Part 16
Just as she entered the scene, Sylphiel took a moment to take in the scene around her. What the young woman saw are all four members of the Chaotix looking rather shocked that have made them look like that they just saw a ghost. When she turned her full attention towards the young human couple who she barely took notice, the shrine maiden grew surprised for as she noticed some of their physical characteristics. What she saw on the young man, other than the black leather clothing, was the fact that he dyed and styled his hair the way that her usually serious Mobian companion Shadow the Hedgehog has for whenever she saw him within her world or Miguel's. The dark skinned young woman, who she saw was clinging onto the young man's sleeved covered arm to her very life, is giving her a sort of look that told her that if she were to flirt with her male companion, she would regret it.
Confused about what the young couple, Sylphiel immediately turned her full attention towards the Chaotix as well as the huge group of maids for when she notice everyone moved all of their focus onto her. After a moment of silence, the shrine maiden began to hear Charmy saying to her with a rather excited and yet rather flustered tone, "Wow! Sylphiel, y-you look very pretty! Just where exactly did you find those clothes! Are you trying to ask M...?!"
Just before she could hear the small bee finish the rest of his sentence, the dark haired woman saw the huge gloved hand of Vector taking a hold of the young Mobian while shouting out, "Quiet, Charmy! Now is not the time for your games! Can't you see that we're in the middle of trying to figure out just how both Shadow and his magician girlfriend now look human?!"
As soon as she heard those words come out of the reptilian leader's huge mouth, Sylphiel became shocked with what she learned. "Those two young people are...Shadow and that female magician!?" was what the young woman thought to herself just as she was trying to absorb this new information. "That would explain the unusual magic aura around those two. Could it be that female magician's doing?"
Before she could have time to mull over some more, the young woman began to hear the voice of Shadow saying to her with a rather flustered and restrained tone, "I'm really sorry about this, Sylphiel. I know that what you're seeing right now must be a real shock but please allow Mana to explain how..."
From the way that she heard the former black hedgehog's voice right before being cut off by the young female's hand, the shrine maiden could tell that he was a bit embarrassed. Something that, out of all of the times knowing the stoic Mobian, she would not be able to hear from a creature that claims to be the Ultimate Life Form. Just before she could have the chance to speak about what she's seeing, the dark haired woman could hear what appears to be a cough of disapproval coming from the young dark skinned young woman, that she saw clinging onto the now human male's arm tighter than she did before.
When she turned her attention back towards the young girl who she heard named Mana, the dark haired woman heard her saying to her with a rather jealous tone, "Excuse me, miss Sylphiel, but I happen to be my Shadow Darling's one and only woman in his life. As for what you and the Chaotix are seeing right now, it's a little spell that I've casted upon both Shadow and myself in order to help us to adapt to this world's surroundings. Though, when I first tried this spell on him, I've got to admit that I didn't expect him to turn out to become quite a handsome gentleman. Tee! Heh! Heh!"
When she heard those words coming from the young woman's mouth, Sylphiel didn't know what to believe. Her mind is so filled with so much disbelief that even the voice in her head found itself almost stuttering, "I-I can't believe that the young man with the strange hair is actually Shadow. Whatever magic that the girl named Mana is using is very powerful. I mean, I could barely notice the magical aura that I'm sensing from around both her and Shadow's bod..."
Right before she could finish her thoughts, the shrine maiden began to hear the voice of Espio saying out loud with a rather confused and anxious tone just as she turned to see the purple young Mobian's face a bit blank with all that's been happening, "A-Alright! I think that this just takes the cake! First those creepy pirates and viruses appear right out of the city, then both Shadow and his new human girlfriend show up right in the middle of this whole mess, and now we're seeing them in human form! Could someone explain to me what's the cause for what we're all seeing right now to happen?"
As to respond to those words, the dark haired female began to say to everyone within the room without thinking about who's really in the room, "The cause for both Shadow and his new companion's transformation is the magic that she's using. The aura that I'm feeling around their bodies is unlike anything that I've ever felt within my world. I can say that it's far stronger than any spell that I have ever seen or experienced. I could barely notice the magical presence of the spell when I'm this close to them."
"Whoa! Now that's impressive, Sylphiel," was what she heard Mighty saying while turning towards his direction in time to see a rather blank and yet surprised expression on his face. "I mean, sure I know that you are a very powerful white magic user from what I seen back for when we all first met, but I didn't think that you would be this good."
