
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Next installment:
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Sonic: Man, no sooner do we get off the planet do we hafta land again.
Tenchi: Does anyone know what a 'Sentinal 3' is?
Amy: Once there, we're attacked by a group of outlaws and two bounty
hunters after the bounty Eggman placed on us!
Misaki: What did we do to deserve this?!
Sonic: Can we pursuade them to stop attacking us and join our cause or
will we be captives before we even get to Jurai? Find out next time in
"Bounty Hunters, Outlaws, and Badniks!"
Amy: It's defenantly on-the-run action!
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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Whoo-wee! This is it! The final major storyline in the Sonic
Muyo saga! The adventure's begun, and it ain't stopping until the final
blow is dealt! But, don't think it's over with after "Battle for
Jurai". I'm in the process of writing a Christmas story set after this
story, with appearances from many characters who have appeared in the
series. There may be smaller stories later on. If you want to see the
others in some oddball situation, I can do that, as well! Just as long
as it is NOT NC-17! I will NOT write a lemon!
As always, read and review!
Ashura Hedgehog
Chapter One - Prepare for Departure
By Ashura Hedgehog
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All Tenchi Muyo Characters are owned by AIC and Pioneer
All Sonic the Hedgehog Characters are owned by Sonic Team and SEGA
Any others are owned by their respective owners
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Rain. It never supposed to rain at the Masaki home.
Unfortunantly, it was now. And thanks to this, it ruined a perfectly
planned day for the family. They were supposed to have a picnic outside
today, filled with fun and games. Now, they're stuck channel surfing.
"Seenitseenitseenitseenitseenitseenitseenitseenitseenit...."
Sonic muttered, as he constantly hit the "UP" button on the remote.
"Nothing on...."
"Tell me about it...." Washu said. "I'm so bored, I don't even
have the nerve to experiment today!"
"Talk about being out of character...." Shadow said.
"For once in my life, I wish something exciting would happen."
Tenchi said.
"Oh, I can think of one thing that can excite you..." Ryoko
said, a mischevious grin on her face.
"Ryoko, I just ate!" Mina said, a low growl in her voice. She
knew what she was talking about, and everyone couldn't take it
anymore. It was something that has gone on since Ryoko first came to
the house and it intensified after going to the Station Square dance
club and she and Tenchi became a couple. Luckly, Amy wasn't like that
around Sonic.
"This bites...." Tails said. He yawned and went to sleep.
"I wonder when this'll end......" Sasami said.
"I hope it ends soon, Sasami...." Ayeka said.
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Angel Island. Once again, its guardian, Knuckles the Echinda,
stands firm over the Master Emerald, his friends Chaos and Tikal
watching him.
"Knuckles has been standing there for quite some time, Chaos."
Tikal said. Chaos let out a small growl. "I guess he's trying to break
his record of 10 hours standing still. You know how long he's been like
that?" Chaos shook its head. "Thought so." Just then, a mysterious ship
soared by, a fleet of other, smaller ships flying beside it, attacking
it. This snapped Knuckles out of his trance.
"What the?!" Knuckles said, in shock. Realising what the ships
attacking the bigger ship was, he went into battle mode. "Looks like
even Eggmen can hate visitors."
"Looks like he finally moved." Tikal said.
Knuckles ran to where the bridge that once connected the Master
Emerald shrine to the Echinda Tribe village, the echinda took off and
glid to the closest ship. "Heh. Egg Fighters." The echinda activated
his Hammer Glove attachments and bashed the cockpit, spliting the ship
in half. He flew over to the other ships and did the same to the rest.
He, then, flew over to the big ship's "cockpit" and peered in to see
two women unconsious and on the floor. Knuckles bashed open the window,
dropped in, and ran to the two and began trying to revive them. Slowly,
they began to stir.
"Ow. My head...." One of them said. She was Queen Misaki. She
took one look at Knuckles and did the only thing she could think of:
give him one of her patented bear hugs. "OH, HOW SO KE-UTE!!!"
"ACK! Need...air....can't....breath...." Knuckles sputtered.
"Sister, please let go of him." the second woman said. She was
Queen Funaho. Misaki looked at Funaho, blinked a few times, looked at
Knuckles, and released him. The echinda was bluer than Sonic.
"Air....thank goodness." Knuckles said, standing up and
coughing.
"Oh, my. I'm sorry." Misaki said.
"No problem." Knuckles said, back to his normal self. "Why were
those ships attacking you."
