FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

SatAm Fanfic Series: The Endless Struggle.

Ver: 1.0

By: Hakuzo NightFox

Legal: This is a just for fun Fan-fic, I do not own any of the Characters belonging to Sega as they are copyrighted to Sega. I only own Hakuzo NightFox, and Bayne DayFox.

Chapter 1: The unveiling

Hakuzo NightFox, who is he exactly? Is he a shadow that haunts any form of robotic life? Is he a trained assassin, whose only goal is to kill the one named Robotnik? He is both of these, but neither at the same time. He is a Freedom Fighter, and he resides inside a hollowed out tree that is situated in the outer limits of Knothole.

The day started out like any other, it has been ten years since Hakuzo last seen his parents. Eric, a nine tailed Kitsune, was a royal guard for the Acorn kingdom. Gloria Hakuzo's mother also went missing during the chaos of what befell that fateful day.

Those memories still haunt Hakuzo to this day. He reflects on all that has happened thus far, while he polishes the runic daggers, one of the last presents that his father gave him. The blades had not a nick on them, as there where forged of a rare metal that can not be damaged easily.

Hakuzo lets out a sigh as he sheaths the daggers. So many lives have been lost already, and many more are struggling each day to overthrow the tyranny of the Robotnik Empire. Many of Hakuzo's friends have either been slain or Robotisized.

A knock on the door snaps Hakuzo out of his stupor. Hakuzo promptly gets up and opens his door. A small brownish colored fox with two tails greets him. "Hello Tails, Is something the matter?" Hakuzo asks the smaller fox.

"Nothing's wrong but Sonic sent me over here to fetch you, He has something he found the other day that he wants you to see." Tails replied with a big smile.

Hakuzo nods and follows Tails back towards the center of Knothole. Sonic and Rotor where waiting for the two foxes. Rotor, a large purple colored walrus, was adjusting and tinkering with an object on the table in front of him.

"Heya, Hakuzo, Look what I found!" Sonic exclaims proudly.

"Wow, you found a replacement scope for my rifle?" Hakuzo asks as he looks at the detail of it. "It even appears to be more powerful than the last one."

Sonic nods, "Yup, Stole it from old Buttnik this morning."

Rotor makes one final check and looks over the scope. "Yup, it's a real beauty. Looks like it will fit right up to your rifle."

"Thanks guys, now maybe I can hit further away targets now." Hakuzo takes the scope and places it carefully in a side pouch. Hakuzo was about walk of and fix his rifle when Tails called to him.

"Hey Hakuzo, You going to be here for my birthday party right?" Tails asks with a shy look on his face.

"Of course, Your ten years old now right?" Hakuzo asks his smaller likeness.

"Yup!, Sally said I can start more Freedom Fighter training tomorrow!" Tails exclaims.

"Great, I'll see you at the party them." Hakuzo says a quick goodbye to everyone and returns back to his home. He removes the scope and looks over the rifle. The old scope mount is an exact fit to this scope. Hakuzo looks through the scope and is amazed at how well Rotor tuned it for the gun.

Hakuzo loads up his clip of five rounds into the rifle and proceeds to his private shooting range. Each shot was more accurate this time, and he could see the targets clearer than before. Hakuzo give a nod and sets up for another round.

* * *

Outside of Robotroplis, the air was putrid as ever. Only a small rat could squeeze through the defenses Robotnik had set up for today. All of Robotroplis was on lock-down, as the large dictator put a new plan into motion.

"Today, Snivley, I will finally have that rodent." Robotnik exclaims as he paces the floor.

"Very good sir." Snivley, Robotnik's nephew answers in a monotone voice.

"What is one Sonic's main weakness? Pride! He thinks he is the fastest there is on this planet, but after today, Sonic will be nothing more than an average rodent." Robotnik gloats on about some plan, which Snivley mostly ignores. "Snivley, launch the stealth bots, and put out the bait."

"Right away Sir." Snivley replies and pushes a few buttons on the controls.

* * *

The stealth bots, flat shaped flying aircraft, follow the coordinates to a location outside of the Great forest. A Carrier ship drops off three modified Swatbots, which have plasma tanks on their backs. Hoses run to a special nozzle that is connected to a flame. The three bots start unleashing super-heated plasma at the surrounding forest.

One of the lookouts in Knothole spots the smoke coming from the edge of the great forest. An alarm sounds off as everyone scrambles back to the center of Knothole. Every freedom fighter is present and is briefed on the situation.

