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Well, this is it everyone. The final chapter of the first half of Season one. Its hard to think I started this story just a year ago, and how much its grown since then. When I first began posting it, I was genuinely surprised at the amount of traction it was getting (granted the site was decently functional back then), the support and love people have shown for it, having conversations with fans about it and how well they told me this was written; along with this being the Sonic/High School DxD fic they have been scouring the internet forever for, that was NOT just sexy girls getting pounded by a humanoid Hedgehog from another dimension... its been a wild ride, guys.
I can't express in words how I really feel, my gratitude towards the constant support from all of you, Guests and fellow authors alike. Good would be an understatement. I honestly NEVER thought the fic would get as far at it has, nor as popular with this easily one of my most viewed stories on this platform... and its only just the first half! We've still got so much to cover! But in the meantime, let's jump back into the story once more, and check on what our favorite Devils and Hedgehog are up too.
Once again, thanks for all the love and praise for this story, everyone. Now back to the show, and be sure to read ALL the way down the page!
From Guest:
Maybe when you're done with the first story see what happens in the second story of Sonic DXD where Sonic meets Xenovia and Irina.
Bakuganman: Lets not jump the ship, lol. What not get the Chaos Emeralds involved first like everybody's been dying for since day one? As mentioned before, I will be taking a break from this story. You guys understand, right?
From Draw-ze-Drawing:
So what are the Banicks used in this one, there were only two that were i obvious to me from the text.
Bakuganman: "Badniks" is how its spelled, lol. Some old ones, actually. If anyone else didn't catch them, they were: Flappers (Cannon, Gun and Needle versions), Egg Chasers/Aero-Chasers (from Sonic Colors), E-2000s and their E-2000R upgraded models, Egg Pawns, and a Heavy-Egg Hammer.
From ChimaTigon:
I know how to cheer things up in the story.
PINGAS!
Bakuganman: Oh really?… GET A LOAD OF THIS!
From Guest:
My man Sonic out really trying to do what Reverse Flash did to Goku black on Raynare damn. (I hope you get what i mean) Other than that this is a another pretty good chapter keep up the good work.
Bakuganman: Thank you, and why are Guests the only ones to get these references? Seriously guys, I do this all for you.
Chapter 21: Arc Epilogue
POV - Normal:
As smoke continued to leave the smoky ruins of the church, we suddenly zoom out to show that it was somehow captured on video and it was being reported on by the same media team that covered the random airship a few days ago.
"What you just saw was footage captured completely by accident last night from a concerned families child that was flying his drone over his residence," said the news anchor, the same exact woman who covered the same random airship. Apparently the family of said child donated this footage to the news media. Thankfully, this footage only caught the explosion from a distance, and not any aliens or demons on the ground. Of course, the real truth would never be uncovered, burned away forever just as the church was...
The screen then shifts to Issei's living room, with the report continuing on the TV as Issei's mother was preparing breakfast. "While authorities are still uncertain as to what caused the explosion, some speculate it was perhaps a gas leak, but it still requires further investigation. Miraculously; while the explosion did cause a large forest fire, firefighters were on the scene in minutes before the blaze could penetrate any residential areas, and no one was reported missing or seriously hurt. Just to be safe, they are searching for any survivors, and we encourage anyone who might have saw anything to contact the number on your screen. We will continue to follow this story as it develops..."
Miki couldn't help but look at the TV. The world's becoming such a crazy place nowadays. Dare she say, chaotic?
POV - Sonic and Issei:
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP! BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP! BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!
Female Patient (Alarm Clock): (cutely coughs) *Cough, cough, cough* I'm not feeling so well, doctor. *Cough, cough, cough* Can you take my temperature? *Cough, cough* Or maybe a shot?… *Cough* It really hurts for yo-.
CLICK!
The Waifu Alarm Clock was of course following its programing and going off at the time it was set. But that was the 3rd time it went off for Issei as he kept hitting it to snooze some more instead of turning it off. At this time however, that's when he finally had enough, and with a groan, he shut it off.
Man… he felt like shit. Last night, all of a sudden he was back in the clubroom with everyone except Sonic and Rias. And then "boom". A very loud explosion came from across town that didn't require his new Devil hearing to pick up, including his new Devil vision of the thick smoke from that very direction outside the clubhouse window. He feared the worst, but it wasn't long before Sonic showed up with an exhausted-looking Rias in his arms. The entire experience was allot for the Boosted Gear teen to handle.
With so much having gone on, he felt even less of a non-morning person.
SWISH!