"Something bad has happened on Planet Jurai." Funaho said.
"A scientist named Dr. Robotnik has taken it over, and...."
"WAIT A SECOND!" Knuckles said, in surprise. "Robotnik? Taken
over a planet?!"
"Is that bad?" Misaki asked.
"Sister, it's worser than that!" Knuckles said.
"That is why we must go find my great grandson, Tenchi." Funaho
said.
"Tenchi?" Knuckles said. "About 6 foot, has a lightsword, has
a bunch of girls hanging around him."
"That's him!" Funaho said.
"Then he won't be enough!" Knuckles said. "A friend of mine is
living with him...."
"Sonic the Hedgehog?" Misaki said. Knuckles nodded. "But, how
can he help?"
"Sister, you're looking at one of the greatest robot bashers on
Earth!" Knuckles said. "How did you know of him, anyway?"
"He was in a Galaxy Police report file on the total elimination
of the space criminal Kain." Funaho said.
"He was the one who put him away for good. After your grandson
turned him into salami." Knuckles said.
"Okay, you've convinced us." Funaho said.
"Huh?! How did you know I was...." Knuckles said, in surprise.
Funaho said nothing. "Whatever...." In no time flat, the ship was
near the Masaki residence.
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"AAAARGH! RAIN STOP!" Amy shouted. All rain and no sun was
driving her nuts. As if someone heard her, it "stopped" raining. "Huh?!
Hey, look! It stopped raining!" Everyone looked through a window and
saw that it didn't stop, it was being blocked....by a Juraian ship.
"What in the....?" Sonic said. "What is that?!"
"It's one of the royal Juraian cruisers!" Ayeka said. "Not just
that...."
"It's MOMMY'S!" Sasami said, full of cheer. She ran out, the
others following suit. At the porch, the group were greeted by the
two queens and the echinda.
"Knuckles?!" Shadow said, in total shock. "What are you doing
here with them?!"
"They were under attack." he said. "So, I just tagged along to
help them get here."
"Attacked?" Ayeka said. "Who would attack you?"
"Robotnik." Funaho, Misaki and Knuckles said in unison. The
others looked at the three in surprise.
"But, why would Doc Eggman attack you guys?" Sonic said.
"This 'Eggman', as you call him, attacked Planet Jurai
furiously, decimating most of our army and killing King Asuza." Funaho
said. Misaki began watering up.
"It was so horrible!" Misaki said. Ayeka and Sasami couldn't
believe their ears.
"Father's....dead....?" Ayeka said. "No....he couldn't be...."
"Daddy....no....." Sasami said, her voice waivering, eyes full
of tears. Tails looked over to Sasami, who instantly wrapped her arms
around the fox and began crying on his shoulder.
"And Robotnik killed him?" Shadow said. The queens nodded.
"Man, that's too far. Even for him!" Ryoko said. "And here I
thought Achika's revival and death was too far!"
"I knew one day this would happen." a voice said. Everyone
turned to see Katsuhito standing there. His eyes were red from the
crying. "I figured one day Jurai would fall. I never suspected that the
scientist would be the reason."
"This is gonna be easy! We go to this Jurai place, get rid of
Eggman and head back to Earth in time for dinner!" Mina said.
"It's not that easy, little one." Funaho said. "He put a bounty
on our and most of your heads!"
"What?!" Tenchi said. "Man, he's determined to make sure we
DON'T get to Jurai."
"You got that right!" A voice said. Everyone turned their heads
to see a group of armored humanoids. Their leader walked closer. "I'd
advise you ALL to drop any weapons you have, and surrender." He was
answered by a plasma blast by Ryoko.
"There's no way in Hell that we'll do ANYTHING like that!"
Ryoko said.
"FINE! Then, you'll DIE!" the leader said. "TAKE NO PRISONERS!"
With that, the humanoids attacked, lasers blazing. Ayeka, in an
instant, activated her shields to deflect the attacks, but they ended
up breaking them. "HA! You actually think the puny Power of Jurai you
hold is gonna help here?"
"It may not, but let's see you handle the Power of CHAOS!"
Knuckles said, holding out his gloved hand. "BEHOLD MY POWER!" With
that, he unleashed a powerful bolt of lightning. The blast ended up
blowing up some of the weapons the men had.
"Nice try, furball." The leader said. All of a sudden, they
activated massive cannons from behind their backs. "Say yer prayers,
droolbuckets!"
"Is it me, or does this seem a little too cliched?" Sonic said.
