as manic was eagerly side stepping back and forth on his toes as if waiting for a green light, nova stood ready while slightly nervous



Nova" heh you seem more eager then I am manic " Manic" I guess I wanted to test myself against you fora while now and after that tournament its been something I always wondered for a while " Nova" well I'll try not to disappoint " wiht that finally green light manic quickly went into a spindash and launched himself straight into nova then bounced into the air into a homing attack towards nova but she jumped back using her fire giving herself some extra spring but even with that extra manic followed up after hitting the ground tackling into her sending her flying back



Everyone" !?! " Sonia" I guess that's one hit for manic straight out the gate" Midnight" well nova is warming up give her some time " as nova picked herself off the ground manic was steady still waititng for her to get up when suddenly her nails dug into the dirt as voice came ot mind



Nova" ( why does this not feel fun... why does this feel like hes trying to prove something like he wants to prove hes better or something, I know I'm not any better when it came to midnight but-) ( Manic" done already? XD ) o o?! " Manic" I thought you had more spark then that or is the match not lit~ " " Sonia" manic! " Nova" ( that is it.. he wants to prove something... but why me? ) crackling her knuckles and popping her neck she stood down on all four and sprinted towards him leaving trail of fire behind her rushing towards him making a ring of fire around him before stopping Manic" ??" Nova" like my mom says light em up~ * snapping her fingers as the ring of fire immediately filled in with fire turning to a pillar of fire with manic inside it (Whoooshhhh!) Sonia" MANIC! DX " Nova" relax its just a scare tactic the flames aren't really touching him * as she raised her hand to dispelled the fire suddenly the flames were fading on there own as they looked around manic was suddenly giving off steam as the flames were almost being attracted to his body as his fire became red



Everyone" ?!! Midnight" what in the world" Niyako" is that really manic??" Manic" never planned on hitting me did you? Nova" manic fire is..fire can do a lot more damage then you think its different, I can sparr with it like like anything else" Manic" then why not your scythe or your energy or something, your thinking I'm not as good as you, do you" Nova" what?? where is this coming from?? " Manic" maybe all the times your family always bad mouth my dad like your guys are better the nus all the time! " Nova" O O;...* her ears lowered*...oh no...( don't tell me all those conversations with sonic he heard the one side but not the other... ) okay manic look, you have the wrong idea, we don't feel that way at all! " Manic" is it really a wrong idea when your dad tried to kill my dad twice? " Nova" .... manic that has nothing to do with us, lets not make there conflict ours " Manic" it has everything to do with us, there legacy is our starting grounds, it probably nice having so easy..." Nova" easy..... (Woosshhh!!) suddenly manic tackled nova sending flying across the island through the village and pass the harbor until nova put everything into her flames causing a wall of flames to stop themselves as they hit the beaches digging into the sand



Nova" Easy...EASY!? you live in such a protected bubble its not funny! since I was 5 I've had people tried to kill me, my dad , kidnap my mother , the sol emeralds the whole nine yards, if it wasn't for kathy I would have killed one my assassins before I was 10! I was so sick of it what have you had to do manic... your just like your dad you talk big but have nothing to back it up with! ITS ALL FOR FUCKING SHOW as her eyes ignited (BOOM!!) suddenly like a rocket they blasted off into the sky looking like a comet as everyone saw the comet coming back towards the field*



Midnight" SCATTER!! " (BOOOM!!) like a Meteor crashing from space they hit the ground hard leaving a crater as the smoke cleared manic was in the dirt while nova was standing up above him Manic" ><...." Nova" Panting* ... don't make our parents griefs our griefs, okay... let the adults handle there problems okay... all I want is to protect my family what do you want? protect them? or your dads stupid name as she stumbled away niyako was the first to try and reach her

Niyako" NOVA! catching her before she dropped ot her knees are you alright* " Nova" I feel..light headed.. "



Sonic" WHAT THE IN HELL!? " Sky" I thought this was suppose to be a sparring match not a death battle!! " Shadow" omega you were suppose to be watching them!" Omega" I was it all happened so fact time to react was inadequate " Blaze" and I just had this field restored too.. " suddenly before anyone could ask manic walked out of the crater himself



Sally" manic??" Sonia" manic come on! snap out of this!" his eyes were faded white, body steaming fur a spiked light red,



RedManic* you fight for your family, my dad's legacy is part of that family, something your family constantly spits on..." Nova" spits ons" Blaze" what is he talking about?" Sonic" manic what are you on about we don't have a beef with anyone " Shadow " sonic I don't think you can deny it at this point, " Sonic" sigh...manic I'm gonna need you to calm down okay, we can talk this out, if you want to be mad at anyone be mad at me, okay don't be mad at nova or sky or any one be mad at me, okay its my fault. I'm trying my best to fix things as he stood in front of him...let me make it right, and I think we're already doing good so far I mean heh look what you can do now XD... as sonic held out his hand to him giving him a soft smile



with in that moment suddenly tears welled up in manic's eyes as they ran down his cheeks as his body changed back to his normal form he collapsed into sonic's arms as he cried softly



