Ya know, Sonic has been tagged in allot of stuff on Twitter lately; be it a journalist who lied about motion sickness when playing a Sonic game, or the website that had the best Sonic news... only for them to play victim when they said some dumb shit and were called out for it. I could mention plenty of other things, but I want here to be an escape for you guys. Ya know, when you had a rough day and watch your favorite YouTuber(s) to relax a bit?

Cause at the end of the day, that's all Sonic is. A series to escape the craziness of real life, wind down, and also to simply make people happy. Why bring Sonic, a cartoon and fantasy character mind you, to the real world and include him in serious topics? That's not to say he hasn't had serious moments, but I believe bringing him up for our world issues isn't just not healthy for the brand, but for the people that love him.

I'm debating whether or not to make a YouTube video about it; maybe knock some sense into people...

For that reason, and how far Twitter has fallen, I've decided to pull the plug on it and stick to Discord. For anyone that has followed me on Twitter, lets just stay with Discord for all our sanities. Info is on my profile.

Now, for the elephant in the room... 2 weeks turned into 4. I apologize. Because of that, I split this chapter into 2 parts, so think of this as a small side story in preparation for what's to come. The next chapter will be longer, but I need some time for my other fics and personal life. All I can say is, it'll be dropped when it gets dropped.

And as always, we begin with answering reviews:

From whu4c0 august.98:

Dude, you got to cut back on answering reviews.

As a writer myself, I understand the importance, but you can't let it get so far as to have a 3rd of the chapter being reviews.

Bakuganman: I like how at the time this review was posted, this "author" has no written stories at all. Or maybe you just deleted them all, I'll never know. I do understand this critique, but I feel like answering questions when I feel like it. To me, it helps me feel more in touch with my fans instead of that generic message: "Thank you, the Author appreciates your feedback".

From Chaos Drago:

Awesome Chapter as always man. Also thanks for answering one of two of my questions, especially with Sonic power scale in his base form. I know we'll get more info on him when he goes Super, and I know you're going to have something in stored for us when season 3 of DxD comes, I can't wait to see Sonic go into his Dark Form.

Also the scene to where Sonic stole those breakfast and Issei getting on Sonic for that is something I love to see XD. The Sonic I know in love and grew up with. Also I love on how added that part when Rias stopped Sonic by grabbing his hand and keepping him in place, just like in Black Knight Game lol.

Now another thing that Kinda been nagging in my mind, so I'm just going to say it (sorry if I bother you with some of these questions) We know that Sonic's Quills are Dangerous, so dangerous the he can harden then and make them more Spikey, as it's shown in Smash Bros., and In old Sonic TV shows. And he can curl up into a ball and make himself into a literal buzzsaw, now combine that with he's speed and he can cut through almost anything. Which brings the question into mind: Can Sonic cut he way out of a magical barrier or cut through magical enhanced shield or magical shields? this was lingering in my mind for some time.

Other than that I have nothing else to ask of you. I absolutely love your Story dude this is literally the best Sonic/Highschool DxD crossover ever. I always wanted someone to make one but couldn't find a good one out there, then you came along and did a Amazing job. So thank you for making this Story, but safe out there, and keep on doing on what you're doing.

Bakuganman: To answer "can Sonic buzzsaw", he did it already via his Spin Attack when he was chased by the ORC, specifically when Koneko threw that bench at him. He also broke Rias' Power of Destruction the same way, granted it took allot outta him and he combined it with his Boost. Also, thank you for the compliment. It warms my heart to hear my story is just what you were searching for, and that your a fan of it.

From ptl:

I like how you seemingly mesh DxD humor with the chill and snark of Sonic.

Will the Chaos Emeralds have the same effects to magical users/creatures as in Fate Genesis? I mean, health problems due to energy overdose?

Will Power Rings and Special Stages appear too?

And humongous mechas and robot armies coming from a certain egghead? Remember that those are built to TRY to defeat certain supersonic blue hedgehogs and the rest of his supermobian friends.

