Triplets born, the throne awaits, a seer tells of a deadly fate. Give up your children, separate, by your time, lie and wait.
The prophecy that force the separation of him and his siblings, the prophecy that broke his family apart. It has been repeating in his head since he was four. The night when Longclaw had sent him to the Freedom Fighters the night when Towers' army had attack her stronghold.
He had...complicated feelings about his mother. Sonic love her, there was no questions about that. But there had been so many opportunities for her to show up, to reveal herself...especially after Uncle Chuck had been captured and Robotized, leaving him and Sal as the leaders of the Freedom Fighters…
But now...he still couldn't explain how his mother could hold herself back from scooping him and his siblings into her arms...not as he stares at Izumi...his little girl. "I… I have a kid," he thought, and he couldn't help the grin that grew on his face. "I have a kid...with Shadow!" he was so thrilled at that. He knew it would had been...hard for him and Shadow to have kids...with them both being male, and with Shadow being half Black Arms, the other hedgehog was worried about any complications if they had decided to surrogate...and they had been planning to adopt, but they were afraid that no one would actually allow them, even with the Heroes Rights Law allowing both him and Shadow to adopt a child even with their busy schedules as Heroes. Besides that, they knew that the Council of Kingdoms, would take great offense if Sonic tried to name anyone his successor that wasn't related to him by blood. "Mostly Hamlin," Sonic thought with distaste, the pig who had been voted in as the representative for the Acorn Kingdom had made his displeasure of Sonic known, voicing many times that Sonia should been the one to take the High Throne. "As if I actually wanted the Throne...all the people voted for me, many remembering that Sonia had been raised in the heart of Towers' kingdom, Capital City under the guardianship of Lady Windermere...and many people did not want Manic for his past as a thief...they love my siblings, claiming that they were Heroes too for ending Towers reign...but we all know they love me more...for fighting since the age of four,"
And that made his heart ache, as he stares at his little girl. His girl who had only wanted to help people, being tricked to go under experimentation...just like Shadow. He had felt Shadow tense behind him when they heard that, gently grabbing his hand and squeezing it tightly. It was something that they had talked many nights after their marriage...of any children they would have. Their children would never be forced to fight, will never know the pain of needles (unless it was for their health, and done by Cream or someone else they trusted), their children would know they were loved, and not consider freaks or monsters…
"And yet...Izumi had been treated like all of that," the picture had been painted in his head so painfully. Izumi on the streets after her mother's death...scoop up by the lies of Starline in hopes of fulfilling her dream of helping people. Going through painful experiment after painful experiment, her mind muddled with to hate him...all because of Starline's creepy obsession of Eggman turned soured when the Doc fired him.
He knew that Starline was dead, Izumi had told them softly, saying that after her and Kitt backstabbed him during his raid on Robotropolis...that before she was knocked out by Infinite she saw a large piece of the ceiling falling on him. And yet, Sonic wished more than anything that he could kill him. Sonic...he never killed anyone...not even Towers...no that had been Black Doom in the end...then Shadow had killed Black Doomwhile Sonic, his siblings and their mother had dealt with the discovered to be not dead Gerald Robotnik. But even then, Sonic didn't kill...he doesn't even want to kill Eggman for the lost of his eye and leg!
And yet...he wanted to kill Starline...he wanted to bring him back to life and kill that damn platypus for what he did to Izumi. He wanted nothing more, than to run across the oceans, over the continents and break into Toshinori's home...run straight into Izumi's and scoop her up...and yet he understood that he couldn't.
He now understood why his mother couldn't reunite with him and his siblings until she was sure that it was time. He couldn't abandoned the Islands, not while they were slowly getting them back under their control, freeing them from Eggman and Stone's grasp. "Luckily I know I can trust Melody and Alice in watching them...and I guess so is Toshinori and Ethan...but Toshinori looks more like he needs someone watching over him, dear Chaos what happened to him and Ethan...well at least Izumi will have a friend besides Kitt to watch over her," Sonic smiles, wanting nothing more to keep soaking the sight of his daughter up, but he knew they needed to go.
"We'll contact you guys everyday," Rouge stated, a smirk on her face, "Now that we got a signal, Yurashia won't be able to block us anymore,"
"You got that right!" Ethan cackles from somewhere off the screen, "They won't be able to block me now, even if they tried!"
