Chapter 4: First battle and new friends

It was early morning, the sun already beginning its ascent into the dusky sky to signal the beginning of a new dawn, with the birds singing their chorus just outside of the school dorms.

Sitting in a Seiza-style, the proper sitting style in Japanese culture, in one of those school female dorm rooms, inside a regal décor room with various paintings and expensive vases and plants, sat a long ravenette-haired girl. Relaxed and poised she sipped her morning green tea and partake in her breakfast, or Kaiseki, all prep and ready to start the day.

After finishing her meal and taking a few sips–lifting the cup away from her dainty lips–something she brew as part of the ancient Japanese tea ceremonials she'd learn as part of her family heritage and lets out a soothing sigh. Today's class assignment will be combat training to further develop their fighting abilities and possibly learn new tricks, however the third-year girl's thoughts drifted to the newest member of their class. Particular the young man that has suddenly join them and since then her mind has been entranced with him.

She remembered the little escapade yesterday due to her fellow year-mate student's rambunctious nature and blushed slightly about it. Intruding in another's room and a boy's room no less and she felt shameless in following Katsuragi's suit. Though they were found out by both their teacher and new classmate, the young man did not hold them in a negative view and forgave them easily.

Ikaruga found Sonic to be a sweet and gentle young man given by his forgiving nature and how polite he is too, which she found is quite admirable about him and was in joy to know that. Not to mention he seemed quite mature and calm as well, noble traits in a person in general. Having a second Katsuragi would've been troublesome, even though they love Katsuragi, they'd appreciate it if she just stopped with the harassments.

He is also an earnest and studious boy as well during class and quite perceptive with such little information to analyze and draw his conclusion on the Super-Secret Ninja Art scroll in a short amount of time. Not to mention he's a well-behaved on top of that as well as he manages to shook off Katsuragi's earlier attempt to flirt with him and Ikaruga shook her head at her blonde-haired friend's lack of decency around a boy.

Though learning he was staying at Asuka's place after getting out of the Hospital, she can't say she approved of having both a boy and girl of similar ages staying under the same roof. Which would be true in most cases, but Asuka's family were all there and it would seem they were quite taken with the boy.

She shook her head once again, she shouldn't be thinking of such a thing! She just met the boy and even though she hasn't really had any contact with males outside of her family before, she wanted to get to know him more. And she's not entirely sure why yet.

Even though he's a chivalrous boy she couldn't possibly think that as Asuka seemed quite taken with him already. However, their occupation as Shinobi makes it harder to develop relationships during the most crucial part of the lives. Though most Shinobi often meet their end during their occupation, the fortunate ones that do survive do tend to have families to continue their legacy. So, it's not completely unheard of, but that's beside the point right now.

Though she can't help but wonder how he became a Ninja seeing as he doesn't come from a Shinobi family, though there were several other reasons like a family's friend's child but considering his lack of connection, so one possible conclusion she thought was that someone or something was after him. True, even the Ninja who have sworn to protect the nation they can't be everywhere all the time so the most logical conclusion was to train him to defend himself. But what could be so dangerous that forced their hand?

That is a thought for another time as it's time to get ready for class. As Ikaruga stylishly stood up with such grace that you could tell she is from an aristocrat family, elegantly patted down on her school skirt to tidy it and quietly exit the room and closed the door on her way out. As class rep it's her responsible to look after her fellow students and so it's her job to get them up and about to get to class on time. Her thoughts dance with excitement when her mind drew back to the young man again as she cannot wait to guide him on the proper path of a Shinobi and smiled about it… teaching a student new to the ways to become better ninjas caused her joyful bliss for some reason. As class rep she will do her best!

Now first things first, she heads off to Katsuragi's room to awake her as she's afraid what the girl will do to their fellow student, no doubt the young man, if the ravenette girl doesn't keep an eye on her and pay attention to her classmate's behavior. She doesn't want her to traumatize the boy or worse make him love it and become a pervert like her which Ikaruga prays does not happen.

As soon as she approached Katsuragi's room she rapped on the shouji door three times to announce to her fellow third-year classmate she was here. A few moments passed and Ikaruga sighed, the blond was most likely asleep still at this time. Doesn't she realize by now they're Shinobi and this is their third year for them no less and they shouldn't be slouching?!

