Hey there readers! ^^ Here is the next chapter! This is where the action comes in! XD

However, since this fic is based on the Sonic Adventure DX video game, this scene (the battle against the Egg Hornet) is very short. I promise to make up for this in future chapters. There'll be more action and detail then. Until then, enjoy! ^^

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic, Naruto, or characters related to either!

It was unlike anything they had ever seen in their lives. The thing they saw was big, round, shiny and was floating in the air. Not 'flying', 'floating'! Knowing it was also something that their world didn't have, the two shinobi saw from the look of the object's build along with the drills that were on its sides that this thing was some mode of transportation as well. Just like Tails' airplane or the train they had rode, only it looked more advanced than both vehicles combined!

The giant thingamabob (as they call it due to lack of knowledge on modern day technology) was just the half of it! Sitting in its open cockpit was a man with a large round body (almost like his contraption) in a red and black outfit. On his head were a pair of goggles- what they were used for was beyond their knowledge; the sunglasses the man wore over his eyes made him look like a mad scientist. Underneath his nose was an orange, wacky-looking mustache.

All Naruto and Sakura did was stare at both the man and his contraption for what seemed like hours. Suddenly, the drills began to spin and the giant thingamabob plunged into the ground, aiming for a blue blur that disappeared before it crashed into the ground. It didn't break, but kept drilling, seeming to be stuck. Next thing they saw was a blue ball ram into it, making the machine lodge out of the ground.

The blue ball, once it landed, turned out to be Sonic. He quickly took notice to the furry shinobi and was in front of them in seconds!

"What are you two doing here?" he asked them in an urgent tone. "It's dangerous up here!"

Naruto glared at the hedgehog and exclaimed, "Hey! We came here to help out!"

"Look out!" Tails shouted as he tackled Naruto out of the way of an incoming missile. Sonic quickly looked back and didn't hesitate as he lifted up Sakura bridal style and ran to a safe distance before it made contact on the ground and exploded. The man in the machine laughed like any mad scientist would, then said, "I see you've made some new friends Sonic! How wonderful!" The way he was saying it, the man was being evilly sarcastic at the last part.

At this, Sonic put the pink cat down and glared at the man, pointing an accusing finger at him. "Leave them out of this, Eggman!"

'Eggman?' Sakura thought, raising an eyebrow in confusion. 'Is that the man's name?' Inner Sakura burst out laughing at this point. "Ahahahaha! Eggman? He's kidding, right? Hahahah!"

Sakura herself tried to keep herself from laughing, but as soon as Sonic picked her up again to move her out of the way of another missile, her train of thought ended.

Meanwhile, Naruto was up and running as more missiles plummeted from the sky, aiming for him. He wasn't alone either. Soaring in the air beside him using his twin tails was… well, Tails! As they were trying to maneuver away from the exploding missiles, Naruto was asking questions.

"Who is this guy and why is he trying to kill us?" the blonde haired fox asked the twin tailed one.

"That's Dr. Eggman," Tails replied. "He and Sonic have been enemies for a long time."

Naruto looked confused. "… That's a screwy name… How long?"

"Hmm…. I don't remember…"

A missile crashed in front of them, forcing them to alter their course.

"Anyway," Tails continued. "Remember the Chaos Emerald Sonic and I showed you? That's what Eggman wants."

Naruto seemed to understand so far, but he still didn't get it. "Why?" he asked. All Tails did was shrug.

"It's a different scheme every time we face him, so we don't know what he wants it for this time. But his motive is always the same."

"… And what's that?"

"All systems, full power!" Eggman called out. He was going to use the drills again and this time he didn't aim for Sonic. Instead, he plunged at Tails and Naruto at full speed! Sonic and Sakura noticed this and panic took over.

"Tails!" Sonic shouted, but before he could do anything, Sakura ran right past him. 'What is she doing?' he thought.

Sakura held up one of the three sticks she had and tossed it at one of the drills; the stick was knocked away just as the machine crashed into the ground, right into Naruto and Tails.

The pink cat tripped on the magnitude and fell to the ground, a little bit away from the left drill. All she could do was stare at it for what felt like forever, tears slowly coming to her eyes. Was this it? Was Naruto really… dead?

Before it clicked in her mind, Sakura quickly saw something glow from underneath the drill. Sonic must've noticed it too, for he stopped his enraged Homing Attack in midair and landed behind Eggman's machine. He moved over to the side to get a better look at the glow. Did this mean someone else was coming? No. He would've felt an earthquake if that was the case and the color of the light was purple, not white.

