Just so you guys will get the transitions; mostly whenever you see an elipsees (...) that means that we will be shifting from one place to the next.

You the reader may want to read Bakudas 'Tournament to Test the Gods' or you may be left in the dark with the following dream sequence.

It was about midnight. Zephyr was still fast asleep in his bed. All the others seemed to be asleep as well. Exept for Shadow. He never sleeps. Friggin' ensomniac. The only reason he wasn't unconcious is because of the little amout of Chaos Energy that still fueled inside him. He wasn't very concious at the moment, though it was enough to fool someone into thinking that he was asleep. Now back to the Fox/Wolf at hand. He suddenly was tossing and turning in his sleep. He looked as if he were fighting something or someone in his sleep. A nightmare maby? He moaned out in annoyance as we saw his nightmare come to life...

Flash!

Zephyr stood watching a pair of gold blur's collide with each other…
Shockwave burst whereever they collided, making a small group of spectators
fall over in the earhquakes that followed... made by the intense power of the
beings...

Flash!

Zephyr narrowed his eyes as he struggled to push back a golden three tailed
Kitsune with glowing green eyes…

Flash!

Zephyr stood tall as he prepared to fight a massive titan in a black gi… he
knew he couldent win, but he had to try...

Flash!

He felt every tendon tightening and every muscle bulging as his eyes flashed
onyx and a silver gi appeared on him… he felt power beyond imagining...

Flash!

"Karnak! It ends now!" a fox/wolf in a silver gi shouted as a golden beam
with energy flew off of it completely swallowed the titan…

Flash!

Zephyr stood on a podium in complete darkness as he watched a blue three
tailed Kitsune turn to him then smiled and winked… "Friends are never to
far away… if you need help… I won't be far…"… and Zephyr glanced
at the bracelet with the golden Dragonball keychain on his wrist that he gave
him…

Flash!

Zephyr woke with a start then he looked down to his arm to find the same bracelet from his dream on his wrist before falling back weary from the dream...

"Bakuda…" Zephyr muttered as he fell into slumber once again...

Tails awoke that morning to find himself in his own bed. His soft fluffy tails curled around himself to be warm. It looked as though he had a blanket on at one point but he kicked it off. He sat up and looked around the room. The blanket was hanging off the end of his bed and most of it was on the floor. He looked across the room to find his one and only love. Winter. She was sound asleep in her own bed gripping the blanket in anxiety. Tails got up and walked over to her slowly. He put his hand on her shoulder. He moved his hand to her face and caressed her beutiful white fur in a loving way. The way a man should treat a woman. He smiled as Winters body relaxed and layed more calmly in her bed.

"Oh Winter. I won't ever let that happen again." Tails' smile faided into a scowl as he remembered his fight with Metal.

Flash!

Tails rushed Metal and attacked with a few punches and kickes but was soon over powered. Tails pulled out his blaster and fired... But Metal Sonic wasn't even damaged. He started to walk back to the group when Metal pinned him to a wall with his beam sword. Tails yelled out in pain as his shoulder was sliced open and blood trickled down the wall behind him. Sonic came over and Tails asked for help. Sonic started barganing with Metal for Tails... But the Robot had no heart. He ripped the sword out of Tails shoulder and slashed him strait across the chest. Tails yelled again and collapsed on the floor. Blood pooling under him.

Flash!

Tails continued to look down upon his sleeping beauty, "I need more training. And I think I know the perfect candidate." He said...

Dr. Ivo Robotnik walked through the halls of Salem Hospital along side Michell. She was escorting him to his sons hospital room. They turned a corner and looked in on a man with an orange mustache in a plain white room. The window they looked through was large and rectangular. They walked through the only door on their right. Ivo rushed in and knelt by his sons bedside.

"Son how are you fealing?" He asked the man. He looked to his father and thought of a response.

"How am I fealing? I'm wondering if Sonic and the others beat that stupid machine that put me in this place." The man said.

Ivo smiled in annoyance, "Yes son they did beat Metal. Though it took all of them they defeated Metal Sonic." Ivo said.

