January 11, 2015
Tails' Lab, Shikokou
After two days of training and hanging around the city, Yuki strangely managed to get his head stuck in a chair in Tails' lab. How he did this is anyone's guess, and although he tried frantically for the best part of a minute to free himself, his efforts were in vain and ultimately he had to resort to crying out to Sonic for help.
"SONIC! MY HEAD'S STUCK IN THIS CHAIR! I GOTTA GET MY HEAD OUT OF THIS CHAIR! SONIC!" But Sonic never came. He called out again and again. "SONIC! HELP ME GET MY HEAD OUT OF THIS CHAIR! SONIC!" Still no response.
Oh how I wish I could escape this chair oh I wish! I mustn't give up, I mustn't – someone will surely hear my cry for help soon. Yuki thought to himself sounding rather gay.
"SONIC! HELP ME! SONIC! SONIC, GET ME OUT OF THIS CHAIR! I'M STUCK! SONIC!" He continued with his cries for help all through the night, but no one came to his rescue.
Later that Evening
A Deserted Road, Takashima
Somewhere off the village of Takashima was a dry countryside road behind a sun setting in an orange, cloudy sky. Very rarely did someone walk on it until this evening when a tough-looking female dog walked down it ominously.
So, this is Kyukai… It really is beautiful, but I wish my brother Acero was here to see it… I don't even know what happened to him. Chances are he's dead. Even if he is alive, I don't think I'll be lucky enough to bump into him. She stopped walking to look at the setting sun, shining in front of her. Brother… whatever happened to you, I hope you still love me. If you're dead, maybe I can join you in the afterlife. She continued walking.
The dog was a Golden Retriever named Esmerelda. She was born in Caviella along with her twin brother Acero. She had chocolate brown eyes and medium-length gold hair going down to her shoulders. Her attire was a red plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled halfway, long blue jeans reaching down to her shoes, a black leather belt with a rectangle buckle, black fingerless gloves reaching her wrist and black sneakers with red shoe laces.
Suddenly, a blue light appeared right in front of her which was chaos control, and then her best friend appeared.
"¡Hola mejor Amigo" Esmerelda cheerfully greeted.
"Hello Emerald!" The two gave each other a friendly hug. "It's been ages since I last saw you."
"How are you doing?"
"I've cheered right up now." Believe it or not, the person Esmerelda was talking to was Shadow.
"I need you to come with me."
"Hm? What is it?"
"There's this shady demon who I find very suspicious. I agreed to work with him, but it's only to find out about just what he's doing. I have a gut instinct he knows something I should know about."
"What makes you think that?"
"Just looking at him, I have a feeling. There's a chance he may know something, so I wanna go and see."
"¡Por Supuesto" Esmerelda agreed.
"Let's go! Come on. I'll give a Chaos Emerald now – use Chaos Control!"
Shadow handed Esmerelda the Scarlet Emerald, the Red Chaos Emerald.* Once she grabbed it Shadow pulled out the Green Chaos Emerald and shouted "CHAOS CONTROL!". Both of them disappeared in blue light.
January 12, 2015
Tails' Lab, Shikokou
Well into the next day, Yuki's head still stuck in a chair, he was still crying out for Sonic to help him. It must have been 24 hours before Yuki's cries for help were heard and Sonic and Tails responded.
"Yuki?" Tails asked.
"What is it?"
"Um… why do you have the chair around your neck choking you?"
"And now somebody notices!"
"Yuki, did you seriously get your head stuck in a chair?" Sonic chuckled.
"It's not funny! You don't know how sore it feels."
"You gotta admit though, it is pretty funny." Kaori smirked.
"Leave yourself out of this, cat!"
"Don't worry Yuki, we'll try to get your head out of the chair."
"What do I sit on in the meantime? *gasp* I know!" Sonic climbed up Yuki and sat on his head. "You make a nice seat, Muji!"
"I swear. One of these days, I'll kill you all."
Tails' lab in Shikokou…
For several hours, Sonic, Tails and Kaori were all trying to get the chair off Yuki's head.
"Aiki, how'd your head get stuck anyway? Did you use glue?" Sonic asked.
