Good evening, fans! The next chapter of Sonic Sega All Stars: Subspace Unleashed is here explaining more of Knuckles's personal adventures on his quest to find the Master Emerald shards. He received a few new shards of the Master Emerald after defeating one of the new Yakuza clans that were in town. In the Maneki District, a mysterious kunoichi challenges ex-Fighting Viper Honey to fight to see who's the strongest heroine. Let's see how things go from there and find out.

The kunoichi charges at Honey head on to do a series of swift kicks. The nimble fashionable fighter dodges each kick that this mysterious blue girl threw and did her famous Cat Punch. The kunoichi leaps out of the way and threw a few shirukens at Honey. Honey charged at the girl, knowing that her red armor can easily deflect these star shaped projectiles. She did a slide kick to trip her opponent and did a few quick jabs to her stomach. The kunoichi gagged for air, but stood her ground since she wasn't going to give up that easily. She then did a few heavy strikes to Honey's breastplate, causing a few dents and pushing her back a little. Then, the ninja girl knocks her into the air with a deadly flip kick. Honey activates the wings on her trademark outfit to reduce the impact and did a diving kick to nearly crush the kunoichi. She jumped out of the way and pulled out her special sword that she's been keeping on her back. Honey smiled since this was the first time she'd met such a challenging opponent after her big break.

"It's been 2 years since my last fight and I'm starting to like you. What's your name?" she said in her snarky tone.

"I am Kasumi of the Mugen Tenshin Clan. It's an honor to fight such an infamous female fighter like you. You don't mind if I destroy you armor with my blade, do you," the kunoichi responded while doing a swordsman pose.

"Sure, I don't mind. That is, if you'll be fast enough to catch me or strong enough to destroy my precious armor," Honey said after laughing.

"You throw that sword away and step down immediately, bitch! You are going to kill Honey that way!" an overweight man shouted.

Kasumi frowns and pointed her blade at the man's face. He was sweating frantically as if his life flashed before his eyes and stood motionless. This is one of the few reasons why he should not interfere with Kasumi's combat of all things. Kasumi sighed and drew her blade away from him to his surprise. She focuses her attention on her upbeat opponent that was ready to get this show on the road..

"Shall we begin this fight, Honey?" Kasumi said.

"Yeah, Kasumi. I'd like to see you try to destroy my armor!" Honey shouted.

Honey charged at Kasumi as she ran with her blade out in the open. She ducked under the blade's swing and knocked the kunoichi away with her famous Butt Smack Technique. Kasumi staggered a little and endured a few more hits to her gut by Honey's swift strikes. Then, Honey kicked her towards the other side of the stage with a powerful kick. Kasumi slammed onto the ground and gagged for air. She was covered in bruises due to the severity of the attack and watched Honey posing for the cheering crowd. She turned around to see the downed kunoichi and got back into her trademark fighting pose.

"You are going too easy on me. Why don't you just show me your true power, Kasumi!" she shouted.

Honey charged at her again to finish her off with another kick, but didn't notice Kasumi smirking. The blue kunoichi dodges Honey's kick and slashed the breastplate of Honey's armor. Honey gasped due to embarrassment, giving Kasumi the opportunity to dash around her and deal even more slashes to her armor. Within each slash, Honey staggered due to the force and had a deep slash mark in each area. Honey activates her wings to blow Kasumi away from her with a force of wind. Kasumi skids towards the other side of the stage while kneeling down, to show that she's ready for another attack

"Now this final strike shall rupture your armor completely!" she yelled before dashing again.

Honey used this as an opportunity to grab Kasumi's arm and fling her into the air, which also caused her to drop the blade she was going to use. Kasumi didn't mind since she had another trick up her sleeve. She held both hands to her side and charges a large amount of blue life force, known as Ninpo, and prepared for one of her clan's most devastating techniques. Honey looked at her with a wide eyed look to express her shocked reation to this maneurver.

Impossible! How is she not giving up yet? This attack looks like something you wouldn't normally see in the fighting tournaments I had joined!

"Torn Sky Blast!" Kasumi shots as she launches a massive beam of ninpo at Honey.

Honey thought the only thing left to do was to block and activate her wings for more defenses and eventually became engulfed in the blast. Many of the spectators in the crowd were wowed due to the attack and panicked since they though Honey was dead. Kasumi lands onto the stage and watched the smoke to see it clear. The sound of armor falling apart could be smoke clears to reveal Honey, panting and breathing heavily due to fatigue and the dense smoke. But, her outfit was ruined due to the force of the attack and many of the men in the crowd were wide eyed. Her skirt's in an OK condition, but the upper half of her angelic armor is destroyed and reveals her black, revealing top. The men eventually started whistling and gawking at her well developed body, leaving the women blushing in jealousy and envy. Honey looked around and wondered why there was such commotion amongst the crowd and felt a slight breeze in her upper body. She looked down at her chest to see it bounce and realized that her underclothing is revealed to the entire public. She slowly grew from shocked to extremely embarrassed within seconds.