"That's for sure, Might," she heard Espio responded to his black and orange companion's words with an equally surprised expression on his purple face while recovering from his initial shock a moment ago. "I mean, when the four of us accidentally stumbled upon Miguel's own world, none of us would figure her to be a very powerful..."
Sylphiel heard the words of the purple chameleon cut short for when she noticed the fighting of both Charmy and Vector ceasing for when the older Mobian turned towards her direction and asked, "Say, speaking of who, just where is Miguel anyways? I thought that he would be here with you by your side for when we saw him carrying you to your room like the gentleman that he is."
At those words, the shrine maiden found herself blushing as the thoughts last night replayed in her mind. The memory of when Miguel had comforted her after once again having another one her nightmares sent a warm feeling through her body. During her time living with her uncle, the young woman was told by her living relative that he heard her yelling and crying as she slept. It was not too far from the truth considering that most of those dreams involve her worst fears as well as her past memories and experiences. However, Sylphiel's thoughts on the subject is soon turned back to the leering eyes of her current companions awaiting for her to answer.
Right before she could deny anything or even speak, she suddenly heard the scream of her once sleeping male companion erupting from the room with fear and panic in it.
From what he could see within his dream while recovering from his wounds received by the sub-human creature that he had fought with yesterday, Bass saw nothing but pitch black darkness. He thought that of all the things that he had to endure during all those years of being isolated throughout the cyber world's Undernet, the cloaked Navi had to think of the endless void. Just as he thought that the darkness within this place would consume him, he saw a bright but bearable light that seemed to illuminate the entire area. Just as he was wondering where he was or what caused the intense amount of light, the Black Shadow began to take a good like at the source of the great radiance.
"Just what in the hell is causing all this light to appear?" he thought to himself while at the same time trying to get a good look at whatever was causing the bright light to appear. "Just what is the meaning of me seeing this? Light appearing out of nowhere without any further explanation. If this is fate's way of making a cruel joke, then it certainly succeeded in testing my temper. Just what...?"
Just as he was about to finish the rest of his thoughts, Bass eyes began to make out the image of the object that was emitting the strong radiance of bright white light. The cloaked Navi become both excited and agitated for when he saw an image of the one human that he was searching for the entire time right in front of his very presence. The human young man that goes by the name of Miguel. "Augh! It's you, you filthy excuse for a living creature!" is what the Black Shadow shouted to his visitor while at the same time, acting on impulse, charging towards his direction with malice in his voice. "You're the reason why I'm in this realm weakened and battered in this place! But I should be grateful to you seeing how I was able to come into the real world thanks to that Chaos Emerald! Now prepare to meet your maker!"
As soon as he got close to his unwanted visitor, the cloaked Navi suddenly found himself being engulfed by an even greater radiance of light being emitted by the young human in front of him. This sudden burst of radiance caused the Black Shadow to pause in his assault, frozen where he is merely a foot away from his target. Whatever force was causing Bass's body to freeze in place was powerful enough for it to even cease his control over the chaotic powers of Nebula Grey. Just then he felt something that he was quite unfamiliar with. A sensation that made him feel all warm and relaxed. Something that made him want to be a part of something other than a force of destruction. Just as he was about to emerge from within the white blanket that had engulfed his entire being, the Black Shadow came to the realization that he has finally awaken.
The place that he is in appears to be somewhere that is near an abandoned warehouse. Memories of what happened yesterday came flowing into his mind as he recalled the events. Bass remembered the way he was able to enter the human world through a dimensional rip caused by the unstable energies of Chaos Emerald that he heard about through MegaMan's Net Op as well as the human young man. His mind then flashed with the memory of fighting the humanoid vampire named Shade as well as the defeat that he was handed. He also remembered the way that the red haired man had spared his life and told him to get stronger for their next encounter. The last thing that he remembered is attacking an injured Yellowgon that have been flying near his way right before going into hiding.
As the Black Shadow tried his best to get himself off the ground, he felt both of his legs still feeling a bit weak as he sat back onto the ground. Realizing that he has yet to reach full strength, the cloaked Navi began thinking to himself about yesterday's events as well as the dream that had received. "Hmm. It seems that most of my strength that I've used during that battle with that vampire hasn't fully returned. I would have to be patient a bit longer if I'm to regain full use of my own legs in order to continue my own search. But what really got to me is what that damn human creature said to me. Saying that it only used only a small portion of his strength in order to defeat me. If that's how strong he is for when he only used a small portion of his strength, then I could only image what his real strength must be like at full power.
