Disclaimer- I have to say that all of the Sonic characters in this fic or mentioned do not belong to me they belong to Sega. Same with the Soul Calibur 2 characters they belong to Namco. Now as usual on with the story.
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Tales of Souls, Swords and The Hammer

Chapter 4 Legend and Fact As One

She saw nothing but her closed eyes, she could hear screams of familiar voices and smell burning flesh and other sort of burning stuff that she could not figure out. The pink hedgehog opened her eyes and saw the familiar scene of the place that she thought was hell.

Her eyes inspected the area around her, she saw nothing but endless land of fire, the sky was red and it looked to be there was no one in sight but when she turned around, what she saw made her jump out of her boots.

There before her was a screaming and burning form of her love Sonic and behind him was the flaming being that she saw before, it was definitely the same one for it had the blade inside its skeletal form and it screamed in lust, it was as if it enjoyed her and his pain.

She woke up in fright and sweat matted her fur, it was morning and she thanked no one in particular that it was because she did not want to go back to sleep to see that image again.

Amy put her face against her knees as if wanting comfort, Talim entered the bedroom and saw her in that position.

She asked with concern in her voice "You alright Amy?"

The pink hedgehog looked up with tears of fear in her eyes, as the young wind priestess saw her companion in her state she sat on the bed next to her and hugged her and stroked her quills soothingly.

Amy laid still in her companion's comforting arms, the adorable hedgehog tried to not whimper but the dream she saw was so… awful.

After a few moments Talim felt her companion calm down and let her go and again asked "You alright?"

The pink hedgehog looked towards the young wind priestess so she continued "But if you do not want to talk about it then that's ok with me."

Even though Amy heard her she decided to tell her anyway "Well you see lately for the last two times I have went to sleep I have been having these visions or dreams of something…. something that really scared me,"

Talim listened intently to her new found friend as she carried on saying "this being I have been seeing in the dream was a skeletal form in flames, the second time I seen it now and it had…….."

The wind priestess could see the hurt in her eyes and wish not to pry any further and told her companion with a comforting hand on the shoulder "You do not have to say anymore you know."

The cute pink hedgehog was quiet at that point due to not wanting to remember Sonic in that situation but she still said "Thanks for listening Talim."

She replied "You welcome."

As the wind priestess got up she asked "Do you still wanna look around town?"

Amy loved shopping and she thought maybe going round town wouldn't be so bad so she answered "Sure, just give me time to get ready." Talim nodded her head as if to say of course so she left their temporary bedroom with twin beds to let the hedgehog get ready.

The two of them were in the town of Thuban and they had booked a room for a few nights. She thought that maybe going around town would help her feel better from her awful dream and to find out why she came here in Mitsurugi's note.

Minutes Later

As the two travellers left the inn, they both went to the market place, this was defiantly the place to be for shopping, the two females saw many things from different charms, trinkets, clothes even weaponry.

When it came to the weapons Amy found one hammer that caught her eye, it was black with stripes of red going around the tip of the handle and the two red stripes were on each end of the head with Japanese symbol in the middle of the head.

She asked the merchant "Excuse me sir?"

The male merchant did not seemed phased to see a pink hedgehog talking it was as if he knew every species.

But she did not mind if he was not surprised it just made things easier to ask "I want to know about this hammer?"

The merchant said "Ahhhh a wise choice madam, this is the called the Kari Hammer, this hammer was used in many wars and would cost around 900 gold pieces but for you young lady I will give you it for 800 gold pieces."

Amy could easily buy that since getting most gold pieces from Mitsurugi's gift bag and Talim giving her 900 gold pieces for saving her at first the pink hedgehog did not want so much from her but the she insisted that it was ok and she had loads more coins with her.

But the pink hedgehog didn't want to pay yet she decided to try to haggle for it see if she can persuade him to make it cheaper, she said to him "That sounds like a bit much for that hammer, how about I give it for you for.. hmmmm lets say 750."

The merchant replied with a laugh "Your kidding me right, this hammer has been used in many wars so it is worth 800 ok?"

But Amy was not going to give up on this hammer, she offered "I am not paying 800 for it, I will pay you 700 for it, how is that?"

The merchant shook his head in frustration "Look lady this was a well used hammer and it is very formidable in battle but I tell you what, I will give it to you for your 700 and if you want you can give the extra 100 for a world map, does that sound better to you?"

The pink hedgehog did not want to bother the man any further and plus there was some success in it and she will be getting a map of the world as a bonus so she replied "Deal."

The man smiled and said "Excellent."

The two exchanged the items and the money to each other, Amy put the map away in her pocket and looked at her hammer to make sure it was a good buy, she tested it with a couple of swings.

After she was satisfied she put the Kari Hammer away and left to meet her friend Talim who was waiting for her.

The wind priestess smiled to her and asked politely "Did you find anything useful in there?"