Just then, the left drill started to slow down until it came to a complete stop. The machine then began to rise slowly, but steadily. Eggman was puzzled at this. How was his machine rising? He then gasped in horror as he saw a red-orange fox at the drill tip, holding onto it with razor sharp claws digging into it to prevent it from moving. The fox's nine tails swayed back and forth dangerously; almost as dangerous as his feral expression.

The mad scientist had seen foxes before, one with two tails and several with one tail, but seeing one with nine tails… and to have that much power! He was both impressed and shocked.

Sakura and Sonic were the most shocked. Their mouths were agape as they both recognized the fox holding onto the drill. "N… N…" Sakura stammered. "… Naruto..?"

Indeed it was Naruto, but he looked different. His face had become more feral than before, his claws looked sharper, and his body looked tougher. Not too tough, but tough enough to withstand the drill. His clothes were torn in different places, blood seeped out of some of the tears: damage from the drill. Dirt clung to his fur due to being caught under the drill.

"This is impossible!" Eggman exclaimed from the cockpit. "He shouldn't have survived that!"

At that moment, Naruto tore the drill off the thingamabob and tossed it aside. Sonic had to push Sakura out of the way before it could hit her. She shoved the hedgehog off of her, then ran over to the feral fox. "Naruto!" she exclaimed. "What's going on with you? Snap out of it, nya~!"

Naruto didn't hear her; he just took off towards Eggman will looks that could kill and an unlimited amount of fury within him. He would've succeeded in striking the machine out of the air had Sonic not come in to stop him. One Homing Attack was all it took for the blonde fox to crash to the ground, unconscious. His outlook slowly returned to normal and his tails folded… he was calm now.

Sakura wanted so much as to smack the dumb blonde upside the head for being such a reckless idiot, but the recent transformation that Naruto had made her wary. She could hardly even move she was so shocked. Sonic had noticed this, but did nothing. What could he do in this situation? He could comfort her, sure. But he just met her yesterday, what did he know about her?

He sighed for a while, then took off to where the drill had once been; hoping that his little buddy Tails was okay. As soon as the blue hedgehog looked down into the hole, Tails was already up on his feet, dusting off the dirt that clung to his bright yellow fur. A heavily relieved sigh escaped his lips as Sonic reached in and helped the twin tailed fox out of the hole. "You okay little buddy?" he asked, examining the fox for any wounds.

Tails looked himself over as well, then nodded halfway. All the yellow fox had was a scratch on his left upper arm, nothing more. He then examined the Emerald, no damage sustained its surface, however, it was glowing brightly and had just now started to dim. At that point, Tails looked up and took notice to Naruto's limp body and the torn off drill; his blue eyes grew wide. "W-What had just happened?" he asked.

Sonic glanced were Tails was looking and said, "I… have no clue." A sputtering and whirring noise soon caught his attention and he turned towards its source.

Due to the weight of the drill after losing one, Eggman had lost control of his altitude and had no choice but to get rid of the equipment on his hovercraft thingy. It was now on the ground and Eggman was trying to get it to hover again. Sonic smirked at this.

"Well," he said with a laugh. "That wasn't so hard!"

At that moment, Sakura walked up to Sonic and Tails, trying her best to support Naruto over her shoulder as she did so. It was difficult because 1) Naruto was heavy and 2) He was still unconscious. She didn't look too happy about what the cobalt hedgie had just said.

"Wasn't so hard?" she asked, softly at first. "Wasn't. So. HARD?"

Sonic and Tails flinched back at her outburst.

"Have you forgotten that we had been bombarded with warped versions of fireworks or that some madman nearly killed Naruto and your friend earlier?" the pink cat continued, tears were coming to her eyes at this point. "… Normally, I wouldn't care what would happen to Naruto… But… Without him, I'd have one less teammate. I wouldn't forgive myself for letting a teammate die like that…"

Sweat began to drip down Sonic's head. He wasn't sure what to say that would cheer her up without having her throttle him in the process. Tails had to step in at this point, but he looked just as nervous as Sonic was.

"Uh… You shouldn't worry about it," the young fox started. "Sonic and I have been in worse situations than this, so it doesn't really bother us! Besides, Sonic's right. That wasn't too bad. It could've been worse."

Sakura seemed interested in this for she was slightly calm and wiping away the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes before looking directly at Tails. "What do you mean it could've been worse, nya~?"

At this, Tails held out the purple Chaos Emerald. "Eggman would've been able to steal this from us."

"AHA!" Eggman exclaimed as he pressed a button on his hovercraft. A giant metal claw emerged from the back of the machine and snatched the Emerald right out of the fox's hands!