"Oh, yeah. Too cliched." Washu said.
"Hi, honey! I'm home!" a voice said. Everyone looked up to see
Sabian lowering from the sky. The attackers turned their attention to
the newcomer. Firing at the armored form, they realized that they were
in deep trouble. "I see you've got pests! Well, the exterminator's
here!" He pointed his right arm at the group and fired its blasters at
them, killing them.
"Man, where have you been?!" Sonic said, annoyed.
"Sorry, just having fun in Afghanistan with Vegeta." Sabian
said.
"Afghanistan this and Afghanistan that! Look, let the U.S.
handle it!" Washu said.
"Can't help it. It's in my blood." Sabian said.
"Yeah, and your head's up your...." Amy said.
"So, what's the deal with the armored nutballs?" Sabian said.
With that, everyone began to explain everything that happened on Jurai.
"WHAT?! That's impossible!"
"Afraid so." Misaki said.
"So, what's the plan?" Sabian said.
"At the moment, it's dodge the bounty hunters, reach Jurai, and
overthrow Eggman." Ryoko said.
"Sounds like an idea." Sabian said. "But, uh, how do we get
there?" He looked at everyone there, then he looked at the ship the
queens arrived in. "I doubt all of us could fit ourselves in that."
"And Ryo-ohki's outta the question." Ryoko said.
"I guess it's time to expand!" Washu said.
"HUH?!" the others said. They turned to Washu, who was dressed
in construction clothes.
"We'll just modify the existing ship with parts from others!"
Washu said.
"Hey, I could like this!" Tails said. "So, what do we need to
start this?"
"Simple, all we need is Ryu-oh's pod, and any scraps of wood
and metal in the lake." Washu said.
"Hmm....I may have some things back on the island that could be
usful." Knuckles said. "Give me a few minutes and I'll be right back."
"Sweet!" Sonic said. "I hope you're planning to hang around to
kick some Eggbutt."
"Oh, don't worry. I plan to." Knuckles said. With that, the
echinda took off to the sky and headed back to Angel Island.
"Hey, Ryoko." Tenchi said to the space pirate. "Are you feeling
okay?"
"Why do you ask that?" Ryoko said, a confused look on her face.
"You haven't made any rude comments to Ayeka or anything like
that." Tenchi said.
"She doesn't deserve it. Besides, when I get to Jurai, that
damn Eggman'll regret even KNOWING I exist!" she said. With that, she
hovered over to the lake and phased through it to the bottom.
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In a part Washu's lab, a (still) teary-eyed Ayeka walked
towards Ryo-oh's pod, Tails right behind her.
"Ayeka, you okay?" Tails asked.
"No, I'm not, Tails." Ayeka said. "My father's dead, the empire
in the hands of that madman, Ryoko won Lord-Tenchi....my life's a
mess." She buried her face in her hands. "I don't know what to do...."
"Cheer up, Ayeka!" Tails said. "Things will work out in the
end! Trust me!" Ayeka turned to the fox, a small smile on her
tear-stained face.
"Thank you." she said, wiping her tears away. "Come on. Let's
see what we can do with Ryo-oh's pod." They teleported inside the pod
to an amazing surprise: the Ryu-oh tree was fully grown and in full
bloom. "How....how did this happen!? I mean, last I saw, it was still
a seed!"
"Really?!" Tails asked her. Ayeka nodded. Just then, Tails
noticed something at the base of the tree. Seven multi-colored gems
encircled the tree. "What the? The Chaos Emeralds?! How did they get
here?!"
"Ah, I see my experiment worked!" a voice said. The two turned
to see Washu walking up to them. "Back when we were at Station Square,
I had Sonic and Shadow retrive the gems. I wanted to see if Chaos power
could influence Juraian power, and I struck gold here!"
"I guess the timing was perfect, eh, Miss Washu?" Ayeka said.
"Oh, yeah." Washu said. "Tails, get your mech ready. We're
gonna need it. Oh, and I'll teleport the pod out in a minute."
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Outside, the remodeling of the Juraian ship was going faster
than expected. Knuckles had returned with a hovercraft filled with
scrap parts from the wreakage of the Flying Battery ship. Ryoko and
Sabian had retrived parts from the original Ryo-ohki, Ryu-oh, and the
old Masaki house.
"We should have this finished up before supper!" Sonic said,
placing a piece of metal over one of the damaged areas of the vessel
and speed-hammering it down tight. "Way before!"
