Motoyasu walked through a large corridor leading to an arena within the castle's walls, the fight he was in had been made official by the king himself and he was fighting to decide the fate of a beautiful woman that was in the party of the Shield hero, that Motoyasu assumed was part of against her will as why would she stick with a guy like the shield? He was cold and uncaring from the first day, not to mention his weird appearance of a mascot character going through an edge lord phase.
His opponent was a black anthropomorphic hedgehog with red stripes on his spines, around the edges of his eyes, and on his arms and legs. He had red eyes, a patch of white fur on his chest, and a brown snout. He had six spines on his head, four of which curve upward, and two that curve downward, he also has two spines on his back, and a small tail.
For attire, he wore white gloves with black cuffs and red tongues, and Air Shoes that, like his gloves, have black cuffs and red tongues. On each of his wrists and ankles he wears a single gold ring that seemed that could be taken off if a small detail in their appearance was an indication of anything.
His shield usually had a silver appearance with black lines meeting in the middle where a smooth sphere gem stood, however he had a different shield equipped on himself, the [Chaos Energy Shield]. This shield looked like an large emerald with the smooth gem stone in the middle being replaced by a chaotic energy that was ever radiant and moving, almost like a lightning bolt had been contained inside before it burst out from a crack.
He was Shadow the Hedgehog and his face only indicated that he was dead serious if not bothered by this whole combat the king forced to happen between the two, only accepting because of his party member and false claims about himself.
"You should give up, because I am not going to go easy on you" Motoyasu taunted as he confidently swung his spear and put on a battle stance to the applause of the crowd watching, while his opponent was being thrown various glares of disgust but even then he didn't as much give the crowd a damn.
"I am, and even without going with my all I can already tell, you lost" Shadow declared as to everyone else he seemed overwhelmingly confident on himself to the point they all believed he was bluffing, but the shield's companion could tell that wasn't the case... Hoping that Shadow would restrain himself from going too far against the spear as this whole duel was being caused because of her.
"Let the battle begin!" Aultcray shouted as the spear hero was the first to make a move, jumping high into the air and throwing his spear to the ground where the Shadow was, but the hedgehog dodges by using his Air Shoes to glide back from the attack unbothered.
Picking up the weapon he goes in to use some of his other spear forms to attack this elusive being made to be like a shadow, so far Motoyasu couldn't even lay a finger on the ultimate lifeform as it wasn't even hitting him back, it was a game of catch that Motoyasu was failing spectacularly
To try helping him, Motoyasu's companion Malty Melromarc otherwise known as Myne Sophia was hiding in the corner preparing a powerful wind spell to take the shield hero out of balance and if possible put him in the perfect position for a hedgehog kebab, but Shadow's pupil locks on her for a split second as he seems to catch up on what she will try doing
"Chaos Magic" the hedgehog said as a distorted space is created using his Chaos Control by snapping his fingers, as before Malty could use her own spell she is taken down by what feels like energy bullets, not lethal but knocking her out.
"Myne! Why you bastard! [Chaos Spear]!" Motoyasu shouted as he threw his now glimmering spear that seemed to be an embedded flame like a falling star moving like a comet to his opponent, Shadow on the other hand didn't even so much react to the spear thrown his way as he effortlessly dodges the attack
"Only I can harness the power of Chaos to it's fullest, a faker like yourself would never even comprehend it's power." Shadow proclaimed as he had been designed from his very beginning to harness Chaos power, to find a cure for Maria Robotnik or to be a weapon of the Black Arms, he was the pinnacle of control over the energy of Chaos and Motoyasu's 'attempt' at using a Chaos Spear was laughable at best compared to the real deal.
"Let me show you how it's really done... Chaos Control!" He shouted to the skies as he seemingly disappeared from everyone's sight, but it wasn't the same as when he teleported before and Motoyasu was caught off guard
'Where did he-' a sudden violent push from Shadow's boots thrown the Spear hero away with force as before he can recover Shadow already begins to prepare another attack
"Chaos Slash!" A sword like slash of red energy manifest as Shadow moves his hand in a swiping motion, Motoyasu is barely able to dodge the attack as the side of his chest armor is damaged and he could feel that his skin was burning were it hit, this only serves to anger him even more as he threw a few skills at Shadow to hit him.
"Chaos Snap!" The hedgehog is instantly teleported to Motoyasu's side and attacks with a Chaos empowered attack, in a chain of attacks that throw the hero off balance as Shadow dashes around the arena in his Air Shoes. When Motoyasu regained his stance he could see Shadow looking down at him, which made the spear hero rush in with a flurry of attacks from his spear
"Roaming Chaos!" The hedgehog creates an orb of distorted space using his Chaos Control that acts as a trap, that Motoyasu is too dumb to notice in his blind rush. The explosion sends him against a wall, shattering it as the spear hero was amidst the crumbles of the arena's wall in pain, as Shadow approached him while making a Chaos Spear.
He held it onto the neck of the spear hero and the crowd was in shock, had the spear hero truly been so utterly humiliated by the Shield? The powers he showed were so overwhelming? What else was this demon capable of? They were scared of his power and that only helped full their already brewing fear of the shield that as always manifested in the form of hate. Ren and Itsuki looked at each other in concern as to if they should intervene before Shadow took Motoyasu's life, The king was angrily grinning his teeth at only the fact the shield defeated the spear but had also hurt his daughter and was ready to order his knights to decapitate the shield's companion, but behind the corners a pope watched... Concerned but willing to see the results play out on the possible execution of the spear hero, seeing as a possible opportunity for his own plans.
Shadow looks at his companion watching by the sidelines and the spear dematerializing from his hand as the shield hero begins walking towards the exit. The spear hero was beaten and he was the only one standing, even for the idiotic king the result should be obvious, the victory belongs to the Ultimate Lifeform.
[Author's notes]
Shadow is so cool, just hope I don't get a bunch of people talking about his characterization as those are the most annoying type of reviewer. I always try my best to write a character that is true to his essence and not so much which version he came from, certain characters are easier and others not so much, I remember the discourse about IDW Sonic's speech in issue 50... So I hope the way I portray Shadow here is decent.
Motoyasu here was written as canon accurate as possible, he is just that much of a jobber if Naofumi throwing a couple LV 1 to 5 balloons at him was actually hurting a hero who fought an entire Wave mere hours ago, if Shadow really went all out Motoyasu would have been obliterated into dust if his defense was that bad after being likely healed from the battle against the Chimera's wave. Compared to the other heroes too, he is the worst and only becomes a better fighter once his sanity goes out of the picture, but even then we know he dies during a wave if his Spinoff counts for anything, might have to make a proof of concept giving Motoyasu a substitute... Maybe a Yautja Predator?
Before you ask, no he doesn't have a Chaos Emerald Shield but instead the shield absorbed some of the energy he unleashed from a Chaos Blast during the wave, unlocking a shield form that allows him to use Chaos Control along with more moves with less draining on his body.
Shadow's companion in this setting is not Raphtalia, nor is it Rifana. I was vague on purpose as I haven't yet decided if she should be a Maria Robotnik counterpart or an already established character within shield hero like Rishia for example.
Got this idea after hearing the recently released fansong by Chrono, he is a Brazilian rap artist and I listen to his music and a few others when writing, you would be surprised how many of my fanfics where made thanks to me listening a certain rap.
Leave a review and your thoughts on this proof of concept, I might comeback and make it into a full story covering everything before this fight, after all there is only one other Shield hero X Sonic fanfic in this site.
