Chapter 1: Event - Let's Make It!
Sonic was eyeing at the clock, tapping his pencil irritably as he waited for what seemed like an eternity for the class to end. He tugged on the collar of his school uniform, which still felt uncomfortable after living in this world for a few months. Even worse, he couldn't run freely around the world because it was illegal to go anything faster than a snail's pace. This world was fun for the first few days, but quickly wore out it's welcome in a matter of seconds.
Even worse, he couldn't even go by his name. In this world, he wasn't Sonic the Hedgehog. He was Jiyukaze Nezumi. Boy, did he hate that name. It didn't have the same pizazz as Sonic. It didn't sound like… well, him, for lack of a better term.
Each second he spends in this place, another second goes by that Eggman uses to take over his planet. Each second he spends here, another second goes by that somebody might find a Chaos Emerald. Each second he spends sitting in this chair, he slowly loses his mind to boredom.
The teacher shouted his "name" and ordered him to solve the math problem on the blackboard. Sonic's ears twitched as the teacher muttered something about a problem child and never paying attention in class. He quickly absorbed the information on the board and did the calculations in his head. He stood up on his chair and relayed the answer, getting it right on the first try. He sat back down and started drawing in his textbook, not waiting, or caring, for his instructor's reaction.
"Hey, Jiyukaze? Are you feeling alright?" His neighbor, Itsuka, whispered to him. "You seem frustrated. You didn't get into a fight with your brothers, did you?" Sonic scoffed. He got into arguments with Shadow often, but that was mainly due to his own stubbornness. He had a decent relationship with Silver, despite him having tried to kill Sonic at least twice.
"Nope. Everything's fine at home. I just want class to end already. I'm getting bored out of my mind!" He scribbled down something that the teacher wrote on the board. It was probably important.
Itsuka gave him a concerned look. "You're always bored, though. But when you're frustrated, you always end up writing notes in the textbook instead of your notebook." Sonic blinked. True to her words, Sonic scribbled down the notes he just took on school property. "I vent by committing vandalism?"
Itsuka raised an eyebrow. But what was Sonic going to tell her? That he and his "brothers" failed to defeat a 4th dimensional god? That the blood-thirsty embodiment of the sun from an alternate reality is now in their dimension? That seven mystical gems with power to decimate an entire army are scattered across the globe? That Sonic is, in fact, a hedgehog, and not a human with hedgehog traits?
Does this world even use militaries anymore?
"I just have a lot of energy left in me, I guess," is what he went with. She nodded. "That means you haven't had the time to let loose, right?" Understatement of the Chaosforsaken century, Sonic thought. "I guess not." With all the rules and regulations, he can't even go for a light jog across the country without being called a villain.
When the bell finally did ring, he hastily shoved everything into his bag and waited for her.
Halfway across the city in Somei Junior High School, Shadow the Hedgehog, known as Jiyukage Nezumi in this world, was staring wistfully out the window. He wondered if there was a power that was able to cure her sickness, so that she could live on the planet she loved dearly. He was brought out of his stupor when the class representative, Tenya Iida, loudly addressed the class.
In all honesty, he couldn't care less about what the rep had to say, but he decided to pay attention out of politeness. "As I'm sure you are all aware, final exams will be beginning fairly soon!" He began. More than half the class groaned. "That's why, I propose that we begin a study group over the weekend so that we can help each other and pass with flying colors!"
Iida turned his attention to Shadow. "Nezumi, I implore you to join us! Your grades are living proof that you will be able to help us all succeed!" Of course the rep invited him. He's been trying to get the hedgehog to join in class activities for the past two months. It was getting very annoying.
Shadow dismissively looked out the window. "Unfortunately, I will be helping my… brothers study for their exams. Perhaps another time, Iida." The class rep nodded. He returned to the rest of class, talking about how they will pass.
When the bell rang, Shadow collected his materials and exited the classroom. He reached into his bag and gripped the purple Chaos Emerald. When a shadow fell over him, he let it go and turned. Sure enough, Iida had followed him.
"Nezumi, if it's not too much trouble why don't we have your siblings join us, so that our class will be able to assist them in their studies?" The bluenette offered. Why Iida was going through all this trouble to have Shadow in their study group was beyond.
