Tenchi Muyo/ Sonic the Hedgehog - Battle for Jurai
Chapter Two: Bounty Hunters, Outlaws, and Badniks
By Ashura Hedgehog
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All Tenchi Muyo characters are owned by Pioneer and AIC
All Sonic the Hedgehog characters are owned by SEGA and Sonic Team
Megaman X and Zero are owned by Capcom
All others are owned by their respective owners
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"Space. The final fronteer. These are the voyages of the
starship Ryu-ohki. Our mission...to kick Eggman's butt across the
cosmos, that's what!"
"Sonic, you forgot the rest of the lines?" Tenchi said,
sweatdroping.
"Heheheheheh....yeah...." Sonic said, blushing in
embarrassment. Earlier, Sonic was given a dare by Ryoko to do the most
stupidest thing he could think of. He ended up trying to recite the
opening lines to 'Star Trek', changing some things to it.
"I could recite the whole thing with my eyes close!" X said.
"Don't, X." Zero said. "Are you willing to risk your dignity to
do that?"
"Good point." X said.
"Well, I guess that means that Sonic now must wash the dishes
after dinner instead of me!" Ryoko said, cackling after she said
that.
"Shoot." Sonic said, snapping his fingers. All of a sudden,
Tenchi, Ryoko and Sonic's stomachs growled. "I hope Sasami's done with
dinner...."
"DINNER'S READY!" Amy said, running in the room.
"Ah, great!" Tenchi said. "C'mon!"
"No thanks." Zero said. "We're robots, remember?"
"Oh, yeah." Tenchi said.
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At the kitchen, the group, sans the Maverick Hunters, were at
the table, ready to eat. At times, Ryoko and Ayeka fought over various
foods they had. Shadow, by dinners end, had bent and broke many
utinsels, thanks to his still-robotic arm. After dinner, the gang was
met with some bad news.
"Hey, guys! The pantry's bare!" Tails said.
"What? How?" Funaho said. "Those pantrys are supposed to last
for years!"
"These two." Tails said, holding up a full-bellied Ryo-ohki
and Chao-ohki (what Misaki decided to call the Chao). Ryo-ohki meowed
in sorrow while Chao-ohki burped and let out a small giggle.
"How could those two clean out the pantry SO FAST?!" Shadow
asked.
"I guess these two just wanted to see if they had bottomless
stomachs." Washu said.
"Great. Now what?" Knuckles asked.
"I guess we're gonna hafta land at a nearby planet and find
some food." Ayeka said.
"But, how?" Sasami said. "I mean, we're wanted criminals!"
"Very carefully, I guess." Mina said.
"Heh. Reminds me of the time when Kagato decided to take over
the throne." Katsuhito said, grinning. "Always going to planet to
planet, disguising ourselves to make sure we didn't get caught."
"Yeah, it does feel like that." Tenchi said.
"Hey, does anyone know what the closest planet is?" Amy said,
the thought coming to her.
"Hold on, I'll check." Washu said, bringing up her holo-top.
In mere seconds, the answer came up. "Ah! Here we go! The closest
planet is a place called Sentinel 3."
"Sentinel 3? Never heard of it." Ryoko said.
"That makes it better for us, in a way." Washu said. "This way,
we can do what we hafta do and get out with no problems whatsoever!"
"Yeah, and it'll give us a chance to conserve our strength for
the battles ahead." Zero said.
"The less fighting, the better." X said.
"So it's agreed?" Knuckles said. The gang nodded.
"Hey, guys! What the hell happened to our food?!" Sabian
shouted. The group looked at him. "What?"
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In minutes, the gang was on Sentinel 3. The landing wasn't that
spectacular, even if it WAS the massive ship landing in the water.
After teleporting out, they went their seperate ways, planning to meet
up a few hours later.
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"Man, I can't believe this!" Sonic said to himself, as he
walked the city streets by himself as Amy had followed the girls,
except for Ryoko,to some stores there. "Me, Sonic the Hedgehog,
reduced to a common criminal...AGAIN!" he sighed at that. "Man, luck
just doesn't want to be good to me."
"You can say that again." a voice said. Sonic stopped and
turned around.
"Alright, who's there?" Sonic asked, ready to attack.
"Let's just say that, I'm here to make your life a living
hell." the person said, stepping out. It was an armored humanoid. The
armor was orange, tan and red, with an arm cannon on its right arm.
"Yeesh, as if there aren't too many weirdos as it is." Sonic
said.
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"Shoot, nothing!" Knuckles said, climbing out of the dirt. He
swept off the dirt from his fur and fixed his special fedora. "Nothing
but old bullet shells. And I've dug through MOST of the city here!"
He looked back and saw all the holes he dug in search of some sort of
treasure. "Maybe I should get back with the others." He pulled out a
pair of sunglasses, put them on, and prepared to take off into the
sky.
"Hey, you! Hold it right there!" A slightly screechy voice
called out to him
"Huh?" Knuckles said, turning around to see a humanoid cat girl
standing there, her hands at her hips. "Who are you?"
"I am Aisha Clan-Clan of the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire! Are you the
one known as Knuckles the Echinda?" she said.
"Guess I'm famous in the universe." Knuckles said, grinning.
"Famous, nuttin'! You're under arrest for attempting to
overthrow the Juraian empire!" Aisha said.
"False charges, cat girl." Knuckles said. He turned back around
and took off into the air.
"HEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEY! You can't do that to a Ctarl-Ctarl!"
Aisha cried as he did that. She lept into the air, grabbed Knuckles'
leg and tossed him back to the group.
"Alright, cat girl, you're gonna get now!" Knuckles said,
leaping up. "You'll regret messing with me!"
"I always love a good chalenge!" Aisha said. They both went
into fighting poses.
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"Well, at least there's somewhere I can get a decent drink."
Ryoko said, heading into a bar, Ryo-ohki tagging along. She plopped
down on a stool and ordered a drink. As she did that, two people
watched her. One was a red-headed male with scars on his face. The
other was a young, brown haired boy. They were both playing poker.
