Adventures of the Orange Flash
Chapter 51: Partying up Tonight
Blaze along with Milla, Wendy, Cream and Cheese were currently walking along a dirt road through a partially mountainous area in search of Sonic and Naruto though the feline was more inclined in searching for the Sol Emeralds while the rest are having a conversation about something else.
"Are there herbs growing in that flower garden too?" asked Milla.
"Yeah, I remember that there are a few I saw," Cream affirmed.
"Maybe we could go over there and pick them for our potions," said Wendy.
Blaze heard what they said and was quick to speak "We're not going since I'm not in the mood for touring,"
"Awwww…," the girls whined in disappointment.
Blaze then settled back to her thoughts "If the Sol Emeralds are lost, my world shall be as well. I sense it's already affecting this world and yet the people I've told here, they don't seem to be very concerned,"
"Isn't that Knuckles over there?" asked Milla, looking ahead of them.
"It is him, I'll go and bring him over to introduce to Blaze!" said Cream before scampering off.
"W-Wait!" Blaze attempted to stop the rabbit but she was already gone "Sheesh, I feel like a babysitter but still, I haven't gotten lost thanks to her and the others," she took out a blue Sol Emerald and looked at it "I only need to find the last four Sol Emeralds. Once I have them, I can let them go,"
They soon caught up with Cream and Knuckles with the latter greeting her "Hey Cream, it's been a while,"
"Uh, who is this guy?" asked Blaze.
"That's Knuckles. He's a tough guy, but he isn't very bright," Cream answered.
"What?!" Knuckles glared at Cream for the statement.
"I don't think you should have said that," said Wendy with a sweatdrop.
"Either Cream isn't very bright herself or is too honest," thought Blaze.
"So, aren't you going to introduce me?" asked Knuckles.
"Oh, this is my new friend Blaze!" said Cream happily.
Knuckles looked towards the feline and couldn't help but frown "Why do you look so suspicious…what's that you're holding?"
"Hmm…!" Blaze held the Sol Emerald away, feeling rather wary of the question asked.
"I sense a familiar power... Do you have Chaos Emeralds?" asked Knuckles.
"Chaos Emeralds? Are there gems here akin to the Sol Emeralds?" thought Blaze in surprise.
"How'd you get them anyhow? Regardless, here's some friendly advice. Give them to Sonic for safekeeping. But if you can't find him then Naruto is the next best choice,"
"Is Knuckles saying that the Sol Emeralds are like the Chaos Emeralds?" asked Milla confusedly.
"I don't really know," said Wendy.
"Here's another person saying I should find Sonic or Naruto. Who on earth are they?" Blaze frowned in response "I don't have any Chaos Emeralds! Go look elsewhere for them,"
"What?! Don't lie to me! You must have Chaos Emeralds. I can sense their power here!" Knuckles saw Blaze run off and pursued her "Wait!"
"Grr...I've wasted too much time on him, already!" Blaze stopped suddenly then grabbed Knuckles whilst using his momentum to spin around and throw him into the side of a mountain much to his shock.
"W-What this?!" the echidna slammed into the mountain wall and ended up getting buried underneath some rocks.
"Let's go!" Blaze ran off with the others following after her in haste.
"Wait for us!" Cream called after her.
"Knuckles isn't going to be very happy when he gets out of there," said Milla.
Wendy nodded in agreement "Not in the very least,"
Naruto and the team finally arrived at the aforementioned city but it was getting late as the sun had long since set and it's as if the city woke up due to lots of neon and bright lights illuminating the very atmosphere, it pretty much reminds Naruto of Balloon Park Zone.
"It seems like there's a night festival going on," said Nicole as she scoped out the area.
"It looks like fun," Spicy commented.
"True but we can't let ourselves be distracted, it's gonna be tricky to find Blaze and the girls around here since the city itself is full of the hustle and bustle right now," said Naruto.
"We could search through one district at a time," Nicole suggested.
"That could work, a bit better compared to running around blindly like a chicken with its head cut off…no offense to all chickens out there though," Naruto went down on one knee with his back to Spicy "Hop on Spicy-chan, time to begin our search,"
"Okay Naruto," Spicy climbed onto Naruto's back and held on tightly.
The trio looked at each other silently before nodding in an inaudible agreement and took off down the road to begin their search for Blaze or Eggman Nega should he make an appearance here in the city.
