Battle for Jurai
A Tenchi Muyo/Sonic the Hedgehog Crossover
Chapter 5 - Arrival
By Ashura Hedgehog
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"No...they've failed. My creations have failed!" Eggman said.
"And those miserable pests are coming this way! They MUST be stopped!
I can't let them take my precious posistion away!"
"Face it, Eggman. Tenchi and Sonic will save me and kick your
butt!" Sasami shouted from her cell.
"Heheheh...I'm actually hoping for that." Eggman said. "I have
a few toys I want to try out. And they involve that great goddess in
you, child."
"You leave Tsunami out of this!" Sasami said.
"Unfortuantly, I can't! She's vital to my fail-safe plan."
Eggman said. He turned to Metal Sonic 2. "You. Take Sasami to the Tree
Room and prepare for goddess energy depletion." The robot saluted him
and took the young princess. "Soon...very soon. That hedgehog will
regret ever defying me! AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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In space, the group of (now) four ships was getting very close
to Jurai. According to Washu, they had about a hours wait. Earlier,
Zero began wondering where Iris disappeared to. If he had seen Sonic,
Gene and Ryoko earlier, he would have seen them shoot her out of an
airlock, citing that her voice was a bit too annoying.
(A/N: So, I brought her back. There's nothing that said I had to keep
her! ^_^)
Before the disappearance, the group had found Kiyone and
Mihoshi's ship, Yagami, undamaged in anyway. Ends up that Mihoshi, in
a dimwit moment, forgot to securly place the ship in the docks and it
floated away. It was one of the few times Kiyone was actually thankful
to her.
"Aw, man! This is it!" Sonic said. "Once we get there, I'm
going to really enjoy kicking that Eggman's butt across the universe!"
"I know that feeling. I'll make him regret ever taking over
my homeworld!" Ayeka said.
"Woah, easy, girl!" Washu said. "You don't know what Eggman has
in store for us."
"Well, I do." Nagi said, appearing on a viewscreen. "I ran
recon and found the planet filled to the brim with his EggRobo army
along with a massive battleship."
"Must be the Egg Carrier." Knuckles said.
"Man, that complicates the plan big time!" Shadow said.
"So, what do we do?" Funaho asked, just hearing what happened.
"Well, let's get everyone together and start the replanning."
Tenchi said.
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Inside Ryu-Ohki, the group of heroes gathered to make the new
plans for the attack.
"Alright, hotshots. What do we do now?" Gene asked.
"Well, first of all, the safety of the queens are our first
priority." Washu said. "We need Ryu-Ohki as FAR AWAY from the planet as
possible. The next part I can hope Gene can cope with."
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"I need Tails to pilot the Outlaw Star. You are essenstial to
the main attack." Washu said.
"WHAT?!" Gene said. "There's no way that furball's piloting my
ship!"
"C'mon, Gene. Jim and I will aid the fox on what to do, okay?"
Melfina said. Relucantly, he nodded.
"Which means I'll have to join Tails in the dogfight, right?"
Nagi said. Washu nodded.
"It'll be better for you to battle in space than on the ground."
Washu said. She turned to the other heroes there. "Sonic, Gene, X, Samus,
Shadow, and Tenchi. You guys will break into the palace, confront Eggman
and dethrone him while saving Sasami."
"You got it, Washu!" Sonic said. "Don't worry, with my speed, the
little kid'll be safe and Eggman seeing stars!"
"I'll join you guys as well." Ayeka said. "I want Dr. Robotnik to
pay for what he has done to my family and world."
"Very well." Washu said. "The rest of you, I want you guys to take
down any forces that try to stop them."
"No problem, Washu." Sabian said. "With my armor, it'll be a piece
of cake!"
"Mina, if it's okay, I want you to stay with the queens. I'm afraid
that you would be a burdon..." Washu said.
"It's okay, Washu. I understand. Besides, the people here already are
good enough as it is." Mina said, smiling. Washu nodded.
"Well, everyone. Ready?" Washu asked.
"I was BORN ready!" Sonic said, grinning.
"Let's do this!" Sabian said.
"FINALLY! A chance to really kick some ass!" Aisha said. Suzuka smiled
at that.
"Then, let's do it!" Washu said.
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On board the Outlaw Star, Tails was getting situated with how the ship
works. Both Jim and Melfina were ready in their respected spots on the bridge.
"Tails, are you SURE you can do this?" Jim said.
