Note to Readers: I would like to say to everyone that I thank you for all of your support on this story as well as my other stories. It's nice to hear honest and good opinions about them for a change. I would like to thank the group Generation-A for their continued support and I hope that their next story would turn out well. Now, as for this next chapter, I tried to put in both Miguel and Sylphiel's relationship into one that almost like that of Lina and Gourry's but less violent. I also try to put in one of my created fan characters into the story as well as Nightmare Parasite and its plans for the Chaos Emerald. I also have an idea that I've been dying to try out since watching the French episode of the new Sonic X episodes with the Chaotix. Also if you all think that the chapters are interesting so far, just wait until the former members of World Three show up. Well, enjoy!
Part 6
As she was feeling the sadness of her past lingering inside of her heart, Sylphiel became a little better for when she told everyone about it. It's true that talking about one's unhappiness helps especially for when you're in a group of friends. However, she really didn't expect everyone in the room to react so strongly to what she just said to them. Vector and Mighty were trying to their best not to spread their tears out of their eyes. As for the rest of the young kids that were letting out all of their tears as if they were water fountains. Even their mechanical Navis seemed to be touched at what the young woman told them as she saw them starting to cry over what they just heard.
"I guess that everything I told them was a bit too sad for them to handle," The shrine maiden thought to herself as she continued to watch everyone in the room crying and talking to one another about what they each just heard just as she let out a relieved sigh as well as drying her tears with her own cloth. "But it's rather strange. I'm now a bit calmer and happier than what I used to be since I've started talking to everyone. I feel like that I could talk to everyone about everything that's been on my mind since before I've first met Miguel and the others. I'm glad that I was able to tell them all this."
Just as she finished her thoughts, Sylphiel soon turned her full attention towards both Yai and Maylu for when she heard them speaking to her while trying to hold back the sobs in their voices. "We're so sorry for making fun of you from before, Miss Sylphiel!" the blonde little girl spoke as she reach into her pocket and produced two tissues from it as she passed it onto her friend that was crying right beside her. "We had no idea (sob!) that you led a tough (sob!) life! I probably wouldn't handle it if (sob!) both of my parents were killed! I'll never take for (sob!) granted for what (sob!) they did for me ever again!"
"You could (sob!) say that again, girl!" the shrine maiden heard the voice of Vector responding to the little girl's words with the same shameful and sad tone in his voice as she turned and saw him crying while at the same time blowing hard on his nose through his own handkerchief. "I mean, I never really got to know my folks and for years I had to fend for myself! I mean, a fine and gentle babe like you didn't need to go through all of the (sob!) tough things that I had to endure as a young kid!"
"You got that right, Vec!" she heard Mighty saying to his friend while at the same time trying to hold back tears his own tears. "Boy! Everything that she has to go through! The lost of her father while trying to help her friends, seeing her father and everything that she loves come back to life with the help of some cruel Dark Lord! I don't even know if I could handle more of that sad story that she just told us!"
"The worse part of it was that a pretty girl like her doesn't have a mother to be with both her and her dad for while she was growing up!" she heard Dex saying while also hearing him trying to blow his nose on what appears to be a yellow piece of tissue paper. "Why do bad things always have to happen to a beautiful and nice girl like her? Why!"
"GutsMan agree with Dex! Guts!" she heard the voice of the once gruff Navi GutsMan starting to cry along with his human friend.
"Huh? Dex! You're blowing your nose right on the hood of my sweater!" she heard the voice of the boy Tory saying to his huge friend with both a sobbing and yet annoyed tone of voice as she saw Dex blowing his mucus onto the boy's yellow hood.
"Looks like Dex was really touched by the story, Tory," she heard the voice of the little Navi named IceMan saying with a nervous chuckle while still trying to make out the scene.
"Miss Sylphiel, we're both terribly sorry for making fun of you about having a crush on Miguel," she heard Maylu saying to her while at the same time noticing that she's calming herself down from what she just heard from the shrine maiden. "We didn't know that you once fell in love with a handsome swordsman and he fell in love with some other girl. We also didn't know that the hate that you once possessed almost made you into a horrible monster for when you first met Miguel and his other friends. I..."
"There's no need for all of you to apologize for anything, everybody," Sylphiel responded to the red-haired girl and everyone else in the tree house with a polite tone in her voice just as she did her best to wipe away her own tears that were now on her cheeks. "If anything, I should be thanking all of you for listening to everything that I've had for a long time. Except for Miguel as well as the friends back at my own world, you all were the only ones that understood what I've been through."
"Well, I (sobs) didn't want to say anything, but I've nearly lost someone who is very dear to me once," she heard the voice of the pink cyber program Roll saying with the same sadden tone as everyone else as she wiped her own tears from her face. "When MegaMan was deleted, I thought that I would never see him again. I'm so sorry about giving you a hard time by telling everyone about how beautiful you look. I mean..."
"It's alright, Miss Roll," the shrine maiden said to the small little Navi as she finally finished wiping away the tears from her eyes and cheeks and spoke with a polite tone. "Thanks for understanding. I mean, I got to say that I didn't quite expect a computer program like yourself to be able to feel emotions that are close to that of humans."
"Well, to put things quite simply, Miss Sylphiel, Net Navis were originally designed to simulate the emotion each of his or her human NetOp," she heard the polite tone of the gentleman program named Glyde saying to her as she turned and saw his form appearing in a screen that is similiar to the one that Roll used to appear in front of her before. "This sort of thing was established by Lan's father, Dr. Yuuichirou Hikari. He's the leading science at a laboratory within this city called SciLab. It's the main leading source to all of the technology where we Net Navis as well as various other programs were created from. Dr. Hikari is also the son of the original creator of Net Navi technology as well as the entire cyber network, Tadashi Hikari."
"So, what the bulter is tryin' to say is that Lan comes from a family of scientists?" she heard Vector starting to say to the Butler Navi while at the same time sounding more like his usual tough and upbeat self again as he became interested in the subject.
"Well, yeah, that's sort of one way to put it, Vec," she heard the cute voice of the Navi IceMan saying to the green crocodile while at the same time still absorbing the new found knowledge that she gained. "We were all a bit surprised to find out that Lan's own family was responsible for the creation of everything that we know of today."
Just before she could have the chance to say something about what she just learned, Sylphiel felt a sudden jolt of Chaos Energy starting to course throughout her entire body. Before either she or everyone else could have the chance to find out what was going on, the shrine maiden soon found herself being blinded by an eruption of emerald green light. The intense burst of light was so bright that it was hard for her to tell if she was in the same place. As soon as she felt the jolt of Chaos Energy disappearing from within her body, Sylphiel started to blink both of her eyes in order to regain their full focus.
