Part 5
Note to readers: I know that it took me a while to update, but it's just so hard for me to come up with more ideas. Anyway, I would like to thank all of the readers that gave me most of the ideas for this story. I would also like to thank the people of for the info on the Dark Magician Girl. Now thanks for taking the time to read this short note. Now, read and enjoy!
As she faced the entire group of demons charging towards her direction, Mana soon began to point her newly enhanced magical staff towards the entire pack and started to chant out words in Ancient Egyptian just as she gathered powerful amounts of light green magical energy within its tip. When she felt that there's enough energy from within the tip of the staff, she started to shout out, "Dark Magic Diffusion Wave-Motion!"
With those words shouted out, the female magician saw a powerful burst of energy being released from within her staff's tip and saw it transforming into waves of light. When the waves of green energy reached the pack of Bras Demons, it began to go through them like a knife cutting through a stick of butter. When the powerful attack went through the demon leader, she saw Giya being sliced into small pieces just before she saw a shroud of fear on his horrid face. As soon as she saw that the leader, along with his minions, vanished from existence, Mana soon started to sigh with relief that all the demons were gone, but also felt a bit of loneliness in her heart as well.
"Well, the demons are gone and they're not going to be bothering these people or anyone else in this world ever again," she thought to herself as she stared off into the night sky. "But, I just wished that Shadow was able to see me finish them off by myself instead of dying in my arms. I would give anything just to feel him in my arms or to see his friendly smile again."
As if to grant her thought's wish, the female magician suddenly heard a voice shouting out to her with a surprised tone in his voice, "That was very good, Mana! I guess that you showed that creep and his friends who's boss! That power of yours is really awesome! Oh, that new outfit and that new shade for your hair color really looks good on you too! Hee!"
For when she heard those words, Mana soon began to turn her face towards the source of the voice and found that it was none other than the one that she thought died in her arms: Shadow the Hedgehog. She saw him breathing very heavily and making an effort to keep still, but otherwise alive. Without giving a moment's hesitation, the female magician started to quickly float from her place in the sky and moved herself towards the injured black hedgehog with tears once again flowing down her cheek. As soon as she reached him, Mana began to wrap her arms around Shadow's body and started to weep happily with joy just to see the one that she love alive. But before she knew what was happening, both she and the black hedgehog were falling towards the floor of the building's roof and landed on the ground.
"Augh! Mana what were you trying to do? Kill me? Ha! Ha! Ha!" Shadow asked her with a mock tone of seriousness in his voice before he began to chuckle with a gentle smile on his face. "I might be alive and well, but that doesn't mean that I've recovered fully just yet! I've barely woke up from that attack by that huge monster, you know."
When she heard those words come out of his mouth, the female magician then started to look around and saw that both she and the black hedgehog were in a very compromising position. As she started to pick herself off the ground while helping Shadow getting back on his own feet, Mana began to say to him while blushing with embarrassment and wiping the tears off her eyes, "Sorry about that, Shadow. It's just that for when I saw that horrid monster attack you and when I didn't hear or see you breathing, I thought that you might be..."
Just before she could finish the rest of her sentence, Mana suddenly felt Shadow pulling her towards him and started to press his lips onto her own. The warmth that she felt is even more lovely and passionate compared to the first one that she received from before. When she and the black hedgehog parted lips, the female magician began to look into his crimson eyes with a pink shade on her cheeks along with a cute smile on her face.
"Hee! Hee! You know, you're somewhat more fierce for when you've attacked those wild demons like that," Shadow said to her as she felt his hand stroking her cheek gently. "You've even got a new outfit that matches that even longer hair of yours for when you transformed. But what I'm even more surprised is that for when you've launched that attack of yours, a pair of angel-like wings seem to appear behind your back."
"Hee! Hee! You really know how to talk to a girl, Shadow," Mana said to the black hedgehog as she put her own hand over the one that was on her cheek. "Do you really think that I'm some sort of angel? I've never had anyone from my world say anything like that to me bef..."
Just before she could finish the rest of her sentence, the female magician's words were soon cut short for when a powerful explosion of light started to erupt from below the building they're on now. Just as she was about to once again lose her balance, Mana felt the arms of Shadow wrap themselves around her waist for as the powerful vibrations continued to do their earthquake-like rhythms.
"Just what in the world is going on here, Shadow!" Mana asked the black hedgehog just as she felt him continuing to fight the strong vibrations of the floor beneath him.
"I don't know, Mana! It seems that the very fabric of reality on this world is being ripped apart!" Shadow responded as she felt him continuing to fight against the ground's vibrations. "I can sense a very powerful force causing a hole from Sub Space to appear! Just look over there and see what I mean!"
As soon as he said those words, Mana soon looked towards the direction that he was pointing at and saw something amazing. What she saw was a huge hole of light starting to become a hole in the sky that looked as if it were done by a huge knife. Just as she wondered at what kind of energy would be powerful enough to cause the phenomenon in front of her eyes, the female magician soon received her answer in the form of Shadow's human friend, Miguel appearing out of it while falling towards their direction.
As she took another snapshot at what was happening in the airspace near the building, Maria was still a bit shocked at what just happened.
"Damn! Is this getting more interesting by the minute! Not to mention exciting!" she thought to herself as she took the snapshot of what appears to be a hole of light in the sky. "First a pack of wild demons are loose in the sky, then the Dark Magician Girl and Shadow the Hedgehog appearing to fight them, and now this. This is the most freakiest thing that I've ever experienced in a place like this! Are the people in the forum going to freak for when the see the pictures that I've taken."
As soon as she finished those thoughts, Maria began to notice something through her lens that she never expected to see. What she saw was the form of a human body falling towards the roof of the old building that in the middle of the city. She then took the picture of the mysterious figure and thought about who might it be.
