Summer Vacation ~ Chao Observation Diary/Little Chao Lost

**Summer Vacation ~ Chao Observation Diary** (Or, **Little Chao Lost**), is the twenty-second episode to happen in Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters:

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Amy Rose
* Cream the Rabbit
* Cheese the Chao
* Other Chao
* Shard the Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* NICOLE
* Manic the Hedgehog
* Ray the Flying Squirrel
* Sonia the Hedgehog
* Sally Acorn
* Mighty the Armadillo
* Bunnie D'Coolette
* Antoine D'Coolette
* Rotor Walrus
* Big Griz (First appearance)
* Mad Mike (First appearance)
* Queen Aleena Hedgehog/Bernadette Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Hope Kintobor
* Christopher Thorndyke
* Danny
* Frances
* Mr. Tanaka
* Mr. Stewart
* Doctor Eggman
* Snively Robotnik
* Decoe
* Bocoe
* Bokkun
* Scratch
* Grounder
* E-66 Da-Dai-Oh

## Plot

The episode starts with NICOLE in the virtual world researching more information on Shard and she finds out that he was once the captain of Queen Aleena's Royal Guard, as well as a rare combination of a Speed/Fly/Power/Balance-Type. If he were to become fully Robian, NICOLE fears what may happen and decides she must tell the others.

Back in the real world, Mr. Tanaka is praying to a statue, wishing Sonic and his friends a safe trip to arrive at their location. Chris and his friends are all waiting for a bus which would transport them to a beautiful valley which is notable for being in Mr. Tanaka's homeland, Japan, as a youth where Mr. Tanaka is waiting for them to set up camp there. Amy isn't sure about the camping trip, as it's not really her thing, but, Manic gently persuades her to give it a go. Sonia asks where Sonic and Sally were and Tails explains they're going out to explore the city sights instead. Meanwhile, Mr. Stewart is looking up a bus schedule to the Hot Springs village, which keeps Hope alert. Chris suspects that Hope has her theories about Mr. Stewart being a spy again, but, she doesn't want to spoil her friends' vacation. Chris still doesn't believe Hope's theories, but, he still knows better than to disobey Hope's orders. Danny catches the two talking, but, Chris makes up a lie about sneezing and Hope saying "bless you". Tails asks why Mr. Stewart had to come and it'd be more fun with just the teens and kids, but, Chris explains it'd be safer for an adult chaperone to come. Everyone gets on the bus and Tails wraps his namesakes around Cream, making her giggle. Sonia comments that her little brother and Cream are getting along well as she pets Tails' head. Everyone admires the view outside, especially Tails, who mispronounces Japan and Chris corrects him.

Soon, the bus arrives at the campsite and Mr. Tanaka warmly greets everyone. Amy asks Mr. Tanaka where the group go from here and just as he's about to go, Mr. Stewart flies his flag to try to be leader. Hope tells him it's best to follow someone who grew up here. Mr. Tanaka says Mr. Stewart can still fly his flag, but, he'll have to stand by him. Cream, Amy, Tails, and Cheese admire the sights in front of them, Tails comparing it to The Great Forest back on Mobius. While that's happening, Sonic, with Sally in his arms, are jumping across the top of the pagodas in wonder at the beautiful sights. Both of them feel glad they researched Japan before coming here, as Sonic wishes to have some knowledge of the places they visit together. Back at camp, Amy is helping Mr. Tanaka and Mr. Stewart prepare a salad for lunch. Amy asks about the peanut butter and bread, to which Mr Tanaka says they had to account for Ray as he loves his peanut butter sandwiches. He also explains to Amy that Ray is out in the soccer field with Mighty, Sonia, and Manic and Mr. Stewart feels like he needs to loosen up a bit.

Out in the soccer field, Ray and Mighty are showing off the former's skills to the two hedgehogs while they were in China. Ray's first kick was to kick the ball past a line, but, it was so hard, it punched the net back a bit. He tries again, but, this time, he channels Chaos Energy into the ball and not only does he knock the net over, but, a tree with it. Mighty, Manic, and Sonia are impressed, but, Ray would have to give his new move a name so it becomes a technique. Ray decides to call it the Ray Striker. Further out, Hope, Danny, Chris, and Tails are trying to catch bugs. Tails manages to find a pill bug and Hope asks about if there's rules against using bait, but, Chris says there's no real rules to the activity. At the river, Cream, Cheese, and Frances are playing together. After Cream fails to catch a fish, Cheese, while swimming, is accidentally swept by the rapid current into the main stream. Frances pulls her to shore and the two race back to the campsite. As Amy was chatting with Mighty's group about Ray's new technique, Cream runs in with Frances and they tell them about Cheese. Poor Cream bursts into tears.