"I'm sure I'm sure!" Tails said. "I've piloted Ryo-Ohki, bi-planes,
submarines and mechs!"
"But, Tails, the Outlaw Star isn't like them!" Jim continued
protesting.
"Well, there's only one way to find out!" Tails said. Pressing a few
buttons, he brought up viewscreens showing the others on the other ships.
"You guys ready?"
"Everyone's ready on the Yagami!" Kiyone said.
"I'm ready for action." Samus said.
"I'm right at your side, fox." Nagi said.
"We're ready to move out of harm's way." Funaho said.
"Good luck, everyone!" Misaki said. With that, the viewscreens went
down.
"Is the Outlaw Star ready?" Tails said.
"Everything is green and we are ready to move out." Melfina said.
"Then, let's GO!" Tails said. With that, the Outlaw Star zoomed off,
Ken-Ohki right behind them.
"That's our cue." Mina said. "We'd better get outta here." The two
queens nodded and Ryu-Ohki turned around and zoomed off. As that happened,
Kiyone moved Yagami slowly towards Jurai.
"So, when do we attack?" Zero asked.
"When the first ship is destroyed." Washu said. At that moment, the
great flash of light signaled the ship to zoom towards the planet.
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"Alright! They're going!" Tails said, seeing Yagami race towards the
planet. "Now, it's our turn!" As Ken-Ohki flew past the Outlaw Star, a
group of EggRobos after it, Tails had the ship go into grappler mode. "Now,
let's kick some bot!"
Zooming towards a fleet of EggBombers, Tails flailed the arms of the
Outlaw Star wildly, slamming into the ship and blowing them up. As soon as
he finished that, he turned his attention to the EggRobos attacking Nagi.
"Don't worry about me, kid!" Nagi said, contacting the ship. "I can
handle them." Without turning around, Ken-Ohki fired a hail of lasers at the
robots, destroying them completely.
"Woah." Tails said.
"TAILS! A massive bogey is approaching at 4 o' clock!" Melfina said,
her eyes going wide. The fox swing the ship around and saw what she was talking
about: It was the Egg Carrier MK III, but it was bigger than before, thanks to
new additions from the destroyed parts of the Juraian ships Eggman destroyed.
"Oh, man...this is going to be tough. I hope the others are doing good..."
Tails said.
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As the battle in space progressed, Yagami and Samus's ship entered Jurai's
atmosphere and saw that Eggman has prepared for them.
"Oh, great. Not THOSE again!" Ryoko said, seeing the traps. It was the
same ones used when she was taking Tenchi and the humanoid versions of
Azaka and Kamidake to the Juraian palace.
"And I have no idea how long our shields can hold out." Kiyone said.
"And I'm out of weaponry on my ship." Samus said. "I used most of it
escaping Sentnal 3."
"No problem, girls!" Sonic said. "Shadow, let's clear a path, huh?"
"Right!" Shadow said. With that, the two raced towards the cargo bay of
the Yagami. Next thing the group knew, both hedgehogs zipped past them in their
super modes.
"And there they go." X said. In an instant, the traps were destroyed by
the two 'hogs. "And they're done...wow."
"Let's not wait any longer." Zero said. "Full speed to the Juraian palace!"
"You got it!" Kiyone said. With the Super hedgehogs right beside them, the
ships raced towards the palace.
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"So, they approach, huh?" Eggman said, seeing the events that transpired.
"So, they think that I can be taken down, huh? We'll see about that." From the
throne, he walked to the tree room, where his robots had set up his latest
machine: One that would strip Tsunami's presence from both her tree and Sasami.
Beside the machine was an exo-skeletal suit designed like royal Juraian robes
fit for him. "Is everything in place?"
"Yes, sire." A robot said. "Shall we begin?"
"Hmm...yes, why not?" Eggman said, removing his jacket and putting on the
suit.
"Eggman, you can't do this!" Sasami protested. "You do this, you'll kill
me!"
"Missy, that is the side effect of world conquest. Someone must die."
Eggman said. "Unfortunantly, it has to be you."
"Please, don't!" Sasami protested again, tears falling down her face.
"Robot! Throw the switch!" Eggman said. The robot saluted him, then threw
a switch, in which both the cages that held Tsunami tree and Sasami began glowing.
Sasami screamed in pain as she felt Tsunami being pulled away from her slowly.
"YES! YES! I CAN FEEL IT! THE POWER OF TSUNAMI IS MINE! BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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"There it is!" Knuckles said. "The Juraian palace! Just like Washu showed
us!"