"But what really has me bothered is that dream that I had. What is the meaning of me having a human running through my mind like that? I hate those creatures for thinking that they could just use Navis as tools for their own enjoyment! I'll make them pay, that I promise."
With those thoughts stuck within his mind, the power within his body reacted towards the anger that he was now feeling. The ground beneath his feet began to tremble greatly as his own dark power coursed through his body. If he had not composed himself a moment later, the building that he is now occupying would have collapsed under near violent shaking of the earth beneath his feet. Just as he as he regained his composure, Bass began to think calmly about what he should do next while laying still in order to recover the rest of his strength.
"In the meantime, how am I going to locate that young human without the convenience spying through the machines' Cyber Matrix in any area that he might be," Bass thought to himself just as he looked all across his black body and saw that most of the wounds that he received yesterday were all fully healed. "My body's structure seemed to have fully regenerated and functioning properly. However, my energy hasn't been restored to its peak and without another virus or computer bugs to feed upon, it would take about another day before my body's strength would return considering that I'm walking freely in the real world."
Just as he finished his thoughts, the Black Shadow felt what appears to be a surge of energy erupting from a distant area. The cloaked Navi's eyes began to grow wide with shock just as he scanned his surroundings in order to locate the source. "Where in the hell did that come from? This energy isn't as powerful as that damn vampire creature. No, it's something different. Whatever it is, it's being accompanied by a group of other creatures emitting strong but weak amounts of energy. It couldn't be that human's power seeing as this isn't what I've felt. Whatever it is, I must see if it could be that Chaos Emerald that I've heard about. That gem might possibly restore my own body's energy if it's as powerful as that human says."
With those thoughts finished within his mind, Bass began to look around his surroundings once again in order to mentally detect where the energy was coming from. Just as he finally pinpointed the source of the sensation to be north of his resting place, the Black Shadow began to gather the amount of energy that he managed to recover through resting and began to float towards a wall which became a pile a rubble for when he flew out towards the skies of the real world.
The darkness within the dream is something that Miguel had once experienced when he was but a mere child. The sight of endless blackness could mean that a monster or spirit that laid lost within its clutches would pull him into the void along to spend the rest of eternity. But after his past experiences with these types of phenomenons, the young man knew better than to assume that it was another nightmare. "Man, I hope that this isn't another threat to the world coming," was what the teen thought to himself just as he irately awaited for what appears to be another visit from one of his mysterious benefactors, but nothing came. "Hm? That's weird. Every time that I would get these types of dreams, I would be visited by one of those three entities that have helped me from before. But this time seems different."
True to his word, Miguel heard what appears to sound like a young man yelling out loud, "Augh! It's you, you filthy excuse for a living creature! You're the reason why I'm in this realm weakened and battered in this place! But I should be grateful to you seeing how I was able to come into the real world thanks to that Chaos Emerald! Now prepare to meet your maker!"
The young teen didn't need to be told who he is confronting for when he turned and saw his soon to be attacker; who he saw is none other than the Black Shadow himself charging towards his direction with two dark blades of energy within his hands. As he prepared to try to intercept the attack, Miguel suddenly felt a warm radiance engulfing his very being along with the cloaked Navi's. Just as he was being blinded by the light that entered within the dark realm that both he and Bass were in, the teen felt his entire body being covered with something similar to when he put on a costume on Halloween. A costume that happens to be skin tight towards his bare skin and act as second layer in order to protect him.
Right before he could have the chance to exam himself further about his new appearance, Miguel was suddenly consumed by the silver light that have engulfed his entire being earlier. Just as he was trying to figure out what was going on, the young man soon found himself staring at the ceiling of the room that he was sharing with Sylphiel last night. He wiped his forehead with the back of his hand just in time to feel the sweat on it. "I guess that it was only a dream. Well, that's just great," the teen said to himself out loud while at the same time getting himself up and scanning his surroundings. "It's been like almost three days since we've been here and we've yet to find the last piece of the Chaos Emerald anywhere. What a day it's going to be."
Just as he was about to get himself off of the bed, Miguel was suddenly confronted with the cutest set of eyes that he's ever seen. Right before he could allow his conscious mind could register what was going on, his instincts immediately took control and screamed to the top of his lungs in fright.