"Robotnik has Swatbots torching the great forest, we have to get over there and stop those bots at all cost!" Sally, a small ground squirrel, addresses everyone. "Sonic, you and Rotor will take point. Find a way to stop those bots and put out the fires. Tails, you will be advanced scout, You will keep watch and direct Hakuzo so he can do his job." Sally turns to Hakuzo.

"Yeah, I know, Snipe them, if ya got em. I'll make sure the bots are put down without hitting anyone else." Hakuzo answers.

Sally nods and addresses Bunny Rabbot and Antoine. "Bunny and Antoine will be backup. Once the bots are out of commission, you two will put out the fires, along with my help. Now we have to act quickly." Before Sally could finish her sentence, Sonic zips off, dragging Rotor behind him like a kite.

The rest rushed as fast as they could to the scene, while Sonic was already there and ready to act. "Hey bucket heads, this is the no smoking section of the forest, I'm going to have to take away your toys now!" Sonic announce himself in his normal haughty fashion.

"PRIORITY ONE HEDGEHOG." The Swatbots squeak out in their robotic voices. The Swatbots sweep their nozzles toward Sonic but sonic just stayed out of their range.

"Too slow SwatB--" Sonic was cut off by a sudden impact to his leg.

"Foolish hedgehog, you ran straight into one of my mega-muck mines. How do you like it?" Robotnik's voice was dripping with venom as he approached the stopped hedgehog. "Today you lose rodent!"

"You know, Monologuing is your worse trait?" Sonic asks the larger Overlander.

"Your jokes will cease once your inside my Robotisizor!" Robotnik continues to gloat. A concussive blast hits a few seconds later. Robotnik is nearly knocked to the ground by the shockwave. Rotor quickly frees Sonic from the mega-muck mine, as Sonic gives a fake salute to Robotnik.

"See ya, later Buttnik!" Sonic says as he runs Rotor for safety. A second blast hits as another one of the Swatbot's tanks were struck. Robotnik was thoroughly confused at the situation at hand. Two of his Swatbots where struck down, and the third one stood stalk still.

"Move you fool!" Robotnik shouts at the last robot, but much too late, as the tank was also struck. Robotnik promptly retreats into his personal red colored carrier and flies back to Robotroplis.

Tails flies down and high-fives Hakuzo. "Nice shooting Hakuzo!"

Hakuzo slings his rifle over his shoulder. "Just doing my job, but we should help the others now put out those fires."

Sally and the others where already hard at work trying to put out the fires. This under normal circumstances was difficult enough, but the plasma used acts like napalm. Antoine was running around trying to throw dirt on the fires, but trips falling face first onto another mega-muck mine.

"W'at the?" Antoine tries to struggle out of the gooey substance, but only get trapped further. A Clawed hand reaches down and pulls Antoine up by the collar.

"You need to be more carefully Tony!" A dragon named Dulcy speaks as she lifts up the tail-less coyote. "Everyone stand back, I'll take care of these fires." Dulcy takes in a very deep breath and then she unleashes a stream of ice at the fire. The heat melts the ice instantly and the downpour of water vapor hits the fire at once. Moment later only steam rises out from the grass.

"You showed up just in time Dulcy." Sally thanks the green dragon as she surveys the damage done. "It looks like minimal damage around here."

"If it wasn't for the explosions, I would have flew on over without a second thought." Dulcy relates the tale as she stretches out her wings. Once all the fires were extinguished everyone relocates back to knothole.

After everyone calmed down, the preparations for Tails birthday party are well underway. Sonic's job was to keep Tails occupied while everyone else finished up the birthday party. Hakuzo was no exception, his job was to help with the decorations while keeping an eye out for Sonic and Tails.

The sun was at it's highest point in the sky while everyone was gathered at the center of Knothole. Hakuzo spots Sonic and Tails and mimics a whistle of a local bird. Everyone hides out of sight as the duo approach the area where the party is to take place.

All of Knothole jumps out at the same time and yells "Surprise!" to Tails. Tails proceeds to thank everyone in turn and then is directed to a make shift platform in the middle of the crowd. Sonic jumps up on the platform and puts on a heroic sounding voice.

"Everyone, thank you for your efforts to make this party possible for my little bro. Today he turn ten years old. We officially recognize him as an official Freedom Fighter now." Sonic bows, and everyone cheers. Sonic jump up into a somersault and lands lightly on the ground. He urges Tails onto the platform, and the brown fox nervously stands up.

