SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or Naruto, just the OC's
Chapter Twelve: The Butterflies and The Bees
It was midnight in Station Square, but things were far from peaceful. Lurking in the shadows, five mask men snuck around the corner until they reached the front of a local jewelry store. "All right boys, do your thing." The leader told them. One of the masked men leaned against the door and slowly cut a hole into the glass. The masked man reached in through the hole and unlocked the door to enter inside the store. "All right, let's hurry up and grab everything you can. We don't want any slip ups." The leader said as he made his way over to the case with a very large diamond inside. "This puppy will score big on the black market." The man chuckled. He placed a discharger box on the case to shut off the cases security system and remove it. "Now, come to daddy." The man snickered as he made a reach for the diamond. But just before he reached it, a random shuriken came from out of nowhere and cut him off. "Sorry, store's closed." Just then, Espio appeared in the center of the room, Charmy flew down from the ceiling, and Vector...crashed through the wall. "I'm not paying for that." Espio said. "Team Chaotix, scatter!" the leader screamed and made a run for the door.
"Oh no, you don't. You're not going anywhere." Espio stated. The chameleon ninja pulled out three shuriken from the compartments on his cuffs and threw them in the direction of the escaping criminal. The shuriken clearly missed him, but they were never intended to hit him. The shuriken were flipped around the criminal and entrapped him in a web of string. "You boys really though you could get away with this?" Vector said. One of the masked men held a steel pole in his hand and swung down on the crocs head. Fortunately, Vector's head was too hard to feel ant damage. "Hah! Nice try." Vector said as he grabbed by the man by his neck. "Man, I knew this would have happened. I should have just listen my mother and become a dentist." Another masked man said. "Yeah, because dentist's are really scary." The man looked up to see Charmy fly over his. Charmy pointed his stinger at the man and shouted "Geronimo!" it was the most painful and pointy thing that guy had ever felt in his life. "This is our chance. Let's go." The leader whispered to the last of his partners and slowly snuck out of the front door unnoticed by Team Chaotix.
"What about the others?" the man asked. "Forget about them. Just keep running!" the leader shouted. "I guess it's true what Kakashi said. "Those who abandon their friends are worse then scum." A mysterious voice said. "W-who's there?" the masked man stuttered. Just then, a vial of purple powder fell from out of nowhere and shattered open all over the two. Two figures then jumped into the purple cloud. The sounds of fighting came from inside the cloud until the two criminals were thrown out of the cloud. "That was two just too easy." The other figure said. Back at the jewelry store, Espio was making himself busy by tying up the three criminals they had captured while Charmy and Vector were looking for the missing two. "I don't see them anywhere, Espio." Vector said. "Keep looking. I know they are around here somewhere." Espio said. "But they could be anywhere." Charmy complained. Just then, the two criminals fell in between the three, tied up in rope. "Or they could just be right here." Espio said. "You three wouldn't happen to be looking for these guys, would you?" Team Chaotix looked over to see Recter, Howl, and Raine of Team Virtex.
"Thank you for your assistance. But one question though. Who are you guys?" Espio asked. "I am Recter Rose, leader of Team Virtex. These are my partners, Howl and Raine." Recter introduced them. "I thought you looked familiar. Your Amy's big brother, the one who's trying to kill Sonic." Vector said. "Speaking of whom, there wouldn't be anything that a dirty little rat is doing anything with Amy that I should know about, is there?" Recter interrogated. "Sorry, but we really have to be going. Let's go Charmy." Espio said as he and Vector made their way to the door, but Charmy wasn't following. "Charmy?" Charmy was standing in the same place, staring with wide eyes at the medic of Team Virtex. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. The beauty of her graceful movements, and her eloquent wings. She was perfect. "Come on, let's move, Charmy!" Vector exclaimed as he grabbed the dazed bee and hauled him over his shoulder and carried him out of the store. Espio and Recter glanced at each other for a moment. They both knew what was going on.
The next day, Charmy was leaning against the kitchen table, staring out to space with a huge smile on his face. "What's with Charmy? He's been acting like that ever since the robbery last night." Vector said walked over to Espio on the couch. "Hmph! And here I thought you were supposed to the king of romance." Espio chuckled. "I don't get it." Vector said. "Isn't it obvious? Charmy has a crush on Raine." Espio stated. "The butterfly? But he hardly even knows her." Vector said. "Ever heard of love at first sight?" Espio said with a bored expression. "All right. As Charmy's friends, I will do everything within my power to make that butterfly fall for our little Charmy!" Vector stated. "Oh no, you don't! Remember what happened last time you played matchmaker!" Espio exclaimed as he jumped off the couch. "Hey, last I matched six couples up." Vector protested. "And five of them are divorced." Espio said. "Well, there's still the last couple." Vector said. "They were cousins!" Espio replied. "I don't care what you say, but I am going to match Charmy up, one way or another!" Vector stated and stomped over to Charmy. "Here we go again." Espio sighed in disappointment.