"Hey, Gene. Doesn't she look familiar?" the boy asked his
companion.
"Y'know, she does, Jim. She certainly does. But, from where?"
Gene said. Then it dawned on Jim.
"She's one of the people that Robotnik person wanted." Jim
said.
"And he DID say we can name the price for them, right?" Gene
said. He turned back and prepared to move at the right time.
Unfortunantly, it was blown as another blue-haired woman walked in.
She was accompanied by a white cabbit. Ryo-ohki reconised the cabbit
immediately.
"MiYA!" She meowed, rushing over to the cabbit.
"Ciao!" He meowed, nuzzling her as she got close to him. His
meow caught Ryoko's attention.
'Ken-ohki?!' she thought in surprise. 'That must mean...' She
turned and saw the woman standing there, a small smirk on her face.
"Hello, Ryoko." she said.
"NAGI!" Ryoko shouted. She lept up and formed a beam sword.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" she said.
"I'm here to put you away for good." Nagi said, pulling out her
rapier. "This ends here and now, and I don't care if Dr. Eggman wants
you!"
"Fine, let's end it!" Ryoko said, lunging at the bounty hunter.
As the two left the bar, Gene and Jim raced out.
"If we don't stop them, we're gonna be short one person, and
that means less money for us!" Gene said. He pulled out a long, brown
gun. "Hey, Jim. Give me a Caster Shell."
"It's a good thing we bought some recently." Jim said, handing
over a bullet. Gene placed it in the gun, charged it up and fired at
Ryoko. Before it hit, a plasma blast collided with the bullet. Jim and
Gene turned to see both Megaman X and Tails there. Tails was riding the
Cyclone mech and X was wearing his Fourth Armor.
"Stay away from our friend, or you'll regret even seeing us!"
Tails said, his mech going into a stance.
"I think we've hit bounty heaven!" Gene said, grinning goofily.
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"Find anyplace?" Sabian said.
"Nope. Nothing." Tenchi said.
"Nothing where I was." Zero said. Like many of the others, they
were searching for a place to resupply their ship. "Man! This is NOT
going good for us."
"No kiddin'." Sabian said. "At this rate, Eggman will beat us
because of starvation!"
"I hope it doesn't come to that." Tenchi said.
"You're right, young man." a voice said. The three turned to
see a raven black-haired woman in a kimono standing there. In her sash
was a black bokken. "You'll be beaten by me."
"And who might you be?" Zero said.
"I am Twilight Suzuka." she said. She pulled out a watch. "You
have a few hours before sunset. Would you like to spend it making out
a will?"
"YEAH, RIGHT!" Sabian said, armoring up and pulling out his
katana. "I'm not gonna sit around and just let you win! C'mon, let's
get this over with!"
"Very well, then. Let's do this." Suzuka said, pulling out her
bokken. At that moment, Zero and Tenchi pulled out and activated their
swords.
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"About time we found a place where we can resupply." Ayeka
said. Earlier, the girls had found a grocery store just mere seconds
before Sonic was encountered by the armored humanoid. As they shopped,
Sasami stopped, sighed and sat on a hanging out counter. Amy saw her
do this and went over to her friend.
"Hey, Sasami. What's the matter?" she asked.
"Everything, Amy." Sasami said. "I mean, look at us! We're
wanted criminals and we did NOTHING WRONG! Why did this happen? What
did we do?" Sasami buried her face in her hands and started sobbing.
Amy gave her friend a friendly hug.
"Don't worry, Sasami. With Sonic, Tenchi and the others, we'll
crack that Eggman open and make him regret he did what he did!" Amy
said. Sasami looked up at Amy.
"You think?" Sasami asked. Amy nodded. "I really hope so." As
the two continued talking, they caught the attention of a young woman
with black hair. She got a bit curious and went over to the two.
"Excuse me." She said, scaring the two. "I'm sorry, but I
can't help but wonder. Why do you say you're wanted criminals, but did
nothing wrong?"
"Because an evil scientist named Robotnik took over Jurai and
placed a bounty on our heads with crimes we could NEVER do!" Amy said.
"Robotnik?" the woman said. "Oh, my. Gene told me that he was
going to find those people. And you're two of them?" the girls nodded.
"Anyone else with you now?"
"Yeah, my sister, my mothers and one of Amy's friends." Sasami
said.
"If you want, I can persuade some of my friends to help you."
the woman said. "Oh, how rude of me. I should have introduced myself.
My name's Melfina."
"I'm Sasami and this is Amy Rose." Sasami said, introducing
herself and the hedgehog.
"Now, where can we find the...." Melfina began to say before
a red streak smashed through one of the walls and landed over halfway
through the store. "What in the world?" The three looked over and
saw a dazed Knuckles laying there, Ayeka, Mina, Funaho, and Misaki
standing by him.
"KNUCKLES!" Amy shouted, seeing her friend on the ground
starting to recover. A few seconds later, Aisha lept over the three
girls and landed near Knuckles and began fighting the echinda again.
"Aisha, stop fighting!" Melfina called out.
"You, too, Knuckles!" Sasami said. The two fighters and the
four girls near them looked at the three in surprise.
"Amy? Sasami?" Knuckles said.
"Why would you want us to stop fighting?" Aisha said, really
peeved.
"They're not the enemy." Melfina said.
"WHAT?!" Aisha shouted. Knuckles backed up over to the girls
near him.
"What did Amy and Sasami say to her to get her on our side?"
Knuckles asked the four.
"I have no idea." They replied. Aisha walked over to Melfina.
"Alright, Mel, I like to know WHERE you get the big idea that
THESE people are NOT trying to overthrow the Juraian empire?" Aisha
said.
"Because, knucklehead, four-fifths of the Juraian royal empire
is RIGHT HERE!" Amy said. Aisha's eyes grew wide.
"No way!" Aisha said.
