K.O. – Sorry guys.Somehow Chapter 12 got screwed up. I'm trying to put it back as best I can.
RECAP: "Although I could not see her, I still watched her, which is how I learned of you, Airie, and all her friends. I could not tear her away from you, but now that you are here, I can bring her here as well." Gaga took a breath. "And that, is my story." Everyone took some time to let it set in. Airie broke the silence. "Gaga? What were the Gate Keeper's family name?" Gaga smiled weakly.
"Kendo." He said simply.
Airie stood still as a statue. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"You're telling me...that Chihiro Kendo...my friend C.K...is the Gate Keeper"
Gaga answered. "Yes."
"And...she's a demon..."
"That too, is correct."
"And now...you're going to bring her...here."
Gaga was silent. "Only with your consent."
"With my what?" Airie asked. "The duty of a Gate Keeper can be a dangerous one for some." Gaga explained."As I told you, Lady Cocoluu was killed by her people. There is always a chance that could happen to Lady Chihiro. I won't put her in any danger unless you are sure she will be safe."
Airie thought about this. She never wanted to C.K. to get hurt before. She was her best friend, after all. What kind of friend would Airie be if C.K. got hurt because of her? But then there was Gaga and the whole Gate keeper sitiuation. Airie couldn't leave Gaga like this forever. He couldn't defeat Boom Boo by himself. He needed C.K. to be with him. Airie also remembered that Gaga was created to protect the Gate Keeper. And with Sonic, Tails, and the others, her safety was assured.
"Alright Gaga. Do what you need to do." Airie said. Gaga smile got larger -if possible- and he nodded gratefully. He floated back from them a bit and started chanting. As he did, a circle appeared beneath him. His chanting got louder.
"Live Life, Thou Shalt Not Die!"
"For Millions And Millions Of Years!"
"Hail, Protector Of The Mortal Gates!"
"Strong Are Thy Sails In The Wind..."
"...As Thou Glidest Over The Rivers Of Flame..."
"...That Lead From The Demon World!"
A star drew itself inside the circle and many gasps were let around. Forming out of the stars center was a female echidna. She had a very long ponytail the reached her knees. She was wearing black boots and a black skirt, and had a purple sweater on that read 'B4K4'.Tied onher back was a broomstick. She lightly opened her hazeleyes as her feet tapped the floor, and they got wider as she took in her surroundings.
"Wow Gaga, I'm impressed." Airie said in awe. C.K. was different now, but Airie could still tell it was her. C.K. was shaking her head around frantically. Her eyes landed on Airie looked at her up and down, then C.K. lunged at her screaming "AIRIE-SAMA!" She started crying things in Japanese, her voice becoming higher pitched and soon it was impossibe to understand her.
"C.K., you've reached the point where only dogs can hear you!" Airie yelled. C.K.'s face went blank for a moment, then she quickly aplogized, "Gomen, Airie-Sama." She started talking in English. "But, what's going on? Where are we? Why are we like this? I don't-" She cut herself offf when she saw Chris and Amy. After a minute of exchanging stares, C.K. went "Ohhh."
"Yes, and now we need your help to get rid of the ghosts." Airie said. "Y'mean the ones from Episode 19?" "The very same!" "But the vase is what get's rid of them right?" Airie hadn't thought about that. "Yeah, but, umm...Gaga needs you sohe cantake his true form!" C.K. looked at Gaga, who smiled and waved innocently. "Why?" Gaga grew his big smile again. They knew what they were in for.
"Here we go again..." Amy said.
"This is going to be a long day..." Chris said.
After another round of explanations, C.K. and Airie started chatting like the old friends they were. Gaga was just glad to have his partener back, even if he wasn't in his real from yet. C.K. hadn't decided yet if she was ready to take the job or not.
"Hey Airie." C.K. said. "Yeah?" "Episode 19 is where Amy gets tricked right?" "Yeah." "Have you told her yet?" Airie groaned a little. 'Not like I didn't see this coming...' she thought. "No C.K. I haven't. And I don't think we should." C.K. looked confused. "But why? If we tell her now it might save us a whole lot of trouble!" "Think about it: Would Amy really listen to us? She's completely devoted to Sonic. She'd jump off a cliff for him. It wouldn't make any difference if we told her. And besides, Boom Boo can still put that ghost inside of her." A shiver ran up C.K.'s spine. "Don't remind me." she said. "Sorry. I forgot that freaked you out. Anyway, I have a perfect plan so the won't happen!" Before Airie told her plan she called Gaga over. "Anything I can do for you, ladies?" he said eagerly. "Just need to let you in on a little secret." Airie said.
