Chapter 3: A New Enemy
The sky was bright like ever as morning arose, and it seemed to be a normal day until a massive explosion went off that could be heard for miles. It instantly woke both Kyousuke and Vector up, as he quickly stretched before getting up.
"What was that?" Kyousuke asked startled, as he forced himself up to go see what was happening. When Vector came to look as well, a massive beam of yellow light was being directed straight onto the ground from the skies. It stops in a few seconds, as Kyousuke ponders about it, as Vector tries to get his attention.
"We gotta get going!" Vector says, as Kyousuke stops thinking about the beam of light and starts following Vector as they exit the forest and head towards it. They get to the end of the forest rather quickly; as they approach a valley that makes the trip across seem longer than it actually is.
"This looks like a long way there." Kyousuke says surprised at how long the valley looks.
"Well, I'm not stopping so you better keep up with me." Vector says, as Kyousuke still follows him side by side. They eventually run into more robots, the same ones as before.
"Robots?" Kyousuke says confused, wonder why some random robots would ambush them.
"Probably Eggman's if you ask me." Vector says, as he gets ready to battle, but is intervened by Kyousuke.
"Let me give it a shot." Kyousuke says, wanting to show Vector his battle skill.
"Alright then, go for it." Vector says, as he stands back, watching Kyousuke prepare to battle.
There's 10 robots, and Kyousuke pulls out his chokuto, ready to battle. He pulls back the sword like a baseball bat, and launches towards them, slashing the sword right into 3 of them while sending a small electrical shockwave that splits open 5 of the other robots, causing them to explode in the process. He then runs up and kicks two pieces of the already destroyed robots at the other two robots, sending them flying backwards as Kyousuke pulls out his dual pistols and fires a few shots at both the parts, causing them to explode and destroy the robots with ease. Vector is simply amazed by Kyousuke's performance and applauds for Kyousuke by clapping. Kyousuke holsters his pistols and chokuto and walks back over to Vector.
"You got some skills kid." Vector compliments, while Kyousuke shrugs his shoulders in response.
"Just so you know I'm 19 years of age." Kyousuke says, surprising Vector as he gets ready to move again.
"You look younger than that to me." Vector says, as Kyousuke walks alongside Vector, getting closer to the beam of light, only to be ambushed by a few more robots. A robot runs up to Vector at high speed, but he simply grabs it and spins around, letting it go and fly into the other robots as they explode upon contact.
"Easy as pie." Vector says, as Kyousuke picks up a leftover robot part from one of the robots that just exploded.
"Yeah, but that's the problem." Kyousuke says, as Vector looks at him confused. "If they're trying to stop us now, why would they send these weak things after us?" Kyousuke says perplexed, as Vector just shrugs.
"Who knows?" Vector says, not really caring about them being weak. "In fact I'm glad their easy like that." He finishes, as Kyousuke agrees.
"It was to delay you so you couldn't stop me from being born, a creature full of abilities that never yet been combined." A dark, croaky embodied voice says, startling both Vector and Kyousuke.
"What the hell is that?" Kyousuke says on guard, with Vector doing the same. A black figure comes out of nowhere and attempts to punch Kyousuke in the right side of his head, but only hits his right shoulder as Kyousuke is blown towards Vector's direction quickly. He slides across the ground and pulls out his chokuto, only for the figure to not be seen.
"What?! There's no one there?!" Kyousuke says shocked, as Vector is startled by the black figure. It looks Vector right in the eyes, as Vector only notices its blood red irises as he gets blasted back by an even more powerful punch in the gut, with the figure chuckling in the process. Vector tumbles backwards as he slides on the ground to regain control, holding his gut in slight pain as he uses the ground for support.
"Man, that guy's just about as strong as me!" Vector says in pain, as Kyousuke is staring at the figure, standing right in front of both of them.
"And he's a crocodile too." Kyousuke notes, as Vector looks up to become completely speechless.
The black figure is a black crocodile with a blue underbelly with red eyes and a red spine. It was wearing black shoes and white gloves, wearing nothing else along with that. It had a bold stance to it, protruding its chest out as it looked at Vector. Kyousuke aimed his chokuto at him and while he noticed it, he did nothing about it.
"Who are you and what do you want with us?" Kyousuke asks sternly, aiming the blade at him, as he grins in response.
"I am Shavecke, and I won't hesitate until you give me that Chaos Emerald." Shavecke tells them both, as Kyousuke looks at him in wonder and confusion.
"I have no idea what a Chaos Emerald is." Kyousuke says puzzled, as Shavecke looks at him with a piercing eye. He broadly walks up to him, as he holds his hand out in front of him opened up.
"You can either give it to me now, or be beaten for disobeying my commands." He says bitterly, as Kyousuke narrows his eyes.
"I don't have one of those things, so don't think I'm trying to deceive you." Kyousuke says sternly, as Shavecke responds by pulling his fist back, ready to launch a powerful punch at point-blank range. Kyousuke picks himself up a little bit, about to dodge the attack when Vector comes in, trying to land an attack directly onto his face, but only swings at the air in front of him.