"Now who or what was that?" she thought as began to look the digital screen on the camera that she had. "I might be imaging things, but I thought that I saw a person coming out of that hole. Just what in the world is happening around here? Whatever it is, it's starting to become too complicated for me to do anything around here."
Maria was right for when she contemplated on that thought. From what she could see around her, the crowd of people that gathered within the area that she's in now were starting to become more unbearable to stand. The mob began to shout out while at the same time shoving each other as they tried to either see the scene on the roof or to get away from the area as soon as possible.
"Looks like that this is my cue to exit before the cops come to the scene to handle this mob!" the school girl thought out loud for when she began to walk away from the scene just as she started to make her way home as fast as her feet could take her.
As soon as he felt the hard concrete of the floor for when he landed, Miguel tried his best to get back on his feet. However, he was too drained of energy in order to get himself off of the ground. It seems that the last attack that he used was a bit too much for him to handle.
"Augh! Though I was able to use most of the power of my own body to create the Neutron Star, it definitely drained me the most for when I tried to defend myself from the counter flow of its extra energy," he thought to himself as he continued to try to get himself off the ground while breathing heavily for air. "Now, I'm nearly out of power and can barely move my body. But at least both Kanzel and Mazenda are gone and are no longer going to be a threat to anyone to this world. I just wondered what happened to both Shadow and Mana while I was...?"
Just as he was about to finish the thought, they were soon cut short for when the teen heard the voice of Shadow shouting out to him, "Hey, Miguel! Are you okay? Just where did you come from that caused you to go through that hole of light to begin with? Just what have you been anyway?"
As he tried to get himself off of the ground once again, Miguel began to answer the black hedgehog's words by saying to him as he continued to struggle to breathe, "You...won't believe it, Shadow. I've...had the most...incredible fight that I've ever got. Both Kanzel and Mazenda...tried to...kill me...but I've...took care of...everything."
"Kanzel? Mazenda? Just who were you talking about, Miguel?" he heard the voice of Mana asking him with confused tone of voice.
As he did his best to face the female magician's direction, the teen saw that she was in a different form than the one that she had before. Despite being drained of energy, Miguel could plainly see that Mana had taken on the form of one of the powerful Magician's Valkyria he saw in the new Yu-Gi-Oh! movie that he recently saw. Just before he could say anything about Mana's appearance or how transformed to begin with, the teen soon began to hear a pair of loud inhuman roars coming from the hole of light that he just went through in order to get out of Sub Space.
"Now what was that?" he heard Shadow shouting out just as he turned back towards the hole of white light and saw two disfigured shadows appearing out of it. "Are those the two creatures that you've been fight this whole time, Miguel?"
While he nodded his head in response to the black hedgehog's question, Miguel continued to watch the two shadowy figures coming and appearing out of the hole of light just before it reseals itself. As soon as he got a good view of the two figures that emerged from the dimensional hole, he saw that they were both the disfigured forms of both Kanzel and Mazenda looking at the three of them with pure anger combined with confusion on their hideous faces.
From what he could gather, the two of them looked as though a giant dog ripped through them with its huge giant teeth. Each of them has one of their arms ripped off like a toy doll. Their skin that still has attached body parts on them were burnt to a crisp. For when they started to move their deformed bodies, the two Monsters continued to advance towards their targets as they struggled to stay alive as well.
"Man! Even launching my new powerful attack wasn't able to take these Monsters down!" Miguel said to both Mana and Shadow as he continued to look at them with amazed and yet annoyed tone in his voice. "I guess that Parasite really isn't taking any chances for when it recreated those two Monsters."
"Are you serious, Miguel?" he heard the black hedgehog saying to him just before he saw both Kanzel and Mazenda starting to meld together as they both let out a painful scream as their bodies began to melt into a puddle of slime.
"Hee! Hee! Hee! And so it begins," Nightmare Parasite said as it continued to stare at the image of its two resurrected minions beginning to fuse with one another. "Infusing those two Monsters with small portions of cells from my own body was a stroke of genius! They didn't even know of their real effects even after I've brought back from the shackles of death. Soon, that human boy Miguel as well as his two friends are about to face a creature that's much more powerful than either Kanzel or Mazenda alone."
"But what about that magician girl, master?" Shade asked as he too looked at the scene with the two Monsters beginning to meld together like two types of wax. "She's now more powerful than ever thanks to that green gemstone of hers. She's even powerful enough to take care of those two on her own, even in their fused form. Isn't she a big concern for your plans?"
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about her at all, my creation," the powerful Chaos clone said to its servant as it continued to look at the scene with its three green eyes. "With the help of my cells now inside of their bodies, both Kanzel and Mazenda are more than a match for that newly transformed magician girl or even that boy Miguel combined!
"Hee! Hee! Hee! Of course, it wouldn't be much fun at all if those three mortals are unable to attack with a city filled with innocent people in their way. I'll take care of it so that those three would feel more into the fighting spirit without any distractions in their way. They'd better be ready for anything 'cause they're going to have a new change in scenery. They're about to enter a place where I think that girl is familiar with. Hee! Hee! Ha! Ha! Ha! Space/Time Dimensional Warp!"
Then, with the wave of its tentacle hand and a command from its thoughts, Nightmare Parasite soon started to manipulate the reality around its three enemies' surroundings and sent them to a realm that is a more suitable place for its new fused creation to fight in.
before she even knew what was happening, Mana began to feel a powerful presence around the area that she and her friends were in. However, she was too transfixed with the two disfigured monsters transformation that she didn't take the time to notice that she and her two comrades were being taken to another realm. The female magician just stood there as she watched the two creatures of darkness starting to meld together to become a new creature like her previous monster companions did for when they were battling for the pharaoh in his duels.
The two monsters were both then melted into a pool of their liquified bodies. Just as they were nothing more than a huge motionless and greenish puddle, Mana soon began to see Miguel starting to walk up towards it carefully while looking as though he were drained of energy just before he spoke.
