K.O.- YEAH! Now we're getting somewhere!
Sonic- Seems to me we're back at Square 1.
K.O.- How so?
Sonic- Well, Airie seems to be asking all these questions that seem to go under the category of 'What is my destiny?' and 'Is there life after death?'. She'll never get a satisfying answer, and we all know it. You're just delaying the inevitable. You'll run out of answers to give and soon this fic will be no-
K.O.- -brain snaps and falls to the ground drooling-
Sonic- Uhh...-pokes-
K.O.- -jumps up- SAUCY CHIPMUNKS!
Knuckles- Stop using big words. You just broke her brain.
Sonic- Whoops...
K.O- -takes out dagger- MWEH HEH HEH! I GOT MEH STABBIN' KNIFE!
Knuckles- You know what Sonic? This is your fault. We're gonna die now, and it's your fault.
Sonic- Why is it my fault?
Knuckles- Well, you know that thing you do where you open your mouth and words come out? You should really stop doing that..
Shadowkiller27- You really thought the SGK was that funny? I thought it had a lot to be desired. Ah well. There won't be one for today. Instead...something else will takes its place.-low evil laughter can be heard in the background-
Carolyn The Hedgehog- It's very good to know I'm not the only one out there. I'm not sure about you, but my brain go squish-squish-splat when confronted with science.
mangnagurl101- Thanks once again for your enthusiasm.
Jazzerman- Thanks. I probably would have done something related to the original show or the comics, but I haven't seen the old show in so long, and since the only comic I have is the one where they start high school, you can understand why I didn't do that. And I don't think I used Japanese words a lot, though. I only made Amy do it once, and the only reason C.K. does it is because...well, she's Japanese. But I thank you for your reply in any case.
Sonica-Sillya- Before I decide I'll need to see if Foxie can fit in with the plot, but the answer is most likely yes. It would help a lot if she is in fox mode.
Twilight-Link- I'm glad you like the idea. It will be put into action very soon, very soon...I hope.
Raine Wolfwinter- I'll need the gender before I use Raine, but I'm fairly sure Raine's a girl.(you may chase me with a chainsaw if I'm incorrect. I'd probably deserve it)
chaogirl- It's the same as Sonica-Sillya. I'll need to see if Chris fits with the plot, but I'm very sure I can get her in.
RECAP: Eggman looked the Emerald over. Amidst all the confusion, he grabbed it when it fell out of Airie's pocket. But that girl still troubled him. He saw her command that water and use it to destroy his robot. 'That girl's power is immense.' he thought. 'With strength like that, it would be no problem to conquer this planet!' An evil grin spread across his face. "Perhaps an persuasion of changing sides is in order..." he said to himself.
Sleep.
Something Airie really needed.
But wasn't going to get too much of.
Her slumber only lasted a few hours. Her eyelids, much to her displeasure, opened slowly, due to someone howling in laughter. She saw the blurred shapes of the others, mainly C.K. and Lite, hovering over her. The one laughing realized she was waking up, and walked over too her. The voice sounded familiar, but Airie couldn't put her finger on it. When she got her vision back completely, she wasn't too surprised at what she saw.
Emerald green eyes. Very close to hers.
DeJa-Vu.
"Hey, she's alive!" Sonic yelled.
She raised a fist and rammed it into Sonic's face, while sitting upright at the same time. Sonic fell to the floor. He raised a finger and said, "She's ok!". Then the finger fell back down with a thud.
Airie took in her surroundings. They were no longer at the room where the aquarium used to be, but in the spare room they entered on arrival. She was lying in a makeshift bed. She also had a pounding headache. She put a hand to her head, wincing a little. "Guys...what happened?" she moaned. C.K. rushed to her side and pushed her back down. "Airie, you need to rest." she said. 'That battle took a lot out of you." "I would still be sleeping if Sonic hadn't been laughing so hard." Airie said. "Why were you laughing anyway, Sonic?" Sonic started to slowly inch to the door, but Knuckles grabbed his arm. "Don't do it Knux!" Lite warned. "My sister can be a walking bomb when she wants to be." Knuckles smirked evilly, to which C.K. silently squealed. "Why do you think I'm going to ask?" he said. "Oh, I get it." Lite said smirking with him.