"What the?" Kyousuke says shocked, realizing he has the ability to teleport.
"He's gone!" Vector says also shocked, until Shavecke appears and punches Vector right in his side, as Vector is blown back a bit by the punch.
"Don't think you can stop me." Shavecke says, running towards Vector at a surprisingly high speed.
"Oh yeah, give me your best shot." Vector says mockingly, as Shavecke tries to land another punch, only for it to be blocked by Vector, trying to keep a distance between them. Shavecke and Vector battle at it for a while, until Vector accidentally drops the cyan Chaos Emerald, as Shavecke teleports instantly to it.
"Dammit!" Vector says angrily. "I gotta get it before he does!" He says, turning for it, only for it to be snatched by Shavecke.
"Mission complete." Shavecke says, griping the emerald with his very fingertips.
"Surprise, suckah!" Vector says, aiming directly for his face, but once again Shavecke teleports out of site, as he appears behind Vector and backhands him hard enough to make Vector trip to the ground. Shavecke then quickly pins Vector down using his foot on his stomach.
"You're stronger than I thought, but still without a chance of beating me." Shavecke says pitifully, as he chuckles with a smirk on his face.
"I wouldn't count on it, using some emerald to teleport so you can beat me." Vector says mockingly, as the smirk on Shavecke's face disappears. He pushes down real hard on Vector's stomach, causing Vector great pain.
"AAAAAAAAAGH!" Vector shouts in pain, as Shavecke looks at him with pleasure. Kyousuke gets up and angrily charges at Shavecke with his sword, having it charged up with electricity and moving at high speed, about to slice him into pieces. Shavecke, however, instantly teleports away and tries backhanding Kyousuke, only for him to duck under it and thrust his electrically charged sword at him. He barely dodges it, only for the electricity to barely touch him, as he teleports out of the way. He teleports a few feet away, struggling to tolerate the slight electrical charge sent through his body.
"Don't expect me to let you off this easily next time!" Shavecke says, as he holds up the Chaos Emerald to teleport. Kyousuke quickly draws a pistol and fires it at him, only for it to fly through the open air.
"I almost had him!" Kyousuke says angrily, as he quickly holsters the pistols and kneels down to Vector, who's still lying on the ground in pain.
"Aw man, are you alright?" Kyousuke asks Vector, who's breathing heavily with a hand on his stomach.
"Man, I didn't know how strong I really was until he just smashed my gut like that." Vector says, as Kyousuke comforts the aching croc.
"It might not just be your own strength." Kyousuke says, as he tries to help Vector up. "I'll help you up." Kyousuke says, as he pulls Vector up using both of his hands due to Vector being a heavy-weight.
"He did it right where he punched me in the first place." Vector comments, holding his gut in pain as Kyousuke holds onto him, continuing up the valley. They reach a steep hill that heads into another small forest as Kyousuke stares at the hill irritated, holding his arms up.
"Really?" Kyousuke says annoyed, as Vector gains enough strength to stand up and look upwards toward the forest, still holding his stomach.
"Think you can do it?" Kyousuke asks Vector, who stretches his neck a little bit.
"I'm not givin up that easily." Vector says confidently, with Kyousuke supporting his back as they climb up the hill.
"Here we go." Kyousuke comments, as they take each step up the mountain slow and easy. Vector accidentally steps on a dirt mound halfway up and almost slips, as Kyousuke quickly grabs him and Vector regains his grip. "That was close." Kyousuke comments, as Vector agrees.
They finally get up the hill, and Vector instantly lies down against a tree, with Kyousuke sitting next to him. It starts to sprinkle, as it quickly heads into rain and the forest gets soaked. Vector was under the tree, however, so he and Kyousuke were shielded from the rain. Vector still had his hand on his stomach, as Kyousuke looked at him caringly, and decided to help him out with the pain.
"Maybe this will work." Kyousuke says, beginning to rub his hands together as Vector watches them glow into a bright blue after a few seconds.
"What are you gonna do?" Vector asks, as Kyousuke holds his hands out in front of him.
"Just watch." Kyousuke says, putting his hands on Vector's stomach, waiting until they stop glowing before taking them off. Vector feels his stomach and is shocked to find that his stomach is healed.
"It barely even hurts!" Vector exclaims in surprise. "Since when did you learn to do that?" Vector asks Kyousuke thrilled. Kyousuke smiles and shrugs his shoulders in response.
"It just came to me." Kyousuke says, as Vector is pleased that his stomach no longer hurts as bad.
"Thanks a lot!" He says happily.
"I enjoyed it." Kyousuke says pleasantly, as they both turn and smile towards each other for a few seconds. Kyousuke then looks at the rain, seeing the sky get brighter suddenly.
"Want to get going again when the rain stops?" He asks Vector, as Vector lays his head back against the tree again.
"You bet!" Vector says, ready for action.
The rain then stops, as both Kyousuke and Vector get ready to continue finding Eggman and stop Theotrin, saving everyone from doom itself.