Right before any one of them could have the chance to respond to Sylphiel about what she supposedly done with Miguel last night, the Chaotix heard the frightened scream of the said teenager blaring from down the hall of the tree house. Before any of them knew it, the four Mobians, along with the two human females and the now human Ultimate Life Form, were running towards the room where their brown haired friend is supposedly sleeping in. When they all finally reached their destination, the group were greeted with a sight for when they opened the door. What greeted everyone's eyes is a rather frantic Miguel on his feet over the bed while at the same time seeing the sight of a frighten little maid going over to the nearest wall in response to the fright. Everyone began to give confused and blank expressions at what they've just saw.
Vector was the first to break the silence for when he spoke in his usually demanding tone, "Yo! What's with all of the screamin'? Miguel, you look as if you've just saw a ghost!"
As soon as the crocodile said those words, he heard the teenage human male beginning to speak with a flustered tone just as he moved from off of the bed, "W-Well, I've j-just woken up from the m-m-most terrifying dream that I've e-e-ever had in my l-l-life and this little girl s-s-scares the hell out of me!"
"Miguel! Please watch your language!" was what they've heard from the human shrine maiden with a scolding tone of a mother.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" was what they've heard the girl, Kiyruuin Sakurako, saying to him with a frantic voice while bowing down towards the brown haired teen along with everyone else. "It's just for when I went to his room in order to wake him up, he seems to be sweating and moving about like he's suffering from a nightmare and..."
As soon as the young female's words were cut short for when Mighty intervened by saying to everyone with a still confused tone of voice, "Uh, I could be a little rude for interrupting you, little girl, but I think that it would be wise for all of us to give the guy some space so that he would be able to breathe correctly as well as leave him to Sylphiel. He could tell us what's wrong with him for when he's ready to speak."
"Heh! At last, one of you four who has the enough sense to know when to leave a scene," was what the disguised black hedgehog said while at the same time gently pulling on the arm of the brown skinned human girl named Mana. "Come on, Mana. Let's give the two time that they need in order to get things in order."
"Wha?! Are you kidding, Shads? We've got to..." that was all that the leader of the Chaotix could say before he was cut off by the when he saw the black and red haired boy giving off a familiar deathly aura of anger and annoyance, as well as facial expression, towards his direction just before he spoke.
"If you and your friends don't get your sorry hides out of that room, I'm going to make you wish that you decided to do so in the first place."
As soon as he finished those words, the group of Mobian friends and the young maid, save for Mighty whose smart enough to avoid getting on the Ultimate Life Form's bad side, quickly made their getaway back to the kitchen with frighten expressions on their faces. When they came back to the dining table and turned their attentions towards their unfinished meals, Espio was the first to speak his mind about what they saw, "Man, even when he's transformed into a human, Shadow could still give me the creeps for when he gives us that look of his."
"That's for sure, Espy," Charmy responded to his purple friend just as he managed to catch his breath right before turning his full attention towards the plates of food left uneaten. "But I guess that it goes to show that no matter what form the guy takes, Shadow would still be Shadow. I'm starting to wonder if that plan Vecter and Yai cooked up would be a death wish."
"Oh, don't worry about that, Charms," was what the green croc said to his young bee friend while at the same time taking a handful of food just as he continued. "Shadow would be more than happy with us for as soon as he and his girlfriend, along with both Miguel and Sylphiel, are goin' to be at a special place that Yai and I discussed about last night."
"Oh, and I'm sure that the guy would be very pleased with what you've had planned for him and his girl tonight, Vector," was what Espio said to the older Mobian in a sarcastic tone while at the same time going back over to the wall to meditate.
Right before the green leader of the Chaotix could say anything more to the purple ninja, the four friends soon noticed the arrival of their now human friend Shadow entering into the room with his ever present death glare still on his face. "Just what is it that you morons are talking about?" was what the red and black haired young man said to the four friends while at the same time giving off a scowl that sounded like a dog growling towards an intruder.
Just as the disguised hedgehog was about to dig into the matter further, the four Mobians saw his brown skinned female companion wrapped both of her arms around her boyfriend from behind just as she cuddled him like a huge teddy bear. "Aw, don't be such a drag, Shadow darling. I'm sure that it's nothing to worry about."
"Somehow, I don't think that's possible in Vector's case, Mana," was what they heard the Ultimate Life Form saying to his girlfriend with a sigh of defeat while seeing him give a rather annoyed glare towards their direction right before watching him walk towards the living room and sitting on the couch with the young woman in toll.
