A Guardian
I own no one except Blade Jin Ishikawa. All other characters are property pf Sega, Sonic Team, Archie or whoever else claims legal ownership of them.
Enjoy, and remember- It is not within the star that hold our destiny but within ourselves-William Shakespeare
Chapter 2: Enter the Ancient Vanguard
The forest about the ruins was quite, too quite. The Chaotix could hear the leaves rustle but there wasn't a soul around other then them that could be seen.
"I-I'm scared." Ray said.
"It's okay buddy. We can take em." Mighty said placing a hand on his friend's shoulder for comfort. Inside, Mighty was scared too. He could tell that they were being watched and whoever was out there was waiting for them to get somewhere before they moved out.
Back at Haven, Locke, Sojourner, Sabre, and Tobor watched the monitor hoping to see something. They could see and hear everything that happened. The bad thing was they couldn't see everything that Knuckles and the Chaotix could. They only had his frontal site and that was it. Locke sat the computer with a headset on ready to say anything if needed be. "Knuckles. Turn vision ninety degrees to the right." Their site changed as Knuckles turned his head so they could see further. "Nothing." Locke muttered to his ancestors.
"Should we ask them back? It is getting late and we don't want them to freeze to death." Tobor asked.
"Yeah. Let's get them back." Sojourner said nodding.
Locke was about to call them back when something on screen moved by rather fast.
At the ruins the Chaotix stood still as something moved in front of them. It was rather fast but they got a glimpse of it. Whatever it was was taller then them if not shorter then Vector. It was wearing black and had something hanging off its side.
"Show yourself! I am Knuckles, the guardian of the Master Emerald and this here island! You are on private property!"
"Private property? Private property!" The group looked for the voice. It was deep and rough. Then they spotted the figure. He was standing on a pillar on one foot. He was dressed in black boots with black pants tucked into the boots. The pants had many pockets. He had on a black shirt with no sleeves and silver trim in odd patterns. He wore a black hat much like the hat of Hawking with out the strap. His long coat bellowed in the wind, it appeared to reach to his feet. On the left side of the coat where it would rest on the thigh was a ying-yang and on the right sleeve were some odd designs in blood red. Hanging at his side was a katana with a black saya and its brethren the wakizashi.
The oddest thing was his fur. He was white. Odder then that was his dreads. They had dark blue streaks in them, and he had long hair which was gray. They could see that his right arm was robotic by the golden metal that shone in the little light. When he lifted his head they could see he had blue eyes, except one thing. His left eye was a darker tent and made weird noise as it shrunk and grew. Knuckles could see a faint scar in his white fur that ran shortly from the forehead down past the left eye to the left cheek.
"Yeah private property bub." Knuckles said as he showed his fist and his name sake.
"The only one on private property would be you six." He then drew his katana. "If you want me off child then come and get me." With that he jumped high into the air and landed silently in front of the pillar ready for battle.
"Blast him Vector." Vector nodded and brought his headphone up. With a flip of the volume switch he sent a sound wave at the white echidna. What happened was amazing. The white echidna spun his katana at the speed of light and the group was struck off their feet by the return of sound.
"Vector Gator, specialty-sound wave blast." The stranger said reading himself again. Julie-Su shot up and quickly withdrew her pistol. Julie-Su fired off at him but each shot was blocked with flicks of his sword arm wrist. "Julie-Su, specialty-good fighter and strong fighter." He then spat to his left and sheathed his katana. "My turn." He ran forth and right before he got to Julie-Su he spun on his heel and with his left hand grabbed the handle of his katana and angled it and the saya so as to hit Julie-Su in the gut with the butt of the saya. He followed through with a spinning heel kick to the side.
He then followed through by kicking Vector in the lower jaw and finished the big guy off with a drop kick to the chest. While Vector and Julie-Su winced in pain, Espio had vanished and was sneaking up behind the opponent. Before he could strike he saw the echidna vanish. Next thing he knew he was in a bear hug. "Espio the Chameleon, specialty-camouflage."
The white echidna then picked Espio off his feet still in the bear hug and flipped backwards into a German suplex that knocked the chameleon out cold. Mighty ran in and aimed a punch for the back of the neck. The opponent back flipped over Mighty and planted his foot on his back. The echidna pushed off hard causing Mighty to fall forward. "Mighty the Armadillo, specialty- super strong." Just as Mighty got up he felt his jaw was kicked.