"Uh, Shadow, Mana, do you guys think that both Kanzel and Mazenda are dead?" the young man asked both herself and Shadow as he continued to eye the big puddle of dark green liquid in front of him. "I've unleashed all of my Chaos Power as well as my own to launch that attack on them and it should be enough to wipe them out. Instead they just floated right in front of us and turned into a huge puddle of dark green goo."
That was when she turned her full attention back towards the black hedgehog as he began to say to his human friend, "I think that we should be worrying about other problems than that right now Miguel 'cause look at where we are!"
As soon as she heard those words, Mana soon began to take a look around the area and that was when she realized that they were in a completely different world than the one that they were in before. What she saw was an area that has skies completely shrouded in black clouds. She also saw that the ground they were on was as dark and threatening as the sky. The earth's grass beneath her feet were a bit darker than normal. The rest of the place that she saw is a bit more hostile and less welcoming than the world that she and her friends came from. The negative energy that she's feeling at that moment was just as horrible too.
"Whatever this place is it feels familiar," Mana thought to herself as she continued to scan her surroundings while still having the sensation within her body. "I haven't felt anything like this since the pharaoh's Shadow..."
Just as she was about to finish her thoughts, the female magician suddenly began to say to both Shadow and Miguel for when she realized where they are, "Shadow! Miguel! I've just realized where we are! Somehow, we've been transported into the Shadow Realm!"
"We're in the where!" shouted Miguel's voice in response to Mana's as she saw him turning his full attention away from the puddle that was once both the monsters Kanzel and Mazenda and scanned the surrounding area. "I might not have been paying attention, Mana, but did you just say that we're in the Shadow Realm?"
As she nodded her head in response, the female magician heard Shadow asking her for as she turned her full attention towards his direction."Mana, have you been to this place before?"
"Yes, I'm afraid that I have, Shadow Dear," the female magician answered without realizing what she said. "This realm is where the pharaohs of Egypt once used to duel against each other. They've used the magic of this realm to unleash the powers of the Shadow Games. But that's not the worse part of it. The one who loses the duel loses their very soul. Normal humans or creatures wouldn't be able to last mere moments in this realm for when they even set a foot into this place, their very souls would become broken and lost in this world forever. But, Shadow, you and Miguel seemed to have been..."
Just before she could finish her sentence, a mysterious hiss-sounding voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere as it began to say to the three of them, "You're quite observant for noticing that, young lady. Both your boyfriend Shadow the Hedgehog and the human boy, Miguel were able to resist the grips of the Shadow Realm because of the large amounts of Chaos Energy they possess from within their bodies. To be honest, I'd expected them to fall victim to the effects of the realm's magic, but I just didn't take into account of their own Chaos Energies being able to protect them from its grasp."
As soon as the voice echoed throughout the area, Mana began to hear Miguel starting to shout out to the mysterious evil being as she turned her full attention towards his direction, "Nightmare Parasite! I know that it's you, you coward! You're the one that sent in both Kanzel and Mazenda to this world, aren't you! Why don't you do us all a favor and just die and never come back, you ugly parasite!"
The female magician was a bit shocked for when she heard Shadow's friend shouting out to the mysterious voice with a tone of such anger and hatred. In all honesty, she figured that he was the type of person that has a nice heart and wouldn't dream of fighting back. Just before she could have the chance to ask the black hedgehog about his human friend's reaction, the voice of Nightmare Parasite soon began to chuckle just before it spoke again.
"Hee! Hee! Hee! Still a bit hot under the collar about our first meeting, Miguel?" the creature said as its voice echoed throughout the Shadow Realm. "Well, I must say that I'm indeed impressed with how you and your girlfriend Sylphiel were able to defeat me with that last attack of yours from our first battle with one another! However, as I've said to you before you thought I had faded out of existence, I am a nightmare that cannot be destroyed so easily! Hee! Hee! Hee!"
"Damn you, Parasite!" Mana heard the young man shout out once again in response to the creature that spoke to them. "You're nothing but an annoying bug to everyone that just won't go away! When I find out where you're really hiding out, I'm going to personally tear you apart piece by piece so that way you won't be able to return ever again!"
As soon as he finished the sentence, the female magician soon began to hear Nightmare Parasite's response in the form of hysterical laughter just before it spoke again. "Well, as much as I'd like to finish enjoying your anger and hatred a bit longer, but sadly I have other things to do. You and your friends better enjoy yourselves for my new pet creature wants to play with all of you. You three have a good time now! Hee! Hee! Hee! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
As she heard the voice of Nightmare Parasite laughing before it faded into the a dull echo that vanished within the Shadow Realm's air. Just as she was confused at the angry expression that's on Miguel's face, Mana soon started to see the once harmless pool of green liquid near him starting once again bubbling with life. Before she or even Shadow could have the chance to warn Miguel about what was happening, the female magician saw a huge monstrous claw starting to emerge from the puddle of the dark green ooze and grabbed him by his throat. Mana watched with panic as her black lover's human friend began gasp for air as the claw squeezed his neck with incredible strength. But before she could have the chance to do anything to help him, the female magician soon saw the black hedgehog starting to charge towards Miguel's direction in order to help him while gathering energy within his hand.
"Oh no! Miguel, I'm coming! Chaos Spear!" she heard him shouting out just as yellow energy spears appeared around and launched themselves towards the puddle creature's huge hand with a strong impact.
Just as he saw his friend being released from the monster's grip, Shadow soon grabbed onto Miguel's unconscious body as he started to move themselves away from the liquid puddle of green goo and moved themselves towards Mana's direction. As soon as he laid his friend's unconscious form gently on the ground, the black hedgehog soon turned his full attention back towards the monster that was beginning to emerge from the puddle that was once the creatures Kanzel and Mazenda. When its full form finally appeared before them, what Shadow saw was unlike any creature that he had ever faced.
