Chapter 6

Espio was still crying over his father's death.

Rox smirked. "What a fool," he mumbled. "He risked his life to save the girl. See

you in heck." Suddenly, he felt something punch him in the back. He turned to see Venom, who was



pretty angry.

He grabbed Rox's vest. "You idiot!" he screamed. "I told you to kidnap her, not

kill her!"

Rox didn't know why Venom was screaming. "Okay…what's your problem?"

"I care about Salley and I don't want any harm to come to her!"

"Relax; I wasn't really going to kill her. I knew that Dihan would get in the way."

"But if he hadn't, then you would've stabbed her stomach instead of his!"

"Alright, I'm sorry. I won't do that again, I promise." Venom let go of Rox and

crossed his arms.

Espio shook his fist and growled at Rox in rage. "YOU JERK!!" he yelled. "YOU

KILLED MY FATHER AND NOW YOU'LL PAY FOR IT!!" He screamed as loud as he could and his

body turned light blue. His eyes also turned orange.

The light was really bright that it blinded the others' eyes. Then, the light faded

and they saw Espio in his super form. His eyes were still stained in tears and filled with rage.

Rox smirked. "Two can play at that game." He raised his hands in the air and

shouted, "NINE TAILS UNITE!!" His body was surrounded by a white glow and he started to grow

eight more tails. His vest was torn off and so were his gloves and boots. His claws grew longer and so

did his teeth.

He roared in rage. Espio thought that he looked stronger than him, but he had to

fight him.

"Now, this is where the real battle begins," said Rox. "I'll enjoy killing you, just

like I killed your father and his sensei."

Espio growled at Rox and charged up some energy. Then, he released it while

saying, "Chaos Swift!" It aimed at Rox, but the kitsune blocked it with his hand and crushed it.



Espio was shocked. "What?! It didn't work?!" Then, he tried punching and

kicking Rox, but he didn't even feel any pain.

Rox grabbed Espio's arm, jumped in the air and threw him to the ground. Espio

stood up, feeling a little weak, but he was still able to fight Rox. He charged up some massive energy

and so did the kitsune. Then, they blasted it at each other and they were equal. Espio tried to hold it

back, but Rox was too strong that the blast hit him.

Espio was back to his normal form and couldn't move.

Rox stared at him and laughed. "You're as worthless as your old man. Even

though he sealed me away years ago, he could never take away my powers."

Espio stared at Rox weakly felling hopeless.

Just then, a bright light appeared. It formed into a chameleon that was slightly

invisible. "Espio," it said.

Espio sat up and recognized the voice. "…Father…?"

When Rox saw it, he gasped. "No…I killed you!"

The chameleon faced Rox. "You only killed my body, not my soul." He then

faced Espio again. "Espio, this isn't over yet. There's still a way to defeat Rox. We can do this

together."

"How?" asked Espio.

"If I combine my soul with yours, there's a possible chance. What do you say,

son?" Dihan held his hand out to Espio.

The teenaged chameleon nodded and took it. "Alright." Then, Espio's body

began to glow and a huge light was formed.

Rox's eyes were blind by it. "What's happening?!"

Then, after a few seconds, the light had vanished. From it, stepped out a purple



chameleon with two horns on his head. He also had bright orange eyes, a mustache, a long tail with

huge black scales, white and purple gloves with metal cuffs, and purple and black shoes.

Rox was very shocked. "No…I've seen this before. When two souls combine, it

creates a fusion. So, that means…you're now…"

"Esphan," said the purple chameleon. His voice was combined with Espio's and

Dihan's.

Rox growled at Esphan. "Well, fusion or no fusion, you still can't stop me. With

my nine tails, I am stronger and wiser than you are."

"We'll see about that," said Esphan. Rox launched his Invisible Aura at him, but

the fused chameleon blocked it.

"Impossible," said Rox, feeling shock. Then, Esphan took out a huge shurukin

and cut two of Rox's tails off with it. His rear end was bleeding.

Rox screamed in pain, "MY TAILS!!" Then, he began to lose some of his strength

and his white glow was dimming.