Bakuganman: I will admit, it was tough finding a way to mix Sonic's humor with the maturity level of DxD at first, so thankfully the 3 years I spent keeping this story off the platform until now was good for something. About the Chaos Emeralds meshing with the supernaturals of DxD, I wanna answer you, but I think it'll be more effective when the Riser battle comes along to show you. I also answered the Special Zone question from a Guest, but you might have missed it. For now they, along with Rings, will not appear as of yet. This first season is world-building for Sonic adjusting to the DxD-verse.

As for our residential walking Omelet, I have plans for him...

From psytoro7:

''First he had super-speed, now the ability to pull things out of nowhere? Who was he, Doctor Strange? "It comes in handy" Sonic grinned, knowing exactly what Rias was thinking.''

ah, good old hammerspace. one of the oldest animation tricks of all time.

good chapter as always. can't wait for more.

also like how you had them mention the sonic logic of the male characters only wearing gloves and shoes. imagine the ORC coming to mobius and see the rest of the male population also wearing gloves and shoes with the female are the ones with full on suits and finally seeing why sonic is like that, questioning the logic even more as to why is it like that.

also two question.

1): what the heck is a girbir.

2): i take that most of the disguises mentioned are from AOSTH? cuz the last one is from that.

anywho, good job and stay safe!

Bakuganman: I had to put in some kind of hammerspace joke, especially since one individual uses it for her hammer. A gerbil (that's what you meant, right?) is a small mammal like a hamster, just has a long tail like a rat. And yes, some of those disguises are from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.

From Zain (Guest):

I'm gonna say this, and I'm gonna say this once: This is the perfect example of a story, where characters from the world with a lewd harem genre and characters where only thrilling action and adventure genre exist meets together.

Sonic is from a world where sexy stuff and lewdness does not exist, meets the cast who live in that kind of world, have a funny bromance with the DxD MC Issei, and get unfazed by a high level of perversion.

What I really like about this story is that all characters are respected to canon. No human transformation (overrated trope), shipping (followed by), and only friendship and adventure.

Just like his original counterpart, he cared deeply for Issei, a typical pervert.

And lol I found this very funny, where Issei would hesitate that he slept with Rias, the hottest girl in a school where all boys would fawn over, but exposing Sonic to public will he hesitate even more.

hell he will rather show Rias in his room than Sonic lol.

Bakuganman: Like I said to ptl, it was difficult to find the right mix at first, as well as keep them as close to canon as possible while simultaneously making it flow not just properly; but believably for both franchises involved. Also glad you found Issei's hesitation funny. It just seemed more natural.

From G0dofParadox3s:

This was a fun chapter to read and boy do you love teasing us readers with this fic. This story is really building up into something incredible with how well it is written it manages to keep me coming back again and again. Now then Rias now at least gets an explanation for the Chaos Emeralds and possibly the state of Sonic's world for context. Issei gets a new target on his back due to Rias messing around. Also more uses and explanations of memory altering magic.

Questions
Will Sonic go into details about his adventures he's had over the years since a good chunk of them involved the various uses of the Chaos Emeralds?

Will Aika Kiryuu (The girl that Asia goes to for love advice.) be introduced into the story sooner due to her noticing some of the strange events that go on around Kuoh.

Will Sonic's and his friends presence along with any altercations with his enemies cause non supernatural human's to create a G.U.N like operation?

Will you do any side stories for this series if/when Sonic introduces them to his world?

Can we also please have some more moments of Rias trolling Issei and Sonic that was just to good to ignore?

From G0dofParadox3s (sneak peak):

Oh Hell Yes! Thank you so much for this sneak peek. It gives us so many hints on where the story is going. Not to mention gives us clues on what exactly is going to happen to the characters at least what to expect from the characters. The possible effects of Chaos Energy doing to the cast, the (Possible) introduction of more characters to the story is just beautiful with how natural it blends together. Like it makes the worlds connect to each more then they should despite being two different fandoms yet you've got them to connect so easily. Issei gaining Chaos Related Powers caught me of guard. Like most other High School DxD Crossovers I've read keep Issei with his usual perverted powers instead of giving him powers to use. You have really thought this Fanfic out from beginning to end with how well things star to blend together.