The Chaotix remained quiet for as they continued to eat their meal without any arguments or conversations taking place. After seeing the maids finish with the feast of a breakfast they created, the group of four soon noticed most of the young ladies march off towards the exit of the tree house entrance to attend to other duties. The four friends soon found the face of the young rich girl Yai staring right at them with a huge smirk on her young face. "Well, did all of you have a good breakfast? I hope that it was good."
"It's the best meal that I think that I've ever had since this morning, Yai," was what Charmy said to the young girl with a huge and pleased grin on his face just as the young Mobian flew to her direction. "Of course, no offense to the maids, but miss Sylphiel's cooking was better."
"Well, that's good to hear, cutie! I just came here to see how all of you are doing right before the time comes," the young blonde said to the Mobians with a ominous voice right before scanning her eyes all over the rest of the room. "Say, what happened to both Miguel and Sylphiel? Aren't they awake yet?"
"Sylphiel just got up a few moments ago while Miguel seemed to have suddenly woke up from a nightmare," was what they heard Shadow saying while at the same time seeing him still attached to his dark skinned girlfriend like a child would with its mother or father. "It's best not to disturb them right now for they're discussing on it, big shining forehead."
As soon as they heard those words coming from the Ultimate Life Form's mouth, the Chaotix soon saw what appeared to be a vein popping out of Yai's shining forehead. Not to mention that the expression on her face is a clear sign that she was not pleased with Shadow's rude behavior towards her. The young girl shouted to the black and red haired boy with an angry tone, "Wh-What did you say, pal?! Just who are you to judge people by their looks, you black haired...?!"
Right before the young blonde girl could have the chance to finish the rest of her sentence, Mighty chose that moment to go right in between two them and push the rich kid away from the Ultimate Life Form. Both Espio and Charmy did not need to be told twice to get a hold of the young girl if they valued their lives. Both Mobians did their best to keep their blonde haired hostess from losing her temper in front of the disguised hedgehog with might result. "Shadow! Yai! Now's not the time to get into a sibling quarrel! We have other things to worry about! Like the final piece of the Chaos Emerald," was what the purple chameleon said to the two arguing opponents while at the same time helping Charmy keeping Yai from provoking Shadow into using a Chaos Blast.
"Espy's right on that, Homies! The homeboy and his little blue digital bud have mentioned that they said that the last emerald piece is in the hands of a kid named Chaud," was what the leader of the Chaotix said to everyone as he turned his attention to his now humanoid ally. "Shadow, would it hurt you to try to be a little nice to the girl who's allowing us to crash into her pad for free? It's the least that you could do after what we've put her and her friends through."
The Ultimate Life Form only gave a mumble of reluctance as a response to Vector's request right before going towards the living room window with Mana still clinging to his arm. Turning back to his companions, the crocodile looked at the young seemingly angry girl just as he managed to say, "Sorry for our pal's hospitality, Yai. It's just that he's one of those guys who don't socialize with people much."
"Obviously! He's almost as stuck up as that jerk Chaud!!" was what the little blonde said to the green Mobian while at same time breathing air in and out of her lung right before turning her attention towards her remaining maids and shouted, "Girls! I want a bottle of the most expensive imported strawberry milk in the country on the double! Chop! Chop!"
The four Mobians all saw the leftover group of young female servants all bowing politely to their master right before marching up towards the front door without any other thought. The Chaotix looked at the abandoned kitchen with blank and confused expressions on their faces. Mighty was the first to speak his mind, "Okay, if this is how a girl like her reacts to when dealing with things that bother her, I can't image what she's like when she gets really angry."
"You guys could say that again, guys. Both me and Sylphiel could hear the shouting and arguing from the bedroom," was what they heard the voice of their human friend Miguel saying to them while turning to see the young man along with Sylphiel entering the living room with confused looks on their faces. "What I would like to know is how you guys reacted towards seeing Mana. I bet that you guys are rather surprised at seeing Shadow with a girl for once in his life."
At those words, the Chaotix could have sworn that they heard Shadow let out to what sounds like a soft friendly and embarrassed chuckle; something that the four Mobians know that the self proclaimed Ultimate Life Form isn't capable of doing. But before they could inquire on it further, the group of detectives began to hear the black hedgehog's girlfriend shouting to him with a rather enthusiastic tone of voice, "Hi, Miguel! It's so good to see you again! Sorry for not greeting you properly, but the circumstances were sort of extreme at the time."