"Iida, I appreciate the offer, but I'm not sure if you'd be able to handle Jiyokaze. It would be beneficial for our classes' sanity if we keep him separated. His Quirk is making him quite unstable as of late." Iida's face blanched. Great. Time for damage control.
"I assure you, he's perfectly fine. His Quirk, Chaos Control - Speed Style, uses his own life energy to power his movement. He hasn't been working out recently, so there's a lot of energy in his system, making him particularly restless," Shadow explained. "He hasn't gone to sleep for two days, and he's driving me nuts." This is not how Sonic's powers worked at all, but given the nature of Quirks. Shadow's explanation was only a theory of how Sonic's powers would work had they originated from this world.
"I see. Well then, might I recommend some exercises that will tire your brother?"
"That's not necessary. I already have ideas of my own. Is that all you wanted to talk about?" Iida looked pensive. He knew Shadow was hiding something. If only he knew how much Shadow was. "Yes, that's all. Good day, Nezumi."
Shadow nodded and walked towards the restroom. He checked the stalls to make sure he was alone. Once that was confirmed, he pulled the purple Chaos Emerald from his bag, and muttered "Chaos Control." In a flash of bright light, he disappeared, and materialized inside of their temporary apartment. Shadow entered the basement, and hooked the Chaos Emerald to crude emerald radar he whipped up in three days. After fiddling with some of the knobs and levers, he turned the machine on, and waited.
Silver the Hedgehog, who had been renamed Jiyusaki Nezumi, waited for Sonic and Kendo in front of Budogaoko Middle School. He was watching a video of two cats slapping each other rapidly, with ora's and muda's being heard in the background. It was pretty hilarious.
He felt his shoulder being tapped by a glove. Looking over his shoulder, he found Sonic and Kendo. "What up, little bro?" His face noticeably turned into a smug smile.
Silver groaned. "You do know that we're in the same year, right Kaze? And we're triplets. It's literally impossible for any of us to be older. Hey Kendo."
"Yeah, I know, but you'll be my little bro, Saki." Sonic booped his nose. Technically, Silver was actually the youngest. Sonic was a year older than him, and Shadow was a grumpy old man in the body of a teenager. But in this world, nobody could see the age difference, so when Shadow hacked into the government to fake their collective existence, he made them triplets, to avoid any hassle with their Hero Licenses.
"Hey Jiyusaki! Jiyukaze and I were about to head out to the soda shop. You wanna come with us?" Silver handed Sonic a smug look of his own.
"Sure I can. But, is it really OK for me to be a third wheel on your date?" Kendo blinked, while Sonic remained unphased. "Says the person who hasn't asked anybody out yet. How long have you been waiting to use that? A week? Two weeks?"
"A month."
Sonic patted Silver's shoulder, looking saddened. "Don't worry bud. We'll work on your teasing soon. But right now, I really need some caffeine in my system. Class was boring today!" Sonic began to walk at the speed of a crawl, or for him, 27 kph (17 mph). Kendo had to practically sprint to keep up with him. Silver floated himself up using his telekinesis, or as this world knew it, Chaos Control - Psycho Style.
"Can you really afford to drink soda? You barely held yourself together in class today. What happens if the lid on your Quirk bursts?" Kendo asked, panicking slightly. "What'll you do if that happens?"
"Eh, I'll probably just take a couple laps around Japan. Maybe Taiwan too." Kendo's pace slowed down slightly. She turned to Silver, who shrugged. "It's happened before."
Somehow, she managed to keep up with Sonic and Silver. And probably lost hundreds of calories while doing so. Sonic kept his pace for the next few minutes, only stopping when he noticed a cloud of smoke looming over the horizon. The hedgehog narrowed his eyes.
"Hey S- Kaze, whatever you're thinking-" Silver started, only to be interrupted when Sonic kicked up a cloud of dust and started dashing over to the scene. "Oh jeez," Silver muttered, pinching his eyelids.
"Sorry about that, Kendo. Maybe you two can go get soda next week?" Silver said with an apologetic smile.