As soon as her eyesight returned to normal, the shrine maiden soon found herself looking around to see if everyone else was okay. As she thought, everyone, both human and Mobian alike, were trying their best to regain their full eyesight. That was when she also noticed someone right in front of her that she hadn't notice up until now. Who she was looking at was none other than her friend Miguel being accompanied by the remaining members of the Chaotix, Espio and Charmy.
Just as she was about to say or even run over to the teenaged male in order to give him a huge hug, Sylphiel heard the voice of the purple chameleon saying while at the same time feeling and breathing as though he had just ran a couple thousand miles, "I'm never...going to get...used to traveling...like that."
"The same...here, Espy!" she heard the bee named Charmy saying to his companion as she saw him doing the same thing. "Traveling like that...makes me...appreciate what we do for...a living."
"Well, I guess that it takes time for some people to get used to the side effects of traveling around through Chaos Control," she heard Miguel saying to the two Mobians with a sheepish tone in his voice.
Just before she could ask either of them if they were okay, Sylphiel heard the voice of Yai saying while feeling a bit surprised about what just happened, "Can't you just warp through the front door like everyone else! I mean, the light through that Chaos Control thing could really cause some people to go blind you know!"
"Oh, and I suppose that big shining forehead of yours isn't hazardous to our sights as well?" the shrine maiden heard the voice of Dex saying to his young little friend with a sort of sarcastic tone in his voice.
"Hey! Watch it, Dex!" she heard Yai responding to her friend's words with an angry and annoyed tone. "I'll have you know that my forehead is a part of my beautiful image and a girl such as myself needs to keep it in check!"
"Okay! Okay, Yai! We get the point! There's no need for you to get mad," Maylu said to her little friend as Sylphiel turned to see the red/pink-haired girl trying her best to get Yai to calm down. "Dex was only kidding. You're forehead doesn't blind everyone as he said. Ha. Ha. Ha."
From the way that she heard the young girl laughing, she could tell that she was nervous from trying to hide the truth from her little blonde friend. Just before she could ask about what Maylu meant about Yai's huge forehead, she heard the voice of Miguel starting to say to everyone while at the same time feeling a bit surprised at what he found, "Uh, I could be missing somethings, but why are you guys having tears on your faces as if you all peeled like about a thousand onions?"
That was when Sylphiel was able to answer by saying to her friend, "Well, I sort of told everyone around here all about my past, Miguel. It sort of hurts a bit, but it made me feel better about it than it did before."
"Well, that would explain why Vector is now a blubbering mess," she heard the voice of the purple chameleon saying with a smart aleck tone.
"Hey! I wasn't cryin'!" she heard Vector saying to his friend while at the same trying to hold back the tears that he had in his eyes. "I was just really touched by what the babe said about her sad past and not having her dad with her any more is all."
"Oh, like we would believe that, Vec," she heard the voice of the small bee Charmy saying to the green crocodile as he flew over towards his direction with a mischievous smile on his face. "From the way that you were crying, I'd say that you're acting like that time for when we saw that romance movie with Cream and her mom."
"Hey, shut up!" Vector responded to his young friend with a annoyed and embarrassed expression on his face as the shrine maiden heard him become more like his usual self again. "It's not like I wasn't the only one that saw it and was crying lakes of tears through the most tragic parts! But now let's get down to business. Where have both you and Espy been while the rest of us were here trying to explain to these kids where we come from?"
Just as she saw the young bee starting to feel a bit sheepish about the answer that he was about to give, Sylphiel heard the voice of Espio starting to saying to his much older friend while at the same time feeling a bit shocked about what he just heard, "Wait! Do you mean to tell us that these little human kids over here know all about us!"
"Well in a nutshell, yes, Espio," the shrine maiden heard Miguel saying to the purple chameleon as he gave out a nervous chuckle before he started speaking again. "These were the people that we were savin' at the time we were all separated. The kid Lan that you just saw back at Mrs. Hikari's house was with them for when they were attacked by those green pirate ghosts that I was talking about. He was also the one responsible for taking the shards of the Chaos Emerald for when we've first arrived into this world."
"Speaking of which, where is it by the way?" she heard the voice of Espio asking with both a worried and curiuos tone in his voice.
Just before anyone could have the chance to answer, Sylphiel spoke up as she held up the large green emerald in her hand, "It's over here, Espio. I've sort of used it to help to warp all of these kids to safety along with two adults. I've also used it to recover Miguel's own physical strength as well as my own."
"So, I guess that this means that both me and Espy would have to introduce ourselves to these kids since we weren't around to help them out at the time," she heard Charmy saying while seeing the young bee coming up towards the group of kids that managed to calm themselves from the story that she just told them. "Hi! My name is Charmy and as you could all guess, I'm a bee! Heh! Heh! Heh!"
Just before she could realize what was happening, Sylphiel saw the young bee starting to get glomped by both Maylu and Yai as they began to snuggle closer to him like a stuffed toy. "Eeeeee! He's just the cutest thing that I've ever seen!" she heard the blonde little girl saying to her friend as he held onto Charmy like he was a cute little doll.
"I agree, Yai!" the red-haired girl replied as the shrine maiden giggled at the sight of the Mobian's cute appearance. "I mean, look at that little pilot outfit! He's just looks so adorable wearing it! I wish that I could take him home with me!"
Sylphiel giggled a bit more at the scene just before she started to hear Vector starting to speak up in order to be heard.
Just as he was feeling a bit annoyed at not getting some of their attention, Vector started to clear his throat loudly just as he began to speak with a polite tone in his voice, "Um, I hate to be the one to break this little snuggling section with Charmy, young ladies, but we have other things to take care of first. Now would you be so kind as to let go of my little home boy?"
"Aw! But Vec, I'm starting to like all of the extra attention that I'm getting!" the green croc heard the small blushing bee whining as he saw both the girl Maylu and Yai reluctantly let go of his small friend.
"I'm afraid that Vector's right about that, Charmy," Espio said to his little friend as he stepped forward and introduced himself. "My name is Espio everyone and as you could see, I'm a chameleon. I'm also trained in the ninja arts in order to blend with my surroundings."
"So you're a chameleon?" said the huge boy named Dex as he walked over to the purple lizard and looked at him very closely with curiosity before speaking again. "To be honest, I thought that you were some kind of purple rhino with a golden horn on his forehead."