"I....I don't know what to say..... All of you have been so wonderful to me..... You're the best family I can ask for....." Tails runs out of words to say, unsure what to say next. Sonic jumps back into the platform and places a hand lightly on Tail's shoulder.

"It's okay little buddy, We know how you feel." Tails nods at Sonic's words. Tails was about to say something else but smoke started filling the area. Gasps and whispers that this is an attack by Robotnik.

Once the smoke clears, a lone human with an extremely long beard stands erect. The whole crowd falls silent as the Overlander magician begins to speak. He points a finger at the two tailed fox, "You, I've had a vision about you young fox. Your destiny begins now, and the one to help you..." The Overlander then points to Hakuzo. "Is you Hakuzo."

Hakuzo has heard legends about this Overlander but this is the first time Hakuzo has met this wizard. "How do you know my name?" Hakuzo asks the wizard.

"I, Lazar, know much about you. I also know a lot about the rest of this small village. I am more interested in the two foxes right now. Both of you are to form a magical bond, Hakuzo is to train Tails in the art of Kitsunik magic." Lazar makes a flourishing movements with his hands and Hakuzo is lifts into the air and is flung at Lazar as if being pulled by an invisible thread. "There is a magic locked away inside of you Hakuzo. I can only waken a small part of that now."

Lazar waves his hands again and Hakuzo starts to glow an eerie bluish green color. "You remember what your father told you about FoxFire?" Lazar asks the white fox.

"Yes..... but I've never been able to summon it on my own before." Hakuzo answers.

"Try it now young one." Lazar says with his hands extend, his palm facing upwards. A ball of bluish green fire appears in his hand.

Hakuzo gives a slight nod and holds out his hand the same way. In a matter of moments, buried instincts took hold of Hakuzo and old memories come back to him. A flare of light , and a small flicker of flame appears in Hakuzo's palm. That flame grows to twice the size of what Lazar summoned. Hakuzo opens his eyes in disbelief.

"That is all I can show you for now. For you to unlock the rest of your magic, you need two things, A sword forged for you by a long forgotten Deity, and lastly you must seek out your sister." Lazar states this and starts to fade from view.

"WAIT! You mean my sister is alive?" Hakuzo shouts but Lazar disappears before he could respond. Hakuzo slumps to his knees as memories of his long lost sister fill his head. The rest of the crowd was speechless.

Tail's face held a look of excitement and confusion at the same time. Sonic looks back and forth between the two foxes. Not even Sonic has known Hakuzo had a sister, and He wonders why Hakuzo has never mentioned her before.

The tension in the air was thick enough to cut with a laser blast. More whispers about what was unleashed continue around and soon a new rumor spreads around that Hakuzo isn't the person they thought they knew. Hakuzo was unaware of all of this as emotions fill him, he slowly gets up to his feet.

Sonic jumps down and places both hands on Hakuzo's shoulders, "You going to be alright man?"

"yeah..."Was all Hakuzo could answer.

This single event will be a day everyone in Knothole will remember. Things finally calm down but there is still an uneasy feel in the air. The party proceeds as planned and everyone gives Tails a present for becoming a new Freedom Fighter. A dark colored Knapsack, and other small things any Freedom Fighter may need. Rotor gave Tails a compass as a present. Bunny's present was a field guide to identify local wild life. Sonic gave Tails his first power ring ever created by Uncle Chuck as a good luck charm.

This went on until the last one to give Tails a present was Hakuzo. The present was a multi-tool like the one Hakuzo carries. It has as a file, knife blade, a mini saw blade and a pair of pliers all built in.

"Um... Hakuzo... is what lazar said... true?..." Tails asks the older White fox.

"Hmm..... The thing's he said.... Has to be. I know in my heart they are true words." Hakuzo answers, trying to push back fresh memories.

"Ok then... I want you to teach me all you can then!" Tails exclaims to Hakuzo while Sonic takes on a slightly shocked and jealous look.

"I don't know how I could even begin to teach you... but I will do what I can." Hakuzo simply answers. At this Sonic just about lost it. He marches up to Hakuzo.

"Would you please follow me for a moment?" Sonic asks Hakuzo. Hakuzo nods slightly and follows the blue hedgehog, noticing that Sonic was suddenly angry at something.

