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"I'll be waiting in L.A. Naru Sempai." Those were her last words to what used to be an annoying rival, now it almost became a romantic interest to her. She had left her B.P. hat with him just so he could remember her by while she transferred from Japan to L.A., in America. She and Naru promised each other to hone up their beautician skills thus competing with each other when they reunite.

She went through security with her parents safely and also got to their airplane safely. It would be a long plane-ride over there, which made Kiri somewhat anxious. Before the plane got off the ground, she had looked out the window to see all the people she knew....Iori......Aoyama......Taro-tard....Minami....Kazuhiko...and lastly Narumi..... "See you all soon." She muttered as the airplane took off toward the skies, heading to the opposite end of earth.

The airplane ride would be around 10 hours [not to mention the time-zone would be different], which got a few people antsy....except Kiri. Ol' Kiri Koshiba had slept through the whole plane ride before the plane had landed, waking her up with the voice welcoming her to America. She groaned as she had to get up to follow her parents to her new home in L.A. It was gonna be her temporary home probably until she was old enough to buy a plane back home. She walked out of that airport a little wobbly as she had sat on that plane for hours straight. "You know Kiri...." her mom broke the silence between the three as they sat down in a Taxi to get to home. "Julie has been excited for a very long time when I told her you were coming to live in L.A. She just loves the way you do with her hair." Sigh.....Mom was at it again. Of course, Kiri remembered the child actress.....the way she had spilled both of Kiri's fries and hotdog....but she was a kind kid nonetheless. "I see....." Kiri could only say such as that as the taxi got through the traffic to get inside the house. Kiri tipped her head a bit to look at the house a bit, somewhat amused that the house was slightly bigger than the salon back home.

"Well Shampoo....time to move in." She said nonchalantly as she drags her luggage to the house with her big black cat she calls Shampoo. She got inside and took a tour around the house to check out the rooms such as the dining room, living room, kitchen, and of course her room. It wasn't until she got to her room when she had felt the vibration on her feet. The cat did so as well so it was no illusion. She widened her eyes slightly as she stood there, frozen stiff. Then another vibration kicked in, which was stronger. "Earthquake! Everyone duck!" Ea-Earthquake? Kiri thought as she ducked under her bed with Shampoo in her arms. The roaring vibration did not stop and actually made Kiri a little nervous. She shut her eyes and held onto Shampoo tightly....that was when for some reason....she could not open her eyes.

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Meanwhile during Kiri's Earthquake, Japan seemed to be livelier than it ever before. Located at an elite academy called Hakusenkan which is where the main girl of the story now attends. "AGAIN?! I LOST TO HIM?!" Hikari Hanazono was in shock yet again when her rival, Kei Takishima had once again beaten her in the school's exam. From athletics to school work...it seemed to be that Kei was one step in front of her.

"Too bad." Kei had gotten close to her with his head on her shoulder. "You still got a long way to go....#2." Hikari furiously turns around: "DO NOT DARE CALL ME #2! I WILL BEAT YOU SOMEDAY TAKISHIMA YOU WILL SEE!" She then storms off with blush on her face, humiliated on her defeat. School was over anyways so of course she wanted to go home and tone her wrestling skills.

All her life she had committed to defeating Kei ever since he beated her in wrestling when they were kids. Heck, she had to convince her Father to join the elite academy [that costed some big bucks]. She is considered the second best in the school while of course...Kei being the first. "I WILL DEFEAT YOU KEI! AND THIS TIME I WILL CALL YOU #2!" She screams in the air, making everyone around her freaking out from her sudden impulse. She then sighs, a little saddened. "I studied all night for that exam...how does he do it?!" She mumbles, a little agitated for that matter but someday she knows she will defeat him on....SOMETHING! She walks through the busy streets of Japan to come back home to then suddenly hear a pleading shout from an alleyway....which sounded like a girl. 'Uh-oh...something's wrong." She does not hesitate and quickly goes into the dark alleyway to see a girl, obviously bent over crying. Hikari was not going to back down now. "Hey....you ok?" She asks softly, coming to her slowly and even sat down beside her. "You hurt in anyway?" Her voice was soft, not wanting to be abrupt. "N-No." The girl's voice hums, suddenly having a dark aura that made Hikari tense. The girl looked up and then suddenly stares down with demonic eyes and sharp teeth. Hikari stands up and was now frozen stiff as now purple aura was streaming out of the girl. "Wha-What?!"

"Hikari!" A familiar voice screams.

"KEI!" She shouts back, wanting to run but it was too late. Everything around her became too bright. She could only hear Kei calling her name one last time before everything around her turned blank.

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"I'm moving out!"

"HEY! GET THE F- BACK HERE!" Knuckle's usually shouting kind of made Silver laugh. "Oh c'mon Slow-poke. We gotta get that emerald away from Eggman....and I want to make this trip a bit worthwhile." OH?! I will make it worthwhile by giving you a knuckle sandwich!"