"Thank goodness!" Tenchi said. "The sooner we finish, the
sooner we get outta here, the sooner Tails and Miss Washu get out of
those getups!" Tenchi had a point. Ever since they started the
construction, Washu and Tails were dressed up as the hosts from the
TV show "Junkyard Wars". "They're creeping me out."
"I'll never watch that show again....." Sabian said.
"Tell me about it." Mina said.
Five hours passed, and the ship's modifications were complete.
It had both pods positioned beside each other, the original Ryo-ohki's
"wings" as fins, rocket boosters from the Flying Battery attached
under the fins, and the nose extended by parts of the original Masaki
home and Ryu-oh.
"Well, it's finished. The outside is, anyway." Shadow said,
swiping sweat from his brow. "But, what do we call it?"
"The Egg Beater!" Sonic exlaimed.
"LAME!" Ryoko shouted. "How about....Ryu-ohki! I mean, it's
part Ryo-ohki, part Ryu-oh...."
"Part Masaki home, part Flying Battery...." Knuckles said.
"Well, I think it's an excellent name!" Misaki said. She was
holding both Ryo-ohki and the Chao from Station Square. "Reminds me
of cute, little Ryo-ohki!" She brought the cabbit to her cheek and
nuzzled it.
"Then it's settled?" Tenchi asked. Everyone nodded and aggreed
on it.
"Well, what are we waiting for?!" Sonic asked. "There's an
Eggman to dethrone! Every second we waste is a second that is in his
advantage!"
"So, let's get moving!" Ryoko said. As everyone headed towards
the ship, Tenchi went to Katsuhito, who was watching the whole thing.
"Grandpa, are you coming with us?" he asked.
"Of course. I want to take out Robotnik as much as Sonic does."
Katsuhito said. As the two headed for the ship, a hail of energy ripped
across the ground. The group looked up and saw a entire army of
Eggrobos heading towards them.
[By the order of Emperor Robotnik of the Eggman Empire, you are
to surrender immediately or be destroyed!] One of the Eggrobos said.
"Over our dead bodies!" Sonic shouted. That, apparently, was
the wrong answer as they retaliated again. "Big mistake, yes?"
[Die!] The Eggrobos said, firing at the group. The group
scattered from the hail of blaster fire. As they got far enough, Sonic,
Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, Sabian and Ryoko fought back, attacking with
everything they had. As they took down a few, more appeared. Even with
Azaka and Kamidake's help, they were still overpowered by their sheer
numbers.
"Damn! Where do they come from!?" Sabian said, before being
blasted in the back with a plasma blast.
"Saiban!" Ryoko shouted, before she, too, was taken down.
Pretty soon, the defensive line was defeated. As the gang gathered
around the six, the Eggrobo squad landed and pointed their blasters
at them.
[Surrender or die?] One said.
"We rather die fighting than surrender!" Tenchi said.
[Suit yourself.] It said. As it powered up its blaster, a
massive plasma shot zipped across, taking out the attacking robot and
a few others. The plasma shot was followed by a flurry of slices,
taking down a few other Eggrobos.
"What in the....?" Washu said. The group looked around and saw
two more robots. One was a blue robot, one of his arms in Arm Cannon
mode. The second was a robot with long, blonde hair, wearing red
armor and holding a beam saber.
"Looks like we got here just in time, Zero!" the blue robot
said.
"Yeah. But, I doubt these bots are Mavericks, X" the red robot,
Zero, said. All of a sudden, the Eggrobos aimed their blasters at the
newcomers. "Then again...."
"Alright, buckets of bolts, round two starts now!" Sonic said,
standing up. As the two Maverick Hunters began their assault again,
Sonic joined them, with a new sense of determination. Pretty soon, the
others joined in, determined to take them down once and for all. Within
10 minutes of X and Zero's arrival, the Eggrobos were either destroyed
or retreating.
"Well, that's that." Shadow said.
"Yeah. Thanks, you two." Tenchi said. "Who are you, anyway?"
"Who, us?" X said. "I'm Megaman X, or just X."
"And I'm Zero." Zero said.
"The Maverick Hunters, right?" Washu said. The two nodded. "I
knew it! So, what brings you here?"
"We detected a massive Maverick movement heading here. It looks
like it was these robots here." Zero said.
"We could defenantly use your help." Sonic said. "Normally,
those bots are just pushovers, but for some reason, they're much
stronger this time around. That or I'm losing my touch."