Sonic smiles happily when Izumi gave a soft giggle, "We talk to you later, ok sweetheart!" he cheers in his head when she gave him a bright smile, "And definitely call us when you get the results from U.A!" he frowns when Izumi then pales, and her body began to shake.
"Oh dear...I think you just made her anxious," Alice mutters, holding Eri in her arms, the little jackal pup still looking at the screen in confusion. They both watched as Izumi runs away, zooming around the screen and they all swore they could hear a scream coming from her.
"I'm going to...try and calm down, ma'am," Kitt said before he slips out of his chair and running after Izumi.
Sonic watches with a warm smile, even as the screen faded to black. Sonia turns her gaze to him, "Dear Chaos she is just like you...when you got nervous you did the exact same thing when we were younger,"
"Chip off the old block," Sonic stated with pride, still holding Shadow's hand tightly, "Now if you will excuse us," without waiting for them to speak up, Sonic pulled Shadow, walking over the still knock out Knuckles and into an empty hallway. He takes a deep breath, and allows Shadow to pull him into a hug, "We have a kid, Shadow...we finally have a kid and she…"
"She had our lives.." Shadow mutters, red eyes clouded, "She's living during a war...and she was used as a lab rat…" he growls, and Sonic gently wraps his arms around his waist, as yellow sparks dance across his body, his red eyes glowing.
"But we can make it better!" Sonic whispers, "Once we get everything under control here…" he trails off, and pushes his face into Shadow's shoulder, "I want to go now...I want to go and hug her...I want to pull her in my arms and tell her that no one will ever hurt her ever again...is this how my mom felt? When she had to wait…"
Shadow runs his hand through his quills, not saying anything, "All we can do...is just be there...and promise to never abandoned her when we get to her.." he sounded so sure, but when Sonic looked up, Shadow was still frowning.
They both knew it wasn't there fault, but still they couldn't help but not blame themselves for not finding out sooner...for not being their. It didn't matter that Starline made Izumi their daughter without their said so, Izumi was now theirs. No matter what anyone said or thought.
Pink eyes looked around the deep forest that they had found themselves in. A frown forming on the white furred Echidna that took another step in, scanner grip tightly in her hands as wings twitched behind her. "This...this is all strange...we were told that shards of the Master Emerald had gather around here, reforming themselves and yet… I cannot feel it,"
Her ears were perked and pivoting around for any sound that was not from her own quiet footsteps and breathing. She turned a corner when she heard some rustling but relaxes as a flicky hops out of the bushed, pecking at the ground for any seeds. Shoulders slumping, she sighs, before she closes her eyes, pushing out onto her connection to the Master Emerald. She could feel that it had slowly been rebuilt, but it was nowhere near this area.
She holds up her hand to her ear, talking to the communicator that she had been given, "Melody...I think we have a mole-" she cries out in pain at a sudden prick to her neck, her other arm smacking it, thinking it had been a mosquito. But to her horror, a dart fell onto the ground at her feet, just as a numbing feeling began to spread across her body. But yet she stood her ground, forming a bo staff with her ice even as her arms shake.
But before she could turn around, a piece of cloth was wrapped fiercely around her mouth, muffling out any cries she could make, being tied painfully, clinching tightly at the base of her neck. Before she could swing her staff at her attacker, it was slapped out of her hands, shattering in the ground and then a foot slamming into her back, just between her wings, sending her face first into the ground.
Alice claws at the dirt, trying to push herself up, when her wrists were grabbed, "Mmmph?!" she grunts out, eyes narrow and tried to turn her head to see who had grabbed her, but the same appendage that had grabbed her wrists slapped over her eyes.
"Quiet now, Guardian," a dark voice drawled, its owner locking a pair of shackles over her wrists. Stilling in alarm, Alice shook her head to get the append covering her eyes off. "Oh don't even try it," the voice, so familiar, made her blood turn to ice, "You are coming with us...I am getting paid a lot for this,"
"You could try to be gentler, Mimic. The Doctor wants her unharmed when we bring her back,"
Alice felt her eyes snapped, staring at the jackal that slowly floated down. He stares coolly at her with his visible yellow eye, just...staring at her. Mimic though snorts, pulling her up and making her stumble on her feet, "Sometimes...force is the only way to get things done, General. You can't take Guardians, even Guardians in training like her so lightly,"
Alice growls at this, while Infinite sighs, watching as she struggles, "Well you wouldn't have to if you didn't make her so angry by mocking her," he then tilts his head, "Though...I do suppose she will still be anger by the sight of you. After what you did to your old team," he then stepped to the ground, and walked closer to her, holding up more shackles. Seeing him getting near her ankles, she realizes what he plans to do, she kicks out her feet, one of them landing a solid hit on Infinite's mask, making the jackal shout out in pain and surprise as his helmet was kicked off.