"No. I just simply got my head stuck."
"Maybe if you used glue, we could get some anti-glue!"
"Sonic… I don't think there's such thing as anti-glue." Tails corrected Sonic.
"Yeah there is! It gets rid of glue! If there's glue, you should be able to get rid of it right?"
"I didn't even use glue in the first place!"
"If you hadn't taken your chances and gone near the chair, none of this would've happened and you'd have a happy life with a head free of chairs!"
"Darn you, Blue Idiot!"
Kaori was sitting on the bench watching as Yuki, Sonic and Tails talked about glue and chairs when suddenly, she could sense a Chaos Emerald… in fact, she sensed several of them. Just like she was able to sense out the emerald inside the demon the other night.
"Hey… Do you guys detect a Chaos Emerald?" She asked after uncrossing her legs.
"I couldn't care less about emeralds when I have my head stuck in a chair!"
"Hey, Kao-Tan, didn't you sense out the emerald we got on the train too?"
Kaori stood up. "Hold on… I detect not just one but three. And they're all somewhere here in Shikokou!"
"A… Are you just gonna abandon the chair situation so you can go off on a treasure hunt?"
"What's more important, Yuki? Three Chaos Emeralds or getting a chair off your head?" Kaori raised her voice.
"Well, I guess it's my turn in the spotlight!" Sonic cheered as he attempted to leave without Yuki or Kaori.
"Hey, you ain't leavin' without me! I saved you last time!" Yuki stood up straight from squatting down. "Most importantly… I despise that demon freak… maybe even more than the three of you combined."
"Don't even try going off without me!" Kaori threatened. She sounded especially tough, trying to act brave this time around.
"Forget it kitty – you'd just slow me down! Name one thing you're good for!"
Kaori found a metallic bow with arrows that Tails had made lying around, which she equipped. "Actually, seeing how I can use a slingshot pretty well, I think I'd be alright at archery."
"That has a lock-on device built into it!" Tails described. "You can just lock onto to an enemy and fire an arrow, just as long as they don't move out of the way. It'll help if you've never used a bow and arrow before."
"You don't get a say in this, Yuki. I'm coming!" She packed her arrows into her back (they just appear out of thin air). "Alright, let's go!"
Kaori started out running down the street near Tails' lab, where she had to fight some demons. Some of the basic grounded demons with smiling, horned brown masks and basic ariel demons with chubby masks. She used the bow and arrow for the first time and took them out from a distance. Sadly, she didn't do all that well first try. Good thing the bow and arrow had the lock-on device. Once she defeated the demons she proceeded to the side of the road.
She had to run past the traffic to run down the other side and catch a spring up to platforms suspended above the air, which began crumbling as she stood on them. She had to run fast and jump over gaps to make it past the platforms. She leapt up to an airbourne spring at the end and landed on top of the buildings.
Kaori had to face four demons with the ice monkey masks. She dodged the ice arrows they shot, then they protected themselves with a shield of ice. She managed to break the shields with strong arrows, then she could attack them with her claws.
She used a zipline to reach buildings she needed to jump across, then catch another zipline to the monorail.
The zipline landed her on top of a train. She came across new demons, aireal ones with wings and dark blue bat masks. She had to fire at them with the bow and arrow quickly while she was riding on the train rooftop. Once she took care of them all, she had to jump off the train and ride one more zipline down to ground.
She ran through the streets fast having to leap through the area. Then, she came across a small mix of demons.
"Leave these guys to me, I wanna show you what I can do." Kaori inserted an arrow into her bow.
"Good luck."
Kaori sighed as she fired an arrow and hit a demon. However, It wasn't very effective.
"I'm doing it! Just give me a moment." After she fired some more arrows, Yuki got impatient and beat them up the old fashioned way.
"See what I mean? You can't fight for poop."
"Let's just get going."
20 minutes later…
"Where are the emeralds now, Kao-Tan?"
Kaori looked around for a bit. "They're headed right towards us!"
"This time, I'll be ready! I'm going to end this nice and quick, I don't even need anyone to back me up!"
"Yeah, that's what you said last time. And y'remember what happened?"
