January 5, 2015
Shikokou, Kyukai
Nighttime had fallen upon Kyukai, and Tails had gone back to his lab. He tried to take his mind off of Sonic by tinkering around with a few things, but it was no good. Tails looked out the window. "Sonic, please… don't be dead! Wherever you are, come back! Sonic!"
"You wanted me, Tails?"
He turned back to see his best friend standing right before him. "Sonic! You're alright! Boy, am I glad you're here!"
"Well, not exactly…"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"When that guy pulled me into the portal, he took me to the future… the future after he ruined the world with the chaos emeralds…"
"Whoa, really? That sounds really scary…"
"It was! The city was destroyed, he had killed the thousands of people… the adults, teenagers, even the kids…" Sonic turned his head around with a look of horror on his face. "It was the worst thing I had ever seen in my life… And I've seen a lot, you would know." Sonic remembered something and turned his head back to Tails. "But guess what? He told me all about himself and the chaos emeralds."
"So he told you about the chaos emeralds… what did he say?"
"Alright, here's the story. It could take a while, so make yourself comfy."
Sonic told Tails everything – the demons, the chaos emeralds, how he got to the present… Eventually Tails had heard enough.
"So that's what he's doing here, and the origins of the chaos emeralds…"
"I can tell already, he's ruthless. I don't know if there's much we can do against him…"
"I'm sorry to say, but the Death Cyclone and Chaos Radar are all I've got. I can't help you out much more."
"Alright, well for now let's get some rest. We have no idea where he is now, and we're too tired to come up with a plan."
Meanwhile, Yuki and Kaori were still wandering the city. They had to settle down somewhere.
"Yuki, what do we do out here? I'm getting scared."
"Awww, do you want your teddy bear? Seriously, it's just the dark, stupid."
"Could you please stop that? I'm Kaori, not Stupid!"
"I know, let's split up to find somewhere to sleep. I'll look around here, and you…"
"No way!"
"You didn't even let me finish!"
"I know what you're trying to do!"
"You look somewhere in the wilderness. If you find somewhere, don't come back and tell me, someone could take that spot. I'll know if you—"
Yuki was interrupted by a growl in the air, far away.
"Aaahh!" Kaori grabbed onto Yuki's arm. "What was that? What's going on?"
Yuki shoved Kaori away. "Don't touch me, nitwit!"
"Did you even hear that sound in the air?"
Then, out of nowhere appeared two terrifying creatures about the same size as Yuki and Kaori with several arms and hideous faces.
"Those are demons alright!"
"Wh… What do we do? Don't just stand there, fight them!"
Yuki moaned in agony. "You're such a pain! Can't you do anything yourself?"
One of the demons managed to close in on Kaori and slash her arm. "AAAAHHH!" The attack left a cut running down her left arm. "For all that is holy, just fight!"
"Darn it!"
Music - Unavoidable Battle from Persona 3
Yuki held up his hands and kept them positioned. Suddenly, after a short while purple aura began to cover his hands as a ball of ki was formed in his hands, growing bigger and bigger. Eventually when it was big enough, he clenched his fists and raised them above his head, with some of the ki in each of them. "Reaper Crasher!" He flung one hand forward firing the ki in that hand, striking the demon on the right. Then, he flung forward the other hand and fired at the demon on the left. Then, he crossed his arms in an X position, and then shot out the last of the ki in both and struck both demons a second time. They each exploded in purple.
[Stop Music]
After witnessing the battle Kaori managed to get up shaking. "W-what was that?"
Yuki didn't listen and instead examined the purple remaining on the ground.
"Did Emakarou create those demons? And if he did, why would he go after me?"
"There better be no more… please let there not be any more…"
Yuki looked around and waited a while. "No, I think we're okay." Then suddenly, he picked up something. "Wait a minute! I sense a battle power! And it's an incredible one!"
"Are you serious? Please tell me you're joking."
"No… I can tell, there's definitely a strong presence somewhere near…"
"Wait, is it... No way! It can't be!"
Music - Persona Invocation from Persona 3
"Get out of here, now!"
Kaori started to shake in fear taking steps backwards. She knew she had to run, so she nodded and tried to run. But then, this presence appeared out of nowhere, right in front of her.
"Look out, you idiot!"
He kicked Kaori in her chest, sending her flying away.
"It's you again! You just can't leave me alone, huh?"
Emakarou stood right before Yuki, both angrily staring into each other's eyes. Yuki didn't show any sign of fear against this demon, as opposed to Kaori.
"Listen. I'm going to ask you this one last time. Join me! Imagine taking over this sad planet Earth and sealing away its future, along with those of everybody on it! There's no way you can refuse!"
"I hate the world myself, but I wouldn't let it get destroyed by the likes of you!"
