Here's where the promised OCs show up! By the way, to Midnight Lullabye, do you have an OC? I'd like to use her as an commenter with Aikara and Tikal.
Durza (C) Josky
Whip (C) WhipOwnsAll
Dawg (C) Dawg2t7
Goby (C) ShadowGirl13Chaos
Rector, Raine, and Howl (C) Babylon Sky Hawk
Aikara (C) aika08
Kiba, Tomo, and Stream (C) Me, Kiba Sniper
Everyone else (C) Sega and Sonic Team.
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Ch. 2: Powerful New Rivals
Jet landed to airship on a field in Megalo Station where the teams were to assemble. Team Dynamite and the Babylon Rogues swapped thievary stories they endured during their time apart, but Tomo, Kiba and I kept to ourself. We were plotting on what to do in the races. We had a perfect team: Kiba as power, Tomo as speed, and myself as flight.
Just one problem: We can't think of a name.
"Team Shuriken, dammit!" Tomo snapped, glaring at Kiba.
"That's stupid," Kiba retorted, crossing her eyes.
"You can think of something better, four-eyes?"
Kiba remained silent, trying hard to think.
"Bah, you can't think of nothing."
Kiba growled at Tomo, but stood her ground. If this were Wave, Kiba's fist would be plowed into her face. The panda looked away, muttering ways to roast a chameleon in a campfire.
I looked between then as they glared at each other. "This ain't a good idea! Sticking Kiba and Tomo on a team together will certainly cause pandemonium!" I looked across the field we were in. Cherry blossoms bloomed around us. I saw Bean trying to place some of the flowers on Nack's hat, but was smacked in the face with his gun. "Wait, cherry blossom..."
"I got it!" I shouted, gaining their attention.
"What is it? Team Katana?" Tomo asked, clearly raved on having a team do to with ninjas.
I eyed Tomo strangly for a few seconds, who just shrugged. Kiba slapped her on the back, nearly causing her to fall over. Ignoring their profanities, I buzzed up to Kiba and sat on her back. "What about Team Sakura?"
"The Japanese word for...Cherry Blossoms?" Tomo asked, dazed.
"Yeah, look around us! It's explodin' with these flowers. I just thought it'd be natural."
Kiba and Tomo looked at each other. Eventually, they nodded after a few minutes of thinking, they agreed. Feeling proud of myself, I flew over to Storm and was just about to annouce our name, but Kiba grabbed me by my wings and dragged me away.
"Why'd you do that?"
Tomo glared at me. "Simple! Storm will tell Jet, who will tell Bean, who will tell Bark and Nack. I'll never hear the end of it." She looked over her shoulder, and a booth was present. "Over there is where we can register."
"Oh, come on!" a taller black wolf shouted with a smaller, grey albatross at his side. The wolf was about four feet and had a greyish-black muzzle with a white t-shirt and jeans on. His eyes were red, matching his gloves and shoes. "The monkey Aikara told us to come here to sign up, and we is!"
The person at the booth sighed, sliding a card to the wolf. "Come again," she muttered sarcastically.
"Durza!" Tomo shrieked.
"Tomo!" the wolf, Durza, shrieked back, pointing a finger at her.
Tomo twitched as Durza smiled broadly. The albatross behind him cowered him. Her feathers were in four dredlocks, tied together by a ring. She had a white long shirt on with black sweat pants. She had green eyes that darted around nervously.
"D-Durza, who is she?" the girl asked.
"Stream, meet Tomo, some random panda, and...Charmy!"
"Huh? Oh, now I remember you, Durza Pantera! You're Rapid's cousin!" I said, eagerly shaking his out-stretched hand.
"Yeah, well-" Before Durza was able to finish his sentence, Tomo tackled him to the ground and began to strangle him. Durza back-fisted her, sending her toppling down the hill. Durza charged after her, but Tomo soared in the air and drop-kicked him. Durza remained standing. After a few moments of tense silence, they began to laugh loudly.
Kiba blinked at them. "W-what the hell just happened?" She noticed the lady at the booth staring at them. "This where we sign up?"
The lady nodded, wide-eyed.
Kiba took a pencil, signing our team name in.
"Thanks miss," the lady said when Kiba finished. "You are the seventh team to register out of eight."