"Hey! I'd watch what you say about me, sumo boy!" the purple chameleon said to the strange-haired boy just as he saw him starting to charge towards his direction like a mad bull.
"Don't make fun of my weight, you little purple...!" that was all the kid could say before Espio started to use his invisbility ability to cloak himself with his surroundings.
Just before he could see the large kid about to hit his mark, Mighty saw Espio vanishing out of sight and watched as the huge kid named Dex fell to the ground while hitting nothing but air. As soon as he saw the huge kid trying to get himself off of the floor, the armadillo quickly turned his attention back towards the group of kids and said in a polite tone, "That's just Espio's own special ability, everyone. He could literally blend in with his surroundings, making him invisible. Charmy could fly at high speeds as well as shrink and grow in size."
"Well, whatever it is, I don't like it!" Dex said just as he was rubbing the top of his head in order to calm it.
"Okay, but what about both you and Vector, Mighty?" Tory asked the armadillo with a curious tone in his voice. "What kind of abilities do the both of you have?"
That was when Vector started to answer for his friend by saying to the human boy with a proud tone in his voice, "Well, little man. Mighty here has super strength and can lift up to over 800 lbs of weight. As for yours truly, I could swim to far distants whether it be a river or ocean and could last for a very long time. I also have incredible strength too. It's not as good as Might's, but I'm strong enough to lift an entire refrigerator."
As soon as he was finished, Vector soon found himself turning his full attention towards Miguel just as he heard the human saying to them, "Alright, now that the late introductions as well as the late info is done, I'd say that we get back to other important matters. Like with finding out where that final piece of the Chaos Emerald could be. Now, does anyone have any ideas of how we should start looking?"
When those words were spoken from the teenaged human's mouth, the green crocodile heard the voice of Espio saying with his usual serious tone, "Well, I think that the best thing for us to do at this point is to just lay low and try to keep the people around here from noticing or getting too curious about us. From the way that both me and Charmy saw from the local news, I'd say that's the best option."
"Just how is it that you and Charmy were able to see the news, Espio?" the young girl named Maylu asked just as everyone turned their full attention towards her direction.
Just before either Espio or Charmy could have the chance to answer the red-haired girl's question, Miguel suddenly spoke up as he said, "Well, as it so happens that I've managed to find the two at Lan's home eating dinner with his mother while I was making sure that he got there safely and in one piece."
"Say what!" Vector shouted with a surprised and angry tone as he turned his full attention toward the purple chameleon with an expression that matched his voice. "Just how was it that both of you get the chance to pig out on someone else's meal while the rest of us are here trying to...!"
Just before the green crocodile could have the chance to finish the rest of his angry sentence, the human shrine maiden began to cut in by saying with a polite and gentle tone while feeling a bit nervous about the tension that's developing, "Well, I could probably make all of us some dinner if all of you want. I'm sure that no here has probably eaten since our encounter with those so-called pirates ghosts."
"Well, as much as we like to see how good a cook that Miss Sylphiel is, I have to get back home," the girl named Maylu saying while seeing her going towards the door along with her friends. "I have to get home before my parents start to worry."
"I have to agree with Maylu with that one," the Chaotix heard the voice of the cyber being known as Roll adding to her operator's words. "It's almost going to be 6:20 p.m. and her parents are going to be worried sick if they found out that she's somewhere else."
"I actually have to get going too," Dex said just he looked at the strange group of friends from another world. "As cool as it is seeing aliens from another world, I have to get back at the #1 Curry. I was preparing a special type of curry for the Halloween Horror Night coming up at the school. But since all of the crazieness with all of those green pirate ghosts, I have to get going back in order to prepare for tomorrow's special. I also have to take care of my little brother since he's at home all by himself waiting for me to return."
"I should get going as well," Tory said to everyone as he was squeeze all of the tears out of the hood of his yellow sweater. "I've got to get home and get my sweater washed since Dex was the one that soaked it. I also have to get back to my parents so that they wouldn't start to worry."
"Well, the six of you could just hang out around here and lay low until tomorrow," they heard the voice of the blonde little girl saying to them while her forehead shined with a sparkling light. "I mean, it's not everyday that we get visitors from another planet. Besides, I'm sure that all of you need a place to hang out until you find the final piece of that Chaos Emerald of yours. I'm here at my family's mansion all summer and I'll be sure that you guys won't be disturbed or discovered while you're here in this tree house. Me and Glyde would make sure of that."
"It would be my pleasure, Miss Yai," the butler type Navi program said to his operator as his image appeared in the holographic screen and bowed himself towards the Chaotix as well as their two human friends. "There's plenty of food around the refrigerator if you're all hungry and the kitchen is still fully active. There's also a television set to watch something if you're bored as well as a terminal in case that you want to look up information on the Net. It also works as a gaming station as well in case you all want to play some online games. Now, would there be anything else that you need to know?"
As soon as those words were spoken, the four Mobians heard Miguel starting to say to the gentleman butler program with a polite tone in his voice, "No, I think that we're going to be just fine here thank you very much, Glyde. I'm sure that Sylphiel would be able to make something in the kitchen for us to eat. But thanks for the info."
With those words said by their human friend, the four Mobians saw the screen containing the image of Glyde giving them a polite bow before disappearing back into Yai's own device and saw the rich little girl and Maylu giving a wink of their eyes to Charmy before leaving.
"Well, I hope that you all enjoy your stay," the Chaotix heard the older girl named Maylu saying to all of them just as they saw her and her friends leaving out of the door before starting to exit the room and left the six of them alone in the huge apartment-like tree house. "See you all tomorrow! You too, Charmy!"
As soon as he saw the kids leaving the tree house, Miguel looked around and saw that it was just like what he saw in the anime. "Only this time I'm now living the experience along with four Mobians and a beautiful shrine maiden," he thought to himself as he continued to look around the place with an amazed expression on his face. "This place has enough gear that would make Tails to look and study it for months. But I bet that he could do in less than three weeks. I wouldn't mind staying in this world a bit longer seeing that time in my world is much slower for when outside it."
While the teen continued to look around the tree house, he heard the voice of Vector starting to say to everyone with a cheerful voice as he saw the green croc looking at his surroundings, "Man, would all you guys check out these digs. I mean, there's enough techno gear in this place that would make Tails want to make something with it!"
"You got that right, Vec," Miguel heard the voice of Mighty saying to his older friend as he turned to see the armadillo looking at the advanced mechanical terminal right in front of him. "I mean, it's almost as if Eggman's very own technology runs the place."