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!" screeched the embarrassed fashion fighter before covering herself. Kasumi glanced at her and smirked to show how amused she is by this scene.

Honey glared at her and shouted, "What are you looking at? You think this is funny?"

"Welcome to my world, Honey. You should get used to it more often," Kasumi remarked before laughing.

Enraged and embarrassed at the situation, Honey dashes at Kasumi and nearly kicks her face. Luckily, Kasumi dodged it in time and hopped back from her rage. The enraged fashion fighter ran up to her and did a flurry of hand strikes in an attempt to defeat her. The crowd went wild since this was the type of fight that they were waiting for. In the midst of it, Kiryu and the gang arrived on the scene and were amazed at the sight. Kiryu shook his head in disbelief and Akira face palmed due to the sheer stupidity of this fight. Ryo was blushing due to seeing Honey's damaged outfit and the Bonanza Bros. still looked around for lose articles to steal as always. The girls' fight proved how dangerous it was for them to attempt to break them up and everyone conversed for a plan.

"Somebody has to walk up there and stop them before things get worse," Kiryu said.

"We can't stun them with our guns since we might cause a ruckus," Mobo said.

"Why don't we send a boy their age to stop them?" Knuckles said while looking at Ryo.

Ryo looked suspect since everyone else decided to eye him like he did something wrong. Then, grew angry since he did not want to be involved in such a dangerous idea.

"What are you looking at me for?" Ryo asked while being embarrassed.

"You should be able to stop them easily since you are around their age, kid," Kiryu said in his usual stern tone.

"No, no, no, no, no! You've got the wrong guy for this situation!" Ryo protested.

"Girls who like handsome guys like you are bound to stop fighting. After all, you did have your way with a few ladies in the past," Jacky said slyly.

"Joy and the others are different, while these girls would kill me if I got in the way of their intense fight," Ryo responded.

"You are just chicken all along, kid. I thought you were the legendary Ryo Hazuki!" Robo said in a mocking tone.

He started imitating a chicken to mock him and add more fuel to the fire of this argument. Ryo clenches his fist even harder since he had enough of the red thief's antics.

"I am the legendary Ryo Hazuki, I just don't want to be obliterated by a ninja girl!" Ryo shouted.

"You are all bark, but no bite. You are nothing but a big black haired chicken," Mobo said before imitating a chicken.

The entire group except Akira and Knuckles kept arguing to the point of pissing the echidna off. Knuckles tried his best to calm down, but exploded and lifted Ryo into the air. He may be smaller than him, but his strength alone makes him able to lift a human with ease. Ryo felt embarrassed that such a small critter like Knuckles was able to do this to him.

"Just get your sorry butt over there and break them up!" he shouted before flinging the Japanese boy at the stage.

Ryo was screaming at the top of his lungs as he flew past the cheering crowd and headed for the stage. Kasumi and Honey were running towards each other for the final blow, but started to brake when they noticed Ryo flying at them. Ryo managed to land on his two feet and quickly got up to stop the two girls from clashing.

"Stop it in the name of Ryo Hazuki!" he shouted.

He noticed that something wasn't right since both of his hands felt something soft. He looked to one side to notice his hand clutching Honey's ample breast and looked to the other side to see his other hand grabbing Kasumi in a similar area. He gasped and blushed since this was the first time such a thing happened. Both girls were red faced and were wide eyed at the volatile act. Knuckles and the others face palmed since Ryo had officially messed this up. Kasumi and Honey grew more annoyed to the point of terrifying Ryo, making him quickly let go and back away. Both girls punched him in his face so hard, that he fell off the stage and caused the crowd to go wild.

"Pervert, watch where you touch a women!" they said since their fight is officially over thanks to the touchy boy.

Both girls noticed the crowd cheering since the loved the fight overall and thought Ryo's punishment and mishap was rather amusing. Honey and Kasumi looked at each other and smiled since they enjoyed the overall fight other than the Ryo mishap that had happened. They both shook hands to show gratitude and took a bow for the audience. Knuckles and the gang clear the way so that they can greet the female warriors on stage after their fight ended. Honey noticed Jacky and Akira first since she knew them and walked over to say hello in the midst of their fame. She looked happy as usually to show some gratitude and charm to the men.

