SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
DBZ © Toei
Chapter Forty-Seven: Fusion Frenzy, Part 1
The scene opens up to the dark dimension of the Dark Ruler's Castle. Nazo sat at his chamber upon his throne with the four Chaos Emeralds surrounding him. He once again summoned the board which he used to keep track of the battle. Most of the heroes were scattered; a select few were at the base, the Dark Rulers reminded idle at the castle, and Blaze was still on her own dimension. The power that has once inhabitant Blaze's dimension had disappeared and was now resonating in their own.
"The Sol Emeralds have somehow moved their powers towards our world." Nazo thought. "But the question is why?"
"Lord Nazo?"
Nazo turned sharply towards the sound of the voice; his face shown with irritability. His expression softened when he came face-to-face with Shira, whom was flinching fearfully.
"What is it, Shira?" Nazo questioned.
"Mephiles and the others have successfully located two of the Sol Emeralds." Shira said, holding the green and red Sol Emeralds to present to Nazo. "One belongs to the heroes, and they are still looking for the remaining four."
"There is no need." Nazo said, taking the two emeralds. "I already know that one emerald is safely locked away with Team Virtex."
"Then we should take it while we can." Shira said eagerly.
"That will have to wait another time." Nazo said. "For now, we must worry about retrieving my remaining Chaos Emeralds."
"How do you plan to get them from Metal and the heroes?" Shira asked.
"Retrieving the emerald from Metal will prove difficult." Nazo said thoughtfully. "And there is the matter of retrieving my memories from him. As for the heroes, there is more then one way to smoke out a rat."
The scene alters to the Sonic Heroes base. Shadow and Omega were in Tails workshop with the two Chaos Emeralds they had. Omega was hooked up the main computer while holding the glowing emeralds in his claws. Apparently, Shadow was trying to find a way to make the Chaos Fusion technique stronger and not cause him and Sonic bodily harm. Sonic was only there because he was bored.
"Are you done yet?" Sonic moaned for the seventeenth time.
"The process is delicate." Omega stated. "Every aspect must be taken with extreme caution. The slightest miscalculation could..."
"Ok, ok, I get!" Sonic exclaimed.
"How did I get stuck with him for a partner?" Shadow mentally growled.
Shadow shook his head before diving right back to work. At that moment, Amy and Kumori walked in with a truck load of shopping bags behind them. As they passed by, it was Sonic who found the pair of large feet beneath the bags.
"Enjoy the trip, Storm." Sonic smirked.
"Stop enjoying this!" Storm snapped.
"How did they convince you to go shopping with them in the first place?" Shadow asked. He looked back to the girls and found Amy with her hammer out and Kumori cracking her knuckles. "I'm sorry I asked."
"What are you doing, Sonic." Amy asked cutely; Sonic turned away to hide his blush.
"Uh...you know...stuff." Sonic said nervously.
"We're trying to figure a way to strengthen the limits of the Chaos Fusion." Shadow explained, grinning at Sonic's embarressed state. "We've managed to figure out how the fusion is operated. The problem is trying to figure a way for it not to backfire on us."
"You know, there is another way." Kumori stated simply. "A way to fuse without the Chaos Emeralds."
"WHAT?!" The heroes exclaimed. Storm dropped the shopping bags, receiving a killer headache from Amy.
"But that's improbable." Omega stated. "The force and energy require for such a technique would be impossible."
"It was easy for us." Amy said proudly.
"Is there something you're not telling us?" Sonic said suspiciously.
"It called the Fusion Dance." Kumori stated.
"Oh, not this again." Shadow groaned.
"What's the Fusion Dance?" Storm asked.
"It's nothing!" Shadow snapped. "It's just a myth!"
"It is not a myth!" Kumori yelled at Shadow. "The Fusion Dance is real!" She turned her head to the questioning few who were still listening. "The Fusion Dance is a series of moves that, if done correctly, can fuse two beings into one person."
"That sounds a whole lot easier than what we had to go through." Sonic grinned. "Eh, Shadow."
"Hmph!" Shadow said curtly.
"But there is a catch." Kumori said sheepishly.
"There always is." Omega stated.
"The two people must be the exact same height and species; otherwise, the fusion won't work." Kumori explained. "And if one makes a mistake during the dance, the results are...not pretty."
"How ridiculous." Shadow said. "You actually expect us to believe a few dance steps will fuse two people together."
"The Fusion Dance is real!" Amy exclaimed. "And we'll prove it! Kumori and I have been practicing!"