Music Start: Sonic Rush - Original Groove Rush; Ska Cha Cha
Naruto and co were dashing up and down the sprawling path before zipping up an upward guiding loop then boosted through a dash panel to run up a ramped wall and leapt off at the end into the air to grab onto a rope which looks like a string of spheres attached together with a yellow handle at one end and hung from a large green sphere hovering in the air. He swung from it to land on the next point and moved on to grind along dual colored neon as a rail which curved upwards to a level overhead then through a shuttle loop to running down a steep vertical path to the bottom where he launched into the air from a dash ramp to get across a gap to the other side.
The blonde kitsune and kit landed atop a pink switch which seemed to activate a green moving platform made out of hardlight, they got atop the platform to the other side and quickly got off before it disappeared. They ran along to the edge and leapt off to run down the wall to the bottom and through a shuttle loop to a tall wall where they came across a spring different from the ones they usually encounter.
"Nicole-chan, any idea how this spring works?" asked Naruto.
Nicole hovered forward and scanned the gimmicks for a second before speaking "This happens to be a Spring Block, it charges up energy when you step on the spring with a crouch then it propels you high into the air right as you jump. It is unique to this city according to the database,"
"Thanks for the info, Nicole," said Naruto gratefully.
Nicole smiled fondly in response "Anytime, Naruto,"
Naruto jumped atop the Spring Block for his weight to trigger the mechanism and charged up before being propelled high into the air with a boosted jump to reach up to the upper level and went through a rainbow ring to be propelled even higher whilst performing an air trick midair. He came across an Egg Pawn appearing as a bunny with a green color scheme and bouncing around on a pogo stick which saw them and moved in to attack but Naruto dashed forward and performed a flying kick to take it down before resuming his run as he dashed forward once more and grabbed onto a ride which spiraled forward in a corkscrew to the other end.
The blonde kitsune dropped down a few levels to the edge of a long gap then turned round to find another pink switch on a wall which he pushed to activate a blue hardlight construct of a grind rail for them to slide along over the gap and through a shuttle loop to bounce off a blue cymbal-like spring into the air. They reached up to a ceiling overhead to see yet another pink switch, Naruto made to use a move to reach it when Spicy actually jumped off his back to hit the switch and activate another hardlight platform for them to land on with her returning to his back.
Naruto looked over his shoulder to smirk at Spicy "Pretty gutsy move there, Spicy-chan,"
"I just wanted to help," said Spicy with a shy smile.
"The little kit seems to be gaining more confidence as time goes with you," said Kurama, receiving a mental nod from the blonde kitsune.
The duo got off the platform only to encounter several more Egg Bunnies, this time Kou and Yoru were the ones to initiate the first move as the Hero Chao flew forward at high-speed whilst radiating a white aura to resemble a comet as it barreled through several Badniks, the Dark Chao also radiated a black aura and shaped it into a beast's head with large jaws which chomped on the remaining robots. Naruto moved on to grind along a neon rail to launching off a dash ramp for a few air tricks before landing on the next pathway which steeply to the point of running upside down before straightening out horizontally.
Naruto hopped onto a Spring Block and charged it enough to leap upwards to an upper level for Spicy to jump again and hit another pink switch on a ceiling to activate a hardlight rail to ride along downwards to the end. The duo dashed uphill and through a downward guiding shuttle loop to speed downhill where they heard a rumbling sound and looked behind to see a giant purple ball with an Eggman logo on it rolling after them in pursuit.
"Aaaah! It's a giant ball!" Spicy cried out in fear.
"Ugh, this is why I hate Mondays," Naruto groaned as he ran and was gradually pulling away.
"At this point, we'd be used to this," said Kurama writing on a list with a pen held in one of his tails.
Naruto channeled chakra to his feet for a burst of speed then suddenly launched off the dash ramp into the air for the giant purple ball to fall to the abyss below then he shot jets of foxfire from the soles of his feet to propel himself backwards to the path and took an alternate route further down in the opposite direction, he leapt off the edge of the path to swing from one rope to the other to cross over the gap below. He ran up a ramped wall to land on a Spring Block and used it to ascend further up to the next level, there was a block barring their path so Naruto enhanced his muscles with chakra and pushed it with one hand through the narrow path to the end and jumped over it.