Questions
Exactly how long have been working on this fic idea? Like it way too well thought out to just come to you?

Who will Issei be learning from to control his (Possible)Chaos Powers? Tikal, Shadow, Sonic, or even a possible early appearance of Ophis (Since according to the wiki she represents Infinity, Chaos, and Nothingness.)?

Does this chapter confirm that we won't be seeing any of the other echidnas that were made Ken Penders?

Bakuganman: Gonna need some bullet points for these.

1) Sonic mentioning his adventures: He does in the next half actually... now that you mention it, there is one particular adventure that plays a role in this story.

2) Akia Kiryuu: Can't answer this for reasons.

3) Sonic's presence equals G.U.N ops: Also can't answer.

4) Side Stories and if/when they get to Sonic's world: The first scene of this chapter was originally part of a side story, but I managed to include it earlier. Its thanks for getting me 75 favs/follows. Getting to Sonic's world is allot further away, but it'll happen.

5) Rias trolling Sonic and Issei: Yes, but it'll start being the entire ORC pretty soon.

6) How long has this fic been in the works?: Since 2017, as said in a previous AN. Started as a Sonic Forces rewrite, but molded into this.

7) Issei's possible Chaos Powers: I don't wanna spoil too much, but yes, Issei will gain some degree of Chaos Powers.

8) Ophis: Won't answer this for reasons that I can only know, but fellow readers to find out.

From nothing-else-by:

will shadow be an edgelord or will he have his personality form sonic adventure 2 and sonic heroes

Bakuganman: I've been asked this allot also through DM's as well, so I guess I'll give an answer to everyone here. I don't wanna give too much away about Shadow before he appears. Much like how SEGA kept his existence a secret prior to the release of SA2, I'm keeping my plans for him to myself for the time being.

Chapter 10 - Meeting the Occult (Part 2-1)

(AN: Optional music - Mystic Ruins theme.)

The camera focuses on a large, floating island in the sky... how the heck was that possible?!

Regardless how, it had a full ecosystem even though it was cut off from the rest of civilization. While the camera pans through it; birds were chirping, bugs were buzzing, and plant life was exotic! Trees somehow grew healthier and taller here than down on the actual planet itself! There were even ice caps, vast forests and also volcanic mountains!

But what REALLY made it stand out... were ruins of some kind of shrine in the center, which also had a HUGE Emerald on it. In front of it, was a red Echidna with dreadlocks and claws sticking out from his gloves. He had his eyes closed and arms crossed as he leaned against a ruined pillar, thinking to himself.

This was Knuckles the Echidna, the guardian of this island called Angel Island, and defender of this giant Emerald dubbed the Master Emerald. It was his job, passed down from a past he still knows not much about. All he knew was his ancestors made a mistake even larger than the Emerald he was guarding, which had to do with two other tribes that had advanced technology even by modern-day standards.

In a nutshell; the leader of Knuckles' ancient brothers' and sisters' went after this Emerald, along with 7 smaller multi-colored Emeralds to get total power and possibly conquer the entire world.

Except for one...

Tikal.

A brave young girl who wanted peace despite all the wars her father, the tribes leader, started after her grandma died. But even though they won every other war aside from 2 neighboring tribes, no matter how hard he and his army tried, they could never get through the sacred barrier that protected this Emerald originally. Once they DID get through, Tikal stood her ground against her father, Pachacamac, and pleaded with him to rethink his decision.

Only for him to order his army to attack anyway...

(AN: Your probably asking, "what barrier?" If you have Sonic Adventure, once the hintball takes you to the past, talk to some Echidnas' around the temple BEFORE seeking out Tikal. A few of them mention this barrier, something that a large portion of the fanbase has overlooked for years.)

