Shadow Fire

Of course, all this was happening the next day, and Ryuichi was once again drawing, while K was on the phone. "Yes..." the blond said, nodding. "A third member... hmmm... your cousin, huh? Yeah, I heard an arrangement of his. Well... yes. I have something I think you should hear." K cast a glance over at Ryuichi, before focusing his attention back on the phone conversation. "It would seem..." he continued. "...that Ryuichi enjoyed singing so much with Mr. Shindou so much, that he wants to sing with him again. I know you and he performed together in Nittle Grasper... but... how would you feel about having him as part of Bad Luck?"

Inside his base, the scientist sat, glancing at a picture he was holding. It showed a smiling woman with a monkey-like tail. "Sera..." he murmured. "It's not the same without you..." Suddenly, an alert came to one of his monitors. Glancing at it, he noticed two familiar faces heading towards his base. "Sonic and Tails..." he muttered. "What do they want now?"

The beginnings of a smile showed on Eiri's face, before it faded, the blond shaking his head. "Flatter me all you like..." he muttered. "I'm still not writing you lyrics..." ----- Meanwhile, in the hotel, Ryuichi was sleeping peacefully, K having to bring him up from the limo. A smile came to the American's face. "You're dreaming of him..." he mumbled. "I can tell. I guess we'll see him again soon. After all... I will soon be his manager..."

Once again, Link tripped the beast, before racing around and delivering some more blows. Suddenly, he felt the monster's aura, and with a loud cry, he performed an Ending Blow. Magdoflamoth shrieked in pain, before pieces exploded from him, suddenly coming back together to form the second Fused Shadow. Dark energy came from the remaining part of the beast, which quickly dissipated to show it was a Goron, who groaned and seemed very disoriented. This must be Darbus...

"I love you too..." the younger male murmured, his own eyes closing. "...my Evan..." ----- Guys had almost completely recovered from his injuries, his body used to the torture it had received from his three year imprisonment. He gave a slightly excited sigh. "Lusca visits today..."

The dark hedgehog grinned as he lifted Sheko into his arms. "Follow me guys..." he said, grin widening. "Sonic will just get us lost..." He took off quickly, but still managed to hear Sonic's indignant squawk.

Belbet slowly shook his head, before giving a slight smile. "Okay..." he murmured. "I'll stay here with you... at least until... we get out of here..."

Link once again set out to distract Magdoflamoth (Fyrus' Japanese name), so his beloved could attack with ease. I look forward to our alone time, my beloved.

Eiri Yuki, the famous author, simply shrugged. "His music sounds alright to me..." he admitted. "...though his lyrics... he lacks talent there. But then again, the crowd did go wild for him, even before Sakuma sang with him."

Shadow gave a slight grin. "It's okay, Sheko-chan..." he murmured. "These guys helped me. They're... well... I guess you can say that they're friends." Espio suddenly glanced over at Vector. "Wait... Knuckles... Manic... Echidnopolis? I have a bad feeling about this. Maybe we should check on them."

Casting a worried glance over at his boyfriend, the blond gave a thankful nod. "Let's take care of this quickly..." he murmured softly. "If we can get him down again, I'll finish him."

Link leapt to the side, before giving a yelp. He'd managed to get out of the way, but almost ended up in the lava.

Len gave a smirk, holding the kiss with deep passion. Pulling away some moments later for air, he grinned impishly. "Haru..." he purred. "You've no idea what you do to me..." Trailing kisses down the older male's body, the prince gave a soft giggle, flickering his tongue inside his lover's bellybutton. ----- Outside, Kaito had arrived, slowing his horse, before jumping off. "This is it..." he muttered. "I guess we'll find out the truth now." Walking over to the door, he knocked on it.

GANSLEY: In this card game, We each pick one monster to act as our deckmaster. But once your deckmaster is destroyed, you lose this game and your body will be mine! I think the first thing I'll do is trim that ridiculous hair of yours. YAMI: Listen man! You can threaten me all you like, but lets get one thing straight: Nobody, but ♪nobody♪ f**ks with the hair! TÉA: Ok, so how did I wind up on Tatooine? (Several Hitotsu-Me Giants appear and attack her, while yelling random complaints) INTERNET TROLL #1: PWNED!!! INTERNET TROLL #2: DON'T GO INTO THE CONVENTION! TÉA: Oh no! I'm being attacked by internet trolls! INTERNET TROLL #1: THEY'LL KILL MY ABRIDGED SERIES! (Téa gets cut in the cheek by a piece of flying wood that chipped off the Hitotsu-me giant's axe, then runs away) INTERNET TROLL #2: PWNED!!! TÉA: Go back to 4chan, you freaks! INTERNET TROLL #1: STOP MAKING WEBCOMICS! INTERNET TROLL #2: PWNED!!! GANSLEY: Select your deckmaster, Yugi. YAMI: (voice-over) Hmm! These monsters are indeed strong. Any one of them could prove a formidable ally. (out loud) Oh! Except for Kuriboh! HA! Imagine if I said I wanted to choose Kuriboh as my deckmaster, eh? That would be absolutely- Oh, crap in the Nile, I just chose Kuriboh as my deckmaster, didn't I? KURIBOH: Do-da-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la! YAMI: That's an annoying Kuriboh. CHIBI-KAIBA: And now, I sacrifice my pawn to summon Ultimate Elemental Hero Ultimately Shining Queen's Pawn! Now I am the chess prince! MOKUBA: Wow, Seto! Back then, you took gaming really seriously. KAIBA: Is that how you address the chess prince? MOKUBA: I just thought- KAIBA: KNEEL BEFORE THE CHESS MASTER! YAMI: I summon the Agnostic Celtic Guardian! AGNOSTIC CELTIC GUARDIAN: I'm not sure what I believe in. GANSLEY: It's no good, Yugi. With my deckmaster, The Deepsea Warrior, I can reflect your attacks right back at you. YAMI: Yeah, well, with my Kuriboh, I can... (music stops) Umm... What exactly is your effect, Kuriboh? KURIBOH: La-la-la-la! YAMI: Oh, that's right. Being cute. How very invaluable. Honestly, I might as well have picked Yugi to be my deckmaster. YUGI: Hey! YAMI: I said you were cute! It's a compliment. Geez. YUGI: (annoyed) Your face is cute! YAMI: (cockily) Yup! CHIBI-KAIBA: What if I taunted you by saying "Bawk! Bawk!" and making gestures that compared you to a chicken? GOZABURO: Nooo! Anything but that! You're on, kid. But I should warn you- When it comes to chess, I never- (Game is over, Chibi-Kaiba wins) CHIBI-KAIBA: Checkmate! GOZABURO: Best two out of three? CHIBI-KAIBA: You lost! GOZABURO: But I still have my horsie. CHIBI-KAIBA: It's called a knight. GOZABURO: Why's the knight a horse? CHIBI-KAIBA: I'm your son now! GOZABURO: Horses can't be knights. I mean, that's just silly. Chess is stupid! All of the above quotes were from the same episode. =P

