SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
DBZ © Toei
Chapter Forty-Eight: Fusion Frenzy, Part 2
Nazo was beyond irritated; he was furious. He thought he would have an easy victory after easily defeating Sonic and Shadow, the clearly strongest of the group. But just when he thought it was over, Amy and Kumori pulled out a new trick. Somehow, without the powers of the Chaos Emeralds, The females had fused together to become Kurami. As of now, the fused female hedgehog grinned deviously while Nazo clutched the green and purple emeralds in frustration.
"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!"
"Kurami, huh?" Nazo said; his expression changed to one of delight. "You can pull whatever trick you like, woman. But in the end, it will be I who will walk away from this fight."
"Never underestimate the power of a woman!" Kurami exclaimed.
"Do ya think she can win this fight?" Sonic asked Shadow.
"I don't know." Shadow replied feebly. "But she's the only hope we've got."
Nazo waved his hand to her as a challenge, one which Kurami could never pass up. The fused female kicked off the ground and suddenly vanished in plain sight. Nazo was caught off guard by this and was unprepared when Kurami's knee nailed him in the side of the head. Nazo staggered backwards for a moment before holding his open palm to Kurami. He had planned to summon a Chaos Lance, but was interrupted when elbowed him in the stomach. The impact forced the evil hedgehog to cough up a small trail of blood from his mouth.
"Aw, you tired?" Kurami asked mockingly. Nazo threw a punch at her, but she back flipped away. "Don't you know it's not nice to hit girls?"
"Will be courteous when I see one." Nazo chuckled.
"Oh no, he didn't." Sonic said.
"I think he did." Shadow grinned.
"Oh, you're in for it now, sucker!" Kurami roared.
Kurami zoomed behind Nazo; her speed was double of what her usual forms were. She swung around and slammed her forearm to the side of Nazo's neck, sending him tumbling to the side. during a mid-bounce, Kurami appeared besides Nazo and ran her foot to his back. The evil hedgehog tried to regain control while in midair, but Kumori's speed clearly outstripped him in his current form. She reappeared in front of Nazo in midair and started pounding away at him left and right. While down on the ground, Sonic was cheering for the fused hedgehog. But for some reason, Shadow was the only one who didn't seem happy.
"This is unusual for Nazo." Shadow thought. "I don't understand why he's not putting up a fight."
It was true. Nazo had the power he needed, but he barely lifted a finger against Kurami. Kurami brought her hands together and slammed her fist over the top of the evil hedgehogs head. But instead of slamming into the ground, Nazo flipped in mid-fall and landed gracefully on his feet. As Kurami landed, all of Nazo's wound vanished from sight.
"Give up yet?" Kurami said confidently. "Face it, there is no way you can beat me."
"I wasn't trying to defeat you." Nazo stated. "I was merely buying my time."
"By your time?" Kurami repeated confused. "For what?"
"If you had taken notice, five minutes have nearly passed." Nazo explained. "in a matter of moments, the fusion will wear off and I will kill you on the spot." Nazo holds out his palm and begins to summon another Chaos Lance. "Your time will be up in...5...4...3...2...1!"
At one, Nazo thrusts his hand forward and released the massive energy arrow. The form of chaos energy exploded on contact, forming a cloud of dust in its wake. Sonic gasped horridly while Shadow growled with seething anger. Nazo smiled in the most malicious manner.
"As could be expected from a feeble pair of rats." Nazo said.
"Who are you calling a rat?"
Nazo twirled around on his heel and stared in shock. Kurami was crouching next to him, perfectly unharmed. Before he had time to process this information, Nazo felt a fist smash into his chest. The evil hedgehog was thrown back half a mile and groaned loudly as he tried to force himself back to his feet.
"But...how?" Nazo asked weakly. "How can you still be in that form? Five minutes have passed since you used the fusion technique."
"If forgot to mention that this form of fusion is stronger than Chaos Fusion." Kurami smirked. "Unlike Chaos Fusion, the Fusion Dance not only prevents the users from being hurt, but the fusion lasts for thirty minutes."
"Thirty minute!" Nazo exclaimed. "That's impossible!"
"Whoa, Nazo's ticked." Sonic chuckled. "And worst of all, he's being beat by a girl."
"You're one to talk." Shadow smirk. "You get your tail handed to you by Amy nearly everyday."
""What about you and Kumori!" Sonic retorted.
"Fair point." Shadow admitted.
"You ready to give up?" Kurami said confidently. "It's obvious that you can't beat me."
"I would never think of surrendering to the likes of you!" Nazo screamed hysterically. The two emeralds Nazo had stolen from the heroes floated overhead, quickly joined by its four brothers Nazo obtained. "Did you forget who you are up against?! I am Nazo, the God of Darkness!"