Manic" I want to be the best like you but.. everyone else.. everyone self is so much better.." Sonic" hey hey comparison is the thief of joy remember, you need to get better your way and match up that way its not a contest , we all grow at our own pace wiping his tears away Manic" hmm okay.. " as sonic gave a soft smile in return manic stumbling himself walked himself over ot nova who was still being propped up by niyako



Manic" I'm...I'm sorry about all the stuff I said. I hope you can forgive me... " Nova" having a scrunched snout I want to say no, but I won't be a bitch he laughed softly Manic" well you did you shoot me down like a meteor xD" Nova" and you dragged me across the island like a firecracker on a wagon " as they both let out a small laugh* Sonia" well at least alls well that ends well " Blaze" kathy has an excuse to plant those new palm trees she suggested now =w= " Sky" with with all that being said I guess we can wrap out todays little breakfast meeting"



( Not quite! ) Everyone" !?

suddenly before them khalon appeared appeared on his own having a serious expression in front of everyone as he looked towards manic

Sonia" Khalon??" Blaze" khalon? and no kathy?" Khalon" I've heard voices saying you would give my dad a run for his money, well you'll have to prove that to me first" Sally" what is he talking about?" Sonic" that was something tails said a bit ago " Nova" I don't think anyone is fit for fighting khalon sorry to disappoint " Khalon" after that display I can sense manic has plenty of power to spare " Manic" you couldn't have taken it that seriously " Khalon" any jab at my dad I take seriously " Sonic" just like knucklehead " Manic" alright fine, but maybe somewhere else " Khalon" actually I have the perfect place "



meanwhile

kathy's kitchen

Kathy" !? ...eh! eh?! EH?! suddenly sensing khalon was gone she ran to kiara's bedroom kiara where is khalon? " Kiara" I thought he was he in room last I heard her had a comic page he was finishing a draft on " kathy found his room was empty then quickly teleported outside, knuckles i was in the yard

Kathy" knuckles have you seen khalon hes not- what are you doing?" Knuckles" check it out using flareon to make a furnace jolteon for a power grid and espeon to send out signals like an antenna if your savvy enough your elemental dogs can supply for everything " Kathy" just not 14/7 there not forever batteries...*shaking her head* anyway! have you seen khalon? hes not here" Knuckles " he said he sensed a strong power and had to leave? without telling me?" Knuckles" I thought you knew plus you know what today is? giving her a sheet Kathy" exhibition matches, sol kingdom ........"



zooms out o the island

( KHALON!!)



eventually



we move on ahead and starting as waterfall island



as poison and cleva's home , currently inside cleva's new workshop domain with the spiders drones, poison was laying on a bed with his arm detached near an operating table while cleva herself was with her power tools was steadily working away applying his upgrades by his request



with a TV in his line of sight for him to watch on side , and cleva keeping a radio on for herself on the left he was starting to feel the sense of time slowing down



Radio* playing good girls are bad girls *

Poison" you know.. if I knew it was going to be this intense I probably have just asked for that new sniper that was on the market I've mentioned before " Cleva" its alright love, I promised this for you anyway, I know I'm a bit slow but that's cause delicate projects I drag my feet with cause you know.. patience plus I need to replace your socket joints anyway, " Poison" why? " Cleva" turning to the table she grabbing the old one showing him the coil and it looked stripped and cut like a saw blade had chewed it up this allows you to easily pop your arm on and off and with people try to cut or yank your arm off this locks it in place. so it takes most of the damage" Poison" I see > > " Cleva" I know its been nearly an hour but I'm almost done - - , at least you gt the TV " Poison" tsk! the only thing entertaining me right now is the fact your spider drones are fighting over the TV remote "

looking to his side on the ground two spider drones were pincer jabbing each other over possession of the remote as they hissed at one another

Cleva" making them fun to watch doesn't it <3 as her tail flickered, meanwhile dataweb walked a crossed her acting as a cool breeze for her as she trie to remain stead fast

as the channels kept clicking eveually it clicked past the tournament channel



Poison" wait a second! go back a channel* the drones reacted and responded going back and it showed on screen the upcoming match up in the tournament isle exhibition matches " Cleva" what is it someone you know?" Poison" it looks like.. khalon and manic " Cleva" nearly breaking her flow she halted asshe took off her goggles looking at the TV



unmute



TV" as an unexpected appearance , from the mobius zone and mobius prime we have Prince manic acorn and Khalon Tivona, normally we had reached the the limit of last minute entries for today but today appeared to be a special case/ yes , and I'm sure special cases pay those special prices / indeed lets hope it was definitely worth it for the fighters in question for this entry" Poison" hes kathy's star child I'm sure shes behind this " Cleva" then why not bring her up this feels unprecedented, but more then that why manic? , manic doesn't even fight that often nova sure, midnight, hell even his own sister but him, I don't get it, if anything this is gonna be a slaughter " Poison" I doubt kathy would allow something like this" Cleva" unless manic kicked one of her cats or something " Poison " cleva! " Cleva" I kid, I kid but still .. anyway okay I'm gonna get you to grit you grit your teeth for a minute" Poison" why?" Cleva" just count to 5 okay" as she pulled out a welding torch ...." Poison" GRrr....Grrr...Ahhh!!" Cleva" 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! " Poison" Ahhhh...!!>< holding his arm.. what the hell..."