"Well thats good to hear. At least I don't have to put up with that stupid Robot anymore." The man said.

"You know I put in alot of work to re-make that Robot from what you origionaly designed." Ivo said.

"You also put in a thought processor. It had a mind of it's own. Thats why im here today. Because of your ambitions." He said.

"I put that thought processor in Metal because I wanted it to help you take over the world. I wanted it to give you ideas. Help you along." Ivo said.

"Yea, some help. Next time let me in on what you're doing with my robots." The man said. He crossed his arms.

"Look how about we think of a way to get rid of all of those troublesome pests. Then we can take over Mobius and we will all be happy!" Ivo said.

"One problem dad. I'm not evil anymore. If you hadn't dissapeared all those years ago you would have known that. I've been good for almost a year now and I don't plan to quit just because you want me to be evil. If that was all it took you and I would be building something right now to get rid of them." The man said.

"For the last time Eggman Robotnik. YOU. ARE. EVIL." Ivo explained to his son. "Everyone in the Robotnik family was evil!" Ivo thought for a moment, "Well, exept your sister. She was the only one that was good. She helped Shadow escape his fate of death aboard Space colony A.R.K. She, along with your grandfather Gerald Robotnik, were both killed by G.U.N. Shadow still hasn't gotten his revenge to this day." Ivo said.

"Be that as it may I'm still trying to be good. Sonic and the others count on me to do good." Eggman said.

Ivo sighed, "Well my son. I was hoping it wouldn't come to this. I am your father and you shall respect me or face the concequences." He said coldly. "You will assist me in defeating that hedgehog." He comanded.

"No I won't!" Eggman yelled.

Ivo sighed again and held his head. Michell was sort of over in one corner and holding one furred hand to her lips. She was conflicted at the conversation that was going on. Should she help or just sit there and watch? Or better yet get out of the room and report them both to the authoritues? She didn't know.

"You will help me. With your concent or against your will." Ivo crossed his arms.

"What I do with my life is none of your concern. Now leave!" Eggman yelled.

Ivo chuckled softly to himself, "It seems that I can't get through to you. Alright fine. But you know what this means son. This is an act of war!" Dr. Robotnik walked out of Salem Hospital not being disturbed once. There was a car waiting outside. A limosine to be exact. The very one that Sonic and his friends had been in when they all went to the beach together with Eggman. To bad that was all about to change for worse. This was going to be one hell of a week...

Tails walked a short distance through his hall and into the guest bedroom where Zephyr was sleeping. Tails knocked on the door to see if Zephyr was awake. No responce. Tails went to check the time on his kitchen clock. He stopped when he saw all the people camped out in his living room. Knuckles was sprawled out on the comforter. It looked like he was having a good sleep. Amy was neatly tucked in on the coutch behind the two recliners. Sonic and Shadow on the other hand... They were a different case. Shadow was laying strait backed on his side of the recliner. Nice and normal like. Sonic on the other hand... He had one arm over Shadows chest and a leg over his groin. His face was nestled in Shadows neck. Tails was having the hardest time trying to stiffle laughter as he rolled on the floor. He stood up while still stiffling laughter to check the time. It was eight thirty in the morning. Tails sighed and went back to Zephyrs room. He knocked again. Still no responce.

Tails sighed again and spoke, "Zephyr, I need a favor."

There was no responce at first but then a weak voice came from inside the room, "Come in."

Tails reached for the door handle and opened the door. The room hadn't changed that much. There was a bed in the corner and a square table across from it. There was a bag at the foot of Zephyr's bed and that was all that had changed. Zephyr lay face up on his bed with a blanket covering his body up to his abdomen. It looked as if he were still asleep.

"Zephyr? Are you awake?" Tails asked.

"Yea..." Zephyr said with a sigh, "I am now..."

"Oh... Sorry for waking you but I had to ask a favor." Tails said.

"Yea yea just tell me what it is." Zephyr said with annoyance in his voice.

"I want you to teach me how to fight." Tails said.

