Chapter 20: Sonic vs. Shadow Pt. 2

After what seems like an eternity, the dust begins to settle. From what seem like the battle of the century has nearly come to an end. If anyone was here watching this remarkable brawl, they would know who is left standing.

Just when they thought their hero is victorious, they thought wrong.

The blue warrior, Sonic the Hedgehog – the Dragon Warrior – was on the ground; stunned with Shadow the Hedgehog - the dark knight - looming over him. They were in the nearly constructed crater that was made by the impact of Shadow's strike. With his opponent down but not completely out, Shadow was free to take the scroll from his grasp. Seeing the scroll in Sonic's hand and without mercy, Shadow slams his foot down on Sonic's wrist – hard.

Sonic winces in pain as Shadow's foot makes contact with his wrist. His hand loosens the hold of the scroll as Shadow reclaims the scroll once again. Shadow steps his foot off his wrist which Sonic quickly swipe it back. With his free hand, Sonic rubs it to make it better.

For Shadow, he relishes at having the secret to limitless power in his grasp at last. For more than twenty years, his dreams have finally come true. In just a few second, the long wait will come to an end and he will finally know what the secret is.

"Finally," he spoke under his breath. He pulls off the top and cast it aside. He slides the valuable scroll out of its container and holds it in his hands. Shadow also cast the container away as he eyes are locked on the scroll. He just only needs to unroll it to witness the moment of truth. "The power of the Dragon Scroll…is…" he opens the scroll, "MINE!"

Ready to witness the secret was not what he was expecting. His beaming smile was turned upside down when he took the first look of what the scroll contained.

His triumph. His conquest. His victory was turned to absolute horror when he witness what was inside the scroll. Not to mention he was shocked as well. He looked behind the scroll if he missed it. He also closed it and opens it again if it comes back. But it didn't. Just like before, the answer remains the same and Shadow was not happy.

"IT'S NOTHING!" he said; disappointed. So, for more than twenty years, this is what he was waiting for? A blank, reflecting surface? The ancient artefact that was passed down by the greatest warriors on the planet? At least, he and Sonic were on the same page

The blue hedgehog recovers from the attack. He sits up a bit still rubbing his sore wrist. Shadow turns his attention back to Sonic who lets out a cough from enduring a huge battle. "It's okay. I didn't get it the first time either," Sonic admits. He winces in pain as he gets to his feet.

Shocked that he was not the only one to see what's inside but doesn't understand it at all, Shadow looks back to the scroll and back to blue hedgehog; demanding for answer. "What?"

Back on his two feet, Sonic decided to tell the secret message. "There is no secret ingredient."

What? There is no secr—

In anger, Shadow tosses down the scroll. Sonic glazes down on the scroll to see his reflection before looking up at Shadow again.

"It's just you," Sonic said; looking down on the scroll and smiles. "You just have to believe in yourself."

Thanks to his talk with his dad, Sonic finally understands what the scroll meant. To anyone if they read, it comes up a blank reflection of them but to Sonic, it contains a secret message. If the Great Master was still here, he would have been proud of Sonic for sole cracking the hidden message of the Dragon Scroll. Guess Eggman made the right choice.

Sonic is the Dragon Warrior. Only the chosen one would have figure out the message and fulfil his destiny. The true power was inside the Dragon Warrior all along; but, spent from his journey, and fighting the Furious Five, Espio, and Sonic, Shadow's frustration and anger kept him from understanding the scroll's cryptic message.

Shadow could not believe it. After so many years from when he was created to now, he realised that the secret to limitless power was to believe himself?

Disappointed and fully not understandable, Shadow finally snaps. Letting out a scream and his frustration, Shadow does a deadly strike to the nerve point in Sonic's chest where his heart. Once he made contact, Sonic takes the hit and collapses to the ground. There, he remain motionless.

The battle is over.

Sonic the Hedgehog is gone…

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…until he recovers and starts giggling.

Wha—

Bemused that Sonic has survived the nerve attack, Shadow looked at his hand and goes for another strike. This makes Sonic turns his giggles to laughs. And again... and again?

"Stop it!" Sonic pleaded; trying his very best to ignore the delight. "I'm gonna pee!" He goes back to laughing as Shadow continues to strike him again and again. It seems that thanks to Sonic's body fat, none of Shadow's nerve attacks doesn't seem to affect him. They are only tickling him.

"Don't! Don't do it, PLEASE!" Sonic begged while trying to stand up. More furious than before, Shadow delivers a double-fisted punch to Sonic's belly. The shockwave ripples through the cobalt hedgehog's entire body which he unexpectedly redirects the power through his own arms, comes back and strike Shadow; sending the hedgehog crashing back into the Chilli Dog shop.

Sonic just looks at his hands; amazed at his own strength and couldn't believe what he has just done. But Shadow was not done yet. One hit does not make him out. He rises out of the rubble and resumes the battle with Sonic. He delivers an offensive of attacks but Sonic blocks every single one of them. Using his greatest weaknesses into his greatest strength, it seems that Sonic has no problem holding against Shadow.

During the brawl, Sonic manages to step on Shadow's feet; as a little payback from stepping on his wrist. Shadow grabs his foot and endures the pain. Sonic laughs at this. They begin to move out of the crater to gain level ground while the blue boy once again blocks the attacks and manages to strike Shadow in the head. The black warrior then leaps in the air and delivers a spinning kick to the head but Sonic grabs the foot in the mid-attack and throws Shadow back into the crater. Sonic flips back into the crater, grabs Shadow by sash around his waist and pulls him up.