Back at the Thorndyke Mansion, Bunnie senses that Cream is upset. Rotor is surprised, as Cream is all the way in Japan while they are in Maryland, but, Bunnie is positive something is wrong. She flies off, leaving an amazed Antoine behind. Back at camp, Cream is being consoled by Tails, telling her they will find Cheese, just as Bunnie arrives. Tails too questions how Bunnie is able to know Cream is distressed, but, she says it's family instinct. She hugs her cousin tightly. Mr. Tanaka and Hope believe that while the water is fast, Cheese may be able to get stuck on a sandbank somewhere. They suggest to split up when they get to where the water splits in two paths.

Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman, with Snively, Decoe, Bocoe, Scratch, and Grounder are also hiking through the valley. Eggman gets frustrated with his four robot henchmen complaining throughout the hike and about giving him a weather report. He demands his chair and fan from Decoe and Bocoe, while Scratch and Grounder argue about who's getting the ice-pack, but, Snively already has one in his helmet. Decoe asks if they can go back to the Egg Fort II, but, Eggman insists they are going to be roughing it. The robots don't have to worry about mosquitoes and Snively assures he bought seven packs of lotion. Suddenly, Bokkun flies over and tells his fellow villains about Hope, Mr. Stewart, Chris, Frances, Danny, and the Mobians nearby. The seven villains suspect that they are looking for a Chaos Emerald, but, after his robots tell him to be quiet, Eggman gets bitten by a mosquito, followed by a vicious moth (half as annoying as Mobian insects, according to Eggman). Decoe and Bocoe start rubbing ointment on Eggman's wounds. Chris hears something and Cream asks if it's Cheese, but, Chris says it sounds like a man. Mr. Tanaka shrugs it off as someone else camping here.

The search party comes to a stop before a small tunnel, wondering if Cheese could be at the end of the stream after the tunnel. As Mr. Stewart is physically too big to fit in, the Mobians, Hope, and the human kids went through it (Mr. Stewart putting a tracking device on Chris before they go through). While that's going on, Sonic and Sally come to a stand where pastries are being sold. They happily buy one each and eat them, feeling quite content. At the end of the path, the children and teens have discovered a Chao colony inhabited by many Chao and among them are Big Griz and Mad Mike, much to Tails' surprise. He tells the others he and Sonic met them on their travels through Mobius together. Chris is surprised that there's more Chao on Earth and Tails explains they can live anywhere with fresh water. Big Griz and Mad Mike receive introductions of the rest of the group from Tails and the two introduce themselves as... Da Bears. They then recognize Hope as Eggman's niece, but, since Tails and Sonic are on the level with her, they feel at ease with her around and shake her hand, leaving her very dizzy. Danny realizes they are Power-Types. Bunnie decides they look for Cheese, as he has a bow-tie and shouldn't be hard to find. Big Griz says that Cheese came by recently and Cream rejoices when she finally found Cheese. The children, teens and Bunnie decide to spend some time playing with the other Chao before heading back to the campsite. While there, they also ask Mad Mike as to why he's called that and he says he has an explosive temper. He says he likes it, but, being around the Chao has made him feel much calmer and Chao in general have a calming presence. Big Griz says ever since the bright glow, they had been here and Tails explains it was Chaos Control and Big Griz and Mad Mike assure that the Chao are always safe in the presence of... Da Bears. Danny smiles, saying he's getting used to it.

Meanwhile as the doctor, Snively, and their four robot henchmen continued to hike through the valley and Decoe and Bocoe complained again, Eggman got fed up and ordered Decoe to unpack his knapsack which revealed to be the Selection Machine. Using the machine, Eggman then summons his new E-66 Da-Dai-Oh from his Egg Fort II. Back at the campsite, Amy wonders why she and Mr. Tanaka are remaining behind while Mr. Tanaka responded that they needed to keep the food safe from being eaten by wild animals. Amy also asks if the search party are okay and Mr. Tanaka tells her not to worry as he's played here as a kid growing up. At that moment, a worried Mr. Stewart returns to the campsite showing concern for the whereabouts of the children and that he used a tracking device. Amy gets suspicious, to which Mr. Stewart says now isn't the time. Suddenly, Da-Dai-Oh flies past over the campsite, indicating that Eggman is causing trouble again.