"Geez.....that is lame man, at least come up with another line than that." Silver laughs, floating on mid-air with his powers as Knuckles had to fly like a weird bat. They were both flying to get the chaos emerald, thus Sonic's orders. Sonic will infiltrate the base while Tails will battle the ship...giving Silver & Knuckles a good time to try to find the chaos emerald. So when they landed, they made sure no robot spotted them as they sneak throughout the hallway away from the camera's view and any other threat. "You know where it is man?" "No. Now will you shut up?" They both whisper at each other, insulting the living daylights out of each other back and forth.

"Yes?" "No." "Now?" "No." "Done?" "SHUT UP!" Knuckles screams, giving the robots full attention. "Man, you need to work on being quiet." Boy did Silver get a punch on the face after that scuffle. "Then STOP ASKING ME!" Knuckles cracked his hands, already muttering a few curse words. The robots, now all torn and dead were now on both of Silver's and Knuckles’ feet. Knuckles ended up kicking some of the robot parts away from him out of anger. "I should remember to give you a happy pill after this." Silver told him sarcastically as he followed along. "Shut up already. The emerald is this way." Knuckles then grabs one of the metal doors and yanks it out, leaving Silver whistling as if impressed. "Fire Powa." He mimicked a muscular man that might be familiarized with Arnold Schwarzenegger. "You know what? I am going to ignore you for a LOOOONG time now." He grumbles, moving away from the chuckling silver hedgehog. "Ooooooh, don't be a party-pooper."

As they entered the dark room, they were able to find the green chaos emerald that floated there within the capsule. Silver then went to the computers to try to open it up. "Here...then there.......alrighty..." He was telling himself, going through the process of the opening of the capsule. After a few clicks on the keyboard, they were able to open it. Silver right away used his psychogenesis to get the emerald to come to him. "Hmph, pretty-lookin'." He then smiles a little: "Mission Accomplished Buddy."

"Alright dude, just give it to me-" Suddenly Knuckles' eyes widen as if seeing a monster. "What? Do I have something on my face?" Silver said in a naive tone wiping his cheeks, not aware something dark was creeping up on him. "Silver......move away slowly." "Huh?"

"I SAID MOVE!" Right away did the creature roar, getting the two to leap forward from the monster. This creature was on its arms and legs; uneven looking as his eyes was a little deformed. "HOLY DAMN! That looks uglier than Sonic himself!" "I will pretend I did not hear that." Silver then tosses the chaos emerald to Knuckles. "I'll distract him best as I can, take that emerald to Sonic and the others." "Alright but do not die on me." With that the red Echidna took off, leaving Silver by himself. "Alright boy, you wanna play rough?" Silver then lifts his arm to lift up a box and throw it at the monster's face. "I'll be the one to-.....That didn't even phase him!" Silver was shocked when the creature just sprang at him, at a speed that the poor hedgehog could not dodge.

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"Zak! Zak? YOO-HOO! ZAAAK!"

"I'M A VIRGIN!"

.................. "What?" "Wha-?' "Awkward....." Aaron mumbled, chuckling at his friend's random wake-up phrase. The Ampibom twirled his two tails around. "Which spirit was it this time?” "Not frickin' telling you monkey boy!" The houndoom with blue eyes got up on his four and started stretching as he was avoided what had just happened. The Ampibom named Aaron and a Pikachu named Kaishou patted the poor doggy as they stood there: "Well....." The Pikachu starts the conversation: "Whatever that spirit was, you better find a way to make it go away before a girl spots you saying that. But anyways! ~" the Pikachu then pulls out a map as he sat on the front-seat of the car, looking back at the two on the passenger seats. "We're aiming for the state park of Kokoo. Apparently there have been reports of an apparition sitting on one of those green picnic benches. It will be cool man~ Hawaii baby...Our home turf!"

Aaron shakes his head, meaning only Zak and Kaishou were on home turf....Aaron came from Japan. "If only Nick were here but oh well, his wife is expecting a child." "Yeah...MY SISTER!" He roars back, a little annoyed that his best friend would date his sister but nonetheless..... "Oh cry me a river Zakky boo, be happy for the two." Kaishou waved his hand up and down like a Chinese Fan. "Let's just focus on getting some evidence already. It will be fun-" the rant continued on and on as Zak let his mind wander off, looking at the place he used to call home. His mom, a purple-furred Ninetales must still haunt this area ever since her untimely death....while his adoptive Father, Mykola the Milotic remained at Japan.....getting to his 'golden' years and probably finding another female so he could move on. "Hey you listening to me?!" "What?"

"Jesus, I swear to god. You have been in the clouds all week!" Kaishou grumbled, leaving the two alone as they headed to the park.................

They were setting up from afternoon till early evening when the cameras had been set up and voice recorders are ready for some EVPS. Zak had decided to take a walk for the meantime to be alone. He did not feel good and wondered if it was ok to even leave the two alone. "Baaah, we killed my evil Uncle and Drago so they are fine alone." He then sat there and whistled a little tune to pass the time. Then some rustling around the bushes caught the doggy's attention. He peeked upward to see his friend......acting strange. "Oh Kaishou!" He chimed, a little relieved but then stops to realize it might not be him. "Kaishou...You ok?.....Kaaaaai?" He mumbled, a little frightened from the Pikachu's posture. "ZAAAAK! RUN!" Aaron's blood-curling screams echoed throughout the park as the Pikachu lunged at the Houndoom, creating an ever-lasting wound.