Just as they saw their human friend turning to greet the young couple, the four friends could barely restrain their own smirks of amusement for when they saw the bewildered expression on his face.
As soon as he turned his full attention to where both Shadow and Mana are currently positioned, Miguel could only stare with confusion and surprise as he stared at the two humans in front of him. The young female that the teen saw was latching onto a person clothed in black leather turned out to be Mana but in what used to be her human form dressed in a everyday modern girl clothes. But as he turned to face the young male in leather, the young man from Earth could only stare at what he assumed to be the Ultimate Life Form in human form. Miguel had always wondered what his black and red spiked friend would look like if he were a human being. Looking at him now, the brown haired teen could only stare in pure amazement and shock for as his eyes continued to open wide in disbelief.
"Ahem! Miguel, do you have anything to say or are you just going to stare at me all day with your mouth open like that?" was what he heard the black and red haired man saying to him with a rather confused and yet a little annoyed tone within his voice. "I know that this must be a shock for you to see me in this form but that's no excuse to start gaping like a fish."
After realizing what his outer worldly friend meant, the young man immediately began to regain his composure right before speaking in a stutter, "S-Sorry Shadow. But it's just that...you...Mana...you're both..."
Miguel's words were soon cut off for when he heard the voice of Sylphiel saying to him with a polite and yet unfazed tone, "I was rather surprised at Shadow's appearance as much as you are, Miguel. I went to see who was cooking in the kitchen and found the Chaotix eating, I sensed a strange magic aura floating in the air. When I entered the room to find Vector and the others eating at the table, I found Shadow and Miss Mana right next to each other different from what they were a while ago."
Taking in this new information, the brown haired young man immediately turned his attention to the young dark skinned woman and said to her with a rather confused and suspicious tone of voice, "Mana, just how did you and Shadow get here in the first place? For that matter, just how is it that the two of you managed to get into this world together let alone transform into regular human beings?"
"I think that I should maybe I should be the one to answer your questions, Miguel," was what he heard the young female magician saying to him in a polite tone while at the same time chuckling nervously at what she's going to answer. "You see, while in my home dimension, I've felt a sudden jolt within my heart that tells me that something must've happened to Shadow. So, I've used the green gemstone that I have used the first time to get to your world and followed Shadow to this one. We were in our current forms as a way to blend in with this world's people thanks to the aid of my magic."
"But that doesn't explain why Shadow is here within this world to begin with," was what the young man while at the same time turning his full attention towards the Ultimate Life Form just as he calmed himself a bit but is still confused at seeing his companion's current form.
"I think that I should try to put this as briefly as possible given the current situation, Miguel," he heard Shadow saying in his usual cool and mutual tone of voice while at the same time taking a seat on the living room couch with his humanoid lover right beside him. "A while ago on Mobius, Tails has just picked up an abnormally within the space-time continuum. When he recognized the energy readings as those of a Chaos Emerald, he immediately contacted each of us to inform us of the situation. But as he tried to contact both you and Sylphiel from your respective worlds, the kid saw that your own bodies' Chaos Energies signatures were nowhere to be found. At least that's what I've been told for when I arrived at the fox's work shop.
As Tails put his effort into finding the two of you, Knuckles showed up looking like he just got frighten by a ghost. Before I could ask what was bothering him, Sonic showed up late as usual asking the fox boy if found any traces of both yours and Sylphiel's Chaos Energy. That was when Knuckles added that Vector and his crew seeming to have vanished into thin air with small traces of the emerald's energy within their office. When we heard those words, the young boy's machinery went crazy and he determined to have found the two of you despite receiving a weak signal. Anyway, after volunteering on the search as well as showing them the means on how I would do it, I warped to this planet and well..."
Before he could have the chance to hear his friend continue, Miguel heard Yai's young voice saying to him while seemingly calm down from whatever insult that she received from the former black hedgehog, "I think that I should be the one to talk seeing that Dex has just talked to me this morning. As it turns out, Dingo's still a little freaked after being attacked by your black hedgehog friend turned human while making his usual deliveries. Not only that, but his bosses seemed to have been a little frightened for when they saw the news of there being a black and red hedgehog running through the streets that is now all over the news. If all you don't believe me, then see for yourselves. Glyde, would you please turn on the television?"
"Certainly, Miss Yai," was he heard the butler Navi saying to his operator while at the same time seeing the little girl pointing towards the living rooms television screen.