The drapes, which Issei closed last night, opened up; but it wasn't him that did it…
"Ugh. Three houses down, and I still hear that thing…" commented a certain blue Hedgehog that landed on the floor, having jumped in from outside the window. Its not that the alarm was that loud, Sonic just had a good sense of hearing. Upon fresh light coming into the room, Issei literally felt his pupils dilate before his body forced itself to cover itself with his bedsheets. The new Devil groaned as he did this.
"Hey… you ok, pal?" Sonic asked him.
"Yeah, just," Issei began, his fatigue be damned, sticking a hand out from underneath the sheets and pointed to the window. "Close the window, please." He asked as calmly as possible.
Sonic looked at Issei. The poor kid still sounded tired, not that the Hedgehog blamed him. The Longinus-Level user had been through allot in a short time, meeting Devils and befriending a lost alien and whatnot. "Listen. Not that I care or anything, but if your not up soon, your mothers gonna walk up here again and…" Sonic tried to warn, as his mother had done that once already and Sonic was almost caught that time…
"JUST CLOSE THE DAMN WINDOW ALREADY!" Issei then yelled at him, not in the mood to hear it. Sonic was a bit surprised at Issei's sudden outburst, so much that he just stood there for about two seconds before he quickly did what he was asked. With another swishing sound, dim darkness returned the bedroom.
"What's eating you? Cranky in the mornings?" The blue alien asked. He of course had a feeling Issei wasn't a morning person, but didn't think it was this severe.
With darkness now back, Issei finally sat up while holding his face with a hand. "No…" he groaned, sounding and looking like he wasn't feeling 100%. Sonic just figured it was just fatigue or something until Issei added more to his sentence. "Rias warned me this would happen…" Sonic was confused. What did Princess Annihilation have to do with morning pangs? Before he could ask, Issei finished with one last sentence whilst still groaning and holding his face. "Devils' aren't great with sunlight."
Sonic gained a question mark over his head like when the Twice Critical evolved. That made the Blue Blur even more confused. Devils not liking sunlight? Light spears, he could understand. Those things hurt even to someone like him. But the light of the sun? It didn't make any sense. Multiple times, Sonic has seen the ORC Devils in the sunlight, and they appeared to have no issues with it. This included when they tried (and failed spectacularly at) catching Sonic the very first day they met, flinging all kinds of spells and attacks his way. Kiba's swords, Koneko's punches, Akeno's magic and even Rias' Destruction. They seemed perfectly fine back then, and they appeared to have no trouble with sunlight from what Sonic was able to tell.
"They seemed perfectly fine to me." Sonic said.
"It mostly affects newly reborn Devils," Issei clarified. "I'm now a creature of the night for the rest of my life." Sonic felt bad for the kid. He was glad Issei saved his blue behind back at the church for if it wasn't for his new Demon Powers, he and Asia might not have had a chance… but this new power carried a hefty price tag. Issei was no longer human, and now had to change his lifestyle completely because of this choice. "She said I'll develop an immunity to sunlight eventually… but goddamn, is it draining." He continued. Even though he was made clear of what would happen to him, he didn't think it would affect him THIS badly.
Right now, he felt like he had a migraine on top of 5 migraines.
"So… your good?" Asked Sonic, not sure what else he could say in this situation. He didn't know what it was like being a demon, he only fought them. It was funny though, as 'creature of the night' was a thing he DID in fact deal with, only his body physically changed in addition to developing new yet temporary abilities he can now never access again. Speaking of that, the type of demon(s) that was responsible for that and he had fought so long ago shared the same symptoms as Issei did when it came to sunlight. Or at the very least, the flash of a camera.
"Yeah… I'll be fine. Just give me a minute…" Issei said, slowly starting to feel more awake and less affected from the invading light. "But hey; at least I'll never get sunburned again." Issei shrugged and made a small joke. This was actually true, as Devils were also creatures of Hell and therefore, can't be easily burnt either. While the joke wasn't that funny, both boys couldn't help but chuckle after a moment of silence.
Of course, there was the issue of walking to school today… that was gonna be fun.
XXX
POV - Normal:
Several hours later at the end of the school day, Rias was sitting in the main office of the ORC building drinking some tea by herself on a sofa. The last couple of days had been crazy, so it was refreshing to finally have some time to relax.
Still, she couldn't stop thinking about last night: the Fallen Angels, the robots… and then that huge explosion. She had a mental freeze-framed, black and white image of the trio of Fallen she obliterated; then another of herself and Akeno struggling with those "Iron Man" clones and how strong they were; and finally she had an image if Sonic rushing out the church doors with her in tow... then 'boom' with them both being blown back by the sheer force of the blast. That last freeze-frame then regained its color as it began to play as a flashback.
-FLASHBACK-
BOOM!