Emakarou raised his voice in irritation. "Just think about it one last time! Once you refuse, you can never change your mind! You will regret it!"
"For the last time, no! I'll never join you! Get out of here, you're making me sick!"
"You idiot! You've made a big mistake! You'll pay for this!" He charged toward Yuki, So Yuki had no choice to fight him.
[Stop Music]
Sonic could hear the racket going outside and had to wake up to see what was going on. He opened the door and tried to open his eyes. It was windy and chilly at night time but Sonic had been running in much colder environments. "I don't know what's going on, but this is the second time in a row I've had to wake up from a dream about chilli dogs!" He could sense and hear two strong powers in a heated battle. "Yep, just another day for me." Sonic snuck up to Tails and grabbed the Miles Electric on his side. He turned on the Chaos Radar to see how many chaos emeralds there were. Two emeralds were near. "Thank god, he hasn't gotten any more." He put the Miles Electric back, slipped on his shoes and headed out for the door. "Yeah, it's him again. I gotta go out and fight him. Y'know how it is for me!" The moment he went outside, he started to get chills. Darn it! I'm never this afraid! I gotta feeling this might be it…
Music - Unavoidable Battle from Persona 3
The two were rapidly throwing punches and kicks at each other, evading them with zero effort. Yuki managed to connect one small hit, which he followed by three more punches. He chuckled with an evil look on his face, and was ready to send him flying off with a kick, but as he raised his knee, Emakarou recovered and flung his left arm upward, hitting Yuki in the chin and sending him flying in the sky. He flew upward, and when he reached him he flew around him and kicked him in the back sending him flying the other direction. Then, he disappeared into thin air, and then as Yuki recovered, he reappeared right behind him, and smashed him on the skull with both his hands. Yuki was sent falling to the ground. Emakarou slowly descended right in front of Yuki with his arms folded.
Yuki tried to move his right hand only to realise that his body was paralysed. Emakarou stood before Yuki with a smirk on his face. Kaori watched in confusion. What's going on now? Why is he just standing there? He has the perfect chance to finish him off! I bet he's planning something… "Hey, Look out!"
"I can't move by body, dummy! Man, I really wish you were in my position right now."
Then, Emakarou grabbed Yuki's arm and helped him up. "What're you up to now?" Emakarou threw Yuki several feet away, then began charging ki in his hands.
Wait a minute, I think I recognise that… Isn't that the same move Yuki did before? N-no way!
Sure enough, he clenched the ki in his hands and then began firing one shot from each of his hands, both hitting Yuki in mid-air, and then crossed his arms together to shoot the rest, launching him even further away.
Yeah, it's the same thing Yuki did! But how did he know it all of a sudden? What is this?
Emakarou teleported towards Yuki again. "You're stubborn, aren't you? Anyone normal would've died."
That's the… But how do you know the… Yuki then realised he was thinking and not actually speaking. He managed to speak a few words softly. "How do you know the Reaper Crash?"
"I read your abilities and learnt to use them for myself. I just need to concentrate on someone standing before me and then I remember and can use their powers." He then looked behind him to see Kaori, who began to shake again, this time even more intensely. "You wouldn't have any powers, at least none worth using for myself. I can tell you're even worse a fighter than he is."
"Yeah, I'm gonna die if I stay here any longer." Kaori turned her head to Yuki. "Okay, it looks like you'll have to defend him for yourself! I'm outta here!" She made a futile attempt to escape from Emakarou, but he simply just teleported in front of her and broke her leg.
Yuki felt the need to give Kaori his two cents. "Wow, great escape plan dimwit! That was totally gonna work, now wasn't it?"
Kaori collapsed onto the floor unable to move. "Wait, what're you thinking about doing?"
Emakarou pressed his foot down on Kaori's chest. "If he's such a pushover, I can only imagine how weak you'd be. I'll finish you off first, seeing as I've already started."
"No way! Not me! Wait!" Emakarou pushed his foot down harder and harder until Kaori began to shout out in pain. Then he began stomping repeatedly as she shouted more. He eventually stopped and began kicking her in the chin over and over again until he decided it was enough.
"I've done enough. Just one more blow and you'll die in an instant." Emakarou turned his head over to Yuki. "What a disappointment! After years of sleep I don't even get anybody decent to fight! Finding the chaos emeralds will be too easy!" His frown then turned into a smirk. "Oh well. That means no one can stop me from getting all of them then!" He raised the opposite hand he pinned Kaori with and charged up for a finishing blow. Suddenly, he felt a gust of wind fly past him. A blue ball homed towards him at super speed, only for him to punch it away, uncurling Sonic and revealing himself.
"You! There's no getting rid of you, is there!"
