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Chap. 7-To The Shrine!
Sonic sat up in his bunk with a horrible crick in his neck. He reached behind his neck and pulled out a splinter stuck in his neck. It took half the night to butter Sonic's neck and pull him out of the pole. He decided to bunk with Luna since he had decided it was way too risky to bunk with Demi with wood around. He pulled off the covers and looked below him too the lower bunk where Luna was sleeping.
"Hey, Luna! Wake up!" Sonic exclaimed. Luna sat straight up and bonked her head on the bottom of the top bunk bed.
"Ow. Good morning, Sonic. Are you feeling better?" Luna asked while rubbing her head.
"Yeah. Still hurts li-Is that bacon I smell?" Sonic said and jumped into his dark blue Samurai outfit before rushing out into the hall. Luna put on her pure white warrior outfit when Sonic left and followed after him. The blue hedgehog was halfway down the mess hall when he saw Demi leaving his room. The dragon caught sight of the hedgehog and Sonic turned but Demi was too fast. He jumped with brute force and pinned the hedgehog down to the floor; Demi was holding back Sonic's hands and used his his feet to pin down Sonic's feet.
"I need to talk to you." He said, his voice ringing in his Sonic's head.
"Please don't hurt me! Don't stick my head in anything, especially Shadow's toilet!"
"I heard that!" Shadow yelled from his room.
"I just wanted to say...I'm sorry. I shouldn't have stuck your head through the pole." Demi said.
"Oh. Well, I guess...I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have called your Sensei-father a nutjob."
"I forgive you."
"Demi?"
"Yes, Sonic?"
"I. Can't. Feel. My. Arms." Sonic said and Demi realesed the cobalt hedgehog from his grasp. Sonic sat up and rubbed the circulation back into his arms. Terra, Shadow, and Luna were just leaving their rooms, dressed in their japanese clothing. Sonic got up and everyone walked together to breakfast.
"I'm huuuuuungry!" Sonic complained when his stomach let out a low growl.
"Can you think with anything else other than your stomach, Sonic?" Shadow asked as they entered the mess hall.
"You called me Sonic!"
"Don't let it go to your head, faker." Shadow said and they sat down for breakfast. Sonic, Shadow and Demi started eating everything in sight in large gulps. Terra and Luna stared at the eating threesome.
"I wonder where men put it all?" Terra whispered to Luna who just shrugged in return. Sonic was halfway finished with eating all the rice balls when the captain's voice appeared over the speakers.
"we are now reaching Angel Island." His voice crackled over the speakers. Amazingly, Sonic actually left eating with the others to go outside and see the island. It was covered in green rainforest except for the snowcapped moutains that were partly hidden in the clouds.
"It's hardly changed at all." Sonic said, his green eyes bright with memories.
"Some things change slowly or they don't change at all." Luna said, looking at the only uncorrupted piece of land left on the planet. The waves nimbly pulled the ship into shore where the group helped the captain dock. After the task, they jumped off the boat and scanned the beach. There was a giant beachside village that extended out into the ocean and up into the canopy's rainforest. Animals like them were busily running around the village, taking no notice of the newcomers.
"Omigosh, they are selling baked potatoes!" Sonic exclaimed and ran over to the stall. Shadow slapped his forhead while everyone else sweatdropped.
"Sonic is one of those people who never change at all." Shadow said as they went to join the happily munching hedgehog.
"Excuse me miss?" Luna asked kindly and the Rabbit-Fox who was making the potatoes stopped her work. She was a pale yellow with cream highlights in her short hair and her bangs stuck out. She had large ears that stuck up and a large, bushy white tip tail twitched behind her. The Rabbit-Fox was wearing plain vanilla dress, which made her auburn eyes look even more innocent and childish, and she also wore a vanilla colored cap on her head.
"You must be Tails and Cream's great-grandaughter! I knew he would choose her instead of Cosmo!" Sonic exclaimed, pointing at the startled girl.
"Is he...alright?" The Rabbit-Fox asked.
"Yeah, he's just an idiot." Shadow said and elbowed Sonic in the ribs.
"What's your name?" Luna asked while the two hedgehogs started bickering behind her.
"My name is Tanya."
"Um...Tanya, do you know where the Master Emerald shrine is?"
"You must ask Rena, she is the condola (type of boat, looks like a hollowed out canoe) rider. Go north into the jungle and she is by the river." Tanya said cheerfully while resuming to cooking the potatoes over the fire. Luna thanked the Rabbit-Fox and the group entered the thick, green jungle. Soon enough, they heard the bubbling of a river ahead and quickned their pace. They arrived on a bank where a cottage was and a boat was leaning up agaisnt it. Suddenly, a rock was thrown and it hit Sonic head on.
"Who goes there?" A female voice said from the roof of the cottage. A EchindaBat stood there with in a large black cloak. She was a deep shade of red with black wings like Demi's outstretched behind her and her long, braided dredlocks fell in front of her face, giving the EchindaBat a menacing look. Her violet eyes seemed to soften when she saw the protective Demi but she snapped back to her fighter mode.