- Katsuragi-san, pardon the intrusion. - Ikaruga called out from behind the shouji door as she opened it to enter her classmate's room, though it's impolite to enter another's room. However, one whom of the same gender is more acceptable in the class rep's mind, and scanned the entire suspiciously clean bedroom. Ikaruga rubbed her eyes at the scene, but quickly scanned the room once more and noticed that Katsuragi's futon was empty and it looked like she barely slept in it.

The ravenette-haired girl's face scrunched up at the sight and looked dumbfounded at first. Katsuragi was never one to be an early bird and get up to do anything in the morning, especially before Ikaruga of all people, which was unprecedented as Katsuragi is mostly late to classes and sleeps in. Even her room was spotless, which is also unheard of. Where could the girl possibly…? Ikaruga gasped as a thought occurred. That place.

She didn't!

Like a madwoman Ikaruga bolts it out of Katsuragi's room and ran to the other side of the dorms at breakneck speed, her teeth gritting and her eyes flared with angry. How irresponsible! How inconsiderate! How vulgar! How shameless!

- KATSURAGI-SAAAAAAANNNNNNNN! -


The sunlight barely shined through the drapes of the young man's room in the boys' dorm of the Hanzo Academy as it is in a pretty well-secluded area of the school and this part of the school is the 'shadowy' half of it.

The blue-haired young man with white natural highlights slept soundly and peacefully in his futon as he snuggling into his pillow with a happy grin on his face, with slight drool coming from the corner of his mouth.

Even with the birds chirping in the background could not wake the young man as he continued to slumber, which he enjoyed doing aside from playing video games, running and eating. And speaking about eating he dreamt of a world filled with nothing, but his favorite junk food in it. A dream world of a paradise made of it, with mountain milkshakes, hamburger hills, chillidog benches, a chocolate river, marshmallow beds, pizza umbrellas, and other bizarre food types as well.

- Fluffy marshmallows…- Sonic sighed happily as he rubbed his face further into his pillow as he imagined himself in dream world stuffing his face into the marshmallow bed. He wrapped his arms around his pillow and tugs it tightly towards him, the sensation of two warm big jingly pillows with a curvy arc and the sweet scent of… ramen?

- Oh… well aren't you a frisky one in the morning? - a female voice giggled seductively.

Sonic groggily opened up his eyes and looked up to meet with a pair of emerald eyes looking back at him with a big satisfying grin on the person's face. The boy's arms were embraced around the girl's figure with his right hand on her right butt cheek and the other hand on her left shoulder with his face buried in her buxom rack as he sandwiched her in tightly towards him in his sleep.

- Oh, morning Katsuragi. - the sleepy boy muttered before going back to sleep.

Um… wait a minute…

- WAAAAHHHH!? - the boy bolted from his futon and scurried away from her with his back hitting the wall as soon as he couldn't scamper away any further. What was she doing in his room all of a sudden, especially in his bed with him! What was she thinking!?

- Ka-Ka-Ka-Katsuragi…!? What… why?! Why are you in my room!? - the boy blurted out as best he could, given the circumstances it's amazing he could form a coherence sentence after his initial shock and the crimson face with all the blood shot up in his head. He was wide awake now. Especially where he remembered where his hands and face have been.

- Do I need a reason to visit you? - Katsuragi purred as she crawled toward the undeniable freaked out Sonic as the girl looked at him in a very subtle, but obvious mischievous smile as her eyes narrowed down on him in a playful manner. Sonic noticed that Katsuragi seems to be wearing a white button-up long-sleeve shirt that covered her thighs and nothing else it seemed as the chest area is the most exposed with the number of untied buttons shown revealing that Katsuragi is apparently not wearing any bra at all. Even her signature blue ribbon was absent as well.

