Sonic

Chapter 4
Just one Shard brings Chaos to Order
(Then Again, do we even consider this world in order?)

*At the Kunou Resisdence.....*

"Cursid Joe, how dare he knock out Tatewaki Kunou!," said Kunou walking down to his training room. He was carrying his wooden sword, which had cracked in the center from the blow he attempted to give to Joe. He walked into the room and threw his sword against the wall and broke in half. Kunou then walked over to the wall where he had several new swords. Kunou picked up one, and began to practice with it. Little did Kuno realize, but a tiny blue object shined in his sword. A Shard had smashed into the sword, and was fused with it.

Kunou continue to practice, then turned around and took a fast swing. A Light Blue Energy wave emanating from his sword and went straight for the wall. "What the..." yelled Kunou as the wall took a hit, and smashed to peices. Kunou stared blankly for a moment, then looked at his sword. He smiled, "With this new gift of power, I shall crush Ranma Saotome, and take Akane and the Pigtail girl!" he said laughing like an idiot. He began to develop his newly found power, unaware, that his evil thoughts and intentions was being absorbed by the jewel, making it darker and darker...

*That Night....*

Kalshion laid in his bed, trying to keep breathing. Each breath was getting more and more difficult to grasp. Katarina and her father sat by his side. "Hang in there Kal," Katarina said placing her hand on his hand. Katarina then heard A soft knock at the entrance to their house. She got up and went over and opened the door. She was shocked to see Joe and Emeral there. "Something happened, didn't it," said Joe. Katarina nodded. "May we please see Kalshion," asked Emeral. Katarina hesitated, but let them in.

Kalshion looked over at the door and was surprised to see Joe and Emeral walk in. He was just about to say something when Joe said, "Don't speak, you can barley breath already," he said. The two came up to his bed and stared for a while. Joe became a bit agitated, "Impossible, he should not be back up this fast," he said telepathically to Emeral. Emeral looked at him, "Apparently he is, this is one of his viruses," she replied telepathically. Joe calmed himself down, closed his eyes and clasped his hands. A soft pleasant green glow came over Kalshion, and engulfed him. Joe began to strugle abit, "Almost there, Almost there," he kept saying out loud. He suddenly opened his eyes, "THERE" he yelled. Green little particle balls appeared in the cloud, and went straight into Kalshion's chest. The green glowed then vanished, and Joe began to fall, but was caught by Emeral.

Kalshion sat himself up, and felt his chest. He then looked at Joe who had broken a sweat, "Th..Th..Thank you," Kalshion said. Joe smiled, "It was nothing," he said.

*Tuesday, a clear blue summer sky morning....*

Joe and Emeral had stayed over the night, keeping on Kalshion. It was now 5am in the morning. "Thank you for last night, but there is no reason to worry now," said Kalshion, "So you two can go home." "OK then, give us a call if you need anything," said Emeral as they walked off.

As the two walked out of the shrine, Joe and Emeral chatted, "So DS is here?" said Joe. "Most likely he is, but why is he bothering Kalshion? Why isn't he trying to find the shards like we are?" replied Emeral. "It seems something is up, and I don't like it one bit," said Joe.

*At the Cat Cafe*

"Morning Delivery!" called out a mailman behind the Cafe. Cologne came over and signed the documents. "Thank you mam," said the man as he left. Cologne went over to the table and opened up the package and took out her cooking book. She began to laugh in her head, "With this, Ranma will truly be my son in law in no time," she said.

*An hour later (6:15am)*

Cologne had finished up most of the brew for the love position. She began to reach for another ingredient when she noticed her hand beginning to grow. She jumped off her stick and looked at her self. Her clothes were feeling tight and her body was begging to grow. "What is this foul magic?" she asked. Her growth suddenly shot, and within a half of second, she was back to her young 17 year old self. She covered her self up and ran into her room, where she closed the door and went to a mirror. "I'm young again, but how?" she asked. Suddenly she began to feel a bit week, and within seconds, she shrank to a 10 year old.

*Near the school...*

"Do you sense that Emeral?" said Joe looking towards the Cat Cafe. "Yes, I do," said Emeral. The two ran off, and within moment, 2 figures appeared on top of the Cat Cafe. Both were wearing red cloaks. They than went through the roof, and landed on the upper floor of the Cafe. The two approached Cologne’s door, and stopped. "I since Colonge in there, but she seems to only be 10 years old." said Sonic, "Didn't you say she was over 300 years old?" Rose stared at the door, "Yes, but I'm sensing a shard in there with her, which could be causing this. But..." she replied. "But what?" asked Sonic. "This seems to have a humors point to it, which makes me believe this isn't the Shard's doing." she said.

On top of the building by the Cat Cafe a dark figure appeared. He eyed the room where Cologne was, and started to walk to it, but suddenly moved back. He turned his head to the center of the building. His eyes glowed a bit red, as he began to see through the building. He saw what he was afraid of, two people in red cloaks. He step back, and just watched, keeping his presence hidden.

Sonic turned his head to the corner of the room, in the direction of the dark figure. "What's wrong?" asked Rose. "Not sure, for a moment, I thought I felt something," he said. He then turned his attention back to Cologne. "So, you're saying this might be a curse from the same source as the other ones?" he asked. Rose nodded, "Which means it could be a trap." she said. Sonic looked at her, "But at the possibility of finding a Shard, it's worth taking a risk. You stay here, and keep and eye out, I'll go in there and attempt to remove the curse." he said. Emeral paused for a moment, "OK, please be careful," she said.