Cleva" sorry about that ;w; but its to allow the part joints to move in unison with your robotic nerves " Cleva" but I thought it just hooks up to it... most of the time yes but the upgrades are under the same tech level but some machinery is becoming old school and the only way for those of us who are roboians to apply these upgrades they need to have innards changed to match and can function so now your all done~ as she gave the ma towel and pressed it against his arm socket, , posion relaxed as her felt the cold towel against his nerves easing the pain as he sighed of relief



Poison" how can you can do any of this , I thought you were a robotics engineer not a surgeon" Cleva" well >w> well I took a robotics class back in collage and a robian health course was mandatory thanks to the war, robotization and all that certain things almost became synonymous, now do I want to be a doctor? no DX but again robotics muscles, tendons nerve endings, veins, all of that has to be taken into account and well.. I'd rather not I get cold feet just for check up visits for myself" Poison" well you can always get a sucker at the end for being a good girl l3 " Cleva" ha ha very funny grabbing his arm* now comes the easy part " Poison" this won't hurt this time will it ?" Cleva" depents on how the nanobytes respond to your system " Poison" wha? (Jolt!) as cleva magnitzed his arm to his shoulder as as suddenly streams of energy energy circled around it as the arm was started to respond wildly on its own Poison" Grr... Clevaaaa!! >< Cleva" ITS OKAY!! Let it adjust! Let it Adjust! DX " Poison" Let it Adjust!? YOU call this Adjusting!?! (Whem!) as he was punched by his own arm Cleva" Ahhh! Spiders restrain his arm!! " quickly in unison the spiders circled poison spraying his arm with spider webs holding down as as even with in the webbing they could see it vibrating*



getting a moment to catch there breathe suddenly a red aura begane to show with in the webbing itself



Cleva" the nanitcs might not be familiar with bio-organic creatures as there hosts you have to force your will and make them listen to you " Poison" could have warned me a bit earlier " Cleva" miscalculation > > suddenly the arm began to tear through the webbing itself as it have a difference appearance , looking like it had taken on more of a demonic appearance shearing more of poison demonic half then his mobian* Poison" what the hell!?" Cleva" thats impossible it tapped into your demonic side?? suddenly it started to extending outward towards cleva as poison tried to halt it planting his feet firmly but it was as if it was dragging him along

Poison" Stop! Stop, come on listen to me! Listen to me damnit!! " as the spider drones went on defense the arm quickly knocked them away like flies but before it oculd get closer to cleva , she she let out her spider legs that pushed agaisnt the hand itself created a makeshift barrier that the arm was forcing itself against while poison was showing a sign of tug of war



Poison" Cleva HOW CAN I GET THIS THING OFF! " Cleva you can do this! I trust you! you are the one in control its using something that's only apart of you! it can't do it on its own! take control and make it your own! " Poison" you have have too much..faith in me..damn it cleva! ><!! ( come on come on come on!!...) ( Crack... Crackkk...... Shattter!!!)! suddenly the arm itself shattered through her barrier grabbing the spider legs picking her off the ground and throwing her against the wall* (WHAM!!) ( CRASH!!) as cleva tried ot pull herself together suddenly the arm itself was taking a form of its own, as the palm was showing signs of an eye as the fingers became teeth

Poison" I ORDER YOU TO STOP!! suddenly poison's voice became deeper as it echos through the room with in that second the arm froze in its moment as it retracted looking back at poison his form had changed slightly, a pair of blackened horns appeared on his head, the red aura coat most of his fur he suddenly became bigger in size as he panted heavily looking back his new arm finally adjusted and matched the rest of his form, looking back at cleva looking scared as she hid behind her tail its just..adjusting..right..?" Cleva" heh.. right " Poison" I'm.. sorry I probably look..a sight like this.." Cleva" I'll take it over nearly getting raped by your arm >w> " Poison" I cant imagine how that would work" Cleva" ohhh I saw it, I saw it and I did not like it .... having a distant stare in her eyes for a moment but anyway.. that was a thrill xD" Poison" you know cleva you don't have to put up an act if your-" Cleva" I'm fine! if I wasn't you would know, or well... you'd be taking a tomato bath > > but what about you transforming back I remember it took a while for you get the hand of that?" Poison"... as he started to calm his mind his body reverted back to normal things take time I guess " " Cleva" eheh.. and ou wantot know the best part, I completely forgot your dad was a lust demon " " Poison" is that why your not totally bothered by ..." Cleva" kind of sorta >w> but still I trusted you and.... I kind of had to because as far goes getting your arm off I didn't have an eject function installed, that separate fiddling with her hands nervously

sigh maybe your right maybe I should have just gotten you the sniper " Poison" why don't we use this.. as an excuse to take some time off from work altogether pulling her close to him as he hugged her " Cleva"...* burying her face in his chest as hr eyes became glossy*..sure..why not hugging him back as her tail hugged him back