"This is it, guys! No holds barred, let nothing stop you!" Washu said.
"Thanks for the advice..." Zero said. "But, we knew that already. C'mon,
let's get moving!" With that, the heroes on board Yagami raced to the cargo bay
while Kiyone and Mihoshi lowered the ship. As they got close enough to the ground,
the heroes lept off. Samus, on the other hand, lept out of her ship and had it
set for autopilot to return to Ryu-Ohki's side. As the heroes landed, those
destined to go to the palace ran off.
"Good luck, guys!" Amy shouted.
"Yeah, we'll need it!" Gene said.
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At the palace gates, the robots guarding it were reduced to scrap by Gene's
pistol and Samus' cannon. The next set of bots were scrapped by Tenchi's sword.
"Man, this is too easy!" Sonic said.
"A bit too easy!" Shadow said. The two hedgehogs busted down the doors,
only to be greeted by two familiar faces to Tenchi and Ayeka: the humanoid
versions of Azaka and Kamidake.
"Halt, in the name of the lord Robotnik!" Azaka said.
"Azaka, Kamidake, don't you remember me? Princess Ayeka?" Ayeka said.
"You are the enemy. You must be destroyed!" Kamidake said. Using their
staffs, they fired at the heroes.
"This can't be. Why have they turned against me?" Ayeka asked.
"I got your reason, Princess." Samus said. "There's mind control devices
on their necks."
"Why didn't I see that before?" Tenchi said. "They would have greeted us."
"But, how do we get it off them?" Gene said. Without any warning, Shadow
dashed towards the two, snapping off the devices from the two knights's necks.
"There's your answer." Shadow said, watching the two drop to their knees.
"Ohh... wha...what happened?" Azaka said, coming to.
"Last thing I remember was a hoard of robots heading to the palace and
then..." Kamidake said, before seeing the two Juraian royal members. "Princess
Ayeka! Prince Tenchi! You've arrived!"
"You two okay?" Tenchi asked. They nodded.
"Now we are." Azaka said.
"Do you know where Dr. Eggman is?" Sonic asked.
"Dr...Eggman?" Azaka said. "The fat guy with the glasses? Yes, we have."
"Great!" Shadow said. "Where did he go?"
"The tree room with..." Kamidake said, before realizing something. "HE
HAD PRINCESS SASAMI!"
"Great!" Gene said. "Lead the way, you two." The Juraian knights nodded
and they led the heroes to tree room.
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Outside the palace, the other heroes were bashing the robots into little
pieces. Most of them fell to the power of both Zero and Suzuka's weapons.
Sabian, Knuckles and Ryoko took out the air forces. Amy and Aisha took care of
the more weaker ground robots.
"Is it me, or is this too easy?" Amy asked, after bashing a robot with her
hammer.
"Now that you mention it, it IS a bit easy." Zero said. "Not much on
the resistance side. I wonder why?"
"Perhaps its that they know we're going to win!" Aisha said, tearing a bot
in two.
"Highly unlikely, Aisha." Suzuka said. "There's something big going on,
and we don't know it."
"And if this keeps up, who know what'll happen?" Amy said.
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Inside the palace, the race to reach the tree room was getting intense.
As the heroes got closer to the room, more and more Badniks would attack them,
though they would be taken down by Gene, Samus, or the Juraian Knights.
"How much longer?" Sonic said.
"Just up ahead!" Azaka said. As they got to the door, they tried pushing
it open, only to find it locked.
"Great!" Shadow said. "Now what?"
"Stand back!" Kamidake said. As the heroes stood back, the knights
blasted the door down. When the group ran in, they saw the room pitch black
and bolts of electricity flying around.
"What the hell's going on?!" Gene asked.
"I like to know that myself!" Samus said.
"We need to get down there! Sasami needs us!" Ayeka said. As she said that,
the two hedgehogs got a running start and lept down to the bottom. "NOT THAT
WAY!"
"I'm with them!" Samus said, leaping down there. The others shrugged and
followed the three. At the bottom, the group saw what was going on in complete
horror.
"SASAMI!" Tenchi shouted. "Dr. Eggman, release her NOW!"
"You want her? Come and get her." Eggman said.
"We'll handle this!" Azaka said. "Come, Kamidake! Let's teach this madman
a lesson in humility!" His companion nodded and the two rushed Eggman. The evil
scientist grinned and watched as he effortlessly sent the two knights scattering
with his ever-increasing Juraian power. "This...this is impossible!"
