SonicAnime2010 here again
So I took a look at the reviews, looks like my hunch was right, too much character detail and not enough on the action that was going on, and the character dialogue needed some work, hopefully I can improve with this next one
Oh and special thanks to Triser for helping me with the Nanoha parts. I watched the anime but he knows more about it than I do
Disclaimer: as stated in chapter one I don't own any of the Sonic characters or Nanoha characters
As for the pairings, I'm kind of in a bind here, not really sure how this will work, I'll just put up a poll for the pairings and see what the general opinion is.
With that here comes the second chapter
"Talking in Japanese" "Talking in English" "Device" 'Telepath'
Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Step
Chapter 2: Test your skills Sonic! A Supersonic hero is not to be underestimated!
-Mid Childa, mid morning-
*Insert Theme: "(The) Base" Sonic Adventure 2 OST*
After their little discussion, Nanoha, Fate, Hayate escort our dimension hopping duo towards the headquarters of the base, so that their story can be explained and officially documented. After the reporting the Bureau will decide how to deal with the situation. Sonic, still trying to get used to having to look up due to the size difference, walks up to the side of the trio, and a conversation occurs.
Nanoha looks down asking him "So, what are you? You said your name was Sonic right?"
Sonic replies with a smile "Yup, Sonic's the name, I'm a Hedgehog. Pretty cool eh?" giving the brunette a thumbs-up.
Hayate giggles at the Hedgehog's carefree antics "Yeah I'd agree with that. Not to mention a little cute as well" she says, with the last part having a slight grin of mischief.
Fate on the other hand, has some concerns and just stares at him suspiciously "I'm not sure we should trust him. We have no idea what he is, where he came from, or his intentions."
Shahra floats beside Sonic "Hey! Sonic's really a nice guy, he saved my world from destruction a while ago!"
(Nanoha) "What? You saved a world?"
"Heh heh, Yeah I guess, a Hedgehog's gotta do what a Hedgehog's gotta do"
With that the conversation ends and they get to the HQ. Their first stop is the locker rooms, where the trio goes in to change into their work uniforms. Sonic stays outside out of respect and waits patiently. All of a sudden he is run into by a redhead wearing a brown suit shirt and skirt outfit, red hair tied in thick twin braids (no idea what they are called) , this is Vita, the Knight of the Iron Hammer; being alot older than her child-like body would suggest.
The little redhead rubs her forehead and glares at Sonic "Hey watch it!"
Sonic simply shrugs "Sorry. Are you all right?"
Vita looks at him closer now while replying "Yeah, fine. Who are you? Better yet, what are you? A familiar?" then turns to Shahra "And you're his master?"
Shahra responds while floating "I'm sorry you're mistaken he is my master."
(Sonic) "Familiar?"
"I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, both of you look like you're not even from this world, so who are you?
"I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. My friend here is Shahra"
"Yagami Vita (technically yes)" grins as she says "Heh, you're short." While she's not too tall, she's a good half a foot taller
"I'm a Hedgehog. Humans are always taller than me, kid"
A staring contest ensures, neither side willing to blink.
Vita finally scoffs and turns to wait against the wall "So what are you doing here?"
"Eh. Waiting for the girls who escorted me here, apparently a portal happened to dump me in a world that has the headquarters for this Time-Space whatever-you-may-call it, you?"
"I was trying to find my master; I saw something falling from the sky near the area where they were jogging."
"Yeah that would be me, I was dumped from a portal literally and landing face-first, luckily the girls that saw me weren't hit. Shahra here pulled me out of that little mess."
It was at this time Nanoha, Hayate and Fate leave the locker room dressed in a brown suit shirt and skirt outfit.
Hayate greets Vita "Vita! Hey, I see you met Sonic here." Then adding telepathically: 'What do you make of him?'
The redhead simply nods replying telepathically 'Well, he's got a lot of power hidden from what I can sense, I can't tell you more than what you said earlier when you asked me to talk to him. His friend also has a high magic rating. But there is something else, another foreign power that seems to compliment his and acting as a catalyst for it if necessary'
Hayate ponders then reaches to Fate and Nanoha 'What do you 2 think? After we get him situated we test his abilities?'
Nanoha replies 'I can start setting up the training simulations while you and Fate get his story recorded for a report.'