Cleva" but ( sniff) one more test to make me feel at bit better?" Poison" what is it" Cleva" transformation , the sniper you wanted for example, I just want to see if it works " Poison" alright then* thumping through his digital catalog as it was selected the arm transformed completely ito the gun itself, weight and all* whoa its heavier then I thought! DX " Cleva" it even compensates for weight o o wow " Poison" won't exactly be good on the run now will it " Cleva" well lets fix that adjusts the settings to make the gun a light weight* better?" Poison" much~ thank you" Cleva" yay~ , so I better getthis place cleaned up"



Poison" maybe you should rest for now you've been though enough " Cleva" oh I'll be fine like I said " Poison" I said, I think you thought rest...* as his voice changed slightly which his aura growing darker* Cleva" ;w;.....ok feeling a chill down her spin from his voice " Poison" why ..did I say it like that... " Cleva" ..I don't know....;w; " Poison" s-sorry are you okayy?? " Cleva" n- no I think you need to go!...Now! >< " Poison" cleave no I'm sorry DX I didn't mean hurt you hugs her tightly Cleva" No Poison!! ( PSSSSsshhhhhhh!!!) in asecond the the whole lab was sprayed

one bath later

poison pouring a another bucket of juice on his head sharing a bath with cleva



Cleva" not exactly the the romantic bath I wanted us to have... sigh.. I'm sorry I was hoping to save you " Poison" its alright you did good for everything that happened" Cleva" still..." Poison" you know...you always said no one ever liked you because of your love of spiders and weird interests but are you sure it was that and not because of well... this? " Cleva" eh possible but I only had accidents like that 3 times, my own surprise party, a Halloween party game of hide and seek when was little and now , so honestly I think I did good in my life " Poison" you stink bombed a halloween party" Cleva" it was outside, at night in the forest and I was 12 = = " poison softly getting a small laugh out of it causing cleva to blush a bit Cleva" well one good thing came out of this, it gets us out of the lab since my spiders have to sterilize the place xD

" Poison" true but maybe we need a break from the work life anyway " Cleva" yeah, hey maybe we still can catch khalon's match~ "





returning back to the stadium



the arena was just finished being cleared and cleaned up from the last match up, everyone else was seating a section for single match audiences which was mid row and fairly close to to view. during all of this niyako felt alittle uneasy as he was clenching on to nova tightly in his arms*



Nvoa" niyako for the 100th time I'm fine really " Niyako" I don't know , are oyu though, because its like everywhere I turn everyone want to kill you for some reason and after watching you fly across the sky, I don't exactly want to see you turn to ash in front of me wrapping his tail over her like a blanket Nova" understandable but seriously I've had worse. we all did > > " Niyako" still and maybe its just be me and it will take some getting use to seeing but *sigh* having his arms around her waist as he purred softly Nova" blushes lightly, as she leans on to him you don't have to be a worry wort okay -w- I'm okay I promise grabbing his hand tightly Niyako" resting his head on top of hers alright sorry for getting little clingy " Nova" heh its alright~ > >... l3 grabbing his hand and putting on on her chest making him grab one side Niyako" suddenly his face flustered as his fur spiked N-nova not here ! ><" Nova" why your tail is as big as a blanket its not no one can see anyway XD she laughed Niyako" pulling his hand away now who's being a child pushing her back to her seat next to him as she laughed* Nova" fine, fine she laughed softly to herself nuzzling his shoulder



a few seats over blaze noticed the both of them

Blaze" I'm starting to wonder if niyako and nova are just us but in reverse " Sky" please no , because then it would be she would have father issues not mother issues like me and usually those don't end out well" Blaze" well she has her father in her life so I don't believe that will be a

problem. but speaking of father issues its hard to believe all of this because khalon feels threatened by the idea os something challenging his fathers strength and its not even his." Sky" khalon admired knuckles since he was born even though he takes more after kathy, knuckles has been everything to him, I'm still amazed at the fact kathy is no where to be seen. So is it possible khalon is doing all of this on his own account " Sally" kathy shouldn't always have to be involved does she? but khalon does share her strong sense of love and admiration which can be both very good and dangerous at the same time "



( Alright the combatants are set, lets this battle on the way! ) * as the crowd cheered away echoing across the stadium )



Manic" listen khalon I don't get it why you have this beef with me but if you really want to go at me that badly then I'll happily answer your call " Khalon" I thought I made it clear as day others seem to things you can match my dad and I fail to see how, but what angers me just as much isn't the fact they say you can match up to my dad is the fact that means I wouldn't be a challenge to you " Manic" oh I get it, so its a pride thing. its that why you wanted to fight here and not somewhere else, you wanted a crowd to show off too to prove to everyone your the best , sounds like someone has some insecurities " " Khalon" says the one who tried to put nova in the ground and ended up 6ft under " Manic " that was .. different I was " Khalon" measuring a stick to a hole~ smirks " Manic" !?! suddenly gathering a serious look " Khalon" and somehow the hole is taller "



in that second manic sprinted in a flash leaving a blue streak behind as he kept making passing shots at khalon as he stood in place khalon having his hands up like a boxer blocking each swing manic kept taking at him( Wham! Wham! Wham!)