"Alright, you two. Time to show you how it's done!" Sonic said, stepping up.
"Bring it on, my admirable adversary." Eggman said, motioning him to
attacking him. Sonic revved up his feet for a Super Peel-Out, then rushed at him.
Before he got to him, Metal Sonic 2 caught him and the two flew outside.
"HEY! Let me go!" Sonic shouted at his metal counterpart.
[Certaintly.] Metal Sonic 2 said, punching Sonic into a nearby building.
"Anyone else want to take me on?" Eggman said.
"Samus, Gene, Ayeka, free Sasami. Shadow, let's take care of this madman!"
Tenchi said. The black hedgehog nodded and they, too, rushed the scientist.
Tenchi activated his sword and swung at Eggman, only to be blocked by Eggman's
own sword.
"I have six wings, boy. Four more to go. What are you going to do?" Eggman
said. As the two began sword fighting, Shadow came around to the side and fired
his Chaos Spears at the scientist, only to get them blocked by a Light Hawk
Wing.
"No way!" Shadow said. "Eggman controls the Light Hawk Wings!"
"And that was the seventh!" Eggman said. "Three to go!"
"We've got to hurry!" Ayeka said, pounding on the glass, trying to free
Sasami.
"Sis...don't worry...about me...Help Tenchi..." Sasami said. Her skin was
getting incredibly pale as the seconds ticked by.
"It's no use! The glass is indestructible!" Samus said, her cannon smoking
from the missles she used on it.
"Then, we shut it down!" Gene said, running up to the controls and pushing
every button he could find. "AUGH! This is insane!"
"EIGHT WINGS ARE MINE! TWO TO GO!" Eggman shouted as he sparred with Tenchi,
allowing Shadow to attack all he wanted, knowing full well it'll never hurt him.
"Are you going to stop me, or allow me to get all ten AND the essense of Tsunami
in me?"
"Stop. Taunting. ME!" Tenchi shouted, attacking more fiercly, but it was
still not enough.
"Nine down, one more to go!" Eggman said.
"WE GOTTA SHUT HIM DOWN NOW!" Shadow shouted.
"You won't kill Sasami! You hear me! YOU WILL NOT KILL HER!" Tenchi
shouted, swinging with all his might to knock away Eggman's sword.
Unfortuantly, he knocked it into the machine's controls.
"You fool! You've set the sucker to overload!" Eggman shouted.
"NO!" Ayeka shouted. "We have to free Sasami now!"
"It's too late!" Samus shotued. "We gotta get outta here!" She pulled
both the princess and the outlaw away from the machine. As she did, Eggman
raced towards the machine to pull out the sword.
"I have to stop it now! Not when I'm so close!" he said.
"Eggman! Don't!" Tenchi shouted as he and Shadow ran up to him. As
they got close to him, the unexpected happened: The machine blew up, the
three still there.
"LORD TENCHI! SASAMI! SHADOW!" Ayeka shouted.
"No one...no one would have survived that..." Kamidake said. As the smoke
cleared, the group first saw Sasami's body, the little girl still clinging to
life.
"Hey! It's the kid!" Gene said. "But...where's Eggman and the other two?"
As the smoke cleared some more, they saw Eggman standing there. He was still
wearing the royal robes and his mustache was spiked out even more. Behind him,
the Tsunami tree layed in shambles, as if a tornado destroyed it.
"At last. At long last. I AM A GOD!" Eggman shouted. "BOW DOWN TO MY POWER!"
"That's what you think." Two voices at the same time. The evil monster
turned to see an awe-inspiring sight. Standing there was a humanoid, dressed in
the Light Hawk Knight outfit, but there were subtile differences. The shoes
and gloves belonged to Shadow, and while the face was Tenchi's, the hair was
designed like Shadow's quills.
"Lord Tenchi?" Ayeka asked. "Is...is that you?"
"It looks a bit like Shadow as well." Samus said.
"I am more than both Shadow and Tenchi." It said.
"Then, who are you?" Eggman said.
"I am Tendow." it said. "I am the power of Jurai and the power of Chaos."
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TO BE CONCLUDED...
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NEXT CHAPTER:
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The final battle is ready as the god-like Eggman battles the fusion-powered Tendow,
as the fate of not only Sasami, but the rest of Jurai and the universe hangs in
the balance.