The ashen echidna grabbed Mighty's right arm and twisted it about. Mighty grunted in pain but coughed out as his opponent kicked him continuously in the chest while still holding his twisted chest. Mighty looked up to see a booted foot aimed at his face and then he blacked out. Ray backed away as he was too afraid to take this man on. He looked up and at Knuckles. "What's the matter guardian? See someone out of your league and you can no longer talk the talk?"
"Do not engage!" Knuckles took the headset off and ignored his father's warning.
"Bring it on whity." Knuckles said taunting his opponent into the first move. His opponent didn't move though. "What's wrong? Scared?"
"No. I just allow ladies to go first." Knuckles charged in with a battle cry Knuckles swung fast for his opponent's face who leapt back. Knuckles charged again and swung his right fist again but this time he fired shot after shot. The pasty echidna kept leaping back with each shot. Just as Knuckles swung again he slid onto his back and caught the guardian in the gut with a slide kick and followed with a leg sweep. Knuckles fell hard on the grass but quickly pushed off his hands backwards to dodge a lethal katana stab aimed for the chest. Knuckles was now leaping back as his opponent swung fast. Knuckles was getting tired as he was being given no lull. His opponent seemed fine. Suddenly Knuckles tripped and he knew it was all over. Knuckles closed his eyes and prayed for it to be quick but heard the sound his opponent's katana being sheathed. "What the?" He opened his eyes in time to see his opponent extend a hand to him. Knuckles looked at it skeptically but accepted. "What are you up to?"
"Nothing. You survived three minutes of combat with me which is amazing for anyone." He then bowed deeply. "I respect you guardian."
Knuckles blinked a bit as he tried to figure out what had just happened. He then returned the bow as a sign of good will. "Thanks. Ugh-What is your name?"
"I am Blade Jin Ishikawa."
"What?! Us echidna's only have one name!" Now Knuckles was lost.
"Where I am from we have a full name."
"I see." Knuckles then noticed that Julie-Su and Vector were slowly getting up and ran to Julie-Su's side to help. Soon Julie-Su and Vector were back on their feet while Ray tried to wake Mighty up and Vector helped Espio as best as he could. "So why have you been causing trouble?"
"Me? You all are the trouble makers!" Blade yelled. "I've lived here for two hundred years and all of a sudden my home is being disturbed!" Knuckles and Julie-Su blinked a bit. Blade appeared to be still in his teens except his hair, but he said he had been here for two hundred years.
"How long have you been around?" Julie-Su asked.
"Around nine hundred years." Blade said coolly. Knuckles, Julie-Su and even Vector and Ray froze.
"That is old!" Vector said looking at the guy. "But it does explain why you know us and how to counter are moves." "That it does. I've watched you all and I know how you fight. I've been able to learn how to counter your skills."
"Why not come back to Echidnapolis with us and meet the Brotherhood." Knuckles suggested.
"Sure. I've heard of them and seen many of them. I've seen your father young guardian."
"You have?"
"Yes. He passed by my home when he was your age."
"So you live in the ruins?" Locke asked. "And you've seen me?"
"Yes and yes." Blade said as he sipped at his hot cocoa. Only him, Locke, Sabre, and Knuckles were in the meeting room. While they sat, Blade stood by the pictures of the guardians of old.
"Then why haven't you come out and visited us?" Sabre asked as he ate his dinner.
"Because none of you were worthy enough to meet me. I swore on the day that my echidna race died out that I would find another but not show myself till they could last in combat with me for at least three minutes."
"Then you were here when the island was still apart of Downunda." Sabre stated.
"Shortly after if took off to be exact. But yes I have been here since the first guardian. You guardians marry young and have your children young. Nine hundred years and yet you have gone through tones of generations."
"True, but it doesn't help with Dimitri and the Dark Legion being around." Knuckles said.
"Aw yes, the Dark Legion. Too many of them have come through my home in the ruins. Too many have lost their heads." The three youngest guardians noticed the flash in Blade's real eye. They thought they saw a look that said he had enjoyed killing the Dark Legionnaires. None of the three dared question it though.