The poor girl died later that day, giving up her life to seal away the monster, Chaos, that also protected the Emeralds and the tiny blue creatures that inhabited this shrine. She was only 14 years old. History almost repeated itself if she didn't show Knuckles, Sonic, etc. those mysterious visions of the past; which everyone later shared once they got a free moment from Eggman's latest scheme.

They had to track down Sonic of course to fill in some blanks about how he figured out Tikal was that ball of light they saw and assisted them throughout that adventure, as Tails saw him Jump Dash off into the sunset not even 10 seconds after Tikal and Chaos teleported away... that Hedgehog could never stay still.

Blue could run and be free, but due to his distant past that he had no part of, Red had to remain here forever... though he had found others to guard this place for him from time-to-time, he hated asking because this was his responsibility. If he was being completely honest, he was a little jealous of Sonic.

But don't you dare remind him of that, or his fists will shake hands with your face.

He opened his eyes, now done thinking about the past, and it was now time to focus on his 24/7 job. Thankfully as mentioned before, he has been able to get some breaks with Shade now living on the island with him. She was an Echidna from one of the rival tribes... yes, that meant she was technically +4000 older than he was, but time in the Twilight Cage flowed MUCH slower than real-world time, so it didn't count.

Didn't stop Rouge from making fun of them every time she came by to... "borrow" the Master Emerald.

Now that Knuckles thought about it, he hadn't seen Shade nor Rouge in quite some time. Rouge would come by every so often and fail, though she had gotten close a few times. And yes, sometimes it got physical. It's not that Rouge was equal to Knuckles in terms of strength... she was just stubborn. Shade on the other hand; visited almost everyday and offered to take over for Knuckles the same way, probably cause she felt guilty she helped her own tribes leader almost conquer the world; which in her defense, she had no knowledge of.

Did the curse of the Argus Event send her back?... nah, Tails figured out a way to modify her Warp Belt so that didn't happen. And when they all had to fight Eggman who betrayed them (big surprise), she was a bit zoned out afterword. Maybe the reality hit her that she was finally free? But ever since then, Knuckles didn't feel so alone anymore, for he was considered the last of his kind for the longest time... which then became another joke Rouge would throw at them.

"Rebuilding the Echidna race" were Rouge's exact words.

Back to Shade, she would go off on her own even after the years she was here with him, which Knuckles understood. He told Sonic in confidence that he was wondering if there was a way to save Shade after he was having second thoughts about fighting her tribe (the Nocturnus Clan) due to mixed emotions. She obviously had her own to sort out.

Still... the red Echidna hoped she was ok.

(AN: End music.) Suddenly, the Master Emerald glowed slightly. This caught Knuckles' attention. "Hmm?" He said, looking behind himself at the Emerald in question. The Master Emerald didn't react often unless the Chaos Emeralds were involved, or if it was repairing itself after its pieces were brought together. Also, last Knuckles' had heard, Sonic was looking for them to go after Eggman, who claimed he was going to use them for yet the millionth time for his own ends... most likely another Disney World ripoff.

Honestly, that guy had WAAAAAAY too much time on his hands.

Just as Knuckles thought that; he could've sworn he saw Sonic, as Super Sonic, chasing after Eggman; but within the Master Emerald. This surprised him. The Master Emerald hasn't shown images of people or objects for years, strange it was happening now all of a sudden. But what he saw in the Emerald next just straight up confused him...

Sonic was now running away, from a group of girls (and one boy) with bat wings chasing him... was Knuckles seeing this correctly? He walked up closer to the Emerald to try and get a closer look...

SHINE!

Suddenly, the Master Emerald exploded with power... but that didn't make any sense! Knuckles didn't call upon its power! The Master Emerald just glowed brighter and brighter with each passing second, forcing the red Echidna to squint his eyes and even shield them with his arms but even then, that didn't help much. Light began to fill Knuckles' vision before it was completely engulfed... but not before hearing these following words echoed in his head:

"The Servers are the Seven Chaos..."

FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!

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The light just ceased, allowing Knuckles to uncover his eyes, only he wasn't standing on Angel Island anymore.

Scratch that. He wasn't standing period. He was floating above in the sky, and below him was a park with a fountain. By this fountain, was a girl that had bigger breasts than Rouge could dream off... and larger wings, only they were crow-like.

"I will admit, I did have a little fun tonight. Considering how childish and predictable you were, things could have been worse" said the girl, raising her hand to look at a bracelet on her arm. "Though I will give you SOME credit. The gift was nice, goes good with my true form... but I still have to kill you" she continued, holding out that same hand and a purple spear of light forming in it.

STAB!

"GACK!"

Knuckles couldn't help but cringe. Not only was the girls tone evil, but she literally just stabbed the kid in the side of his abdomen, the spear going right through his body! The spear vanished a second later, but the wound was still there.

Clutching his side, the kid fell to his knees, weakened. Not able to keep himself up, he fell on his stomach, which also wasn't helping the fresh wound. "So sorry about this, Issei" said the girl, smiling at her handiwork. Seeing enough, and although he had no idea what was going on, Knuckles tried moving his body to somehow get down. While his body did respond, he didn't move at all. He was rooted on the spot.

What was happening? Why was he seeing this? Could he really do nothing to help out somehow?

"Your a sweet kid, but it's too dangerous to let you l..." said the girl, forming another spear to deliver the final strike...

?: WAAAAAAAAAAAH!

SPLASH!

As a blur fell from Knuckles' side from out-of-nowhere, it landed in the fountain and out popped... "Sonic?!" Asked Knuckles, not understanding where Sonic had come from. Then he did a normal Sonic-thing and ran, taking the kid with him.

After the girl blinked twice... "... HEY! GET BACK HERE WITH MY BOYFRIEND!" Yelled the girl, taking flight and chasing after Sonic.

Knuckles both cocked an eyebrow, and mentally chuckled, finding this both strange and amusing. He cocked an eyebrow because it was strange that the girl was the girlfriend of the boy she may have just killed... that was one messed up relationship if he ever saw one. He chuckled because: she really thought SHE could catch Sonic?

Knuckles had no time to fully take in what he had just seen, for his vision was enveloped by light again.

FLASH!

"Riser! Gimme that Chaos Emerald!"

Knuckles now saw from his birds-eye view that below on a roof of a building, Sonic had just put down a girl with long red hair gently. She looked battered, as if she was just attacked, but she was able to stand. Her eyes also widened at the mere mention of the word: Chaos Emerald. Next to her was that kid that was stabbed, but he had some kind of gauntlet on his arm (how did he survive?), who was also with a blonde girl dressed in a habit. Both these kids in addition to the redhead also got widened eyes.

Sonic was also begging a man on the other side of the roof. This man was tall, had short blonde hair and dark blue eyes. He also wore a burgundy blazer with a white dress shirt that was unbuttoned like a V-neck and he had a necklace that looked like it had held something inside, like a jewel or something.

In the man's hand... was the yellow Chaos Emerald! And it looked like he had just called upon its power for something, as sparks of energy were still visible on the Emerald itself. His sly grin was also a giveaway, snickering a bit through the grin.

"You don't know what your doing! That things dangerous!" Sonic warned. Knuckles was just even more confused. First Sonic was Super Sonic, then he fell out of the sky for the billionth time, and now this random guy had a Chaos Emerald? What on Mobius was going on here?!

FLASH!

Knuckles was standing on bleachers in what looked like a school yard. At least he was on his own 2 feet again...

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

A building was just destroyed by a sudden explosion of yellow energy! The only thing left was a large yellow spear in the ground! Knuckles was caught off guard, so much that his heart almost stopped. That was worse than the time Sonic dragged him and Tails into a cannon in the desert! How he didn't fall over from that was beyond him.

"FUCK! The gym!" Said Issei, having never seen that kind of power before except from Riser or Rias.