"Akira! Jacky! It's been a while since had seen you two! How did things go for you during your race?" she said with a smile on her face.

"Things were A.O.K. since I highlighted my baby with the latest upgrades for speed and aggression," said the arrogant American fighter.

"We did great in the tournament, though Sonic won on the long run due to his skills and we've decided not to join the Transformed Races," Akira said boldly.

"That's nice, I'd been advertising for events in my fashionable outfits after our participation in the Fighters Megamix Tournament. I'm actually glad you guys at least did something more exciting than me," Honey responded.

"Let's get down to business, Honey. We've heard that Tanaka found a few shards of the Master Emerald here and we would like your opinion of where else to look," Kiryu said in his usual serious tone.

"Master Emerald? I don't know what you are talking about," Honey said.

"The Master Emerald is a massive green gem of mystic power that is the "master" compared to the seven Chaos Emeralds that I guard. Shadow sent the shards throughout the world and I need to find all twenty-four pieces before Metal Sonic does," Knuckles explained.

She noticed the short echidna and smiled even deeply since she is fond of cute animals and knew that he looked familiar. This even creeped out Knuckles since he's unaware of what he's up against.

"How cute? You must be friends with Bark and Bean based on how much you all look alike," she said, which makes Knuckles blush.

This alone made the usual hot headed echidna rather mad since he remembered the two rascals from a fighting tournament.

"First of all, I know them and I am not their friend. Second of all, why are you flirting with me at a time like this?" said the embarrassed echidna.

"Did I say something rude?" said the confused Honey.

"Don't mind him. He can be a real knucklehead that's rough around the edges," Jacky remarked to much of Knuckles disdain.

"Anyways, I don't think that you'd find any of these shards in this area. So I suggest we should move to a different location to find the others," Kasumi suggested.

Ryo is hauled back onto the stage and gets up from his concussion. It turns out that Toejam and Earl ran into him and decided to give him a lift. The larger yellow alien slowly climbs onto the stage and had to receive some help from his smaller red homie to help him out. Earl eventually lifts Toejam onto the stage with his strong yellow arms so that the two could be together. Toejom notices the Bonanza Bros hauling a large bag with them and eventually focuses his attention on the scantily clad Honey. His eyes widened as he observed her now damaged battle outfit and his middle leg starts to twitch. He's the type of Funkotronian who's into any jammin lady he had laid his eyes upon. Earl notices the lovesick red alien and pokes him in hopes of getting his attention.

"Toejam! Yo, Toejam! You a'ight, homie?" said the concerned larger alien.

Toejam eventually snaps out of it and shakes his head rapidly. He was mad at him at first for ruining his fantasy, but decides to get back on topic for the matter at hand.

"I'm a'ight, my massive buddy. But what I want to know is who's that fine Earthling that I'm gazing my eyes upon," he said.

"Toejam! Earl! I'm so glad that we managed to find you guys!" Mobo shouts.

He runs up to the Funkotronians and gave them a group hug while sobbing. Robo decides to join the group while struggling with his massive bag. After Knuckles and the others were done talking about their plans the turned to see the rather weird reunion that the two duos were having. Ryo walks towards them to ask about what happened while he was unconscious. Both thieves and Funkotronians turned around since he looked quite suspicious and wondered what this Japanese boy and his crew were up to.

"Nothing much. Introductions, explaining, and thinking of traveling to another location to find the shards of the Master Emerald," said the red echidna.

"What about those guys? We should at least ask them a few questions," Ryo suggested.

"And why should we listen to a pervert like you!" Honey shouts.

"There's no time to hold a grudge. Kiryu and the others had already explained that it's an accident and Knuckles is to blame. What we really should be doing is joining forces and leaving this area safely" said the young kunoichi.

"Oh alright, but I have something to say to him first," she said.

Ryo stood unafraid to face what the similarly aged fighter would ask him. His face was sweating severely since unlike the girls he had known, Honey would severely beat him if things were to go wrong between the two. Everyone else focused on asking Toejam and the other New G.G.'s about what they know and what's their business. Honey then gave him a smile and hugged him really tight; like the happy fashion fighter she is. She actually seemed pretty happy unlike how brash she was during Ryo's groping accident and enjoyed being close to another boy her age. Ryo was red hot not because of this hug was pretty warm, but Honey's chest pressed against his's during this event.

Is she really forgiving for what happened earlier? Why is she hugging me this hard? I don't even know what to think anymore!

Honey let him go and decided to grasp his hand really hard as if she really knew him. She gave him some serious eye contact to let him know whats up as he looked back at her with a dazed look.

