Sonic: Adventures of Areion

Episode 44: Moving on Up

It is the second day of the tournament and already people are waking up and making preparations before heading towards the stadium. However someone was already awake before them and it was none other than Areion who was currently situated atop the rooftop of the hotel which he and the others had a taken temporary residence until the end of the tournament, the human was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed deep in concentration.

"Tetsuo-jiji, can you hear me?" Areion asked mentally.

"Ah Areion, nice to hear from you. Congrats on advancing to the next stage of the tournament as I've been watching through the scrying pool. What may be the reason you've contacted me?" Tetsuo asked fondly.

"It's about that form I turns into during my match with Natsu, do you know anything about it?"

Tetsuo hummed in softly in thought before responding "I felt that would been why you're connecting me this morning, the transformation which you ask of is known as the Azure Drive."

"Azure Drive? What's that?" Areion asked confusedly.

"I can describe it as a legendary transformation only a well trained Ryuga member or mostly one bearing the crest-Rank mark can unlock. It is a state whereby one fuses with the dragonfire to the point of actually become the flames itself, the known methods of entering the state is high levels of emotions or when one attempts a sense of resonance with the flames."

"Sugoi, so what are the benefits of Azure Drive?" Areion asked.

"It grants you absolute control over your flames as well as enhancing your physical abilities, dragonfire techniques, and let's not forget granting you the ability to becoming the actual flames themselves for either attacking or defense. You could as well view it as a variation of your Chaos Boost."

"Like Chaos Boost eh...this gives me ideas for Azure Drive and using it inside my armor, I'll experiment on them once I get back from this tournament." Areion thought.

"Very well, I bid you and your companions good fortune in your upcoming battles." Tetsuo said.

"Thanks jiji, I'll talk to you later." Areion felt the mental connection cut off as he opened his eye and stood up from the ground "Time to prep up and head for the stadium."

Areion used his speed dash his way back to his room and put on his gear before meeting up with Nicole and the others down at the lobby then they left the hotel to arrive at the stadium after breakfast. They saw that the stadium is almost full and were lucky to get some seats at a good start.

"I better head on over to the waiting room to meet up with Sonic and the other fighters since my match will be coming up later on." Areion said.

"Okay Areion, I cant wait to see you fight again." Milla said excitedly.

"Me too." Wendy was in agreement.

"Here's hoping that you would at least impress me further than yesterday." Carla said with indifference.

Areion rolled his eyes in response "Whatever you say." he left the stands and soon arrived at the waiting room where Sonic, Lilac, and Espio were already there before him like always.

"Yo Areion, was w seeing where you were." Sonic waved a hand in greeting.

"Doing some meditation before coming here to calm my nerves a bit among other things." Areion replied.

"A wise action, it improves one's preparedness for battle." Espio spoke from where he was as he was currently leaning against the wall with his eyes closed until Areion showed up.