"Really?" Sonic asked eagerly. "Let's see it then."
Amy and Kumori glanced at each other and nodded their heads. They stepped back away from the males and stretched a few feet apart from each other. Sonic, Storm, and Omega watched with intrigue while Shadow merely scoffed. Amy and Kumori stretched their arms out in opposite directions, prepping up for the performance. But just as they were about to begin, the monitor on the computer suddenly changed and the G.U.N. commander appeared on the screen.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting anything." The commander said, noticing the female's poses.
"You're not interrupting at all." Shadow said; Kumori fumed.
"We've received word that Station Square is under attack." The commander explained.
"Again?" Sonic said annoyingly.
"Again." The commander repeated
"Who is it this time: Black Clones of Black Arms?" Amy asked
"Worse: Nazo." The commander said. The six heroes perked with interest. "Apparently, he has decided to take matters into his own hands. We need you to get out there and stop him at all costs."
"At once, commander." Shadow saluted. The commander disappeared off screen. "Now we can get back to reality. I think we've had enough of the stupid little dance recital."
"The Fusion Dance is real and I'll prove one day." Kumori stated.
"Can we save the fighting for Nazo?" Sonic said, trying to make peace.
Shadow snorted and broke into a run out of the base. Kumori stared sadly at her love before hesitantly following him out the door with Amy following behind. Sonic stopped for a moment to retrieve the two chaos emeralds before following.
"Hey, wait for us!" Storm screamed.
Storm quickly grabbed Omega by his arm and dragged the massive robot away from the computer, which was a really stupid idea on his part. The cords that connected Omega to the computer were ripped, creating a small explosion that engulfed them. When the smoke had cleared, Storm and Omega somehow found there heads on each others shoulders.
"On second thought, we'll just wait here." Omega said.
The scene changes to the ruined remains of the north section of Station Square. Honestly, does that city ever stay safe? Nazo hovered around the air with a bored expression on his face. He sighed as he held out his palm and shot a green blast at the building near Team Virtex's home. Why are they never around when you need them?
"Destroying cities has lost it amusement." Nazo stated. "I guess that's because this city is attack so much. Maybe we should consider looking for a new battle ground."
"While you do that, we'll be kicking your tail!"
Nazo turned sharply, only to find a blue blur scrape across his face. Sonic uncurled from his ball form as he landed next to his teammates; Kumori was still angry. Nazo traced a finger across the scrape, which disappeared at the touch.
"Well, I was wonder what was taking you so long." Nazo smirked.
"You wouldn't believe the traffic on the way here." Sonic joked.
"And I see you have brought the Chaos Emeralds." Nazo said pleasurably, feeling the presense of his creations. "Do you plan on using you little fusion technique on me?"
"We can't use the technique just yet." Shadow whispered to Sonic. "If worse come to worse, we'll use the Chaos Fusion as a last resort."
"We could always use the Fusion Dance." Amy suggested.
"It doesn't exist!" Shadow snapped.
"Just saying." Amy muttered.
"Hey, don't blame her!" Sonic growled; Amy smiled happily. "She was only making a suggestion
"If you're quiet done," Nazo cut in. "I would like to end this battle before next year."
"Bring it on!" Kumori challenged.
The female prototype was the first the step into battle, despite the various warnings from Shadow. Kumori leapt off the balls of her feet towards the evil hedgehog. Nazo smirked and held out his palm and gathered energy around it to summon a familiar large yellow arrow.
"CHAOS LANCE!" Nazo roared.
The arrow shot from his palm and aimed for the area between Kumori's eyes. But the female wasn't that easy to deal with a he had thought. Much to the surprise of others, including Shadow, Kumori twirled around in midair to avoid the attack. If you can all remember, Chaos Lance is connected to its summoner until the attack hits something. Kumori grabbed the thin trail, burning a hole in her glove, and pushed herself onto the thin space of energy. She ran up the line and, to Nazo's shock, swiped a kick across the evil hedgehog's face. The Chaos Lance finally faded when it blew a hole in the ground.
"Hah!" Kumori cheered. But she stopped when the bruise she made was gone and Nazo stared at her with a malevolent expression. "Uh oh!"
Nazo quickly grasps her legs and swings her to the nearest building, which happened to be a post office. As the dark hedgehog landed, he found Kumori hunched over the desk covered in postage stamps.
"Hey, at least you can save money on airfare." Nazo chuckled.
"That was so not funny." Amy said.
