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Chapter 2: Moonlit Alleys
BGM: Sonic Unleashed OST "Apotos Hub Night"
Walking through the moonlit town of Apotos, they noticed the citizens of the town were acting rather...strange. First was the ice cream man, then the priest, who was filled with sadness and despair. Rei saw the same evil energy that was possessing him to. Not only that, but the townspeople were frightened by Sonic's appearance, giving him either fearful glances or whispering on how scary he looked, which he heard them crystal clear thanks to his sensitive hearing.
"Weird," Minako muttered. "They were acting just fine earlier, but now they're acting…different."
"I know," Makoto agreed. "It's like their moods shifted as soon as it was night."
"It's because they're possessed," Rei stated, causing everyone to look at her.
"Possessed?" Ami questioned. The fiery miko nodded.
"They were both possessed by this dark, evil energy that shifted their moods once it turned night," She explained. "That could by why they're acting like this."
"Wait, so they got possessed once it turned night?!" Usagi panicked. "WHAT IF I'M POSSESSED RIGHT NOW?!"
Minako let out a horrified gasp. "OH MY GOD, WHAT IF I'M POSSESSED TOO?!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH~!" The two blonds ran around in circles, screaming their heads off which caused everyone else to sweat drop. Rei, on the other hand, had a tick mark forming on her forehead with a crimson ready aura emitting from her.
BONK!
The raven-haired miko bonks the two ditzy blonds on the head, knocking them to the ground with a steaming bump forming on their head.
"WOULD YOU TWO CALM THE FUCK DOWN ALREADY?! YOU'RE NOT POSSESSED!" Rei thundered. "IF YOU WER'E, YOU WOULD NOT ONLY BE ACTING DIFFERENT, BUT I WOULD BE SENSING THAT EVIL ENERGY FROM YOU RIGHT NOW!"
"Did you have to hit us that hard Rei-chan~?" Minako and Usagi whined in sync, rubbing their sore heads.
"You were both running around like idiots, of course I did!" The fiery miko barked at them, her hands on her hips.
"You're so mean Rei-chan~!" Usagi yelled, sticking her tongue out at Rei, who did the same. Chip hid behind Sonic, cowering in fear of the young miko's fiery temper.
"That girl's really scary when she's mad Sonic..." Chip whimpered. The werehog laughed nervously, scratching behind his head.
"Yup, that's Rei for ya,"
"My my, aren't you a lively bunch." A kind, elderly voice chuckled. Turning around, they saw an elderly, humanoid female lamb, who was wearing a lavender sun hat, a light blue blouse, and a purple gown.
"W-we're really sorry ma'am," Ami apologized, bowing her head slightly. "I hope we weren't disturbing you or anything."
"Oh, no need to apologize deary, I wasn't disturbed at all," She chuckled. "Which reminds me, you wouldn't have happened to see a two-tailed fox pass by, have you? He was in a terrible hurry." Everyone perked up at this.
"Two-tailed fox?" Rei parroted.
"That's Tails!" Sonic cried, causing the elderly lamb to look at him.
"Oh, is he a friend of yours?" She asked. Sonic nodded.
"Do you know which way he went?" Usagi asked.
"Why yes," The humanoid lamb points to her left. "I saw him fly that way. If you hurry you might be able to catch him."
"Thanks, granny! Let's go, guys!" Sonic said as he and the girls rushed down the pathway to where Tails went.
BGM End
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Tails was surrounded by a swarm of purple creatures. Most of them looked exactly like the ones that attacked Usagi, while the last one looked like some sort of Titan, holding a giant wooden club. The monsters walked menacingly towards the two-tailed fox, letting out saurian hisses and growls.
"W-whoa, hey! Settle down, guys! Come on!" Tails tried to reason with them, but his pleas fell deaf on ears as the monsters stepped closer to him.
"H-Help!" The two-tailed fox flew and hid behind a large statue, in an attempt to get away from the creatures.
BGM: Sonic Unleashed Ost-"Apotos Windmill Isle-Night"
Meanwhile, Sonic and the girls were walking down the pathway through town in the direction where the old lamb saw Tails flew off to. Looking around, they noticed that the town was rather...empty. There wasn't a single citizen in sight. It was so eerily quiet that it felt like a ghost town.