"Heheheh, and that was without your precious Chaos Emerald..." came a voice from above.

"Seriously, dude! Way past uncool; I have memories in there!" Said Sonic, though he looked as stunned as Issei was. That was crazy scary power, and he didn't even have the Emerald in his hand.

Looking up, Knuckles saw a large throne floating in the sky, with a man sitting on it that had elf-like features. On a pedestal that had a glass container, there was the green Chaos Emerald stored inside.

FLASH!

That vision ended, now he was on the ground on a barren landscape...

ROOOOOOOOOOOOAR!

Knuckles had to cover his ears with how loud that roar was. After recovering, he looked up to see... a giant red dragon?! But that wasn't all! It was fighting a just-as-big white dragon! They were zooming across the sky, slashing and clawing at each other...

[CHAOS... CONTROL!]

The red one of the giant flying reptiles faded out of existence just as the white one was about to get a punch in. The white dragon looked around, obviously confused. It then took a hit to the face, as it snapped to the side and grunted in pain. "Ugh... what the...?" Said the White Dragon, but no one was there, so where did the attack come from?

POW!

"GAH!"

Another hit to the face came from the opposite direction this time, with still no visible attacker. Multiple slashes then started appearing on the dragons armor seemingly out-of-nowhere and finally, the red dragon appeared behind the white one and blasted it with a powerful chest cannon, and send it crashing to the ground with a huge cloud... was it a robot or something?

The Red Dragon closed its chest cannon and this time, started charging green energy in its mouth, aiming at the fallen White Dragon while roaring; though it also sounded like the Red one was crying whilst roaring.

BOOM! ZOOOOOOOOOOM!

From another direction, a yellow blur dashed into the red dragon's head, then circled around and charged into its chest area with light-like speed. It was shown to be Super Sonic, Boosting into the dragon himself. Despite the overwhelming force he used, he only managed to push back the Red Dragon slightly before he attempted to swat Super Sonic with his incoming claws!

Super Sonic apparently had either sensed the attack or saw it coming, for he teleported away just before he was struck. He then appeared before one of the Red Dragon's glowing green eyes.

"ISSEI! COME ON, PAL! SNAP OUT OF IT!" Super Sonic pleaded. His only respond from his friend was the Red Dragon turning its head to roar in Super Sonics face. Its mouth clamped shut, seemingly have eaten Super Sonic, but he reappeared in a flash of light, having teleported away again.

Knuckles' eyes widened. Issei... wasn't that the kid who first got stabbed? HE was the Red Dragon?! First of all, how did he go from a human into THAT? Secondly, how the hell did he use Chaos Control? Unless this was a Super State gone wrong, there was no explanation as to how that was possible.

The Red Dragon, Issei, roared menacingly at Super Sonic... er, why was he saying "Boost" over and over again, but in a different voice?

As Issei glowed with power, so did Super Sonic. "DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS!" Super Sonic said, but Issei was now glowing with green aura, and was still saying "Boost" multiple times. With Issei no longer listening to reason, Super Sonic began drawing light into his body, but he wasn't using his Spin Dash... what was that, Knuckles wondered. A new move?

Issei stopped repeating "Boost"... and Super Sonic, finished charging up. Both friends stared down at each other, silence between them...

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Super Sonic dashed off, and at the same time, Issei roared as they flew at each other. They met, and their combined power caused a large shock wave to ripple not just the air, but also the earth beneath them... at least, whatever earth was left. They continued to fight for dominance as both dragonic and Chaos energy radiated off of them, their combined power threatened to rip the word in half should this have taken place on land.

The energy continued to build up until...

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

FLASH!

... Knuckles opened his eyes to find himself back at the Emerald altar as if nothing had happened, looking in the direction of the Master Emerald. After blinking a few times, and staring at the Emerald he had protected for years, Knuckles had so many questions. What was that all about? What did it all mean? Who was that Issei kid? What did Sonic have to do with ANY of that?

