Chapter 3 – Sonic the Dragon Warrior?
In just a few short minutes, the Chilli Dog Restaurant has become packed. Friends and family from all over Station Square have come to this bustling place just to simply to grab a bite or to catch up with their love ones. Despite being a small restaurant, it proved to be very popular. And the ones who run the shop weren't kidding about how small their place could be. Because one particular somebody was having trouble serving meals while getting around with his arms full of plates at once.
He got halfway through the restaurant when he almost trips over from a tight squeeze. This caused him to bump into a family of goats.
"Hey! Watch it, Sonic!" said the father of the goat family; nearly missing a bite of his Chilli Dog.
Sonic straighten himself and bows to the family. "Sorry, sir."
He then begins to walk back... only to bump into another table that has family of rabbit. This caused the father of the family to drop his Chilli Dog all over his shirt. The father growls at the careless hedgehog while the children giggled at this moment and the mother was trying to scold them for their immaturity.
"Oh! Very sorry, sir. Truly sorry!" he said to them.
With all this bumping around, Sonic decided to retreat back to the kitchen to have a talk with his dad about making some space for not just the customer but for him as well to move around. Just before he does that, a wolf enters through the door and puts up a poster while a raccoon hits a small gong which gets Sonic's attention. The hedgehog rushes up to the poster while carrying two plates of Chilli Dogs in his hands as he reads the poster. Once he has finish reading, his eyes went so wide that they almost became dinner plates.
"No way! NO WAY! Master Eggman is going to choose the Dragon Warrior! TODAY!" he excitedly muttered. He couldn't believe that day that has finally come. The young hedgehog has been hearing stories from the Great Master Eggman that he has search far and wide for the Chosen one - The Dragon Warrior. And now this day has finally come. But he can't be the only one to know about this. He quickly puts the plates down and stands on a chair to get everyone's attention.
"Everyone! You got to go to the Jade Tower 'cause one of the Five is going to get the Dragon Scroll!" He yelled out to the customers. This got not only Sonic but everyone in the restaurant to be very excited. They jumped out of their seats and left for the tower. Vector popped out of his window to see what the whole commotion was all about. Sonic rushed over the table beside where a pig was busy munching his food.
"We have been waiting for YEARS for this moment! Just take the dog!" Sonic yelled; grabbing the pig's Chilli Dog and shoves it into the his mouth. He then jumps onto another table beside him.
"This is, like, the greatest day in Kung Fu history. Just go!" He ordered a goat while pushing him out of his seat. Sonic was the last one to leave the restaurant to go see his favourite heroes when suddenly...
"Sonic! Where are you going?" Vector asked his son who stops in his tracks and turns to his dad.
"To the... arena where the Jade Tower is to see the tournament?" Sonic answered to his dad.
Vector came through the door; pushing what looks to be a metal cart with one tray filled with Chilli and the other full of cooked dogs. On the front of it was a picture of Vector's face; just the one on the apron.
"Without your Chilli Dog Cart?" he said while pushing the cart to Sonic. "The whole city is going to be there and you are going to sell Chilli Dogs to all of them."
"To sell Chilli Dogs?" Sonic looks down and back up to the croc. "But Dad, you know, I was kinda thinking I..."
He tried to think of a way to tell his dad that all he wanted to do was see the tournament for once and see his idols. The ones that that he admire for so many years and dreams of meeting them. Now, this was his chance. But how was he suppose to tell his father.
"Yeah?" Vector said.
"I was kinda thinking that I maybe..." Sonic really wanted to tell his dad, but he loses his nerve and comes up with another solution. "...could also sell spicy tuna balls. They are about to go bad."
Vector smiled at his son. "That's my boy!" He races back into the kitchen to get the spicy tuna balls. "I told ya that dream was a sign!"
"Yeah, ha ha, glad I had it," Sonic groaned sadly. The hedgehog wished he could tell his dad the truth... for once. At least, he was able to go to the tournament.
The celebration in the arena was under way as the crowd were arriving and enjoying themselves. The roof of the arena was open on a clear, sunny day and it was perfect for special occasions such as this. Everyone in the city is going to show up... well, almost. Sonic was heading to the arena which it is located behind the Jade Tower, with his Chilli Dog cart. He stopped in his tracks as he saw something that made his mouth drop... Lots of stairs. The stairs were spiral around the building rather than straight like a normal staircase would be. Sonic groaned as he starts to climb the stairs while pulling the cart with him.