"Hey, where is everybody?" Questioned Usagi.
"Maybe they're sleeping in?" Makoto mused. Minako shook her head.
"I don't know Mako-chan, I'm getting a really creepy vibe from this." She said. Suddenly, Sonic's ears twitched as he heard something sneaking through the alleyway. The werehog stopped in his tracks, causing everyone else to stop as well.
"What's wrong Sonic?" Asked Chip. A deep growl rumbled from his chest, his fur marginally bristling.
"We're not alone," Sonic answered, searching for the attacker that lurked in the shadows. Further proving his point, a chill ran down Rei's spine as she felt an evil presence.
"Sonic's right, we're not alone." The Miko girl said seriously. They all got into a circle and crouched into a battle stance, preparing themselves for an attack. Looking up from above, she gasped as she saw two shadowy figures attacking at them from above.
"Guys, get down!" The Rei shouted, prompting the others to look up. Gasping, they jumped out of the way to evade the attack. The attackers were revealed to be two reptilian-like creatures with dark purple skin and glowing red eyes. The two creatures glared at them, growling and hissing viciously.
"They look like the monster that attacked me," Usagi thought, her eyes wide in shock.
"W-What are those things?!" Ami questioned. Sonic simply glared at the creatures, growling back at them.
"I don't know, but they're goin' down!" With that, Sonic charged at the two creatures, attempting to overwhelm them with his supersonic speed. But to his and girl's shock, he ran much slower than usual.
"What the hell?! My speed! What happened to it?!" Sonic questioned in shock. One of the creatures leaped towards Sonic, swiping at him with its claws, but the werehog managed to dodge the attack in time. However, he was suddenly tackled and pinned to the ground.
"Sonic!" Rei cried. Growling, Sonic grabs the creature by the head, stretching his arm as he slammed it into the other creature, before leaping forward and slashing at them with his claws, finishing them off.
"Alright! Way to go Sonic-kun!" Minako cheered.
"What happened to Sonic-kun's speed?" Asked Usagi.
"It could be that Sonic-kun's new form took not only took away his speed but increased his physical power." Ami theorized.
"Which is a pain in the ass," Sonic groaned. "Sure, I can get used to the stretchy arms, but losing my speed is a different story!"
Rei sensed even more evil presences. "We've got company guys!"
BGM: Sonic Unleashed Ost-"Werehog Night Battle Suite"
Right on cue, dozens of purple creatures appear from the ground, surrounding them. Sonic and the Inner Senshi then got into battle stances.
"Ready girls?" He asked.
"Ready!" They nodded.
"MOON ETERNAL, MAKE UP!" Usagi shouted, lifting her Crisis Moon Compact into the air. The lid opens, revealing the crystal inside. Usagi brushed her hand past the crystal and it emits a bright pink light. Feathers swirled through the air as golden light coalesced to form the crescent moon on her forehead and wings appeared on her back. She spreads her arms as her new wings and leotard are formed, then more feathers collected to form her gloves. Striking a final pose, Usagi became Eternal Sailor Moon.
"...MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER..."
"...MARS CRYSTAL POWER..."
"...JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER..."
"...VENUS CRYSTAL POWER..."
"...MAKE-UP!" They shouted in unison, lifting their transformation pens in the air. Each of the girls was transforming into their Sailor Senshi forms. A stream of water surrounded Ami's body. For Rei, rings of fire swirled around her body, while volts of electricity encircled. Makoto's body, and long banners of golden stars swirled around Minako's. Ami became Sailor Mercury, Rei became Sailor Mars, Makoto became Sailor Jupiter, and finally, Minako became Sailor Venus.
"Whoa..." Chip whispered in awe. Roaring, the purple creatures lunged at Sailor Mercury, who prepared her counterattack.
"MERCURY AQUA BLIZZARD!" She shouted as she sent a torrent of snow towards the purple creatures, freezing them solid. Sailor Moon was bashing each and every one of the monster's that were withing range with her Eternal Tiare, almost as if she were using a Bo staff. She jabbed one in the chin with the end of her rod, followed by a strike to the ribs, and one to the skull, sending it flying. Then, she twirls her Tiare around her body, before raising it above her head and aiming it at the monsters.