Nazo turned his head to the pink hedgehog. Amy had already summoned her signature Piko-Piko Hammer into her hand and zipped up to her target with her own speed. Nazo pulled back his head nonchalantly as Amy swung her hammer around at him. Amy landed and swung around for a second attempt. But Nazo was clearly the superior hedgehog as he stopped the hammer dead with just his forearm. She tried to pull back, but the evil hedgehog grasped the end of the hammer. In one swing, Nazo hurled Amy over into the post office with Kumori.
"Nice of you to drop in." Kumori said.
"Shut up." Amy said under the stack of letters.
"Now to rid myself of these annoyances." Nazo said, forming a deadly blast in his palm.
"Stay away from her!" Sonic roared. He held out his hand and formed a sphere of blue chaos energy to perform his signature technique. "SONIC WIND!"
Sonic rushed and slammed the massive wind sphere into Nazo's chest. The hedgehog gasped in shock; his lethal attack faded, and was thrown into the building across the street, which happened to be a beauty salon. Sonic was barely able to stand on his feet. He was laugh so hard when Nazo came out where tons of make-up and a blond wig.
"Nice look for you!" Sonic laughed harder. "Definately an improvement!
The make-up and wig quickly burned away as Nazo's anger flared to new heights. He moved faster than the wind and appeared right behind our favorite blue hero. He threw a punch at Sonic's backside, but the true blue hedgehog back flipped over Nazo's head. In his moment of distraction, Shadow zoomed up and nailed his fist to the side of Nazo's face. It took a mere second to recover from the attack, but he did not anticipate for Shadow to swing around and slam his foot into his chin. Nazo was sent flying into the air, which was more then the opportunity they needed.
Sonic, time to strike!" Shadow called.
"What?" Sonic questioned.
"Nazo's skills are worse when he's airborne." Shadow explained. "Take him out while you have a chance."
"You're going to pay for that!" Nazo yelled angrily, recovering from the assault.
Nazo held out both of his palms and summoned two large yellow arrows into his hands, performing a double Chaos Lance. Shadow was mystified at how someone could even obtain such a level, but he didn't stare too long. Shadow swiftly back flipped into the air to dodge the first attack. But when he thought about it, he soon found himself helpless to avoid the second oncoming attack. The second Chaos Lance was moving in fast and there was no way he could dodge in midair like Kumori. There was only one way. Shadow quickly released one of his power rings and clutched it into his hand.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow called.
In a flash of light, Shadow vanished seconds before the Chaos Lance had hit. Nazo growled as he searched the area for the black rat called Shadow. But all he could find was Kumori and Amy, still trying to free themselves from the shuffle in the post office. But while he searched, something else came to mind. Where was Sonic? He did a double take and realized Sonic was nowhere to be found. Knowing that Sonic was the reincarnation that his once-believed dead brother, Nazo wasn't going to forget about him any time soon.
"Now where did that filthy blue rat get off to?" Nazo growled.
"Looking for someone!"
Nazo's head shot up, where he found Sonic's foot crashing between his eyes. While the evil hedgehog cried out in pain, Sonic twisted around in midair and rammed his heel into Nazo stomach. Nazo was hunched over, blood starting to crawl out from his lip. Nazo tried to swung his fist around at him, Sonic fell back and rebounded off a near by street lamp. Sonic smirked with confidence as he curled into his ball form and shot at his enemy. Taking a page out of his father's book, Sonic uncurled as he neared Nazo and slammed his foot at the top of the hedgehog's head. Nazo fell to the ground in a heap while Sonic landed gracefully.
"Man, you're getting slow, bro." Sonic grinned. "And I'm not filthy. I just took a bath three months ago."
"EEW!" The females squealed
"This isn't over yet." Nazo sneered.
"Actually, I think it is."
Nazo turned back, soon to be grasped around the throat by Shadow, who's fur was flashing bright red. Shadow's emitted a spine chilling laugh that resembled Black Doom's as the immense power began to take over his mind.
"Welcome to my hell." Shadow said evilly. "CHAOS BLAST!!"
Shadow's body erupted into a blast of nuclear proportions, taking Nazo along with it. Sonic acted fast; he grabbed Kumori and Amy around their waists and carried them safely from Shadow's attack. The Chaos Blast was more powerful than usual, taking ten square blocks in its wake. When the attack was finished, the red aura started to fade away. Sonic set the girls safely on the ground and stared back at the destruction left behind.
"You think he's all right?" Amy asked with concern.
"He's fine." Sonic grinned confidently. "After all, he is Shadow."