A Tenchi Muyo/Sonic the Hedgehog Crossover
Chapter 5 - Arrival
By Ashura Hedgehog
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"No...they've failed. My creations have failed!" Eggman said.
"And those miserable pests are coming this way! They MUST be stopped!
I can't let them take my precious posistion away!"
"Face it, Eggman. Tenchi and Sonic will save me and kick your
butt!" Sasami shouted from her cell.
"Heheheh...I'm actually hoping for that." Eggman said. "I have
a few toys I want to try out. And they involve that great goddess in
you, child."
"You leave Tsunami out of this!" Sasami said.
"Unfortuantly, I can't! She's vital to my fail-safe plan."
Eggman said. He turned to Metal Sonic 2. "You. Take Sasami to the Tree
Room and prepare for goddess energy depletion." The robot saluted him
and took the young princess. "Soon...very soon. That hedgehog will
regret ever defying me! AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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In space, the group of (now) four ships was getting very close
to Jurai. According to Washu, they had about a hours wait. Earlier,
Zero began wondering where Iris disappeared to. If he had seen Sonic,
Gene and Ryoko earlier, he would have seen them shoot her out of an
airlock, citing that her voice was a bit too annoying.
(A/N: So, I brought her back. There's nothing that said I had to keep
her! ^_^)
Before the disappearance, the group had found Kiyone and
Mihoshi's ship, Yagami, undamaged in anyway. Ends up that Mihoshi, in
a dimwit moment, forgot to securly place the ship in the docks and it
floated away. It was one of the few times Kiyone was actually thankful
to her.
"Aw, man! This is it!" Sonic said. "Once we get there, I'm
going to really enjoy kicking that Eggman's butt across the universe!"
"I know that feeling. I'll make him regret ever taking over
my homeworld!" Ayeka said.
"Woah, easy, girl!" Washu said. "You don't know what Eggman has
in store for us."
"Well, I do." Nagi said, appearing on a viewscreen. "I ran
recon and found the planet filled to the brim with his EggRobo army
along with a massive battleship."
"Must be the Egg Carrier." Knuckles said.
"Man, that complicates the plan big time!" Shadow said.
"So, what do we do?" Funaho asked, just hearing what happened.
"Well, let's get everyone together and start the replanning."
Tenchi said.
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Inside Ryu-Ohki, the group of heroes gathered to make the new
plans for the attack.
"Alright, hotshots. What do we do now?" Gene asked.
"Well, first of all, the safety of the queens are our first
priority." Washu said. "We need Ryu-Ohki as FAR AWAY from the planet as
possible. The next part I can hope Gene can cope with."
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"I need Tails to pilot the Outlaw Star. You are essenstial to
the main attack." Washu said.
"WHAT?!" Gene said. "There's no way that furball's piloting my
ship!"
"C'mon, Gene. Jim and I will aid the fox on what to do, okay?"
Melfina said. Relucantly, he nodded.
"Which means I'll have to join Tails in the dogfight, right?"
Nagi said. Washu nodded.
"It'll be better for you to battle in space than on the ground."
Washu said. She turned to the other heroes there. "Sonic, Gene, X, Samus,
Shadow, and Tenchi. You guys will break into the palace, confront Eggman
and dethrone him while saving Sasami."
"You got it, Washu!" Sonic said. "Don't worry, with my speed, the
little kid'll be safe and Eggman seeing stars!"
"I'll join you guys as well." Ayeka said. "I want Dr. Robotnik to
pay for what he has done to my family and world."
"Very well." Washu said. "The rest of you, I want you guys to take
down any forces that try to stop them."
"No problem, Washu." Sabian said. "With my armor, it'll be a piece
of cake!"
"Mina, if it's okay, I want you to stay with the queens. I'm afraid
that you would be a burdon..." Washu said.
"It's okay, Washu. I understand. Besides, the people here already are
good enough as it is." Mina said, smiling. Washu nodded.
"Well, everyone. Ready?" Washu asked.
"I was BORN ready!" Sonic said, grinning.
"Let's do this!" Sabian said.
"FINALLY! A chance to really kick some ass!" Aisha said. Suzuka smiled
at that.
"Then, let's do it!" Washu said.
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On board the Outlaw Star, Tails was getting situated with how the ship
works. Both Jim and Melfina were ready in their respected spots on the bridge.
"Tails, are you SURE you can do this?" Jim said.