Knuckles approached the Emerald slowly, showing respect before the great artifact. Once he got close enough, he put his hand on its surface, and looked along its diamond-cut frame. After holding that position for a few seconds... "What are you trying to tell me?"

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No answer. Not that Knuckles expected one. It was too bad this shrine no longer had running water... that would make this easier as the water would ripple when the Emerald "responded". Granted, the only one who could understand the Master Emerald perfectly was Tikal and [possibly] her grandmother. Sadly, neither were no longer around. But even then, this shrine had aged so much that the water stopped flowing anyway. In addition to that, while Knuckles could control the Emeralds power, he must recite an ancient prayer to utilize its powers fully, but he could never have a full-blown conversation with it like Tikal could.

That's what it seemed like from those flashbacks anyway.

Unsure what else he could do, or what to think of those visions; Knuckles hopped up on a ruined pillar, the same one he was leaning against before. He took one last glance at the Emerald, before looking out in the distance, continuing his guarding duties.

XXX

POV - Sonic:

For the last couple of hours, Sonic has once again been running throughout Kuoh Town. Seriously; it was bigger than Station Square, Empire City, Spagonia and even Metropolis combined. Even though coming here was an accident, Sonic enjoyed all the different paths he could take without it getting boring. It wasn't like his world where it got kinda dull, seeing as he knew it like the back of his head... though admittedly, Eggman's bases gave him new challenges like a giant obstacle course.

As he zipped past everything and everyone without them knowing...

ZOOOOOOOM!

"AAAAAAAAAAH!"

A woman in her mid-20's had her skirt go up and reveal her undergarments to the entire street. She of course, held down the front, not that it did much to help the back. Some boys immediately smiled, though one was nice enough to go over and ask the lady if she was ok.

"Miss? Are you ok?" Asked the boy. Unfortunately for him...

"JERK!"

SLAP!

He was slapped across the face for stopping to be a good Samaritan. Sonic happened to look back, hearing it as he dashed away. "Oooh" he cringed. That slap looked like it hurt. "Remember kids, don't run across the street at 300 mph. That's no good" He said while looking towards the fourth wall with a finger up. Maybe he should take the higher route.

He made a 90 degree angle, and ran along a long building, going upwards while still following the road. Once he ran out of running space, he jumped across to the next building, and continued to do that as he made his way up to higher ground in a blue blur. Basically an inclined Triangle Jump. Once he ran out of buildings; he circled upwards the last one he was on, jumped off, and flew over several smaller buildings before landing on the roof of a 7-story one.

Sonic caught a glimpse of its name: "Kuoh Town Village". There was a fourth word in its name after village, but it was cut off by a tree growing in front of it. All Sonic saw was "Az"... Still, the place must be a hotel or something, since a family of 3 just walked in with suitcases. A mom, dad and small boy no taller than Sonic... kinda reminded our hero of his first few years on Earth.

Sonic walked over to the ledge and looked out into the distance, which actually showed Mt. Fuji in the distance... or at least, this dimensions version of it. He thought all morning about if he should tell Rias about the Chaos Emeralds or not. Standing there, he folded his arms across his chest, thinking of the pros and cons to this situation, as was whenever the Emeralds were involved.

On one hand, Sonic could just look for them himself... assuming they WERE here. Even though he's covered more than half the city in the span of a few days, he hasn't felt a smudge of Chaos Energy nearby. He's chased down the Emeralds for so long, he could sense them when they were close enough. Not to the same degree as Knuckles or Shadow of course, but enough to give him a general direction of where it was located. Heck, Rouge never used their power, and SHE could sense them for... reasons.

While on that topic, Issei did promise Sonic he'd help him find the Emeralds; but he was only a human. Sonic couldn't bare seeing someone get hurt should the Emeralds go out-of-control or someone just-so happens to discover their power and use the pervert as a bargaining chip. That's happened more times than Sonic could count on his fingers AND his quills. Whether it be a human kid, an imp from the Earth's core, or a fellow Mobian; somehow someone's life would be put in danger other than Sonic's own.