Zephyr opened one eye and peered over to the golden fox, "'Scuse me?"

"I want you to train me." Tails said.

Zephyr sat up and leaned the exposed portion of his body against the wall nearest to the bed, "Why?"

Tails lowered his head and frowned. "You saw how bad I did against Metal. I nearly got killed..." Tails said. "What's worse is that I worried Winter!" Tails exclaimed, "I promised Winter that I would never let anything happen to her. That I would protect her. That I would save her." Tails bowed his head. "How can I do that if I can't even save myself!?" Tails yelled. He looked at Zephyr with pain in his eyes as tears started to well in them. He went to his knees, "Please train me. I am desparate." He said.

Zephyr stood and walked over to Tails and knelt beside him. He put a hand on his shoulder, "I will train you only if you swear to protect the people you hold close."

Tails smiled, "I swear."

"Good. Your training starts emidiately. Well... As soon as we get to Angel Island." Zephyr said.

"Why are we training there?" Tails asked.

"Because i'm going to train you to use the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald." Zephyr said.

Tails' eyes lit up, "Really?!" He said.

"Yep. Now, I can only use Chaos Control in a limited radius without a Chaos Emerald. So, how do you propose we get to Angel Island?" Zephyr asked.

"We can fly in the Tornado." Tails said.

Zephyr sweat dropped, "Are you suggesting that we throw ourselves into a tornado and hope that we land on the island?"

"What are you insane?" Tails said, "The Tornado is the name of my plane!"

"Oh... Sorry about that." Zephyr said.

They walked out into the living room and Zephyr fell over laughing and rolling on the ground when he saw Sonic and Shadow on the recliners. Knuckles and Amy woke up to find Zephyr rolling on the floor laughing his butt off. They looked to Tails who was standing to one side. He waved and pointed to the recliner. Amy and Knuckles got up to look and they also were now rolling on the floor with laughter. Finally, with all the laughter, Sonic and Shadow both woke up at the same time to see themselves. They both yelled and pushed each other away and fell on the ground. This caused even more laughter in the room. Zephyr was turning purple in the face (same as red in the face for us) as he pointed and laughed.

"That's not funny!" Sonic said.

Shadow 'hmphed' and looked at Zephyr, "Don't die on us."

"What makes you think I would do that to you Shadow?" Zephyr said between small breaths and laughs.

Shadow got the anime vein bulge in his head and smiled angrily, "You think this is so funny, don't you?"

Zephyr nodded his head as he started laughing again, "Why don't you laugh at this?" Shadow ran and kicked Zephyr in the gut! Zephyr was kicked about two feet in the air as he spit up some saliva. He held his stomach in pain as everyone gasped at what just happened. Shadow smirked and began laughing.

"Laugh now you son of a-" Shadow was silenced as he was sent flying into and over the coutch! Zephyr knelt on the floor with an outstretched fist. He stood and looked to Shadow with an apethetic frown.

"Shall we be going Tails?" Zephyr asked.

"Right." Tails sweat dropped.

"Where do you think your going?" Sonic asked them.

"I am going to train Tails on Angel Island." Zephyr turned to Sonic.

"Not without me you're not." Knuckles said.

"And don't think I'm not going." Sonic said.

Zephyr sighed, "Fine. We will all go."

"Actually, the Tornado will only fit two people." Tails said.

Zephyr sighed again and held his hand to his forehead. "We could just stand on the wings." Sonic offered.

"Actually, I have just the thing for this sittuation." Zephyr began thinking.

"Whats up Zephyr?" Tails asked.

"Tails, I need you to help me build something." Zephyr said.

Tails' eyes widened a little, "What did you have in mind?"

Zephyr dug blue prints out of his infinit space pockets. He handed them to Tails and they looked them over.

"This is a great idea!" Tails yelled.

"We have all the matterials, right?" Zephyr said.

"Of course we do! Let's get rite to work!" Tails said enthusiastically.

"Great, so we should have it done in about a day. Until then, rest up you guys!" Zephyr said. He followed Tails to his workshop and started building this mysterious machine.