A little while later, Sonic is still struggling up the stairs. He stops for a second to catch his breath. "Ok...*pants*...Alright...*pants*...Almost there..." He looks up and sees that... only to find out that he made seven steps up the stairs.
"Oh COME ON!" he cried out. Now, how was suppose to get all the way to the top with his Chili Dog cart without... damaging it too much.
He was about to give up when a leopard and a pig passed by. They see the struggling hedgehog and couldn't help but feel bad for him that he is going to miss out on the tournament if he tries to bring his cart that way.
"Sorry, Sonic," said the leopard.
"We'll bring you back a souvenir," added the pig as they climb the stairs. Sonic frowns in annoyance. He couldn't believe that he was going to miss out not just the tournament but also the identity of the Dragon Warrior. He just can't miss that one. In a split second, an idea comes to him.
"No. I'll bring me back a souvenir." He toss his hat and his apron off and runs up the stairs; leaving the cart behind.
There is no way I'm is going to miss out on the event of the century.
The arena itself was located on behind of the Jade Tower on another building but not as tall as the main building. Every citizens is preparing to watch the event of the century. Like the hedgehog said in the restaurant, they have been waiting many years for this moment. While the people of Station Square are locating their seats for the tournament, two familiar beings were on a small balcony that shows a great view of the arena. They then prepared themselves for today's event.
"This is definitely a historic day, isn't it, Master Eggman?" Espio asked the tall warrior.
"Of course and the one I feared I would not live to see," he said. He is taking a great view of the crowd and stage where the Furious Five will present their showcase of skills to the greatest master today. The human turned to the purple chameleon. "So, are your students ready?"
"Yes, Master," he nodded.
Master Eggman kneeled down so he is at his height. "Now, you must know this, my old friend. No matter whom I choose will not only bring peace to the city, but also to you," he advised, standing up from his kneeling position and walks to the rails to observe the roaring crowd from below.
As he walks away, Espio thinks about what he said. Early this morning, Eggman received the news about Shadow's return that so devastating that drastic measures was put in place. But was now relieved that Eggman has also announced that it was time for the identity of the Dragon Warrior. Although at first they both don't know who exactly, Eggman was certain that the true Dragon Warrior will appear during the event. He just hope that his years of training his students has not been a total waste when Eggman announce either one of them to be the Chosen One. And about Shadow. He still remember the pain that he endured. It was terrifying. It was also hard to recover back to his normal health but the memories of it was harder to erase. He tries to shrugs off these bad memories of his past as he joins Eggman.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let the tournament begin!" said the announcer as he hits the gong. The crowd then goes wild. The moment of the occasion has just began and everyone is there to witness it.
Well, almost everyone.
Just outside the gates, a hand was on the top step of the biggest stair in he city which was followed by another one. With two hands on the step, it pushed up a certain blue hedgehog who was exhausted from climbing all those stairs. Once he pushed his body up to the top step, he rolled on his back and begins to catch his breath. It was a long climb for the hedgehog but he finally made it.
"Yes!...*pants*...Finally, I made it!...*pants*...Yeah!" He laughed, victoriously. But his victory was cut short when he noticed the palace doors begins to close.
"Oh No! No no wait!" he shouted. Using what was left of his strength, he quickly got up and raced to the doors. Unfortunately, the doors closed all the way and locked. At the sight of this, Sonic couldn't stop running and went face first on the door with his feet in the air. He falls down on his back with a burning sensation on his face. He quickly brushes it off, gets back up and pounds his fists on the door.
"Hey c'mon! Open the door!" He cried out for anyone but the drums inside the arena covers up Sonic's pondering.
"Let me in!" He screamed once more but so far, no dice. Frustrated at the fact that no-one can hear him, Sonic has to find another way to see the event. He looked around to see a small window in the wall. Yes! The window may be high but it was his only chance to see his heroes in action. He run up to the window and tries a number of jumps to get through the window. After the third jump, he manages to grab hold of the window still and struggles to pull himself up. Sonic manages put his arm over the window still so he gets a small but clear view of the event as Espio is about to speak.
