ALTERNATE ENDING
Back at Tails' lab
Tails kept monitoring over Yuki, Sonic and Knuckles. "Okay, the Chaos Radar says the emerald should be somewhere close to them." He informed Kaori. "Hey, are you okay now Kaori?"
Kaori was still sitting in the same corner for the past hour or so, not having said a word.
"Just don't listen to what Yuki says. I like you!"
"I don't understand why he hates me so much…" the poor cat wondered still upset.
"If you ask me, he's probably just saying that. After all, he did stand up for you before didn't he?"
"That was against his will!"
Tails got up from his chair and sat down with Kaori, still holding the Miles Electric. "You're a lovely girl. Don't listen to what he says, because he knows it's not true." He reached up and petted her on the head to try and make her feel better.
"Don't lie. It only makes me feel worse when you lie about me."
"Trust me Kaori, I'm not lying."
"You are lying."
"I'm not."
"You are."
They both knew that this could go on forever with no end. "Bottom line is, don't let it upset you." Tails petted Kaori again.
"Thanks, Teirusu-kun."
Back at Takashima
Yuki Sonic and Knuckles explored the huge labyrinth that was the caverns. Suddenly, Sonic started getting worried.
"Something tells me there's big trouble coming my way…" Sonic dreaded.
"No duh. Demons are practically overflowing Kyukai."
"Nope, it's not a demon this time. I think this is something even worse…"
"That's great to know."
"It's coming this way! Hide me! I DON'T WANT TO DI—"
"Sonic, I gotcha this time!" A certain pink hedgehog cheered.
"DARN IT!"
"Uhh, is this what you were talking about?" Yuki asked Sonic in a flat tone, as the poor blue hero cowered in fear.
"She's been chasing Sonic ever since I first met him." Knuckles explained to Yuki. "I feel kinda sorry for the guy…"
"Amy, what the heck are you doing here?"
"Looking for ya so we can get married! What else?"
"I told you, I don't want to get married! And even then, we're underage!"
"So wait, you mean you went through a cave full of puzzles, hazards and not to mention hundreds of evil demons, just to look for your boyfriend?"
"Hold it, I'm not her boyfriend!"
"Yes you are, silly! I love you!"
"I'm startin' to see why you're so afraid of this girl, Sonic. She's out of her mind."
"Amy, it's way too dangerous here, so you should get out of here. We sorta have to face this incredibly powerful demon and you wouldn't be able to help us out much."
"I'll beat this demon all by myself and you'll fall in love with me!" Amy roared so loud she nearly burst everyone's eardrums.
"She can't go back out of the cave now. Sorry Sonic, but she has to tag along."
"Who died and put you in charge, Knucklehead?"
"Alright, I'm coming!" Amy tightly grabbed Sonic's hand and dashed off carrying him with her.
Yuki and Knuckles shrugged and followed them.
As they ventured through the cave, Yuki heard the words of his brother Hakai ringing through his head. You're the reincarnation of a demon, Yuki. We are of the same bloodline… you and I are brothers. Yuki still couldn't get over this. He tried to think of other things to drown out these thoughts, but the cave was filled with shrines and wall paintings of his heritage. But one thing caught his interest – there was a wall with some sort of foreign language written on it. This language wasn't Hiragana or even from a different country, it seemed like a language from the demons. Then suddenly, Yuki could actually understand the writing. "The 7 Chaos Emeralds are key to the destruction of the planet." Was what the first bit read. This he'd learned about. "Scattered throughout the world, once all emeralds are in the hands of our blood they will unlock terrifying power." Yeah, yeah. I get it. This is boring me. But then what he read next was interesting. "Sonic, come over here and listen to me!"
Sonic, Knuckles and Amy came over to Yuki. "Sorry, I don't speak this alien language."
"I guessed that, but I can. Just listen to what this says: To only the most powerful, terrifying of us, the emeralds will grant the Super Form, the highest ranks of all. Only those whose power mountains beyond the rest can achieve the first Super Form."
The first Super Form? Why is it only the first? Sonic thought.
"Those who exceed even that will unlock the Ultra Form, which could be even more powerful than a Super Form. To the most powerful of us all is the legendary Light Form, which is said to bring destruction to the universe should it ever be achieved."
"Whoa!" Sonic called out in shock. "I don't believe that!"
"I don't understand how this is important."
"Yuki, I know the Super Form, I've used it before. In fact, I've used it a lot."
"You have, really? With the Chaos Emeralds?"
Sonic nodded. "Only in the past few days have I learnt all this… the history of the Chaos Emeralds, and the Super Forms… but… I never would've thought there's a form beyond that! That means… if we let Hakai get near those 7 emeralds, that's the end!"
"Who's Hakai? Could you please fill me in here?"
"Hakai also told me that his heritage created the Master Emerald. But what I don't understand is how I was destined to guard it if it's from a different race…"
"Tch. This is all getting way too confusing now. I've gotten way more than what I bargained for."
"In the end, what matters is we need to defeat Hakai as soon as possible. And before we can do that, we should take out this other demon first!" Sonic stepped in the opposite direction from the mural. Right in front of him was a towering demon with an Oni mask and a spiked club. The word for "Hakai" was on his body just like the centipede demon. "Hey, that's him right?"