"Let's not forget that this place isn't our world and that Eggman isn't here," Espio responded to his friend as he too took an interest in the building that they were in. "From the way that this place has been developed, I would say that this is a futuristic version of Miguel's world."
"Well, whatever this place is, I like it," Miguel heard the voice of the young bee Charmy saying to his friends while at the same time seeing the him still blushing from what he saw the Mobian going through.
"Are you sure that it's not because of those hugs that you've recieved from both of those girls, Charms?" the teen heard Mighty saying to his little friend with a mischevous tone of his voice while also hearing some chuckling coming from him as well.
"Well, Charmy does seem to be blushing at the thought about being held by both Yai and Maylu," he heard the voice of Sylphiel saying to them while turning to see the shrine maiden giving out a very friendly a playful smile on her face as he also heard her giving out a cute giggle. "I bet that it must be some experience that you've went through in order for you to be blushing like that. Hee! Hee! Hee!"
"Okay! That's enough of that, you guys. Right now, we've got some other things to be more concerned about," Miguel heard the voice of Vector saying to everyone in the room while at the same time grabbing everyone's attentions towards his direction and saw him with a serious expression on his face. "First, we've got to get food into some of us first and Sylphiel is the best choice to do the cooking. Of course, since I'm a gentlemen, I would like to ask her if she would..."
Before he could hear the rest of the crocodile's polite request coming from his huge mouth, the human teen saw the shrine maiden raising her hand towards his direction as she spoke politely to him, "That won't be necessary, Vector. I'll be more than happy to make us all some dinner. It's one of my many joys."
"Well, when you put it that way, Sylphiel, I'll be glad to help you with the cooking," Miguel suddenly responded to the beautiful female with a friendly and blushing smile on his face. "I'll need to learn how to cook and you need to know how to operate the stove."
"It's alright, Miguel. I know how to operate the gas stove," Sylphiel responded to him as she started to remove both of her violet gloves and started to search through the refrigerator's contents for the ingredients that she needs for what she was about to create. "I've learned how to do it since the first time I've arrived in your world while you were unconscious. Seeing some of the ingredients similair to my world, I was able to make a perfectly good meal for you and the others without having any problems. Of course, Tails was able to help me with some of it along the way."
"Oh, and we didn't know about this 'til today?" he heard Vector saying with a light and yet mischevous tone in his voice just as the teen turned to see the green Mobian giving him a smile and wink of his eye. "Well, I hope that the two of you would have as much fun as Charmy did with those young ladies."
"Hey!" Miguel heard the young bee responding with a shocked and somewhat annoyed tone of voice while at the same time seeing the young Mobian turning towards his older friend's direction. "Well, at least I'm the only one us that was able to get a girl or two to like and adore me unlike you Vector!"
"What does that suppose to mean!" he heard the green crocodile shouting out loud while at the same time seeing both Espio and Mighty starting to go in between before the fighting could start.
As he continue to hear the Chaotix try to settle their own difference, Miguel turned his attention towards Sylphiel for who he saw already gathering the items that she needed in order to make a meal. As he walked towards the shrine maiden's direction, he saw that she knew how to operate the advanced tree house's stove as if it were like the one from his own home world. While seeing her getting the controls down and memorized, the teen started to stare down at all the different kinds of spices, vegetables, and meats that were laid out.
"Man, despite what world she's in, Sylphiel still manages to make a good home cooked meal with whatever she has around the kitchen," Miguel thought to himself as he looked at the shrine maiden with a nervous grin crawling all over his face as he saw her going through all of the ingredients that she gathered. "Whenever I tried to get near the stove and cooks something, it always ends up burned and black like charcoal. How am I going to help her for when...?"
The teen's thoughts were soon cut short for when he saw Sylphiel's face staring right at him with a curious and yet, concerned tone for when she said to him while using a polite tone, "Uh, Miguel? Are you alright? You seemed to be nervous about something."
As soon as those words were spoke through the shrine maiden's mouth, Miguel started to panic just as he spoke to her with a somewhat confused tone in his voice, "What? Oh, it's nothing Sylphiel. It's just that I've never learned how to cook food properly or make a meal before. In fact, once I tried to make cooked rice and I ended up burning it down to charcoal."
"Now, don't you worry about having to cook, Miguel," he heard Sylphiel responding to him with a gentle and friendly tone in her voice just as he saw her walking up towards his direction. "All you're going to do is to just help me to peel and cut some of the vegetables while I get the meat ready to cook. Once you're done peeling some of them, you could just wash them down with water in the sink."
"Oh! Uh, sure thing, Sylphiel," the teen said to his female friend while feeling uncertain about what to do but finally got to what she was talking about.
As he turned his full attention towards the numerous amounts of vegetables and stared at the peeler that was along with them. As he picked the peeling tool up, Miguel began to peel a bit of the potato's skin off carefully. He once did this sort of thing with his own mother back in his world. That was when he soon started to take the first potato that he saw and began to peel the brown skin away from its surface. But just before he started peeling, the teen noticed the Chaotix starting to move away from their sight.
As soon as Vector was calm enough to be able to talk peacefully, both Espio and Mighty let go of the huge crocodile's arms and began to sigh with relief. Just then, Vector started to speak to his friends with a low tone as he tried to get them away from both Miguel and Sylphiel sights, "Alright guys, did you all noticed some things about both Miguel and Sylphiel are feelin' more about each other than either of them let on?"
"Well, yeah. It's sort of hard to miss that for when you consider both of them blushing at the sight of each others faces," Mighty said to the leader of the Chaotix with a smart and yet mutual tone just as he turned toward both humans and saw them working on making dinner. "Not to mention the fact that Miguel decided to suddenly help Sylphiel with the cooking while blushing. I mean, talk about innocent crushes."
"Could we just lay off those two and focus on more important things?" Espio said to his two friends with an impatient and annoyed tone of voice. "What about the last piece of the Chaos Emerald that's still out there? For all we know, it could be in the hands of some lunatic trying to take over the world!"
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa, Espio! Take it easy!" Charmy said to the purple chameleon as he flew right in front of his friends face. "Now, we're just as concerned with finding the last piece of the Chaos Emerald as you are. It's just that, we're trying our best to do so without having to interfere with this world's natural balance."
"Well, besides that, we have no leads to begin with," the green crocodile said to the entire gang as he tried his best to keep his voice as low as it could. "Otherwise, we would've found some power-crazed human trying to destory this entire city by now. Or even worse, maybe one of those green pirates would start to surround the city and we'd be able to see it all around the local news."