"Now then Sonic..."Knuckles said. "Why don't you tell Airie what you found so funny in her laptop?" Sonic chuckled nervously. Airie exploded. "You were snooping in my laptop!" she yelled. "That thing has my diary on it! Just what did you look at!" "N-Nothing!" Sonic stammered. "I was listening to the music you had downloaded on it and I found this file called 'DiaJuJuBee'. I didn't know that it was your diary! I didn't even see much anyway. Just something about a guy named Dan and that he tried to look up your sk-YEEP!"
Airie had jumped right out of the bed in an attempt to tackle Sonic, but he jumped out of the way, and took her shoes ,apparently thinking she couldn't follow him that way. Airie ran out the door. "SONIC!" she screamed. "GIMME BACK MY SHOES SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS!" She was about to run after him, but C.K. and Lite held her back by her bare feet. She struggled to get away, but it was to no avail. "Why didn't you guys try to stop him when he was reading it...?" she said giving up. "We tried but..." C.K. started. "By the time we realized he was reading it, he ran away and we couldn't find him." Lite finished. "He just burst through the door, acting like a hyena a little while before you woke up."
Airie sat back down on the bed. "I way too tired to be dealing with this..." she moaned. Knuckles came up to her, a bit confused. "Uh, it's none of my business or anything, but...you named your diary JuJuBee. ...Please explain why."(A/N: My older sister recently got a chao in SA2. She named it JuJuBee(Don't ask)) Airie sighed and put a hand on his shoulder. "Many a strange thing that large amounts of caffeine and chocolate can do to a person." she said patting his shoulder. "Amen to that, sista." Lite said.
Seeing Lite brought Water Tails back to the front of Airie's mind. "Hey, where'd blue boy go?" she asked. "Airie, Sonic just ran away because-" Lite started. "No, no. The other blue boy. Water Tails." Someone tapped her shoulder. "Right here." Airie jumped. Water Tails had been behind her the whole time. "Jeeze...!" Airie gasped. "Way to give me a heart attack!"
He bowed in a very gentlemanly-way. "I apologize. It was never my intention to frighten you, Miss Airie." He took her hand and raised it up to his face. "You have honored me greatly. Thank you for summoning me first." He brought her hand to his mouth and kissed it.
Awkward silence.
Airie blushed very hard and a shiver ran through her body from top to bottom. For a moment, she lost the ability to see.
C.K. and the others stared in a mixed state of shock and confusion.
Lite twitched in anger.
As Water Tails kissed her hand, a mark drew itself on his cheek. No one saw it at first though. Lite had tackled him to the ground, bringing Airie back to the world of the sighted.
"Don't you touch my sister again!" Lite yelled as he pulled Water Tails' ears. "I-OW-had to-YEEH-to com-HEY-plete the-WATCH IT-seal!" Lite's victim yelled. Lite didn't stop. Instead, he banged W.T.'s head on the ground, then grabbed his wrist and began to make him punch himself. "Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!" Lite screamed. Finally, Airie and C.K. came to their senses and pulled Lite off him. W.T. started to get up. "Thank you Miss Airie. Your assistance is greatly-UWEH!" Airie grabbed him by his non-existent collar and stared at him straight in the eye. "OK..." she said right before she began to throttle him. "I want to know...JUST WHO ARE YOU! HOW DID I DO THAT! And more importantly, WHY THE HELL DID YOU KISS ME!" W.T.'s voice was garbled, due to being shaken so much, but everyone got the general idea when he said "I CWAN EXPWAIN! JUST SWET ME DOWN!"
Airie did so, and W.T. took a few moments to crack his neck. "Alright. Explanation time. But it may take a awhile..." he said once he finished. Airie leaned against the wall. "Hey, right now, I got all the time in the world." she said. W.T. continued. "Well, it goes something like this..."