"Looks so."
"Hey, Yuki! Y'know, if you wanna fight him, he's all yours!"
"But Sonic, you'd make yourself look bad in front of your girlfriend!" Yuki teased Sonic.
Sonic's face went as bright red as his shoes. He shrieked in embarrassment. "S-she's not my girlfriend!" The Oni Demon smashed its club into the ground to crush Sonic, but at the last moment he noticed and evaded.
"Let me do it! I wanna impress Sonic!"
"You'd do anything just to get my attention, wouldn't you?"
Back at Tails' Lab
Sonic contacted Tails through his Miles Electric to let him know the situation he was in.
"Tails, listen – we found the demon, but it's crazy tough! It's been chasing me around with a giant club trying to flatten me for the past 30 seconds!"
"I could tell by the sounds of a giant object smashing against the floor in the background."
"It would be great if you could come over and help us out! Analyse its weakness or whatever, just co—" The transmission was cut off.
"Sonic! Answer me!" Tails ran over to the Death Cyclone. "Kaori, you have to come with me, Sonic and the others are in heaps of danger!"
"You mean I have to fight that thing?!" Kaori panicked. She took a deep breath and picked up the bow and arrow. "Okay, I'll go with you." Yep, this time, we're all dead.
Demon Caverns in Takashima
The Death Cyclone raced into Takashima. Tails was searching for the Chaos Emerald on the Chaos Radar to find Sonic and the others. He stopped at the caverns they were in.
"This looks like the place." Tails told Kaori as he showed her the radar.
"Uh, what exactly would we be able to do to help?"
"I'm hoping I can analyse its weakness in case it ends up saving their lives."
"Okay… I guess we don't have many other options." Kaori nodded. "Let's go."
Inside the Caverns
"Am I the only one fighting this guy?"
"I don't wanna join in." Yuki walked away.
"Hey, Yuki!"
"It's just a waste of time. Every second I spend following you is a waste."
As he began walking off, he came across a sword stuck inside stone.
"Yuki, is that a sword you've found?"
"Uh huh."
"Use it on the demon!"
"No, stuff that."
"It looks strong enough to beat the demon. Why not?"
"I just don't want to."
"Chicken! Buck buck buck! Buck buck buck-buuck!" Sonic provoked Yuki.
Yuki groaned in anger. "I'll pull this thing out with one finger, you'll see!" He grabbed onto the grip of the sword with just his right index finger, and pulled. He kept pulling until eventually he gave up. "Alright, maybe not just one finger, but I could probably do it with one hand." He used the rest of his hand this time and started pulling, but to no avail. Then he used both hands and began making constipated sounds as he pulled. Nope.
"If you open your mouth, I'll murder you." Yuki threatened Sonic.
Suddenly, the Death Cyclone showed up in the nick of time.
"Sonic, are you doing okay?"
"I'm glad you came here Tails. Can you do… something?"
"Okay. I'll use the Death Cyclone to help bea—"
The Oni demon swang its club around and knocked Tails and Kaori out.
"Oh my gosh, Kaori! You bastard!"
"Ooh, now the fire's lit."
The same old thing happened. Yuki had a barrier of fire, then he started rambling on about bad guys hurting Kaori. "I won't allow you to kill her! I'll make sure I protect her with my life!" At this point, Yuki had just one finger placed onto the sword. He ran off to the demon, but to everyone's shock, he pulled the sword out, with just the one finger.
He leapt up and charged the sword up with deadly fire. He slashed its head, then cut downwards until he reached the ground, and then finished him off by rushing into its torso slashing with the burning sword. It was sent flying into the air defeated.
"Well, that turned out better than it could've been."
As with all the other giant demons, the Oni exploded into purple and it splattered all over the room, and everybody in it. The positive was that it left behind the Morganite (Purple) Chaos Emerald.
Yuki dropped the sword and wiped his face clean. "Let's just get the heck outta here."
Tails and Kaori had become conscious again. "So, you beat him?"
Sonic nodded happily. "Yep, took care of 'im all by myself! I knew I could do it." He boasted, taking all the credit.
"All you did was get chased around until I came to save you!" Yuki argued.
"You always have an argument, don't you?" Sonic managed to find the emerald camouflaged and picked it up. "Let's go."
"Does your girlfriend tag along?"
Sonic buried his face in his palms. "For the last time, she's not my… oh, never mind…"
Sonic was the first to set off, then Amy chased after him. Tails, Knuckles and Kaori got into the Death Cyclone and followed.
Yuki was thinking about the mural. There's the Super Form, which Sonic can use… but then there's the Ultra and Light forms, which even he was surprised to hear about. I can't wait to hear Hakai tell me about that… Yuki realized he was going to get left behind. He picked up the sword and left.
Okay, first off, this chapter is... incomplete. At the beggining of the chapter is supposed to be a stage with Yuki in the caverns, but the inspiration well is a bit dry. Therefore, I decided I'd just upload the chapter now so I don't keep anyone waiting, and then go back and write the stage in. I'll let you know when I've done that. Other than that, I think there's just one more chapter to go in Part 1! *Gasp* Isn't that exciting? Expect Chapter 15 by mid November. Bye!