"SILVER MOON CRYSTAL POWER KISS!" Sailor Moon yelled, blasting pink light that streamed towards the creatures in waves, destroying them. One of the monster's lunged at Jupiter, swiping its claws at her. The tall brunette easily dodges the attack and counters with a knee strike to the midsection, followed by a downward elbow to the back of the neck. Ducking underneath another claw swipe, Sailor Jupiter slams her fist in its gut, and not long after, uppercuts it in the jaw, sending it flipping into the air and crashing into the ground. Then, she spins around to kick one in the jaw from her behind, and roundhouse kicks one in the neck from her right. Two monster stretched arms back before shooting them forward like a bullet and tried to punch Jupiter. But the tall brunette easily catches the punches, yanks them forward and BAM! headbutts them directly in their skulls, sending them reeling back through several buildings.
"VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!" Sailor Venus shouted as she lashed out her chain at three of the creatures, trapping them. Then she spins them in the air before slamming them on the ground, crushing their skulls and killing them instantaneously.
"BURNING MANDALA!" Sailor Mars shouted as she launched eight rings of fire at the creatures, burning them into a pile of ashes. Sonic unleashes a frenzy of powerful punches at the purple creatures while slashing at them with his claws and tossing them around like ragdolls. Finally, he uppercuts the last one, before jumping high in the air, wrapping all four limbs around the creatures' body, and pile drives it into the ground, finishing it off. Shortly, they were defeated, dissolving into a purple mist.
BGM End
"Well, that was easy," Sonic said, cracking his neck.
"A little too easy if you ask me," Jupiter scoffed, rolling her shoulder. "I was expecting more of a challenge."
"Guess now we know why nobody's around," Sailor Mars spoke up. "Those creatures must've forced everyone into staying indoors where it's safe."
"Do you think there'll be more of them?" Questioned Sailor Moon.
"Most likely yes," Sailor Mars sighed. "Anyways let's get going, the more time we waste the less likely we're gonna find Tails."
BGM: Sonic Unleashed Ost-"Windmill Isle-Night"
And with that, they resumed moving forward. Along the way, they had to face some more purple creatures and there were some obstacles that blocked their path but were able to get passed them thanks to their abilities, along with Sonic's new ones. While Sonic lost his speed, he retained his lighting fast reflexes and agility. He later discovered that he can run faster by running on all fours, which the Inner Senshi thought was cute. They then come across a door that blocked their path, which seemed to be locked.
"Aww, man! Now how are we supposed to get through?" Sailor Venus groaned
Sailor Mercury observed the two keystone figures by the door. "It appears we need to find two keystones in order for the door to open. Let's look-"
"HIYA!"
SMASH!
Before Sailor Mercury could finish, Sailor Jupiter kicks down the door.
"Or we could just force our way in." Sailor Jupiter smirked.
"Umm...yes, that works too." Sailor Mercury sweat dropped.
"Eh, at least we can get through." Sonic shrugged. As they walked through the doorway, they look up to see Eggman's robot standing on top of a building. Turning around to the others, Sonic placed a clawed finger to his lips, jerking his thumb at the robot, a mischievious glint in his eyes. The Inner Senshi giggled quietly and nodded, catching his plan. The werehog stretched his arms, grabbing onto the ledge of the building and climbs over it, quietly sneaking behind the robot. He then flips over the robot and grabs its head with his large, clawed hands, before twisting it into the air and BAM! delivers a brutal kick that destroyed the robot into bits.
"How do ya like that?!" The werehog mocked. Shortly, the other's joined up with him to the top.
"Uh, guys..." Sailor Mercury trailed off, pointing ahead. Turning around, they saw a horizontal bar that stretched across the ocean to a cliff, which had poles they had to swing from to get to the other side.
"Oh, boy..." Sonic blanched. Sometime later, Sonic and the Inner Senshi were shimmying alongside the cliff. They moved slowly and steadily to make sure they don't slip and fall into the water, especially since Sonic can't swim. However, someone in particular was having a little trouble.
"KYA!" Sailor Moon yelped as her foot slipped off the edge and she fell off the cliff.
"SAILOR MOON!" The Inner Senshi cried out. Thanks to his reflexes, Sonic stretched his arm and quickly caught the moon princess before she fell into the ocean depths.