- Well, for starters, it's my room. - Sonic tried his best to put up a strong front as he stood up and quickly moved away from the blonde-haired girl trying to make some distance between them - And, secondly, why were you in my bed? -

Katsuragi stood herself up and followed Sonic, initially ignoring his questions, as she quickly tackled him back into his futon, by luring him over to it, before he could react and weighed him down by pressing her breasts into his chest as her face inched closer to the boy's face it lit up like a Christmas Tree light - Because~ I want to spend time with you! -

- That's it!? You couldn't have knocked and not invade my personal space!? Also, c-could you get off? W-What if someone comes to check up on me and see this?! - he honestly knew he's the only male in the group and Kiriya most likely wouldn't happen to pass by just now to stop it, but the girl's reason is ridiculous! This is an invasion of privacy and more important this is TOO dangerous of a situation. He's a hot-blooded guy for goodness' sake! And she's… ahem… a very attractive and sexy girl in his humble opinion and the two of them alone in the room and dressed like they are simply inviting a very hefty problem.

- Nope. - Katsuragi smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck, but not before grabbing his hand and doing a repeat of yesterday and this morning by placing it on her chest and the other on her butt, as her lips get closer to his - Besides I know you like this. -

- T-That is… t-to say… I-I-I mean… we j-just met and…- Sonic's beet red face couldn't form the words he needed to say to derail the situation he's peculiar currently in and if this continued… oh dear! He couldn't imagine the kinds of consequences he would be facing in the future.

- Oi. - Katsuragi perked up as she lifted herself up slightly, giving Sonic a little breathing room from her boobs that were slightly off his chest, and looked down before looking back at him with a sly smile - Someone's a bit excited. I like an honest guy! -

Eeeeh!? This is bad his body has begun to betray him and sinful enough he was starting to enjoy, but no! He's a good boy, he should start courting a girl first before moving onto something like this and he's not even mentally prepared for this.

- N-Now Katsuragi, hold on! -

Katsuragi inched closer before as she returned to her previous position on the boy her eyes lit up in a trance, obviously amorous by the boy for some reason - Why wait… I know you like me as well. -

Is this her idea of a joke? She can't be seriously!

- Well… define 'like' for me. -

The girl giggled as her lips closely close the gap between hers and Sonic's…

*SLAM*

And then door slammed open and both of the intertwined teens looked up to see a very furious ravenette-haired girl staring down on them. More importantly at Katsuragi in general as the blond-haired girl looked away casually as she whistled. Playing ignorant to the whole situation. Her eyes twitched with annoyance Ikaruga marched into the room and began pulling Katsuragi by the ear as the girl bellowed in pain from the sudden yank. It was like a mother scolding a daughter to Sonic as Ikaruga pulled Katsuragi away from him.

Sonic silently thanked his savior with tears running down his face in a comical manner. He gets to preserve his innocence a little while longer.

- Honestly Katsuragi-san! What on earth were you thinking?! - Ikaruga scolded Katsuragi severally having released her ear by then. This was no joke, what she did was beyond sexual harassment and on the new student no less! It seemed like the class rep has to keep a hawk-eye view on the troublemaker and discipline her to prevent such a thing happening again under her watchful eyes.

- Come on Ikaruga, you're no fun! I was just getting to the good part. - the blonde pouted angrily at her friend. They never let her have fun her way and she was THIS close to kissing him too, she was very curious what kissing a boy was like plus she finds him very interesting and fun to mess with. I dare say she might've already developed a special crush on the poor boy.

- When will you learn? - Ikaruga hissed at her before turning her attention on Sonic who was looking at them bewilderment, after regaining his composure - I apologize Sonic-san for Kat... baaaah!? -

- Huh? -

Ikaruga immediately looked away with a blushing burning face as Katsuragi had seen what she's freaking out about only to have a mischievous smile on her face and winked at Sonic causing the boy to look at them more curiously than before and then looked down to ponder… only to find the source of the confusion.

- Ahhh! - he quickly used his hands to cover over his blue shorts and looked back at the girls with a flustered, embarrassed, and shameful expression - I'm so sorry! That's just a natural reaction in the morning! Please forgive me! -

- I-It's f-fine! - Ikaruga blurted out, trying to keep her cool which isn't helping out all after seeing… that… and in a boy's room no less - I-I completely understand. Men have no control over it. -

- It's alright, I don't mind. - Katsuragi purred with a perverted grin - Well, at least we know he's completely straight... he he he. -

If only they had a few more moments longer alone the pervy blonde thought.