The hedgehog smiled back and replied "Sure did." she showed her companion the hammer and the map she got which seemed alright to her.

She said "They look good."

As the two were about to leave Amy heard a familiar voice say "Ahhh I see that you have made it."

As the pink hedgehog and wind priestess looked to see who it was, Talim went into her defensive stance, while Amy looked at the person that talked.

The young wind priestess stood her guard but the adorable pink hedgehog looked at the person and asked "Mitsy? Is that you?"

The man before them was the person that Amy knew, the armoured samurai said "I am glad that I found you, cause I have something to explain and speak with you about, come with me please."

Before he left Amy asked "Mitsy, can Talim join us?"

Mitsurugi looked towards them and replied "She may if she wishes."

As the two followed the samurai man he brought them to a place in Thuban where the streets looked deserted, on the left hand side of the street Mitsurugi lead them into a house.

But when the three entered the house they found it to be really a bar filled with many travellers, warriors even mercenaries.

Mitsurugi, Talim and Amy sat down at a lonely table, the bar looked pretty rough but surprising to see no one looked to fight around here.

The samurai looked towards the two and said "Some of the things I am going tell is stay between the three of us got it?"

The two females nodded their heads to the male as he continued to say "Good," he started to explain "As I said before Amy I am glad you made it here safely."

The pink hedgehog asked in confusion "Why do you say that?"

Her master replied "Cause you have passed my test."

Amy looked at him not only in shock but in disbelief but it did explain why he was not so informative in his note.

Mitsurugi carried on saying "If you made it here then you passed but if you did not then it would be obvious wouldn't it?"

She only nodded her head saying she understood but again he continued "But there was a reason I told you to come here."

Talim who decided to join in on the conversation asked "And that would be?"

He did not mind her joining in the conversation, so he answered "I wanted to speak with you about Soul Edge."

The pair were shocked to hear him say those words, it also stunned some patrons in the bar who overheard their conversation since they know of it.

Amy asked like it was an ordinary thing "Soul Edge? What for?"

Mitsurgi answered her "You see, Soul Edge is a hard weapon to obtain so I need your help to find it, even maybe retrieve it."

It was then the worried voice of the other young woman said "No she shouldn't."

The samurai warrior looked towards Talim and asked "And why should she not?"

The wind priestess replied "Cause Soul Edge is evil and it should be destroyed before it's taint takes over every land."

Mitsurugi said in a distasteful tone "Now you listen here young lady, I lost track of the blade once and I will not lose it again understand?"

She shook her head and replied in the same tone "No I do not understand cause your intentions for getting the evil thing is not even a good idea at all."

He answered back "You just can't comprehend the blade's power."

The young woman again said back "I know what it is and I know it should not be misjudged for it will mean destruction on every land."

He was about to reply till Amy butted in and said "Will you guys please stop arguing, it look like you both have two different stories about the same thing, why is this?"

Neither of them spoke either cause they did not have an answer or they could not explain how they had a different account on Soul Edge.

The pink hedgehog answered "I think I will need to think on it then I can decide what to do from here."

The two humans both nodded and said "Alright." and during the rest of the time seated there they said nothing.

Half Hour Later

As the trio left the bar Mitsurugi said "Well it was nice talking to both of you but I am afraid I must take my leave."

Talim been polite offered "Why don't you come with us?"

Amy was hoping he would say yes but it was not to be as he shook his head and answered "As nice the offer is I can't accept."

The pink hedgehog asked "Why not?"

The samurai looked towards his student who he was proud to call one of his best and replied "My journey is mine alone, anyone else with me will just get in the way or cause me to slow down."

The two young women both did not do anything at first but after having a think they both nodded but Amy was more reluctant to do so.

Mitsurugi looked at the two and said "Well I must be off, farewell."

As he left the two young women waved and both said "Bye." but Amy added "Make sure you stay alive so we can meet again."

As he walked away he could not help but smile as he heard the pink hedgehog's voice wishing him well. As soon as he left both Talim and Amy looked at one another with a questioning look.

At this point it was obvious to both of them that both need to plan out what to do next and neither one would know till they thought more into the situation that was before them.

TO BE CONTINUED

3 – Kari Hammer Special Abilities – When soul charge is triggered increases offence to 130 but returns to normal over time Disadvantages – Cannot block attacks Offence – 115
Defence – 110
Weapon Bio – The Kari Hammer is a great weapon that has been used in many unknown wars since no records have been preserved, the weapon has the unbelievable ability of increasing the wielder's strength which makes it a very formidable weapon in battle.

Note – Due to not knowing what to do for next chapter or lack of inspiration it will take longer then I have expected to come up with a new chapter, so I have decided to postpone this fic for now and work on maybe some others but don't worry I will come back and do more on this fic even maybe finish it but by the looks of it this is my biggest story so keep your eyes peeled on this one.

Please review that is all I ask of you all is that you have enjoyed it and say what was good about the story. Well an authors job is never done till next time readers