Fate adds in 'That will do, Hayate and I will take him up and get a report, we'll hold off on recommendations until after he tells his story and the test'
The 3 end their mental conversation and take this time to talk to the Hedgehog. Nanoha, Fate along with their devices Raising Heart and Graf Eiesen respectively take off towards the training course to set up their tests for our little blue hero. While Hayate and Fate grab their devices, Schwertkreuz and Bardiche respectively. Ready to take notes they ask Sonic to share his story
Sonic explains "Well here's what happened. I was lounging at Emerald Beach for a well-deserved vacation; stuff like this happens to me all the time, so I figured I deserved one. While I did get the chance to nap to the relaxing beach, I was on my second Chili-Dog when the sky darkened. I look up and Eggman's flying his gigantic airship. Experience has taught me that when Eggman manages to get something like that built, it's always going to be used for his plans of world domination. So I grab one of the Chaos Emeralds I collected just in case and flew up using its power and thrashed his carrier. There I find the usual variety of his robots, same as ever all bark no bite. Take them down and confront the old Egghead. Eggman says I got in the way too much so he plunges me into some portal that drops me here, unfortunately for him I still have the Chaos Emeralds."
Hayate asks "Chaos Emeralds?"
Sonic pulls out an emerald-shaped gem, only this gem is a blue color "This is one of the 7 Chaos Emeralds found in my world, they've came in handy in the past for me. There's a prayer that goes with this gem. 'The Servers are the Seven Chaos. Chaos is Power, Power that is enriched by the heart. The Controller serves to Unify the Chaos.' Even I don't know what the Emeralds do."
Their devices suddenly show a display call from Nanoha, who informs them "All the preparations are ready, just bring him here and we'll see what he can do"
Sonic looks amazed and he looks at the 2 devices in their standby forms, he whistles "Now that's a neat. What are they?"
Fate explains "They are our devices, mine is Bardiche, Hayate's is Schwertkreuz, these act as our partners and assist in using our magic energy to cast spells.
Sonic holds out his ring on his finger "Like this? This is Shahra's ring, through it she lends me her power in combination with my own."
Hayate looks at the ring, and its design then responds "When you think of it that way I think that works"
Shahra, who hasn't had much to say here asks "What are these tests you want to put Sonic through?"
Fate answers her question "Well, after hearing that he has some experience we'd like what he can do."
"So you want to test me eh? Okay! I'll take your test. Let's go!"
The 2 escort Sonic and Shahra to the training field
- Training Field: Noon -
*Insert Music "Speed Highway~ Modern Remix" Sonic Generations OST*
A large training course is set up including training Gadget Drones, turrents, and plenty of shielded dummies. The mages in charge of it, Nanoha and Vita, meet Sonic and Shahra at the entrance and tell them the rules
Nanoha explains briefly "Since this is your first time here, there will be no time limit; your main goal is to clear out all the training drones. This test is to determine your rank and what type of specialization you are out of Ground-based, Air-based or Synthetic support. Don't worry about their shots, they won't sting too bad; they are just for training purposes, regardless I still recommend you try not getting hit by them."
Sonic does his usual warm up leg and arm stretches, bounces a few times then gets into his prep stance. Shahra, being used to travelling with Sonic before during their adventure in the storybook turns into a small orb of purplish pink and goes into her ring.
"Ready! Go!" Nanoha announces from her spot
And with that Sonic blasts off with his traditional Sonic Boost, instantly accelerating to the speed of sound. This leaves Nanoha and Vita utterly speechless
"V-Vita.. Did I just see?-"
"Yeah, I saw it too. Who'd a think a little guy like that could be so fast?"