But Alice felt her heart dropped, her eyes widening at the sight of Infinite's true face. It may be a bit different from when she last saw it...with the once blue eyes glowing magenta, the same as the weird powers that he controlled...a large white scar over his right eye...he was still recognizable to Alice.
"Zrph?" she mutters, making the jackal growl at her as he reaches for his mask.
"Zero….is dead...and I, Infinite has risen from his ashes," he ignores how Alice started to struggle more in Mimic's grip, crying out more to him, even though he could see that the drug was now fully started to take effect. Raising his hand, the shackles that he had been holding suddenly clamped on her ankles, a long chained wrapping around her arms, pinning them down tightly to her torso, "There...that should do it," he ignores how Alice blink drowsily at him, her body slowly falling limp and sluggish, "I'll take her back to Robotropelis...you handle the Soleanna Princess,"
Mimic snorted at this, "With pleasure...but remember I get the credit for the Gurardian's captured," he informed, allowing Infinite to take her into his arms. She makes a muffled protest, pleading to the jackal, but her heart twinged in pain when he ignored her. The last thing she saw, before her eyes rolled in the back of her head and her body going limp, was Melody charging out of the woods, her hands on fire as Mimic grins, pulling out one of his knifes and throwing it at her face.
Alice screams, shooting up in her bed, her pink eyes wide and her wings unfurled, ready for flight. Her heart pounded against her chest as she breaths deeply. She closes her eyes tightly, stifling the sob that wanted to escape from her, "Zero…" she whispers, clutching the sheets beneath her, "what happen to you?"
"My name's Alice! Alice the Echidna-bat! What are you doing on Angel Island?"
"Uhhh...I'm Zero….Zero the Jackal….and my dad said I had to steal something from here,"
"But stealing is wrong...and my dad will get angry if you steal some of our relics!"
"Its not like I want to steal! Its just what us Jackals have to do to have a living! Everyone hates us! We're all treated unfairly because our Ancestors made Chaos upset!"
"Well….I don't hate you…"
Alice shakes her head, pushing away the memory of the time when she had been six years old, pushing herself from the bed. Wiping her eyes to clear them of any tears that had formed, she opens the door of her room, just barley stopping from stepping out just as a green blur ran by, "Izumi?" she blinks, watching as the black and green hedgehog zip up and down the stairs.
"She's still going at it," Melody stated, looking concern as the blur ran by her, "she had been running inside the dryer until Tanaka forced her out,"
"I don't blame her," Ethan said, a frown on his face, "She can't run outside at all or she'll get in trouble with the law!" he shakes his head, "While I understand that some Gifts are dangerous," Tenko raises his hand in agreement, the rat glaring at Dabi who had stolen some of his pretzels, "Gifts are still a part of who an Mobians is. Forcing them to not use them…"
"They can use it at home," Ella explained, tiredly as she had over and over, "Its just that we can't use them in public unless its for self defense. Many Quirks can kill, but the government can't account for every Quirk in the law book is impossible due to the various ways someone can use their Quirk to harm someone…"
"I still say its stupid," Ethan grumbles, "Zumi wouldn't hurt anyone...she just needs to run! And yet she will be slap with a violation because of these laws," he snorts, "Yurashia is literally the only one with these laws!" a look of disgust grew on his face, "I was watching videos, to keep myself calm while I was hacking pass the firewall and I discovered Gentle Criminal. He a...sorta villain," he raises his hand at Melody who opens her mouth, "Listen, the guy is pretty funny...he doesn't really hurt people but he does want to be remember. I did some research on him and it turns out he was a Hero student in his last year before he got expelled because he helped someone at the same time a hero was trying to help. His home was then vandalized with the words scum and trash," Ethan shakes his head, "It was a reaction that anyone would have done, and he was trained to do it. The way people here are...its no wonder Izumi has issues,"
"I don't have issues!" Izumi stated before yelping as she hits herself in the face with the pair of nunchucks that Toshinori had laying around. "I'm ok,"
"Good, because something came into the mail for you and Little Kitsunami," looking up, Izumi's eyes widen as she squeals, zipping over to Ella and all but snatching it, yelling out a large thank you she heads over to the coffee table and rips the envelope in half.