- Katsuragi-san… GRRR… this is YOUR fault you know. - Ikaruga tried her best to reclaim her demeanor as she cleared her throat, but her face was still red - Y-You can relax Sonic-san, I don't blame you. It is of no fault of your own, but hers. So, I'll be taking this troublemaker and reminding her about the rules here. We'll see you in class soon. -

- Boring~ -

- And as for you! What do you think you're wearing!? Do you have any idea how indecent you look right now?! -

- What's the problem? I'm only just wearing this shirt here, no big deal. -

...

…wait, what?!

- Only just… are you telling me…?! - Ikaruga's face twisted in disgusted shock as she covered her gasp with her free hand upon that realization as Sonic quickly comprehended on what Katsuragi just said as well, having his face return to the super redness.

- Yup~… I'm not wearing any panties at all! - Katsuragi grinned as she looked back at Sonic shyly - We'll play next time big boy. Perhaps you should join us, too, Ikaruga. -

- Y-You…! - Ikaruga gritted her teeth spitefully as she quickly yanked Katsuragi out of the room by the arm and back to the girls' dorm. Though not without bowing at Sonic and apologizing once again for her classmate's erratic and unbecoming behavior. In the while Katsuragi gave one last wink before she's stowed away leaving a very bashful and confused boy alone in the boy sitting on his futon without figuring out what just transpired.

- Well… - Sonic sat there still with a crimson face until he clears his throat and his embarrassment gone - That's certainly one way to wake someone up. -


15 minutes later...

There was an argument in the classroom between the three girls. Yagyuu and Hibari went about their business, that is, Yagyuu ate smoked octopus and Hibari ate her cookies. Sonic sat leaning against the wall with headphones in his ears, serving his MP3 player. He wore his normal clothes because he didn't want to wear his school uniform. Out of the corner of his eye, he watched the quarrel between the girls. Asuka and Ikaruga argued with Katsuragi about what had happened in Sonic's room this morning. Sonic had no intention of taking part in it, because it was Katruraga's fault that she had invaded his room, so Sonic tried to ignore it. Then it is not known where the small ball came from, and then it did not take 3 seconds before...

*BOOM!*

The whole class was covered in smoke, and everyone started coughing, and when the smoke cleared, none other than Kiriya emerged from it.

- (cough) (cough) I know you want to make a spectacular entrance, but that's an exaggeration! Sonic shouted, trying to clear the smoke from his lungs.

- I can't help it. It's hard to get rid of old habits. - Kiriya announced, wanting to change the subject and start the class.

- (He just doesn't want to.) - All six students groaned in their minds as a drop of sweat ran down the back of their heads.

- Sonic, there's someone who wants to meet you. - Kiriya said.

- Who? - Sonic asked. Suddenly, the door opened with a loud bang, after which a strong wind began to blow in the classroom. As the wind subsided, a tall, muscular woman stood next to Kiriya.

- Strange, they did not announce that today there will be wind. - Sonic joked. Never mind that it wasn't his world, he will always be himself.

- Daidouji-senpai!? -The five shinobi girls gasped of seeing their senpai and former student of Hanzo Ninja Academy.

- Do you know her? Sonic asked, pointing his thumb at Daidouji.

"And you have to be that new student that Kiriya-sensei told me about, am I right?" - Daidouji focused her attention on Sonic - (His energy. It is different from the others. Even Youma does not have such energy. Who is he?).

- Yes, that's me. I'm Sonic. The Fastest Thing Alive. - Sonic introduced himself with his characteristic smile.

Five girls tilted their heads, not understanding why their new classmate gave himself such a title. Asuka wondered about it when she remembered yesterday when she and Sonic were on their way to school. They were halfway there, and a few seconds later they found themselves under the school. Even at her own speed, she would not be able to reach school in such a short time. Sonic then caught her in wedding style and she closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them they were already in front of the school. Now everything was clear to her. The way they got to school was because of Sonic's speed. Now she knew why her classmate had given himself such a title.

- You are very confident. Let's fight and see what you're really worth! - Daidouji challenged Sonic.