Manic" Come on grandpa make a move! or do I need to slow down for you like your old man! " ( Grab! ) in a split second khalon grabbed on top manic's wrist stopping him completely !? Khalon" or maybe you should speed up so I actually have to try! swinging him over his shoulder throwing him to the ground then once more tossing him away, khalon casually walked towards towards him



Sonic" this is really identical to looking into a mirror " Sally" I don't know if that's good thing for a bad thing " Shadow " I just hope theres one thing both of them don't inherit... " Rouge" what there cheesy one liners " Shadow" no, there constant need to shit talk each other " Sonic" hey it was the best I got the best of knuckles" Sally" sonic" Sonic" its the truth and I men a honestly , how else do you think I get the best of him when he was enerjak or other conflicts in the past knucklehead got riled easily and it always worked in my favor, khalon might be different but will see , but from what I'm seeing, Shadow" but here the big difference " our knuckles is rash kathy is patient and khalon is a comic book writer "



Manic" go faster? sure, you think you can keep up cause I'm sure I'm already behind you at this point " Khalon" then I guess you love taking your time (Wham) khalon quickly swung his fist back hitting manic in the face stunning him be froe following up with a few jabs to the stomach ending off with a upper cut sending manic flat on his back* Khalon" "give my dad a run for his money".... MY BABY SISTER COULD BEAT YOU! as he walked away



Midnight" I've never seen khalon so... angry?" Nova" ( this is the first time I've seen khalon with his pride showing so outwardly just from a comment? I think this runs deeper then that ) .... "



at that moment manic pulled himself on his feet as he panted softly

Manic" I didn't say I was done pinky! " Khalon" you don't have to, my mom and I know when people are took weak for us " Manic" then why don't you finish what you started! as he went into a spindash immediately turning red as he charged khalon at full force he pushed khalon all the way to the opposite end of the arena just as he reached the border of the ring khalon started ot push him back Khalon" took you.. long enough to finally show you true colors slamming him down on the ground as manic bounced back up gaining some distance between them* the power I knew you were holding inside " Manic" like what they say be careful what you wish for you might get it..."

at the same time

down the main entrance kathy was walking down the hall stomping her feet wit ha brisk pace



Kathy" when I get my hands on that boy, hes going to be scrubbing the chicken coop until you can eat in there! * as she reached the main entrance she had a clear view of the arena seeing both of them on stage* * is that manic?? "



Khalon" come on then" as he tightened his fist and in response manic vanished leaving only vapors in the wind but khalon quickly planted his foot with his fist coated in chaos energy as he collided with manics spindash head on with his fist and the impact unleashed massive force energy that blew everyone away even kathy , ( WAahhhh!!) in the stands weveryone acted as those they were in the middle ofa windstorm, everyone holding on to there seats, rouge wrapping herself in her wings shielding herself and ruby*



Niyako" by the Gods! what are they!? " Sky" yeah niyako this is norm for us better get use to it >wo; " suddenly you saw both of them exchanging blows one after the other in the arena until both of them finally got caught in a grip lock

Manic" if you.... I had to beat you if I wanted to challenge your dad, I hope he doesn't take it too personally that I still am always ahead of the game " Khalon" don't count your chickens yet yet after all I'm still standing!



as there battle continued normally matches exceed a timer other matches but given the mature of the current match none is willing to step in, manic and khalon were going blow to blow which sounded like cannons going off with each impact either on the ground or in the sky until eventually*



Manic" normally I'm not for ring outs but this is gone on long enough suddenly he started racing around khalon quickly until he stopped and bolted towards him tackled him attempting pushing him out for a ring out but khalons shoes skid across the ground trying to slow himself down Khalon" I'm not going to be done in that easy! " Manic" you don't have to be you just have to touch the ground! quickly upper cutting khalon into the air manic jumped up then like a gun shot tackled him again towards the ground outside the stage but they only went so far



Khalon" Grrr...Grrrrrr....* gritting his teeth as if he was pushing two mountains apart, with one hand he was holding manic back and in the other hand he was projecting an energy bubble that kept him away from the ground*



as kathy regained herself after the first shockwave she saw the stance he was in



Kathy" ;w; ..... khalon! " Manic" you cant go forever khalon! " Khalon" ...Tskk...><;;... suddenly the bubble was slipping as it started to shrink Kathy" * (Vosh!) .... " Nova" hes slipping... " Sky" they've been at this for a good 5 minutes already " Blaze" everyone has there limit manic may have less but hes been nothing but a raw energy against khalon " Sky" this was always going to be a stamina battle in the end?" Blaze" there was no telling but it could have gone either way" Nova" come on khalon ;w; you can do it " Niyako" you okay sonia you've been little quiet " Sonia" I don't care who wins or loses I jsut want my brother to live I think that's fair her ears folded back* by the looks it appeared as if the bubble was shrinking smaller and smaller Niyako" by the looks of it .. its doesn't look -



( WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!! )



suddenly a voice over the loud speaker happened catching everyone off guard while suddenly we see surge in the announcement office with kathy



Surge" first you didn't tell me you were gonna have death match then your mom grabs me to watch and this is what I'm seeing?! you know your better then this some pussy footing around this kid get your ass in gear and PUT HIM IN THAT GROUND LIKE YOUR DAD WOULD HAVE DONE FIVE MINUTES AGO!! "



Kathy" ( we're going work on your encouragement speeches )



Khalon" o o..... suddenl y in that moment as the bubble started to shrink further and further untill they nearly touched the ground purple lighting started to surge through his arms and even in his eyes as he sling shot from the ground into the air back to the arena khalon kicked him back towards the center stage with his fist locked together coated in dark chaos energy he slammed him down down like a volley ball straight to the middle of the stage( CRASSSSSSSSSsssssshhhhh!!) the impact hit like a earthquake completely chattering the stage as the chaos void energy channeling through his body started to fill the air as he panted heavily. after a short silence everyone in the stage screamed in applause! Cleva" hell yeah! Poison" cut it any closer why don't they" / Drako" YES! HA HAAAaa! catapulting off the couch throwing everyone else off Victoria" .~. ; " / Alicia" hell fucking yeah" wildfire" now I know where all my money goes " / Talon" maybe we should enter " Terra" neither us can any of that stuff " Talon" we have other worldly powers we can just warp them out of the ring" Terra" thats not fair " Slice" why don't you stick your lane kids you'll have plenty of chances to show someone up in the future " Terra"mom could enter?" Slice" she was never a fighter just a wildcard " Talon" and you?" Slice" ... heh I think I've had my fill but like I said, you kids got alot ahead of you "



moving back to the arena manic was laying on his back in a daze



Manic" well I guess that's that...huh..I'm just..I'm always gonna be a shadow to everyone else ...* as tears welled in his eyes* ...." Khalon" who the hell decided that? he stood over him Manic" ??" Khalon" you not at my dad's level but you have some kick, and you think I don't want you to get better? " pulling him on his feet* Manic" even after all that > > " Khalon" its like my mom says metal sharpens metal " Manic" isn't iron? Khalon" yeah but you know what I mean he chuckled

Manic" hehheh " Khalon" this won't be the last time I hope you know that now , so you better keep up and no fall behind" Manic" heh promise ^^ "

after much of the fan fair, everyone gathered in the lobby



Kathy" my pink baby boy won!! hugging him tightly I'm still angry at you for running off without a saying a word! but I'm happy you won! Khalon " yeah um .. yeah I got caught up in the moment cause of " Surge" yeah trying to defend your old man's honor I get that, only next time why the hell didn't you tell me hitting him on the head Khalon" like I said it spur of the moment " Surge" yeah I'll show you a "surge" of the moment * as she started sparking" Nova" lay off surge at least he pulled through thanks to you " Niyako" could have been alittle nicer though > > " Surge" nice doesn't get your blood flowing " and who are you" Nova" this is niyako hes from the wolf of avalica we started dating a couple of months ago and hes working on a new mech program for my dad ^w^ Surge" great, another nerd in the group just what we needed " Niyako" well not many can recharge my phone, so its nice to know I got someone I can call on if I need it "



Surge" you want to say that again without hiding behind your girlfriend?* she snapped back* Nova" surge don't start something T T everyone is a bit winded after all that happened..! feeling niyako step away from her ?! N-niyako don't DX " *as niyako walked up to her with both of them staring each other down, she clinched her fist as energy surged through her , but just as surge was about to response niyako beat her to it ashe clenched his face* *

Niyako" Groans! I can't I just can't don't you know how hard it it not to see everything I could do, ! " Surge" I'm sorry what?"



Niyako" I'm making a mech for nova that capitalizes on her elemental fire , then suddenly I meet you your literally a living generator A LIVING GENERATOR the possibilities I could do wiht this power, your power is limitless. you wouldn't have to worry about power outage, all you would need is a system t hat can handle high voltage and your good to good! a fighting style that would best suit you, whatever that would be , energy, martial arts based, gun artillery, whatever you want ( dude!) given your up front nature something explosive would be something you'd enjoy I remembers catalog from my old shop (dude!) the Rapter model the RAPTOR MODEL YOU LOVE THAT ONE XD "



Surge" OKAY OKAY Geez put a leash your boyfriend! DX as she backed away Niyako" I'll show you one day you'll see what I mean xD " Surge" yeah sure > > whatever... geez and I thought cody was a pain "goes back to khalon* Nova" I can't believe you scared her off, please tell me you planned that " Niyako" no I prepared to take it to the face, my tail felt like a cactus but seeing her abilities just got my mind running and then my mouth jsut went off " Nova" well I guess you are a tech nerd l3 Niyako" groans > > hug Nova* hugs his arm* but your mine <3 "