Before the brown haired teen or anyone could have the chance to speak, he saw the TV screen filled with the image of Dentech's female news reporter Ribbita appearing just as she spoke with all the energy of a hyperactive teenager and the seriousness of a news reporter, "...Our top story for the day really has the Officials as well as local law enforcement baffled. From what local eyewitnesses could describe, it would appear to be a group of green glowing men dressed in pirate costumes while chasing what citizens claimed to be a small child dressed as an bizarre animal-like puppy with jet black fur and crimson streaks on its spikes! Something as most citizens would describe as weird and yet cute in a way."
At those words, Miguel immediately turned his gaze over to the Ultimate Life Form to find his friend emitting a powerful aura of red Chaos Energy all around his body. The young man concluded that the disguised Mobian was not pleased with the description. That and the fact that everyone but Mana, who is still attached to his arm, backed away from the Ultimate Lifeform's reaction. The remaining maids, he concluded, have already left the room for when they saw the stoic young boy getting ready to literally blow his top. But it was the next words from the chatty female report that nearly set the black hedgehog off.
"From what most of our news crew could describe, they are yet sure if this is some sort of publicity stunt for a new kids movie or something that a local company is for a puppy dog product..."
The young woman's voice was cut instantly for when the quickly beam of yellow light shot at the highly expensive television screen to pieces. Amazingly, the entire system itself was fully intact save for the fact that it's internal circuits have been fired to a crisp thanks to Shadow's little display of anger management gone wrong. Miguel, along with everyone in the room, held his breath and almost panicked at the thought of what the Ultimate Life Form would do next. "Whoa! Holy mother of all that's good and sweet! That's some temper!" was what went through the young man's thoughts while instinctively going over to Sylphiel's side and awaited to see what his angered Mobian companion would do next just as he heard him muttering quiet curses under his breath. "I never knew that Shadow could be so sensitive for when it comes to being called cute or compared to something that resembles a puppy! I hope that nothing else would...!"
"Hey, pal! That entertainment system cost about as much as a brand new PET for...!" was what he heard little Yai began to say before her voice ceased for as he saw the disguised hedgehog turning towards her direction and understood what caused the young girl to cease her rant.
Never in his entire life or since playing the Sonic games and reading the comics has he seen Shadow that angry. The expression on his face gave off a rather threaten aura that when a person looks at it, well, if looks could kill, then he or she would be dead already. He could feel both of Sylphiel's arms squeezing his entire body as he assumed that she must have felt just as terrified as he, along with everyone else in the room, is at the moment. So much in fact that he nearly fainted losing oxygen in his lungs thanks to the surprisingly strong hold of the shrine maiden. But what really got his attention the most is Mana's reaction.
Despite the fact that she is seeing the look on her lover's face which is as angry as a bull, Miguel could see that she is enjoying it. In fact, he could tell by looking that the female magician is only pretending to be afraid of her boyfriend's expression just for the fun of it. "She either must be very brave or very naive to be still smiling after Shadow's little outburst!" the teen thought to himself just as he continued to feel the shrine maiden's hold on him grow stronger by the minute.
"Y-Y-Yo! S-S-Shadow dude's g-g-going n-nuclear!" was what he heard Vector saying to his friends while at the same time sounding like what the rest of the others are feeling at the moment.
"What's his problem anyway?!" Mighty asked with both fear and confusion in his voice. "I've never seen him this PO'd since that time Sonic got on his nerves of being..!"
That was all that the teen could hear from the armadillo for when he heard the growling of Shadow who is growing more angry and intense with more red Chaos Energy. "Oh joy! How are we all going to get out of this one? Shadow is in serious need for relaxation and anger management!" was what Miguel thought to himself just as he continued to see the human Ultimate Life Form glow angrily while also noticing his seemingly incouragible girlfriend giggle at his little fit.
End of Part 16
A/N: I'm sorry for the delay in updating this story guys. It's just that I've been losing the need to write more ideas down into the next couple of chapters. Not only that, with very few long reviews, it almost made me lose interest into writing this fic further. If anyone's still out there wanting me to continue with this fic, let me know. Also, I'm going to be posting my Silver Radiance project throughout several forums and before putting the first episode on this site. That's all that I've got to say. Well, later and wish me luck on bringing this story back from the grave as well as going through my College Finals!
Maurice A. Nigma
The Great Blue One