"Six? What are the others?" the albatross asked.
"In order, Stream: Team Sonic, Team Rose, Team Virtex, Team Dynamite, Team Shuriken (Tomo twitched at the name), and Team Sakura."
The albatross stared at her, confused. "B-but you said six teams."
"Yes, but the other team, composed of Whip, Goby, and Dawg couldn't decide on a name. They left it blank, but signed their names."
Kiba nodded, taking three badges. Those badges signified our registration to be complete. We had to wear them at all times, no matter what. Mine was black with a yellow stripe through the middle. It reminded me of, well, me! Kiba's was like mine, but black and white; Tomo's was purple and red; Durza got a black and blue one while that albatross, named Stream, got a grey and white one.
Tomo and Durza were talking about past experiences, and why he choose Team Shuriken. Durza laughed, but kept his lips sealed on the team name. Kiba and I were busy talking to Stream. Turned out that Stream was looking for her brother, Storm. Yes, Storm. As in Storm the Albatross. Kiba said that she was dating Storm, and Stream fainted dead away.
Durza flipped Stream over his shoulder. "Happens alot, not worry. She got those fainting spells or whatever."
"Weird, Storm got those spells too when he was younger," Kiba said.
Durza grinned. "Well, I'll be off. I gotta go back to-"
"Where have you been?" a voice behind snapped.
The voice was a Mobian that donned all black. I couldn't tell his spiecies at all! His voice was gruff and arrogant. His clear yellow eyes shone with hatred. He glared at Tomo, who returned the glare with ease. His eyes fell towards me. I flinched. He seemed scary, but at the same time, all-knowing. He cocked his head, indicating for his teammates to follow. Durza waved at us before filing off with Stream in his arm.
"He seems strange," Kiba said, crossing her arms. "Wow, can't believe Storm has a sister! He'll be so happy! I gotta tell him right now!" Kiba ran off, holding her badge in one hand and hair elastic in the other.
Tomo and I exchanged looks of worry. "That guy scared me," I whimpered, hopping onto her back.
"Yeah," she muttered. She seemed to be in a trance, like she was in another world.
"Tomo?"
"Uh, oh. Sorry. I...I just spaced out."
Nack came charging up to us, hands on his knees and panted. He grabbed Tomo by her arm and dragged her down the hill.
"What's going on?" she demanded as Nack pulled us through a crowd.
"Jet, some rabbit, and some hedgehog are duking it out!" he exclaimed.
Jet was in a headlock from a red, male hedgehog. He looked like a boy version of Amy. His teammates were cheering from the side. His teammates were a beautiful butterfly and wolf with a few scars. Wait, beautiful butterfly? I rubbed my eyes, seeing her clearly. Gosh, she is pretty!
Um, anyway, Jet kicked the rabbit in the face, but was assailed from behind by the hedgehog. The rabbit's teammates, Goby and Dawg from what it said on the back of their shirts, helped him up. The rabbit, Whip, growled at Jet, but noticed that Jet was flying at him and knocked both over. The red hedgehog placed his foot on Jet's head.
"Next time you want to insult my sister, let me know," he spoke in a calm voice that could make anyone at ease jump suddenly.
"Shut up, Rector!" Jet snapped.
"Hey, Whip, you alright?" Goby asked.
Whip rubbed his head. "Just peachy. Snuck up from behind, sheesh and-" he caught eyes with Tomo. "Sensei lady!"
"Dear God, no," Tomo muttered.
Whip smiled at her brightly. "Long time no see. Thanks for saving me from the weird plant monster thing in high school!"
Tomo shook his head. "Yeah, great."
Nack glared at the rabbit, tugging on Tomo's arm. "So, uh, what are you to her?"
"Oh, wait, Tomo can get a boyfriend? Very strange."
Tomo was ready to grab Whip's ears, but Dawg stopped her by snatching her arm. Dawg grinned. Dawg looked over his shoulder, seeing Jet and Rector shouting at each other over Amy. Turns out the hedgehog is Amy's brother! Who would've thought of that? I thought Amy was orphaned as a kid. Guess not.
Suddenly, a whistle was blared into our ears. The whistle came from a brown monkey with a nametag wearing something that looked like a black shirt over a pair of blue shorts. An orange echidna was behind her, wearing the same thing along with some jewelary.