Naruto used the momentum of his speed to trigger the spiraling ride to carry him over to the other side, he dashed up the uphill path then bounced off a blue spring to the top where he boosted off a dash panel to go through an giant inverse loop straight into a giant downward guiding shuttle loop to drop down to a path below, he ran up a ramped wall to stepped on a switch before quickly getting on a hardlight platform to carry them over to the other end. He continued down the path and used a Rasengan to smash through several fragile walls before swinging along the ropes then jumping across hovering platforms which began to fall when he stood on them until safely reaching the other side.
Music End
"So far we still haven't caught sight of either Eggman Nega or Blaze and the girls," said Naruto with a small frown.
"Perhaps we should head down to the streets and ask around for information," Nicole suggested.
"You're on to something there Nicole-chan, just hoping we find someone who can help us with what we're looking for,"
There was the sound of wings flapping then a feminine voice familiar to both Naruto and Nicole "Oh my, I thought that orange blur running through the city was familiar," they turned around and were surprised to see who it is.
"Rouge!" Naruto exclaimed; indeed, it was Rouge the Bat whom he hadn't seen since the tournament.
"It's been a while since we last met," said Rouge with a sultry smile, making the kitsune feel awkward.
"Not long enough," Nicole grumbled to herself as she floated close to Naruto whilst glaring at Rouge.
"So, what brings you all here along with a new friend?" asked Rouge.
"We're looking for Eggman along with someone else," said Naruto.
"So, you're looking for the doctor eh? I might have seen him,"
"Really, could you tell us where you last saw him?"
"I would…but only if you do me a small favor in return for the info," said Rouge thoughtfully.
"What exactly is this favor?" Nicole inquired, hoping this doesn't affect Naruto negatively.
"Now now, no need to be all motherly," said Rouge getting a scowl from the Holo-lynx "Only a minor assistance to take down a drug lord,"
"A d-drug lord? That sounds dangerous," said Spicy worriedly.
"Maybe so, but I doubt this will be difficult for a strong fox like Naruto here,"
"How did you know about this drug lord?" asked Nicole.
"Well aside from being a freelance treasure hunter, I am also an agent on loan for the Guardian Units of Nations. They hired me for the job and since you're here, I figured that I could use some help to solve this quicker than I originally planned," Rouge explained.
"So, I scratch your back then you scratch mine then?" asked Naruto.
"Indeed, though I wouldn't mind a massage instead of a scratch," said Rouge with a wink, causing Naruto to blush at what she was insinuating and Kurama was even chuckling at his partner's reaction.
"No time for sidetracks, what is this mission of yours about?" Nicole wrapped her arms around one of Naruto's arms with a glare.
"According to intel, there's a nightclub in this city which has a massive number of visitors and ever increasing to the point that reservations were paid ahead of time. The club is run by a mafia thug by the name Ebony Hare who is the owner and has been selling a drug called Lemon Sundrop Dandelion. I acquired a sample while under an alias from the club and took it to the lab for testing, we found out that it is highly addictive and an overdose can kill the consumer. All I need to do now is capture Ebony Hare and his supplier as they will be restocking on the drug this night,"
"Accosting the lives of many for the sake of acquiring money…we'll help even if it wasn't a favor," said Naruto with determination.
"How noble of you, although you can't bring your little friend along for the fun," said Rouge.
"I know…," Naruto bent down to place Spicy next to him then created a shadow clone "…my clone will look after you while the others and I go and bust up this operation,"
Spicy nodded in understanding "Okay but please be careful,"
"We'll be fine, Spicy," said Nicole assuredly "So which way to the nightclub?"
"I've already sent the coordinates to your ECG-X gloves, though I suggest that we hurry over there," said Rouge.
Naruto projected a Holoscreen from one of the gloves to display the map to plot a route to the marked location before sending it away "Alright everyone, let's get a move on," he took off with Nicole and Rouge following after him.
Music Start: Sonic Rush - Original Groove Rush; Ska Cha Cha (Blazy Mix)
Naruto leapt off from a building above to land on the pathway before taking off at high-speed as he launched off a dash ramp and somersaulted across the gap to land at the other side to go through a shuttle loop to dropping through an opening but not before hitting a switch on the wall to land atop a hardlight moving platform to carry him across to the next route. The kitsune went on press yet another switch to activate small blue hardlight platforms which he used to ascend to the upper level "Kitsune Spiral Dash!" he immediately performed his spin dash to barrel through several Egg Pawn Bunnies then smashed through some walls to grab onto a Spiraling ride to cross to the next area.