Niyako" ^w^ Sally" ahh manic! suddenly you saw manic had collapsed with sally just barely holding him up Shadow" I think the adrenaline is finally warring off , perhaps its time to send the kids home " Rouge" I think that is for the best, today did reach a bit further then expected and even ruby had a few crying fits during the fighting" Shadow" why didn't you say something?" Kathy" because I came in and helped, of course~ it was just too much noise around her and once she was in the bubble she was better* Rouge" I don't blame her "

Niyako" well khalon" seems to still be going strong" Khalon" I always got energy for days~ XD* falls over and kathy catches him in a bubble* Kathy" that is until he doesn't anyway Ithink that wraps it up for us everyone it was nice seeing you all " Sky" take care kathy~ "



after that the rest of the group returned the castle and proceeded to return home bringing an end to the gathering







arriving back home with khalon and kathy, , khalon had jsut awoken out of bed from him passing out



Khalon" ugh.. what happened?" Kathy" hi sweetie you took a bit of a "nap" after your little match with manic " Khalon" oh .. oh yeah its.. slowly coming back holding his head " Kathy" sat at the edge of the bed near him I'm sorry if I was a bit upset with you running off, you just had me worried a but is all " Khalon" I' know I should have said something about the whole thing with dad but my mind was thinking more and more and it just frustrated me more and one thing lead to another and- " Kathy" hey hey its okay its all good now holding his hand , also in light of your victory I'm making your favorite~ ^w^ " Khalon" thank you he said in a tired tone as he smiled softly Kathy" .. you know if there is something..?" Khalon" huh oh nah I'm alright, just you a bit tired xD" Kathy"..... you know you can't lie to me~ I know everything rubbing his head " Khalon"....* holding his head down* ... I was.. I was so angry...I was so angry at the idea of manic being stronger then me or my dad over what? cause he's as fast as sonic some how I didn't want that, I didn't want ot lose, but I nearly did it was only after you and surge came in and snapped me out of it I almost... I almost threw in the towel and whats worse it would have been on a technicality, a fight I wanted to do for days, training, pushing myself all up in smoke just like that and in the end HE startes crying because he can't keep up with any of us well thats not my fault!! and when I see him there on the ground I jsut try to be a good sport about the whole thing knowing he probably already felt bad but I really.. I really didn't want to.. its not fair! as tears filled his eyes I shouldn't be feeling like this since I won but why does it feel like I fucking lost?! kahty quickly wrapped her arms around him tightly putting his face in her shoulder as he cried



Kathy" its alright... you can feel frustrated you jsut have a kind heart like your mother and its not easy for us especially when it comes to people that we really don't want to give it too... " Khalon" wrapping his arms around her tightly.. ' Khalon" but I feel bad I was so mean to him, even though he hadn't done anything" Kathy" maybe but manic isn't blameless either he shares faults like his father, and from what rouge told me you both were making low blows to one another~ ' Khalon" well yeah sighing softly heh wow it takes everything jsutto raise my arm " Kathy" you pushed yourself pretty hard, so for my sake will give yourself a break please?" Khalon" hmm okay >w> " Kathy' thank you kissing him on forehead I love you my pink baby~ " Khalon" I'm not a baby anymore" Kathy" you will always be my baby whither you like it or not~ huggling him tightly pressing her cheek against his my puggle* Khalon" eheh" Kathy" so feeling better?" Khalon" a little bit yeah wiping his eyes... oh snap I still had my comic draft to finish >< " Kathy" your not punching a clock. you can finish it when you've rested* boops his nose* the only boss you have is me and I say its time you rested "



Khalon" fine, by the way how are the others" Kathy" surge might be back with her own adopted sister zuzu one day soon so that will be an interesting visit, says shes eager to meet us " Khalon "ahahh cool a new face around here xD but im I wish I could have told surge thanks for the encouragement " Kathy" ^^ ( yeah, shes gonna get an encouraging slap in the back in the head if she talks like that to you again! ) I'm sure you will~ "

( kaa kaaa ) suddenly from the door way kathelyn stumbled her wat inside towards khalon's bed asshe tried to climb up the sheets, khalon pulled up the blanket pulling her top side as she as she grabbed his hand with both of hers