Largo awoke, seemingly forgetting all about getting pwnd by Airie. Having no purpose at the moment, he began to wander the halls of Chris's mansion. He was alone, as Ella and Tanaka left earlier to get Chris and Cream.
While he walked, Largo thought about something.(A/N: Wait. LARGO thought? WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!) If everyone was gone, and no one could protect Station Square, someone would need to take over for them. He could do that, he could just deploy his PH34R-BOTS. But he would need help. There was only one person he could think of: his made up character, a ninja chameleon named Cameo.(A/N: Check my profile for the info)But he wasn't real, and Largo didn't have anyone else to turn to.
When he got near to the corner of the hall, he heard someone struggling. A creepy, smug smile spread on his face. It shouldn't be too long before-
"AIIIEEE!"
And Bingo was his name-o.
Dashing around the corner, Largo found his captured prey. But it wasn't what he expected it to be.
"After going through all of that...escaping the Valley of Thorns...jumping over the Sea of Acid...and having to out-run those vampire goats...I have to deal with this..." whined Gaga. He cried little chao tears as he hung from a net attached to the ceiling. So close, and yet so far.
"Oh, it's just you." Largo said. Gaga got angry. "Get away from me!" he yelled. "It's your fault I'm in here, your fault I failed my job, and YOUR FAULT I can't deliver the Book Of The Ancients!" Gaga's tears fell on the book's cover. 'I'm so sorry Lady Chihiro, Miss Airie, but...I failed you.'
Gaga then realized that Largo was looking at the book. "PUT THAT DOWN YOU FOOL!" he screamed. "The Book Of The Ancients cannot be seen by for mortal eyes!" "Cannot been seen by mortal eyes?" Largo gasped. "This must clearly be a book to summon the dead from their eternal sleep!" Largo untied the knot in Gaga's net immediately. Once Gaga was out, Largo shook his paw. "Thank you fellow L337 one!" Largo applauded. "Your service will make this place a better planet. Now, I'm off to destroy the army of the undead from the inside out!"
"But you don't understand!" Gaga cried. "You can't read the Book! If a mortal man lays his eyes on its text, he will be driven into madness!"
Then Largo opened the book.
"You are some kind of an idiot, aren't you?" Gaga said. "Some kind, yes." Largo said in his confusement of 'genius' and 'idiot'. Before trying to argue with him, Gaga thought about it for a second. If Largo was driven to insanity, which in his case would be sanity, Lady Chihiro would be so happy, she'd love him even more!
"You know what!" Gaga said faking frustration. "FINE. You win. Just make sure your stupidity doesn't become contagious!" Then he ran away, leaving Largo by himself.
Bad move Gaga.
"Hmm...contagious stupidity...odd. Oh well, I'll look into it later. He gave me this book, so now I must focus." Largo proclaimed. He skimmed through the pages of the book. Yet nothing of interest or help caught his eyes.
"Evil Spirit descriptions and powers...no...destructive spells...no...'How To Destroy A Planet In Time For The Holidays'...no..." As he said 'no' he tore out the pages. He was about to tear out the next one, but this one got his attention.
"The Ortus Macula..?" Largo wondered. "Latin for life spell...seems the educational system isn't useless after all." Since the spell name was in Latin, everything else was too for some reason. Largo read and followed the instructions. Ignoring the old style of speech, such as 'thou' and 'thee', they read as follows:
1. Find an empty room.
2. Draw a large circle, representing life, so that its takes up most of the room.
3. Draw a star, representing fate, inside the circle
4. Make two corners of the star round, making a heart to represent emotion.
5. Bring one item of or concerning the deceased or non-existent person and place it in the circle.
6. Recite the Chant Of Birth.(A/N: Recall the chant Gaga said in ch. 12)
Largo was able to complete the first 4 steps, miracously not setting something on fire in the process, but ran into two problems with the last steps: 1, He did not know the 'Chant of Birth', and 2, He had no items concerning Cameo. He brooded, but looked for something to help, as defeat was not in his dictionary.