The blonde kitsune boosted off a dash panel to dash up a ramped wall through an upward guiding loop to ascend another ramped wall and launched himself in the air to grab onto a rope to swing to the next path, a pair of Egg Pawn Bunnies charged towards them on their pogo sticks "Static Bomb!" Nicole quickly intercepted by tossing a blue pixelated orb which unleashed a discharge to make the Badniks spasm in paralysis "Data Drain!" she thrusted her hands forward for streams of pixelated data to emerge from the robots and were absorbed into her before collapsing to the ground with a metallic clang. Nicole looked over her shoulder to smirk at Rouge who waved a hand as if saying 'So-So' at how she fought with the Holo-Lynx snarling in anger.
Naruto leapt up to grind along a neon rail over a gap and stepped on a switch before dropping through an opening ahead to land on an activated hardlight rail to grind on as well then speeding through a shuttle loop as the path suddenly curved downwards with him running upside down before flipping off to land upright on the path below. He ran to the end to grab onto a rope and swung over to the other side. Naruto triggered his Swift Release for a burst of speed to smash through several walls but ended up running off an edge and dropping down a few levels with the lights around him suddenly dimming.
"Okay who turned down the lights?" Naruto activated his Aura Sight and moved on but stopped at the end of the path and looked around to see a switch on wall emitting a yellow aura which he pressed, causing the place to light up and hardlight platforms to materialize for him to use to cross over the gap then use a Spring Block to launch himself high into the air and was propelled further by going through a rainbow ring to the upper level where the area is well lit so he deactivated his Aura Sight.
The blonde kitsune ran up a ramped wall which curved in and out in an S-Pattern before running down a steep hill with a giant purple ball rolling behind him in pursuit, he launched off a dash ramp to escape before landing atop a switch then stepping upon a hardlight moving platform which elevated upwards. Naruto caught sight of a switch ahead and created a Shadow Clone to press it to make hardlight platforms to appear overhead, he waited till he was high enough to jump towards them and reach up to the upper level. He boosted off a dash panel to zip through a downhill shuttle loop then smashed through several walls before bouncing off a set of diagonal springs to reach to the top and dashed downhill with yet another giant purple ball rolling after him but he was able to pull away from it.
"Just a little more and we'll reach the nightclub!" said Nicole, having taken a glance at the GPS on the Holoscreen.
"Alright then," Naruto switched to his Celestial Aspect as a white halo hovers above Naruto's head and starlight sparkles around him "Light Speed!" he proceeded to absorb the light energy from the neon lights around him, transforming into a being of white light before taking off with white afterimages trailing behind him. Everything around Naruto was a blur of colors before he skidded to a stop at the edge of a tall building and looked down to see the target of their side objective.
Music End
Down below is a building with a large blue neon sign saying 'The Vibe' and he could see numerous limos and other luxurious vehicles going in and dropping off obviously rich people without a need to tell by the clothes and high-grade ornaments that they wear. He heard the flapping of wings and turned to see Rouge and Nicole catch up to him.
"Did you have to go so fast?" asked Nicole.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "Sorry about that, I guess my instincts took over at that point since I wasn't carrying Spicy-chan at the moment,"
"You certainly don't waste any time," said Rouge with her hands on her hips.
"Well you did say that the resupply could happen at any time so of course we'll need to get here quickly," Naruto responded.
"So where would the resupply occur? I don't think they would risk doing it so close to here," Nicole.
"Hmmmm…Aura Sight!" Naruto's vision turned to monochromatic and looked down once more, he saw many blue auras but then he saw several red auras to represent his enemies, Naruto caught sight of a yellow aura moving through the building and recalled Tetsuo telling him that the yellow aura represents targets or objects of interest "I'm guessing that's Ebony Hare whom Rouge was talking about," he kept a lock on his target as he moved through the building and exited it to get into a black limo and was being followed by an unmarked delivery truck "Come on, Ebony Hare's most likely heading over to the meeting place,"
"Very well then," said Rouge.
The trio followed the vehicles from the rooftops while making sure to keep them within their sights and avoid being seen by them, they soon arrived at the docks and hid amongst the cargo containers. The vehicles soon parked at a wide-open space with stacked cargo containers bordering the area and at the other end is a black sedan with an unmarked delivery van parked as well.