"Hey, Charmy!" Vector screamed, causing Charmy to lose balance and fall on his face. "Yeah? What is it?" Charmy asked. "Is it true that you like that butterfly girl?" Vector asked. Charmy's face instantly turned red and started playing with his fingers. "W-well, m-maybe a little." Charmy stuttered. "Good! Because I'm gonna help you score a date with her." Vector said. "Really?!" Charmy screamed happily. "See this?" Vector held out a flyer. "There's going to be a fair tomorrow to honor the leaving of the Little Planet. With my help, you will have the guts to ask her." Vector assured him. "Really?" Charmy asked. "Of course. I have over a hundred plans on how to get a date." Vector said as he held up a little black book. "If that's true, then why can't you get one yourself?" Espio questioned. "Oh, and you have a better idea?" Vector growled. "Actually, I do. Just ask her. Don't waste your time trying to impress her. It will only backfire." Espio said. There was an awkward moment of silence as Charmy and Vector looked at their friend with a look that clearly said 'are you crazy?' "Uh...I think I'll stick to Vector's plans." Charmy said. "That's the spirit, buddy!" Vector cheered. 'He has no idea what he's gotten himself into.' Espio thought.
It was a nice and sunny summer day in Station Square. Raine was wandering the city streets, making her way to the park like she did everyday when Team Virtex didn't have a job to do. Howl went to visit a friend from his from his home country and Recter...she had no idea where Recter was. Raine arrived at the park and floated down to sit in her favorite ring of flowers as she lay down to enjoy the calming breeze. Unknown to her, Vector and Charmy were hiding in a bush nearby while Espio sat on the bench. "Espio get down! She'll see you!" Vector whispered. "She doesn't even know who I am." Espio replied. "Eh, good point. Now Charmy, take this flowers and give them to Raine. Then, when she done swooning over them, ask her about herself and ask her to the fair." Vector said as he held out a bouquet of flowers. "Ok." Charmy smiled as he took the flowers and flew over to Raine. "Vector, where did you get those flowers?" Espio asked suspiciously. "Down by the river." Vector answered. "The one near our base?" Espio asked. "Yeah." Vector replied. "Uh oh." Espio commented.
Raine was enjoying the breeze until she noticed Charmy flying over to her with the bouquet of flowers in his hands. "Hey, I know you. You're Charmy, right?" Raine asked. "Uh...yeah." Charmy said uncomfortably. He then remembered the flowers in his hands. "Oh, these are for you." He handed her the flowers. "Oh, they're beautiful." Raine commented happily. But then she noticed some black insects crawling around them. "Hey, those look like..." She screamed when a horde of leeches jumped out of the flowers and attached themselves to her skin. "Uh...what a surprise." Charmy chuckled nervously. Raine then pulled out a vial from her jacket and spilled silver powder all over him. In three seconds flat, Charmy's face turned green and rushed over to the nearest garbage can to barf. "Eww." Vector commented. "Stomach virus." Espio stated. "No worries. I still have ninety-nine more plans to go." Vector said. "And I got an idea too: I'm out of here." Espio said as he jumped off the bench and walked away. "Fine! Come on, Charmy." Vector said while removing Charmy from the garbage can.
Espio walked down the street and turned right to stray down a dirt path that led to the forest outside the city near Windy Valley. "I know I should help Charmy out of this situation, but he has to learn that he should have to impress Raine to get her attention." Espio mumbled to himself. "So it's true then. You're little bee friend has crush on my little sister." Espio looked up to see Recter up on a high branch, leaning against the tree. The red hedgehog jumped down from the tree to land in front of Espio. "Hey, Espio. I was just exploring then forest when I ran into you." Recter lied...terribly. "In other words, you were spying on me." Espio stated. "Yeah." Recter admitted. "Yes, Charmy has a crush on Raine. But unfortunately, Vector's trying to help him. So expect her to come home with a few scratches." Espio shook his head. "Well, it's a good thing that Raine's the medic. Otherwise I would have to beat your little friend to a pulp." Recter chuckled. "Speaking of that, why is it that you are overprotective of Amy and not Raine?" Espio questioned. "That's easy. Raine's a child and Amy's a teenager." Recter said like it was the simplest answer in the world. "But...on second thought, that makes a lot more sense." Espio nodded his head.