Sonic cloaked himself and went through the wall. He found Colonge sitting on her bed in a blanket, trying to figure out what was going on. Sonic began to look around her body for a shard, but wasn't able to see any, yet it's presence was coming from her. He walked up to her, Colonge didn't even notice him, as he placed his hand on her head. "I call upon the Power of Harmony, Ancient Forces near and far, what has been done, now undo, return this lady to the form that's true." he said. Yellow energy came out of his hand, and engulfed Colonge. Colonge began to notice someone was with her, and began to relize that she was returning to normal. Sonic smiled, but then realized something wasn't right. Before he could remove his hand, a brown energy field came out of Cologne and engulfed him, transporting him out of that Dimension. Rose took a step back, "So it was a trap," she said. She then cloaked her self and moved into Colognes room, where she studied the phenomenon. "He's still near by in a another Dimension, I'll give him some time before I go and attempt a rescue." she thought to her self.

*In the strange world created by the old man...*

Sonic looked around; there was nothing but darkness, and a strange white fog moving around. Sonic looked in front of him, "Someone's coming," he thought to himself. He flipped the forward part of his cloak over his shoulder. He was aslo wearing a black body suit with golden buttons at the joints. There was a key like object hanging from his neck, it was a small cross shape figure with eagle like wings on the side, and a skeloton key on the bottom with a yellow symbol between the wings. He reached for it and placed it out in front of him. "Oh key that conceals the power of Hope," he said, as the key began to float and glow yellow. "Reveal thy true form before me." A Magical Circle materialized below Sonic as he continued, "Under our contract, I Sonic Command you, RELEASE". The key began to spin as yellow energy began to circle Sonic like a vortex, and began to be absorbed by the key. The key then stopped spinning and turned into a blue energy sword. Once it stopped growing, a ring of yellow energy went down the sword, giving it a normal metallic look. The symbol that was on the key, was on the head where the blade and handle meet. The handle was blue, and the blade was silver. Sonic grabbed the sword, and took a defensive position.

"Show yourself," he called out to the mist. "Certainly," said a voice out of nowhere. A old man in a brown monk cloak with the top covering his head appeared. It was too dark to see his face. He seemed old and tired, but Sonic felt a very powerful presence behind him. "I've been waiting for you," said the old man. "Why? What do you want?" said Sonic. "To ask you some questions," he said. Sonic stared for a moment, then answered, "Well, I'm listening," he said. The old man nodded, "Yes, very well. Who are you, and why are you in my Creations?" he asked. Sonic was a bit puzzled to what the man was up too, but decided to answer his question. "I am Sonic, Guardian of Hope, and keeper of the Tri-Force of Power," he said removing the yellow visor revealing his face, which was identical to Joes. "I see, and your reason for being here?" inquired the old man. Sonic continued the look at the old man, "A while ago, Rose and I were in combat with another one of our kind, who we call DS. DS is pure evil, and was after a Jewel known as the Aura of Dragons," he said. "The Aura of Dragons is an ancient relic where the powers of deceased dragons reside. DS was hopping to steal it to increase his own powers, but in the last moment, we blasted a powerful attack at him, which ended up shattering the Aura, which landed in your Creation." The old man nodded, as though he understood the concepts of what Sonic was doing, "And what do you plan to do with this Aura, when you get it back?" he asked. Sonic eyed him, he was getting a bit agitated, "We plan to return it to the Dimension where it came from, back to the Dragons who guarded it. They are our friends, and we promised to return it to them," answered Sonic.

The old man seemed satisfied with the answers, but Sonic couldn't get any telepathic readings from his, so he wasn't sure if the man believed him or not. "How about answering some of my questions," said Sonic. The old man stiffing up, "Like what?" he asked. "Like all the strange super natural effects that has been tormenting the towns people," said Sonic. The old man laughed, "Just something to keep me entertained, nothing life threatening though," he said. "What about us? We just toys for you too?" said Sonic. "You are trespassing in my world, Its my job to protect my domain from intruders," he said. Sonic stared at him for a moment...

*Back at Colognes Room*

Rose was getting worried; she hadn't heard anything from Sonic. She had studied the Phenomenon from top to bottom. She was certain where it was now, and how to get in of out of it. She waited for a few more minutes, before she vanished in a blue glow.

*Back to our lovely conversation*

Sonic carefully observed the man, it was most likely this man kept to himself, and wasn’t willing to give much personal info on him. "Look, this is your world, and Rose and I will be happy to leave and never bother you again once we found the shards, but you must understand that the Dragon Aura doesn't belong here. It would be disastrous if even one shard fell into the hand of someone, no matter if they are good or not. Everything happens for a reason, like nature, there is a balance of good and evil. If one side gains more power over the other, harmony is disrupted, which will always lead to chaos in the end." pleaded Sonic, "Please, give us a chance to find the shards." The old man placed his hand on his chin, but then looked up to see Rose approaching. "It seems your friend is here." he said. Rose landed by Sonic, and looked at the old man. Within seconds, Sonic had told Rose everything that has happened telepathically. She looked at the Old Man, who placed his hand back down from his chin. "I will conceder what you have told me, I still don't believe you yet, but I'll look into the possibility that you are telling me the truth." he said vanishing.

Rose looked at Sonic, who placed back on his visor, "I know how to get out of here Sonic," she said. Sonic nodded as they both vanished in a blue glow.

*Back in the normal world (If you called it normal that is) *

Sonic and Rose materialized near the school. The clock now read 7:12am. The two looked at each other, then vanished. Moments later, Joe and Emeral were walking past the front gates, walking up to the school.