The huge monster that they were looking at was about twice the size as Miguel was. The wings on its back were huge and wide enough to cover a pack of wolves with. Its hair was colored with both dark green and crimson and it was so long that it nearly touched the ground. The teeth that it contained within its mouth were yellow as well as both huge and sharp enough to break the bones of a full grown dragon. Its skin looked so scaled and rough that it looked as though it could withstand the blast of an atom bomb. It has huge and long claws on its hands as well as spikes on its arms and legs. Last but not least, the creature possesses a huge and long scaley tail that looked as though it could never be broken by any sword blade.
As it began to give out a huge roar from its horrid mouth, its voice echoed throughout the entire plane of the Shadow Realm. Shadow was a bit horrified for when he heard the huge monster's scream. That was when he heard Mana's voice saying to him with a confused and horrified tone, "Shadow! What in the world is that creature! It's unlike anything that I've ever faced since I've fought along side my master and the pharaoh!"
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, that must be the monster that Parasite was telling us about!" the black hedgehog answered the female magician for as he continued to look at the large monstrosity in front of him. "It must've been created from the two other Monsters that Miguel was fighting just before he fainted. And if what Parasite had just told us is true, it's going to be a lot tougher to beat than what Miguel had to fight with! So it's best that we'd better brace ourselves and be prepared for a fight 'cause here it comes!"
The Ultimate Life Form was right to say those kinds of last words for just before he said them, Shadow soon saw the huge monster starting to charge towards their direction at a great speed with its dripping teeth showing. However, both he and Mana were able to dodge the monstrosity's assault just in time before it could reach them as they both carried Miguel's unconscious body with them. They heard the large beast roar once again with rage in its voice as they landed to a spot that's a safe distance away from the large monster.
As they continued to hear the huge creature roaring to the starless sky, the black hedgehog soon began to hear the female magician saying to him while arming her huge magical staff, "Shadow Darling, I'm going to try to hold off this beast as best as I can while you take care of your friend Miguel until he recovers."
"Are you crazy, Mana?" Shadow began to say to the female magician with a serious tone as he looked at her right in the face. "There's no way that you could be able to fight that thing on your own! It's too much for you to handle even with that new power of yours! What if you get hurt or worse?"
At that moment, the black hedgehog didn't know what he was doing as he said those words to Mana while staring at her face with a serious expression on his face. Just before he could hear her give out a voice of protest, there was a shout of a male voice coming from the direction that both he and the female magician came from. That was when he realized that it was coming from the huge fused monster that was about to attack them.
"Come out, you cowards!" Shadow heard the creature shouting out with a deep and angry male tone of voice as it began to shoot a burst of energy from within its huge hand. "Fight me and accept your deaths with dignity while you still can! Or suffer a fate that is beyond any death that you would ever experience!"
For when he heard those words coming from the Monster's mouth, the black hedgehog soon began to hear Mana saying to him, "Shadow, I'm afraid that now is not the time to start arguing about this! I'm going to fight this monster to buy you time to revive your friend from his current condition! As soon as he wakes up, come and join me!"
"Mana, wait! Don't even think about it! You're...!" that was all that Shadow was able to say to the female magician just before he saw her fly off towards the huge monster's direction and began to charge her huge glowing staff towards her target.
Just as she ignored Shadow's warning and began to fly towards the huge creature's direction, Mana pointed her staff towards it as she gathered large amounts of energy from within its huge tip. When she was within range of her opponent, the female magician soon began to launch a powerful burst of energy at the monster's body as it exploded with a powerful impact.
"I think that it should've taken care of that huge monster," Mana thought to herself as she carefully looked at the smoke that her attack's explosion caused. "The attack that I've sent out to that creature is as powerful as the first one that I've sent to wipe out that army of demons that I've faced a while ago. There's no way that it could've..."
Before she could finish her thoughts, Mana suddenly saw a pair of huge and monstrous arms starting to reach towards her direction. Fortunately, the female magician was able to dodge the arms' assault and manage to get away unharmed at that moment. However, the attack that she unleashed upon the creature was also able to enrage and cause it to charge towards her direction with an angered expression on its ugly face. As she continued to dodge the monster's slashing attacks, Mana began to hear the beast saying to her as it cackled with delight at her effort to dodge its attacks.
"Hee! Hee! Hee! Foolish girl! You're nothing but a mere insect compared to me!" she heard the monster saying to her while trying to get its huge hands on her body. "Even with the new found power that you've gained from you stone, you're still not a match for me! I'm a fusion of the two monsters that the human boy Miguel was able to defeat using his unexpectedly powerful new technique! You may know of me as Kanzenda the Demon King and I'll be sure that you know the extent of my power first hand! Now, here's small sample of it! Dark Roar! Rrrrroooaarrrrr!"
As soon as it finished with its speech, Mana heard Kazenda giving out a huge powerful roar that, along with large waves of dark energy, shot out from its mouth and went towards her direction. The sensation that the female magician felt is as if she were being shocked with huge amounts of electricity while at the same time being thrown away from her monstrous opponent. When she was able to finally free herself away from the aftershocks of the attack, Mana soon began to realize that Kazenda was no longer within her sights. Just before she knew what was happening, she felt huge and scaly hands grabbing tightly onto her waist. She then felt herself being pulled, to her surprise, where the huge Monster is standing just as she looked at it with both surprise and fear at the creature before her.
"Hee! Hee! Hee! Do you see now, girl? You're no match for me!" Mana heard the huge creature saying to her as she saw him baring his teeth with drool on them. "How was it that you were able to defeat a whole pack of Bras Demons in one attack yet you weren't able to do the same with me? You're nothing but a pretty little girl dressed in magician's clothing that's stranger than what I've saw most sorceresses wear. It's a shame that I've got to crush you now. But don't worry, I won't kill you too soon. I'm a bit hungry and my body requires all of the pain and suffering that you could give off in your body for that is the source of the Monster Race's power! Hee! Hee! Hee!"