Despite being over a football field away by now, the force behind the blast caused Sonic to lose his balance and be pushed forward BY the blast, letting go of Rias like when he saved another princess from the explosion of an Egg Carrier. This also caused both of them to tumble along the ground a few times, ending up next to each other once they finally stopped.
BOOM! SHATTER! CRACK! CRUMBLE! KA-BOOOOM!
Fire erupted from where the church used to be, the church was completely engulfed in flames, with more explosions still occurring. As Rias laid on the ground, she couldn't move not just due to her own exhaustion… but shock at what she was seeing. Magical explosions were one thing, but this…
Her vision was blurry for a few seconds before it properly adjusted, and her ears were also ringing. She didn't know how long she laid there… Sonic in the dirt in the corner of her eye while her eyes were just glued to the devastation, unable to look away for various reasons. Eventually, she did hear some sirens. Devils had no such use for those things, so that only meant one thing: humans were on their way. Sonic, he must have heard them too she imagined, also began getting up slowly.
"Ugh... rise and shine, princess," Sonic said. Despite his own level of fatigue, he still scooped up Rias. It was a bit more difficult this time due to her being flat on the ground, but he managed to get her up bridal style. "Gotta get to another castle..." he continued.
Just as the sirens got louder; police cars, ambulances and fire trucks arrived on the scene. By the time they started working on controlling the flames and getting/looking for any survivors, a blue streak was already leaving the area via streets and jumping across rooftops with them none the wiser.
-END FLASHBACK-
It honestly scared her a bit, realizing how close she was to dying last night. She had no energy left to teleport out of there, and even if she could have tried to escape by flight, she would have been caught by the large blast radius the bombs had. She was immune to being burned… not blown up. She had saved her family, something she was more than willing to do, but the Hedgehog had saved her life.
She hated to admit it, but if Sonic wasn't there…
*Creak!*
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the office doors opening. Looking up, the Crimson Devil noticed it was in fact her newest male servant. "Sup. Your favorite Pawn reporting for duty." Issei said, walking into the room. Upon taking a step into the room and before the door closed behind him, a blue blur rushed past and laid on the sofa across from Rias, the being itself laying across it. He wasn't wearing his full disguise, but he did wear the glasses he wore that one time when Akeno 'made things brighter' for that Stray Devil.
"And your too-cool-and-blue-for-school class pet" Sonic joked, adjusting the glasses as he laid there.
"..." Rias stared at Sonic, and set her tea cup down on the table before eyeing him again. "... Feet. Floor." Was her command, apparently not wanting the Hedgehogs shoes on her clean couch. With everywhere he goes, and claimed to have gone, who knows where and when those things have been? Sonic didn't feel the need or had the drive to argue with her, as he was only messing around anyway, so he sat himself back up, also taking off the glasses and putting them away behind his body… seriously, how did he do that? "Didn't expect you to come by today," Rias directed her attention to Issei. She figured not only was the battle with Raynare's group gonna take a toll on him, but also his recent transformation into one of her species. As the leader, she normally wouldn't tolerate someone not showing unless she was notified first, but understood if the former human didn't for those aforementioned reasons. "How's your wounds by the way? Feel better?" She directed that to both boys.
"They do," Issei confirmed.
"One visit to Nurse Twilight, its like they never happened." Finished Sonic.
"Fantastic! She's already doing her job as a Bishop and proving what an asset she can be!" Rias said, cheerfully. She was about to take another sip of her tea when Issei had a question for her.
"Hey, Rias?"
"Hmm?" She stopped the cup 2 inches from her mouth upon Issei calling her name, signifying he got her attention.
"Well... since your whole system is based on chess or whatever, I guess that means you can still have 7 more Pawns like me, right?" Issei asked, and he didn't know why, but felt slightly disappointed. "Which is fine, I understand if I'm not enough for you..." He attempted to make a joke with a chuckle added in afterword, but it got Rias to stare at him. 'Shit! I think I said something wrong!' He began to panic. "I-It was a joke! I swear I'm joking, you don't seem like that type of girl at all!" Issei said, a hand up in defense, but Rias continued to stare at him.
'I think your digging yourself a new grave, pal.' Sonic thought to himself.
Rias' expression then softened and gained a friendly smile. She then put her cup down again before giving an answer. "Issei... your my only Pawn, and the only one I'll ever need."
Issei didn't know what to say. 'Only one I ever need... wait! Was that a confession?!' Issei began to fantasize, but then recovered. 'Wait... no. What am talking about? That only happens in porn... and maybe those harem animes...'
Sonic then slowly raised his hand. "Yes?" Rias asked.
"So... you can't just go and buy more?" The Hedgehog asked.