"You're not losing your touch, Sonic. They were much stronger."
Katsuhito said, holding up a branch from the scraps of the Eggrobos.
"That's a Juraian tree branch!" Ayeka said.
"Robotnik must have upgraded his robots to use Juraian tree
power." Funaho said. "We're in for a bigger fight than I thought."
"We'll glady help you, if you need it." X said.
"Thanks." Tenchi said. "At this point, we'll need all we can!"
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Ryoko said. "Let's move it!"
The group nodded, headed for "Ryu-ohki" and took off for space. As they
did, the furries looked down at Earth as they entered the blackness of
space.
"Wow, it's so beautiful." Mina said. "It looks so peaceful and
serene."
"Yeah, it does." Shadow said. "For years, I used to look down
on this planet, always wanting to know what it was like there. And now,
I wish I still lived on the ARK, away from the troubles of the world."
Mina looked at Shadow, pity in her eyes.
"It's okay, Shadow. Everything'll be okay, you'll see." she
said. She leaned over and gave him a small kiss on his cheek. Shadow
looked at her at the corner of his eyes and smiled at her.
"Thanks. I know it will." he said.
"Yeah, we'll take down Eggman, and be back home in no time
flat!" Sonic said. "We'll teach him not to take over any planets behind
our backs!"
"I wonder what'll happen after we win." Tails said. "I mean,
the king's dead. Does that mean we could lose the others?" the group
looked at Tails.
"Wow, I didn't even think of that." Sonic said. "If we take
down Eggman, Tenchi may hafta accend to the throne. And we may lose
both Ayeka and Sasami in the process, as well."
"That won't happen." Misaki said, causing the furries to turn
to look at her. "Azusa may be dead, but Funaho and I are perfectly
capible of controling things on Jurai."
"Well, that's a relief." Knuckles said. "I find the group Sonic
hangs out with to be a very funny group!" The six looked at Misaki, who
was still staring at the group.
"Uh, what's wrong, your highness?" Amy asked. Out of an amazing
impulse, the second queen scooped up the group and gave them her
patented Misaki bear hug.
"OH, YOU ARE SO KE-UTE!" she said as the others struggled to
get out of her grip.
"What is she: a Juraian or a flippin' bear trap?!" Shadow said.
"Can't breath....no air...." Sonic sputtered.
"Please let go of us...." Tails said.
"Ow. My arm!" Mina shouted.
"Sorry, my fault!" Knuckles said. His knuckles were poking her
in the arm.
"Sorry, ma'am, but you're hurting us....BADLY!" Shadow shouted.
This got Misaki back to her senses.
"Oh, sorry!" she said, dropping the gang.
"Now, I'm starting to wonder if this is such a good idea...."
Knuckles said. The furries turned to see the others laughing at what
happened. "Big time." The six let out a big sigh.
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"Well, it seems that my little adversaries have gotten a bit
of help." Robotnik said. He had a spy camera following the group ever
since the Eggrobos followed the two queens. "No matter. Even if they
had all the help in the universe, I can still win." Eggman looked over
to an entire row of tubes. Many of them were occupied. "And should they
get far enough to threaten my reign, I still have my latest, and
greatest achivements right here in these tubes!"
[Sire, you've lost it.] Metal MK. 2 said as Robotnik started
laughing.
[Metal, he's always lost it.] A robot said, passing the robo-
hedgehog.
[True.] Metal said.
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TO BE CONTINUED....
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Next installment:
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Sonic: Man, no sooner do we get off the planet do we hafta land again.
Tenchi: Does anyone know what a 'Sentinal 3' is?
Amy: Once there, we're attacked by a group of outlaws and two bounty
hunters after the bounty Eggman placed on us!
Misaki: What did we do to deserve this?!
Sonic: Can we pursuade them to stop attacking us and join our cause or
will we be captives before we even get to Jurai? Find out next time in
"Bounty Hunters, Outlaws, and Badniks!"
Amy: It's defenantly on-the-run action!
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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Whoo-wee! This is it! The final major storyline in the Sonic
Muyo saga! The adventure's begun, and it ain't stopping until the final
blow is dealt! But, don't think it's over with after "Battle for
Jurai". I'm in the process of writing a Christmas story set after this
story, with appearances from many characters who have appeared in the
series. There may be smaller stories later on. If you want to see the
others in some oddball situation, I can do that, as well! Just as long
as it is NOT NC-17! I will NOT write a lemon!
As always, read and review!
Ashura Hedgehog