"Yes way, Ctarl-Ctarl." Funaho said. Aisha turned and saw
Funaho, Misaki and Ayeka approach her and Sasami poked her to let the
cat girl know that she was with them.
"What have I done?!" Aisha said. "I was ready to attack all of
you!"
"It's okay! We forgive you!" Misaki said, giving Aisha a bear
hug.
"Mother, please. It's embarrassing." Ayeka said.
"It's 'Mommy', Ayeka." Misaki said, releasing Aisha. The
Ctarl-Ctarl couldn't help, but laugh at what Misaki said.
"I don't believe it!" Aisha said, between laughs. "One of the
royal members of Jurai must call their own mother 'Mommy'!" This
enfuriated Misaki. The second queen got in Aisha's face with a look
that could scare a bunch of bulldogs.
"Are you mocking my little Ayeka?!" Misaki said. Aisha,
stunned, couldn't say anything. Misaki, then, grabbed Aisha's cheeks
and pulled them as far as she could.
"OWTH! OWTH! STHOP IT! STHOP IT!" Aisha shouted.
"Sasami, do you still have that sign?" Ayeka asked her sister.
"Sure do!" Sasami said, pulling it out. She pointed it at
Aisha. "Here! Read this!"
"Othay. I'm thory, pretty young lady." Aisha said. Misaki
stopped, blinked, let go of Aisha's cheeks, smiled and gave her another
hug. As the group was getting a good laugh out of this, a thought
crossed Knuckles' mind.
"Aw, man! If I was attacked by...." Knuckles began. He turned
to Melfina. "...your name's Melfina right?" She nodded "....one of
Melfina's friends, do you think there's more of them attacking the
others?"
"Oh, my. You're right, Knuckles." Ayeka said. "We gotta find
them and stop them." As the group raced outside, a blue streak raced
by, followed by a blue-auraed figure. Then, all of a sudden, Shadow
raced towards the group.
"Hey, did you see where Sonic went?" Shadow said. The group
pointed in the direction he went. "Thanks!" With that, he raced in that
direction.
"What's going on?" Funaho asked.
"I dunno. But, I'm gonna find out." Mina said, racing after
Shadow.
"We should try find the others, as well." Misaki said. With
that, the girls ran off in search of their friends.
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"Jeeze, what a way to end my life. Chased my a maniac with a
gun." Sonic said, dodging blasts as the armored attacker chased him,
nearly keeping up with him. Right behind them was Shadow and Mina, who
were trying to keep up with them.
"STAND STILL, YOU RODENT!" it shouted.
"Make me!" Sonic said, making a face at it.
"Mina, we gotta save him!" Shadow said.
"How?" she asked.
"On my mark, we tackle that armored freak!" Shadow said.
"Ready? NOW!" With all their might, the two lept towards the person,
tackling it down to the ground, knocking its helmet off. Sonic skidded
to a stop and looked at his pals turning the person over to knock some
sense into it.
"Well, whatta ya know? Saved by two other speedsters." Sonic
said.
"Alright, mister! No one attacks my friends and....." Shadow
began to say as he turned the person around. Who he and Mina was
looking at. It was a blonde-haired girl! "What in the...?"
"Surprise!" she said, firing her arm cannon to get the two
off. She grabbed her helmet, put it on, and turned around and faced
Sonic. "Alright, hedgehog, are you gonna come quietly or am I forced
to take action?"
"Look, babe. I'm NOT the bad guy!" Sonic said. "You hafta
believe me!"
"Yeah, right! Give me one reason why I shouldn't blast you
away." she said.
"Well, for one thing, I finally figured out who you are. You're
Samus Aran!" Sonic said
"So?" she said.
"And another thing, my friends ARE the Juraian royal family!"
Sonic said. Samus looked up at Sonic.
"What are you talking about? That fat guy is the ruler there."
Samus said.
"He overthrew the real family, and we're here to make sure they
get the throne back." Shadow said.
"Perhaps you can help us?" Mina said. Samus stood there silent,
then she spoke up.
"Okay, I'll help. But, if you're lying, I'll destroy all of
you, got it?" she said.
"No prob." Sonic said. "Now let's go and find the others."
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"MOVE IT, JIM!" Gene shouted, as he and Jim raced across the
streets, X and Tails right behind them.
"I guess we shouldn't of fought back, eh, Gene?" Jim said.
"No shit, Jim!" Gene said. All of a sudden, the two hid in a
alleyway, letting the two race by, then they jumped out, Gene holding
a pistol. "Alright, now who's chasing who?"
"Aw, man! They tricked us!" Tails said, looking back.
"Not for long!" X said. He began charging his X Buster, then
swung it around and fired. The two dodged the attack and it headed
straight for the arriving group of girls and Knuckles. Before it could
hit them, Ayeka got in front and blocked the attack with her barrier.
"X, what are you doing?!" Knuckles shouted
"Sorry." X shouted back.
"Alright! This must be..." Gene began until he saw who else was
there. "Aisha?! Melfina?! What are you two doing with THEM?!"
"Helping them!" Aisha said.
"They aren't the bad guys, Gene. Robotnik is." Melfina said.
"Say WHAT?!" Gene and Jim said. Melfina nodded. The two's jaws
dropped.
"Aw, man. That BITES!" Gene said. "My greatest chance to pay
off Fred, and it gets blown by a technicality!"
"Well, at least that gets us off the hook, for now." Amy said.
"Waitasec! Where's Suzu?" Aisha asked.
"Oh, man. What if she found some of the others?" Jim said.
"Who?!" The others said.
"Twilight Suzuka. She's an assassin....and with us." Gene said.
"Oh, boy." The others said.
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"Damn, she's tough!" Sabian said, holding his side. The battle
against the bokken wielding assassin was going sour for the group.
"Can't even get a decent hit on her!" He, Tenchi and Zero looked at
Suzuka. All they got in with their weapons was a small tear on her
kimono.
"Man, that is NOT a woman! That's a killing machine!" Zero
said.
"Nice to see that you finally realise what I was." Suzuka said.
"Time to die."