At this point, Rias got up from her seat and walked around the coffee table to the boys' sofa. "As much fun as that sounds, the Creator of the Evil Pieces already foresaw that problem. So when a Devil wants to start his or her own Familia, they are given 15 Pieces, and are unable to obtain any more; which prevents those with not-so-friendly intentions from trying to build a massive army. Surely, you understand?" She was now leaning on the armrest next to Issei.
"Oh... yeah..." said Sonic.
"That makes sense, I guess." Said Issei.
"Furthermore, once Pieces are used, the choice cannot be taken back either by the King or the potential servant; or changed to a different Piece later on. So allot of thought has to be put into whom I or any other Devil wishes to revive even if we wanted to save every human we stumble upon," said Rias. This did answer a few other questions the boys may have had. So despite Rias' ability to revive just about anyone, she can only do so a limited number of times. She seemed like the type of person who would constantly revive people, but because of the laws of the Evil Pieces, she simply could not. "Two different Pieces cannot be combined either, and the number of Pieces a recipient consumes depends on the potential and what special abilities that person has, as well as how powerful those abilities are." As Rias spoke, she got behind Issei and then gave him a gentle hug with her arms gently around his neck, which got him to react accordingly as her breasts were almost completely pressed against the back of his head and neck. Sonic also kept his eyes on her, but mainly because she continued to speak. "With that being said, your already aware I had to use my first 7 Pawns to bring you back, and Sonic was there when I tried any of my other Pieces; but you only transformed into a Devil upon receiving the 8th. I could never quite figure out why to be honest... but with your newly acquired Boosted Gear… The Red Dragon itself... it all made sense."
Issei glanced at his left arm, seeing a transparent image of his Boosted Gear over it. An embodiment of raw power... that doubled several times in one minute... The Red Dragon as Rias just called it… was buried inside him. It sounded like a dangerous level of power, power that could destroy just about anyone or anything… though considering it was already his from the start, he had no choice but to accept it. "So... you gave up an entire legion of possible soldiers? For me?" He asked, although he kinda already knew the answer.
"It was a gamble, I'll admit... but I won you. Humans with that much potential are extremely rare, so I consider myself lucky." Said Rias, and she wasn't the only one in this room to feel that way. If Rias didn't have enough Pawns available for him, Issei would have been lost forever. The same applied to the also recently revived Asia, with Rias having a spare Bishop ready for her. If Rias was unable to bring Issei back, things might have turned out badly. Everyone involved was lucky to be alive right now, and it was all because of him. Sure Sonic defeated Raynare, and Rias performed the finishing blow and saved Asia's life afterward… but none of that would EVER have happened if not for Issei becoming a Devil first.
In short, HE was the hero of this story, and it was thanks to his sacrifice that everything played out the way it did.
Rias then stroked Issei's chin with her fingers before cupping it and gently leading it towards her eyes. "The Crimson Ruined Princess of Annihilation, and the Legendary Red Dragon Emperor… both are red, so I don't think we could be more perfectly matched even if we tried." She said.
"Yeah… Go team Red." Issei said.
Sonic watched closely. Was it just him, or did Rias suddenly have a thing for Issei? Though considering she had the tendency to tease, it also could have been that. You could color him and Issei both surprised when Rias then leaned downward, and brought her lips onto Issei's brow. Time seemed to stop when that occurred, and she ended up pulling away after a few seconds.
(AN: Optional Music - Study X Study theme from anime)
"Just a little spell to boost your stamina." Rias said with a smile and wink.
Sonic rubbed his temple with one of his fingers. "Sure. That's what you wanna call it…" He didn't believe there was any magic in that kiss other than the effect it was gonna have on Issei in about two seconds.
Right on cue as Sonic predicted, Issei felt his body getting giddy. Blood rushed his cheeks upon the realization of what just happened. "HEHEHE! SWEET! I've always wanted pornstar stamina!" He erupted in celebration (with Sonic gently facepalming and shaking his head), as that was the first time he was ever kissed by a girl that wasn't his mother! Sure it didn't exactly count as it wasn't on the lips or the cheek at least, but the Boosted Teen didn't appear to care. He felt it was more than enough.
"But I suppose I need to stop coddling you for now, otherwise our newest member will start becoming jealous of us." Rias continued, also continuing to wink. This statement did make Sonic and Issei stop and think. A new member? Issei's first reaction was too look at Sonic.
"… I like ya too, pal, but your not my type." Sonic said, realizing what Issei was thinking.
"Uh, guys… what's going on?" Asked a timid, yet familiar voice out of nowhere. Issei got up from the couch and turned around, with Sonic also turning around but remained on the couch, the Hedgehog leaning on it as he looked in the same direction as Issei. Behind them, was a certain golden-blonde haired beauty, and was trying (and failing) to force herself to smile. She was also trembling, perhaps with jealousy as Rias predicted.