"Shut up Yaoi!"
Yuki and Kaori were paralysed in shock. "What do you know of that word!?"
"What, Ya—" Then, the demon showed up and knocked Sonic to the ground with a punch. "That was… unfair."
Then, Shadow descended with his arms folded as usual. He saw Sonic trying to crawl away. "Leaving?"
"No way! I just gotta hide to restore my energy!"
"Sounds like a good strategy, faker. But I'm afraid you won't have much time."
Kaori could suddenly feel a presence behind her out of nowhere. She turned around to be greeted by Esmerelda.
"I'll take care of her – I never liked cats."
Kaori got out her lethal claws. "Say that again in front of my face."
The three villains were too strong for just one to defeat, so Yuki had to resort to teaming up.
"Okay, listen. I never thought I'd have to rely on other people but, we'll have to fight them 3 on 3 if we want any chance of beating 'em."
"I guess we have to do what Yuki says. Okay Yuki, what do we do?"
"Blue Idiot, you fight the hedgehog. Catgirl, you fight the dog. I get to fight Hakai."
"Sounds good to me."
"I'm looking forward to beating you up, mutt!"
It didn't take much for Kaori to provoke Esmerelda. "Bitchy cat! I can't wait to claw your face off!" She drew her claws out of her hands. "Vamos a luchar!"
"Sorry, your claws are nothing compared to Kaori's." Yuki informed Esmerelda.
"I'll show you who's the faker!" Sonic spin dashed towards Shadow to land the first attack, and Shadow used Chaos Control to teleport away to the rooftops of the buildings. "You're the faker!" Sonic called as he boosted upwards to reach Shadow. They proceeded to racing each other through the city as usual.
Kaori tried to attack Esmerelda. She dodged and countered with a punch to the chest and a sweep kick which caused her to trip. She managed to land on her feet and got out her bow and arrow and fired. Suddenly, Esmerelda disappeared. Then, she reappeared behind Kaori and tapped her on the shoulder. As she turned around, she blocked a direct punch to the face.
"Even if you were to shoot arrows at me you wouldn't hit, because I have Chaos Control. As long as I have a Chaos Emerald…" She got out the Red Chaos Emerald Shadow gave her earlier. "…I can move through space and time. That's what Chaos Control does."
"You are a coward!" Kaori tried to scratch Esmerelda on the face but she used Chaos Control again.
"And who were you calling a coward?"
Sonic and Shadow raced across Shikokou at a fantastic rate. "I'll prove to you who's the faker!" Sonic stated.
"You're the faker, faker!"
Sonic paused. "No you!" He tried to punch Shadow in the face, only for him to use Chaos Control to get to the other side of him. "Oh."
Yuki stood before his opponent staring him down. Without a sound, they stared at each other for a few seconds.
"I think I've been hiding it from you long enough." The demon started the conversation.
"What have you been hiding from me? What are you talking about?"
"Never mind. It's nothing you should know about."
"Tell me. Whatever you're hiding, I wanna know!" Yuki's voice raised. "Just what are you hiding?!"
"If you say so." The demon chuckled. "Do you have a clear memory of your past?"
"I usually try to forget."
"What happened around your birth? Did anyone treat you differently in your childhood?"
Yuki nodded. "Everybody despised me, in fact. They still do." After a brief pause, he went "Whoop!" and asked: "Hey, who's Hakai?"
"You figured me out. My true name is Hakai." He smirked. "I'll tell you the rest myself."
Yuki had a feeling this secret was very unpleasant.
"You were born originally as a demon. A demon ordered to search the Chaos Emeralds and destroy Kyukai. Then, you were defeated and reincarnated as an ordinary being."
"Ordinary? But I'm a hedge—"
"Long story short, we're of the same blood."
Yuki was frozen. That can't mean… no way! There's no way I'm…
"Yuki, I am your brother."
The one thing Yuki dreaded would come out of Hakai. Of course, he did not take too well to the news…
"NO! NO! NO! NO!" Yuki shouted as he ran around the battlefield flailing his arms around like crazy. This is his 'Panic Mode'.