"I gotcha!" Sonic said as he pulled her up back on the edge of the cliff. "You okay?"
Sailor Moon panted, her hand on her heart before nodding.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay,"
"Remember, move slow and steady, you don't wanna slip and fall," Mars instructed. After shimmying along the cliff, they swung on the poles while preforming some acrobatic stunts. And finally, they've arrived at their destination.
"Looks like this our final stop." Sailor Mars said, pointing at the church tower that was straight ahead. After running over there, Sonic walks up to the door and uses his strength to pry it open.
"After you ladies." Sonic quipped, bowing in a mock gentleman gesture, causing the girls to giggle. As they stepped through the door, they saw a swarm of creatures ranging in different shapes, sizes, and colors. The one in the middle resembled a titan of some sort, holding a giant club.
BGM: Sonic Unleashed Ost-"Night Battle Music Mini-Boss"
"Holy shit..." Sailor Jupiter muttered.
"Look, it's Tails!" Sailor Mercury cried, pointing at the two-tailed fox that hid behind the statue, quivering in fear.
"Alright, you guys take care of the rest of these freaks! I'll take care of the big guy!" Sonic told them.
"Right!" The Inner Senshi nodded. And with that, they let out fierce battle cries, charging at the creatures. Sailor Jupiter performs a chain of backflips, landing on her hands and spins rapidly, ruthlessly kicking the monsters that are in range, sending them flying. She then leaps over another monster, wraps her legs around its neck, and slams it into the ground, ending its life with a crush to the skull. Then, electricity springs from her hand as she proceeds to stand up and spin on her right foot, her lightning rod extending from her tiara.
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" Sailor Jupiter cried as she sent leaf-esque bolts of electricity at the creatures, causing them to screech in pain as they were being fried to a crisp.
"FIRE SOUL!"
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"
"CRESCENT BEAM SHOWER!"
"SILVER MOON CRYSTAL POWER KISS!"
While the Inner Senshi were fighting off the other creatures, Sonic runs up to the Titan on all fours.
"HEY UGLY!" Sonic shouted, grabbing it attention. "Come and get me!"
Growling, the Titans swings its club at Sonic, only for the werehog to easily dodge it.
"Missed me!" Sonic taunted. The titan swings its club at Sonic again but misses.
"Missed me again!"
It missed again, which Sonic blew a raspberry at it. Each swing from the club, Sonic swiftly dodged them with ease, much to its annoyance. Snarling, the Titan jumps in the air ants stomps its feet on the ground, creating a powerful shock-wave. Sonic jumped was able to jump over it, but his eyes widened when he saw the shock-wave heading towards the Inner Senshi.
"Guys, watch out!" Sonic cried.
"Huh?" Sailor Moon asked. Turning around, she gasped as she saw the shock-wave heading towards them.
"Jump!" Sailor Venus said. The Sailor Senshi deftly jumped over it in the nick of time.
"That was close," Sailor Moons sighed in relief.
"Sailor Moon! Look out!" Sailor Mars shouted. Turning to her left, she gasped when she saw the Titan swinging her club at her. Sailor Moon clenched her eyes shut, bracing herself for the impact. But, she felt nothing. Opening her eyes, she saw Sonic standing in front of her, holding the club with his hands and glaring up at the Titan, his fangs bared and pupils shrunk.
"You just made a big mistake buddy," Sonic snarled. He slams the end of the club into the Titan's midsection, knocking the wind out of it and causing it to release its club. Then, the werehog jumps into the air, clasped his hands together, and slammed his fists onto to the Titan's head, knocking to the ground. Grabbing its tail, Sonic spins it around several times and throws it into the air. Going in for the killing blow, Sailor Mars summons a fiery bow and arrow.
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" She shouted, shooting the fiery projectile at the Titan, who roared in pain as the attack pierced through its chest like butter, burning it into a pile of ash.
BGM End
"Nice shot!" Sonic complimented, walking over to the Martian soldier and giving her a high-five. "Where'd you learn a move like that?"
"Oh, it's a new attack that I picked up when I was fighting against ManeMane Girl," The martian solider answered.
"I don't who that is, but I'll tell ya this, that attack was way passed cool!" The werehog grinned, earning a giggle from Sailor Mars. He then turns to where Tails was hiding.