"A-Asia?" Issei asked, surprised she was here. He also noted her expression. 'Wait… is she upset? What did I do…?' He asked himself, but couldn't find an answer.
"Oh, its fine. Well, Rias is definitely prettier than me… and she'd probably be up to things I'd never do, so it makes sense your attracted to her…" Asia shuffled around, also making a certain type of comment that Sonic didn't expect to come out of her mouth. Even the innocent ones of this dimension say things like that on occasion it seemed… can't he catch a break?
"No! No! No! I shouldn't be talking like that! I'm sorry!" Asia then shook her head wildly back and forth, which was honestly cute coming from her. "Dear Lord, please forgive my sense of lust and sinful…" She began to put her hands together in prayer but then…
PANG!
"GAAAAAAAAAH!" She suddenly cried out in pain, then sunk to the floor holding her head.
"Asia you ok?" Issei asked.
"I think she just had 6 migraines" Sonic said while pointing to the poor girl.
"I feel like a knife just went through my head!" Asia whined, still feeling the pain.
"Right. I forgot to mention this earlier, God isn't very receptive to the prayers of Devils." Rias said.
"Oh… I see…" Asia said, sounding a little depressed. The pain from her migraine also started to go away, allowing her to stand up again. "Guess He's a little mad at me from becoming one, huh?" She added, her expression a little cloudy.
"But how to you feel about it though? Do you regret it?" Rias asked kindly.
"No. Not at all. I'm very grateful." Asia said, the cloudy expression now gone and she sounded very happy. "The best part is, I can be close with Issei and Sonic again, no matter what I am, just like we promised!" She added, then looked at Sonic still on the sofa and walked over to him, holding out a pinky after approaching him. Sonic got the message after a moment of shock, and got out his own pinky with his signature grin, and held it out to her as well, where they both wrapped them around the other.
Issei couldn't help but blush at Asia's statement. It was a huge compliment. Rias also gave a faint smile. "Good. Of course, from now on, you serve me. I actually do have some work you and Issei can start doing together soon."
"I'll do my best!" The former Sister said, enthusiastically after ending the pinky-thing with Sonic. This was also around the time Sonic and Issei finally took notice of what the former holy sister was wearing.
"So uh, what's with the new getup?" Sonic was the first to ask. She was wearing the uniform of Kuoh Academy instead of her normal attire.
"Hehe! What you guys think? They look good on me?" Asia asked, giving a twirl to show off the new outfit. The boys looked very carefully. It certainly suited her. With her own body proportions, while different than Rias, did make the uniform look good on her.
'I'm the luckiest man alive! Another Angel has descended upon this mortal coil! I can already hear all the guys talking about her!' Issei thought, well aware of the irony of his statement. "You look great! We gotta take a picture together later!" Issei said.
"A-Ah! Okay!" Asia was too cute; getting flustered by Iseei's suggestion.
The Red Dragon then chuckled in his mind. 'Once Matsuda and Motohama see that, their gonna lose their shit!' That sounded fun to Issei, and best if all, this time it won't be erased by a crazy chick. The jealous faces they gave Raynare/Yuma would eventually be repeated.
"Since when were you enrolled?" Sonic asked, not that he was complaining or anything, but he felt like he missed something. He thought Asia didn't go to school.
"I've decided she'll also be attending our school. Starting tomorrow, she'll be in Issei's class. My father works on the school board, so getting her through as a transfer wasn't an issue." Rias told them.
Sonic perked up upon hearing that bit of information. "So… your dad's a Devil too right?" He asked.
"Of course." Rias said.
With that in mind, Sonic assumed that in addition to being Rias' territory, it must also be Rias' dads by extension. "And you didn't think of calling him, why?" He asked, as of what he thought was correct, then why didn't Rias' just get her dad involved?
Rias gave a small frown. "He's a very busy man."
"Too busy to protect his own territory?" Sonic asked. With that statement, Rias' frown deepened, causing Issei to begin feeling a sense of dread. Oh no…
Kiba and Koneko walked in from the main office doors, and Akeno appeared from a door connected from the next room over pushing a cart with a large pastry on it.
Kiba: Good after…
Akeno: Oh! Everyone's…
They trailed off, none of them could finish their sentences as they appeared to have walked in at a bad time. Sonic and Rias were in the middle of another argument. Both of them were talking over each other and cutting each other off, so it wasn't fully clear exactly what they were saying. You'd think after helping each other out on one occasion, then had a little fight, but then toyed with the enemy together; that would cause them to become closer… apparently asking a carefree Hedgehog and a refined Devil to coexist and get along for more than 30 seconds was easier said than done.
Asia slowly looked over to Issei. "Um… does this happen often?" She asked. Issei just groaned.