"Ok, here's how things are going to go, the almighty Ryo Hazuki. Since you touched my beautify body, you are going to be my boyfriend from now long. No exceptions! Any questions, hunk?" she said in a smile.

"No, not at all Honey. I'm actually glad that you don't have a grudge against me anymore," Ryo said slowly.

Akira, Jacky, Toejam, Earl, Knuckles, Kasumi, Kiryu, and the Bonanza Bros. turns and walked towards the awkward couple. They seemed like their plan was already worked out and prepared to leave the stage. The crowd was watching everything and looked confused since they've expected more action from these visitors.

"So now we have to look for the rest of these duo's friends that are currently in the city somewhere," said Kazuma.

"According to Toejam, they split up a few hours ago in search of a Chaos Emerald. We have to find Beat, Big, and B.D. Joe before we head to Wood Oak City for our next destination," Akira said.

"That's good, but how are we going to find those three and they have no idea where the others are?" Knuckles asked.

"Since this area is currently broadcasted, they are bound to see us," said the embarrassed Honey thinking of all the civilians that seen her ruined outfit.

"Now all we have to do is wait for the others," said Earl.

Before the entire group could escape the stage, a group of spherical purple ninjas appear and surrounded the entire group. They had red shoes, white eyes, and were armed with kunais that fit their huge hands. Akira, Jacky, Kiryu, Ryo, Honey, and Kasumi got into their fighting stance to show that they're not afraid of these clowns. A deep laughter can be heard from the group and the people cleared the way to allow the visitor to walk towards the stage. He is a large blue penguin wearing a red coat and is armed with a massive wooden mallet. He notices his ninja henchmen surrounding the heroes and gave off another one of his deep laughs. He was none other than King Dedede, the self proclaimed ruler of Dreamland and one of the many "third party" agents for the Legion of Subspace. He is probably here because the heroes are in possession of one of the 7 Chaos Emeralds.

"Well, well, well! Look at we what we have here. A group of punks that are against Eggman's massive army and who could possibly be one of Kirby's friends," Dedede said in his cocky dialect.

"Who the funk is this old dude? A bloated blue duck?" Toejam remarked with a "WTF" look on his eye stalks.

"Silence, alien! I am King Dedede, Dream Land's rightful leader who came to Earth to serve the Legion of Subspace. One of my Biospark lackeys told me that you have one of them there Chaos Emeralds. So I think it's time for one of you to hand it over or else things will get serious," said the arrogant tyrant.

"We can singlehandedly defeat your ninja henchmen with no problem and you don't look like a challenge. So the answer is no!" said the noble Akira.

Dedede grew red and glared as if he was going to blow a gasket. This guy was known for his childsih tantrums and this quite amused half of the heroes.

"So be it! Biosparks, kill these miscreants and search their bodies for the Chaos Emerald!" he ordered.

The Biosparks prepared to attack, but one of them were snatched away by a fishing pole and slammed on top of another one of them. Everyone turned to see the line being reeled in to reveal Big the Cat, B.D. Joe, and Beat standing in the crowd. Big looked serious as usual, Beat smirked since things were getting fun in this town, and B.D. Joe laughed since he's glad that the rest of the group is alright. Toejam, Earl. Mobo, and Robo smiled and waved at the group to show how happy they are to see him. Beat waved back at the group and got into a runner's pose to prepare for another beat down. Honey was right, everything was broadcasted from this area and it attracted the attention of the other New G.G.'s. Time for a real showdown in the Maneki District.

There you have it, Dedede was following Knuckles's group the whole time and wants to claim the Chaos Emerald one of his partner's have. Thanks to the stage being broadcasted throughout the city, Big, Beat, and B.D. Joe arrived on the scene to kick some ass. For those of you who wonder why I made Honey 18 in this fiction, here me out. The last time she fought was in Fighers Megamix, which also featured the Virtua Fighters in their early days. As of Virtua Fighter 5 and Dead or Alive, Akira and a few other characters noticeably got older by a few years. Which is why I decided it would make sense to make several Fighting Viper characters older as well. This also makes Kasumi a year older than her since she's currently 19 years old in Dead or Alive 5. Another thing to point out is that Honey thinks Knuckles is friends with Bark the Polar Bear and Bean the Dynamite. It's because they were fighters in Fighters Megamix and Sonic the Hedgehog known for their simplistic and cartoony style for animal characters. Other than that, that's all I have to say. The next chapter may be the last one to focus on Knuckles's quest (for now) so that we can finally see how Sonic and his crew is doing. Good bye and see you real soon! ;)