Chibi Hiei on the Run By: DJ Rodriguez and Saiyan Moon Goddess   (Author’s Notes: Sorry for the immense delay folks! Been swamped with college and all, but no more! I have passed all classes, and soon going to receive my degree! So, college is now a thing of the past!   Saiyan Moon Goddess: About time too!   Now, on with the fanfic!)  

Chapter 8

  To say that the Egg Carrier right now would be a madhouse, they couldn’t be closer to the truth. The whole area was in a state of chaos, hysterics, and mayhem that would make even the actor Jim Carrey go loopy. Chibi Hiei was poking up every where like a little mole, driving the heroes and villains crazy by informing them constantly on weither they were near to a Chaos Emerald or not. Currently, each group had found some of the emeralds. Team Good Guys got three Emeralds so far, while Team Bad Guys had three as well. Big even got Froggy back! Only one more Emerald remained, but… where was it?   Sonic ran back to where his team was, which was at the top outside of the Egg Carrier. “No dice, guys! I can’t find that darn emerald anywhere! I searched from top to bottom, inside and outside, everywhere!” he reported to them. Marlene was looking quite concerned. She knew that the emeralds held power, and should Chibi Hiei find a way to unlock that power… the entire planet would become his playground and everyone would be in big trouble. “Sonic, are you sure that we looked everywhere?” she inquired.   “Woman, he has looked everywhere! As have I.” a voice called from behind her. The group turned to see a disgruntled Eggman, along with his cohorts. Marlene and the others tried so hard to restrain their laughing. The E-series robots, as well as Eggman, were all decked out in marker art ware thanks to a certain chibi demon. The mechanical weapons looked like they were painted by a hyper Michealangelo, while Eggman looked as if he was vandalized by a gang of five-year olds. “Hey Eggman, that new look suits you!” Tails commented with a restrained laugh. If looks could kill, Tails would be a mere greasy stain on the ground thanks to the fat scientist.   “Listen you fools, if none of us has seen the last Emerald, chances are that someone else has it!” Eggman declared. Kunckles inquired, “But who? Who else could be here on this ship?”. His question was answered by a black blur that appeared on top of the ship. It was the black hedgehog, and it was true to say that Sonic and his comrades were more then a bit shocked at seeing him. “Whoa! Sonic, that guy looks just like you!” Tails exclaimed. Upon further study, the black hedgehog had in its left hand the last green Chaos Emerald. In his right hand was an unconscious Chibi Hiei, looking like something that was left out to dry.   “Hey, you jerk!! Who are you and what did you do to Hiei?!” Marlene called out in anger. She was pissed at someone who would dare harm a hair on Chibi Hiei’s head. The black hedgehog snorted in amusement before the Chaos Emerald in his hand started to glow. To everyone’s surprise, he warped to where they were. ‘How did he do that?! Not even Sonic could do that with a Chaos Emerald!’ Knuckles thought. His red eyes fell on the crowd, and he tossed the knocked out demon child to the blonde woman. Upon catching him, Marlene saw that he was not knocked out due to a brawl. ‘He’s KO’d because he ran out of energy, the sugar rush stopped.’ she concluded with a sweatdrop.   “You, the blue hedgehog. Who are you?” the black one stated while pointing at Sonic. The blue speed king replied “I’m Sonic. Now who the heck are you?!” The black being smirked before warping again. Shouts of surprise and dismay was all about as the group had their emeralds stolen in a flash! Reappering a way from them, the mysterious stranger now had in his possession all seven Emeralds. “My name is Shadow the Hedgehog. I do not know how I came to be, or on how I was put into a capsule. All I know is that those two woke me up…” he started to say, pointing to Marlene and Chibi Hiei who was still in her arms. He finished “And that I must gather the Emeralds for a purpose.”   Before he could say anything else, he was interrupted by a familiar blue monster. It was Chaos! The blue beast had sense the gathering of all seven Emeralds, and now it reappered to take back them back. “So, you finally showed up. I was hoping for a little entertainment before I left with my prize.” Shadow muttered before turning back to the creature. Using his developed sneakers, Shadow started to slide away from Chaos as it pursured him. The blue aqua monster wanted to feed on the Emeralds, while Shadow merely wanted to use it for his own plans.   Marlene saw the emeralds in Shadow’s hands, and formulated an idea. “Everyone, listen up! If we get those emeralds back from that black speed freak, we can stop them both and maybe figure out a way to get myself and Hiei back to our own dimension!” she told her comrades. Sonic and the others agreed with this method. Amy said that she would look after Chibi Hiei while the others took on both Shadow and Chaos. “Okay guys, let’s go!” Sonic called out before zooming towards the battlezone. Tails and Knuckles were close by, Marlene keeping up with them impressively.   