Part 2: The Sacred Sword

Sonic, Eleven, Sephiroth, and Shahra then reached Sonic's room.

"Come in, everyone." Sonic gestured them to come inside, as they did so.

"Is this your room?" Shahra questioned while admiring the room she was in. "It's so big."

"Yep, but I have two roommates with me." Sonic replied as he looked around to see Ren (in his black school uniform) lying on his bed while on his phone, and Morgana sleeping on his cat bed. "Uh, Ren? Where's Bayo?"

Ren turns his attention to Sonic. "Ah, she's back in her universe for something." He was about to turn back to his phone when he noticed an unfamiliar face with the hedgehog. "Hey, I don't remember seeing that girl with you."

"Hi, I'm Shahra." Shahra waved at the teenager. "You must be Sonic's roommate."

"I am." Ren sat up. "My name is Ren Amamiya. A pleasure to meet you, Shahra."

"So, that aside, are you ready to hear the second story?" Sonic asked.

The swordsmen and the genie agreed, but Ren interfered:

"Uh, what story?"

"Oh, I've been telling my swordsmen stories about my adventure in storybooks." Sonic replied as he pulls out the book with 'Sonic and the Black Knight' title on it from his nightstand shelf.

"Like the World of the Arabian Nights." Shahra added.

"Ah, I've heard the stories of Arabian Nights a while back." Ren mused.

"And now I'm going to tell you a story related to King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table." Sonic declared.

Ren and Sephiroth became interested in different reasons: Ren had heard the stories of King Arthur, while Sephiroth reminded him of the Knights of Round in his previous homeworld.

"So, since you're here, Ren, wanna tag along?" Sonic asked.

"Sure. I want to hear your adventures in King Arthur's world." Ren said.

Everyone gathered on Sonic's bed as Sonic opened the book and began reading it. As he was reading it, flashbacks appeared in his mind. From being summoned into the world once ruled by King Arthur, encountering the Knights of the Round Table, defeating the king who was really an illusion, and fighting against the Dark Queen.

After reading, the four who were listening to the story were left astounded, just like the previous story.

"That was wonderful, Sonic. And again, you went through a lot with this." Eleven said.

"That Dark Queen sure was all behind those schemes." Sephiroth spoke. "All just to make a kingdom eternal."

"And in the end, you were declared to be King Arthur." Ren remarked.

"Then again, I'm not much of a ruler type. It's not part of my character." Sonic sheepishly said. "Well, leadership suits me best."

"I agree with you, Sonic." Ren agreed.

"And so am I." Eleven added.

"And I bet there's a hidden magic in that book." Sephiroth guessed.

After he said that, Sonic flipped the book to the last page containing a picture of a sword.

"And that's Caliburn, right?" Shahra recalled.

"Yep." Sonic replied.

Just like last time, the page began to glow. Sonic dipped his hand into the glowing page and then pulls it out along with the sword from the picture. Eleven, Ren, Sephiroth, and Shahra were speechless due to their amazement.

"Wow, it looks medieval." Eleven spoke. "And it's about the same size as my sword."

"Hey, Caliburn. Long time no see." Sonic greeted the sword, then the said sword opened his blue eyes.

"Oh, Sir Sonic." Caliburn spoke, much to Shahra's and the Smashers' astonishment. "It's been a while."

"It really is a talking sword." Ren spoke.

"And who might you be?" Caliburn asked.

"Oh, right." Sonic said. "Caliburn, these are my friends in Smash, Eleven, Ren, and Sephiroth. And this girl right here is Shahra. She's from another storybook."

"A pleasure to meet you, Sir Eleven, Sir Ren, Sir Sephiroth, and Lady Shahra."

"Likewise." Ren bowed.

"And Sir Sonic, what is this Smash you mentioned?"

"Oh, it's a fighting competition, and fighters from various universes came over here to participate." Sonic explained.

"I see."

Then, they heard a yawn. It was Morgana, who had woken up from his catnap.

"Hey, Mona. Did you sleep well?" Sonic greeted.

"Oh, back so soon, Sonic?" Morgana spoke.

"Who is this feline friend of yours?" Shahra asked.

"Hey! Who are you calling a feline!?" Morgana retorted.

"Fool! You're being rude to us guests!" Caliburn retorted back.

Morgana then yelped in surprise. "A talking sword!?"

"That's Morgana." Ren introduced his feline friend to the two. "And by the way, sorry for him being rude. It's just that he doesn't want to be called a cat or something."

"But he is a cat if you ask me." Shahra stated.

"Of course, you are stating the obvious." Caliburn agreed.

"It's okay, Mona. Don't be scared." Sonic assured. "Caliburn is just teaching you manners. When I first met him, I was acting kinda rude towards him, making him yell at me to behave, so he's doing the same way to you."

Morgana then relaxed. "Uh… Sorry, sir." He apologized.

"Hey, Caliburn," Eleven spoke. "May I borrow you for a little bit. I just wanted to test my swordsmanship with you."

"Of course." Caliburn agreed as Sonic gave the sword to Eleven.

Eleven stood up from the bed and swung the sacred sword in the air a few times.

"You harness great swordsmanship, young one." Caliburn stated. "But I do sense a sacred light within you."

"That's because you're being wielded by the chosen of Yggdrasil, Caliburn." Sonic told the sword.

"Or in other words, the Luminary." Eleven added. "I was chosen to vanquish the dark one threatening my world."

"Ah, I see. No wonder why I sensed that sacred light in you." Caliburn smiled. "You are indeed, a noble warrior, Sir Eleven."

"Thank you, Caliburn." Eleven blushed a bit.