Stepping out of the limo is a Mobian rabbit with black fur, wearing a brown suit jacket with matching trousers and a fedora hat, golden chain around his neck, a pair of black shoes, and a pair of black sunglasses. Naruto could tell that this is their target Ebony Hare.
At the other end, someone else was exiting from their black sedan; reveling to be a Mobian rat with brown fur as he dons a cyan business suit, a red tie with diagonal black stripes, a pair of cobalt blue shoes, and was twirling a golden cane in hand.
"Who's that?" asked Naruto.
"That's Renfield T. Rodent, he's known to be in charge of several criminal organizations according to GUN," said Rouge.
"Nicole-chan, can you record the transaction as evidence before we bust the operation?"
"I'm already doing so as well as taking pictures as well," said Nicole with her eyes glowing slightly and moving a small Holoscreen with her hand towards the thugs taking out kegs from the delivery van to the other they followed from the nightclub.
"It's a pleasure doing business with you as usual," said Renfield with his ever-present smile.
"No biggie, we're both making a profit out of this; your drug makes the customers come back for more even if it kills them and I get to fill up my pockets and bags with moolah without me lifting a finger," said Ebony Hare with a smile of greed.
"Of course, it's nothing more than simply business,"
They were just about to shake hands when something whizzed in between them and struck the ground with a metallic thunk, then they turned to look at the ground and saw a knife with a diamond-shaped blade. This triggered the thugs to stand protectively around the crime lords with their firearms at the ready to attack the one who threw the knife at them. they heard a thump and turned to see a fox, bat, lynx and Chao approach them with frowns on their faces.
"Who are you?" asked Ebony, frowning behind his sunglasses.
"A group of people that don't like what you're doing and are about to put a stop to it," Naruto replied.
"Now that won't do, such intentions would be bad for business," said Renfield.
"What you see as business is killing innocent people!" said Nicole with a glare.
"Not to mention, GUN has its sights set on you two. I find this quite fortunate as I now have a chance gain a bonus," said Rouge.
"You think you lot can simply walk in here and stop us? I think not," Ebony snapped his fingers "Kill those three!"
Music Start: Dragon Ball FighterZ OST; Planet Namek Stage
The thugs opened fire with their assaults rifles and handguns but Nicole quickly moved in front of the trio and held her hands forward to projected a blue translucent dome of pixelated energy deflect the incoming barrage of bullets, Naruto channeled chakra into the ECG-X gloves to form a bunch of shuriken in one hand and waited till the thugs ran out of ammo before using his other hand to throw them at high-speed to knock the firearms out of their hands. Rouge flew forward quickly and lashed out with an aerial roundhouse kick to knock several away from her, some of the thugs picked up wooden planks and iron pipes to attack her at close range but the bat proved to be rather agile as she evaded the swings with cartwheels and somersaults then countering with swift kicks to beat them back.
Naruto dashed towards the enemies and performed a straight punch to strike the face of one then spun round to parry a swing from an iron pipe before launching the attacker into the air with a powerful uppercut, he heard the screeching of tires and saw that the crime lords were attempting to make a getaway in their vehicles "I don't think so!" he triggered his Earth Aspect with large rocks floating in the air around him "Terra Mold!" he punched the ground with a fist, causing it to quake then tall walls of earth shot up to block any routes, barring their escape "Terra Dive!" Naruto leapt into the air before burrowing underground, the thugs looked around in confusion when they heard an echoing voice from underground "Earthen Strike Fist!" multiple fists of stone shot out from the ground underneath several thugs to strike with uppercuts, knocking them out before Naruto emerged from the ground with a smirk on his face.
Nicole was also engaging the enemy by using short dashes while hovering in the air and projecting smaller Data Shields around her to deflect guns fired at her and strikes from iron pipes and wooden planks "Shroud of Invisibility!" she immediately turned invisible much to the shock of the thugs who began looking around frantically. They began to be pummeled with strong hits from different directions and tried to strike back only to miss completely. Nicole appeared visible while hovering overhead and raised her hands into the air to create a digital construct of a giant hand and brought it down to slam onto the unsuspecting thugs before dissipating to leave a handprint on the ground "Digital Reflexor!" Nicole constantly fired pixelated bullets which repetitively ricocheted off the floor and cargo containers before striking more thugs.
