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Playstation14: I'd be lucky if I got 2. Thank you anyway! It makes me want to write more. Well, Shadow and Sonic don't have grand-children because...well, you get it. I can't tell you if the others do. Yeah, I made Espio's great-grandson a bit of a nutjob but then Demi wouldn't be the great half demon-dragon we know and love. Well, I do anyway. Meheheh... Yeah, Shadow is out of shape. He should get a stairmaster. (Is shot by rabid fangirls.)
I'm sorry if I missed any other reviews! I'll try to answer them all.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Sonic trademark. If I did then Shadow would have a stairmaster AND a treadmill! (Is beaten by more rabid fangirls and a squirrel.)
Chap. 3-The Quest Begins
In the spot where Master Espio blasted his student, was a smoldering crater. Sonic and Shadow were about to go forward but Luna and Terra held them back.
"The battle isn't over yet." Luna said calmly but worry was etched on her white face. There was a soft gust of wind and a blur of black shot from the side. In less than thirty seconds, Demi had his sword held agaisnt his sensei's neck.
"If you have been paying attention, Sensei, my sword was not in the crater. My sword is made of twilight metal which is flame resistant. You have been tricked." The wise dragon hissed in the chamelon's ear. Master Espio smiled and closed his eyes.
"You are getting trickier each time we meet, young dragon. Lower your sword." He said and Demi followed his orders. The two faced each other and bowed traditionally. The by-standers did an anime fall. Master Espio looked up at the four standing on the outskirts and walked up to them. He inspected Sonic and Shadow closely with squinting eyes when they made a startling discovery. Espio the III was blind and yet he fought with such skill. Espio got so close to Sonic that their cream colored muzzles were almost touching.
"Uh, sense-" Sonic tried to say but was inturrupted.
"QUIET, YOU!" The chameleon shouted and thwacked Sonic the head.
"Ow, what-" Sonic was about to say before he was thwacked again.
"You are definetely the Sonic the Hedgehog my great-grandfather told legends about. No doubt about it." He said and sharply turned to face the ebony hedgehog. "You may stop smirking." The purple chameleon walked up to the shocked Shadow. "Yes your pose says it all. A very quiet person but a bit over-confident in your abilities. Very confused, I might add and you've lost a whole deal but you wish not to let anyone know. Shadow the Hedgehog. A name that lives in legend as well as infamy." The chameleon nodded and turned to the dojo. "Come in and we shall discuss this over some herbal tea." The stunned and wounded travelers followed after the bizarre sensei.
(In the peaceful dojo...)
"OW, WHAT THE HELL, TERRA!" Demi yelled as Terra dumped a bottle of iodine on the dragon's scaly arm and wrapped it tightly in bandages. Our heroes were sitting cross-legged on a mahogny floor with a cup of china filled to the brim with hot tea. It would've been peaceful with the brook rushing by and the trees whispering in the wind, that is Demi's howls of pain were shattering the peace.
"So, Master Espio, what can you tell us?" Luna asked after Demi's shouts of pain turned into low growls. The sensei drank the rest of his tea and everyone listened as he started his tale.
"Legend tells of two heroes, light and dark, they must acquire the five guardians released when the evil shattered Chaos Emeralds. One for each of the five different elements that contribute to ultimate zen and the final two to combine the past to the present. Only when they are joined in upmost unity that evil can truely be destroyed." The sensei said and there was a moment of heavy thinking.
"It all fits. We just have to get the emeralds...which we don't where they are." Luna said.
"I leave that to you to figure that out. Demi, you were like a son to me. Remember me well, son." Master Espio said and got up from the hard floor and turned his back to them. "I left my prized double daggers out front on the porch. Take them and strike true."
"What are you talking about Sensei?" Demi said and got up to face Master Espio. The chameleon turned around and his eyes for once looked old.
"I'm very...tired, my son." Master Espio said. "Don't give up and protect Luna and Terra with your life."
"I will...father." Demi said and the sensei gave a great, peaceful smile before falling into Demi's eyes. "Goodnight, father." Demi said holding back his tears. Luna and Terra walked up to Demi, tears welling in their eyes too. Terra's ears suddenly shot up and she growled menacingly.
"Black and his Knights are coming. Their stench is fouling the air. We must be off but what about Sensei?" Terra asked. Demi walked out the dojo, putting him in a sitting position and to finish it off, slowly slid his sword into the cold hands off his Sensei, or father. It almost looked as if the chameleon had just fallen asleep, deep in meditation.
"I think he would've wanted Black Doom to see him die as a Sensei, in peace." Demi said, looking at his new weapons, intricate double daggers with a gold handle. They took a moment, even Shadow and Sonic who wasn't even with the old chameleon for an hour and yet they felt like they known him for all their lives, to pay their respects. Demi and Shadow were the last to leave.
"I know how you feel. I lost someone I loved too." Shadow said and being not being one with words, gave Demi a soft smile which was posssibly the kindest gesture he had ever given anybody. He left to follow the others, leaving Demi alone.
"Ends one adventure, and another starts. Thank you, father. I won't let you down." He whispered before running off into the woods to catch up with his companions.
(A little later...)
Soldiers in dark armor landed atop the summit and folded their wings. They proceded through the dense forest until they came upon the deserted dojo and the leader noticed the violet chameleon sitting atop the steps of the dojo. The lesser soildiers were about to attack but the leader stopped them.
"He's dead but what's strange is the way he's in. Even if he was in a perfect state of meditation he would've leaned forward slightly." The Leader Black Arms said and walked up to Master Espio. He raised his sharp claw and brought it down upon the head of the Sensei. Cold blood splattered across the leader as the body fell to the ground, the blood leaking off into the river. "You were always a fool, Espio. But look at this..." He picked up Demi's sword from the puddle of blood and examined it in the dusk light. "They're close." The leader kicked the body into the river while he strode into the forest, his mind set on bloodlust and he even left his comrades behind.
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