The Chaos Emeralds circled around him, transferring their power back to their creator. In a flash of tremendous red light, Nazo's body was transformed from its regular state. His fur turned red, the iris of his eyes turned yellow, two more quills were added to his head, his shoes became gold and black boots, and the spines turned to an 'x' shape. Nazo had once again resorted to his Hell Form. Sonic, Shadow, and Kurami remembered that as long as Nazo had the emeralds, he could not feel the pain from using this form.
"This can't be good." Kurami muttered.
"Get ready to die!" Hell Nazo roared.
Nazo kicked up off the ground, forming a crater where he once stood. Before she realized it, Nazo was standing in front of Kurami with his fist reeled back. Acting fast, Kurami curved backwards to avoid the raging fist which surely would have knocked her head off. Kurami planted her hands to the ground and shot her foot upwards at Nazo's chin. But the red demon barely flinched. Kurami, on the other hand, fell down and grasped her foot, which was in pain.
"Geez, what's he made of?" Kurami hissed.
"You didn't really expect such a feeble attempt to stop me." Nazo grinned, crossing his arms. "I'm feeling a bit generous. Why don't I let you have a shot to prove how weak you truly are?"
"You're going to regret that." Kurami said.
Kurami flipped back to her feet and twirl around to kick Nazo's head with her heel. But, again, the red God of Darkness didn't even flinch. Realizing her old tactic wasn't working, she flipped back a few feet away. She swiftly curled into a ball form similar to Amy's and started to spin in place. Nazo's raised his brow with intrigue as Kurami suddenly released from her position and nailed Nazo in the face. The red ball dived away and uncurled back to her regular form. Nazo was sporting a nastily black and blue bruise on his face. But in a matter of seconds, it disappeared as if it was never there.
"This is getting boring." Nazo said monotone. "If you have any tricks left, perhaps this would be the best time to reveal them."
"I do have one more move left." Kurami mumbled to herself. "But I'm not sure if it will work for a second time."
"Are you quite through." Nazo interrupted. "I'm kinda in hurry, so let's get to the killing.
"Whatever you say." Kurami said hesitantly. "Here goes nothing."
Kurami held up her hands toward Nazo's direction and formed them into the shape of a circle. Kurami started muttering nonstop under her breath while watching Nazo through the hole in the hands. Suddenly, the hole in Kurami's hands was being filled with a large amount of red chaos energy. Nazo was surprised by the sudden show of power and put his hands up to defend himself. Kurami's hands were filled with so must energy that sparks were flying and destroying whatever they touch. Sonic barely missed two random sparks. But after taming the force of the blast, Kurami was ready.
"Let's see how you like this one!" Kurami shouted confidently. "CHAOS WAVE!"
To everyone's surprise, even Kurami's; a sudden red blast erupted from the fused hedgehog's hands. The blast had the same force as Shadow's Chaos Blast, only with more form and direction. Nazo held up both of his palms as a shield, unsure if even his Hell Form would be enough for it. when both forces came in contact, the area exploded in a ray of red light. As the light died down, a cloud of smoke remained where Nazo stood.
"Yeah, that was tight!" Sonic cheered.
"I can't believe I just did that." Kurami said, half proud, half disbelief.
Kurami waved to the two male hedgehogs with a proud sign of victory. Sonic was ready to run over to her side when Shadow suddenly stopped him. Suddenly a blur emerged from the cloud of smoke and dived behind Kurami.
"Kurami, watch out!" Shadow warned.
But it was too late. By the time she turned and found Nazo, not a single scratch on him, her right arm was completely severed from her body. Sonic and Shadow stared in horror as Kurami was clutching her bleeding stump of an arm. Nazo laughed cruelly as he grabbed Kurami's severed arm and lifted over his head like a trophy.
"You truly believed that you could beat me." Nazo said malevolently. "Now you know the price for attempting to defeat me." He threw Kurami's arm at her. "A fitting end for such a fool."
We've got to help." Sonic said as Nazo moved in towards Kurami.
"With what?" Shadow questioned. "In case you haven't noticed, none of our attacks work on him. And since he has all the Chaos Emeralds, we can't fuse together to become Shadic."
"Or can we?" Sonic said with a mischievous smirk.
Shadow exchanged looks with Sonic, who, judging from his expression; seemed to have caught on with Sonic's plan. Back with Nazo and Kurami. The God of Darkness kicked the poor red hedgehog across the face and skidded down the destroyed street. Kurami tried to get up to her hand and knees, but Nazo kicked her in the stomach, forcing her to the ground again.
"Are you ready to submit?" Nazo asked pleasurably.
N-never." Kurami spat furiously.
"Too bad." Nazo grinned. "And here I was hoping you would consider joining my army."
"I would rather die than join you!" Kurami yelled.
