Sonic

Chapter 21
Tommy's Quest for More Shards
Evil vs Evil

*At the Tendo's*

Akane sat on the back patio looking up at the stars. Kasumi was tidying things up, and everyone else had turned in early at 11pm. Akane stared at the moon when Kasumi had finished her chores and came outside with Akane, "I'm glad things have turned back to normal," she said. Akane turned to Kasumi and smiled, "Yea, now we can all get some peace and quiet," she said. Kasumi smiled back and began to walk back inside, "I'm going to bed now, don't stay up to late Akane," she said.

Akane looked back at the stars, glaring at the moon. She was a bit troubled about recent things, as questions swarmed through her head; "Why did these strange things start happening? Who where the two figures in red cloaks? How did Emeral for fill her promise to Happosai who doesn't even remember the other part of the deal? How did Emeral and Joe know about the discs? And why do I blush at the sight of Emeral?" Looking at the pond, Akane got up and decided to go for a walk around the block.

As Akane passed Emeral's house, she noticed newly grown flowers around the house, and a soft green grass where there was once dirt. She walked into the yard and felt the flowers that were near the gate into their yard. There were daisy's; red, white, and pink roses; tulips; and carnation's dispersed on soft patches of ground that had been laid out by the fence and house. "How did they do this within a few hours?" thought Akane walking further into the yard.

As she approached closer to the house, Akane began to hear the faint tunes of a Ocarina playing. She walked to the back of the house to find Joe leaning on a tree playing a white Ocarina with a few green lines on it. Akane looked up to see Emeral sitting on a branch of the tree. The Moon was right behind her, as her hair sparkled and blew in the wind as She stared out into the sky, just listening to the music.

Akane face blushed a bit as she stared at Emeral in the moonlight. After a few minutes, Emeral and Joe noticed Akane, as Joe stopped playing, and Emeral jumped down off the tree. "Good Evening Akane, couldn't sleep?" said Emeral. Akane grasped her hands and placed them in front of her, "Y..Yea, I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk." she responded looking at Joe, "What song was that you were playing?" Joe looked at the Ocarina then back at Akane, "Childhood Days," he responded. "It was a pretty song," said Akane looking back at Emeral.

Emeral smiled, "What's wrong Akane?" she asked. "I was wondering, when did you get all these flowers?" asked Akane. Emeral placed her arm around Akane's shoulder, and began to walk back to the front as Joe followed, "I planted them after Joe and I got home, I've been wanting to add life to this lot since this house showed up," she said to Akane. "But all this within a few hours?" responded Akane, "Isn't that impossible?" Emeral gave a soft laugh, "Nothing is impossible Akane; things might be totally unlikely, but never impossible," she said smiling.

When they got to the front of the house, "Would you like anything to drink Miss Tendo?" asked Joe. "That's alright, I best being going home," Akane replied walking to the front gate. Emeral followed her to the gate, "I'll see you tomorrow then?" said Emeral smiling. "Sure," said Akane looking at Emeral, when she suddenly hallucinated the person in the pink visor and red cloak over Emeral. Akane rubbed her eyes to see it was just her imagination, "Good Night," she said walking off. "Good Night Akane," replied Emeral.

Emeral walked over to Joe who was smiling, "So, she is starting to catch on?" he said. Emeral nodded, "She has a pure and kind heart, so its natural she starts to see us for who we are," she said as the two walked into the house.

*In Tommy's room...*

Tommy's Digital clock changed to 12:00 AM as Tommy lay in his bed snoring away. A small red glow appeared beside his bed and materialized into DS. DS looked at Tommy and grinned, "I told you I'll see you again," he said softly. DS proceeded to draw a few marks on Tommy's head, which vanished shortly after being drawn, "You are such a good lad, lets see how you do being a bad lad," he said laughing softly. After the final mark vanished, Tommy glowed a faint red for a few minutes before it subsided. "Now for the finishing touch," said DS pulling out another shard and pushing it into Tommy's forehead underneath the skin.

"Since those two idiots, Rose and Sonic, can't sense the shards, they will have a difficult time figuring out how you became so powerful, let alone why you've become so evil." he said moving closely to Tommy's ear, "Now listen closely my friend, there are more shards out there in this town, the more you find, the more powerful you get, doesn't that sound good?" Tommy gave an evil grin to the sound of more power, which assured DS the spell was successful, so he stepped back and vanished in a red glow.

*Meanwhile...*

The old man was busy working at his workbench when his alarm went off, indicating DS was up to something. He walked over to his mirror and waved his hand turning it on, finding DS torturing some kids in their sleep. DS was using a powerful dream spell that would eventually kill the kids, which pissed off the old man. He quickly pushed a button on his remote, sending a powerful bolt of positive energy at DS. When the bolt hit DS, he just simply vanished which concerned the old man. "Could this have been a distraction?" he thought looking around the town, but not finding anything out of the ordinary.