"No one is sure when it all started." Water Tails began. "Yet the Twilight legend has been lost for nearly 3000 years, along with the race. In those times, half-lings, much like yourself Airie, were widely hated by all species. They secluded themselves in small villages that remained undetected by those who sought to destroy them."
"The half-lings...no, the Twilight prayed for guidance out of the discrimination of their kind. They received a prophecy; two children, born of their own mixed blood, would save them. They would forever be known as the Angel Of The Twilight, and the Key Of The Twilight."
"So once, every 20 years or so if the last ones died, two children were born in the Twilight race. They would be easily identified as who they were meant to be in life, as the color of their skin would not be the same at they're parents. The elder child, usually a girl, is called the Angel. The younger child, usually a boy, is the Key."
"The leaders and priests would take care of the Angel as seen fit. This would always consist of a headband being put over the Angel's eyes, as they did not want the Angel's vision to be tainted. Their role would be to journey to Heaven, were they would send all future Twilights into salvation."
"The Key was not so smothered. They were not given any headband, but they were kept away from children during their childhood and grew up without friends, as the leaders and priests did not want their soul to be tainted and to help focus on the task given to them. The Key is to bond with the Elemental Spirits, like me, so the Gates Of Heaven could be opened to the Angel. But they must prove themselves worthy to the Spirits before bonding, which you have done Airie. The Key also has one distinctive feature about them, besides the color of their body. One lock of their hair is high-lighted a different color than the rest of it, such as black hair and a blue stripe. Your human hair color, I believe?"
K.O- This chapter was not as long as I meant it to be, and I kinda rushed through it at the end, but I said I'd get it done by Christmas, so DAMMIT I got it done by Christmas. Now its time for...
TEH CHRISTMAS CAST PARTY!
(insert 'woot' here)
K.O.- I took the liberty of getting everyone presents. So without further ado, drum roll please! -drum rolls across floor- For Sonic...a roll of duct tape!
Sonic- What am I gonna do with a roll of-MMMFFF! -is tied up with duct tape-
K.O.- For Amy...Sonic! -hands him over-
Amy- -happy fan girl squeal-
K.O.- For Largo...that zombie tied up in duct tape!
Largo- ZOMBIE!
Sonic- MFFRAFP!(Crap!)
K.O.- For Tails and Lite...12 free rounds at Laser Quest, as in the 12 Days Of Christmas!
Tails- Cool!
Lite- Wait! Do we use real guns?
K.O.- ...Uh...real guns...suuure.
Lite- FLIPPIN' SWEET!
K.O.- For Gaga...a Largo VooDoo doll!
Gaga- Oh, what a fun day this shall be!
K.O.- For Cream...ice cream!
Cream- But the boxes are empty!
K.O.- ...Lite. What did you do with Cream's ice cream?
Lite- S-See...there's a funny story to all that...hey look! A distraction! -runs away-
K.O.- Hey! ...Ah, I'll get him later. For Airie...Shadow The Hedgehog for GameCube!
Airie- Finally! ...Wait a minute. Where IS Shadow?
K.O- Well, he found his gift earlier. He got a lifetime supply of Jack Daniels!(its a kind of drink)
Shadow- -heard from kitchen- Of course I'll marry you, your majesty! I'll be the best Queen Of The Woodpeckers ever!
K.O.- Hey, he's technically 65! Anyway, for Rouge...the Master Emerald!
Rouge- -angry- That's impossible! How could you get it if I couldn't?
K.O.- That, you see, brings us to C.K.'s present! -hands C.K. a big box- Open it up C.K.!
C.K.- -opens box and pulls up Knuckles tied up in a ribbon- -gasp- This is the best Christmas ever! Thank you so much! -hugs him-
Knuckles- This is it. I'm going kill you.
K.O.- I love you too, Knuckles.
Rouge- Hmm...C.K., you wanna trade gifts?
C.K.- What? I don't care who you think you are, you can't have him. Now how about some privacy here?
K.O.- Ah C.K.! Don't you know the meaning of Christmas is sharing?
C.K.- Hiiisssssssssss...
K.O.- And that, concludes this years Christmas Party! Happy Holidays to all!