"Well, you've got a good point there, Vec," the young bee said to his older friend as he tried to sound serious around the situation. "I mean, both me and Espy haven't got any luck of finding it just before bumping into each other and meeting Mrs. Hikari. The only people that have a better chance of finding the last piece of the Chaos Emerald are both Miguel and Sylphiel. But they don't seem to sense any traces of its energy."
"Well, we have a near-completed Chaos Emerald that we took from Lan," Espio said to his friends as he tried to sound serious and calm to his friends. "Right now, Sylphiel has it with her and judging from the way that she was able to handle its intense energies, I'd say that it's in safe and trustful hands."
"Well, that's all well and good, Espy, but we still have our worries set on the shard that's still missing," Vector said to the purple chameleon as he turned his full attention towards the two humans before turning his face back towards his friends. "Why don't we just have one of them to do that Chaos Control thing that they could do in order to find it? I mean, remember the first time that we first got into Miguel's world and were told about how it could also be used to track down other Chaos Emeralds?"
"How could we forget about something like that, Vec?" asked the black and orange armadillo as he started to go off towards the couch and started sit on it. "And if you're thinking about askin' either Miguel or Sylphiel to perform that warping trick of theirs, then forget about it. Don't tell me that you already forgot about what we just saw on T.V., Vec."
"I'm with Might on this one, Vector," Espio added as he too sat down along with Mighty on the soft comfortable couch while trying to relax at the same time. "I mean, from the way that both me and Charmy saw Miguel's scrabbled image on T.V., I'd say that it's definitely not an option. I mean, for all we know, it could've ended up in some highly advanced and respected organization. The last thing we need is more unwanted attention as well as bad presss from the people of this world."
"Well, I guess that we have no other choice but to just lay low here until some clues about the last shard show up," Vector said to his friends just as he turned his attention both Miguel and Sylphiel helping to make dinner while giving out a smirk across his face. "In the meantime, I think that it's time for us to start playin' matchmaker with those two. I mean, it's pretty obvious that Miguel and Sylphiel have the hots for one another. They're just too shy and afraid to admit it.
"Just like those two young kids, Lan and Maylu. I mean, did you see how jealous she was of Sylphiel for when she caught her boyfriend looking at her? And did you also notice how that pink computer Navi Roll has been talking about the little blue boy, MegaMan? She sure has the hots for that little blue computer byte of a program. Now, that's what I call sweet and innocent romance."
"Oh, like you're an expert on that sort of thing, Vec," Espio said with a smart aleck tone as he gave out a small grin across his face. "I mean, as I seem to recall, you once tried to hook up Tails and that plant girl Cosmo together a while back for when we were in the battle with the Metarex."
"I have to agree with Espy on that one, Vec," Charmy said to the green crocodile as the young bee began to chuckle at his purple friend's comment. "As I seem to remember, we almost got our butts kicked by Knuckles for when he drawed on his face while he was knocked out. Let's not forget the time for when the four of us tried to cheer up the little fox by hooking him up with Cream on a..."
"Alright! Alright, Charms! I get the point! Sheesh!" Vector said to his young friend just as he covered his mouth shut with his own hand with a light blush on his face. "But this time, we're with two mature teens along with two kids nearly in their teens. Let's not forget that two artifical computer programs that are similar to humans are in the same situation. So it's up to us to be sure that these three couples have a happy ending."
"Oh brother, Vector. What did you have planned this time?" Mighty said to his friend while at the same time letting out a annoyed and defeated sigh from his mouth as he tried to listen to what the green croc has in mind.
"Well, if you all really want to know, I'm planning to..." that was all that the green crocodile said to the before his words were cut short by the voice of Miguel shouting out to all of them.
"Hey guys! Do you all want Sylphiel to make us all some baked ham for dinner along with mashed potatos?" they heard the young human saying to them while at the same time smelling meat being cooked over the stove. "She just started getting the ham out of the frig but she also wanted to see if you guys would want it along with the mashed potatos and vegetables."
"Well, both me and Espio just ate at Lan's house for when Mrs. Hikari gave us some of her delicious curry," Charmy answered to the human boy as he spoke with a polite tone in his voice. "But you could ask both Vector and Mighty to see what they would want on their plates."
As soon as those words were spoken, the green crocodile soon responded to Miguel's words by saying, "Well, thanks for allowing us to do so, Charms. Now, as for your question, Miguel, yes both Might and I would like nothin' more than to try that delicious meal that Sylphiel is preparing."
"Well, that's good to hear, Vector," the Chaotix heard the voice of the shrine maiden saying to them while using a polite and happy tone in her voice while seeing her cooking the meat on the stove of the kitchen. "Miguel's just finishing peeling some of the vegetables for everything that I need for the spices. It might take a half hour more or so to get it done, so just try to enjoy yourselves for a bit."
"Well, how about we just try out those games that Glyde just suggested, guys?" Charmy started to say to his group of friends while going over the huge advanced terminal. "I mean, the T.V. is most likely going to have that story about those strange interferences that was caused by the Chaos Emerald."
"Well, I have to agree with you on that, Charmy," Mighty said to the little bee with a chuckle as he joined Charmy at the control panel and looked at it. "Uh, do any of you guys know how to work this thing? I've never used something as advanced as this before."
As soon as he finished four or five bowls of his meal and politely thanked his mother for making it, Lan soon started to march up towards his room and laid his back on the soft matress of his bed. The boy then began to pat his now full and satisfied stomach with his hand just as he heard his Navi speaking to him with a surprised and shocked tone through his P.E.T. that's on his desk, "Well, I got to say this, Lan. This is about the first time that I've seen you eat only five bowls full since the time that you've gotten a stomach virus from eating bad pizza at the school cafetira."
"MegaMan, now's not the time to start with those jokes," Lan responded to his little blue Navi with a serious and yet annoyed tone of voice. "I mean, after what you've just saw with both Espio and Charmy eating dinner with my mom! That was one of the most weirdest experiences that I've ever had to see. I mean, the way that mom talks about those two it's as if she wants them to be apart of our family. Not to mention the fact that she still has no idea that the both of them are aliens from another world."
Flashback
"Well, I have to say that both Espio and Charmy are the most polite kids that I've ever seen," Lan's mother said to him and MegaMan as the boy tried to continued to eat his bowl of curry while trying not to be annoyed. "I mean, they're also really adorable for when they're in those costumes of theirs for Halloween. What I really want to know is how were they able to make costumes so real and life-like? They're both very impressive and the way that Charmy was able to move his wings about like that, I mean..."