Rox got angry and tried to punch and kick Esphan. However, he kept blocking

the attacks and cut three more Rox's tails. More blood gushed from his rear end and his glow was

fading more. Rox felt his muscles ache.

Esphan said, "Rox the Kitsune, your days of mayhem are coming to an end. You

will pay for all the deeds that you have caused in this world."

Esphan charged a lot of energy and began to form a huge ball of light. Rox also

charged some energy. Then, they both blast it at each other and they were equal. Rox was trying to

push it back, but since almost all of his tails were cut off, he didn't have enough strength to do so.

Esphan used all his energy and it hit Rox. The kitsune cried in agony and a huge explosion occurred.



Esphan just stood there and watched it take place. "We did it, son," said Dihan's

spirit.

"I know we did, Dad," said Espio's spirit. Just then, a hand climbed out of a pile of

rocks. It was Rox and he was bleeding everywhere.

"You…mortals…" he said weakly. "I…will never…surrender…to you. I am…the

most powerful…being…in the…world!"

He suddenly cried out in pain because a sword was struck in his stomach. Esphan

was surprised to see that. The kitsune knelt to the ground and tried to breathe, but couldn't. He then

fell down dead.

Then, the sword was taken out of his stomach by a mysterious man wearing a

black cape. His clothes were stained in red and blue and he wore a brown belt around his waist.

Esphan looked at him. "What the…?" he thought.

The stranger looked at Esphan and made a slight smile. Then, he disappeared.

Esphan was confused. "Was that…Venom?" He then turned to see Venom,

Ratchet, and Lawrence regaining their consciousnesses from the explosion.

"You okay, boss?" asked Lawrence, trying to dust off Venom's cape.

"Don't touch me!" said Venom, slapping Lawrence's hand away from him.

Esphan then thought, "No. If Venom was over there, then who was that other

guy?"

Venom got up from the ground and looked at Esphan. "Well, I can't believe that

you used fusion to stop Rox. However, his life won't be gone. I'll revive him soon and then you

won't have your father's spirit to fuse again."

Esphan just gave Venom a cold stare.

The sorcerer-wolf walked away and said, "Ratchet, Lawrence, let's go. We're



finished here."

The two imps began to follow Venom nervously.

"Are we in trouble, Master Venom?" asked Ratchet.

Venom sighed. "No. I'll save the punishment for tomorrow. In the

meantime…" He put his hand on his forehead. "…I need to take a rest and drink some champagne."

As the three villains left, Esphan turned his head to see a bruised, unconscious,

purple cat-girl. He walked up to her and knelt down. Then, he leaned in and kissed her soft lips.

When he did, her body was healed and she woke up. She saw a purple chameleon

looking down at her.

"E-Espio…?" she said weakly. "Is that you?"

Esphan smiled. Then, he felt a bit of pain in his stomach and he was back to his

normal self. Dihan's spirit came out of Espio's body.

"Hello, Salley," he said.

"Dihan?" said Salley. "What happened to you?"

"He sacrificed his life to save you," said Espio.

Salley turned to her left and saw Dihan's bloody body on the ground. She gasped.

"Oh my God…"

"I'm very sorry, you two," said Dihan. "But I'm afraid I have to go."

With tears in his eyes, Espio said, "Thank you, Father."

Dihan smiled and then drifted away up to the sky. Then, his spirit disappeared.

Espio started to cry again.

Salley put his hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Esp."

Espio faced Salley and hugged her while quietly sobbing.

Salley tried to comfort him. "Espio, it's okay." She then began to sing, "When



you'd cry, I'd wipe away all of your tears. When you scream, I'd fight away all of your fears. And I

held your hand through all of these years. But you still have…all of me."

Espio began to feel better and touched Salley's lips with his. They broke off after

a second or two.

"Thank you, Salley," he said, wiping his tears with his hand. Then, he picked Salley

up in his arms and said, "Let's go home." He took out the warping gadget and created a warp zone.

The two ninjas stepped into it and traveled back home.

The End

Author Notes:

1. Can you guess who that mysterious stranger was? I mean the one that killed Rox? You might

know him from one of my stories.

2. The song that Salley was singing was called, "My Immortal" by Evanescence.