"WOAH, HOLD ON!" Sonic said, as he, Shadow, Samus, and Mina
ran up to them. "What's going on here?!"
"She's trying to kill us!" Tenchi shouted.
"And why not? You're wanted felons." Suzuka said "And I plan
to bring you in."
"Hate to break it to you, but they're innocent." Samus said.
"We've been had."
"You're kidding me!" Suzuka said.
"Nope. The person who asked for their heads is not the true
ruler of Jurai." Shadow said.
"And where's your proof?" Suzuka said. Shadow pointed behind
her. She turned to see the other arriving.
"Well, I guess we got beat." Gene said. "Are you okay, Suzuka?"
"Asking me that is like asking a wanted criminal 'Is he
innocent?'" Suzuka said, sheathing her bokken.
"So, I guess you know the truth, right?" Melfina said.
"As much as I hate to admit it." Suzuka said.
"Hey, where's Ryoko?" Knuckles said.
"Yeah, where is she?" X asked. Just then, the space pirate made
a crash landing, followed by Nagi, who was holding an energy whip.
"NAGI!" Sonic said. "What are you doing here?"
"Simple. To take care of Ryoko, even IF that Eggman wants her."
she said. Considering it a major threat, X and Zero pointed their
Buster guns at Nagi.
"Release her now, or regret what you're doing!" Zero said.
"Let's see you try!" Nagi said. The two Hunters prepared to
fire just as Sasami and Amy dashed in front of them.
"Please don't attack her! She could help us!" Sasami said
"Yeah! I mean, her skills could be useful!" Amy said.
"Yeah, right, Amez!" Sonic said. "She tried to kill most of us
a few months ago!"
"Now, why would I help you?" Nagi said. Then, an idea crossed
Tenchi's mind.
"Nagi, you remember how Eggman treated you months back, right?"
he said.
"Yeah, so?" Nagi said.
"Well, how about helping us so you can get your revenge on him
for what he did." Tenchi said. Nagi looked at him, her eyes narrowed,
then closed her eyes and sighed.
"Sure, why not?" Nagi said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Great!" Tenchi said. Sonic and Ryoko weren't too thrilled
about it, though.
"Well, now that's settled...." X began before his communicator
went off. "Alia...no, Washu." He took his communicator. "What's up?"
{Hate to break your celebrations for getting more help, but...}
Washu began.
"But, what?" X said.
{You got company!} Washu said, before cutting communications
abruptly. The group looked up to see another fleet of EggRobos.
"Aw, man. Just what we DON'T need!" Tails said.
"Got it covered!" Shadow said. "Huddle around." As the group
gathered around, Shadow went Super to do what he needed to do. "CHAOS
CONTROL!" with that, he teleported everyone back to the space docks.
"Man! That must be useful!" Gene said.
"Tell me about it!" Shadow said, grinning. "Now let's get out
of here!" With that, the heros went towards their respective ships,
encountering more trouble along the way.
"Why won't they leave us alone?" Zero asked as he sliced a
EggRobo in half.
"I guess we'll never know..." Ryoko said, blasting one. Pretty
soon, everyone was in their respective ships. To allow Ken-Ohki to
reserve his strength, Nagi hitched a ride with Samus. As Ryu-ohki,
the Outlaw Star and Samus' ship made its way into space, they were
still under attack.
"Jeeze! Won't they EVER give up?!" Tenchi asked.
"I guess we'll hafta take them down now!" Sonic said, as he
made his way towards a hatch.
"Sonic, what are you doing?!" Funaho said.
"Giving us a chance to succeed!" Sonic said, going through the
door. A few seconds later, they saw Sonic soar towards the robots as
Super Sonic. "Alright, you bucket of bolts, time you stay down FOR
GOOD!"
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"Gene, we've gotta help Sonic!" Jim said. "He can't take them
on by himself!"
"You're right!" Gene said. "Prepare for grappler combat!"
With that, the bridge of the Outlaw Star turned dark. From the bottom
of the ship, a pair of arms lowered and stretched. "I doubt we'll
need missles here." Just then, a group of EggRobos appeared.
"Bogeys at 12 o' clock!" Melfina said.
"See 'em, Mel. Alright, shitheads, COME AND GET SOME!" Gene
said. As he began smashing robots with the grappler arms, Super Shadow
and Ryoko joined the battle with Super Sonic while Samus protected
Ryu-ohki.
"This is nuts!" Shadow said. "Each time we faced them, they've
gotten stronger!"
"Then, this is worser than we thought!" Ryoko said. "Eggman
musta figured out how to use the Juraian power even more!"
"Well, that just BITES!" Sonic said. Unbeknowest to Sonic, an
EggRobo was about to attack him from behind, that is, until a
mysterious laser blast took it and a few others out. "What the?!"
"Hey, Sonic! Need help?" Tails said. He was in his Cyclone mech
ontop of Ryu-ohki firing the mech's mightiest weapon, a laser cannon
from where a Chaos Emerald once layed.
"Alright!" Sonic said. "Keep firing, bud!" With that, they
continued the assault until the robots were either destroyed or had
retreated.
"Well, that seemed easy enough..." Ryoko said.
"That's what I was thinking." Shadow said.
"Well, it ain't over. Who knows what other stuff Eggman has in
store?" Sonic said. "Let's get back to the ship and keep going." With
that, the three returned to Ryu-ohki and continued their journey.
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TO BE CONTINUED....
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Next episode:
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The heros head to a deserted planet only to find Emperor Eggman there
with an army of robo duplicates of our heros, save Zero. To lure the
mysterious Maverick Hunter to his ranks, Eggman tries to use someone
Zero knows very well. Will Zero join Eggman? Will our heros defeat
their doubles? Stay tuned for "Two Times the Trouble"
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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Aw, man! How long has it been since I worked on this?! Sorry. It's
just that I've been REAL busy with other stuff lately, so I've been
unable to work on this. Don't worry, it ain't cancelled. I'm not givin'
up so easily!