"Hey!" the monkey shouted, shoving herself between the bickering Rector and Jet. She was Aikara, one of the tournament proctors. "If you two keep this up, you'll deal with me! And I can have your teams disqualified if need be."
Jet and Rector glared at each other before stalking off. The butterfly left as well, making my heart sink. I wanted to talk to her. I tugged on the monkey's arm. "Um, excuse me. What was that butterfly's name?"
"Her?" She checked down on the echidna's checklist. "Raine of Team Virtex. Teammates are Rector Rose and Howl the Wolf."
"What a purdy name," I whispered dazed.
Aikara chucked along with the echidna. "Aw, how cute!" they giggled.
I pouted, noticing that Whip was staring at the orange echidna, Tikal, in a funny manner. Before I know it, Durza came over and wrapped his arm over Nack's and Tomo's shoulders and was staring at Tikal with that stupid look. However, Tikal smiled at both of them. She even included a wave before strolling off with Aikara to stop another random act of violence.
"You!" Whip shouted, pointing at Durza. "Pervert, you were eyeing Tikal!"
Durza grinned back, but turned into a frown quickly. "Well, she's perfect in every way and-...You like Tikal, don't you bunny?"
"Bunny?" he seethed. "I bet you like Tikal as well!"
Durza and Whip glared at each other before running off in opposite directions, shouting something about revenge. Goby and Dawg sighed, chasing after him. Dawg made a wise crack about Goby's mother, and they started fighting.
Nack, Tomo and I blinked in surprise.
"Seriously, how dumb are these guys?" Tomo asked.
"Pretty stupid," Nack replied, but than he noticed that Durza was admiring a nickel. "and...GIVE ME THAT NICKEL, WOLF!" Nack ran after Durza and they began to fight over...a nickel.
Tomo chuckled. "Nickel fights. Heh, we did that once."
"Fight over a nickel? Vector and I do-I mean, did that too!"
Tomo smiled down at me. "You're a good boy, Charmy."
"Tomo?"
"Don't turn into someone like me, alright? See you around."
Why did she say that? Was it because she was a sadistic ninja warrior that hated protection? Tomo looked away, staring off at the dust cloud that formed from Durza and Nack fighting over a nickel. Tomo's eyes became cloudly, and she walked away. I stared at her trail, suddenly feeling miserable.
"Why would she say that to me? What happened to her?"
Kiba was with the Babylon Rogues in their own comfy building. Each team was able to recieve two rooms in a building in Megalo Station for free. Jet lived that. Speak of Jet, he was rubbing his head from where Rector grabbed him while Wave was lecturing him on responsibility. Some things never change, right? Kiba was telling Storm about Stream, who looked as though she sprouted a third eye. Well, she couldn't. Kiba couldn't see without her glasses. Seriously, put a piece of twelve font paper in her a foot away, and she can't read it.
Storm's head was in his hand. He looked weary. "A-are you serious?"
"As I'll ever be, Storm. Would I lie about this?"
Storm appeared deep in thought. Kiba smacked him on the arm. He grinned, rubbing his arm. "I'm kidding, but where is Stream?"
"Durza-"
"Who's Durza?"
"Her teammate. She had a fainting spell, and he carried her somewhere."
"Somewhere?" he groaned, rolling his eyes. The albatross sighed. Hope dawned on his eyes. "Well, at least I know she is here. Thanks, Kiba." He kissed her cheek softly, watching Kiba blush.
I made a face. "Sheesh, do that in the bedroom. Stream fainted because she heard you two were dating. Hahaha! Storm and Kiba, sittin' in a tree-"
Wave and Jet couldn't resist not joining in. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"Sh-shut up!" Storm shouted, throwing a pillow at Jet.
Jet grabbed it, sitting on it. He started to laugh. "Alright, alright. I will." He glanced over at Wave, who smiled back warmly at him. "Both of you two as well."
Wave shrugged, sitting next to him. "Fine, fine. And, hey, you two got to leave."
"Leave?" Kiba questioned.
"We're planning. Out!" Jet snapped, literally kicking us out. The hawk resumed with plotting with his avian cohorts.