After she heard the creature finishing its speech, the female magician began to feel her entire body being squeeze by Kanzenda's huge hands. As the pressure continued to build within the monster's grasp, Mana started to lose her consciousness. She then tried to think of a way to escape her attacker's grip, but her mind was starting to lose its functions as she began to lose almost all of her consciousness. Just as she was about to pass out, the female began to feel Kanzenda's hold loosening on her waist just as she felt herself landing on solid, and yet soft, ground. Her sight too clouded with darkness to tell what was happening, but all she could gather was a rod of yellow light colliding with the creature's horrid face.
While she tried to maintain her consciousness, Mana suddenly heard the voice of Shadow saying to her as she felt herself being carried away to someplace else, "Mana, hold on! I'm going to restore you using my own body's energy! Here we go! Chaos Recover!"
That was when the female magician began to see a silver-colored light enveloping her as she felt her own energy returning to her. When Mana finally felt herself being restored, she opened her eyes and saw herself being carried by Shadow as he ran away from where she had fought with the monster.
As they approached the place where she saw Miguel's body resting peacefully, the female began to hear the black hedgehog saying to her with a stern voice, "Mana, what you did was both reckless and dumb! If I hadn't used the power of my own green gemstone to heal myself sooner, you would've been dead by now! Do you realize how close I was to losing you?"
For when those words reached her ears, Mana was suddenly starting to become a bit ashamed for what she did before and was a bit angry for when Shadow said that to her. However, just before she could have the chance to retort back with a comment of her own, the female magician started hear him speak to her once again.
"But, I'm glad that you're alive and that's what really matters to me," the black hedgehog said to her as he used a gentler tone voice than he did before. "Hee! Hee! Just promise me that you won't do anything like that ever again without telling me first otherwise you'll start to make me worry about you."
Mana was a bit taken back at what she heard coming from Shadow's mouth. She blushed a bit while feeling a bit flustered and embarrassed for what she was about to say to her lover. Just before she could say anything to him, the roar of Kanzenda suddenly broke out again as it began to shout out to the two of them with a vengeance.
"Come out you foolish creatures!" yelled the huge monster with an angry tone. "Fight me or I'll have to force you to come out! Rrrrroooaarrrrr!"
As she continued to hear the loud roar of the monstrous beast, Mana then turned her full attention back towards Shadow as he began to say to her, "Looks as though I got that thing raving mad now! We'd better start getting ourselves ready for a fight 'cause he's going to begin charging towards us right now! Let's pick up Miguel and get out of here!"
Without a moment's hesitation, the female magician soon started to pick Shadow's human friend by the legs as the black hedgehog took him by the arms just before he began to shout out, "Hold on tight! Chaos Control!"
Before she knew what was happening, Mana soon found herself, Miguel, and Shadow in a tunnel of emerald green light as they traveled between time and space to escape Kanzenda's grasp. As soon as she saw themselves exit the tunnel of green light, the female magician started to look around her surroundings and saw that they were still in the Shadow Realm. The shroud of dark clouds were a sure sign that they were all still in the dreaded realm of darkness.
Just before she could ask the black hedgehog about what he was trying to do, she heard him saying out loud, "Dang! I guess that trying to warp out this place using the Chaos Control is out of the question. I thought that by using it, we'd be able to get out of this awful place. Ugh! So much for that plan."
As she heard him sighing with annoyance about his failed attempt for their escape, Mana began to hear the roaring of Kanzenda appearing out of nowhere as she looked around to see where it came from. Just before she knew what was happening, the female magician suddenly saw the huge monster appearing from behind with its teeth baring for an attack. Just before it could have the chance to sink its fangs into them, Mana saw the huge beast starting to back away from them for when she a huge bolt of yellow electricity hitting it right at the face.
"Mana, get yourself and Miguel out of here while I hold off this beast! Chaos Spear!" she suddenly heard Shadow saying to her while at the same time starting to ram another spear of yellow energy towards its huge body. "I'm going to try to fight off this Monster for a bit while you take Miguel's body to a safe distance away from here! As soon as I know that he's safe from harm's way, come back here to help me finish this freak off!"
As soon as he saw Mana nodding her head in response, Shadow began to see her flying off the distance while carrying Miguel's body away from where both he and the Monster are in. He then turned his full attention back towards Kanzenda's angry face as it looked at him with a glare that could kill anyone on contact.
"You! You dare to attack me like that!" he shouted towards the black hedgehog as it looked at him with a vengeful stare. "You're going to die for what you did! Mark my words!"
That was when Shadow began to say to the huge Monster with a smirk, "For your information, Monster, my name is not 'You,' it's Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog. And in case that you think that you could kill me that easily, don't get your hopes up. I'd been attacked by one of your little cowardly demon pals that tried to kill me before, but failed. You can't kill me, the Ultimate Life Form, that easy."
That was when the black hedgehog soon started gather another ball of yellow Chaos Energy into his hand and slammed another Chaos Spear onto Kanzenda's body before speaking again with a angry tone of voice.
"Now it's time for you to pay for what you did to my friend Miguel as well as Mana. I especially didn't like the way for how you treated her for when you had her in your greedy grasp. I've seen a dear friend and love of mine die in front of me just because she was involved with my creation. After that terrible event, my heart was filled with nothing but loneliness and sorrow throughout the years. But later, I found friends that actually care for my well-being and tried their best to be my friend despite my many efforts to push them back. Now, I've found the one thing in my life that I've found worth living and fighting for and I won't allow an ugly creature like you to take her away from me! Now, die and vanish into the darkness from where you came! Chaos Nightmare!"