"So are you planning on returning to the ruins?" Locke asked scratching his chin.
"Not unless you wish of me to stay here and help. Otherwise, yes."
"Oh no!" Sabre said with his hands up. "We wouldn't want to burden you with our problems."
"Nonsense." Blade said finishing his drink and cracking his neck. "I would love to help."
"Well then why not allow us to run some test on you to check your health, and then get some data on you so can be permitted to enter this building." Locke suggested.
"Sure."
"Then you can join the Chaotix and help us." Knuckles said.
"I'll think about that. The only problem is where I can stay."
"That is an issue." Locke said. "Wait. I have an idea."
Locke knocked on the door in front of him. "Coming!" Locke heard from within. "Locke! It's good to see you."
"Good to see you too Wyn."
"Come in, come in." Wynmacher then noticed the other two. "Knuckles. It's good to see you." Wyn shook his stepson's hand. "I'm sorry but we haven't met." Wyn didn't recognize that large white echidna that was an inch short of the doorframe. He was rather tall.
"I'm Blade." Blade extended his robotic right hand out. Wynmacher looked at it for a second but shook it.
Lara-Le came out of the kitchen wiping her hands with a towel. "Who is it Wyn-Knuckles!" She walked over and hugged her son.
"Hey mum. Long time no see."
"What kind of son are you? Not coming to see your mom more often."
"Sorry." He said smiling and scratching the back of his head. She then looked to her ex-husband.
"Locke."
"Lara."
Lara-Le then noticed the tall white echidna. "And who may you be sir?" She asked sweetly.
Blade then remembered his hat and quickly removed his hat. "Oh, I'm sorry."
"Quite alright dear."
"My name is Blade J. Ishikawa." Lara-Le and Wynmacher looked at him skeptically. "I'm not of this echidna rave. I come from another race of echidnas."
"Oh I see." Lara-Le said. "But what other races of echidnas are there?"
"I come from a race that has been dead for over nine hundred years."
"Then that would make you-" Wynmacher didn't finish as Blade nodded in agreement.
"Oh, I'm so sorry sir!" Lara-Le said out of embarrassment. "I didn't know that you were older-" Blade put up a hand with a smile.
"Quite all right Lady Lara-Le. Many mistaken my age for that of a child by my appearance."
"So why did you come Locke?" Wynmacher asked. "I was wondering if Blade could stay here till he finds somewhere of his own to stay."
"Why not use your position to get him somewhere?" Wynmacher asked.
"Blade refuses to let us do so." Knuckles said. "He claims that he won't live anywhere less he is allowed to her works for it."
"Well then Blade can stay here. He can use the guestroom." Lara-Le said.
"Thank you." Blade bowed.
End
Opening Data Files:
Blade Jin Ishikawa
Age: 900+ (Appears to be 19)
Appearance: Read Chapter two
Residence: Currently with Lara-Le and Wynmacher
Favorite Food: Cookies (Especially Lara-Le's)
Family: Will be revealed later
Abilities: Fast in close range, wide knowledge of fighting styles, master
swordsman
Sabre the Echidna
Age: ???
Appearance: Brownish/red fur, blue tunic, glassy left eye
Residence: Haven in Echidnapolis
Favorite Food: ???
Family: Knuckles (Grandson), Locke (Son), Jenna-Lu (Wife), Athair
(Father), Crystal-La (Mother)
Abilities: Varies with use of Chaos Emeralds
Sojourner the Echidna
Age: ???
Appearance: Red fur, yellow band in frontal-left dread, aqua green vest
Residence: Haven in Echidnapolis
Favorite Food: ???
Family: Athair (Grandson), Janelle-Li (Daughter), Thunderhawk (Father),
Spectre (Grandfather)
Abilities: Varies with use of Chaos Emeralds
Tobor the Echidna
Age: ???
Appearance: Red fur, yellow eyes, forest green tunic, long white gloves
Residence: Haven in Echidnapolis currently (Twilight Zone later)
Favorite Food: ???
Family: Thunderhawk (Grandson), Spectre (Son), Hawking (Father),
Sonja-Ra (Mother), Voni-Ca (Wife), Mathias (Grandfather)
Abilities: Varies with use of Chaos Emeralds
Data on characters provided by Knuckles Haven at
Please Review
I own no one except Blade Jin Ishikawa. All other characters are property pf Sega, Sonic Team, Archie or whoever else claims legal ownership of them.