"Uh… Sonic?" Issei tried getting their attention, but they continued to argue.
"President?" It was Akeno's turn, but even she wasn't successful at getting them to stop. Both Akeno and Issei looked at one another, then looked back in the direction of the argument before taking a breath in and…
Issei and Akeno: SONIC!/RIAS!
"WHAT!" The Hedgehog and Red Devil said at the same time, their heads close together as they snapped in the direction of the person(s) who called them with aggravation on their faces. Upon seeing them, Sonic and Rias slowly began to calm down, realizing what just happened, and they kinda felt embarrassed about it.
"… I, got the cake…" Akeno said, slowly pointing to the item on the cart she was pushing. It was a beautifully decorated one too, with Welcome Asia Argento - Issei Hyoudou written on it.
After standing still for a moment, Rias was the first to back off from Sonic and stand straight up due to the size difference, clearing her throat afterward. Sonic backed off too, except rubbed his head/quills with closed eyes. You can tell they were both embarrassed by being called out.
"*Ahem*… Yes, of course." Rias said, walking towards the rest of the group, Sonic following after.
"This is my life now…" Issei sighed. Boy, this was gonna be a LONG year…
(AN: End Music.)
From outside the window of the ORC on a branch, was a red bird-like creature looking into said window, its blue eyes having seen everything that went on.
"Hehehehe… isn't that a sweet, happy ending?" The bird appeared to say, but as we zoom into its eyes, we see several new forms in a darkened room. 14 girls were sitting or standing around a single man on a long sofa, the one who actually spoke. He was tall and handsome, looking to be no more than his 20's with short blond hair and dark blue eyes. His wore a burgundy blazer with matching pants and black dress shoes. Underneath his open blazer is a white dress shirt that is not fully buttoned, revealing impressive abs.
There was one more girl, but she wasn't part of the group. She was standing away from them, outside the doorway. She is was a beautiful young girl with dark blue eyes like the man in the room, except her blond hair was long and tied into twintails with large, drill-like curls. She wore a light purple dress with dark purple accents and a blue bow at the front. And in the back of that, three feather-like extensions mimicking a bird's tail protruded from the dress, giving her a bird-like appearance.
Unlike the mans smug grin, she instead had a look of genuine concern on her face even as she looked away.
As we zoom closer to this man, while his body was covered by some of the girls, we could still see him smirk evilly straight ahead, as if to the reader. As he continued to chuckle, the camera then pans a bit downward, showing an object in his hand. It was a small, yet brilliant-cut yellow diamond of some sort; housed inside and connected to a necklace that was cage-like, this item holding the gemstone close to its apparent owner.
It was weird, but a strange and unexplainable humming sound seemed to be coming from the gem the man was holding, and it also appeared to give off light somehow in this darkened room. The glow steadily got brighter, then dimmed again; this cycle repeating itself endlessly… almost like a heartbeat…
Well, kids. It's finally the end if this arc after a full year. Not the end of the story of course, just the first half of the first season. And what an incredible ride it was. I'll be back again some time, but I seriously need a good break. After pouring so much time and effort in, as well as my heart and soul to make this the best story it could possibly be. Of course, it also wouldn't have been possible without your help and support, so I thank you all for sticking by this story for so long... seriously. I can't thank you all enough. I'll return to this story soon, and then we can continue the journey... no Copyright Law in the Universe is gonna stop us!
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AFTER CREDITS SCENE
One week ago…
It was sunset, giving off a romantic setting... until sparks started crackling in the sky.
FLASH!
Sonic began falling from the sky! Once he began to realize this, he tried flapping his arms wildly like a crazy bird, but it didn't work and then just continued to fall.
On the ground…
STAB!
"GACK!"
Raynare managed to stab Issei in the side of his abdomen, the spear going right through his body. The spear vanished after it was used, and while the wound wasn't fatal, it DEFINITELY hurt. Clutching his side, Issei 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. Your a sweet kid, but it's too dangerous to let you l..." said Raynare, forming another spear to deliver the final strike...
Sonic: WAAAAAAAAAAAH!
SPLASH!
Raynare stopped talking due to hearing a yell and splash from the fountain behind her. Looking behind her, she saw Sonic, blowing water out of his mouth cartoon-style. Hopping out of the fountain, he shook back and forth to get the water out of his fur. In doing so, he became fluffy. Not liking the look, he shook again, getting back to normal. "Ugh, if I had a Ring for everytime..." Sonic began, but that's when he noticed Raynare and Issei a few feet in front of him.
In the blink of her eyes and feeling a strong breeze out of nowhere, Raynare was left alone in the park with a small puddle of her "boyfriends" blood. She blinked twice, processing what just happened, as she noticed a blue blur dash away.