Kathy" they did see your match a bit I think she liked watching you she smiled Kathelyn" started to throw punches of her own* " Khalon" well you have a long way to go but your well on your way XD she gave him a smile in return



returning back to the sol kingdom

Living room

Blaze" somehow a simple breakfast gathering turned into an all day event* laying back with his arm over head her* Aqua" well look on the bright side it all worked out in the end " Blaze" none the less, now I will have to see about landscaping for the field, and fill in the hole at the beach on the otherside of the island " Nova" > >;; it was either that or he would have flown me to arcane city " Blaze" I do not blame you nova its just matters that must be handled " Niyako" well kathy is always there to help " Blaze" I don't like using her like a 24/7 service device " Niyako" why not her only payment is babysitting snowfall " Blaze" exactly T T and I would call it something else but I won't want the newspaper " Sky" coming in on the conversation* will deal with it by ear , right now things ended on a hi note so I say we take that with a smile* Nova"...?! what time is it?" Sky" 12;30? " Nova" ahhh I would meet with hinote online she wanted to show me a new single she made DX I'm almost late! as she ran out of the room Niyako" what are the odds you saying hi note made her remember" Sky" pretty high " Gardon" speaking of sky, someone is here for an interview " Sky" wait already? we just made the ad today? " Gardon" well ...jack went through there screening and it seems he was well..qualified and in the mean time a second is in being screened as well " Sky" wow 2 straight off the bat in the first day this might be easier then I thought "



Blaze" an interview for what?" Sky" hiring men to act as negotiators on our behalf be it for kingdom relations , island disputes, or even when comes to people we don't want to talk do XD Blaze" sky T T" Sky" kidding, kidding but jack thought this would be good and I gave him the green light to put up a wanted list and we already got two ^^ so if you need me I'll be interviewing our potential candidate"



Niyako" sounds like he always has his hands full even though hes hiring extra help " Blaze" yes, but the only thing that concerns me is , why did gardon look so.. concerned " Niyako" maybe its someone in the past you've worked with before?" Blaze" there aren't that many people sky has bad blood with in my kingdom but as for someoen who would take interest we would knpw.... o o!?



Castle study



Sky" WILDFIRE!? what are you doing here?! " Wildfire" here for a job your highness " Sky" wha.. why// what. how. why why would jack even allow you to be interviewed, gardon! " Gardon" like I said sky, wildfire does offer much of what we would be looking for , and given his history working with you we already have a personalized record and well jack thought his connections would prove beneficial > >" Wildfire" exactly it makes sense when you really think about it " Sky" yhee who has a bigger ego then the island I gave him why would you watnto work for me!? " Wildfire" Wildfire" come on soul reaper think outside the box , you want people who knows the world from both angles don't you? in the allotted time I've spent here on vacation I've already heard rumors and gossip of treasure trafficking and weapon deals that would hard to pinpoint , you keep your friends close and your enemies closer " Sky' .. < < if this is about the 30% tax cut you for working for me you only get that after a year of employment T T " Wildfire" I can be patient " Sky"

rubbing his eyes tiresomely " Wildfire" plus we're already business partners in a way, the voter message I helped create , the kingpin we over threw , the situation with hellfire and that was the most recent. sure working for isn't like it benefits me in anyway other then getting my return of investments , but I believe I provide my share when it comes to information, and on top of that I can help you with whatever you would need he smirked " Sky" ( yeah maybe take that whipping boy leash out of your pocket and I'll buy what your saying for more then one second... ) turning away ,,, groaning as he hung over his desk ... as nice as this sounds, wildfire, this basically falls under nepotism and I want to hire new blood not blood I know or have a good relationship with"



Wildfire" good point, however given the nature of the job wouldn't make more sense to have someone at your shoulder you trust? and you don't have to like me but you can trust me " Sky"..." Wildfire" I'd rather have a snake that bites with no poison then s spider and I can't tell if it wants to hurt me or not " Sky" .... rubs his head why not just put kathy on board then" Wildfire" you want this place to be the sol kingdom or the kathy kingdom?" Gardon" snickers a bit ... "



Sky" fine... fine! fine I hate it but your not wrong, we don't see eye to eye but your right, when it comes to business " Wildfire" we can at least set the bullshit aside~ " Sky" -w- with that being said, jack and gardon with run you through the particulates throughout your grace period; yes you still have a grace period seeing your the only one thus far and your not really a full fledged resident of the sol zone so there is kind of a lot of stuff you don't know like= suddenly harold came with another sheet giving it to sky wait... seriously" Wildfire" what am I already being replaced T T" Sky" actually... actually no ~ this will work perfectly~ there were two candidates that applied for the job you and someone else looks like the second just went though~ well after all the procedures have taken place but long story short~ slice will be working as your superior l3 " Wildfire" slice... wait isn't he your evil self" Sky" sort of yeah" Wildfire" but hes a pirate why would have been represent your kingdom!? Sky" the same reason I'm hiring you, you know your way around, you see the rats in the cracks and you can sniff out the bad actors , plus hes retired, and hes knows his way around and lives in the vincia kingdom so its more ground covered, he can work remotely just like you this wil lsort of be an on call sort of job so to speak "



Wildfire" fucking...." Sky" like you said keep your friends close and your enemies closer ~ go with who you trust l3 " Wildfire" don't try to be cute with me T T" Sky" don't worry I'll get the fuzzy cuffs first ha! "



meanwhile



Pyro" so your really gonna get back out there" Slice" I think I had a long enough break, I'm already seeing the world change around us , why should be we left out on all the fun~ "



to be con.