"That can be arranged." Nazo said. "CHAOS BLADE!"
On command, a thin red blade of chaos energy surrounded Nazo's hand. He held the blade to Kurami's neck, searching for a proper place to cut, before reeling his hand back. But just as he started to swing, a pair of voices called out that caused him to stop.
"FU-SION-HA!"
Nazo, his Chaos Blade vanished, spun around towards the direction of Sonic and Shadow. Both hedgehog had, surprisingly flawless, performed the same dance Amy and Kumori did. No one will ever let Shadow live that down. The point where their fingers touch emitted a flash of light brighter than Kurami's Nazo was blinded once more, but quickly regained his senses to witness the birth of his newest enemy. Shadic was back and made a dramatic change. His fur was dark blue with five quills pointed up similar to Super Sonic. he had red highlights on his quills and had Shadow's white chest fur. He wore a black vest with blue linen on the shoulders, white gloves with Shadow's power rings, white silk pants, a blue sash around the waist, and a pair of dark boots.
"It's not possible!" Nazo exclaimed in fear.
"Oh, but it is." Shadic smirked. "Shadic's back and he's better than ever."
"We'll see about that!" Nazo roared with anger. "You may have your fused form, but I am still the most powerful! You will bow to me!"
"Yeah, like that's going to happen." Shadic smirked.
Nazo held out his palms to summon another Chaos Lance, but by that time, Shadic was gone. Nazo search frantically around for the hedgehog with no luck of finding him. Shadic could not be seen until he jabbed his elbow into Nazo's neck. The God of Darkness was sent flying through three ruined buildings until he tumbled across the street. Nazo stumbled back to his feet and held out his hand just in time to stop Shadic's kick.
"Not bad." Shadic complimented; he back flipped away from Nazo. "For a minute there, I thought this was going to be boring."
"I am an enemy not to be underestimated." Nazo said confidently. "Especially when I know all the secrets of the Chaos Emeralds."
"All right, give it your best shot." Shadic tempted.
"Very well." Nazo said. he drew his arms together and began to gather a tremendous amount of red chaos energy around his body. From the years you've known Shadow, this attack shouldn't come as a surprise. "CHAOS BLAST!!"
The red energy exploded from Nazo's body, creating a blast of nuclear proportions. Shadic brought his arms up as the blast suddenly engulfed him and everything within a five mile radius. Seriously, that city just doesn't ever get a break. Slowly, the blast died down with Nazo standing in the center of a large crater he formed. Normally, any villain would be proud of what they had accomplished. But Nazo only seemed even more frustrated.
"I am getting tired of this nonsense." Nazo said.
As the cloud of dust started to blow away, Shadic could be seen covering Kurami with his body. The fur on his back had been singed, but other then that, Shadic looked unharmed. He lifted himself off of Kurami, who was also safe from the blast.
"You ok?" Shadic asked.
"I'll be fine." Kurami informed.
"You've wasted enough of my time, Shadic." Nazo said. "It's time we put an end to this frivolous battle."
"Fine by me." Shadic said; he ripped off the remains of his vest. "I've had a killer technique that I've been dying to try."
"How ironic." Nazo smirked. "Because you will be dying soon enough."
Nazo and Shadic were caught in the traditional stare down; a tumbleweed passed by, followed by a heard of cows, and a flock of dodo birds. (I have no idea where I come up with this stuff). All was quite; not a single sound could be heard in the distance. Suddenly, a pebble fell and the final clash began. Nazo and Shadic shot up off the ground with both their fists reeled back. They were within five feet from each other when they threw both punches together. The blow landed with a deafening thud. Shadic's fist embedded itself in Nazo's chest, but the dark hedgehog missed Shadic by an inch. With an extra bit of strength, Shadic forced Nazo back fifty yards before screeching to a halt at the end of the crumbled street.
"This can't be." Nazo gasped. "How can I lose to him? I am Nazo, the God of Darkness."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Shadic waved nonchalantly. "Lets face it, you can't beat."
"Everyone has a weakness." Nazo stated. As he looked around, and idea hit him and he quickly smiled in a sinister way. "And I think I just found it."
"What are you talking about?" Shadic asked hesitantly.
"If you truly are a combination of Sonic and Shadow, then you share the same weakness: compassion." Nazo explained. "You care too much for the life of others. Especially those girls."
"You wouldn't!" Shadic exclaimed.
"Just watch me!" Nazo roared victoriously.
Nazo swiftly drew out his hand and began to summon an orb of red chaos into him open palm. Kurami was still weak and quickly realized that she was in danger. But because of her arms and low energy, she had nowhere to go. Angered by the fact that was trying to kill Kurami, Shadic jumped blindly ahead at Nazo. It was a lucky break, too. Before he even had a chance to fire, Shadic planted his kneecap into Nazo stomach. Caught off guard, Nazo unintentionally dismissed the attack and clutch his stomach in pain. Taking the opportunity, Shadic flipped backwards, kicking Nazo in the chin. As Nazo staggered back, Shadic gracefully landed with his back to his opponent.