With Shadow's sash in his hold, Sonic head-butts the black hedgehog, kicks him in the guts and throws him down on the dirt ground again. Shadow leaps up and kicks him again but Sonic wraps the sash around his foot and flips him to the other side where he unrolls the sash; making him spins in the air. Sonic also used the sash as a blocking weapon when Shadow throws another kick and backhand. As Shadow goes for another punch, Sonic block the attack with the sash; blocking his attack. Shadow punches with the other hand but Sonic quickly binds both his wrist with the sash.

With his opponent in his grasp, Sonic pulls Shadow towards him and gives him a kick to the guts which sends him tumbling down the road; skidding across the concrete street and crash into another building. Sonic winces at the sight of the impact. That's gotta hurt!

Recovering from the attack once more, Shadow was now absolutely furious. He can't be defeated by an overweight untrained stranger. He just can't. In last attempt, he lets out a battle cry and charges straight for Sonic.

But Sonic prepares himself. Taking a step back with his right foot, steady his stance as Shadow is getting closer and closer.

Wait for it… Wait for it…

The violent Shadow leaps at him… and was swiftly met by Sonic's legs. And thanks to his momentum, the power of his kick sends poor Shadow… all the way up to the clouds; screaming likes a girl. The blue hedgehog looks up to see if Shadow is coming back down. But he didn't. Sonic raised an eyebrow as he waits… and waits… and waits.

Wow…how high did I kick him?

A second has past when Shadow, still screaming, reappeared in the sky and was heading towards the ground. Realising that he was standing in the exact same spot, Sonic takes a couple steps back and one second later, Shadow crashes back down into the ground; engulfing only him both in an explosion of dust and dirt.

Using his left hand, Sonic shield himself from the dust. It begins to settle and evaporate. The blue hedgehog once again looks at the floor where Shadow has landed. It seems that Shadow himself made a hedgehog-shape hole when he crashed landed on the hard concrete ground. Now, THAT has got to hurt!

"You…"

Sonic was taken back from the sudden voice. Shadow… is still alive? After that smash? Wow.

"…can't defeat…me…"

The now very exhausted and beaten but still unrelenting Shadow had enough strength to climb out of the hole. With his quills and clothes all messed up and looks he is ready to hit the dirt, the black warrior would not admit defeat so easily. Once out of the hole, he heavy breathes as he begins to stagger over Sonic.

"…you…" he grabbed his arm in pain before falling over. But he quickly picked himself up. He was now in complete denial of the blue hedgehog's superiority. "…you're just a big…fat…" he holds up his fist; ready to strike Sonic once again, "…hedgehog!"

He sloppy lunges at Sonic one last time… only for the blue warrior to grab his finger. Shadow's eyes go wide. How fast is h—

"I'm not a big, fat hedgehog... and I'm certainly not a faker…I'm THE Dragon Warrior!" he proudly said. He looks over to his hand that is holding Shadow's finger.

As Sonic's pinkie pops up, so does a determined look on his face. In a bolt of fear, Shadow gasps.

"The Khan Finger Hold?" he gasped. Looks like Shadow knows this hold.

Sonic couldn't help but put a sly look on his face. "Oh, you know this hold?" Now, Shadow is the one shaking in his shoes.

"You're bluffing... you're bluffing! Espio didn't teach you that! He didn't!" Shadow pleaded. He was hoping that his former master wasn't smart enough to teach a deadly move that he has so much about to Sonic.

"No, you're right…" Sonic agreed. A hopeful expression pasted on Shadow's face. Maybe he's just playing with m—

"…but I figured it out."

Shadow's smile dropped as he's ready for the worst. And so does Sonic's pinky…

Near the mountain side far from the city, the escaping citizens of Station Square with the Furious Five leading them are safety crossing the hills. It has been more than an hour since they have left the city and everyone is accounted for. Well, almost everyone.

Pulling his cart, Vector was behind the pack as he stops to look at the city once more. This time, he was traveling alone. There was one person that was close to him that was supposed to come with him but didn't come.

Sonic. His son.

During his talk with him, he was told by Sonic to evacuate the city while he stayed behind. But why? Why did he need to stay behind? Was it because he told his son about the secret ingredient of his Secret Ingredient Mixture for Chilli Dogs? That he was disappointed? Or his dream of being a Kung Fu warrior turned to dust? Guess he'll never know if he doesn't see his son again.

With a miserable look on his face, he continued to look at the city one more time before leaving with the others. What he wasn't expecting was an explosion of golden, rippling energy that was produced in the middle of Station Square. It then flows through the city and ends up sweeping past him, the Furious Five and the fleeing they witness it, they couldn't help but be astonished about it.

As everyone looks towards their city in distance, Vector has one thing one his mind.

Is Sonic ok?

Author's Notes: WHOA! WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THE FINISH I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT! That's right! The big finale is just around the corner with only two more chapters to go. The last will probably have the credits and the knowledge of the next story. But that won't happen until after a week break or hopefully, we put a stop to SOPA. We have more than 70,000 petitions; we are just SO close people. Keep it up!

First off, I decided to upload the chapter a day earlier since I have finished it and I wanted to make sure that if FanFiction does get banned, I really wanted to upload it.

Next, we finally get to see the second part of the battle. This proves Shadow cannot defeat Sonic even if he is the most powerful warrior on the planet. It also reminds me the battle between the two hedgehogs over the years. First, there was the debut of Shadow in Sonic Adventure 2, then Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic Rivals and Rivals 2 and then Sonic Generation. They were also the comic books and season 3 of Sonic X. I don't know what I miss but these guys do have a history of facing against one-another.

We also get to see Vector in the last part of the chapter. Worried for his son. Well, he can't help it. He is a father after all. Well, he will find out that Sonic is OK in the next one.

Next one is the last chapter and then it's the credits. Since I was in a good mood today (beside the whole SOPA thing), this writer is fortune enough to uploaded it today! See ya next time!

Until we meet again,

TheDragonLord2912

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