- I thought no one would ask. OK, let me show you what this guy can do. But don't blame me for kicking your ass. - Sonic smirked, accepting the challenge.

Five girls, especially Asuka, were worried that Sonic might not survive the duel. They hoped Sonic knew what he was doing.


Training field...

They all gathered on a secret training ground to which only Shinobi have access. Hanzo and Sayuri appeared out of nowhere, saying they didn't want to miss the duel. Sonic and Daidouji were facing each other, Daidouji was standing in a position ready for battle, and Sonic was leaning his left hand on his hip and holding a blue flower in his right hand.

- If you are ready, FIGHT! - Kiriya shouted.

Daidouji began to charge at Sonic with her fist ready to punch him in the face, while Sonic continued to stand, enjoying the scent of the flower. Daidouji's fist was already a few inches from Sonic's face, the Blue Blur made his movement that no one noticed. When Daidouji thought she had hit him, he disappeared from her eyes. Sonic stood behind her in the same pose as before.

- Wow, you almost got me there. Now, let me show you why they call me the Fastest Thing Alive. - Sonic crouches down and curls up into a tight concussive ball and start spinning forward like a racer wheel though holding himself in place. Everyone was shocked to see what Sonic was doing. In shinobi history, there was no one who could match his speed or abilities. Sayuri had never seen anyone like him in her life. Hanzo told her (under duress) the whole situation with Sonic. Now, seeing him in action, she believed that the blue-haired boy came from another world.

Sonic continued to rotate in place before making a light speed attack on Daidouji, hitting her from all sides. Daidouji screamed in pain, then tried to punch him again, but he was too fast for her. Sonic landed in front of her, only to look away with a brown face. Daidouji raised an eyebrow and looked down, finding the answer. She stood in front of him completely naked.

- Don't you dare look at me! - Daidouji screamed with browned cheeks, trying her best to cover herself. How could she allow a new student to beat her so quickly? She promised herself that from now on she would train even harder so that the next time she challenged him to a duel, she would definitely beat him.

- I'm not looking! - Sonic shouted, trying his best to cover his eyes. Now he had images of a naked Daidouji in his head. He quickly shook his head, not wanting to be as pervert as Katsuragi.

- It looks like Sonic has won. Congratulation. - Kiriya said, announcing the end of the match. Five girls gathered around him, congratulating him.

- Sonic-kun, you're so cool! - Hibari cheered.

- You're not bad. - Yagyuu said.

- Yeah, you're so awesome! Can you show me what else you can do, please? - Katsuragi asked excitedly.

- You are very talented, Sonic-san. - Ikaruga commented with a smile.

- Sonic-kun, how did you do that? - Asuka asked innocently.

- What can I say? Whatever I do, I do it in the speed of sound! - Sonic smirked, after that he turned and walked towards the forest

- Sonic-kun, where are you going? - Asuka asked him.

- I'm going to explore the rest of the city. Yesterday, you showed me a part of the city, and today I will visit the rest of it. You don't have to worry about me, I have my own way back. All right, see you later girls.- Sonic said, then took off like a rocket towards the city.

Hanzo and Sayuri looked at each other with a smile, thinking about what could happen in their lives in the company of Sonic. But that didn't mean they could stop worrying about what awaits the blue-haired boy in the dark. They had no choice but to train him to be ready for what awaited him.


Five minutes later, with Sonic...

Sonic walked around the city, still thinking about recent events in his world. He, Tails and Knuckles tried to stop Eggman as usual, Eggman using Chaos Emeralds to conquer the world, nothing new and the strange reaction of the Chaos Emeralds. Why did the Emeralds behave so strangely? Why did chaos control send only him? If Eggman had been here, he would have let everyone know. But one question tormented Sonic. Did the Emeralds come here with him so he could go home? While Sonic was still thinking about it, he accidentally ran into a tanned girl with a long ponytail.

- Hey, look where you're going! - the girl shouted at him

- I-I'm sorry! - Sonic apologized and then shook hands to help the girl get up. The girl with uncertainty took his hand, got up and brushed herself off the dust a little.

- Once again, I apologize for bumping into you. I'm Sonic, by the way. - Sonic introduced himself.

