Chapter 13: Meet the master
The minute Link and Sonic stopped, they found themselves in a wide plain of grass, flowers, and trees. Link looked around and finally realized where he was.
"Well, it looks like it's the Poke'mon world, Sonic." Link said as he walked a few steps forward.
Sonic looked around and then noticed someone coming straight for them on what could only be a hover bike. Sonic kept the sun's rays out of his eyes as best he could and tried to identify the figure riding it. However, he was approaching fast and Sonic immediately knew he wasn't going to stop.
"Hit the dirt!" Sonic shouted, tackling Link to the ground.
The hover bike zoomed over their backs and as soon as they saw it zip out of sight, they got up. It was then that they saw what the rider was trying to get away from. It was none other than a Dragonoid, but it was NOT one of Ryu's generals. This one was only about seven feet tall, had a small array of spines down his back, and had two horns over his eyebrows that stuck to the sides like bull horns. Still, it was flying around and snarling like a wolverine and both took it as a threat and took off after it. Sonic leapt into the air and landed on the flying creature's back just when it passed.
"WHAT THE?!" The Dragonoid snarled.
Sonic then took one of the Dragonoid's wings and began to jerk it violently, causing the Dragonoid to swerve left and right until it crashed into the ground. The bloodthirsty creature got up and charged Sonic, but the blue hedgehog was more than fast enough to avoid him.
"You will die, hedgehog, in the name of RYU!" The creature roared as he took off and tried dive-bombing Sonic again.
"Oh, I don't think so." Sonic said, his grin broadening.
The minute the dragon was a few feet away, Sonic quickly moved to the left and the Dragonoid landed with a crunch. It tried to get up, but it obviously broke something and landed in the dirt again. Link arrived with his sword out and looked at Sonic.
"You go find that guy. I'll make sure our friend doesn't try anything." Link said.
Sonic nodded and raced off like a bullet and he could hear the Dragonoid's screech in pain behind him. He guessed that Link ran the poor reptile through to make sure it didn't call for help. The blue hedgehog looked around and saw the hover bike up ahead.
"Alright. I'll catch up to it in no time." Sonic said as he increased speed.
The chase didn't last too long, in fact, it hadn't lasted five seconds. Within that time, Sonic was level with the rider and the guy was wearing some form of shades. Sonic got a little closer and then spoke.
"Excuse me, sir? That Dragon thing's gone. You can stop now." Sonic said, turning to the guy.
The rider stopped and so did Sonic. The rider hopped off his vehicle while Sonic simply stood there, patiently. The rider took out a red and white ball the size of an orange and chucked it at Sonic. The ball hit him on the head and simply bounced to the ground. The blue hedgehog blinked a few times and stared at the ball at his feet before speaking.
"Uh, what were you doing?" He asked.
The guy seemed somewhat bewildered at this.
"Huh? You're not a Poke'mon?" The guy asked.
This person had to be at least eighteen, if not, younger and Sonic shrugged. What kind of question was that?
"Poke'mon? No way! I'm a hedgehog: Sonic the hedgehog." Sonic answered.
The guy removed his sunglasses to reveal yellow, catlike eyes. His hair was a kind of silver and spiked that made his head look like a bird of prey's.
"I've never heard of a Hedgehog. Is that some new Poke'mon?" The guy asked.
Sonic fell face-flat on the ground. Link arrived on the scene and got a good look at this guy, who looked, in his opinion, a little outlandish.
"So, he's the one the Dragonoid was after?" Link asked his fallen friend.
"Dragonoid?" The guy asked again.
Sonic got back up and asked, "I didn't get your name. What do people call you?"
The guy reached out his hand and shook Sonic and Link's.
"I can't remember my last name. Most people call me Raphael, but friends call me Raph." The person requested.
Sonic grinned.
"Nice to meetcha, Raph." Sonic complimented with a sly wink.
Just then, something came out of the sky and landed on the ground with a crash that sent all three people skidding. When the smoke cleared, it turned out that it was another Dragonoid, but this one was dull yellow and HUGE: over twelve feet tall. It had four fingers on its hands, wings on its arms instead of on a separate pair of limbs, and talons like an eagle. It had a thick neck that was packed with muscle and two, goat-like horns that pointed backward. Its snout was like that of a rhinoceros minus the horn and it lacked the arrowhead-shaped bone at the tip of the tail.
"Oh, great! Not this again!" Link said as he drew his sword.
"Do not worry…" The dragonoid said, "You're not worth it. I, the great Yellow Drache, am after something much more important than you. However, I think my soldiers will rip you to pieces for some fun."
The Dragonoid let out a high-pitched roar like a screech and out came very muscular Dragonoids with horns like a rhinoceros and bulk to match Ganondorf.
"Now, why don't you show our good friends just how helpless their kind is compared to us?" Drache said as his smile broadened.
Yellow Drache spread his massive wings and took flight to the great unknown as his troops flexed their muscles and gnashed their teeth. Then, the army couldn't wait anymore and they let out war roars as they charged.
"Bring it, lizards!" Sonic said as he charged, too.
Sonic leapt into the air and turned into a saw blade that bowled through most of the dragonoids. Link took his sword and battled his way through, but it wasn't so easy, seeing as some of them had weapons of their own from jagged swords to heavy axes.
"Take this, you lousy lizards!" Raphael said as he threw a Poke'ball.
A light came out and a huge, serpentine creature came out of it. It was none other than a Gyarados with its unmistakable teeth and roar.
"Gyarados, Hyper Beam attack!" Raphael shouted at the top of his lungs.
Orange energy began to gather in Gyarados' mouth with a high-pitched whine as it slowly closed its jaws. It then snapped them open and out came a great blast strong enough to blow up a house. The Hyper Beam blasted through many Dragonoids, tearing several of them to pieces, but many came down on it and began biting, clawing, and hacking at its thick scales. Gyarados thrashed wildly as the dragonoids started smashing it with clubs. Eventually, it fell with a crash and Raphael whipped out the Poke'ball again.
"Gyarados! Return!" Raph shouted.
A red beam of light hit Gyarados and he disappeared back in the ball. The Dragonoids were clearly outnumbering our heroes, even Sonic was having some problems with them.
"Here I come!" A high-pitched voice shouted.
Electricity flashed through the air as our old friend Pikachu raced through the hoard of Dragonoids. It wouldn't have been enough if someone didn't lend a hand. For, hovering high in the air, was the world-renowned psychic Poke'mon Mewtwo. He was raining psychic energy down on the dark dragons and smiting them in the hundreds. The minute the last one fell with a crash, Mewtwo gently touched ground on tiptoe as he always did.
"Welcome back, Link and Sonic." Mewtwo said, telepathically.
Raph's jaw fell open as he saw what was going on.
"A talking Pikachu?! I gotta catch this!" Raph said as he fumbled for a Poke'ball. However, when he straightened up, Mewtwo was in his face.
"Don't even THINK about it." Mewtwo said, his purple eyes narrowed.
Raphael slowly put the ball away and when he did, Mewtwo turned to his friends.
"Please explain, both of you." Mewtwo said, his arms folded.
"It's a long story, but okay." Sonic said in a very serious tone.