"Don't worry about it. Just make sure Jiyukaze doesn't get into too much trouble, alright?" Silver gave her a thumbs up, and flew off in the direction that Sonic went.
As Shadow was finishing his math homework, the emerald radar went off. After 3 months, it finally found another emerald. "Finally." He walked up to the machine and downloaded the coordinates onto his phone. He sent them to Silver and Sonic, and disconnected the purple Chaos Emerald from the radar.
The screen on his phone lit up, now containing a message from Silver.
Silver: Don't warp. There's a crowd.
Shadow: Why
Silver: Villain attack. Emerald's stuck to his chest.
Shadow cursed. If the heroes got to the Emerald before they did, getting back home is going to be a lot more troublesome than it already should be.
Silver made it over a few seconds after Sonic. A man with a Quirk that made him look like a mole was fighting Kamui Woods on pair railroad tracks. The mole guy had the red Chaos Emerald attached to his chest, his eyes filled with a similar shade.
"Assault. Robbery. Illegal use of Quirks during rush-hour traffic. You are the very definition of evil!" Wood Man extended his arms into fierce, sharp branches and sent them to the giant mole. His growl turned into a deafening roar, and the Emerald on his chest glowed brightly. In the blink of an eye, he reappeared behind Kamui Woods, and knocked him aside like a ragdoll.
"Sonic!"
"He used Chaos Control!"
Before they could speak again, another hero, probably trying to make her debut, appeared, shouting "Canyon Cannon!" The mole activated Chaos Control again, disappearing as the new hero whizzed past the train tracks and crash landed into the side of a building. As for where it reappeared…
It was right in front of the hedgehogs. Mole man swung his fist downwards as the two jumped out of the way. On all fours, the mole began to rush straight for them, but was halted by Silver's Psycho Style. The crowd gasped at how easily Silver managed to apprehend the villain, who managed to take out a well known Pro Hero in less than a minute.
"Why do you think he came after us?" Silver pondered. "We probably reek of Chaos Energy. Shadow always has the Emerald on him after all." Sonic guessed. Mole Man struggled against Silver's telekinesis, which caused the younger hedgehog to grimace. "You okay there Silv?"
"Not really. He's trying to break free. The Emerald gave him a massive power boost!" The strain got to a point where Silver had to get on one knee. "Listen, I'll throw him onto the bridge, and you take him out!" Sonic gave him a thumbs up almost immediately. "Sounds good! Tell Shadow to get his Chaos Control ready! Once he's done for, he'll use it to stop time and take before the feds can notice!" Silver and threw the mole man onto the bridge. Sonic followed suit, reaching the bridge with one jump.
"OK big guy. Get ready for a clobbering!"
Mole Man roared and lunged himself at Sonic. The hedgehog ran under, his back turned towards the mole as he crashed into the space Sonic once was. Sonic spun on one heel and crossed his arms, looking very unimpressed. His look of almost disappointment riled the mole up, using Chaos Control once more.
He warped behind Sonic, who was more than prepared. The hedgehog jumped before the mole began his swing, and forcefully planted both feet in the mole's giant nose, knocking him off balance. Sonic quickly turned around and football tackled into the mole, sweeping him off his feet and launching him a few meters backwards.
Mole Man jumped and roared again, at Sonic with a rush of punches. Sonic effortlessly weaved between the punches, avoiding every single one of them, and managing to land a couple of his one. Once he got bored, Sonic jumped up and curled into a ball, slamming into the mole's head. After touching down, he rocketed forward with a burst speed, crashing into the chest of his opponent as a ball. For the briefest of moments he made contact with Emerald, and Sonic let the chaotic energy wash over him.
"Chaos… CONTROL!" Time began to slow down, until it came to a stop completely. Sonic began to rapidly spin in place. Using his momentum, he bounced off walls and crashed into the villain repeatedly. When time resumed, Sonic slammed into him one last time on his big, ugly nose. The villain let out one last roar, before collapsing onto the floor, unconscious.
Sonic bowed gratefully as his crowd cheered. All except Shadow and the present heroes. The heroes he could understand, but Shadow? Sonic racked his brain as to why he would be glaring.
Oh, right. Sonic took a swan dive off the tracks, and promptly took a nap while falling.