"What is i--" Hakuzo was cut off as Sonic suddenly spun around and threw a punch at Hakuzo. Hakuzo tries to dodge out of the way, but was still hit in the left shoulder, being knocked backwards.

"YOU THINK YOU CAN COME HERE AND THEN TAKE OVER MY BUDDY LIKE THAT? HE HAS BEEN LIKE A LITTLE BROTHER TO ME!" Sonic shouts as he does a round-house kick at Hakuzo. Hakuzo barely block the attack in time, and is knocked on his butt, do to the force of the kick. "YOU THINK SOME WIZARD IS THE TRUTH AND THAT YOU ARE SOME GRAND SAVIOR?"

"S-Sonic... Calm... down please." Hakuzo stammers while he prepares to block another attack.

"YOU KNOW HOW MANY PROFFICES I"VE SEEN COME TRUE? AND HOW MANY MORE I"VE STOPPED BY MY OWN HAND? THE SINGLE MOST ONE I COULD NEVER CHANGE WAS ROBOTNIK TAKING OVER!" Sonic continues to yell as he flips into a spin-kick.

"No one is trying to take away anyone!" Hakuzo exclaims as he rolls out of the way of the attack.

"SONIC STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" Sally yells as she comes running up onto the two. "Hakuzo didn't do anything, why are you attacking him?"

"I...I don't know.........." Sonic says, suddenly looking ashamed. He casts his eyes downward at the ground, suddenly seem back to normal. "I... Something came over me.... I Couldn't control my anger for some reason. I suddenly became jealous over something so stupid... can you forgive me Hakuzo?"

"...Yeah... It was a big deal anyways." Hakuzo answers... unsure at what just happened.

"This is so unlike you Sonic." Sally sighs out wondering how this situation came about. First Lazar, then Sonic acting strangely... Something odd was going on and Sally knows she has to keep an eye on things.

"I knew that Feulish hedgehoug, was out going to snap one day!" Antoine proclaims.

"NOT NOW ANTOINE!" everyone yells out in unison, making the Small coyote feel even smaller.

"Sonic... I think you need to sit out tonight's mission. We can't take any chances of something like this happening again." Sally instructs Sonic while she tries to figure out who will replace Sonic on tonight's mission. She ponders over what Lazar said too, and wonders what exactly Hakuzo must teach Tails. "Hakuzo, since Sonic will be staying behind, I want you to take Tails into Robotroplis tonight. You are to remain hidden, and are not to go into the open for any reason."

"I understand Sally." Hakuzo replies, "I'll go on and prepare then." Hakuzo stands up and brushes himself off. Still uneasy over everything that has happened, but he knows he has a job he must fulfill.

Tails watched silently as everyone start to prepare for tonight. So many raw thoughts running through his head, the young fox was lost in an eddy of emotions. Everyone was on edge and now his own friend attacked another member of the Freedom Fighters. Bunny comes over and consults the young fox, trying to calm him down and reassure him.

Sonic moped around for the remainder of the afternoon, angered at himself for his outburst. He still doesn't know what came over him, but he plans to find out tonight while everyone one else was on the mission.

***

Sonic raced through the Great Unknown, a vastly unexplored part of Mobius. Part desert, part rocky terrain, followed with a stretch of oozing bogs and swaps. The further sonic traveled away from Knothole, the worse the surroundings got. This place makes Robotroplis look like a flower filled garden, and the sight was depressing.

Sonic inched ever closer to the Forbidden Zone. Sonic has only been here once, but once was all he hoped he ever needed. He stops at a fenced area, the entrance into the Forbidden Zone.

"Lazar resides in this crumby place. I hope I've never had to return here." Sonic says out loud musing over this dismal place.

A cloaked figure wearing an iron mask appears before Sonic suddenly. "My master has been expecting you, Come this way Hedgehog." The cloaked figure turns around and starts walking down a path filled with pools of stagnate water.

Sonic was lead up to a giant gaping mouth that marks the entrance of Lazar's iron fortress. Its jaw is comprised of jagged rusted metal. A tingle runs down Sonic's spine, as the last time he was here, he had to out run Lazar's bodyguard and make it through death traps in one piece.

The bodyguard places his hands on a stone wall, and a passage way appears. So that's how the bodyguard go here so quickly last time, Sonic thinks to himself. Torches light up in succession down the long tunnel. Within a few minutes the two arrive at Lazar's main chamber.