"We're friends." Luna said calmly. The EchindaBat lowered her pole lower and examined the travelers closer. She jumped off the roof, using her wings to soften her landing.
"Who are you?" She asked, particulary at Shadow and Sonic.
"Tell us your name and we'll tell you ours." Terra demanded. (A/N: Tell me which game that quote came from and I'll give you a super duper brownie!) The EchindaBat put her hands on her hips and casted them a triumphant pose.
'That's definetely Rouge's kid.' Shadow thought especially when he examined the girl's...chest.
"My name is Rena." Rena said.
"I'm Terra, and that's Luna, Demi, Sonic, and Shadow." Terra said, pointing at each indivual.
"No way! A-are they the actual Sonic Heroes?" Rena said, totally taken aback. The two hedgehogs nodded.
"We need to get to the Master Emerald shrine. Can you use your condola to ride us up the river?" Shadow asked and the bat energetically said yes.
"Sorry about throwing the rock at you." Rena apologized and dragged the boat into the water. They all piled up into the boat and they snugly fit. Rena stood on the front of the boat and used her pole to push the condola forward. The boat slowly went forward and picked up speed on the current.
"I don't see why we just run through the jungle to the Master Emerald?" Shadow said as the boat pushed through some thick ferns.
"If you value your life. Many armies went into the jungle, only for their remains to be washed down the river." The EchindaBat said calmly while giving Shadow very disturbing thoughts. The boat passed through vines and blue butterflies flew around them in a frenzy.
"So, Demi is it?" Rena said with a flirtatious tone and batted (Ha.) her eyes. Demi looked at her in confusion.
"Do you have something in your eyes?" Demi asked and the EchindaBat did an anime fall.
"No, I'm fine. I'm fine." Rena said quietly and continued her rowing. Shadow and Sonic were doubled-over in silent laughter.
"Demi?" Shadow whispered and caught the dragon's attention. "She thinks you're hot."
"But I'm not even sweating." He said and Shadow sweatdropped.
"You've been hanging out with Espio waaaaay too long." Shadow said under his breath. The trees started to thicken less and the dappled sunshine increased.
"We're almost there." Rena said and Sonic could see the the gray ruins and the giant green emerals glinting in the afternoon. The river bended to a curve and Rena stopped the condola on the sandy bank.
"Thank you for all your help, Rena." Luna said and tried to jump out of the boat but tripped on the edge of the wooden condola. The white hedgehog landed face first in the sandy bank. Shadow helped her up and she gave a laugh of her own klutziness. Shadow softly smirked; she would always fall but she come back up laughing. He admired her for that. Sonic and Terra were the next to exit and they were racing to the steps that lead to the shrine. Demi was the last to exit and he felt someone grab his hand.
"Um...Demi, when you guys fufill your quest...would, you like to come to my cottage for some tea?" Rena asked, trying to stop from blushing. Demi turned to face her.
"Do you truly believe we can do it?" He asked.
"Of course! You gotta have hope!" Rena said, with her father's, Knuckles, grin. He smiled and looked into her purple eyes that glew with a strange twinkle. Demi started to feel hot.
'Is this the hot that Shadow was talking about?' Demi thought as a small tint of red surged through his cheeks. Just like Sonic to ruin an emotional moment like this.
"HEY DEMI! HURRY UP!" Sonic yelled from the steps. The half demon dragon turned to his friend but he first looked behind his shoulder to the EchindaBat and gave a slight nod. Then, using his giant, black wings, he lifted off the ground in a dusty cloud of sand. Rena shielded her eyes, looking up with a smile at the dark dragon. She picked up her pole and started the slow journey back to her cozy cottage with a tune passing her lips. The tune was one of heroes battling demons and how one demon became a hero.
"I'm here." Demi said as he landed at the base of the shrine with the others. Shadow let out a wolf whistle. "What?"
"I saw that. So you aren't a complete hopeless case like Knuckles." Shadow snickered and the demon just walked up the stairs. Terra whacked Shadow upside of his head as they followed after him. Luna was already in the head, her curiosity getting the best of her. She walked up to the Master Emerald and the dull green started to grow bright. The rest of the group had just come up and stared at the gem that was growing brighter. The water around the Master Emerald started to form into a creature. A creature, I'm sure, you're all familar with.
"Chaos Zero?" Sonic stated as he saw the watery form finished taking shape. Chaos 0 outstretched his hand and grabbed the white hedgehog in it's hand. Luna's sword handle fell out if her pack with a clank and she wasn't able to reach that. Before her friends could even react, Chaos Zero set up a psychic barrier between him and Luna and her friends. While this distracted the watery form, Luna drew something from her pockets. It was a pocket knife with a white rose on the wooden handle.