As soon as he shouted out those words, Shadow started to unleash a multi-colored electrical storm upon the huge Monster with both anger and hatred for it.
After hearing what the black hedgehog had to say to Kanzenda's huge form, Mana started to become a bit flustered for when she heard those words coming from his mouth.
"Did Shadow really mean those words he just said?" the female magician thought to herself as she watch Shadow continuing to unleash a huge multi-colored electrical storm upon the huge creature's monstrous form. "I had no idea that he felt that way about me! I've never felt this way about anyone in my past or current life, let alone a hedgehog! (Sighs) I'm starting to think that's the reason why I'm so attracted to him."
"Well? Aren't you going to do something to help him out now?" she heard a voice of a person speaking out loud to her as she turned to the source and found Miguel wide awake from his unconscious slumber. "If you really love the guy, then you should do what any girlfriend would do for her boyfriend and intervene."
"Miguel! You're awake! Just how can you tell that I'm in love...?" was all the Mana could say to Shadow's human friend before he rose his own hand to cut off her words while trying to hold his own balance at the same time before he began speaking again.
"Come on! It was pretty obvious from the way that I've heard Shadow say those words to that Monster. I mean, it was loud enough to even wake the dead. But that's besides the point.
"What I'm trying to say to you Mana is that you're a pretty lucky girl. I mean, I haven't seen Shadow this concerned about anyone since the first time I've met him for when we've fought with an evil sorcerer named Ixis Naugus. Since that time, I only saw him as the silent and serious type. The only type of person who can only talk when someone else is talking to him first. But after seeing him beating the living daylights out of that Monster right now for when I've woke up from my unwanted nap, well..."
As she saw him facing his direction towards the scene with Shadow still attacking the huge form of Kanzenda with his furious powerful attack. While blushing with a red shade of embarrassment and flattery on her face, the female magician started get herself back into reality and faced Miguel's direction once again before beginning to speak a piece of her mind.
"I never had any idea that Shadow was like that, Miguel," Mana said to the black hedgehog's human friend as she continued to look at the battle that was ensuing before them. "I didn't realize that he was so kind and caring enough for my own well-being and..."
Just before she could say anything else to Miguel, the female magician saw a bright explosion of green light erupting from where both Shadow and Kanzenda are having their battle. As soon as the smoke cleared, she saw Shadow breathing very heavily while the huge monster was starting to become a bit fatigued with the attack that the black hedgehog threw at it. Just as she saw him starting to get up from the ground, his human friend soon began to speak to her while giving her an impish grin on his face.
"Well, I'd hate to put a stop to your daydreams, but now's your chance to become Shadow's female knight in shining armor, Mana," she heard him saying as she turned attention back towards him with a bit of concern for Miguel's well being. "Don't worry about me. I've taken way better hits from Monsters that are as tough as that guy over there and I was only unconscious anyway. Just give me a minute to recover my energy and I'll be as good as new. Now go on to the one that you love the most and help him finish off that freak."
As soon as she heard those words, Mana began to nod her head as a response to Miguel's words and started to float towards the black hedgehog's direction where he had his fight with Kanzenda.
As he was breathing in and out in order to put oxygen into his lungs, Shadow found himself looking at the huge Monster that was still covering his face from the first attack that he'd launched. The black hedgehog began to back away a bit for while Kanzenda was distracted.
"Well, at least now that the freak's been distracted long enough for me to rest a bit," he thought to himself as he continued to back himself away from the huge form of the creature before him. "That last attack I've launched really drained me. My Chaos Nightmare takes a lot more energy than that of the Chaos Spear. If I could just take this time to regain my strength, then maybe..."
Just before he could have the chance to finish his thoughts, Shadow suddenly found the long scaly tail of Kanzenda wrapping themselves around both of his legs as he fell to the hard ground. As he looked back up toward the huge monster before him, the black hedgehog saw his hideous face burnt all over, but is still as ugly as it was before he attacked him. While thinking of a way to escape the long tail of Kanzenda, Shadow soon found himself being held upside down by the monster as it looked at him with an angry expression on its now deformed face.
"Now is the time for you to pay for what you did to me, hedgehog!" the he heard the huge Monster shouting to him while at the same time smelling the horrible breath of his opponent. "You'll regret ever having to attack me in the first place! I'm going to enjoy feasting upon the pain and suffering that you emit for when I rip that black skin of yours bit by bit! Then your body is going to be nothing but a shell for when...!"
That was when Kanzenda's words were cut short for when Shadow saw a powerful burst of violet energy struck him on the face. Once he was freed of grasp of the huge monster's tail, the Ultimate Life Form began to turn his attention towards the source of the powerful energy attack. When his eyes saw who caused powerful energy attack, the black hedgehog was surprised to find Mana pointing her huge magic staff towards Kanzenda's direction.
"Mana! What are you doing here?" Shadow asked the female magician as he used a serious tone in his voice. "I thought that I told you to keep an eye on Miguel while I keep this huge freak show busy?"
"Strange. From where I was looking at, you were a bit tied up with that huge monster's tail," Mana answered the black hedgehog for while giving off a cute-sounding chuckle as she smiled. "Hee! Hee! Hee! You were as helpless as a little rabbit."
"Hey! I wasn't that helpless!" the Ultimate Life Form said to her while trying his best to sound like his usual serious self. "Anyway, what about Miguel?"
"I wouldn't start worrying about his safety, Shadow Dear," Mana answered to him while still wearing a smile on her face. "He just woke up from that shouting you did with Kanzenda earlier. But he was still too weak from the sneak attack that monster launched on him, so he said for me to go to you while he tries to recover as fast as he could. Boy, was your voice loud enough for people in a town to hear. I'm glad to know that you have feelings for me. Hee! Hee! Hee!"