"I'm sure I'm sure!" Tails said. "I've piloted Ryo-Ohki, bi-planes,
submarines and mechs!"
"But, Tails, the Outlaw Star isn't like them!" Jim continued
protesting.
"Well, there's only one way to find out!" Tails said. Pressing a few
buttons, he brought up viewscreens showing the others on the other ships.
"You guys ready?"
"Everyone's ready on the Yagami!" Kiyone said.
"I'm ready for action." Samus said.
"I'm right at your side, fox." Nagi said.
"We're ready to move out of harm's way." Funaho said.
"Good luck, everyone!" Misaki said. With that, the viewscreens went
down.
"Is the Outlaw Star ready?" Tails said.
"Everything is green and we are ready to move out." Melfina said.
"Then, let's GO!" Tails said. With that, the Outlaw Star zoomed off,
Ken-Ohki right behind them.
"That's our cue." Mina said. "We'd better get outta here." The two
queens nodded and Ryu-Ohki turned around and zoomed off. As that happened,
Kiyone moved Yagami slowly towards Jurai.
"So, when do we attack?" Zero asked.
"When the first ship is destroyed." Washu said. At that moment, the
great flash of light signaled the ship to zoom towards the planet.
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"Alright! They're going!" Tails said, seeing Yagami race towards the
planet. "Now, it's our turn!" As Ken-Ohki flew past the Outlaw Star, a
group of EggRobos after it, Tails had the ship go into grappler mode. "Now,
let's kick some bot!"
Zooming towards a fleet of EggBombers, Tails flailed the arms of the
Outlaw Star wildly, slamming into the ship and blowing them up. As soon as
he finished that, he turned his attention to the EggRobos attacking Nagi.
"Don't worry about me, kid!" Nagi said, contacting the ship. "I can
handle them." Without turning around, Ken-Ohki fired a hail of lasers at the
robots, destroying them completely.
"Woah." Tails said.
"TAILS! A massive bogey is approaching at 4 o' clock!" Melfina said,
her eyes going wide. The fox swing the ship around and saw what she was talking
about: It was the Egg Carrier MK III, but it was bigger than before, thanks to
new additions from the destroyed parts of the Juraian ships Eggman destroyed.
"Oh, man...this is going to be tough. I hope the others are doing good..."
Tails said.
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As the battle in space progressed, Yagami and Samus's ship entered Jurai's
atmosphere and saw that Eggman has prepared for them.
"Oh, great. Not THOSE again!" Ryoko said, seeing the traps. It was the
same ones used when she was taking Tenchi and the humanoid versions of
Azaka and Kamidake to the Juraian palace.
"And I have no idea how long our shields can hold out." Kiyone said.
"And I'm out of weaponry on my ship." Samus said. "I used most of it
escaping Sentnal 3."
"No problem, girls!" Sonic said. "Shadow, let's clear a path, huh?"
"Right!" Shadow said. With that, the two raced towards the cargo bay of
the Yagami. Next thing the group knew, both hedgehogs zipped past them in their
super modes.
"And there they go." X said. In an instant, the traps were destroyed by
the two 'hogs. "And they're done...wow."
"Let's not wait any longer." Zero said. "Full speed to the Juraian palace!"
"You got it!" Kiyone said. With the Super hedgehogs right beside them, the
ships raced towards the palace.
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"So, they approach, huh?" Eggman said, seeing the events that transpired.
"So, they think that I can be taken down, huh? We'll see about that." From the
throne, he walked to the tree room, where his robots had set up his latest
machine: One that would strip Tsunami's presence from both her tree and Sasami.
Beside the machine was an exo-skeletal suit designed like royal Juraian robes
fit for him. "Is everything in place?"
"Yes, sire." A robot said. "Shall we begin?"
"Hmm...yes, why not?" Eggman said, removing his jacket and putting on the
suit.
"Eggman, you can't do this!" Sasami protested. "You do this, you'll kill
me!"
"Missy, that is the side effect of world conquest. Someone must die."
Eggman said. "Unfortunantly, it has to be you."
"Please, don't!" Sasami protested again, tears falling down her face.
"Robot! Throw the switch!" Eggman said. The robot saluted him, then threw
a switch, in which both the cages that held Tsunami tree and Sasami began glowing.
Sasami screamed in pain as she felt Tsunami being pulled away from her slowly.
"YES! YES! I CAN FEEL IT! THE POWER OF TSUNAMI IS MINE! BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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"There it is!" Knuckles said. "The Juraian palace! Just like Washu showed
us!"