As Always, Read and Review!
Ashura Hedgehog
Chapter Two: Bounty Hunters, Outlaws, and Badniks
By Ashura Hedgehog
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All Tenchi Muyo characters are owned by Pioneer and AIC
All Sonic the Hedgehog characters are owned by SEGA and Sonic Team
Megaman X and Zero are owned by Capcom
All others are owned by their respective owners
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"Space. The final fronteer. These are the voyages of the
starship Ryu-ohki. Our mission...to kick Eggman's butt across the
cosmos, that's what!"
"Sonic, you forgot the rest of the lines?" Tenchi said,
sweatdroping.
"Heheheheheh....yeah...." Sonic said, blushing in
embarrassment. Earlier, Sonic was given a dare by Ryoko to do the most
stupidest thing he could think of. He ended up trying to recite the
opening lines to 'Star Trek', changing some things to it.
"I could recite the whole thing with my eyes close!" X said.
"Don't, X." Zero said. "Are you willing to risk your dignity to
do that?"
"Good point." X said.
"Well, I guess that means that Sonic now must wash the dishes
after dinner instead of me!" Ryoko said, cackling after she said
that.
"Shoot." Sonic said, snapping his fingers. All of a sudden,
Tenchi, Ryoko and Sonic's stomachs growled. "I hope Sasami's done with
dinner...."
"DINNER'S READY!" Amy said, running in the room.
"Ah, great!" Tenchi said. "C'mon!"
"No thanks." Zero said. "We're robots, remember?"
"Oh, yeah." Tenchi said.
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At the kitchen, the group, sans the Maverick Hunters, were at
the table, ready to eat. At times, Ryoko and Ayeka fought over various
foods they had. Shadow, by dinners end, had bent and broke many
utinsels, thanks to his still-robotic arm. After dinner, the gang was
met with some bad news.
"Hey, guys! The pantry's bare!" Tails said.
"What? How?" Funaho said. "Those pantrys are supposed to last
for years!"
"These two." Tails said, holding up a full-bellied Ryo-ohki
and Chao-ohki (what Misaki decided to call the Chao). Ryo-ohki meowed
in sorrow while Chao-ohki burped and let out a small giggle.
"How could those two clean out the pantry SO FAST?!" Shadow
asked.
"I guess these two just wanted to see if they had bottomless
stomachs." Washu said.
"Great. Now what?" Knuckles asked.
"I guess we're gonna hafta land at a nearby planet and find
some food." Ayeka said.
"But, how?" Sasami said. "I mean, we're wanted criminals!"
"Very carefully, I guess." Mina said.
"Heh. Reminds me of the time when Kagato decided to take over
the throne." Katsuhito said, grinning. "Always going to planet to
planet, disguising ourselves to make sure we didn't get caught."
"Yeah, it does feel like that." Tenchi said.
"Hey, does anyone know what the closest planet is?" Amy said,
the thought coming to her.
"Hold on, I'll check." Washu said, bringing up her holo-top.
In mere seconds, the answer came up. "Ah! Here we go! The closest
planet is a place called Sentinel 3."
"Sentinel 3? Never heard of it." Ryoko said.
"That makes it better for us, in a way." Washu said. "This way,
we can do what we hafta do and get out with no problems whatsoever!"
"Yeah, and it'll give us a chance to conserve our strength for
the battles ahead." Zero said.
"The less fighting, the better." X said.
"So it's agreed?" Knuckles said. The gang nodded.
"Hey, guys! What the hell happened to our food?!" Sabian
shouted. The group looked at him. "What?"
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In minutes, the gang was on Sentinel 3. The landing wasn't that
spectacular, even if it WAS the massive ship landing in the water.
After teleporting out, they went their seperate ways, planning to meet
up a few hours later.
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"Man, I can't believe this!" Sonic said to himself, as he
walked the city streets by himself as Amy had followed the girls,
except for Ryoko,to some stores there. "Me, Sonic the Hedgehog,
reduced to a common criminal...AGAIN!" he sighed at that. "Man, luck
just doesn't want to be good to me."
"You can say that again." a voice said. Sonic stopped and
turned around.
"Alright, who's there?" Sonic asked, ready to attack.
"Let's just say that, I'm here to make your life a living
hell." the person said, stepping out. It was an armored humanoid. The
armor was orange, tan and red, with an arm cannon on its right arm.
"Yeesh, as if there aren't too many weirdos as it is." Sonic
said.
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"Shoot, nothing!" Knuckles said, climbing out of the dirt. He
swept off the dirt from his fur and fixed his special fedora. "Nothing
but old bullet shells. And I've dug through MOST of the city here!"
He looked back and saw all the holes he dug in search of some sort of
treasure. "Maybe I should get back with the others." He pulled out a
pair of sunglasses, put them on, and prepared to take off into the
sky.
"Hey, you! Hold it right there!" A slightly screechy voice
called out to him
"Huh?" Knuckles said, turning around to see a humanoid cat girl
standing there, her hands at her hips. "Who are you?"
"I am Aisha Clan-Clan of the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire! Are you the
one known as Knuckles the Echinda?" she said.
"Guess I'm famous in the universe." Knuckles said, grinning.
"Famous, nuttin'! You're under arrest for attempting to
overthrow the Juraian empire!" Aisha said.
"False charges, cat girl." Knuckles said. He turned back around
and took off into the air.
"HEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEY! You can't do that to a Ctarl-Ctarl!"
Aisha cried as he did that. She lept into the air, grabbed Knuckles'
leg and tossed him back to the group.
"Alright, cat girl, you're gonna get now!" Knuckles said,
leaping up. "You'll regret messing with me!"
"I always love a good chalenge!" Aisha said. They both went
into fighting poses.
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"Well, at least there's somewhere I can get a decent drink."
Ryoko said, heading into a bar, Ryo-ohki tagging along. She plopped
down on a stool and ordered a drink. As she did that, two people
watched her. One was a red-headed male with scars on his face. The
other was a young, brown haired boy. They were both playing poker.