Rouge saw several thugs about to open fire on her so she quickly tossed a smoke grenade at them for a distraction then took flight to hover above them "Agent Eagle!" she performed a downwards axe kick on one of the enemies' head before flying back up into the air, she repeated the attack on the rest before swiftly descending to the ground "Silent Size!" she lashed with a powerful 180 high kick to send them flying into the nearby cargo containers before laying out on the ground unconscious. She glanced to the side upon hearing the click of a gun and turned to see a thug aiming an assault rifle at her and was about to shoot "Beauty Shock!" she used her voice to unleash an ultrasonic wave to attack, shattering the firearm and knocking the enemy out.
"Those guys are tearing our boys apart, can't you do something about this?!" asked Ebony Hare frantically.
Renfield smiled in response "No worries my friend, I have a backup plan for situations like these," the rat reached into his pocket to bring out a remote control and pressed a button, several cargo containers of varying sizes began being forced opened and the trio turned around and were surprised to see Eggman's Badniks emerge to attack "It pays to have multiple investments,"
Nicole scanned the robots and identified them to be Egg Gunners, Egg Hammers, and there's a new one being a gray robot that has treads to enable movement, it wields two boxes of missile launchers that act as its 'arms' and has a missile launcher on its head.
"The first two I'm familiar with, but who's the new model?" asked Naruto kicking the last thug into the sea before turning to face the next batch of enemies.
"Scanning complete, I've identified it to be the E-14 Sneezer from the E-Series," said Nicole hovering close to Naruto.
"Sneezer? The doctor really needs to work on his naming more," said Rouge.
"Same here, let's take these ones out too," Naruto retook his combat stance as the Badniks approached to attack.
One of the Egg Hammers charged towards Naruto and swing its weapon down on him but Naruto dashed backwards "Kitsune Spiral Dash!" he immediately performed his spin dash to counter, the Egg Hammer quickly the handle of its hammer to block the attack and forcing the kitsune back before swinging the hammer yet again with the Egg Gunners providing support fire "Swift Release: Shadow Dance!" Naruto evaded the incoming attack and took to dodging the Vulcan fired at him at high-speed with his afterimages depicting his actions before appearing in midair and switched to his Air Aspect as the Egg Gunners flew at him to intercept "Wild Tempest Kick!" he formed small tornadoes to formed around his legs then unleashed a combo of speedy kicks with stylish somersaults, destroying the Badniks. He looked down to see the Egg Hammer staring back and smirked "Wind Edge Chop!" Naruto concentrated chakra into his left hand, coating it with sharpened wind and dove at the giant robot with a karate chop. The Egg Hammer attempted to block with the handle like before but Naruto seemed to phased through it and landed on the ground, the blonde kitsune stood up and walked away without a care then he stopped and snapped his fingers with the robot splitting in half and falling apart.
"Digital Barrier!" Nicole formed a shield made out of data to protect against barrage of fire from the Egg Gunners while waiting for them to run out of ammo then swiftly went for the counterattack "Static Bomb!" she tosses an orb which unleashes a discharge which caused the Badniks to malfunction "Digital Projection!" she created multiple spears out of data before launching them to finish the robots off. Her systems suddenly alerted her of the Sneezer having launched a salvo of missiles towards them "I won't let you, EM Hijack!" she sent out an Electromagnetic wave to remotely hack the targeting system of the missiles and had them attack the Egg Gunners to destroy them. Naruto landed next to her with Hazy-Moon in hand after slicing several Badniks along the way.
"Okay Nicole-chan, do you remember that combo we've been practicing?" asked Naruto.
"You wish for us to use it?" asked Nicole, hoping that he'd say yes.
