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Garin ducked as Scar Blade swung his sword. Left. Right. Duck. Jump. Garin was being pushed to the limit.
"Give it to him Garin, get him!" Shelby cheered.
"Show that ghost what you're made of!" Eddy called.
"You can do it!" Double D and Nova cheered.
Sarah, Nazz, and Jimmy started showing off their cheerleading moves as they cheered on the captain and they somehow pulled Ed into it.
"Leave a mark!" Kevin cried.
"You do this, and you'll be even more famous then you already are!" Manic called.
"Come on, you can do it!" Sonic and Sonia called.
Garin jumped onto the wall and held on for a second. He pushed off and swiped at Scar Blade. The wolf blocked each move, it was clear that they were perfect with their blades.
"Show 'im what you're made of!" Topaz, Imp, Tails, and Tune cheered.
"You can do it!" Johnny called.
"CHOA, CHOA!" Plank agreed.
"URBAN RANGERS!" Rolf snapped. "VICTORY MARCH!" And the Urban Rangers started beating on the walls in a sort of victory march.
"Come on! Show this freak what you're made of!" Shadow said.
All the while, Garin's crew was going wild, cheering their captain on to victory.
"C'mon, Captain!" Jacques cheered.
"You can take down this wimp any day!" Talaka cheered.
Neither one were giving an inch. Garin and Scar Blade had fire in their eyes and they weren't showing any signs of going out.
"Wait a minute." Sonic said. "Guys, did you notice something?"
"Yes, I did notice something." Double D said.
"What, what you notice?" Manic asked.
"Scar Blade always dodges to the right." Double D said.
"That's where we'll have to hit 'im." Sonic said, readying his guitar.
"No, Sonic." Shelby said, placing her hand on the guitar.
"What? Why not?" He asked.
"This is Garin's battle, if we get in the way, his chances may drop." Shelby explained.
Sonic watched closer. Garin wasn't caring if anything was broken he was fighting for his life, he stayed totally focused on Scar Blade, if Sonic or the others got in the way, his focus would be broken, and he'd be an easy target. If he had an arrow in him, you could tear it out of his body at this moment and he wouldn't even notice.
"Man, he's serious." Sonic said.
"Those two hate each other almost half as much as Shelby and Tucker hate each other and that's saying something." Topaz said.
"Can't we do anything to help?" Double D asked.
"Not at this moment." Shelby said.
Garin and Scar Blade jumped in the air, their swords clashing with such speed that the swords contacted each other nearly twenty times before they landed.
"Man, you'd think Weed would be fighting Kyoushiro." Topaz whispered to Shelby.
"Yes, but Weed and Kyoushiro are allies now, don't forget that." Shelby pointed out.
"You're right." Topaz said, remembering.
(Flashback.)
Shelby and Topaz were in the Time Chamber of Gajou, watching the past unfold before them. It was the only way to learn everything that had happened in the past. They were watching a small, silver blue hedgehog like creature with the ears, tail, and teeth of a wolf fighting a plain white hedgehog with more then two-dozen scars all over his body on a cold winter night and Weed was on his side in snow.
"If you apologize now, I'll forgive you, Weed." Kyoushiro said. "I'm not the demon you I am."
"Kyoushiro! Kill that guy!"
They could see a small, young brown echidna calling from the crowd.
"He's made a big mistake! Anyone who goes against Kyoushiro should be slaughtered!" The echidna went on.
"Look. Look who your words are influencing those around you." Weed said.
"Do it! Kill him!" The echidna said.
"Shut up, Teru!" Kyoushiro snapped. "Hey, someone take that kid away!"
"What…no. I wanna see." Teru protested but an older echidna picked him up and took him away as Weed got to his feet. "No! I really wanna see! No! Let me go!"
"The talking has gone on long enough. It's time to finish what we started." Kyoushiro told Weed.
"As you wish." Weed agreed.
"Listen up, the rest of you! This is the deciding fight! Don't interfere!" Kyoushiro yelled at his followers.
They watched, as Kyoushiro and Weed ran a few yards before Kyoushiro pushed Weed's face into the snow and got ready for his most famous attack. The white hedgehog turned around and started digging in the snow.
"This is a friendly present from me." He told Weed.
"What?" Weed asked. He noticed that Kyoushiros followers who had him surrounded were starting to snicker.
"Which way do you want it? How deep? How wide?" Kyoushiro went on.
Weed looked at him in confusion.
"I'm digging you a grave." Kyoushiro sneered and his followers burst out laughing.
"Kyoushiro, don't make fun about a serious fight!" Weed yelled and charged him.
However, that was what Kyoushiro wanted. His trap was sprung!
"Here it is, Weed."
He started throwing rocks of all sizes at Weed!
"How is it Weed? My present, I mean." Kyoushiro taunted as he found a large rock. "This will end it." And he threw the rock.
It collided with Weed's forehead head on and it sent him backwards onto his back, in a stunned like state.
