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Q time!
The Walls Of Jericho: Q: 'ComplIcations, not complEcations. Sorry, I'm a grammer nazi. I'm sure you didn't realize, it's hard when you don't have spellcheck...'
A: Well, that wasn't really a question but I want to respond anyways :D Oh man, tell me about it! I go over my work 5 times, then i don't know how to spell the title (facepalm) Sorry about that. I think i fixed it, but please tell me if it's not.
Swiftshadow123: Q: 'wow, what;s going to happen next? (hee hee, you probably thought i abandoned this story...WRONG!) but, is this story coming to an end already?
A: Well, i see two questions there, no wait...three! Okay, what's going to happen next? Well, i'm sure you know, but i'm going to throw in a little twist...(grin)
Okay, yeah i admit (blush) I thought alot of you guys abandoned me because you didn't review...
And yes. This story is comming to an end. I see...two more chapters, maybe 3. The last one's going to be really short though...
On with the Story!
Sable had his arms crossed as he scanned the clearing from his place. He stood on a large granite outcrop, looking down from above. Rouge and Chris were in a nearby tree, watching in slight awe of the tiny village.
Tails put the cloaking on his plane and was moving in for another pass. Amy watched with a loud gasp, but Helen was silent with a slight smile.
"Tails? I'm going to move in; Cheese and I will try to 'mingle' with the locals." Even on a radio, Tails could hear Swifts excitement, he clicked the broadcasting button.
"Okay Swift, head on in. Rouge, Chris, and Sable have the back wall and we're overhead, call if you need help."
"Rodger that Buddy." The radio was cut off.
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Swift tossed the Radio to Cream who silently hid it someplace in her dress pocket. Cheese flew down and looked forward with a frown on his face.
"Okay, we're going to walk in, and let us do the talking." Cheese ordered, looking at Knuckles mainly. Together, the four walked out.
At once, a little dark blue hatchling squeaked when she saw him.
"Hrot'a! Hrot'a! Mas cquits Hrot'a!" She screamed, running towards a group of older Chao. They looked up immediately while the four walked forward.
A lime green Chao with long blue jesters off of its head slammed down, seemingly to snarl.
"Hrot'a! Der's Amrik'a Hrot'a!" It hissed, oversized wings flaring.
"Um…" Cheese looked to Swift who shrugged in response. The Chao, seemingly to realize that Swift and Cheese couldn't understand them relaxed slightly.
"ZhṑnggGuṑ?" It squeaked, apparently not very well in that language. It sighed in relief as the two Chao's emotion Sphere's turned into question marks.
"Sprechen sie?" It asked again, snorting at Knuckle's shocked expression. It thought for a moment before its emotion Sphere lit up.
"Hable ahora?" Cream's face became deep in thought.
"Hable? Isn't that Spanish for 'talk'?"She asked Knuckles who shook his head.
"No, that's 'Hoblar' or something." Cream shook her head.
"No, I'm sure that's talking, like the action." She explained to Knuckles who shook her head, Cheese smacked his head and groaned.
"You know any Spanish?" Swift asked Cheese who sighed.
"A little, Cream watched those Spanish shows when she was little, let's see…Hablas Ingles?" Cheese asked, with a light frown, The Chao's face was frowning for a moment before it tried to talk.
"You, not come." It barked, apparently not knowledgeable of the language. Swift blinked.
"Um, we're here to save some friends, those two hedgehogs are out friends…"
The Chao hissed suddenly, its wings flapping, showing the power of a flying Chao.
"No! Our god, our!" It hissed, and Cheese jumped back. Swift blinked and sighed. After knowing Sable, this guy was piece of cake.
"Um…What are they god's of?" He asked gently. The Chao, seeing the four as no threat turned, motioning for the four to follow.
The other Chao's started grunting to one another, pointing and clicking in their own language. Finally, two deep pink swimming Chao with the forms of Aqua stepped forward, clicking their tongues.
"Grot'ha." Their guide barked and at once the two swimmers switched languages.
"I is Teal, that is Petal, you come now." They giggled, eyeing Swift with strange awe.
Cheese then noticed that everyone seemed to be staring at Swift.
The light grey flying Chao with the Chaos Emerald slowly opened its eyes. They widened as they met Swifts and he scanned the other three.