- Hello Sonic. I'm Homura and these are my friends. - a girl called Homura introduced herself and other girls next to her.

Homura has tanned skin and her dark brown hair is tied in a long ponytail with a white ribbon, the ends of the ribbon standing straight up. She wears a white t-shirt with the Japanese kanji word for "Meat" on the front of her breasts, blue jeans, and black shoes.

- It's nice to meet you, Sonic-san. I'm Yomi. - Yomi smiled.

Yomi is a fair skin girl with long blonde hair with a small green clip in it. She wears a green workout suit including the pants with two white stripes and white sneakers.

- I'm Hikage. Hi. - Hikage introduced herself without emotion

Hikage is a pale skin girl with medium length green hair and amber eyes in a furtive or feral glance and an emotionless expression. She wears a over body red sweater that goes down to her thights, black long legging, and brown boots.

- (What's wrong with this girl?) - Sonic thought, asking himself

- I'm Mirai and don't look at me just because I'm shorter than you! - Mirai said, especially emphasizing her last words.

Mirai has long black hair that goes down below her waist and red eyes. She wears a pink sleeveless shirt with a yellow star inside a blue circle letters, two different wristbands: a green and blue wristband on the right, and a yellow thin one on the left, short blue skirt, long white socks, and black shoes. She also wears a black eye-patch with red tomoe over her left eye.

- Hello cutie. I'm Haruka. - Haruka blinked seductively.

Haruka has blonde hair that is curled at the ends with a large pink bow on top and green eyes. She wears a yellow sweater showing her naked shoulders with black stripes which is her bras underneath, short pink skirt held by a purple belt with a yellow-green buckle, purple shiny legging, and black shoes.

- Ara~ You're so handsome. You must be new around here. - Haruka approached Sonic and pressed her breasts to his chest, making his face as red as a tomato.

- Y-Yeah, I-I come here few day ago. - Sonic responded by trying not to look at Haruk's chest. Haruka chuckled at his reaction, finding it charming.

- Stop at last! We are in a public place! - Mirai screamed, wanting to end it.

- Ara~ Mirai-chan, are you jealous of something? - Haruka asked, hugging Sonic harder.

- That's not what I meant and you know that, Haruka-sama! - Mirai screamed again.

Sonic, wanting to escape from this situation, looked at the watch on his right wrist, which got it for his 20th anniversary.

Hey, look at the time, I gotta go. Asuka will be angry at me for being late. - Sonic couldn't think of a better lie. He hated lying, but unfortunately for now he had to.

- You know her? - Homura asked.

- Yeah, I'm her new teammate. And don't worry about that I know you're also a Shinobi. Asuka told me the whole story between her team and you girls and other girls from other academies. - Sonic said.

- Heh, classic Asuka. - Homura smirked.

- Okey, I'll be on my way. See you next time, girls! - Sonic said goodbye to his new friends, then he went back to the Hanzo Academy.

- Oi, Sonic! - Homura screamed and Sonic stopped ten steps in front of them.

- The next time we meet, I want a spare with you to see how strong you are! - Homura shouted out her plan for the next meeting. Sonic smiled in response, showing his thumb and then took off towards the academy. Homura still had a smile on her face and looked up at the sky.

- Homura-san, what's wrong? - Yomi asked.

- It's nothing. I have a feeling that we will soon have another great adventure with him around. Okey, let's go back home. We still got training to do. Homura announced that the other four only groaned with irritation.


Unknown place...

What was once called a forest was replaced by its ruin. All the trees were burnt, all the animals were dead. Nothing was spared. In the midst of all this disaster, there was a person wearing a black hooded cloak. The only thing that was not covered by the cloak was the face decorated with a white mask that had holes for the eyes.

- Our meeting is coming soon... Sonic the Hedgehog, but this meeting will be your last... hahahaha... HAHAHAHAHAHA... - the mysterious figure burst out laughing uncontrollably.


Okay, the next chapter is ready I hope you liked it. Forgive me for not updating this story before. I was very busy and didn't have much time to write this chapter.

In the next chapter, Sonic will learn the Transformation of the Shinobi and meet the girls of Gessen Academy.

See you next time, bye-bye!