'I didn't want to kill you Weed, but it was the only way I could keep leading.' Kyoushiro thought.
"It's a shame. Here comes your death!" The scarred hedgehog cried and then jumped nearly ten feet in the air!
"That's it! The leader's final attack!" One of Kyousiro's followers cried.
The white hedgehog's fangs were bared his target was clear there was no way he could miss. If Weed didn't move, he would be killed. Just when Kyoushiro was less then a yard above Weed-
"GARIN!"
(End flashback.)
Topaz was snapped back to reality upon hearing the cry. To her surprise, Garin was in the place as Weed was in her memories and Scar Blade was in Kyoushiro's but with his sword, not his fangs.
"GARIN! GET OUT OF THERE!" Shelby cried.
"CAPTAIN!" Jacques yelled.
Scar Blade was less then a foot above Garin, if he didn't move, he would be killed.
"GARIN!" Everyone cried.
It seemed hopeless, but in a split second, something happened. Scar Blade hit, kicking up a ton of dust. They waited for it to die, scared of what they'd see. What they saw shocked them: there was Garin, standing over Scar Blade, who was on the ground, not moving and blood was dripping from Garin's blade.
"W…What happened?" Tails asked.
"I think I know." Double D said. "When Scar Blade was about to hit, Garin rolled out of the way. And since Scar Blade with the floor with such force, he couldn't free his sword in time to protect himself from Garin's attack."
"I think I get it." Tails said.
"So…is he…gone?" Imp asked.
"I don't know." Knuckles said.
"Uh, guys?" Topaz asked. "I smell Night Trait and Super Ruby powder!"
"What? But I thought that Tucker guy was gone!" Manic said.
"Looks like the Kankers had a second one but it's not as big. Less then a pinch of both, impossible to find they're so small." Topaz explained. "But they'll still make an explosion with the power over a hundred kenos!"
"A hundred! That's gonna vaporize this entire island!" Sonic said.
"And we have another problem." Topaz said, sniffing the air some more. "It's been lit but it's a long trail of gunpowder, probably so they can escape the island and get far away enough to survive but still se the blast."
"How long would you say we've got?" Sonia asked.
"Ten minutes at the most." Topaz said. "We've got to get onto the Black Jewel and get out of here!"
"Alright, Sonic, you and me are gonna get everyone and get them to the boat, take as many as you can." Shelby said.
"That'll be nearly four at a time." Sonic said.
"I can take about eight, we should be able to get everyone to the ship before it blows." Shelby said.
"I'm helping you guys." Shadow said, stepping forward.
'Sorry Shadow, but we need people who can at the speed of sound, not slowpokes." Sonic said, placing his arm around Shadow.
"Slowpoke this!" And Shadow disappeared!
"W…What?" Sonic asked in shock.
"How did he do that?" Double D cried.
"Shadow, where'd you go?" Shelby asked the air.
"I'm right behind you."
"WHOA!"
Everyone was shocked to see that Shadow had reappeared behind Shelby.
"Okay, you can help." Sonic said. "How many can you take?"
"About ten." Shadow answered.
"Then let's do it to it!" Sonic said.
For the next couple of minutes, the three hedgehogs raced back and forth, carrying everyone to the ship, even as Garin began to get ship ready for departure.
"Okay, that's everyone." Sonic said. "Now how do we get out of here?"
'It'll take too long for this thing to get to the open ocean on its own." Sonia said.
"Let alone us finding the way out." Manic finished.
"Looks like we've got only one option." Sonic said. "Shelby, Shadow, and I have to push this thing out to sea."
"I'll tie some ropes to you so you don't fall into the ocean." Double D said.
"Don't bother with me." Shelby said. "I can swim, now let's move it!"
Double D quickly tied ropes around the two male hedgehogs and they lowered themselves into the water.
"Alright on three!" Sonic said.
"Topaz, is everyone inside?" Shelby called up.
"Everyone's accounted for!" The young fox called back.
"Okay, let's do it to it!" Sonic said.
All three hedgehogs revved up their feet and charged! With Topaz on the figurehead, they headed straight for a wall. Topaz got ready for the spell.
"WIND BLAST!"
And the gale with winds up to mock 2 hit the, stonewall so hard it was pushed down!
"HANG ON!" Shelby cried as they blasted through the hole.
They didn't stop until they were a few miles away from the island to stop. Shelby sank into the water while Sonic and Shadow hung from their ropes.
"Are you alright?" Double D called.
"We're fine!" Sonic signaled.
"I'll pull you back up!" He called.
Shadow carefully wrapped his arms around Shelby as they were lifted back onto the ship.
"Okay, we're off the island, but where's the-"
BOOM!
"…Explosion." Sonic finished.
They island was lit with red flames as it was destroyed.
"Well, that's one island I won't be going back to any time soon." Nazz said.
"Yeah…" Sonic said. "Let's go home."
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Okay, I know this chapter isn't the best but the next chapter is going to be pretty good, trust me. R&R please.