Kiba growled at the tent, bearing her teeth. "Stupid birds, kicking us out." The panda kicked a rock, accidentally breaking the window in the Babylon Rogue's home. Wave's frantic voice was heard, and we ran away. Kiba was laughing her butt off when we entered out own building.
Our building was a simple two room apartment with a bathroom, like the Babylon Rogues. Two beds were in one room and one in another. I took the one bedder, saying girls should stay with girls. Kiba shrugged, walking into her room. My room was simple: white walls, a dresser, and a bed. I flopped down on my bed. The races wouldn't start until tommorrow, so I decided a little good earned rest was in order. Soon, I fell asleep.
The world had that three in the morning feel when I woke up. I glanced over to a clock. Wait, it is three in the morning. Yawning, I got up, went the bathroom, got some more water, and looked out the window. It appeared the something was happening outside. I squinted my eyes: Team Shruiken and Team Virtex were together.
Howl's sword was unsheathed, and the black clad guy had a short katana in his hand. Howl and the man rushed at each other, swinging their swords rapidly. Rector and Raine were cheering their partners on. Stream looked ready to fall over, but Durza steadied her. Durza had a semi-serious face, but than he noticed another shiny thing and was infatuated by it. Stream bit her finger, looking away.
"You're mine!" Howl shouted, clipping the black warrior with the sheath.
The black warrior stumbled backwards. Wiping his sword, he leaped into a tree. Engaging Howl to follow, the chameleon turned and ran away. Howl growled, but Raine suddenly rushed forward. Howl stared at her, saying something until Raine pointed to his arm. A large cut had formed, and Howl collapsed to the ground. Rector grabbed Howl, heaving his arm over his shoulder.
"Raine, come on! We got no time to waste!" He paused, looking at Durza and a shivering Stream. "Actually, you take Howl and heal him with some of your potions. I've got a score to settle."
The butterfly nodded. She lifted Howl by his arm, flying back to their home. She was muttering loudly to herself, but her foot accidentally (Well, I think it was an accident.) jabbed into Howl's wound, and he cried out. She apologized and was gone.
"Wow, she is like a butterfly version of Cream," I thought, blushing. "What am I thinking? I only like Cream, but...that girl must be a genius if she messes with potions. What is she, a nurse?"
Durza and Rector started to converse, but Stream was hiding behind Durza. Rector pointed to her, saying something about her being familar. Durza explained her relation to Storm. A few minutes of talking, and Rector and Durza shook hands before parting ways. Stream waved to Rector before leaving, as Amy's brother did the same before bursting into a sprint.
I stared at their path. "I couldn't even see that black warrior move. Who is-"
"Hello, Charmy," a voice before me said coldly.
I gasped, turning around immediately. The black warrior was in front of me. "Who are you?"
"A friend."
Crossing my arms, I bared my teeth at him. "Yeah, a friend you say? Never saw you in my entire life."
"But, Charmy, you knew me since you were a baby."
"Who are you!"
Banging erupted on my door. "Ch-Charmy! What's wrong?" Kiba shouted from the outside.
The black warrior sighed deeply. His yellow eyes stared down onto me. "We'll see each other again, Prince!" he cried, before making a handsign and turning invisable. A few seconds later, the window flung open, and the figure leaped away.
Kiba slammed the door down with her mighty paws, running in with Tomo. She grabbed my shoulders, kneeling. "What's wrong, Charmy?"
I shook my head. I explained to them what happened just now. Tomo was deep in thought. I seen her like that before when she was with Nack. Heh, they love each other. They're dating now, for the records. After Nack tore his heart out just before her death two years ago, let's just Tomo was touched. Tomo placed her hand on her chin when I finished.
"What's wrong, Tomo?" I asked, confused at her forlorn expression.
She gasped, cringing at my voice. "Nothing, but let's resign to sleep." With that, she walked away after waving to us.
Kiba nodded. "Later, Tomo. Charmy, try to get some sleep. We'll tell Storm and the others tomorrow." Like a mother, she bent down and kissed my forehead before leaving.
Facing the clock, I sighed: I wasted a full forty-five minutes watching the idiots duke it out. Slugging myself back into bed, I awaited for the clock to strike, and the races to begin.
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Next: Preliminaries?!