Enjoy, and remember- It is not within the star that hold our destiny but within ourselves-William Shakespeare
Chapter 2: Enter the Ancient Vanguard
The forest about the ruins was quite, too quite. The Chaotix could hear the leaves rustle but there wasn't a soul around other then them that could be seen.
"I-I'm scared." Ray said.
"It's okay buddy. We can take em." Mighty said placing a hand on his friend's shoulder for comfort. Inside, Mighty was scared too. He could tell that they were being watched and whoever was out there was waiting for them to get somewhere before they moved out.
Back at Haven, Locke, Sojourner, Sabre, and Tobor watched the monitor hoping to see something. They could see and hear everything that happened. The bad thing was they couldn't see everything that Knuckles and the Chaotix could. They only had his frontal site and that was it. Locke sat the computer with a headset on ready to say anything if needed be. "Knuckles. Turn vision ninety degrees to the right." Their site changed as Knuckles turned his head so they could see further. "Nothing." Locke muttered to his ancestors.
"Should we ask them back? It is getting late and we don't want them to freeze to death." Tobor asked.
"Yeah. Let's get them back." Sojourner said nodding.
Locke was about to call them back when something on screen moved by rather fast.
At the ruins the Chaotix stood still as something moved in front of them. It was rather fast but they got a glimpse of it. Whatever it was was taller then them if not shorter then Vector. It was wearing black and had something hanging off its side.
"Show yourself! I am Knuckles, the guardian of the Master Emerald and this here island! You are on private property!"
"Private property? Private property!" The group looked for the voice. It was deep and rough. Then they spotted the figure. He was standing on a pillar on one foot. He was dressed in black boots with black pants tucked into the boots. The pants had many pockets. He had on a black shirt with no sleeves and silver trim in odd patterns. He wore a black hat much like the hat of Hawking with out the strap. His long coat bellowed in the wind, it appeared to reach to his feet. On the left side of the coat where it would rest on the thigh was a ying-yang and on the right sleeve were some odd designs in blood red. Hanging at his side was a katana with a black saya and its brethren the wakizashi.
The oddest thing was his fur. He was white. Odder then that was his dreads. They had dark blue streaks in them, and he had long hair which was gray. They could see that his right arm was robotic by the golden metal that shone in the little light. When he lifted his head they could see he had blue eyes, except one thing. His left eye was a darker tent and made weird noise as it shrunk and grew. Knuckles could see a faint scar in his white fur that ran shortly from the forehead down past the left eye to the left cheek.
"Yeah private property bub." Knuckles said as he showed his fist and his name sake.
"The only one on private property would be you six." He then drew his katana. "If you want me off child then come and get me." With that he jumped high into the air and landed silently in front of the pillar ready for battle.
"Blast him Vector." Vector nodded and brought his headphone up. With a flip of the volume switch he sent a sound wave at the white echidna. What happened was amazing. The white echidna spun his katana at the speed of light and the group was struck off their feet by the return of sound.
"Vector Gator, specialty-sound wave blast." The stranger said reading himself again. Julie-Su shot up and quickly withdrew her pistol. Julie-Su fired off at him but each shot was blocked with flicks of his sword arm wrist. "Julie-Su, specialty-good fighter and strong fighter." He then spat to his left and sheathed his katana. "My turn." He ran forth and right before he got to Julie-Su he spun on his heel and with his left hand grabbed the handle of his katana and angled it and the saya so as to hit Julie-Su in the gut with the butt of the saya. He followed through with a spinning heel kick to the side.
He then followed through by kicking Vector in the lower jaw and finished the big guy off with a drop kick to the chest. While Vector and Julie-Su winced in pain, Espio had vanished and was sneaking up behind the opponent. Before he could strike he saw the echidna vanish. Next thing he knew he was in a bear hug. "Espio the Chameleon, specialty-camouflage."
The white echidna then picked Espio off his feet still in the bear hug and flipped backwards into a German suplex that knocked the chameleon out cold. Mighty ran in and aimed a punch for the back of the neck. The opponent back flipped over Mighty and planted his foot on his back. The echidna pushed off hard causing Mighty to fall forward. "Mighty the Armadillo, specialty- super strong." Just as Mighty got up he felt his jaw was kicked.