"Let go!" She yelled and slahed the arm of Chaos Zero. It let her go with a yelp and she quickly picked up her the sword handle which emitted the silver laser blade. She slashed Chaos 0 but it only reformed. It punched her with his extendable arm and she tasted bitter blood in her mouth and he held her by the neck.
'It's no use trying to slash him; he'll just reform. Hmmmm...I got it.' Luna thought and took out her trusty pocket knife.
"Fool, haven't you learned that I regenerate?" Chaos Zero laughed.
"Who said it was you?" Luna replied and deeply cut her mecha arm and oil dripped onto her pure white fur. She reached in her gash and pulled out a couple of live wires from it. She stabbed the electrical wires into Chaos Zero's arm and the shock was so large that it sended Chaos 0 into the Master Emerald with an explosive clash. (A/N: Water conducts electricity! I learned something new today.) Luna kneeld down and gripped the deep cut she gave herself; oil dripped from her hand.
"You've defeated me in battle. You are the True Master." Chaos Zero said and it lowered the barrier. Shadow helped Luna help up as she faced Chaos Zero. "Now it is time for you to learn how to use Diamond Dust. Take this Chaos Emerald." Chaos handed her a light blue gem and she marveled at how beautiful it looked in the sun. "Focus your energy, child." Luna looked clapsed the emerald tightly, feeling the energy sweel inside her.
"DIAMOND DUST!" She yelled and swiped her hand. Frozen drops of water flew from her hands and bombared Chaos Zero but they ended up being absorbed from him.
"Very good. Th-" The watery form said but something interuppted him.
"Finally, I've found you, Shadow." A dark voice said. Everyone turned to see who the intruder was. There was the Black Arms leader, a dark black alien in red armor and long horn running down it's head. "Black Doom said to bring you back alive but he said nothing about your friends." He said with a malicious grin and in his lethal metal claws shone in the sunlight.
(Back on planet Earth...)
Somehow, Tails had rounded up every Sonic charecter ever created and they were all in Tail's workshop.
"This better be good! I don't leave my throne for anything." Sally said, acting quite prissy. Charmy buzzed around as hyperactive as he could be since he found Tail's secret stash of sugary treats.
"Charmy, you little twerp! Get down!" Vector yelled, standing on the once clean coffee table. Espio was hiding in a corner, clearly traumatized by the authoress's abuse. Chris T. divebombed Sonia for calling Sonic a twerp. (A/N: I made Chris OOC. I always wanted him too divebomb someone.) Sonia tried to punch Chris but he ducked and she instead punched Manic. He in turned punched Antoine and thus started an all out brawl between the Sega, Archie, and the SatAM charecters. (A/N: I know there is one more but I can't remember the name. Sorry!) Any Sonic fans who loved violence would've loved the brawl. Tails and Amy, being the last sane ones in the room, grabbed a megaphone.
"QUIET!" Tails yelled into the megaphone and got half of the people's atention. Amy used her Piko Piko to get everybody's else's attention. Once everyone was calm, the kitsune cleared his voice and started his speech. "Black Doom is back, as you know but he is stronger than we thought. He's gotten enough power to send Sonic and Shadow into the future." Tails said and a mumuring passed between the crowds.
"This seems a bit farfetch to me. Why should we believe you?" Sally said pointing an accusing figure at Tails.
"You listen to Sonic, Sally. Why isn't his best-friend good enough?" Amy said. Sally and Amy stared each other down until the chipmunk backed down. "No objections?" Amy asked. Silence. "Good. You can continue, Tails." Everyone was surprised, Amy was usually cheerful and nice.
"Thanks, Ames. We cannot defeat Black Doom yet but we can hold them off until Sonic and Shadow get back. We're going to need as much help as possible and that means we have to work together." Tails said and discord spread through the large group of animals. "It's either get along or we parish in a firey and very painful death." Every one stared at Tails, he was never the one for blunt sarcasm so that means this must be a really serious situation. Temporary truces were made within the group as they waited for Tails to continue. "That means we also need the humans help too."
"Humans? Yeah right." Sonia said and was divebombed by Chris again. The two quarreled until Espio and Vector managed to pry Chris off of Sonia. He struggled for a minute until falling limp.
"I'm calm." He said and Espio and Vector let go of the human. Tails stared daggers at Sonia before starting again.
"It doesn't matter how powerful. We need all the help we can get. That even means we need to get our enemy's help too." The fox said, letting his voice ring in the still air.
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Wow, that was a long chapter. Now the battle in the past and the future is about to begin. Now time to play 'Who to Toture?'!
Mechaluna: (Talking to the audience so Espio cannot hear.) The secret Chris action is asking stupid questions.
Espio: Why is Chris divebombing everybody?
Chris: I'LL KEEL YOU! (Divebombs Espio.)
Espio: First, I have a great-grandson who dies and now THIS? Why, God? WHY?
Mechaluna: Tune in next time for more toture-I mean great fun! (Sweatdrops.)