"Citizens of Station Square! It is my great honour to present to you... Amy! Kate! Tails! Knuckles! Chip! The Furious Five!" Espio announced. Not mention just in time too as Sonic continues to watch the show with a grin on his face. From above, the five heroes of Mobius all leapt from the buildings around the arena. They did a series of their trademark Kung-Fu moves in the air before gently landing on the ground to resume their techniques and finishing it off in their respective stances. The audience were cheering like mad at the sight of their heroes and so did Sonic.
"THE FURIOUS FIVE!" Sonic cries out, getting a brief glimpse of the Five before a gust of wind was produce from Kate's wings. The wind begins to travel towards the back of the arena where a number of people and creatures were watching, especially a certain fan which caused the doors of the window to closed up. The impact from the doors causes Sonic to release his grip from the window still and knocks him to the ground.
Great, just great. He was this close to see his heroes in action and now he is going to miss on all the action.
"Warriors, prepare for battle!" Espio added. Sonic recovers again from his impact and races up to the door. He also noticed a small hole on the door. "Ready for battle!" Sonic heard Espio's voice again as he looked through the hole to see Tails, preparing for his battle. A large machine stood in front of the two-tailed fox who begins to twirl his tails, preparing to fly. At the sight of the machine, Sonic knows what the fox is up against.
"Woah! The Thousands Tongues of Fire! Aww man, this is going to be awesome!" Sonic said as he continued to watch. But, his luck has run out when a huge cat named Big came in front of the hole. The same hole that Sonic was looking through.
"Hey! Get out of the way, man!" He called out but the cat didn't hear him. Sonic feels like he has lost his chance to see the action. He was waiting for the cat to move when he heard the fireworks go off. He looks up and begins to backs up to see Tails flying in the air as the fireworks flying towards him. Sonic was about to see the fight... when he accidentally falls down the stairs. He quickly gets back up to find out he missed it. The blue hedgehog groans in frustration of missing the opening act. He has got to get in there somehow.
The crowd continued cheer for the heroes as the tournament continues. Sonic, on the other hand, tries to punch the door open but ends up breaking his knuckles in the process.
"Ow...," he uttered.
Plan A failed. He tries to jump over the wall by pole vaulting. He gets a long bamboo pole from the garden and does a bit of a run up. As he comes close to the wall, he dugs the end of the pole into the ground and bends the stick, preparing to jump over but as soon as he falls on his back, the pole whips around and hits him face first into the arena wall.
Plan B failed. Sonic decided to catapult into the arena. Instead of taking another bamboo pole out, he got one that remains in the ground. He cuts the rope that holds the bamboo... but nothing happens. Sonic gets off for a second to see what's wrong. But as soon he gets off, the bamboo then swings out of his grip which hits him on the nose and then it swung back down, hitting him on the head. He falls down in pain.
Plan C failed. With no plan in mind, Sonic sits on top of the stairs. He was all alone and he was going to miss out the greatest event in Kung Fu history.
Espio finally announced the last fighter for the tournament. "And now, Master Amy!"
Sonic then snaps to attention. "Oh no! There is no way I can't miss Amy's performance!" he thought. He grabs another rope and ties it around the same bamboo tree that hit him before, twice. He then began to pull the rope so he can this launch himself in the air.
"Believe citizens, you haven't seen anything yet!" Espio told the audience.
"I KNOW!" Sonic yelled as he continues to pull the rope.
"Master Amy vs. Iron Ox and his Blades of Death!" Espio continues as Amy prepares to fight her opponent. Sonic has successfully launch himself in the air. He gets a peek of Amy preparing for her battle but only for a few seconds as he falls out of view and lands outside the arena, on a firework cart before she even made her move.
"Oh rats..." he hisses in pain. So close - again.
Just then, Eggman has sense something. He smiles as he closed his eyes and raised his hand in the air. At the sight of his gesture, everyone in the arena went absolute silence as they got his attention. Espio also had his attention as well but he knew what the expression on the great master's face meant. It must be...
He opens his eyes and decided it was time. "I sense the Dragon Warrior is among us," he announced. This was it. The identity of the Dragon Warrior was now moments away. Espio turned to his students and motions for the Five to gather in the centre of the arena. Amy was still in her battle stance but joined her fellow fighters in a line. They stood proudly as they wait for the grand announcement.
"Citizens of Station Square! Master Eggman will now choose... the Dragon Warrior!" Espio declared. Everyone cheers at this and this announcement cause Sonic comes to.