The ashen echidna grabbed Mighty's right arm and twisted it about. Mighty grunted in pain but coughed out as his opponent kicked him continuously in the chest while still holding his twisted chest. Mighty looked up to see a booted foot aimed at his face and then he blacked out. Ray backed away as he was too afraid to take this man on. He looked up and at Knuckles. "What's the matter guardian? See someone out of your league and you can no longer talk the talk?"
"Do not engage!" Knuckles took the headset off and ignored his father's warning.
"Bring it on whity." Knuckles said taunting his opponent into the first move. His opponent didn't move though. "What's wrong? Scared?"
"No. I just allow ladies to go first." Knuckles charged in with a battle cry Knuckles swung fast for his opponent's face who leapt back. Knuckles charged again and swung his right fist again but this time he fired shot after shot. The pasty echidna kept leaping back with each shot. Just as Knuckles swung again he slid onto his back and caught the guardian in the gut with a slide kick and followed with a leg sweep. Knuckles fell hard on the grass but quickly pushed off his hands backwards to dodge a lethal katana stab aimed for the chest. Knuckles was now leaping back as his opponent swung fast. Knuckles was getting tired as he was being given no lull. His opponent seemed fine. Suddenly Knuckles tripped and he knew it was all over. Knuckles closed his eyes and prayed for it to be quick but heard the sound his opponent's katana being sheathed. "What the?" He opened his eyes in time to see his opponent extend a hand to him. Knuckles looked at it skeptically but accepted. "What are you up to?"
"Nothing. You survived three minutes of combat with me which is amazing for anyone." He then bowed deeply. "I respect you guardian."
Knuckles blinked a bit as he tried to figure out what had just happened. He then returned the bow as a sign of good will. "Thanks. Ugh-What is your name?"
"I am Blade Jin Ishikawa."
"What?! Us echidna's only have one name!" Now Knuckles was lost.
"Where I am from we have a full name."
"I see." Knuckles then noticed that Julie-Su and Vector were slowly getting up and ran to Julie-Su's side to help. Soon Julie-Su and Vector were back on their feet while Ray tried to wake Mighty up and Vector helped Espio as best as he could. "So why have you been causing trouble?"
"Me? You all are the trouble makers!" Blade yelled. "I've lived here for two hundred years and all of a sudden my home is being disturbed!" Knuckles and Julie-Su blinked a bit. Blade appeared to be still in his teens except his hair, but he said he had been here for two hundred years.
"How long have you been around?" Julie-Su asked.
"Around nine hundred years." Blade said coolly. Knuckles, Julie-Su and even Vector and Ray froze.
"That is old!" Vector said looking at the guy. "But it does explain why you know us and how to counter are moves." "That it does. I've watched you all and I know how you fight. I've been able to learn how to counter your skills."
"Why not come back to Echidnapolis with us and meet the Brotherhood." Knuckles suggested.
"Sure. I've heard of them and seen many of them. I've seen your father young guardian."
"You have?"
"Yes. He passed by my home when he was your age."
"So you live in the ruins?" Locke asked. "And you've seen me?"
"Yes and yes." Blade said as he sipped at his hot cocoa. Only him, Locke, Sabre, and Knuckles were in the meeting room. While they sat, Blade stood by the pictures of the guardians of old.
"Then why haven't you come out and visited us?" Sabre asked as he ate his dinner.
"Because none of you were worthy enough to meet me. I swore on the day that my echidna race died out that I would find another but not show myself till they could last in combat with me for at least three minutes."
"Then you were here when the island was still apart of Downunda." Sabre stated.
"Shortly after if took off to be exact. But yes I have been here since the first guardian. You guardians marry young and have your children young. Nine hundred years and yet you have gone through tones of generations."
"True, but it doesn't help with Dimitri and the Dark Legion being around." Knuckles said.
"Aw yes, the Dark Legion. Too many of them have come through my home in the ruins. Too many have lost their heads." The three youngest guardians noticed the flash in Blade's real eye. They thought they saw a look that said he had enjoyed killing the Dark Legionnaires. None of the three dared question it though.