"Hey, Gene. Doesn't she look familiar?" the boy asked his
companion.
"Y'know, she does, Jim. She certainly does. But, from where?"
Gene said. Then it dawned on Jim.
"She's one of the people that Robotnik person wanted." Jim
said.
"And he DID say we can name the price for them, right?" Gene
said. He turned back and prepared to move at the right time.
Unfortunantly, it was blown as another blue-haired woman walked in.
She was accompanied by a white cabbit. Ryo-ohki reconised the cabbit
immediately.
"MiYA!" She meowed, rushing over to the cabbit.
"Ciao!" He meowed, nuzzling her as she got close to him. His
meow caught Ryoko's attention.
'Ken-ohki?!' she thought in surprise. 'That must mean...' She
turned and saw the woman standing there, a small smirk on her face.
"Hello, Ryoko." she said.
"NAGI!" Ryoko shouted. She lept up and formed a beam sword.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" she said.
"I'm here to put you away for good." Nagi said, pulling out her
rapier. "This ends here and now, and I don't care if Dr. Eggman wants
you!"
"Fine, let's end it!" Ryoko said, lunging at the bounty hunter.
As the two left the bar, Gene and Jim raced out.
"If we don't stop them, we're gonna be short one person, and
that means less money for us!" Gene said. He pulled out a long, brown
gun. "Hey, Jim. Give me a Caster Shell."
"It's a good thing we bought some recently." Jim said, handing
over a bullet. Gene placed it in the gun, charged it up and fired at
Ryoko. Before it hit, a plasma blast collided with the bullet. Jim and
Gene turned to see both Megaman X and Tails there. Tails was riding the
Cyclone mech and X was wearing his Fourth Armor.
"Stay away from our friend, or you'll regret even seeing us!"
Tails said, his mech going into a stance.
"I think we've hit bounty heaven!" Gene said, grinning goofily.
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"Find anyplace?" Sabian said.
"Nope. Nothing." Tenchi said.
"Nothing where I was." Zero said. Like many of the others, they
were searching for a place to resupply their ship. "Man! This is NOT
going good for us."
"No kiddin'." Sabian said. "At this rate, Eggman will beat us
because of starvation!"
"I hope it doesn't come to that." Tenchi said.
"You're right, young man." a voice said. The three turned to
see a raven black-haired woman in a kimono standing there. In her sash
was a black bokken. "You'll be beaten by me."
"And who might you be?" Zero said.
"I am Twilight Suzuka." she said. She pulled out a watch. "You
have a few hours before sunset. Would you like to spend it making out
a will?"
"YEAH, RIGHT!" Sabian said, armoring up and pulling out his
katana. "I'm not gonna sit around and just let you win! C'mon, let's
get this over with!"
"Very well, then. Let's do this." Suzuka said, pulling out her
bokken. At that moment, Zero and Tenchi pulled out and activated their
swords.
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"About time we found a place where we can resupply." Ayeka
said. Earlier, the girls had found a grocery store just mere seconds
before Sonic was encountered by the armored humanoid. As they shopped,
Sasami stopped, sighed and sat on a hanging out counter. Amy saw her
do this and went over to her friend.
"Hey, Sasami. What's the matter?" she asked.
"Everything, Amy." Sasami said. "I mean, look at us! We're
wanted criminals and we did NOTHING WRONG! Why did this happen? What
did we do?" Sasami buried her face in her hands and started sobbing.
Amy gave her friend a friendly hug.
"Don't worry, Sasami. With Sonic, Tenchi and the others, we'll
crack that Eggman open and make him regret he did what he did!" Amy
said. Sasami looked up at Amy.
"You think?" Sasami asked. Amy nodded. "I really hope so." As
the two continued talking, they caught the attention of a young woman
with black hair. She got a bit curious and went over to the two.
"Excuse me." She said, scaring the two. "I'm sorry, but I
can't help but wonder. Why do you say you're wanted criminals, but did
nothing wrong?"
"Because an evil scientist named Robotnik took over Jurai and
placed a bounty on our heads with crimes we could NEVER do!" Amy said.
"Robotnik?" the woman said. "Oh, my. Gene told me that he was
going to find those people. And you're two of them?" the girls nodded.
"Anyone else with you now?"
"Yeah, my sister, my mothers and one of Amy's friends." Sasami
said.
"If you want, I can persuade some of my friends to help you."
the woman said. "Oh, how rude of me. I should have introduced myself.
My name's Melfina."
"I'm Sasami and this is Amy Rose." Sasami said, introducing
herself and the hedgehog.
"Now, where can we find the...." Melfina began to say before
a red streak smashed through one of the walls and landed over halfway
through the store. "What in the world?" The three looked over and
saw a dazed Knuckles laying there, Ayeka, Mina, Funaho, and Misaki
standing by him.
"KNUCKLES!" Amy shouted, seeing her friend on the ground
starting to recover. A few seconds later, Aisha lept over the three
girls and landed near Knuckles and began fighting the echinda again.
"Aisha, stop fighting!" Melfina called out.
"You, too, Knuckles!" Sasami said. The two fighters and the
four girls near them looked at the three in surprise.
"Amy? Sasami?" Knuckles said.
"Why would you want us to stop fighting?" Aisha said, really
peeved.
"They're not the enemy." Melfina said.
"WHAT?!" Aisha shouted. Knuckles backed up over to the girls
near him.
"What did Amy and Sasami say to her to get her on our side?"
Knuckles asked the four.
"I have no idea." They replied. Aisha walked over to Melfina.
"Alright, Mel, I like to know WHERE you get the big idea that
THESE people are NOT trying to overthrow the Juraian empire?" Aisha
said.
"Because, knucklehead, four-fifths of the Juraian royal empire
is RIGHT HERE!" Amy said. Aisha's eyes grew wide.
"No way!" Aisha said.
"Yes way, Ctarl-Ctarl." Funaho said. Aisha turned and saw
Funaho, Misaki and Ayeka approach her and Sasami poked her to let the
cat girl know that she was with them.