Naruto nodded with a smirk "I believe this scenario calls for it,"
Rouge hovered high in the air after tossing bombs at the Badniks and looked with interest as Naruto triggered his Lightning Aspect with blue bolts of electricity arcs through his body with a majority from his hands and he stood back-to-back with Nicole who crouched slightly to the ground before calling out "Running Executable!" she called forth several streams of data code around her hands and a Holoscreen appeared with numerical data streaming through it, Naruto raised his hands above his head to unleash a blast of electricity to knock the approaching enemies back and both were soon floating on a large energy disc. Naruto called out "Cluster Code!" both he and Nicole twisted in midair to launch a wave of data to attack several Egg Gunners, the Egg Hammers were about to swing their hammers when Nicole called out "Burst Pulse!" they spun round whilst generating a field of rotating geometrically shaped data around them, inflicting a damaging knockback. The duo continues to alternate between Cluster Code and Burst Pulse whenever they want to attack at a range or were surrounded by the Badniks. Suddenly a mass number of geometrically shaped digital cubes materialized around them and Nicole spoke up "Access approved!" the holoscreen disappeared and a circle of data appeared in front of Naruto who raised a hand above his head "Initiating!" he slammed it on the circle, deploying the digital cubes to rapidly fly around in the air and attack the targeted robots to destroy them till there were none left, and the digital energy disc they were floating on dissipated for them to land back on the ground.
Music End
"Well that takes care it," Naruto dusted his hands with a look of satisfaction then he turned to the two now timid crime lords "And now for these two," he calmly approached them with each step striking fear into their after now realizing who he is since they were also watching the tournament which was televised worldwide.
"H-H-Hold on there my friend, I'm sure w-w-we could come down to an agreement about this," said Renfield, waving his hands in a placating manner.
Ebony was nodded rapidly "Y-Yeah, just name the price and you'll get it!"
Naruto placed a hand on his chin with a thoughtful look "Hmmm…sounds interesting, but there's one problem,"
Renfield looked hopeful "What is it?"
Naruto smiled but it was in no way friendly "…you wouldn't be able to afford me no matter how much you got overall," shattering any hope the duo had.
Later on, Naruto and the others have tied up all of the defeated thugs and the two crime lords with the kitsune applying paralysis tags for added measure with Rouge having already called the GUN forces to come over to their location for multiple arrests. Naruto's clone had also come over with Spicy now that everything is over.
"Well now that we've helped you deal with your problem, can you tell us what we need to know?" asked Naruto.
"Sure thing Foxy, I hold up my end of the deal…mostly," said Rouge with a wink.
"I wouldn't hold my breath," thought Nicole.
Rouge was about to speak when her wrist communicator began beeping, forcing her to answer it "This is Agent Rouge,"
[Agent Rouge, we have a dire situation! The GUN Naval Fleet has been hijacked by Doctor Eggman and he's threatening to launch at attack on South Island! Strange thing is, he keeps calling himself Eggman Nega!] a male voice spoke frantically on the comm.
Rouge frowned at this "I read you loud and clear, over and out," she ended the call and turned to see the trio frowning as they had heard everything.
"That sounds like our guys, so we'll head on over to put a stop to this," said Naruto, then he turned to Spicy "Sorry about this Spicy-chan, but you may have to hang back on this one too. This are definitely going to be dangerous this time around,"
Spicy looked disappointed, she really likes being around the nine-tailed kitsune and feels a bit anxious when he's not around but perked up a bit "Okay, please hurry back though,"
Naruto ruffled her hair fondly "I promise,"
"Guess I'll be the one to owe you a favor this time, try not to cash it in too soon," said Rouge with a wink.
"We'll keep that in mind," said Naruto sheepishly "Dragoon!" the glider appeared with a sonic boom and slowed to a hover before him "Catch ya later," the blonde Kitsune hopped on with Nicole returning to the S.A.C for a recharge before taking off at high-speed.
"Now he's gone, perhaps I could ask those two if they have anything shiny before being carted off to prison," said Rouge with a giggle before walking off to do just that.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Blaze and her friends continue the journey to search for the Sol Emeralds when they encountered Knuckles and a misunderstanding occurred between them which resulted in the echidna being buried under rubble by mistake. Elsewhere Naruto and co had arrived in the city searching for Blaze or Eggman, they ran into Rouge the Bat who offered information return with assistance to apprehend a criminal. After a successful operation, the trio learnt of Eggman Nega taking control of a naval fleet and are now making their way over there to stop him. What else is going on here? Stay tuned for the next chapter.
Ebony 'Downtown' Hare and Renfield T. Rodent are villains originating from the Knuckles the Echidna comics Issues 13 to 15
The Egg Gunners are from the Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 game
E-14 Sneezer is from the Sonic X show.
The combination done by Naruto and Nicole is the Limit attack performed by Sora and Tron from Kingdom Hearts 2
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