For when he heard those words come out of the female's mouth, Shadow began to feel embarrassment crawling all over his face. However, the feeling was soon forgotten for when the huge roar of Kanzenda started to echo throughout the Shadow Realm that they're still in. When he turned his full attention back towards the direction where he caused the huge Monster collapse upon before, he knew that both he and Mana were in trouble. The furious expression that the black hedgehog saw on Kanzenda's face was a sure sign that he wasn't too pleased with the attack that the female magician launched upon its face.
"You mortals dared to attack me like that!" the huge monster said with a furious tone of voice. "You will rule the very day for when you ever crossed my path! Dark Roar! Rrrrroooaarrrrr!"
As soon as he gave off his powerful attack, Shadow found both himself and Mana jumping up towards the air while evading the full impact of the attack. But the sound waves that it gave out was enough to push them back a bit like a strong wind during the day. Just as he landed his feet one the ground, the black hedgehog soon began to see Kanzenda starting to charge towards his direction once again at great speed.
When he jump out of the huge Monster's path, Shadow heard the voice of the female magician shouting to him, "Shadow! Move out of the way! I'm going to launch my strongest attack toward this monster! Move!"
As he saw the battle coming from the distance, Miguel felt helpless as all he could do at the moment is sit by and watch.
"Damn! I still haven't recovered from the energy drain as well as that Monster's attack," he thought to himself. "If only there was some way for me to regain some of my strength while attacking at the same time. But..."
That was when at that moment, the teen's thoughts were cut short for when he heard Mana shouting out towards Shadow, "Shadow! Move out of the way! I'm going to launch my strongest attack toward this monster! Move!"
After he heard those words, Miguel then saw Shadow beginning to move away from the huge Monster as fast as he could. Just before he could think about why the black hedgehog was moving away from the huge form of Kanzenda, the teen soon began to turn his full attention back towards Mana and saw her gathering large amounts of power within her huge staff. Before he knew what was happening, the teen began to hear the female magician shouting out as she pointed her staff towards the huge creature, "Dark Magic Diffusion Wave-Motion!"
Before he knew what was happening, Miguel suddenly saw a powerful wave of purple energy starting to emerge out of the tip of Mana's huge staff and began to fire itself upon the huge Monster. As the waves of powerful violet energy began to bombard themselves on the large creature's body, the teen heard it cry out in pain and anger as its voice echoed throughout the Shadow Realm. Before he could have a chance to think about what just happened, Miguel saw his black Mobian friend beginning to float next to the female magician before he began to speak out loud.
"Hey! It's not fair for you to take all of the fun for yourself," Shadow said with a chuckle to his voice as he gathered multi-colored energy within his hand just before he shouted out his most powerful attack. "Chaos Nightmare!"
As soon as he heard those words shouted from the black hedgehog's mouth, Miguel saw his friend throwing his hand towards the huge Monster's direction. Before he knew it, the enormous creature that had attacked him from before was surrounded in a powerful electrical storm of multi-colored energy. For when he heard the Monster's cry of pain and anger once again, the teen was soon starting to become confident of their victory.
"Those two attacks should be enough to handle that Monster," Miguel thought to himself as he saw the huge cloud of smoke that the two caused. "Both Mana and Shadow gave that freak their most powerful attacks and combined they're enough to take out an entire army of Bras Demons. Well, the important thing is that it's over and we should..."
Just before he could finish his thoughts and sigh with relief, the teen suddenly felt the very ground beneath his feet beginning to shake once again, almost nearly knocking him down to the ground. Miguel began to turn his full attention back towards where both his hovering friends launched their attacks from. The expressions that he saw on both Mana and Shadow's faces were a mixture of fear as well as both confusion and surprise on them. That was when the loud roar of the of the fused Monster began to grab his attention for when he saw it emerging from the smoke cloud a bit singed but not once backing down.
"Damn! That huge Monster just doesn't know when to quit!" the teen thought to himself as he continued to stare at the huge monstrosity that survived. "Even both Mana and Shadow's powers combined along with the powers of those green gemstones of theirs weren't able to finish that thing off!
"What are we going to do now? I mean, I still haven't recovered from the lost of energy that I've used for that Neutron Star attack I've unleashed upon both Kanzel and Mazenda before they've fused together. There's got to be a way for me to help both Shadow and Mana while regaining some of my own energy. How can I...?"
Just before he could have the chance to finish his thoughts, Miguel suddenly felt a pulsing surge of energy beginning to course throughout his entire body. As he was trying to figure out what was happening, the teen soon saw what was the cause. He saw specks of multi-colored energy starting to surround his entire being. Miguel then saw the little piece of energy starting to gather within one of his hands as it entered within his body. Before he knew it, Miguel began to see ancient scripts and characters appearing before his very eyes.
"What the...! What's happening to me?" the teen thought to himself as he continued to see the Egyptian-like script in front of his eyes. "This feeling...it's familiar. It's sort of like that time for when I've learned how to do Shadow's Chaos Spear as well as Zelgadis and Amelia's Ra-tilt. Could this mean that I'm learning another technique from either Shadow or Mana? Well, I guess that there's only one way to find out."
As soon as the display of old and ancient words started to disappear from his sight, Miguel began to turn his full attention back towards the battle that was beginning to ensue between his two friends and the huge fused Monster. Before he knew what was happening, the teen saw the huge creature beginning to appear right in front of both Shadow and Mana and grabbed the two of them within each of its two large hands.
As both he and Mana were trapped within Kanzenda's huge grasp, Shadow felt the air being squeezed from his lungs as the Monster large hand began to close itself upon his body.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! You two are pathetic!" shouted the huge monster as the black hedgehog continued to feel his body being crushed under the pressure of the large hand. "Did you two honestly believe that two attacks would be enough to destroy me? I'll admit, that they hurt a bit. But only enough to match that of a kitten's scratch! Hee! Hee! Hee! It's about time that we put an end to these games once and for all!"