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"... HEY! GET BACK HERE WITH MY BOYFRIEND!" She yelled, taking flight and chasing after the blue being.
The camera does something different this time. Instead of flipping to Sonic and Issei like it did before, it instead slowly zoomed out form the park, allowing an aerial view of what's going on. We then see explosions of light from the city (due to Raynare's light spears, as she's chasing Sonic at this point) and as that occurs for a bit… a MASSIVE metal ship obscures sight for a second before it passes by! This spaceship was flying, but it was rapidly losing altitude, heading straight for the earth! In the cockpit, alarms were flaring; and WARNING, ERROR, and DANGER were flashing on several monitors. The ship moved back and forth, trying to regain the lost altitude, but it was no use. They were on a crash course!
Inside the cockpit; a round man was in a red suit that was being stretched out due to his massive belly, and was moving around on a chair, pressing buttons and inputing command via keyboards, desperately trying get the airship back into the sky. But no matter what he did, it didn't appear to be working. All he kept getting were error messages. "Nrgh! Why didn't I just apply for a college professor?!" He complained, stilling trying to regain control of his ship before it crashed.
BOOM!
Suddenly, an explosion occurred on one of its small wings before it broke off and fell from the sky, wear it will hopefully not land on anyone or anything important. This didn't appear to unbalance the ship too badly, as it still had some level of stability, but this did make it harder to control the aircrafts trajectory.
"Eggman, sir! We're already 20 thousand feet above sea level!" Said the man's Orb-shaped robotic minion, also calling out his creators name and was worried about the situation. He'd normally make sarcastic responses, but with his and his masters life in danger, now wasn't a good time. The robot was also doing things to try and get the ship back in the air, but even his input into the system wasn't working… and they were STILL dropping! If they can't get back in the air soon, they were in for a rough landing.
A cube-shaped robot then floated beside Eggman's head. "Hey, boss! Why not just land in that large pile of snow?" It asked.
"What large pile of snow?" Asked the orb-robot.
"That one." said the cube-robot, pointing out of the cockpit. They all looked out to see that in fact, a white object was coming into. They all began to calm down a bit, as a soft snow pile that large could perhaps save them…
Until they also saw it was connected to a large mountain.
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Then all 3 screamed in unison comically, the two small robots hugging each side of their masters face by his neck, making all 3 of them bunch together. Alarms were still flaring, as they saw they quickly became closer to the ground and the forest below with each passing second. At only 5 thousand feet to spare, with even that fading fast, there was only one thing to do…
Eggman: BRACE!
CRASH!
Upon impact, the ship began sliding along the earth, making the crew bounce. As the ship kept moving, they continued to bounce like when you drive over several speed humps. The ship began snapping the tallest trees even before impact was made due to its mass, also disturbing the local wildlife and the forest floor as it slid across, dirt and such being spread out as it traveled towards the mountain. Various animals like birds, squirrels, bunnies, etc.; were jumping and flying away, chirping and squeaking as the random ship scared the hell outta them as it shot straight through their home(s). They didn't wanna get run over like roadkill on a highway.
The ship continued to slide, it still continuing on its collision course. The large slab of rock got close and closer, and it looked it was about to be the end of the infamous mad scientist…
The ship slowed down, and by the time it reached the large rock, its nose stopped literally inches away from tapping the mountain. The ship was almost practically kissing it. The trio inside was silent and stared out in shock, their eyes wide at what just happened.
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POOF!
A delayed airbag inflated in Eggman's face. "Great Scott!" The cube-robot said, his voice chip malfunctioning again, this time sounding like a nutty scientist from the 80's.
XXX
Some minutes later; after calming down, getting their bearings and cleaning up the mess (with brooms, dustpans, etc.; all of them dressed in aprons) that was made from crash-landing; the trio addressed the situation. "That should do it. Orbot! Status report!" Said Eggman, taking of his apron.
Orbot went over to a monitor (his own apron already removed) and did as was asked, tapping in codes for the computer to bring up a diagram of the ship. When that was done, several parts of the ship lit up in red, signifying they were damaged or out of commission.
"Fuel supply is fine; but it would appear all weapons and shields are down, several internal drives scrambled, scanners and trackers are shot, 3 thrusters exploded, 4 playrooms gone, 9 kitchens destroyed… and missing one wing." The orb-shaped robot, Orbot said.
Eggman pondered in thought. With all that damage, they weren't going anywhere anytime soon. "Hmm… I suppose that makes sense. Considering how much Chaos Energy was released from the Chaos Emeralds and…" he suddenly stopped and realized it, then panicked (his eyes must've widened behind his goggles). The Chaos Emeralds! "GAH! MY EMERALDS!" He quickly looked around, but there was not a single miracle gemstone in sight. He rushed over to the control panel, and input more commands, but once again just got error messages. The poor doc just stared at the screen… he had them… they were right in his grasp… and he lost them.