Once she finished explaining, Gaga grewa mishciveious grin and floated back to the head of the group. C.K. was relucant about Airie's plan. She looked ahead to Amy.
'Is it really the only way?' she asked herself.
They soon found temselves in a circular room with a single ledge, which Airie and C.K. quickly recognized as the arrival placeof Boom Boo. Airie simply walked over to the ledge, leaving the others behind. When she got there, she looked up to the ceiling and said "Must get pretty boring up there, eh Sonic?" The others looked up to the ceiling, seeing Sonic, Tails, everyone trapped in some sort of barrier. Sonic mustered whatever strength he had left and spoke."Airie...put the vase...with the sun up..." Airie looked to the vase, then Sonic, and smirked. "Nice try, but you won't trick me that easily." Amy ran over completely outraged."Airie! What are you doing!" "Can't you see Amy?" The ghosts took over Sonic. They want us to put the vase sun up, so they can flush out their king." To Airie's good fortune, Amy believed her. "Don't worry Sonic! We'll get you out of there in no time!" she said. "Here Amy, I think you should put it on." Airie said. Sonic glared at Airie. "I thought you knew what was gonna happen...!" he yelled. "I do, but she doesn't." Airie said with a wink
Sonic was confused. Airie had known all along what would happen, and she was letting it happen? It didn't make any sense. He was so caught up in his thoughts, he didn't pay any atention to Amy, who had just put the vase down with the moon side up. Just like before, a bliding light came out from it.
'Perfect!' Airie thought. 'Now to test my acting skills...'
After the light cleared up, the Ghost King had risen again. He was just how Airie and C.K. remembered: Big, stupid, and ugly.
"Thank you for releasing me." he said with and evil smirk. Airie got on one knee and in an alomost emotionless tone said "You are most welocome, Master. Everything is going according to plan." "Airie...?" Amy asked. Boom Boo was confused. "What do you mean 'according to plan'?" Airie looked up at him. "Surely you did not forget Master. You ordered me to take control of this creature, and convince that one to put the vase on the altar." "So...you're not Airie?" Amy asked. Airie looked at her with regret. "No, I'm not." she said.
Amy was absolutely furious. She clutched her hammer in her hand. "You...tricked me..." she said. "I'm not gonna let you get away with that!" "Come my minions! And attack!" B.B. yelled. As he did, an army of ghost apperared and charged straight for Amy. But they were no match for her. In a matter of minutes, the ghosts were either unconsious or had run away. "Grr...useless fools..." B.B. grunted.
C.K. saw this as a good opprotunity to initate the next phase in Airie's plan. "Hey, Boom Boo!" she yelled. "Do you know who I am!" For a moment, B.B. thought she was crazy, until he saw Gaga floating next to her head. "Gaga, you of all people should know the Gate Keeper cant do anything unless she agreed to her position!" "Dang, didn't think about that..." Airie muttered. Gaga looked like he was holding his breath as he glared, but shook it off and turned to C.K. "Lady Chihiro!" he said holing her hand with his small one. "Do you accept the duty and responsiblity of protecting the Human World from danger?" The room was deathly silent as C.K. thought. Finally, with a determined face, gave her answer.
"I accept."
Another light came from their untited hands. Gaga's body began to change shape, but not into a chao. His body turned long and red, and gold patterns were drawn all over him. His head grew out and a snout and set of fangsbecame visible. Two thick horns grew out of his head, and his tiny hands grew into tremendous claws.
"He tuned into a dragon...!" Chris exclaimed.
"Just when you think you've seen it all..." Airie said.
C.K.'s broom had changed, too. It turned into a sword handle. Before she could even think of why it would become that, Gaga spoke to her. It wasn't his high,squeaky voice, but a very powerful and deep one. "Lady Chihrio! Climb on my back!" he said. He didn't need to tell C.K. twice. Once she grbed hold of his horns, they became airborne(A/N: It must have been pretty big for them to do that) "Gaga, what do I do know?" C.K. asked. "Aim the handle at Boom Boo and throw it!" Gaga said. C.K. closed on eye and aimed the handle at Boom Boo's mouth. When she threw it, a large blade came out of the handle's end. it went straight into B.B.'s mouth and knocked him outside.