With those words said and done, the Ultimate Life Form felt himself being squeezed harder than before. Just as he thought that it might be the end of life for both him and Mana, Shadow suddenly heard a shout of Miguel's voice, "Let them go, you ugly freak! Chaos Spear!"
Before he knew what was happening, the black hedgehog saw a fast thin streak of silver energy charging itself towards the huge Monster's body. As soon as he saw the attack collide with its target, Shadow found both himself and Mana being released from Kanzenda's enormous grasp. When he landed on the ground with his feet, the Ultimate Life Form looked back towards the female magician's direction and saw her landing softly on her feet with the help of her magic.
"Mana! Are you alright?" he asked as the black hedgehog began to rush towards his new lover's direction with a tone of concern in his voice. "Are any of your bones broken?"
"I think so, Shadow," Mana answered to him as he saw her looking at him with a weak and yet gentle smile on her face while trying to put air into her lungs. "I really thought that the two of us were finished for a moment there. I guess that we really shouldn't underestimate that human friend of yours. He just managed to save the two of us at the last moment for when he himself has little energy left to attack with."
"Well, not that I wanted to sound ungrateful for his last minute rescue, Mana, but there's one thing about him that's been bothering me," Shadow said to the female magician as he looked at his friend with a confused and surprised expression on his usual-looking face. "What's concerning me is the most is the way how he was able to use my own Chaos Spear ability to bring down that freak. I mean, how was he capable of using it let alone know learn how to use it in just a few seconds. I didn't even know that he was able to use it before."
"What do you mean by that, Shadow darling?" heard the female magician asking him before turning his full attention back towards Miguel's direction for when he saw him going face to face with the huge Monster.
As he saw the scene developing before him, the black hedgehog turned his attention towards Kanzenda's face for who he saw was not too happy about the attack that was launched at him. While hearing the huge monstrosity growling with deep hatred in his voice, Shadow began to see Miguel beginning to become fatigued from the assault that he delivered to the beast.
"You! Miguel Angel Arias! The one that I was created to destroy!" shouted Kanzenda for when the black hedgehog saw his human friend never flinching from the cry of the Monster. "Your constant interference is becoming a real annoyance to both me and my creator! It's about time for me to put an end to your miserable existence along with your two friends, boy! There's no way for you to escape the clutches of the Shadow Realm once you enter it. I'll be able to crush you all while using my bare hands!"
For as soon as the Monster has finished with its speech, Shadow saw his huge form starting to charge towards the human teen with his sharp claws extended towards his direction. "I don't think so, Monster! Chaos Nightmare!" the Ultimate Life Form heard Miguel shouting out before he saw his human friend's hand extending towards Kanzenda's direction just before a large amount of multi-colored Chaos Energy began to burst out of the palm of his hand.
As he saw the huge body of the fused Monster being pushed away from their direction, Shadow began to think to himself, "No way! Miguel was also able to use my Chaos Nightmare ability after only seeing it for a moment! Just as I thought that I had that guy all figured out, he seems to throw another surprise at me. What else is he going to do? Throw another different attack towards Kanzenda?"
Just as he was about add another thought to his head, Shadow soon began to see the enormous form of Kanzenda appearing right out of the smoke that Miguel caused with his newly gained ability. Before he could have the chance to get within range of the human teen, the black hedgehog quickly heard his friend beginning to shout out as he gathered dark energy within his hand, "A freak like you just don't know when to quit, do you? Then have some of this! Dark Magic Diffusion Wave-Motion!"
As soon as heard those words come out of his friend's mouth, Shadow began to see a powerful burst of dark energy erupting from within the teen's hand. The black hedgehog then saw the attack being separated into waves of energy just like the way that he saw Mana used for when she attacked Kanzenda the first time.
"Now he's got Mana technique?" Shadow thought to himself as he watched the Monster being engulfed by the powerful attack. "This just doesn't make any sense. Miguel wasn't capable of using that type of ability before. Just how was he able to learn it so quickly let alone use it?"
As he continued to watch Miguel still bombarding Kanzenda with his surprising new ability, the Ultimate Life Form began to hear Mana saying to him with a bit of confusion and surprise in her voice, "Shadow, what in the world is going? How did your friend managed to learn that technique so quickly is such a short amount of time? It took both me and my master years to learn to use but he was somehow able to learn it in a matter of moments."
"To be honest, I'm not quite sure about this myself, Mana!" the black hedgehog answered as he saw Miguel breathing in and out for when he's through with his attack. "I didn't even know that Miguel was capable of learning our techniques and use them as his own in just a short amount of time! For now, let's just be grateful that he showed up like he did!"
After finishing what he said to Mana, Shadow soon began to notice that his human friend was beginning to become a bit fatigued. Just before he could have the chance to ask Miguel if he's still alright, he heard his friend spoke to them with a weak tone of voice while turning his full attention back towards them as he took out his huge Star Sword from its resting place, "Hee! I guess that the last attack drained me of all but little of my body's energy.
"I would gladly finish this freak off myself, but I just don't have the stamina to even focus my sight. However, there is one thing that I should do before I could give myself a well-deserved nap. So it's now up to you, Shadow! Protect my world from this creature as well as Mana! Here's something that could help you even the odds!"
As soon Miguel finished his words, the black hedgehog soon began to see his friend becoming engulfed in a aura of silver energy all over his body. Just before he could think of what was happening, the black hedgehog started to hear Miguel chant very quickly, "You who crosses between light and darkness! You who's body is as bright as silver! Give this life form the power he needs to bring balance and order into this universe and turn the darkness into light!"
When he finished with the final words to the incantation, Shadow began to see a huge stream of the silver energy that once surrounded his human friend's body going towards his direction like a river of water speeding out of control. Before he could try to understand what was happening to himself, the Ultimate Life Form felt his entire body surging with Chaos Energy just as he was transforming into his Chaos Form.
End of Part 5