"But where...?"
"CHAOS WIND!"
A sudden tornado of white energy emerged from the ruins, striking down everything in it's path. Unfortunately, Amy just happened to be in its path. Sonic noticed this and jumped in front to take the hit. The tornado knocked our blue hero back five feet, barely keeping him conscious. Unfortunately, the tornado didn't just knock him out. The tornado lifted the two Chaos Emeralds out from the quills and tossed them back into the ruins.
"Sonic!" Amy cried.
All of a sudden, a black mass landed on top of the hedgehog. It didn't take long to figure out what it was.
"Shadow!" Kumori screamed.
"They actually thought they stood a chance." Both females looked back and saw Nazo slowly emerged from the ruins, perfectly unharmed. He was grinning wickedly as he held both emeralds he stole from Sonic in his hands. "Unlike them, my power is limitless. I am the true ultimate life-form."
"Amy, get away." Sonic warned weakly. "Get out while you still can."
"Not without you." Amy sobbed.
"There's no time to be stubborn." Shadow said tired. "No matter what we do, Nazo is always one step ahead of us." He groaned as he pushed himself off of Sonic and sat up. "And even if we had the emeralds, I doubt we could even beat his with Chaos Fusion."
"Fusion?" Kumori muttered. Then, without warning, she yelled; the hedgehogs nearly jumped out of their fur. "That's it! I know how we can beat him!"
"We're right here, you know." Sonic said annoyed while rubbing his ears.
"How do we fight back?" Amy asked hopefully.
"With the Fusion Dance." Kumori stated. Her face suddenly faltered when she looked at her love. "That is, if we can do it."
"Normally, I would advise against such ridiculous things." Shadow said. "But at the moment, I'm willing to try anything."
"You really think we can do it?" Kumori asked surprised.
"Kumori, i've long since learn to trust your judgment." Shadow said proudly. "If you think it will work, then I believe you."
"You heard him!" Amy cheered. "Let's get out and kick some tail!"
Kumori nodded in agreement and gave Shadow a quick kiss on the cheek; Shadow turned away to hide the red on his cheeks. The females stepped up in front of the loved ones and scooted away from each other at a certain distance. As Amy and Kumori stretched their arms opposite of each other, Nazo started to chuckle lowly.
"This is the last challenge you have to present to me?" Nazo said mocking. "A couple of cheerleaders?"
"Never underestimate the power of woman." Amy said, somewhat excitedly.
"Cause you never know when it's going to bite you in the butt." Kumori said confidently.
"If you two think you can beat me," Nazo said uncaring. "Then give it your best shot."
Amy looked for confidence in Kumori and it with given in the form of a smile. With reassurance, Amy resumed her stance. Slowly, they started to make their way towards each other, bring their hands together. They shot a quick pose in opposite direction before bring their hands together again; only their index fingers were touching.
"FU-SION-HA!" Amy and Kumori chanted simultaneously.
Suddenly, a flash appeared from the points were their fingers touched. The light was a spectacle beauty to Sonic and Shadow, but it was a terror to Nazo. The evil hedgehog was blinded by the strange light; his heart was too dark to be allowed to witness such a thing. As the light died down, Nazo's vision began to return. But before he could even blink his eye, he found a gloved fist smashed into the side of his face. The force of the attack sent Nazo tumbling nearly fifty yards back.
"What the hell?" Nazo cursed in anger. He quickly healed his open wound and used Chaos control to teleport back to his previous spot. "Who do you think you are trying to...?"
But Nazo's voice quickly left him; Sonic and Shadow could understand the feeling. Instead of two hedgehogs, they found one female hedgehog with a whole new look. She looked similar to Amy and Kumori, but with red fur. She had head quills with black stripes and three bangs jutting from her forehead. She wore a white sleeveless shirt, a black vest with pink linen around the sleeves, white silk pants with a pink sash around the waist, and a pair of dark shoes. She also had white gloves with Kumori's signature silver ring bracelets. While Sonic and Shadow appeared stunned, Nazo seemed angered.
"Another fusion!" Nazo spat. "Talk, woman! Tell me your name so I can kill you!"
"I don't know." The hedgehog said confused; Sonic and Shadow facefaulted. "This only the second time I've actually used this form." She scratched her head in a thinking position until she snapped her fingers. "I know! Just call me Kurami!"
The fusion lives and a new hero is born! Is Kurami's power enough to take on the God of Darkness? Or will Nazo have the last laugh along with the emeralds? Find out on the next Sonic Heroes!
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