Lazar's super computer, A large chunk of quarts crystal connected to a miniature computer device, floats in the air above a pedestal. Lazar was the first Overlander to blend magic and technology together, gaining the name Technomage.

Lazar notices Sonic looking over his super computer again. "So you've come to take my super computer again have you?" Lazar asks the hedgehog as he approaches.

"No... I um...." Sonic stammers lost for words.

"Calm down young one, I'm only joking with you. You can't use the device anymore anyways. I've magically encrypted it, But onto the point of your visit." Lazar waves his hand a chair appears. "Have a seat and stay for a spell."

Sonic carefully sits down in the chair. Looking Rather nervous while being there. "Yeah, I want some answers, and I want them now!" Sonic demands from Lazar, suddenly forgetting his nervousness.

"As impatient as ever young one, but, in this case, I will let it slide as there is an urgency in all of this. Mobius is entering into a second magical age, and the age of technology will come to a halting end. Technology and Magic will clash into a giant war, and if one side does not win, the world will be destroyed." Lazar begins his story to Sonic as a look of worry falls across the hedgehog's face.

* * *

Dusk was starting to settle onto Robotroplis. Hakuzo and Tails are perched behind a large pile of robotic parts left out for junk. Hakuzo sits back and watches the nearby Swatbot factory, while keeping an eye out for any floating camera robots called Spybots.

"You see that Swatbot over there Tails?" Hakuzo asks the Tails.

"Yeah?" the little fox replies.

"Take those binoculars in your backpack and take a look at the Swatbot, line up the Swatbot with the dot in the middle of the screen, this is the built in range finder. At the bottom of HUD, there is a number that with an F by it. That is the number of feet away the Swatbot is, tell me that number please." Hakuzo tells the fox while watching the Swatbot through the scope of his rifle.

"It's 450 foot away Hakuzo." Tails answers while watching the Swatbot.

"Good, that's what we call, 'calling a shot' now watch while I take the shot." Hakuzo lines up the cross-hairs in the scope for the Swatbot. He adjusts the scope settings to compensate for bullet drop. He watches carefully for any hint of wind, but the air appears to be calm. Next Hakuzo takes a deep breath and hold it. He gently squeezes the trigger back and the bullet accelerates out of the silenced muzzle. The bullet hits the Swatbot in the red visor of its sensor unit, and the robot falls down to the ground.

"Wow, direct hit Hakuzo!" Tails shouts.

"EH!, not so loud Tails, we have to be stealthy here. Keep an eye out for any Spybots that investigate." Hakuzo says as he pulls back the slide on the rifle, allowing another bullet to be chambered. This particular rifle has two firing modes, semi-automatic, and single shot. The setting is currently on single shot for the most accuracy.

Like clockwork a Spybot flies into the area and takes a picture of the downed Swatbot. Hakuzo lines up on the smaller target and takes another shot. The Spybot is sent flying off into a nearby wall.

Once the entrance was clear, Bunny and Rotor snuck up to the door and Rotor punched in the combination that Sally relayed to him. The door opens and the two continue inside. There appeared to be no other guards near the door as they press forward.

Inside, there where only a few lights as Robians, Robotisized Mobians, and Swatbots do not need much light to see in the dark. The two sneak to the control room and only a single Workerbot is inside at the controls. Bunny karate chops the robot with her partially Robotisized hand and takes the head clean off.

Bunny takes post at the door as lookout, as Rotor starts overloading the controls for the factory. An alarm sounds off as the current running though the electronics become too high. Bunny and Rotor run outside of the building as fast as they could.

"That's our cue to move Tails!" Hakuzo quickly jumps up and Starts running away from the factory. He has a minimum safe distance away from the factory marked and the two only have a few moments to get there.

"Right behind you Hakuzo." Tails yells while trying to catch up. Hakuzo may not be faster than Sonic, but he is faster than most of Knothole. Tails uses his Tails as a boost to catch up with Hakuzo. Hakuzo dive behind a large metal pipe as an explosion rocks the area.

Tails dives over just in time as a piece of shrapnel flies over him. The piece grazes his left arm as he ducks down. The wound started bleeding instantly. "Shoot!" Hakuzo quickly retrieves a first aid kit from his own backpack and quickly takes care of the wound. "There you will be ok now Tails." Hakuzo tells Tails once the wound was dressed.

Before Tails could utter a reply, metallic voices cut through the air. "BY ORDER OF ROBOTNIK YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!"