"What? No! Wait! Not yet!" Sonic cried out. He may have missed out on the action but he can not miss out on who is going to be the Dragon Warrior. He just can't. But he then looked around to see that he landed on a pile of fireworks. At the sight of these party celebrations, he gets an idea. It may be the crazy, the most dangerous and the most stupid idea he has ever thought of... but it is worth a shot.
As the drums were played in the background, Master Eggman makes his way down the stairs and towards the Five whom are waiting for his decision. Back outside the arena, Sonic was also trying to make his way inside the arena by tying a number of fireworks to a chair. Once they were all tied up, he hops on the chair and lights up a match. He was just about to light a fuse...
"Sonic?" Sonic looks to his right to see his dad with his hat and apron in his hand that the hedgehog ditch at the bottom the stairs. He was wondering why his sons didn't take the cart and gear up to the palace so he decided to go see for himself but he wasn't expecting to see him pulling a crazy stunt. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" He panicky dropped the clothes, rushes over and tries to blows out the flues.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Sonic said to Vector while tying to stop him blowing out the flushes but thanks to his dad's large jaws, it proved to be a problem.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Vector cried out, blowing out the last flues of the rocket.
"No, dad. Stop, please! I'm going to see the Dragon Warrior!"
Still in the arena, Eggman is becoming more closer to the Furious Five as the crowd waits for his decision. Meanwhile, outside...
"I-I don't understand, Sonic. You finally had the Dog Dream. Isn't this what you want?" He asked his son. Vector was shocked at his son's confession.
Sonic signs. He had another confession. "I lied, Dad. I don't dream about Chilli Dogs," he admitted.
Vector was still surprised. "If it's not Chilli Dogs, then what is it?" The croc asked again. Sonic didn't have time to answer as he saw the fuse on the last rocket was almost out. Once it's gone, Sonic will be soaring in the air and hopefully land in the arena to see the Dragon Warrior. Sonic holds on to his seat as he braces himself for launch.
"I LOVE KUNG FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-" Sonic opens his eyes to find himself not in the air but still on the ground. The fuse turns out to be a dud. Then, Sonic fells face first on the ground. He then looks away from his dad, disappointed and embarrassed. Vector signs sadly as he holds out his son's apron he dropped before.
"Oh, I'm sorry, son. Come on, let's get back to work," Vector calmly orders his hedgehog son.
Sonic signs sadly. "Okay," Sonic mutters, lifting himself with the help of his hands. But as soon as he got onto his knees, the dud rocket, along with the others, all lit up and sends the poor hedgehog flying face first into the wall. The croc screamed at the sudden impact and watched his son who was in pain from meeting wall again for pretty much the third time today, move all over the wall on his custom made chair.
"Oh my! Sonic, Come back!" Vector called out but his son can't quite hear him because Sonic's rocket chair soon blasted him high in the sky which exploded. More fireworks went off which made the crowd look up with awed. They all think that this was part of the show. High up in the air, Sonic, all covered in soot, has somehow survived the impact but his chair has already disintegrated. The hedgehog then looks down to see how high he was.
He looked to his viewers. "Uh... oh."
This was going to hurt him. A lot.
He began to free-fall at a very fast speed and was heading towards the middle of the arena. He was getting closer to the ground and the closer he got into the arena, he saw the Furious Five and Master Eggman. But he didn't have time to see more of them when he landed face-first again on the hard stone ground. Once he has made the impact, everything around him went all black.
What seemed like an eternity, Sonic finally open his eyes and lets out a couple of painful groans. "Where – where am I?" He looked up to see a blurry view the Five who were looking down on him. For once, Sonic didn't freak out to see his favourite because he was too dizzy from the impact that he just made from hisentrance. With a foggy view, he looks around slowly while getting his bearings. comes around slowly, to get his bearings.
"Where…uh." He then looks around to see Master Eggman who was pointing his finger at him, with a big grin on his face. "What are you pointing-?" With the sight of the great master, he then realised what happened. The hedgehog himself was shot out from the sky on his custom chair with fireworks strapped to it in order to into the palace so he can find out who is the -.
"Oh! Sorry, sir. I just wanted to see who the Dragon Warrior was," he answered as he gets up onto his feet. Eggman was still pointing at him.
"How interesting, young one," the tall human said to him.
Just to be sure of herself, Amy steps forward. "Master, are you pointing at me?" she asked Eggman.
Eggman continues to point at Sonic. "Him."