Just then, a barrage of shuriken came from out of nowhere and the two anthro's jumped away just in time to avoid them. "Who goes there?!" Recter shouted. Just then, twelve humans wearing basic black outfits with one sleeve missing and basic tan flak jackets. The most interesting feature of these men was the headbands that had metal plates attached with a pair of rocks etched in them. "Hidden rock ninja's? What are they doing here? Judging by their outfits, I would say they were jounin." Recter contemplated. "Why would rock ninja's be so far from their village?" Espio questioned. "We have been assigned to hunt down and assassinate the chameleon of the hidden leaf village, Espio." The leader of the group of ninja's said. Espio smirked as he lowered his cuff to reveal a metal plate like the ninja's only the symbol was shaped like a leaf. "Well, you certainly have many surprises." Recter commented. "If you have come all this way to find me, then we best not let the effort go to waste." Espio said as he pulled out a large shuriken from his cuffs. "Your fate is sealed." The leader said. The rock ninja's drew kunai from the pockets in their jackets and jumped at the two anthro's.
Raine took the last few minutes to pry the leeches from her skin and was now applying the healing liquid on the marks. Meanwhile, Vector and Charmy were watching from the bushes. "Ok, Charmy this is are last chance. You know what to do?" Vector asked. "Yeah, you pretend to be a bad guy and I save Raine." Charmy said. "All right, let's get started." Vector said as he put on a ridiculous looking mask. "Stupid bee. I should just beat him up next time I see him." Raine mumbled. Just then, Vector jumped out in front of Raine, wearing the mask. "Haha! Be afraid, little girl. For I, a bad guy, am here to kidnap you!" Vector proclaimed. 'Now this is just pitiful.' Raine thought. "Don't worry, Raine. I'll protect you!" Charmy yelled as he jumped in front of the white butterfly. "Or, I could just do this." Raine pulled out the silver powder from her jacket and splashed it on the two. "Not again." Charmy said as his face turned green. Vector and Charmy clutched their stomachs and ran to the nearest trash can they could find. "Well that didn't work, but don't worry. I have ninety-eight more plans left." Vector said. Charmy didn't reply. "Charmy?" Vector turned to see that Charmy was nowhere in sight.
"Man, I am running out of stomach virus powder. I need to make some more when I get home." Raine said. She hovered into the air and was prepared to fly back home when Charmy hovered in front of her. "Haven't you already caused enough trouble for one day?" Raine huffed as she turned her back to him. "I'm sorry, but Vector thought it might help." Charmy admitted. "Help with what, ruining my day off?" Raine scowled. "No! I mean...I did all this because I wanted to impress you." Charmy said. "Impress me?" Raine raised an eyebrow in surprise. "I wanted to impress you because I think you really pretty and...I wanted to know if you would..." Charmy hesitated for a moment. "...if you would...like to go to the fair tomorrow...with me." Raine turned to Charmy in surprise and blushed slightly at the bee say she was pretty. "Well, if you wanted to go with me, you should have just asked." Raine said. Charmy slapped himself in the face. If he had just listened to Espio in the first place, he could have avoided this whole thing. "So does that mean you'll go with me?" Charmy asked hopefully. "Of course." Raine said as she gave a peck on Charmy's cheek. "YAHOO!!!" Charmy cheered to the heavens.
Back with Espio and Recter. Recter punched his fist into one of the rock ninja's stomach to knock him unconscious. Eleven of the rock ninja's were scattered along the forest ground, battered and beaten, while Espio had one ninja tired to a tree. "That was entertaining, but now lets get down to business." Recter said as he threw the unconscious ninja to a tree. "Yes, now...start talking. Who was the one that sent you?" Espio interrogated the ninja. "I won't tell you, no matter what you do to me!" the rock ninja stated. Recter the punch his fist into a nearby tree and completely destroyed it. "Are you sure you don't want to reconsider?" Recter threatened. "Look, I don't know who sent us, but what I do know is...she looks a lot like you." the ninja said to Espio. 'It can't be...' Espio thought. A silhouette of an unknown female appeared in the back of Espio's mind. She and Espio had the same eyes, only hers were full of hatred. "...I swear, I will become stronger and kill you..." "I've heard of her. She is supposed to be an s-class criminal listed in the bingo book. But I thought she was dead." Recter said. "She doesn't die that easily. After all...she is my sister." Espio said.
Back at the Egg-Carrier III, Metal was sitting in the center of his private chamber, meditating, as the time stones and the yellow chaos emerald floated above his head. Mecha walked inside and stood in front of Metal. "The time limit of the time stones will expire tomorrow. I have found the perfect place to activate the stone to open the rift." Mecha reported. Metal broke from his meditative position and asked "And that would be?" "The Little Planet." Mecha said. "Hahaha. No matter how hard I try to leave the past behind, I find that I can never truly escape." Metal chuckled. Metal's glowing eyes wandered to the four loyal mechs that were lined against the wall of his chamber. "But no matter. Soon, the heroes will fall at the hands of the Metal Squadron." Metal proclaimed.
Charmy has found love and hopefully it will last. Who is Espio's sister? Why does she want to kill him? And what is this Metal Squardron? Stay tuned to find out.
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