Izumi couldn't help but blink in confusion at the sight of the small disk that landed in front of her, before she yelps loudly as a hologram of Toshinori began to play.
"Booyah! I am here as a projection!" Izumi chokes a bit, staring with wide eyes, at the projection of All Might before she turns her head to Toshinori who was smirking behind a cup of coffee, ""Surprise aren't yah? I asked the Principal if I could do this for you. Only him, Recovery Girl, Melody and Alice of the school staff shall know that you are to be my successor. The other children won't know that I will be teaching heroics until the first class. But now it is time for the results of your entrance exam!"
Izumi stares, her hands curling into fists as her stomach churns, "You did well on the written test, not surprising there. But on the practical, your skills rated that of 58!" Izumi gasps at this, eyes wide and her arms begin to tremble. She looks over her shoulder, when she felt a small hand wrapped around it and gave her a gentle squeeze, to see Kitt staring at her in encouragement, "That would have placed you in eighth place, giving you a spot in the Hero Course. But there is more!"
Izumi frowns, looking in perplex as Urarka appears onto the projection, "Uh...excuse me hi? I'm sorry to bother you...but Izumi Midoirya...the green and black hedgehog with a wolf tail? Would it be possible to give her some of my points? She kinda wiped herself out trying to help me earlier...and I'm worried that she might have given up a place to help me….so can you give her the number of points she lost for helping me? Please!"
"You see...It is the actions that you do for people, that touches them. And the judges were looking for that, they were not just watching to see how many people you can beat up! The judges had all agree to give you 60 rescue points! Granting you a total of 118 points, meaning you now place first!" Izumi chokes, her mouth dropping in awe while Kitt begins to shake her arm, "And while we are at it, we have granted Ochaco Uraraka with 50 rescue points! Granting her 78 points and the second place spot! And thus...I am please to announce that U.A shall be your Hero Academia!"
"F-first… place," Izumi whispers, staring as the projection dies down, "I...I got first place…" she then squeaks as Kitt begins playing the projection he gain, though his has the principal instead of All Might.
"Kitsunami Prower, I must say that was impress about your test scores. At the age of eight, passing with such a high score on a test that I myself written...very very impressive. Now though, the score of your practical exam...if I'm right, you waited for young Izumi to open hers, so I shall tell you both your villain points and rescue points. You gain 40 villain points, and combine that with the 36 rescue points, has granted you the total of 76 points, classing you at fourth place. Congratulations on being the youngest ever to be accepted into UA's Hero Course!"
Kitt had no time to celebrate as Izumi quickly scoops him up, "We did it! We got in! We got into UA! We got into the Hero Course of UA! Fuck yeah!" Izumi quickly turns to Eri, "Do not repeat that!"
Eri blinks at her, before spreading her arms high, "Yay Izumi! Yay Kitt!" Alice couldn't help but smile as she lifts Eri into her arms, smiling happily at the two new heroes.
"Both of you shall be in Class 1-A," Alice informs the two, while Melody kneels down and pulls out the paper the both of them ignored when they had ripped open the envelope. Izumi gently takes it, her green eyes roam across the paper, taking all the information, "I'll be the homeroom teacher for you both...Kitt what's wrong?"
"That Bakugou brat got in...he's in second place and I didn't beat him," he pouts, which made Izumi chuckle, rubbing his head.
"Its fine Drippy...Ka- Bakugou is already going to be pissed at me for getting first place...probably blowing up a fuse, shouting out about how I must have cheated.." Alice frowns, and once more wishes they could had found...something...anything to bar Bakugou. But all the background checks they did showed that he was cleaned...there were some concerns when he was four… but that was at the age when his Gift had activated and leeway was given on that.
"Still...if he tries anything...he is in for a rude and cold awakening," Alice swears to herself, placing Eri down and watching as she helps Izumi grabbing up a coloring set so the young Hedgehog and Fennec Fox can start designing their costumes.
Kinda of a short chapter, but I want it to be a surprise on who got accepted into UA...and I want to get into the rhymth of things again. I plan on seeing Sonic 3 monday so no spoilers (though Instagram has not been helping em whatsoever) but don't be surprise if I start focusing on this fic for a while...it also doesn't help that my parents got me Sonic X Shadows generations and Sonic frointers for christmas...I am getting so so so inspired...ahhhhhh
Anyway, short chapter, hopefully the next one shall be longer...and I hope everyone had a good holiday!