End of Flashback
"Well, I guess that both Charmy and Espio were really trying to be careful about revealing who they really are," MegaMan said to his operator as he tried his best to calm his friend down. "I mean, by the way that mom always talked about them, I guess she's still in the dark about it. But I have to agree with her for when she says that they both have better matters than you do for when you eat at the dinner table."
"Well, that's beside the point, MegaMan!" Lan said to his little blue Navi friend as he spoke again with an annoyed tone. "I mean, today right now is just not our day! First we find a strange emerald that appeared out of nowhere along with strange people from another world.
"Then these pirates start to threatened Maylu's life in order to get me to hand over the Chaos Emerald over to them just before Miguel appeared and starting to wipe the floor with them. Not only that, for when we're trying to get home, Miguel managed to catch up with us at at great speed and showed us his most powerful weapon. We then found ourselves having to try to cheer the guy up after he mentioned the words Nightmare Parasite to us and nearly got angry. But to top it off, as soon as we've arrived home, we found both Espio and Charmy eating with mom."
"Well look at it this way, Lan, at least mom didn't know that those two come from another world and are a different species or that your life was once in danger. Otherwise she would just faint," MegaMan said to his NetOp while using a reassuring tone in his voice. "And you got to admit, that those two do have a lot more table manners at the dinner table than you do for when you eat about ten bowls."
"MegaMan, now is not the time for you to start acting like a smart aleck," the head-banded boy said to his Navi while at the same time feeling a bit annoyed with his remark. "It's not like that you weren't there with me and acted brave for when those green ghost pirates appeared before us. But I wonder what we're going to do now? I mean, it's not like that those guys could just go back to their own worlds without that last piece of that Chaos Emerald of theirs. Not to mention the fact that it could easily fall into the wrong hands by now."
"Well, I have to agree with you on that, Lan," said the blue Navi as he sounded as serious as his NetOp. "I mean, you heard what Miguel said about those Chaos Emeralds pulsing with that type of energy. Giving a person or possibly a Navi nearly limitless power is probably what scares us the most. Image if Bass were to get his hands on that kind of power."
As soon as he heard those words from MegaMan, Lan began to have a thought about their former Navi rival and enemy with the power of the Chaos Emerald within his grasps. The boy then began to shake it off of his mind as he spoke to his Navi, "Well, that would be one sight that we both could do nothing about if Bass were to get his hands on that emerald's power. In any case, let's try not to think about it and just get some rest. We both could use it after what we've been through today."
"For once, you won't hear any arguement from me, Lan," he heard MegaMan saying to him just as he let out a sigh of relief and relaxation just as he let out a frightened shudder. "I mean, those green pirates still give me the creeps just thinking about them."
"Ha! Ha! Ha! But you should know better than to think that those things that we saw were actually ghosts," the head-banded boy said to his Navi with a friendly laugh just as he looked at his computer and saw MegaMan beginning to sulk and pout like a child.
"I was not assuming that those things are ghosts, Lan!" he heard the blue Navi said to his NetOp with a childish tone in his voice just as he sat on the edge of the screen. "It's just that they way that those things look and sound just...!"
Just before he could hear MegaMan finish the rest of his sentence, Lan heard the beeping of his P.E.T. grabbing his attention as he just as he told his friend, "Let's have a talk about those ghosts later, MegaMan. Someone just send us some mail."
"(Sighs) Fine, Lan. I'll check to see who's it from," he heard his blue Navi saying to him just as he waited a moment before his friend spoke to him again. "Lan, it's from Yai. Glyde just told me that she said that there are some people that wanted to speak to us through a communication link. Well, let's just patch it through your computer and see who's calling."
"Okay, MegaMan. Go for it," Lan said to the Blue Bomber while at the same time pointing his P.E.T. towards his home computer's sensor. "Jack in, MegaMan! Power up!"
As soon as the beam of red light from boy's Personal Terminal and deposited his Navi into his computer, the full image of MegaMan began to appear on the huge screen of the computer. "Okay Lan, I've acessed the e-mail and started to put up the com link through the computer's own communication system," he heard the blue Navi saying to him while showing a huge computer window right next to his left side. "The person who wants to speak to us should be able to communicate with us shortly."
Just before the head-banded boy could have the chance to properly thanks his friend, he was suddenly startled for when the voice of the green crocodile began to shout out to him with a cheerful tone of his voice, "Yo! Yo! Yo boy! How's it goin'? I hope that you like the food that your mother has made for ya 'cause the food that Sylphiel has been cookin' for us just kicks some major tail!"
As soon as he was able to regain his usual composure from the fright that he recieved, Lan was able to speak to the green alien from another world with a surprised and shocked tone in his voice, "V-V-Vector? Just how is it that you were able to patch a communication's link to my house! For that matter, how was it that you were able get the equipment to even do it! Just where in the world are you guys anyway?"
"Well to answer your question, Lan, we're at the tree house," the boy heard the voice of the black and orange armadillo Mighty saying to him while at the same time letting out a sigh of embarrassment through his voice. "Your friend Yai was nice enough to let us stay here for a while as we search for the last piece. Her Navi Glyde was very helpful with instructing us on how to work this huge terminal at the tree house as well as with both Miguel and Sylphiel. It's a good thing too 'cause Vec was about to lose his cool and start pounding the thing into scrap."
"I was not, Might!" Lan heard the voice of the green crocodile saying to his friend with an annoyed tone of voice just before the boy saw Espio's face appearing right near his friends.
"Hey there, kid, it's nice to see ya again," the purple lizard said to him while giving him a friendly smirk on his face. "By the way, tell your mom that her curry was delicious and we thank her for the dinner that she made for Charmy and I."
"Well, that was nice of them to give your mom a compliment despite being from a different race. Don't you think so, Lan?" he heard MegaMan saying to him with a upbeat tone just as the boy was finally able to speak to them.
"That's sort of good to hear from you guys. I think," Lan responded to the three beings that called themselves the Chaotix with a nervous chuckle just before he noticed that no one else was with them near the terminal that they've used to communicate with him through his computer or P.E.T. "Hey, where's Charmy, Miguel, and Sylphiel?"