B.B. screamed in pain as the sunlight his his skin. He turned into his shadowed state and tried to run back to the castle. C.K. jumped off of Gaga and picked up her sword. She thrust it into B.B.'s shadow, yelling"NO YOU DON'T!" At that instant, he came out from the ground and tried to run away, but C.K. had stomped on his tail. The barrier inside wore off, and all those inside were let down. They all ran outside to congratdulate C.K.
"C.K. that was amazing!" Airie said.
"I can't believe Gaga turned into a dragon!" Chris said.
"You beat Boom Boo AND got rid of the ghost inside Airie!" Amy said.
C.K. and Airie exchanged glances. "Sure...let's go with that!" C.K. said.
"What are you talking about!" Sonic yelled. "Never had ghost inside of her! She tricked you!" "She...what?" Amy said. Airie turned to Sonic. "Sonic, I hope you realize that tommorrow I will be trying to remove your vocal cords." she said bluntly. "But why would you do something like that?" Amy asked. "If I didn't, you would've been tricked in an even worse way." "How could it have been worse!" Sonic asked. Airie groaned and pulled Sonic and Amy away from everyone else. She told them about how Boom Boo pretended to be Sonic, tricked Amy, everything that would have happened. Their eyes were wide and they were speechless when she finished. Then, both in unison, they said "Thank you." Airie sighed in satisfaction.
"Now, what do we do with Ghosty here?" C.K. asked. "I say we put him in a barrier of his own!" Sonic said. "Leave him to me! Maybe I can whack the ugly out of him!" Amy said raising her hammer. "Maybe we should let the Gate Keeper decide." Airie said. C.K. put herself in deepthought. "I think we should let them stay here." she said. "Biut what if this happens all over again!" Amy yelled. "We can't send them back to their world. It's another Human World, remember?" "Oh yeah..." Amy said. "What are you guys talking about?" Sonic asked. "We can't just send them to another world." C.k. continued. "Right now, the Demon World gates are only open to the Human World. If we send them to Heaven, another war will start, and I can only protect us from the Demons." "Uh, hedgehog with a question here. What does any of this have to do with Heaven?" Sonic asked again. "So its agreed then. We let them stay here?" Airie said. All nodded their heads. "Are you guys listening to me!" Sonic yelled.
C.K. turned to Boom Boo. "But let's get one thing straight..." C.K. took a deep breath. "IF TOU SO MUCH AS EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING THIS AGAIN I WILL PERSONALLY STUFF YOU INSIDE MY SIZE 3 BOOT ANDSHOVE IT IN A BLENDER! YOU GOT THAT BUB!" Boom Boo shook his head up and down vigorously. "THEN GET OUT OF HERE!" And with that, Chihiro Kendo, an ordinary Japanese girl turned echidna, sent the Ghost King Boom Boo, running away in pure terror.
See what I meant by split personality?
C.K. took the vase out back to the pedastal and set the moonside up. She sighed happily. "I feel a lot better now!" she said proudly. Everyone sweatdropped. C.K. looked around for her dragon friend. "Hey, were'd Gaga go?" A slight tug at her shirt gave her the answer. She turned around to see a Knux-Chao with large periwinkle eyes. "Lady Chihiro!" Gaga cried in his normal voice. "This is my true form! I hope it does not displease-OOF!"
C.K. grabbed Gaga in a great big bear hug. "AWW GAGA! YOU'RE SO CUTE AS A CHAO! AND YOU'RE A KNUX-CHAO TO BOOT! YOU'RE SO KAWAII!"she cried with glee.
"And her weakness with cute things shows." Airie said.
"I guess." Sonic said. "...Wait a minute. Who is she?"
Airie sighed and remembered what Chris said earlier. It really was going to be a long day.
K.O.- I'm sory for the inconvience everybody. I dunno what happened, but Chapter 11 just reapeated itself. I'm pretty mad and sad at myself. -bangs head on keyboard to relieve guilt-