ALISTER: Oh, great and powerful Dartz! How shall we defeat your nemesis, the dreaded Marik Ishtar? VALON: Tell us, almighty one, so that we may do your bidding! DARTZ: (sounding like Coiffio) Mah fwiends, dere is only one way to defeat that dooshbag... We will deoo him! (music stops) RAFAEL: Um... did you say... "do him"? DARTZ: (Dartz's hair color changes from light blue to red-orange) I said DEOO him! What part of 'deoo him' doncha understand, dooshbag!? (Dartz's hair color changes again, to indigo) We're gonna deoo him! Toogeda! All foh of us, we gonna deoo him. Deoo him hard and thowowowy. We will deoo him so hard dat he will feel it in the mo'ning when he wakes up. ALISTER: Um, boss, are you serious? DARTZ: (Hair changes to gray) Yes, you asshole! What, you want me to deoo you, too? ALISTER: No, sir! DARTZ: (Hair changes to pink)) Then keep your mouth shut, man. Okay, man? (Hair changes to light green) Yeah. So, we gonna deoo him... on motuhcycles. VALON: Won't that be kind of... uncomfortable? DARTZ: (Hair changes to dark green) What the [EFF!] you talkin' about, man? RAFAEL: Yeah, I don't want to do anybody on a motorbike- DARTZ: (Hair changes to red) DEOO! RAFAEL: ...Are you saying "do", or "duel"? DARTZ: (Hair changes to orange) DEOOOO!! RAFAEL: ...So you want us to do Marik? DARTZ: (Hair changes back to light blue) Yes, and I will stand here and watch you deoo him! ALISTER: ...Well, okay then... Let's... go do Marik... I guess. DARTZ: (Hair changes to black) Deoo him, dooshbags! Thowowowy!

That's too dangerous! What if you become addicted to the song... like me? I'm going to watch it again.

That's too dangerous! What if Black*Star gets jealous and tries to include himself? I'm going to California.

Shadow held Sheko a little tighter. "Don't worry..." he mumbled softly. "We'll get it sorted... and--" "There you are! Damn... getting around this place is tricky!" Shadow glanced to his side to notice Vector approaching. Espio sweatdropped. "Vector, what are you...?" The crocodile gave a wide grin. "I just finished speaking with Manic. He told me that you guys would be around here, then he left to go to the Echidnopolis ruins. Something about finding Knuckles. I'm kinda the odd one out here... the only one who prefers the ladies."

The taller male shrugged, glancing to the side. "I just had some spare time I needed to kill..." he muttered. "Who's the kid?"

Noticing the chains around its ankles, Link realised there was only one way to proceed. Rushing behind the beast, he snapped his fingers, equipping the Iron Boots, before quickly grabbing a chain and pulling away. The monster suddenly tripped and fell to the ground, its massive gem glowing angrily. "This is it!" he hissed. "It's now or never!" Unequipping the boots, he raced around to the front, attacking the gemstone in a frenzy.

Link was racing around in front of the beast, keeping it distracted, giving Diggs enough time to fire off the loaded arrow.

Completely dropping his 'I'm the king' routine, Belbet stared into Evan's eyes for a while longer. "I'd love to..." he mumbled. "But... I'm not so sure the guards would allow it."

Ryuichi's grin stayed with him as they were taken back to the hotel for the night. "His eyes..." he mumbled sleepily. "Sparkly..." Huggling Mr. Bear close to him, he fell asleep inside the limousine.

Jumping back, Link drew his sword, staring up at the creature. "Magdoflamoth... the Awoken Flame Beast..." Clutching his sword tightly, the blond glanced over to Diggs. "Be careful..." he said worriedly. "I'll try and keep his attention."

His vision hazing, Belbet gave a long sigh, staring back into Evan's eyes. "I..." he panted softly. "...love you... too... Evan..." His arms wrapped around the other's body, he gave a sated smile.