This shocked both Sonic and Tails; Sakura didn't seem all that surprised at first, but soon remembered that they said that this gem had a lot of power in it and became a little nervous. They all looked towards Eggman, who now had the Chaos Emerald in his possession, wondering what he was going to do.

"Hahaha!" the mad doctor laughed. "You really thought that I was beaten? In case you have forgotten Sonic, I don't go down that easily."

Eggman's hovercraft floated above the ground again, making him seem unreachable. After a while, Sonic just smirked and chuckled a little. "Yeah, yeah. We know that Eggman." the hedgehog said in mock boredom. "So what's your master plan this time?"

Sakura stared at Sonic in shock. He didn't seem to take this guy seriously! It made her blood boil just watching him taunt the enemy when he should've been tackling the craft out of the air! 'He's worse than Naruto!' she thought in anger.

"You've used the Chaos Emeralds on multiple occasions; each time I've defeated you!" Sonic continued.

Eggman's victorious smirk never faded. "That may be true," he admitted without shame. "But all those times, I've used only my robots to do my bidding! Well, not this time!

Chaos!"

As if on cue, a puddle of looked like water slithered beside where the hovercraft floated. Everyone's attention was now focused on the puddle instead of Eggman.

"Chaos?" They all said in unison.

The puddle then took form of a creature. Its body was made entirely of liquid, had a humanoid look to it, light green eyes that had no pupils or irises… entirely one color. The eyes reminded Sakura of the Hyuuga clan back in her world, only instead of being all white, they were all green. What surprised (and disturbed) her more than the creature's misshapen outlook was what she saw in its head.

The creature's brain.

The pink kitty was careful not to drop Naruto in order to cover her mouth. She choked back whatever vomit dared to come out of it back into her throat and soon her disgust turned into partial fear.

"Wh-What is that thing?" she asked in a shaky voice.

Sonic looked like he was prepared to fight, just in case the creature did anything and said, "Isn't that the monster that I fought the other day?"

Tails looked a little scared at the word 'monster'. "M-M-Monster?" he stammered. Sakura looked just as nervous as Tails, but was ready for anything just in case. What shocked all three of them was what they saw Eggman do next…

He tossed the Emerald at the creature, Chaos! The said gemstone sank into its body and both the Emerald and Chaos glowed with a brilliant light. When the light faded, the liquid monster looked bigger than it was before; its right arm looked bigger as well, with a bone-like structure in it. The purple jewel was embedded in a jointed area.

"It's just as the tablet said!" Eggman cried out in excitement. "With each Chaos Emerald that Chaos absorbs, he becomes more powerful!"

'That thing becomes stronger?' Sakura thought to herself. 'Probably gets bigger as well…'

"With Chaos at my command, I will destroy Station Square!" Eggman declared. "And from its ruins, I'll build 'Robotnickland', the capital of my robotic empire!" He looked over at the group, smugly smirking as if he had already won. "Farewell Sonic. I have Emeralds to find and a new empire to create." The doctor glanced over at Sakura and Naruto. "As for you two… If I were you, I'd stay out of other people's business. You both seemed entirely clueless about certain things. It's like you're from another world or something."

Sakura flinched at that, but tried not to let her nervousness show. Unfortunately, Eggman noticed her reaction…

"HA! So I'm right!" he proudly exclaimed. "… But honestly, do you really think you can help Sonic and his friends defeat me and Chaos? I admit that your nine-tailed fox friend is quite powerful, but what can you do little kitty cat? You lack the courage to fight!"

That was the last straw! Sakura wasn't going to take being insulted by someone that she just met and be told what to do. While it was true that she hadn't been able to fight very often, that didn't make her a coward! She dropped Naruto and charged at the hovercraft, Sonic quickly held her back in an attempt to stop her, but one swipe of her claws and the enraged cat broke free of his grip. However, before Sakura could run again, she was blown back by a heavy stream of water and crashed no more than three feet away from where she stood.

Chaos had made that stream of water shoot out of his right hand, the hand with the Chaos Emerald in it…

Eggman just smirked a little, then broke out into a fit of evil laughter. "Aside from Tails and Amy, that cat girl seems to be the weakest link I've ever seen!" he said to Sonic. "… Oh well." He held up a small, pen tip sphere then threw it at the ground. The whole area flashed with bright light, causing Sonic and Tails to shield their eyes in the process. "We'll meet again Sonic! Ahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Once the glow vanished, Sonic and Tails lowered their arms and saw nothing. Eggman and Chaos had already left. And now the world was in grave danger…

Uh-oh... Will Eggman succeed with his plans? ... I don't think so!

Now, for those who are probably eager to see Sasuke appear... he will! But I can't say how it will happen. When will Sasuke appear? Stay tuned until the next chapter to find out! XD