"I already tried that. Apparently the massive burst of Chaos Energy was too much for the systems to handle, including our trackers" Orbot said.
Eggman still sat there. This was just great! He master plan (despite having over 100's of them already) had failed, and now his with his ships instruments completely dead, he had no way of tracking down those 7 treasures. It was strange that the Emeralds had used so much power at once, as they never done that before unless someone(s) harnessed they're power. It was like a level of Chaos Energy that no one had ever seen before.
"I can't believe it," Eggman said. "This plan was perfect! It had no flaws at all!… But just like everything else, it goes up in smoke!" He added, punching his fist on the console when he said 'smoke'.
Boom-hissss!
And that caused smoke to erupt from the damaged technology, right in Eggman's face. He just sat there, seemingly annoyed. Cubot (his apron too also off) was doing his own thing, looking under stuff and floating around; probably looking for the aforementioned Emeralds, but noticed his masters face was dirty. "… towel?" The loyal robot asked, his voice now fixed again, and was also handing his creator a white towel.
Eggman slowly turned his head to Cubot, who was still holding out the towel kindly. "… no… I actually want this all over my face, because it keeps my skin nice and moisturized." Eggman said, trying VERY hard not to yell, also talking slowly through his teeth.
"Oh, that's good. Nice to hear you take such good care of your aging skin" Cubot said, completely unaware of the obvious sarcasm Eggman has used. This just made the 300 IQ doctor angrier, him growling as it got slowly louder.
"GIVE ME THAT TOWEL, YOU DUNDERHEAD!" Eggman snapped and snatched the towel from the poor robot. The robot himself retreating into a smaller closed-cube form of himself after being yelled at, bouncing on the floor a few times as he did so. Eggman then wiped the soot off his face.
"This is just as I was saying earlier. If you would have worked to find the Chaos Emeralds first, Sonic wouldn't have been able to destroy most of the ship. This in turn also wouldn't have forced us to run away in panic and trap him instead." Orbot began to say, making Eggman look up from wiping his face and look down at the red talking sphere. "But it appeared by trapping him anyway, it caused a reaction in the Emeralds, causing him and the Emeralds to warp away, and now because of that explosion of Chaos Energy: we almost crashed into a mountain, could have died, and now have no idea where we are." Orbot continued, pointing out many flaws in Eggman's supposed 'perfect' scheme.
GRAB!
Eggman clutched the top of Orbots head hard, and slowly lifted the small robot up so they were looked at each other. The doc may have been smiling, but Orbot closed himself in a similar fashion as Cubot did.
"Then why don't you go outside," Eggman said kindly and calmly, then also began pulling his arm back, the one that held Orbot. His smile also slowly faded and his expression returned to its previous frown. "And do some rock-CONNAISSANCE!"
THROW! SHATTER!
Upon saying "connaissance", Orbot was thrown out the window with a whistling sound, his creator not caring about the cockpit or its windshield at this point. Orbot ended up hitting the mountain, but then bounced off it like a ball off a wall. He headed back for the ship, but bounced off it too and back to the mountain. This reoccurred several times in a row like a game of Pong, the orb-shaped minion traveling downward due to gravity, hitting between the mountain and ship back and forth until he finally hit the forest floor (due to the ships size, this continued for quite a bit). As Orbot opened back up and rubbed his own head as he stood up (despite lacking legs), a hatch on the ship above him opened up, then a claw-like appendage grabbed him and lifted him into the air. Orbot did squirm a bit, but it was shown to be Eggman in his Egg Mobile, with the doctor using the claw to drop the small bot into the vehicle with him. They flew away from the ship, seeing as it was no use to them right now.
"Alright… new situation: crash-landed in a forest, no Chaos Emeralds, barely any resources or supplies…" Eggman began, them grumbled with: "No idea where, or when we are…" Eggman said, theorizing perhaps the Chaos-induced explosion was a possible occurrence of Chaos Control. At the moment with the instruments on the main ship down, this could be either somewhere on Mobius or a different timeline altogether for all he knew. "Along with no apparent way back home…" He said, then perked up a few seconds later and leaned forward with his left hand over his right cheek towards you. "We'll get back before Christmas… HOOOOOO! HO-HO-HO-HO-HOOOOOO!" Eggman smiled his signature smile, then laughed with his head thrown back, and continued to do so as the Egg Mobile and its passengers flew out of the forest and towards the city.
The scene then closes with Eggman's symbol shrinking on the screen, turning it all black.
End of Season 1 - Raynare Arc