"I'm right here, Lan!" he heard the young voice of their bee friend responding to his words just as the head-banded Netbattler saw the fourth and youngest member of their group appearing right next to his friends. "And if you're wondering if where both Miguel and Sylphiel are, they're both at the kitchen washing the dishes and putting everything back in its place after our dinner. Boy, I got to tell you, Sylphiel's cooking is almost as good as your mom's, Lan. Maybe we should introduce those two and then..."
As flattered as he was with Sylphiel being as great a cook as his own mother, Lan had other things to worry about. That was when he started to speak to the four members of the Chaotix with a serious tone in his voice, "Talk about my mom's cooking later, Charmy. Right now, there are other things that have me worried. Like how long are you guys planning to stay in this world for? As a matter of fact, is there a way for all of you guys to get back to your worlds once you find the final piece of this Chaos Emerald?"
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that, little home boy," Lan heard Vector responding to him with calm tone of his voice as if the question didn't bother him at all. "A while back for when the four of us were in Miguel's world, he was able to use that weapon called the Star Sword to create a portal that leads straight to our world."
"Well Vector, we sort of figured that out for when Miguel showed the sword to both Lan and I while escorting us back home," the boy heard his Navi saying to the four aliens from another world while trying not to act so surprised. "Of course, he didn't tell us that the Star Sword has the ability to allow him to rip and create portals to other worlds."
"As for how long we might be in this world for, kid, it's kinda hard to say," Mighty spoke with a worried and yet calm tone in his polite voice. "Miguel could stay outside of his world for as long as he likes since time flows very slowly for when he's outside of it. We're not really sure about Sylphiel, though she doesn't seem to mind staying in this world a bit longer. As for the rest of us, I think that our situation is just the same as Miguel's only our friends would surely take notice soon. So in the meantime, I guess we're here to stay for a while."
As soon as he heard those words come out of the crocodile's mouth, Lan began to have a faint idea about what the day holds in store for him and his friends tomorrow. Whatever it was, he could tell that it was going to be a bit crazy as well as a bit chaotic.
Just before he could have the chance to say anything, the head-banded boy began to hear Vector saying to him with a mischevous grin on his face, "Hey, homeboy what do you think of the cute red head Maylu? I think that she digs you really bad."
"Well, for once I have to agree with Vec on this one!" heard the voice of the young bee Charmy saying while at the same time appearing right next to his older friend.
"So tell us, do you have a crush on this girl or what, kid?" he heard the voice of the purple chameleon Espio saying with a calm and yet amused tone while at the same time seeing him appearing right next to his friends. "Come on, you could tell us!"
"W-W-What! What are you guys talking about!" Lan responded to the the crocodile with a red tone appearing on his face. "Maylu and I are just childhood friends! Sure, she wraps her arms around me for whenever we..."
That was when his words were soon cut short for when he heard the words of Mighty starting to calmly say to him while appearing on the screen, "What was that, Lan? I'm not sure that we all heard that clearly. Oh, and what about the relationship that you Navi friend MegaMan has with that pink one named Bun or something."
"For your information, her name is Roll!" he heard MegaMan saying to the armadillo with the same embarrassed tone as he was using. "I mean, even if I were attracted to her, I don't that Lan would feel the same for Maylu if he and she started to go out on a date and...!"
"Okay! I think that's enough for tonight!" Lan said to everyone while cutting off the words of his Navi and placing his index finger on the button in order to get ready to shut off the communication link between the Chaotix's location and his home. "I would suggest that you guys get some rest in order get ready to look for the last piece of that emerald of yours tomorrow! Good night!"
As soon as he cut off his comminucation with the aliens, Lan started to sigh in relief, confusion, and annoyance for when he said to his Navi friend, "Man! Now what was that all about! When did those nosy aliens started to butt into my own personal life like that, MegaMan!"
"Hey, I'm just as confused and annoyed about this as you are, Lan!" he heard MegaMan saying to him with the same annoyed and confused tone in his voice. "I mean, who are they for when it comes to our personal relationships with both Roll and Maylu!"
"You could say that again, MegaMan," Lan said to his friend while starting to calm himself down as he started to lie back down on his bed while still trying to calm the red blush on his face. "Man, how could things like this get any weirder or worse?"
While inside of an old abandoned building in the world that they're in, Dilgear was still trying to sense the powerful energies of the Chaos Emerald's location even in this time at night. The place that he and his group of spiritaul pirates looked as though it were a type of laboratory. Almost like the one that he saw once in his former master, Rezo the Red Priest, had once. Except the laboratory that he and his ghostly minions saw was a bit more advanced from the one that he saw in his former master's own place of conducting his own experiments. But despite the advanced machinery he saw, the part werewolf and troll started to notice how old and ruined it all was. Almost as if it were torn from a great explosion of some kind.
In any case, Dilgear was able to find a strong force of Chaos Energy being emitted a while back from the west side of the city named Dentech City. He was also able to sense a strong but weak presence in the city that he and his minions were in. However, just before he could have the chance to even give the spirits the orders to find and locate the emerald shards, the werewolf suddenly loss the presences of the two power sources. Even with his advanced and improved senses, Dilgear was still unable to sense any of the remaining shards of the Chaos Emerald anywhere. Almost as if someone or something was blocking his extra sensitive senses.
"No, this can't be. I thought that I should be able to sense where the emeralds are!" the werewolf thought to himself as he continued to sniff around the air around the old runned down base. "I was able to even sense those two humans' own Chaos Energy for when those stupid ghosts attacked that from inside that building from before seeing them being wiped out by that boy! At that time, I could also sense the incredible power of the Chaos Emerald emitting its power all over the place. Now, it's just plain invisible to me! Just what is going on?"
"Master Dilgear! We still weren't able to find the remaining shards of the emerald that you told us to look for!" he heard one of the pirates saying to him while the werewolf saw his deformed and ugly face appearing before his sights. "Arr! We've sent all of our groups on patrol throughout the entire city and found no traces of the Chaos Emerald or its shards anywhere. Shiver me timbers! It's as if someone or something has been preventing our men from looking for it."
"I know that you fool! I've tried to find the source of the problem but couldn't find a trace of it,"Dilgear said to the green ghostly pirate with a snarl in his voice while turning towards to face his direction with an angry and frustrated tone in his voice. "I just don't understand it, what the hell is wrong with me! I thought that my own strong and enhanced senses were enough for me to detect the Chaos Emerald! Just what is going on!"
"It seems that someone or something has just found a remaining piece of the Chaos Emerald while the rest of the pieces have fell into the hands of the two humans and their Mobian friends," responded a mysterious voice that appeared out of the shadows of the old run-downed base with a cruel and yet amused tone of voice. "Even though I couldn't sense who or what just blocked its tremendous energy, I'm sure that the near-completed emerald fell into the hands of those foolish humans and their friends. As for the remaining piece, it's hard for me to say even with my great powers."