"What have I done?!" Aisha said. "I was ready to attack all of
you!"
"It's okay! We forgive you!" Misaki said, giving Aisha a bear
hug.
"Mother, please. It's embarrassing." Ayeka said.
"It's 'Mommy', Ayeka." Misaki said, releasing Aisha. The
Ctarl-Ctarl couldn't help, but laugh at what Misaki said.
"I don't believe it!" Aisha said, between laughs. "One of the
royal members of Jurai must call their own mother 'Mommy'!" This
enfuriated Misaki. The second queen got in Aisha's face with a look
that could scare a bunch of bulldogs.
"Are you mocking my little Ayeka?!" Misaki said. Aisha,
stunned, couldn't say anything. Misaki, then, grabbed Aisha's cheeks
and pulled them as far as she could.
"OWTH! OWTH! STHOP IT! STHOP IT!" Aisha shouted.
"Sasami, do you still have that sign?" Ayeka asked her sister.
"Sure do!" Sasami said, pulling it out. She pointed it at
Aisha. "Here! Read this!"
"Othay. I'm thory, pretty young lady." Aisha said. Misaki
stopped, blinked, let go of Aisha's cheeks, smiled and gave her another
hug. As the group was getting a good laugh out of this, a thought
crossed Knuckles' mind.
"Aw, man! If I was attacked by...." Knuckles began. He turned
to Melfina. "...your name's Melfina right?" She nodded "....one of
Melfina's friends, do you think there's more of them attacking the
others?"
"Oh, my. You're right, Knuckles." Ayeka said. "We gotta find
them and stop them." As the group raced outside, a blue streak raced
by, followed by a blue-auraed figure. Then, all of a sudden, Shadow
raced towards the group.
"Hey, did you see where Sonic went?" Shadow said. The group
pointed in the direction he went. "Thanks!" With that, he raced in that
direction.
"What's going on?" Funaho asked.
"I dunno. But, I'm gonna find out." Mina said, racing after
Shadow.
"We should try find the others, as well." Misaki said. With
that, the girls ran off in search of their friends.
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"Jeeze, what a way to end my life. Chased my a maniac with a
gun." Sonic said, dodging blasts as the armored attacker chased him,
nearly keeping up with him. Right behind them was Shadow and Mina, who
were trying to keep up with them.
"STAND STILL, YOU RODENT!" it shouted.
"Make me!" Sonic said, making a face at it.
"Mina, we gotta save him!" Shadow said.
"How?" she asked.
"On my mark, we tackle that armored freak!" Shadow said.
"Ready? NOW!" With all their might, the two lept towards the person,
tackling it down to the ground, knocking its helmet off. Sonic skidded
to a stop and looked at his pals turning the person over to knock some
sense into it.
"Well, whatta ya know? Saved by two other speedsters." Sonic
said.
"Alright, mister! No one attacks my friends and....." Shadow
began to say as he turned the person around. Who he and Mina was
looking at. It was a blonde-haired girl! "What in the...?"
"Surprise!" she said, firing her arm cannon to get the two
off. She grabbed her helmet, put it on, and turned around and faced
Sonic. "Alright, hedgehog, are you gonna come quietly or am I forced
to take action?"
"Look, babe. I'm NOT the bad guy!" Sonic said. "You hafta
believe me!"
"Yeah, right! Give me one reason why I shouldn't blast you
away." she said.
"Well, for one thing, I finally figured out who you are. You're
Samus Aran!" Sonic said
"So?" she said.
"And another thing, my friends ARE the Juraian royal family!"
Sonic said. Samus looked up at Sonic.
"What are you talking about? That fat guy is the ruler there."
Samus said.
"He overthrew the real family, and we're here to make sure they
get the throne back." Shadow said.
"Perhaps you can help us?" Mina said. Samus stood there silent,
then she spoke up.
"Okay, I'll help. But, if you're lying, I'll destroy all of
you, got it?" she said.
"No prob." Sonic said. "Now let's go and find the others."
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"MOVE IT, JIM!" Gene shouted, as he and Jim raced across the
streets, X and Tails right behind them.
"I guess we shouldn't of fought back, eh, Gene?" Jim said.
"No shit, Jim!" Gene said. All of a sudden, the two hid in a
alleyway, letting the two race by, then they jumped out, Gene holding
a pistol. "Alright, now who's chasing who?"
"Aw, man! They tricked us!" Tails said, looking back.
"Not for long!" X said. He began charging his X Buster, then
swung it around and fired. The two dodged the attack and it headed
straight for the arriving group of girls and Knuckles. Before it could
hit them, Ayeka got in front and blocked the attack with her barrier.
"X, what are you doing?!" Knuckles shouted
"Sorry." X shouted back.
"Alright! This must be..." Gene began until he saw who else was
there. "Aisha?! Melfina?! What are you two doing with THEM?!"
"Helping them!" Aisha said.
"They aren't the bad guys, Gene. Robotnik is." Melfina said.
"Say WHAT?!" Gene and Jim said. Melfina nodded. The two's jaws
dropped.
"Aw, man. That BITES!" Gene said. "My greatest chance to pay
off Fred, and it gets blown by a technicality!"
"Well, at least that gets us off the hook, for now." Amy said.
"Waitasec! Where's Suzu?" Aisha asked.
"Oh, man. What if she found some of the others?" Jim said.
"Who?!" The others said.
"Twilight Suzuka. She's an assassin....and with us." Gene said.
"Oh, boy." The others said.
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"Damn, she's tough!" Sabian said, holding his side. The battle
against the bokken wielding assassin was going sour for the group.
"Can't even get a decent hit on her!" He, Tenchi and Zero looked at
Suzuka. All they got in with their weapons was a small tear on her
kimono.
"Man, that is NOT a woman! That's a killing machine!" Zero
said.
"Nice to see that you finally realise what I was." Suzuka said.
"Time to die."