Sonic was too busy racing Shadow, but Kaori watched in embarrassment, missing the obvious; that Yuki is the brother of the guy they're up against.
"I never thought I'd see him act like this…" She muttered to herself.
An echidna suddenly descended into the scene. "Um, is that guy okay?"
"Who the heck are you?"
Sonic dropped down with Shadow following to greet his old friend/rival. "Hey, it's Knuckles! How's it going?"
"Oh, he's your friend Sonic?"
"Could someone please fill me in?" Knuckles asked Kaori.
"The name of the demon is Hakai. And – and, and – Yuki's his brother."
"So, does that make Yuki a demon himself?" Corrected Sonic.
Kaori nodded with a "m-hm."
"You don't know how I'm feeling at the moment! Of all the brothers in the world, everyone out there, I have to be his brother! I'm related to him!"
"Okay, you're the bad guy's brother, live with it. Nobody likes a moaner." Sonic consoled Yuki.
"You shut up, Blue Butt!"
"I've gotten enough entertainment out of this." Esmerelda ended her duel by smashing Kaori hard in the stomach.
"KAORI!" Yuki shouted as Kaori was punched in the chest. She collapsed, and then crawled over to Yuki, who was just a few feet away.
"It's fine… I should be okay after- huh?" She was interrupted by a barrier of fire surrounding Yuki. Then she noticed, her left hand was reached out touching him – the hand was burning. The moment she realised this, she pulled the hand away with a "OW!". Once the pain went away, she got up on her knees to get a better view at what was happening.
Yuki absorbed the fire into his hands, and let out a burst of fire, breaking the chair on his head.
"I won't let anyone hurt Kaori and get away with it! I'll make sure you pay!"
At that moment, both Yuki and Kaori were having déjà vu – this same thing happened when Kaori was being choked by the centipede demon on the monorail the other night.
This time, however, Yuki cupped his hands and positioned them in front of him. Then, his hands were glowing red with fire. "Fireball…!"
The amount of power being picked up astonished Hakai. "I-it's way too powerful for me to even copy! I can't even block it!"
Shadow tapped Hakai on the shoulder. "Hey, we're just wasting our time here. There's nothing we really need out of these three."
"Hmph. Let's retreat."
"Esmerelda. Come on, let's go."
The red glow changed to a fireball in between Yuki's cupped hands. Once it was charged to its maximum, he pushed his hands forward. "...CANNON!" An amazingly powerful wave of fire emitted from his hands. Kaori sat there watching.
He… he's even stronger than Hakai! Kaori thought in shock. I never would've thought anyone could be this strong!
Sadly, before the Fireball Cannon hit, Hakai and the others fled from the battlefield using Chaos Control. The attack was almost about to destroy a building when Sonic leapt into action and negated it with a Sonic Boost.
Once Yuki's rage had come to an end, he lowered his hands, breathing heavily. "Did I hit them?"
"Um, I think they went away."
"Darn…" He panted. Judging by the tone of his voice, he was in a lot of pain.
"Hey Yuki, are you okay?" Kaori asked worried.
"Yeah… I'll be…" Before he could finish his sentence, Yuki stopped breathing and collapsed onto the floor. He had passed out from the uncontrollable power he had just summoned.
Kaori ran towards Yuki panicking. "Yuki! Hey, get up!" She got on her knees again and shook Yuki trying to wake him up. "Hey, say something!"
Tails arrived on the scene in his Death Cyclone. He got out and joined Sonic and Knuckles. "What happened to Yuki? Is he gonna be alright?"
Kaori was still begging for Yuki to wake up. "Please! Answer me! Yuki!"
Yay! I finally uploaded another chapter! Sorry for the delay, resulting in only 2 chapters this month, but I had a bit of writer's block. I know, it's a pain. I'll be sure to upload chapter 13 (14, if you count the theme song lyrics as a chapter) soon. And the English translations of the Spanish phrases that Esmerelda says are underneath at the bottom of the chapter. Bye for now!
Spanish to English Translation
¡Hola Mejor Amigo - Hello Best Friend!
¡Por Supuesto - Sure Thing!
Vamos a luchar! - Let's Fight!