"Who-?" Ok, now the hedgehog is very confused. He tries to move out of Eggman's finger but it keeps following him.
"It's you, my friend," he clarified, moving a bit closer to him.
The blue hedgehog placed his hand on his chest. "Me?"
Eggman used his staff to raise Sonic's hand up. "The universe has brought us the Dragon Warrior!" The Great Master finally announced to the audience.
For so many years, the entire world has found the Chosen One...and it's not one of the Furious Five. It was him. Even Sonic was very shocked.
"What?" Sonic uttered, very confused.
"What?" said the Furious Five, very appalled.
"What?" barked a shocked Espio.
"WHAT?!" Vector cried out whom just got through the gate and to witness the biggest news. He could not believe what he has just heard saw. not believing what he just heard and saw.
The raccoon bangs the gong and fireworks and confetti were shot up into the sky as music played and the crowd goes wild. Sonic looks around; still baffled about what just happen as the carriage that is carried by servants.
Espio sees the servants coming out as he tries to stop him. "Stop! Wait! Who told you to-?" But the six raccoon servants didn't stop and quickly past him as it was their job to bring the carriage around for the Dragon Warrior. They right in front of Sonic as one of the raccoon servants ushers him to sit the carriage.
The blue hedgehog sits in the carriage and was carried across the arena as they were heading towards the Jade Tower on another flight of stairs. A shocked Espio rushes over to Eggman who proceed to follow the hedgehog. The Furious Five bowed to the great master; despite not gaining the title that they trained for their entire lives.
"Master Eggman, wait! That hedgehog can't possibly be the answer to… our problem," he lower his voice then raised them back. "You were about to point to Master Amy and that THING just fell in front of her. That was an accident!"
Confident with his answer, Eggman turned to the chameleon with a smile on his face. "There are no accidents, my friend."
Then, they heard a crack nearby. Espio and Eggman, even the Five, look to the source of the crack to see that Sonic has somehow broken through the carriage and his butt was sticking out on the bottom. Thanks to the impact, the raccoon servants couldn't support it. Luckily, the wolf servants came to help carried the carriage into the building.
As the carriage was taken up the stairs with the blue hedgehog and the tall master trailing behind, Espio just stand there with his mouth open; stunned and appalled. For many years, he has trained his students to the highest rank of Kung Fu and was certain that one of them would be the Chosen One. After all this time, just when one of his student was this close to be chosen, a stranger pops out of nowhere and claims to be the Dragon Warrior by Master Eggman. Not one of his students.
Disappointed, the Five approaches him, feeling defeated and humiliated.
"Forgive us, Master Espio," Amy apologise the chameleon as she and the others bowed down in respect. "We have failed you."
Espio raised his hand to silence them. "No." He then turned around to face them. "If the hedgehog has not quit by tomorrow morning, then I will have failed you," he said to them as the confetti continued to flutter through the air and the celebration lives on with the arrival of the Dragon Warrior. But Espio was not going to give up yet. He was going to rid of the so-called Dragon Warrior. One way or another...
Author's Notes: Hey! Happy Australia Day to everyone down here in Down Under! Hope you guys had a great weekend. Also, during the break, it also looks like I'm getting a tan. I have three things on my mind: relaxing, swimming and FanFics! With all this free time, I'm be done with this FanFic in probably a month or so - if I use my time well. So, with another chapter redone and updated and plenty more to go. Let's just hope that you'll like it. I'll get started fixing up on the scene where we get to see Shadow as soon as possible. In other words, we are going to step away from the heroes for now and introduces a few more characters into the story. I'll update more chapters as soon as possible when I have time.
So, we get to see Big the Cat in this scene. Another character from the STH that was not seen or mention lately in the games but he did had a big role in Sonic X during the Sonic Adventure arc. Great show, too bad they didn't do another season. Oh! Almost forgot. Those who are Sonic X fans, I recommend reading Sonic X: The Movie by MissBrains101. It is a great story. And if you guys think that Chris boy is a wimp, wait till you read this FanFic.
Also, probably in a few weeks time, I will be going for a job interview and might get the job which would put a strain on my time writing my stories. But I can't let that hold me down. I did promise myself that I would finish them no matter what. You guys just have to be patience as it will take time. Hope you guys will understand that. So, enough about me, just remember to review or leave a comment. And everyone in Australia, Happy Aussie Day!
Until we meet again,
TheDragonLord2912
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