Eggman chose to stay out of the battle. “I’ll just let those fools tire themselves out. And when the time is right, I’ll swoop in and finish them all quickly! Starting with that little brat who drew me up like a bad cartoon.” he muttered to himself. He watched as the three heroes (and one heroine) charged in hard and fast at the two foes. He was wondering about the new hedgehog, Shadow. ‘A near perfect copy of Shadow, maybe even more advanced! Question is, who is he really and what is this purpose he spoke of?’ Eggman thought. Many a mystery surrounded this black being of speed, but that would have to be researched later at another time.   Shadow was bouncing around the place, avoiding the slashing attacks of Chaos. “Come on, you oversized pool monster. Surely you can do…” Shadow was saying until he leaped at the last minute to avoid a Sonic Spin attack from behind. The black hedgehog was slightly impressed by Sonic’s speed, but quickly warped away to avoid Tail’s Spinning Tail attack. “This is getting to be annoying.” Shadow said before he had dodge and evade the quick and furious punches of Knuckles’s fists. He leaped away just as Knuckles fist connected with the metal ground, leaving a huge dent on where he would have been had the fist connected.   Shadow landed on top of a ledge, only to be confronted by Marlene. “Hand over the Chaos Emeralds, or else we’re going to run you straight into the ground!” Marlene growled at him. The black copy of Sonic merely smirked at her, the Chaos Emeralds still in his hands. “Time for you see on why I am called the Ultimate Life Form!” he declared. He was surprised by his own statement, but nevertheless knew what to do. ‘It feels like I have done this before.’ he thought. The Emeralds started to glow and encircle him, but just as the rotation started to increase, he was encased by Chaos! It looked like he forgot about that particular opponent.   “ARGH!! Get off of me, you slimy beast!!” Shadow declared as he struggled against Chaos. The beast roared in fury as it started to absorb the energy of the powerful gems. However, something strange happened. Between the pull of Shadow’s mysterious power, Chaos’s own pull, and the pull from Marlene and Chibi Hiei’s own aura, the jewels started to brighten but also to move erratically. “Oh shoot!! Hit the dirt!!” Marlene shouted out as she jumped back to where the others were at. The glow and struggle intensified, and suddenly a huge swirling portal formed over the Egg Carrier!   “Marlene, what’s happening?!” Tails exclaimed over the whipping winds and tearing metal. She answered that the emeralds and the combined pull of Shadow, Chaos’s, and hers and Chibi Hiei’s auras were spirialing out of control. “This is nuts! Marlene, you got to do something!” Sonic exclaimed. Before she could reply, she and Chibi Hiei were levitating into the air and towards the portal. The girl demon believed that this was the time for them to go, she did not know where they would go but they were leaving this world.   “Everyone, listen! Its time for me and Hiei to go! Thanks for everything, and we’re sorry we can’t stay longer! But, its time to see where this portal leads!” Marlene called out to the group. She waved goodbye to them, the group minus Eggman and his cronnies doing the same. Eggman was glad that they were going. ‘Another second with them and I would have been driven straight into the insane asylum!’ he thought. The girl took a hold of Chibi Hiei in a hug and started to get sucked into the portal. As she saw down below, Chaos and Shadow were being ripped apart by the sheer raw energy and the gales of the portal.   “This… must… not… BE!!!” Shadow screamed out as he was flung away from his spot. He willed himself to try and stay near the emeralds, to absorb their power to transform. Alas, the combined resistence from Chaos and the winds from the vortex was too much and sent him flying into the distance. Chaos roared in total anger as it too was flung away in the opposite direction. The Egg Carrier was slowly getting destroyed, and all were trying their best to keep their footing on it. “Sonic, we need to leave! This storm is going to…!” Tails was saying when the portal closed up and the winds died down.   The groups looked all around them, seeing that the ship took the brunt of the damage and that nature did not seem to be disturbed by the incredible force they just witnessed. Tails pointed out that the Chaos Emeralds were gone, scattered once again to the corners of the globe. “Well, there goes Marlene and that kid of hers. Hopefully, they’ll come back soon.” Sonic stated. Knuckles and Eggman were wide-eyed at that remark and said at the same time “No way!! I rather put myself in an asylem!!”.   The group all blinked owlishly at the two beings, which was a comical sight at first. Sonic turned his attention to the horizon were Shadow was flung at. ‘Who were you, Shadow Hedgehog? Why is it that you look like me? How did you even come to be?’ were the questions running through his head. Seeing that the battle was now over, and Eggman now going back with his robots to repair the ship, all went their separate ways back home.   For Marlene and Chibi Hiei, what world would they come to next?   (Author’s Note: Short, but sweet. We ended the Sonic X dimension! The next anime itself is awesome, worth seeing. Trust me.   Saiyan Moon Goddess: This chapter was rushed… But now it's time to really cut loose! DJ, you better make sure that those two have lots of fun!   DJ: I will do my best, SMG-chan.   R&R, no flames, enjoy, and leave long reviews!)