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The garden bloomed majestically, dancing along with the wind as there laid one girl with short hair tied back. Her face was relaxed and seemed tranquil along with the aroma of flowers. Her face started wrinkling; alas....the girl named Kiri Koshiba was waking up. Her tiny hands tightened their grip on the clean grass before she sat on her knees, trying to figure out what had happened. "That....That's right.....There was an earthquake.... She then right away felt something rub against her arm; revealing a black cat named Shampoo. "You’re alright...." Kiri took ahold of the cat and hugged him, using her legs to get herself standing up. She then smiles a little as now it seemed like everything was fine.....well..: "Where are we?" She says in a nonchalant manner, thinking that maybe she was on the remains of a house destroyed by an earthquake. "I don't think we're in L.A. Shampoo." She mumbled, not really phased about it....probably thinking it was a dream of some sort......

"Hello?! Anybody here?! Hellloooooo~!" Kiri perked up when a female voice echoed from the garden. She turns her head to see a girl that was about her height...with blue hair that touched her butt and black eyes that gleamed like night. Her dress uniform however made Kiri curious.....did that uniform belong to a elite school? The girl, however was elastic seeing Kiri: "OH THANK GOODNESS! I thought I was alone!" The girl hugs Kiri in a desperate manner, almost like relief filled her up. "Alone? You don't know where you are either?" "N-No. I thought maybe you'd know." The girl looked worried and sighed: "I have been wandering around this place for an hour and so far I have found nothing...but I found someone else at least...I hate being alone." The girl then smiles at Kiri: "I'm Hikari Hanazono...you?"

"Kiri Koshiba." She bowed to Hikari: "And this is Shampoo." Kiri held her cat upward so Hikari could see: "Aaaaaaw~ so cute~" Hikari petted the cat gently on the head, feeling a purr as it vibrated her palm. Hikari chuckled lightly, feeling better for finding someone to stick with: "Introductions aside, we should find out how to get out of-"

"AAAAAAAH! HELLHOUND!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAH.......WHATEVER THE HELL YOU ARE!"

Those screams caught the attention of the two Japanese girls as they hurried on out toward the sound, knowing those voices to be two males. Upon getting there, Hikari was shocked and scared of the 'alien-like' appearance while Kiri stared at them in an amused way then yawns. One of the boys was a very light gray hedgehog (almost white) with white fur on his chest surrounding his neck with yellow eyes and tan skin. He wears white gloves with cyan circles with lines sticking out of the bottom leading to his golden bracelets accented in cyan. The tops of his boots are of a similar fashion with a red gem set in gold. The rest of his boots are navy blue, white and cyan. He has two large spines at the back of his head, while at the front of his forehead there are five distinct spines flared up and back, the two final ones covering up most of his ears.

Kiri then turned to the Dog that was called a 'Hellhound'. The dog has a taller build with a longer snout. There are two white bands at each of Houndoom's ankles instead of just one, as well as three bands on its back instead of two. Houndoom has a long, skinny tail that ends in an arrowhead and visible claws on its feet. It appears to have a collar with a small skull pendant and a pair of curled horns, but no discernible ears. She did notice the dog had very bright blue eyes, reminding Kiri of Narumi right away. The hedgehog remained still looking at that thing: "One move dog and I will end you like a junky robot!"

"Oh swell! I'll end you before you even touch me you....you......freak-a-zooid....!"

"Original...." Kiri yawned, staring up to Hikari looking pale and frozen in shock. Kiri tugged on Hikari's sleeve to get her attention. "You should calm them down....they will create a wreak out here." " Bu Bu-.......ok...your right." Hikari coughed as she stepped between the two creatures. "Enough! No use in freaking out the other here! Let's just figure out where we are so we can find our way home!"

"HOME?! With that thing?!"

"Problem with that?" Kiri gave off a scary aura that reminded the three of someone they were scared of. "No.......well.......true I don't know where I am but.....what is he?!" "I am a hedgehog you nutcase! Why you on earth?!" "I'm a Houndoom first off! I don't come from hell like that three-headed dog idiot!"

"Alright ALRIGHT! Calm down and take a few deep breathes...." Hikari did it too so the two males can follow along. The two were hesitant but they followed along with her. "Alright good! Now let's get to know each other. I am Hikari Hanazono, and this is Kiri Koshiba and Shampoo, the cute little kitty~" Shampoo mewed at her response, liking to be complimented. "I'm uhhh....Silver." "And I'm Zak...." "See?! It isn't that bad now was it?" She chimed, feeling a little better now that no one was screaming bloody murder. "Now let's go find out way home now a'right? The more the merrier! C'mon!" Hikari trotted away leaving Kiri, Silver, and Zak to catch up to her. All four now were together to figure out what is going on and why are they here....and if there was a way to get home.

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