"So are you planning on returning to the ruins?" Locke asked scratching his chin.
"Not unless you wish of me to stay here and help. Otherwise, yes."
"Oh no!" Sabre said with his hands up. "We wouldn't want to burden you with our problems."
"Nonsense." Blade said finishing his drink and cracking his neck. "I would love to help."
"Well then why not allow us to run some test on you to check your health, and then get some data on you so can be permitted to enter this building." Locke suggested.
"Sure."
"Then you can join the Chaotix and help us." Knuckles said.
"I'll think about that. The only problem is where I can stay."
"That is an issue." Locke said. "Wait. I have an idea."
Locke knocked on the door in front of him. "Coming!" Locke heard from within. "Locke! It's good to see you."
"Good to see you too Wyn."
"Come in, come in." Wynmacher then noticed the other two. "Knuckles. It's good to see you." Wyn shook his stepson's hand. "I'm sorry but we haven't met." Wyn didn't recognize that large white echidna that was an inch short of the doorframe. He was rather tall.
"I'm Blade." Blade extended his robotic right hand out. Wynmacher looked at it for a second but shook it.
Lara-Le came out of the kitchen wiping her hands with a towel. "Who is it Wyn-Knuckles!" She walked over and hugged her son.
"Hey mum. Long time no see."
"What kind of son are you? Not coming to see your mom more often."
"Sorry." He said smiling and scratching the back of his head. She then looked to her ex-husband.
"Locke."
"Lara."
Lara-Le then noticed the tall white echidna. "And who may you be sir?" She asked sweetly.
Blade then remembered his hat and quickly removed his hat. "Oh, I'm sorry."
"Quite alright dear."
"My name is Blade J. Ishikawa." Lara-Le and Wynmacher looked at him skeptically. "I'm not of this echidna rave. I come from another race of echidnas."
"Oh I see." Lara-Le said. "But what other races of echidnas are there?"
"I come from a race that has been dead for over nine hundred years."
"Then that would make you-" Wynmacher didn't finish as Blade nodded in agreement.
"Oh, I'm so sorry sir!" Lara-Le said out of embarrassment. "I didn't know that you were older-" Blade put up a hand with a smile.
"Quite all right Lady Lara-Le. Many mistaken my age for that of a child by my appearance."
"So why did you come Locke?" Wynmacher asked. "I was wondering if Blade could stay here till he finds somewhere of his own to stay."
"Why not use your position to get him somewhere?" Wynmacher asked.
"Blade refuses to let us do so." Knuckles said. "He claims that he won't live anywhere less he is allowed to her works for it."
"Well then Blade can stay here. He can use the guestroom." Lara-Le said.
"Thank you." Blade bowed.
End
Opening Data Files:
Blade Jin Ishikawa
Age: 900+ (Appears to be 19)
Appearance: Read Chapter two
Residence: Currently with Lara-Le and Wynmacher
Favorite Food: Cookies (Especially Lara-Le's)
Family: Will be revealed later
Abilities: Fast in close range, wide knowledge of fighting styles, master
swordsman
Sabre the Echidna
Age: ???
Appearance: Brownish/red fur, blue tunic, glassy left eye
Residence: Haven in Echidnapolis
Favorite Food: ???
Family: Knuckles (Grandson), Locke (Son), Jenna-Lu (Wife), Athair
(Father), Crystal-La (Mother)
Abilities: Varies with use of Chaos Emeralds
Sojourner the Echidna
Age: ???
Appearance: Red fur, yellow band in frontal-left dread, aqua green vest
Residence: Haven in Echidnapolis
Favorite Food: ???
Family: Athair (Grandson), Janelle-Li (Daughter), Thunderhawk (Father),
Spectre (Grandfather)
Abilities: Varies with use of Chaos Emeralds
Tobor the Echidna
Age: ???
Appearance: Red fur, yellow eyes, forest green tunic, long white gloves
Residence: Haven in Echidnapolis currently (Twilight Zone later)
Favorite Food: ???
Family: Thunderhawk (Grandson), Spectre (Son), Hawking (Father),
Sonja-Ra (Mother), Voni-Ca (Wife), Mathias (Grandfather)
Abilities: Varies with use of Chaos Emeralds
Data on characters provided by Knuckles Haven at
Please Review