"Kichu, English." Petal giggled and the light grey Chao nodded.
"Welcome travelers. This is the tribe of Knok'cha. May I ask why you are here in our sacred land?" The grey Chao, Kichu spoke without a native dialect, apparently he was fluent in this language. Cheese stepped forward.
"Greetings leader Kichu. We have been traveling for many moons now, and the two hedgehogs below are our reasons of journey, they are our friends." Cheese tried to explain, but the grey Chao only looked confused.
"Friends? You are mistaken; those are our guardians, Pradeep, god of light and pure, and Kearn, god of dark and evil." Kichu seemed set on the rules he knew.
Sonic the hedgehog laid stiff, right next to Shadow the hedgehog, who lay identically next to him.
It was strange really; blood red roses surrounded Shadow while light white tropical flowers surrounded Sonic. They did not move, no heartbeat, or breathing was heard or seen.
They were in suspended animation.
"Pradeep and Kearn are equals, powerful beings. Each keeping our tribe in peace and order. If Pradeep was to grow too strong, the sun would kill our flowers and we would never die and eventually would over populate. But Kearn takes his power and causes death and rebirth." Kichu looked proud with his knowledge. He skipped down and over towards the two hedgehogs. Knuckles was watching in fascination, while Cream looked around politely.
"Sometimes, Pradeep and Kearn are split; their good and bad sides branch off into beings. They are weaker, but still are strong. The last time Pradeep split; he visited our tribe and healed the sick. He saved our dying food and brought us clean water. That was three rebirths ago."
Kichu nodded, looking at Sonic. Swift was slightly confused, but went with it.
"Kearn came not long ago, three moons. He brought fire, and burned our village, he poisoned our food and called to the dead, not many survived that event." Kichu looked grim, but then smiled towards the side of the forest.
"Kichu! Los hro'tia des liogo!" A little female Chao with a bright red rose in her hand came running out. Cat whiskers branched off of her cheeks as he smiled. She slowed just before Kichu and waved, then turned to the two hedgehogs. She skipped over and gently tucked the rose next to Shadow's shoulder and jumped back, closing her eyes in a prayer.
"That is Difra, she prays to Kearn as her mother's rebirth draws near, she does not know if it will be her last." Kichu explained and Cream nodded, understanding the tradition.
"Now, Pradeep has come again." Kichu beamed to Swift who blinked in shock and took a step back shaking his head.
"No! I am not this 'Pradeep' dude! We just came to get our friends!" Swift yelped as the little Chao Difra turned and started praying to him himself.
"You are the messenger of Pradeep! His carrier!" Kichu beamed, clapping his little hand together. Swift winced as more clapping sounded from around the village including little roars from Chao with bear claws.
"No! We only want the gem!" Swift cried, and at once, the clapping and roaring stopped.
Kichu's face seemed to darken, he crossed his arms and suddenly…he looked frightening.
"You dare steal the sacred gem of Kearn? With this, we shall fight his death; we shall take his power and leave the village in peace!" Kichu cried, throwing his grey arms into the air.
A loud whistling noise Knuckles recognized swooped over the Chao, they gasped and looked up, not ever seeing a Bat before.
"What? Am I that 'popping?'" Rouge grinned, landing easily just behind Cream who yelped.
"Where's Chris?" Knuckles whispered and Rouge looked to the sky quickly, Knuckles understood. Chris was with Tails.
"A bat? No, bats have no legs, you are a mobian!" Kichu cried, glaring at the white bat that put her hands on her hips.
"Wait, why are there no dark Chao here? You're the darkest one here." Cheese noticed after being silent a while. Petal and Teal giggled and rolled their eyes.
"Fool they are!"
"Yes! Kichu like the Kearn! He took energy in last battle for the tribe!"
They giggled, and jumped back as a few fighting Chao came up, expecting a battle.
Swift shifted his feet; the outcome was not in his favor, which was for sure. Cheese shifted his feet, looking around nervously as the warriors grew closer, but than a loud roar caused all to stop in their tracks.
They looked to the trees, to see a black form, with a glowing fire emotion sphere….burning black.
By the way. The strange language the Chao's spoke is actually gibberish. I made it up. It's kinda simple if you think about it. Most things are like 'stranger' or 'go'.
The fleshy thing in the water was a half-fish from Sonic Adventure Battle 2
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