Under the watch of Nanoha, Vita, Fate, Hayate and her unison Reinforce Zwei, a miniature silver haired girl wearing a white outfit, the Blue Blur seems to be shocking them first with his speed as he blazes through the first part of the course. Soon he encounters the first wave of target drones and true to Nanoha's warning they fire lasers at him, to which he avoids by quick-stepping side to side; Sonic's response is his Sonic Boost, the shock barrier-like front turns him into a projectile that rips straight through them like they weren't even there. The group takes note of his use of drifting to navigate through the corners as well as noting the aerial drones that approach him now. Sonic looks to see these aerial mechs and leaps up into the air, curling up into his spin-ball form again and makes short work of them with his Homing Attack. A ground drone that approached him is quickly dealt with by his Stomp. Taking a large piece he throws it on the ground and uses it as a board going downhill, blazing through more drones with his boosting as they approach him in fight. Cheering as he advances, Sonic decides to show off his skills and through the use of makeshift ramps of debris from already trashed drones; he catches some airtime and uses it for some high-flying tricks ranging from flips and rolls, to grabs and spins. He then gets off the board and continues on through the course, and he finally encounters a drone bigger and more threateningly looking than all the others, marking this one as the last. The drone launches its arms to grab the Hedgehog; Sonic quick-steps to avoid it then charges his Spin-Dash, only this time he doesn't launch and small blue orbs of light gather around him, once finished the charge he declares "Ready…Go!" and uses his Light-Speed attack, instantly blazing around the drone in a circle at the speed of light then after a few laps he pierces straight through the center of it, causing it to explode and allow the hedgehog to reach the goal. At the end Sonic breakdances in enjoyment.
Nanoha floats down with her Axel Fin spell. She is now in her Barrier Jacket: Aggressor Mode: a white and blue outfit with a metal waist-guard, a mini-skirt with a waist-attached cape, long white socks extending from her shoes, a red bow on her chest, black fingerless gloves, and her hair in large twin pigtails, holding in her left hand Raising Heart now in its device form: a white pole with the end a yellow-near circle holding the red orb that is the same as when it was in standby-form. Fate, Hayate and Vita follow closely both in their Barrier Jacket and Knight Armor respectively and devices in their device forms. Fate's barrier jacket consisting of a swimsuit-like outfit underneath a dark coat and a white cloak, silver boots with long black socks extending well past her knees, and silver gauntlets her hair now styled in pig-tails; Bardiche now taken the form of a long bearded axe. Hayate's knight armor consisting of a black and white jacket over a black and yellow minidress, with black wings and a white beret; in her right hand is Schwertkreuz now in its Active Form, which is a large staff, with a large yellow cross in the middle of a ring of the same color. Vita's Knight Armour is a red Gothic Lolita dress outfit with a large red beret hat with small little white bunny faces on the base. Her Armed Device is Graf Eisen, currently in "Hammerform" which has the apperance of a mallet that would often be found in sporting events like croquet.
Shahra returns from her ring having seen and experienced the trial Sonic did.
Shahra says amazed "That was amazing Sonic! I knew you were fast but that was just shocking."
Sonic chuckles "They don't call me Sonic for nothing!"
Nanoha voices her opinion "I'll say, that could be faster than Fate-chan, and she's the quickest of us here"
Vita says "I'll admit, you're not half bad on the ground. Turning yourself into an arrow was an interesting twist in speed."
Fate speaks now "Your abilities are unique, all based entirely on your speed, you'd make a good Ground combat mage"
Hayate informs the group "I spoke with the Admiral after submitting our report, recommendation, and results of the test. He said that he'll run it by the Saint Church and think about it before he decides what to do with you. Until then you're with us."
Rein floats up to Sonic"I'm Reinforce Zwei, Hayate's Unison Device, I can merge with unite with Hayate and help her in controlling her magic energy. Nice to meet you, Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Sonic grins and winks, only to blush pink as his stomach rumbles.
Nanoha teases "Sounds like you're hungry, eh Sonic?"
The other girls (Shahra included) giggle at him.
Hayate suggests "Let's go inside, we can cook lunch there"
Sonic smiles and chuckles still embarrassed by his belly speaking for him.
The scene ends with everyone walking back to the base laughing.
- End Chapter-
Author's note: Wow! As long as this looks on word, it's not even that much compared to other stories. Ah.. The Barrier Jackets are a pain to describe. After this, I'll only refer to the barrier jackets in their specific modes, and only describe them when there is a change significant and noteworthy.
By the way I'm thinking of ideas for Sonic's own stuff, if he should get a device of his own or not, and if so name ideas, and design for his outfit when it's active. I will plan on a unison form for Sonic and Shahra, I could use some design help for that too. So leave those ideas and your thoughts on this chapter in your review, if you want you can also PM me about your ideas for the story, I'm always open to them. Just as long as Sonic stays a Hedgehog, I have absolutely no intentions on giving Sonic a human form, that is final.
Well on that note I'm done. Please review I'd like the feedback to use in the story.