Nazo, you dare to try an kill Kurami." Shadic growled "Now you'll have to pay the consequences."
"Just give your best shot." Nazo challenged.
Shadic raised his hand to the sky for some apparent reason. Suddenly, waves of chaos began to emerge from the area around them and gathering into his open palm. The chaos energy began shaping together into a multicolored ball of light the size of a baseball. In one tense moment, Shadic clutched the orb in his while turning towards Nazo.
"CHAOS BREAKER!" Shadic yelled.
Shadic released the orb and hurled it towards Nazo. The God of Darkness swiftly raised his arms to defend himself. To his surprise, the small orb faded away inside his left arm. He hesitated momentarily to see if there were any side effects to the attack. But after three minutes had gone by, nothing had happened.
"Is this some kind of a joke?" Nazo laughed. "Your attack was wasted."
"You sound confident." Shadic grinned. "If you think you can, let's end this."
"It will be my utmost pleasure." Nazo cackled wickedly.
Nazo kicked off the ground and aimed reeled back his fist for the final blow. But Shadic waved it off by hold out his open hand and closing it shut. All of a sudden, a bright blinding flash exploded from inside Nazo; specifically, his left arm. When everyone could see again, they found that Nazo left arm was blown off along with fragments of his chest and face, which held a terrified expression. Realizing he couldn't win in the situation, Nazo vanished in a cloud of darkness.
"That was awesome." Kurami said, running over to Shadic's side. "You were Amazing, Shadic."
"That attack was supposed to kill him." Shadic stated seriously. "He deserves it after what he did to you."
"Oh, you mean my arm?" Kurami asked. "It's nothing to worry about. Watch this."
Kurami closed her eye and strained to push as much energy she had into he severed arm. All of a sudden, to Shadic's shock, Kurami's arm completely grew back as if it was never cut in the first place.
"Healing powers." Shadic said approvingly. "That's great, but we still lost the Chaos Emeralds."
"Not exactly." Kurami grinned deviously. "While he wasn't looking, I managed to snag these away."
Kurami reached behind her back and pulled out the purple and green emeralds Nazo stole, plus the red emerald that belong to the God of Darkness himself.
"Kurami, you are simply amazing." Shadic said.
"Thanks." Kurami smiled. "I think we should get back to the base before we get into anymore trouble."
"What could possibly cause us trouble now?" Shadic questioned.
"Hey, mates, our house blew up!" Marine screamed.
"But that had all our stuff in it." Raine said.
"Not to mention our money." Howl added.
"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!!" Recter roared.
"And now we know." Shadic said fearfully.
Even as Shadic, neither Sonic nor Shadow were stupid enough to go against Recter Rose. Speaking of whom, the red hedgehog bulldozed his way through the rubble that was once his room and charged at Shadic. Even though he had no idea Shadic was half of Sonic, he just needed a reason to hit someone. Kurami stood back as Rector chased Shadic towards the setting sun.
Meanwhile, at the Dark Rulers castle. Shira was walking down the corridor with a light-blue square cut emerald: The light-blue Sol Emerald. Mephiles and Nack had returned from a mission in Mongolia and had successfully obtained the emerald. They had given the emerald to Shira to present to Nazo so they could rest. Shira opened the door to the throne chamber and entered.
"Lord Nazo." Shira bowed respectfully. "Mephiles and Nack are back. They brought a..."
Shira trailed off and accidentally dropped the Sol Emerald when she found Nazo in throne. He was worse off than he looked before he returned; his eyes were ghostly white and hole on his side was bleed prosperously. Shira hesitated for a moment before she dash over to her master's side. Nazo turned his head, only just now recognizing Shira's presence.
"Shira, bring me Mephiles." Nazo said weakly. "I need him to regenerate my energy so that I can heal myself."
"At once, my lord." Shira said before running out of the room.
"Shadic is strong, much stronger than ever." Nazo mumbled to himself. "At that Kurami, I have no doubt that she has healing abilities natural to here skills." Nazo raised his remaining arm and slammed it onto the side of his throne, venting out his frustrations. "If I have any hopes of ever defeating them, I need all seven Chaos Emeralds. Once I do, they will witness the power of the true Nazo."
Witness the heroes newest weapons: Shadic and Kurami! WIll Nazo truely obtain all seven Chaos Emeralds and unlock his full Power? Will Team Virtex ever get their home back? Will Shadic survive Rector's wrath. Find out on the next Sonic Heroes!
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