Back at the Chao Colony, everyone is prepared to go back to the campsite and wave goodbye to Da Bears and the other Chao. However, Cheese seemed lonely leaving the other Chao behind and Cream wonders if he'd rather stay with them. He shakes his head and hugs Cream instead, indicating he'd rather be with her. Chris then suggests they'd come back next year, but, Hope wonders if they'd even be on Earth the following year, but, they still have it open as a possibility. Unfortunately, at this point, Eggman, Decoe, Bocoe, Scratch, Grounder, and Snively ambush the Mobians, Hope, and the Human kids riding on the Da-Dai-Oh demanding for a Chaos Emeralds. They realize that Eggman must have seen them looking for Cheese and mistook it for them trying to find the emeralds. Hope yelled back that there are no Chaos Emeralds around the valley, even asking him to check his scanner. Despite checking his scanner, Eggman ordered Da-Dai-Oh to attack anyway. After taking one step, Da-Dai-Oh suddenly skids (due to walking on slippery mud) and crashes into the lake below. Before everyone can get into a discussion of the soft ground, Mighty witnesses the impact of the crash pollute the water, so, the Mobians, human kids, and Hope quickly rushed to the Chao colony. Eggman starts to wonder about a mushy mountain to which Snively replies it rains a lot in this area of Japan and Decoe deuces they need a smooth, hard surface and Eggman demands that everyone clean up.

Back at the colony, Da Bears see what's happening and get to work trying to block the mud. Hope quickly makes improvised shovels for everyone and they all start digging to clean out the mud. Unfortunately, more mud comes in as quickly as it was thrown out. Mad Mike soon gets an idea to throw a rock as his head. Danny believes it's crazy, but, Bunnie complies regardless. Now really angry, Mad Mike rushes at the water full speed and scoops the mud a long way away in large piles, throwing them miles away. Mad Mike calms down and the Chao water is clean once again.

After the efforts of Decoe, Bocoe, Scratch and Grounder cleaning Da-Dai-Oh and displacing it somewhere else, the trio of villains spot Sonic and Sally carrying bags of souvenirs who are surprised to meet them. Sonic questions Eggman's presence in the valley and the trio replied that they are just here for a vacation, which doesn't convince Sally. Sonic admits he and Sally were doing sightseeing of their own when one of Eggman's rust-buckets showed up, much to Eggman's anger. Eggman orders Da-Dai-Oh to attack Sonic and Sally, but, the blue hedgehog and squirrelmunk evade the attack with ease and destroy the robot with a Double Spin Dash sending the group of villains flying through the sky to the horizon. Amy, Mr. Tanaka, and Mr. Stewart just arrived into the scenery informing Sonic and Sally that they need to find the others. Sally hands the shopping to Mr Tanaka and she and Sonic head for the Chao Colony. Satisfied they already found Cheese, Sonic and Sally head back with the rest of the group to the campsite.

Later that night, the cast sit and laugh around the campfire as Mr. Tanaka mentioned he stumbled upon a Chao colony when he was a youth and Chris says he must thank Da Bears as the episode ends.

## Differences between this and the real episode:

* The original episode started with Mr. Tanaka in Japan, while this episode started with NICOLE looking up information on Shard again.
* In the original, Frances convinces Amy to give the camp a chance. In this episode, it was Manic.
* Tails and Cream don't snuggle together on the bus in the original, while here, they do.
* In the original episode, we see Sonic dash past the train. In this one, we don't see him do that with Sally.
* Like with all episodes in the real series, no one questions what Mr. Stewart is up to. Here, it's now shown Amy is catching onto the fact something is going on.
* There is no scene at the Thorndyke Mansion in the real episode. Here, we cut back to it briefly.
* A scene with Sonic posing for those outside the shop in Japan is cut. It's possibly replaced with the scene with Ray polishing up his new technique.
* No one else besides the Chao were at the Chao Colony in the real episode. Here, it was protected by Da Bears.
* Sonic cleans up the Chao water in the real episode with one of his whirlwinds. Here, Mad Mike uses his temper and strength to clean up the Chao water.
* Tails and Amy say that Cheese is a good swimmer in the original episode. Here, Tails is hugging Cream tightly and consoling her on a more personal level.
* It takes longer for everyone to find Cheese at the Chao Colony in the real episode. Here, Big Griz hands Cheese to Cream.
* Eggman doesn't even think to check his radar in the original. Hope tells him he should do so here, but, that doesn't stop him from attacking everyone.
* In the original, Sonic dumps his bag of souvenirs on the ground as he's taking out Eggman's robot. Here, Sally gives them to Mr. Tanaka.