"This is it, guys! No holds barred, let nothing stop you!" Washu said.
"Thanks for the advice..." Zero said. "But, we knew that already. C'mon,
let's get moving!" With that, the heroes on board Yagami raced to the cargo bay
while Kiyone and Mihoshi lowered the ship. As they got close enough to the ground,
the heroes lept off. Samus, on the other hand, lept out of her ship and had it
set for autopilot to return to Ryu-Ohki's side. As the heroes landed, those
destined to go to the palace ran off.
"Good luck, guys!" Amy shouted.
"Yeah, we'll need it!" Gene said.
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At the palace gates, the robots guarding it were reduced to scrap by Gene's
pistol and Samus' cannon. The next set of bots were scrapped by Tenchi's sword.
"Man, this is too easy!" Sonic said.
"A bit too easy!" Shadow said. The two hedgehogs busted down the doors,
only to be greeted by two familiar faces to Tenchi and Ayeka: the humanoid
versions of Azaka and Kamidake.
"Halt, in the name of the lord Robotnik!" Azaka said.
"Azaka, Kamidake, don't you remember me? Princess Ayeka?" Ayeka said.
"You are the enemy. You must be destroyed!" Kamidake said. Using their
staffs, they fired at the heroes.
"This can't be. Why have they turned against me?" Ayeka asked.
"I got your reason, Princess." Samus said. "There's mind control devices
on their necks."
"Why didn't I see that before?" Tenchi said. "They would have greeted us."
"But, how do we get it off them?" Gene said. Without any warning, Shadow
dashed towards the two, snapping off the devices from the two knights's necks.
"There's your answer." Shadow said, watching the two drop to their knees.
"Ohh... wha...what happened?" Azaka said, coming to.
"Last thing I remember was a hoard of robots heading to the palace and
then..." Kamidake said, before seeing the two Juraian royal members. "Princess
Ayeka! Prince Tenchi! You've arrived!"
"You two okay?" Tenchi asked. They nodded.
"Now we are." Azaka said.
"Do you know where Dr. Eggman is?" Sonic asked.
"Dr...Eggman?" Azaka said. "The fat guy with the glasses? Yes, we have."
"Great!" Shadow said. "Where did he go?"
"The tree room with..." Kamidake said, before realizing something. "HE
HAD PRINCESS SASAMI!"
"Great!" Gene said. "Lead the way, you two." The Juraian knights nodded
and they led the heroes to tree room.
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Outside the palace, the other heroes were bashing the robots into little
pieces. Most of them fell to the power of both Zero and Suzuka's weapons.
Sabian, Knuckles and Ryoko took out the air forces. Amy and Aisha took care of
the more weaker ground robots.
"Is it me, or is this too easy?" Amy asked, after bashing a robot with her
hammer.
"Now that you mention it, it IS a bit easy." Zero said. "Not much on
the resistance side. I wonder why?"
"Perhaps its that they know we're going to win!" Aisha said, tearing a bot
in two.
"Highly unlikely, Aisha." Suzuka said. "There's something big going on,
and we don't know it."
"And if this keeps up, who know what'll happen?" Amy said.
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Inside the palace, the race to reach the tree room was getting intense.
As the heroes got closer to the room, more and more Badniks would attack them,
though they would be taken down by Gene, Samus, or the Juraian Knights.
"How much longer?" Sonic said.
"Just up ahead!" Azaka said. As they got to the door, they tried pushing
it open, only to find it locked.
"Great!" Shadow said. "Now what?"
"Stand back!" Kamidake said. As the heroes stood back, the knights
blasted the door down. When the group ran in, they saw the room pitch black
and bolts of electricity flying around.
"What the hell's going on?!" Gene asked.
"I like to know that myself!" Samus said.
"We need to get down there! Sasami needs us!" Ayeka said. As she said that,
the two hedgehogs got a running start and lept down to the bottom. "NOT THAT
WAY!"
"I'm with them!" Samus said, leaping down there. The others shrugged and
followed the three. At the bottom, the group saw what was going on in complete
horror.
"SASAMI!" Tenchi shouted. "Dr. Eggman, release her NOW!"
"You want her? Come and get her." Eggman said.
"We'll handle this!" Azaka said. "Come, Kamidake! Let's teach this madman
a lesson in humility!" His companion nodded and the two rushed Eggman. The evil
scientist grinned and watched as he effortlessly sent the two knights scattering
with his ever-increasing Juraian power. "This...this is impossible!"