Still, Issei grew up here. And Sonic, though he loved running, had no idea where he was going. He could use familiar landmarks to navigate, but he needed more than that if he wanted to get the Chaos Emeralds as quickly as possible. As long as Issei stays behind the scenes, yet stays in contact with Sonic, not only would the kid be safe, but Sonic could still find the Emeralds without drawing attention to Issei and indirectly put a target on the boys back.

On the other hand, Rias claimed this was her territory, so she must know the area as well as Issei did. Plus, investing in her help also gives Sonic access to 3 other super powerful Devils to back him up if needed to be. The search could be done 5x faster and if Sonic DOES get into hot water, Rias and her "peerage" could get him out of sticky situations the Hedgehog might find himself in. Also going back to the point about someone else discovering what the Emeralds were capable of, Rias and her team could really blow them away with their power.

However, despite all these pros, there were quite a few cons...

As stated before, Issei was still human, and that made him a bit of a liability. Speaking of liabilities, who knows how the Chaos Emeralds will react to a Devils power? Sonic had seen firsthand that those Devils of the ORC could do amazing things. Teleporting, projecting energy blasts, flight, controlling elements and boasting superhuman speed and strength. The Chaos Emeralds reacted accordingly to things around them, like repelling or connecting with another set of Emeralds on a few occasions, or rejecting or empowering various lifeforms.

Now that Sonic thought about the repelling and connecting, which would it be for a Devil? From what he's seen, Devils had their own power; but it was yet to be determined if it could be enhanced by the Emeralds, or straight up rejected. Furthermore, whether its rejected or not, would it go out-of-control? Chaos Energy, controlled or otherwise, could be problematic depending on the circumstances. It could be agonizingly painful or if your a Black Hedgehog who glows red... could leave you vaporized.

With all that said, Sonic didn't want to put anyone's life from this dimension in danger because they weren't fully prepared for what the Emeralds will do, and its not like Sonic knew much himself. It would be easier if they came with an instruction booklet...

The question remained: should he tell Rias the truth?

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"But mommy! I wanna go to Tokyo Disney todaaaaaaaaaaay!"

Sonic looked down upon hearing whining, which brought him out of his thoughts. It came from the kid from the family of 3 from earlier. He was holding his mothers hand (though it might also be that his mother was dragging him along) and his parents were walking out of the hotel, heading to their car perhaps.

"We're going tomorrow, Johnny. Your father and I are tired, so were going to to get something to eat, then call it a night" said the mother, trying to calm her child.

"A NIGHT?! BUT IT'S ONLY 2:40! IT'S NOT EVEN BEDTIME YEEEEEEEET!" The kid continued to whine as he was pulled into the car and the family drove off to get dinner somewhere.

With the kids timely confession of the time, Sonic had about 20 minutes til school let out for Issei and Rias. Easy jog. It'll take him 20 seconds to get there. 30 tops. And even if he makes a wrong turn somewhere, he'll still have about 18 minutes to spare. Thinking on it for a few seconds, Sonic made his decision...

He jumped down off the roof and ran down the wall, out of the parking lot, and off into the distance in a blue streak.

POV - Unknown:

As Sonic ran off, someone was shown to be watching him from the top floor holding a glass of wine. Not much about this character stood out aside from a weird hairstyle, having yellow bangs hanging off his hair, yet the rest being all black. He walked away from the window and went into a room towards a picture that was a basket of roses. The man held out his hand, and a glyph appeared on it. It was gold-colored and it appeared to have feathers on it, with 2 crowns (1 on top, 1 on the bottom).

The picture itself was levitated off the wall and out of nowhere, a safe-like door appeared on the wall itself. Strangely, this safe had no door, nor a combination or any kind of visible lock on it. Smirking, the man taped the door, and the same symbol from his magic circle appeared out of nowhere. From the walls prospective, the door opened and the man looked at a glow coming from within the safe. Reaching inside...

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He pulled out a red Emerald, while continuing to smile.