"You missed one small detail – I can't give up!"
It was Sonic's turn to face Emakarou in a seemingly hopeless battle. Sonic leapt backwards and stood there waiting for a hit. Emakarou charged toward Sonic charging a punch. Sonic stepped to the side and then rolled around him and raised his knee for a kick in hopes of getting at least one hit in. Emakarou blocked it and countered with a chop to the neck.
"We don't have necks, so between the head and the body."
Hey! No breaking the fourth wall in the middle of a battle scene!
Emakarou began firing ki blasts at Sonic. Sonic had to outrun them and tried to find a spot where he could attack him. He circled around the back and launched a roundhouse kick. He then went to the front and began rapidly firing kicks one after the other, finishing off with another roundhouse kick. Sonic began to chuckle to himself, thinking he had the upper hand now. Unfortunately, he was wrong. Very wrong.
The scars and bruises that were on Emakarou's chest from the attacks magically disappeared, and he seemed to have inflicted no damage at all. Sonic was left in shock. He… he's unbelievable! He's gotta be the strongest guy I've ever faced!
Then, without any time to react, Emakarou launched a full force kick to Sonic's torso sending him flying backwards and crashing into a building. That's all I can take… I don't think I'll be able to fight anymore… He could see a figure walking towards him with his blurry vision. What have I gotten myself into? If I died like this without even putting up a fight, I'd be… His thought was interrupted by a painful stomp on his chest. Emakarou was brutally stomping on his chest to finish him off. Sonic was screaming in pain as he helplessly lied on the ground being stomped to death. "AAAAHHH! AAAAAAHHHHH!" He suddenly stomped, only to proceed to the face. Sonic was in more pain than before now that he was stomping on his face. "AAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
Yuki was able to get up with some energy left. He could see Sonic suffering. "Oh, it's him. Heh. It's fun watching him get beaten." He heard somebody calling for him in a weak tone. He walked over to Kaori. "After he's done with him, he's gonna finish you next."
"Help him… You have the perfect chance to attack him."
"No! I ain't savin' his life!"
"H… hey, you!"
Yuki looked ahead to see Sonic calling for him.
"I said no! Just die!"
"I bet you're too scared to fight him, aren't cha?"
"Just shut up!" Yuki turned away and walked out of the fight.
"Aww, what's the matter, chicken?"
Yuki stopped. "Did you just call me a chicken?"
"That's right, you're a chicken! Buck Buck Buck Brrawk! Buck Buck Buck Brrawk! Chicken! Buck Buck Buck Brrawk!"
"Shut up!" Yuki went running toward Emakarou. The moment he turned around, he punched him in the chest, and then followed by two more punches and then kicked him in the groin.
"Darn it! I went too easy on you! I'll escape for now… Next time, I'll kill you all!" Emakarou teleported away from the battle.
[Stop Music]
Yuki sighed in relief. "He's finally gone." He looked down to the battered hedgehog. "By the way, I didn't do it to save you or her."
Kaori managed to get up slowly. "Thanks. I thought we'd all be dead!"
"What did I just say?"
"Right." She turned her head to Sonic. "And yeah, he's always been like this."
"Always been like this? I've only known you for one day!"
"You just love arguing, don't you?"
"Hey, where do you have to sleep?"
Kaori took a step towards Sonic and shook her head. "Do you have anywhere we can crash?"
"I was sleeping in my best friend's lab. You can both sleep there tonight if you help me out!"
Kaori got out a small tied bag and untied it to reach in for three green beans.
"Beans? What are you, my mum getting me to eat my vegetables?"
"These are called senzu beans. My dad used these. If you eat one, you're energy and strength will fully restore." She handed one over to Sonic and then ate one for herself.
After chewing it and then swallowing it Sonic leapt up in the air with a "Yaahooo!"
"Feeling better now?"
Sonic replied by running up the building behind him and then jumping back down. "Seems like it."
Kaori handed out the third senzu bean to Yuki. "Now it's your turn. Don't worry, they'll work!"
Yuki shoved Kaori's hand away. "No way! I don't need it."
"You do need it, thank you very much!" Kaori shoved the bean in Yuki's mouth and made him chew it. I'm feeding him like a baby! Eventually Yuki ate all of it. "Oh, you're finished!"
"You can sleep with us now if you want. C'mon, follow me to the lab!"
"Sonic, right? Are you sure it'll be okay with your friend?
"Sure it will! He's a really great kid! I can sleep with him and you two sleep in my bed."
"Yuki, let's go!"
"We can't trust him!"
"We're gonna have to trust him if we want any chance of beating the demon. After all, he's on our side."
Yuki shoved Kaori away and shoved his face in Sonic's. "Just to make sure you know… I don't like you."