"Alright, you two. Time to show you how it's done!" Sonic said, stepping up.
"Bring it on, my admirable adversary." Eggman said, motioning him to
attacking him. Sonic revved up his feet for a Super Peel-Out, then rushed at him.
Before he got to him, Metal Sonic 2 caught him and the two flew outside.
"HEY! Let me go!" Sonic shouted at his metal counterpart.
[Certaintly.] Metal Sonic 2 said, punching Sonic into a nearby building.
"Anyone else want to take me on?" Eggman said.
"Samus, Gene, Ayeka, free Sasami. Shadow, let's take care of this madman!"
Tenchi said. The black hedgehog nodded and they, too, rushed the scientist.
Tenchi activated his sword and swung at Eggman, only to be blocked by Eggman's
own sword.
"I have six wings, boy. Four more to go. What are you going to do?" Eggman
said. As the two began sword fighting, Shadow came around to the side and fired
his Chaos Spears at the scientist, only to get them blocked by a Light Hawk
Wing.
"No way!" Shadow said. "Eggman controls the Light Hawk Wings!"
"And that was the seventh!" Eggman said. "Three to go!"
"We've got to hurry!" Ayeka said, pounding on the glass, trying to free
Sasami.
"Sis...don't worry...about me...Help Tenchi..." Sasami said. Her skin was
getting incredibly pale as the seconds ticked by.
"It's no use! The glass is indestructible!" Samus said, her cannon smoking
from the missles she used on it.
"Then, we shut it down!" Gene said, running up to the controls and pushing
every button he could find. "AUGH! This is insane!"
"EIGHT WINGS ARE MINE! TWO TO GO!" Eggman shouted as he sparred with Tenchi,
allowing Shadow to attack all he wanted, knowing full well it'll never hurt him.
"Are you going to stop me, or allow me to get all ten AND the essense of Tsunami
in me?"
"Stop. Taunting. ME!" Tenchi shouted, attacking more fiercly, but it was
still not enough.
"Nine down, one more to go!" Eggman said.
"WE GOTTA SHUT HIM DOWN NOW!" Shadow shouted.
"You won't kill Sasami! You hear me! YOU WILL NOT KILL HER!" Tenchi
shouted, swinging with all his might to knock away Eggman's sword.
Unfortuantly, he knocked it into the machine's controls.
"You fool! You've set the sucker to overload!" Eggman shouted.
"NO!" Ayeka shouted. "We have to free Sasami now!"
"It's too late!" Samus shotued. "We gotta get outta here!" She pulled
both the princess and the outlaw away from the machine. As she did, Eggman
raced towards the machine to pull out the sword.
"I have to stop it now! Not when I'm so close!" he said.
"Eggman! Don't!" Tenchi shouted as he and Shadow ran up to him. As
they got close to him, the unexpected happened: The machine blew up, the
three still there.
"LORD TENCHI! SASAMI! SHADOW!" Ayeka shouted.
"No one...no one would have survived that..." Kamidake said. As the smoke
cleared, the group first saw Sasami's body, the little girl still clinging to
life.
"Hey! It's the kid!" Gene said. "But...where's Eggman and the other two?"
As the smoke cleared some more, they saw Eggman standing there. He was still
wearing the royal robes and his mustache was spiked out even more. Behind him,
the Tsunami tree layed in shambles, as if a tornado destroyed it.
"At last. At long last. I AM A GOD!" Eggman shouted. "BOW DOWN TO MY POWER!"
"That's what you think." Two voices at the same time. The evil monster
turned to see an awe-inspiring sight. Standing there was a humanoid, dressed in
the Light Hawk Knight outfit, but there were subtile differences. The shoes
and gloves belonged to Shadow, and while the face was Tenchi's, the hair was
designed like Shadow's quills.
"Lord Tenchi?" Ayeka asked. "Is...is that you?"
"It looks a bit like Shadow as well." Samus said.
"I am more than both Shadow and Tenchi." It said.
"Then, who are you?" Eggman said.
"I am Tendow." it said. "I am the power of Jurai and the power of Chaos."
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TO BE CONCLUDED...
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NEXT CHAPTER:
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The final battle is ready as the god-like Eggman battles the fusion-powered Tendow,
as the fate of not only Sasami, but the rest of Jurai and the universe hangs in
the balance.