When Sonic woke up, he was back in his own house. He got up, did some stretches, and walked into the kitchen. Silver was sitting at the table, with a plate of food and 15 pages of homework by his side. Sonic grabbed a packet of microwavable chili dogs and threw them inside. "What up Silv? I didn't get into too much trouble, did I?"
Silver looked up from his homework. "Well, the pro's weren't that happy with what we did. They wanted to put you on house arrest, but some people in the crowd defended you." Silver took a bite out of his meal, grimaced, but still swallowed. "You're not in that much trouble, you just have to do some community service at the beach starting next week."
Sonic sighed. "Thank Chaos. I thought I was going to have to go under house arrest or something." The microwave beeped, and Sonic took out his food and inhaled them. "What about the Emerald?"
"Well, the media doesn't know about the Emeralds yet, so they think it's part of the villain's Quirk. Shadow has it hooked up to the radar, along with the purple one. We'll find the other Emeralds soon. I know it." Sonic gave him a thumbs up and finished his last chili dog. "Also, you might not want to go outside for a while."
Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Why not?" When he moved over to the window, he saw a large crowd working for the media. Shadow was outside threatening them with legal charges. "Did… did we get doxxed?"
Shigaraki was glaring at the newsreel, watching as a rat bodied a villain in less than a minute. His level of skill with his Quirk was comparable to that of some pro heroes. He could be useful. All he had to do was bring him to sensei. They'll be an unbeatable team. They could bring down All Might. Together.
"Kurogiri, get Sensei on screen." A few moments passed, but nothing happened. When turned to look at the body of mist, he wasn't moving. At all. Not even wisps of black smoke moved an inch. Shigaraki was basically panicking when he heard the bar door open.
The figure that entered was stark white, looking as if it was made of pure quartz. The tips of its spines were blood red, purple slits against eyes that looked like molten lava, and pair wings that floated behind him. It reminded him of an angel, but instead emitting warmth, it gave off pure malice, bloodlust, and hunger. It was nowhere near human.
"What the hell are you?" Shigaraki managed to ask without his voice cracking.
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Shigaraki's eye twitched. What was this thing talking about? He started scratching his neck with two fingers. "You didn't answer my question. Who. The hell. Are you?"
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"You… what?" He noticed that the creature was clutching something in his hand. It opened it, and placed in Shigaraki's hand a purple ruby with black ripples.
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Solaris placed the ruby in Shigaraki's hand. He was met with visions of a world turned to dust, not a single living thing was in sight. Just destruction.
Shigaraki smiled.
Hero Name: (Undecided)
Real Name: Jiyukaze Nezumi [Sonic the Hedgehog]
Power: 4/6, B
Speed: 6/6, A+
Technique: 6/6, A+
Intelligence: 4/6, B
Cooperativeness: 4/6, B
Quirk: Chaos Control - Speed Style
By using his own life energy, Jiyukaze [Sonic] can increase his body's natural speed by extraordinary amounts. The energy he has, the more he can speed up. If enough energy has been built up, he can move so fast that it appears that time has stopped.
Hero Name: (Undecided)
Real Name: Jiyukage Nezumi [Shadow the Hedgehog]
Power: 5/6, A
Speed: 5/6, A
Technique: 6/6, A+
Intelligence: 5/6, A
Cooperativeness: 3/6, C
Quirk: Chaos Control - Dark Style
By using his own life energy, Jiyukage [Shadow] can either shoot out bolts of energy that are similar to electricity (Chaos Spear), or let a destructive force of power (Chaos Blast). It also lets him use his hover shoes, if he's running fast enough.
Hero Name: (Undecided)
Real Name: Jiyusaki Nezumi [Silver the Hedgehog]
Power: 5/6, A
Speed: 4/6, B
Technique: 6/6, A+
Intelligence: 5/6, A
Cooperativeness: 5/6, A
Quirk: Chaos Control - Psycho Style
By using his own life energy, Jiyusaki [Silver] can power a form of psychokinesis, which lets him manipulate the surrounding environment, even objects that are not in his line of vision and non-solids like fire, water, and other energy based attacks. He can also use his own energy to create blades or shields of psychic energy.