"Hey, Tails!" Sonic called out to the two-tailed fox.
"Sonic?!" Tails questioned, peeking from his hiding spot. He looks over to where Sonic was standing, the moonlight shining over him.
"What are you doing out here?" Sonic asked. The fox kit was surprised by his new appearance, he then notices the Inner Senshi standing by him.
"Guys?!"
"Hi, Tails!" Sailor Venus called out, waving happily at him.
"Did you miss us?" Asked Sailor Mars. Tails happily flew over to them, hugging them.
"It's so good to see you guys! But how'd you get here?"
"It's kind of a long story." Sailor Jupiter replied sheepishly. Tails then turned over to Sonic.
"Well, that's a new look. What happened?"
"You know me, never a dull moment." Sonic quipped, smirking.
"Wants some Chocolate?" Chip asked, holding out a chocolate bar in front of him.
"Uhh...thanks." Tails sweatdropped, taking the chocolate. Soon, they were walking across a meadow as Sailor Mars began explaining about her visions of the planet broken into pieces, Sonic transforming into a Werehog, them being sucked into a vortex thus being sent to their world, and a strange creature emerging from Mobius' core.
"That's some story," Tails began. "I bet that you guys being sent here by a vortex, Rei having these visions, Sonic turning into...that, and the planet breaking apart is somehow related."
"I need to find Eggman and make him fix this, and FAST!" Sonic roared, throwing his fist in the air.
"About that, I think I know someone who might know something about what's going on here." Everybody perked up at this.
"You do?" Asked Sailor Mercury. Tails nodded.
"Yeah, Professor Pickle over at Spagonia University. I came to this city to gather some data, if we add that to his research findings, we might be able to get to the bottom of all this." Tails explained.
"Spagonia?" Sonic mused. "That's a continent over. An easy jog, if the planet weren't broken."
Tails walks up to his Tornado 1.
"No problem! My Tornado 1 will get us there in a flash. Let's get going!"
Sonic grinned at the fox. "Leave it to you Tails! Let's get moving!" He turns to the Inner Senshi. "You girls ready?"
Sailor Mars smirked, crossing her arms. "We were born ready Sonic!"
"You be we are!" Sailor Venus chirped in, winking and giving a peace sign.
Sonic chuckled at her enthusiasm. "Alright, let's go!"
As they walked over to the plane, they noticed that Jupiter was not with them.
Sonic turns around. "Yo Mako! You com...ing...?" The werehog trailed off when he saw Jupiter staring at the plane in fear. Her body shook like a leaf and was breathing rapidly. This didn't go unnoticed by the others. Immediately, guilt washed over them.
"Oh, right, we forgot ya had a fear of planes..." Sonic muttered sympathetically. He recalled her telling him that she had a fear of flying and planes due to her parents dying in a plane crash since she was a child.
"Oh, Mako-chan..." Mercury whispered sadly.
Jupiter swallowed a lump in her throat. "W-We...h-h-have to f-fly there...?" She questioned, her voice trembling.
"We're sorry Makoto," Tails said solemnly. "But there's no other way."
"Look, if ya want, you could-"
"N-No!" Jupiter interrupted Sonic. She clenched her trembling fists, taking a couple of breaths to calm herself down, but was still shaking.
"Y-You're entire world is at stake, and I'm not gonna let my fear hold any of you back," The brunetted looked at Sonic dead in the eyes, her forest green eyes burning with tenacity. "If this is the only way, then I won't slow you down."
Everyone gaped at Sailor Jupiter's determination. Grinning, Sonic gave her a wink and a thumbs up.
"Atta girl Mako!" He said happily. "Tell ya what, you can sit in the front seat as Tails sits on your lap. Does that sound good?"
Smiling weakly, the brunette nodded. "Y-Yeah, that sounds like a good deal."
Soon, everyone hopped onto the plane, though Jupiter did it a bit more reluctantly. She slowly took the seat, doing her best not to panic, as Tails sat on her lap. Sonic stood on the back on the plane, while Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus, Sailor Mercury, and Chip were sitting on the wings. Though Usagi didn't need to since she could fly. With that, Tails started the engine and took off into the starry night sky, heading towards their next destination.
To be continued...
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