Just before the werewolf could have the chance to respond to who or what it is, he saw that the pirate spirits started to become a bit more confused and afraid of what they've just sensed or seen. Dilgear then started to scan and sniff all around his surroundings in order to see what his servants just sensed. As soon as he just started to sniff the air around the base that he and his spiritual servant were in, the werewolf soon began to tremble with terror at the incredible amount of power the he just sensed.
"Alright, whoever's there, you'd better show yourself right now or otherwise I'll have no choice but for me and my men to attack!" Dilgear responded to the visitor with a threatening tone while trying not to tremble at the same time as he continued to scan the surroundings in order to find the intruder.
As a response to the part werewolf and troll's words, the mysterious intruder's voice started to laugh menacingly throughout the entire old base that he was in. For when the laughter died down, Dilgear soon turned towards the direction of where the cruel and young voice came from. As soon as he finally faced the large machinery that looked like all of the others except that it was much bigger than all of the others that he looked at. That was when he started to sense a familiar energy that he'd felt just before he and his minions arrived into the world that he's in.
There was a powerful beam of bright light that engulfed the entire room just before Dilgear thought that he had lost his full sight. As soon as the werewolf was able to regain his full eyesight back, he looked all around his surroundings and saw that the ghostly green pirates bowing before to whatever was causing the intense white light. The moment that he laid his eyes on the source, Dilgear found himself staring at the ghostly image of the one that rose both his body and spirit back from the dead: the creature Nightmare Parasite Chaos.
"Hee! Hee! Hee! I see that you're a still a bit shocked for when Shade spoke to you from within the shadows of the place that you and your minions have settled in, Dilgear," the ghostly image of the liquified creature spoke to him just before he as it turning right behind it and spoke again. "Shade, show yourself to our friends who you are and let them see just what kind of a creature you are."
"As you wish, Lord Parasite," he heard the voice of the mysterious stranger saying to Nightmare Parasite just as he started to reveal himself out of the hiding place of the shadows.
What Dilgear saw in the moment was a young man who appears to be a human male, but with a closer inspection through his eyes, anyone whether they be human, Monster, or dragon, could see that he is quite different. Shade has long wavy crimson hair that only reach down to his broad shoulders. He also possesses a face that would make any woman that walks by him unable to resist. His eyes were chocolate brown and his skin is almost as white as snow. He also wore clothing that resembled that of a rich aristocratic family with the colors gold, red, and brown hanging all around the suit. He also wore a long red cape that stretched enough towards the ground. However, that was only a short description of what makes him look human.
As for the rest of his body, Shade possesses huge dark crimson bat-like wings that sprung from behind his back with the colors of red and purple on them. That was when Dilgear soon noticed that the wings that the human-like being has were indeed his very cape all the long. He also has long nails that look sharp and hard enough to cut through stone and even metal. His ears looked all pointed like that of an elf. The final inhuman description about Shade the Red Shadow is that in his mouth are teeth. But not these were no ordinary teeth, they were that of a vampire that look like he could sink his teeth into someone at any moment.
Before the werewolf could have the chance to say anything, the creature known as Shade started to go over to the ghostly image of the powerful liquid creature and bowed before its presence like a loyal dog. "Now, to answer your question, this person that you're seeing right now is Shade the Red Shadow, one of my generals for my Nightmare Army," he heard Nightmare Parasite saying to him with a calm tone in its voice. "He's here to watch over in your mission while you and your men are searching for the Chaos Emerald."
"Arrr! Just what do you mean by that for when we have to follow orders by this pretty lad right over here!" Dilgear heard the voice of one of the spirit pirates saying outloud just before he saw another sight before his eyes.
What he saw was the vampire being starting to materialize a bolt of crimson energy being whipped around as if it were rope. Next, he saw the electric red bolt striking the ghostly pirate with a power and force so strong that even the werewolf himself thought that he was once again in the presence of his former creator, Rezo. The spirit that was once in front of the vampire creature's presence was soon reduced to nothing but thin air. He also noticed that some of the other ghosts watched on in fear of becoming the next victim of Shade's merciless attack.
"Is there anyone else who would argue about the orders that Lord Parasite just gave us?" Shade asked everyone in the room just as the werewolf saw sparks of crimson energy starting to gather within his hand.
Dilgear knew better than to try to prevoke another attack out of the powerful being in front of him. So he just stayed where he was and bowed before the being that just easily took down one of his servants in one stroke. Just before that he could have the nerve to ask what was going to happen, the werewolf heard the voice of his savior/master saying to him, "I wouldn't worry about Shade trying to hurt you Dilgear. You're still a valuable asset to me and my plans. Now, as for Shade, he's only here to just look after you while you and your men try to bring the Chaos Emerald to me. Nothing else, but if someone or something gets in the way of carrying out your orders, then Shade would have no choice but to step in and take care of whoever would stand in the way."
"Understood, Lord Parasite," the werewolf said to his master with a sigh of relief as he got up from his bowing position and looked up towards the phantom image of Nightmare Parasite with a calm expression on his face. "Me and my men would do what we can to secure the Chaos Emerald for you. We'll also make sure that if anyone in this world should stand in our way, they'll have a taste of fear that they'll never forget."
"That's all that I've wanted to hear, Dilgear. Now, go and resume with your mission," he heard the powerful creature saying to him while also seeing it turning its full attention towards the powerful vampire general. "Shade, I would like for you to keep an eye on the two humans and those Mobians and observe them when or if you find them. If anyone else should get in your way, well it's their own bad luck."
While seeing a smile appearing on the young face of Nightmare Parasite's general as he nodded, Dilgear saw the liquid creature's entire ghostly image starting fade from existence. He also saw the vampire Shade starting to fade into the shadows of wence he came from. As soon as he saw the powerful being was up and gone, the werewolf soon turned his full attention back towards his spiritual servants, who he saw now on their feet and awaited for any further instructions to be given.
"Well, what are you fools waiting for?" Dilgear said to all of the pirate ghosts while at the same time sounding confident and tough again. "Let's get off of our lazy asses and continue the search for that Chaos Emerald as well as the humans that have it! For Lord Parasite!"
"ARRRRRR!" the ghostly green pirates within the room shouting in unison just before starting to resume their search for the cosmic emerald.
End of Part 6.