"WOAH, HOLD ON!" Sonic said, as he, Shadow, Samus, and Mina
ran up to them. "What's going on here?!"
"She's trying to kill us!" Tenchi shouted.
"And why not? You're wanted felons." Suzuka said "And I plan
to bring you in."
"Hate to break it to you, but they're innocent." Samus said.
"We've been had."
"You're kidding me!" Suzuka said.
"Nope. The person who asked for their heads is not the true
ruler of Jurai." Shadow said.
"And where's your proof?" Suzuka said. Shadow pointed behind
her. She turned to see the other arriving.
"Well, I guess we got beat." Gene said. "Are you okay, Suzuka?"
"Asking me that is like asking a wanted criminal 'Is he
innocent?'" Suzuka said, sheathing her bokken.
"So, I guess you know the truth, right?" Melfina said.
"As much as I hate to admit it." Suzuka said.
"Hey, where's Ryoko?" Knuckles said.
"Yeah, where is she?" X asked. Just then, the space pirate made
a crash landing, followed by Nagi, who was holding an energy whip.
"NAGI!" Sonic said. "What are you doing here?"
"Simple. To take care of Ryoko, even IF that Eggman wants her."
she said. Considering it a major threat, X and Zero pointed their
Buster guns at Nagi.
"Release her now, or regret what you're doing!" Zero said.
"Let's see you try!" Nagi said. The two Hunters prepared to
fire just as Sasami and Amy dashed in front of them.
"Please don't attack her! She could help us!" Sasami said
"Yeah! I mean, her skills could be useful!" Amy said.
"Yeah, right, Amez!" Sonic said. "She tried to kill most of us
a few months ago!"
"Now, why would I help you?" Nagi said. Then, an idea crossed
Tenchi's mind.
"Nagi, you remember how Eggman treated you months back, right?"
he said.
"Yeah, so?" Nagi said.
"Well, how about helping us so you can get your revenge on him
for what he did." Tenchi said. Nagi looked at him, her eyes narrowed,
then closed her eyes and sighed.
"Sure, why not?" Nagi said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Great!" Tenchi said. Sonic and Ryoko weren't too thrilled
about it, though.
"Well, now that's settled...." X began before his communicator
went off. "Alia...no, Washu." He took his communicator. "What's up?"
{Hate to break your celebrations for getting more help, but...}
Washu began.
"But, what?" X said.
{You got company!} Washu said, before cutting communications
abruptly. The group looked up to see another fleet of EggRobos.
"Aw, man. Just what we DON'T need!" Tails said.
"Got it covered!" Shadow said. "Huddle around." As the group
gathered around, Shadow went Super to do what he needed to do. "CHAOS
CONTROL!" with that, he teleported everyone back to the space docks.
"Man! That must be useful!" Gene said.
"Tell me about it!" Shadow said, grinning. "Now let's get out
of here!" With that, the heros went towards their respective ships,
encountering more trouble along the way.
"Why won't they leave us alone?" Zero asked as he sliced a
EggRobo in half.
"I guess we'll never know..." Ryoko said, blasting one. Pretty
soon, everyone was in their respective ships. To allow Ken-Ohki to
reserve his strength, Nagi hitched a ride with Samus. As Ryu-ohki,
the Outlaw Star and Samus' ship made its way into space, they were
still under attack.
"Jeeze! Won't they EVER give up?!" Tenchi asked.
"I guess we'll hafta take them down now!" Sonic said, as he
made his way towards a hatch.
"Sonic, what are you doing?!" Funaho said.
"Giving us a chance to succeed!" Sonic said, going through the
door. A few seconds later, they saw Sonic soar towards the robots as
Super Sonic. "Alright, you bucket of bolts, time you stay down FOR
GOOD!"
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"Gene, we've gotta help Sonic!" Jim said. "He can't take them
on by himself!"
"You're right!" Gene said. "Prepare for grappler combat!"
With that, the bridge of the Outlaw Star turned dark. From the bottom
of the ship, a pair of arms lowered and stretched. "I doubt we'll
need missles here." Just then, a group of EggRobos appeared.
"Bogeys at 12 o' clock!" Melfina said.
"See 'em, Mel. Alright, shitheads, COME AND GET SOME!" Gene
said. As he began smashing robots with the grappler arms, Super Shadow
and Ryoko joined the battle with Super Sonic while Samus protected
Ryu-ohki.
"This is nuts!" Shadow said. "Each time we faced them, they've
gotten stronger!"
"Then, this is worser than we thought!" Ryoko said. "Eggman
musta figured out how to use the Juraian power even more!"
"Well, that just BITES!" Sonic said. Unbeknowest to Sonic, an
EggRobo was about to attack him from behind, that is, until a
mysterious laser blast took it and a few others out. "What the?!"
"Hey, Sonic! Need help?" Tails said. He was in his Cyclone mech
ontop of Ryu-ohki firing the mech's mightiest weapon, a laser cannon
from where a Chaos Emerald once layed.
"Alright!" Sonic said. "Keep firing, bud!" With that, they
continued the assault until the robots were either destroyed or had
retreated.
"Well, that seemed easy enough..." Ryoko said.
"That's what I was thinking." Shadow said.
"Well, it ain't over. Who knows what other stuff Eggman has in
store?" Sonic said. "Let's get back to the ship and keep going." With
that, the three returned to Ryu-ohki and continued their journey.
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TO BE CONTINUED....
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Next episode:
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The heros head to a deserted planet only to find Emperor Eggman there
with an army of robo duplicates of our heros, save Zero. To lure the
mysterious Maverick Hunter to his ranks, Eggman tries to use someone
Zero knows very well. Will Zero join Eggman? Will our heros defeat
their doubles? Stay tuned for "Two Times the Trouble"
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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Aw, man! How long has it been since I worked on this?! Sorry. It's
just that I've been REAL busy with other stuff lately, so I've been
unable to work on this. Don't worry, it ain't cancelled. I'm not givin'
up so easily!
As Always, Read and Review!
Ashura Hedgehog