"I never thought I would be talking to a literal sword." Sephiroth mused. "It's something like Pyra and Mythra, who were human blades, and I mean Legendary Blades."

"Now that you mentioned it, I agree with you." Ren agreed.

"Hate to interrupt, but who are Pyra and Mythra?" Shahra asked.

"Oh, Pyra and Mythra are Legendary Blades of their driver, Rex." Ren explained. "And also, they are called Aegis."

"However, we are unable to see the two of them in one place, because they share the same body." Sephiroth added.

"A person with a split personality?" Shahra summed up.

"That's right." Ren said. "Mythra is the True Aegis, while Pyra is her creation of her personality, if I'm not mistaken."

"I see…" Shahra nods. "And before I forget, I want to see you on the battlefield. And what you told me before, Sephiroth is that this competition mainly focuses on fighting."

"What's that? You wanna see us fight?" Sonic chimed in as he stood up.

"I agree with Lady Shahra. I too would also like to show us your fighting skills." Caliburn spoke as he was being handed to Sonic.

"Of course, we would, but I need a moment to change." Ren went inside the wardrobe closet, which left Shahra and Caliburn confused.

"What's Ren doing in there?" Shahra asked.

"Hmm, it seems like Sir Ren is changing his attire." Caliburn stated. "What for?"

"You'll see." Eleven and Morgana murmured in unison.

After a few moments, Ren came out in his Phantom Thief attire, dazing the two visitors.

"Whoa, Ren. You look stunning." Shahra gaped.

The thief smiled at Shahra's comment.

"As you may not know," Morgana began. "Ren is a Phantom Thief in our universe. Well, I'm one too, you know? His opportunity is to change people's hearts by defeating the shadows inside them.

And also, we Phantom Thieves call each other by codenames, so for Ren's case, you can refer to him as Joker, while me as Mona, though it was my nickname…"

"I'd say that was a noble thing for Sir Ren, or rather Sir Joker, to free people from the shadows within." Caliburn responded.

"Haha, you're still even calling me Sir with my codename." Joker chuckled.

"He was just being polite." Eleven spoke.

"Well then, I and the Smashers will show you how we fight. Follow me to the Battle Arena." Sonic then exited the room as the others followed suit.

As the seven entered the arena, Shahra and Caliburn were confused because of the empty room.

"Um, is this room always empty?" Shahra asked.

"Oh no, it's a simulation, a kind of technology that copies a real-life situation," Sonic explained. "And I know you two don't know this kind of stuff, and I understand."

"It's alright, Sir Sonic." Caliburn smiled, then felt concerned. "But during the fight, will you be hurt?"

"Do not worry. The simulation can't hurt us in any way." Sephiroth assured.

"Now that the explanation is out of the way, let me customize this arena." Sonic then pulled out his phone. "Oh, so what kind of stage we'll be using for our audience's eyes?"

The group took a while to think of the stage.

"Hmm, considering that Shahra is Arabian, we'll be choosing the Mushroomy Kingdom." Joker spoke.

"Oh, right. Just like my classic run when I fought Sheik in that stage." Sonic said. "I even heard the BGM 'Seven Rings in Hand' in there."

"But don't forget that we have a medieval audience here." Eleven chimed, referring to Caliburn.

"Okay, I'll be enabling Stage Morph mode. So, what will be the second stage?"

"Speaking of medieval, we'll be using one of four Fire Emblem stages, since our fighters from that universe are medieval."

"Then we'll be picking Castle Siege." Sephiroth said. "I assume that you have a castle in your world, Caliburn?"

"Indeed, Sir Sephiroth." Caliburn replied.

"Then that's settled." Sonic declared. "Shahra, Caliburn, you may take your seat in the audience's seat."

The two storybook characters did so before Sonic finished customizing.

*time skip, after battle*

The group exited the Battle Arena. (A/N: You can choose your winner in this fight, I'm too lazy to choose)

"That was an intriguing battle, Sir Sonic." Caliburn commented.

"I agree with Caliburn, but what do you guys call when you unleash your full power?" Shahra asked.

"Well, we Smashers call it the 'Final Smash'." Sonic explained. "Mine was my Super Sonic form flying across the stage in the speed of light."

"Mine was 'All-Out Attack' when I summon the other Phantom Thieves to beat down the enemies." Joker said.

"My Final Smash is called 'Gigaslash' when I charge up my sword with holy lightning with the help of other Heroes from different eras and slash the opponent with it." Eleven spoke.

"And mine was Supernova, but it was just an illusion when I summon a Meteor directly at the sun, causing it to explode." Sephiroth said. "And after that, the opponents will get hit by various status ailments."

"And that's not all." Sonic assured. "Every Smasher had unique Final Smashes, but some of them had the same, or almost the same, like Peach and Daisy; Mario and his doctor ego; Samus and her dark copy; Fox, Falco, and Wolf; Marth and Lucina; Young and Toon Links; Isabelle and the Villager; Simon and Richter. That's as far as I know."

"There's more of these Smashers like you?" Caliburn asked.

"Yeah, we're about over 80 fighters, including the four of us."

"ATTENTION, ALL SMASHERS!" The announcer's voice boomed through the speaker, startling the storybook characters. "THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE AUDITORIUM."

"What was that?" Shahra asked after the voice died down.

"Oh, that was an announcement." Eleven replied.

"It says that we have to go to the auditorium. What does it mean?" Caliburn asked.

"Hmm… Important announcement…" Joker pondered.

"Could it be… a newcomer!?" Morgana guessed.

"The final one. It might be a possibility." Sephiroth spoke.

"Come on, we don't have time to lose! Let's go!" Sonic ushered as he ran ahead while the others followed.

To be continued at 'The Final Newcomer'…