Sonic XF Episode 229

Sonic XF Episode 229: “An Outcast’s Dream! Hiriluk the Quack!”

It has been sometime since the start of Nami’s treatment. Chopper examines Nami’s blood sample for any bacteria from the infection.

Chopper: Day 3; subject’s blood indicates bacteria count down by 70%.

Sonic: Hey!

Chopper: WAH!!

Chopper panics many glassware fly up, including flasks and test tubes.

Chopper: !!!!

Chopper manages to catch every single one with both arms and a leg. He even used his horns to hold the glassware.

**DUH!!!**

Chopper is in an awkward position, doing everything he can to keep his balance as he holds them.

Chopper: ….!!!

Sonic: Haha! You’re pretty good. Now….

Sonic resorts to teasing, by tickling the Reindeer.

Sonic: Let’s see what happens when I do this! Tickle! Tickle!

Chopper (ticklish): What do you think you’re doing!!! …..!!!

Sonic: Heheheh! Just teasing!

Chopper: Shut up! Get out of here!

Sonic: What do ya say, little man? Let’s you and me be friends. Come on. You’re really something, you know? I like yah.

Chopper: …..!?...You like me…??

Sonic: You’d make a great addition to the crew!

Chopper sets down the glassware and takes a flask of medicine.

Chopper: Look, I don’t want to be a pirate or your friend, see!?

Sonic: Look, little guy, you gotta say you’ll be my friend. My crew will love to have you!

Chopper: Why would I be friends with you!?

Sonic: Hey wait!

Chopper rushes out and away from Sonic, Chopper runs down the snowy stairs and trips.

Chopper: WAAAH!!

Chopper hits the bottom of the stairs but saves the flask from hitting the ground, catching it with his feet.

Sonic: Hahahah! Man, you’re really funny! Come on, I’m sure we’d be great pals!

Meanwhile….

Knuckles: You feeling better, Nami?

Nami: I am. I’ll be back on my feet in no time.

Knuckles: Glad to hear it.

Dr. Kureha: What are you two lovebirds up to?

Knuckle (stands up straight): Nothing, Madame! Just talking—

**WHAM!!!**

Dr. Kureha kicks Knuckles to the wall.

Nami: !

Dr. Kureha: I’m not a madame.  

--Nami (grins): Hm.

Dr. Kureha: I’m a swingin’ single still in the prime of youth. Don’t forget it.

Nami: Not a day over 139, right?

Then…

Chopper: Doctrine! Save me from this lunatic!

Sonic: Wait, hold on!

Chopper hides behind Dr. Kureha.

Nami: Sonic, what are you doing??

Sonic: This guy is gonna join us!

Nami: Really? Great!

Knuckles: Hm?

Chopper: I didn’t say that!!

Sonic: Sure you did!

Chopper: No I didn’t!

Sonic: Did!

Dr. Kureha: Be quiet! Both of you!

Sonic continues to chase around Chopper, knowing that he can catch him anytime. The  two then run out the room.

Dr. Kureha: Friend, huh? If he only knew what a friend means to someone who went through what Chopper has. …Poor guy…

Knuckles and Nami: …

Dr. Kureha: …When Chopper was out there, on his own, there was only one Sirian, that he only ever opened up to. That man, was Dr. Hiriluk. He was a crazy quack, but…he named Chopper, and called him his son.

**Flashback**

Long ago, in the cold night, we find Wapol’s soldiers searching for  the quack, Dr. Hiriluk.

Wapol’s Soldier 1: Where did he go?

Wapol’s Soldier 2: He disappeared…that crazy quack! We’ve got to get him! Those are Lord Wapol’s orders! Now move out!

Wapol’s Soldier 1 and 3: Right!

Dr. Hiriluk is seen hiding somewhere. He appears to be ill himself in some way, coughing up blood.

Dr. Hiriluk: ….Damn….

Meanwhile, we find ourselves in a family home, with the Mobian father in bed, sick while his Sirian wife and Mobian child are worried.

Sirian Wife: You can’t go on like this! You have to call a doctor.

Mobian Father: We can’t…there are no doctors to call….except for the 20 MDs who are under Wapol.

Sirian Wife: If  we have to beg Wapol, on our knees for help, then that’s what we have to do! I’ll go get them!

Dr. Hiriluk (off-screen): You don’t need Wapol’s charity.

Family: !?!

The Doctor makes his entrance, chimney and fireplace.

**DOOM!!! [Dr. Hiriluk the Quack]**

Dr. Hiriluk: I’ll examine him.

Mobian Father: HIRILUK! NO!! I-I’m fine! It’s just a cold! Besides, the last bunch of patients you treated ended up a whole lot worse!

Dr. Hiriluk: Now there’s no need to be shy! I just developed a whole new all-purpose drug yesterday! You’re a lucky man, now shut up.

Dr. Hiriluk looks through his suitcase, moving his pistol out in the process.

Mobian Father: HEEEEEK….!!!!

Dr. Hiriluk: Oh, that’s not the kind of gun you think it is. It’s a tranquilizer gun for patient who have severe pain.

Sirian Wife: I’ll go get the soldiers!

He ignores and proceeds, he takes out a hypodermic needle with green liquid inside.

Mobian Father: If you want just money I’ll be glad to pay!!

Dr. Hiriluk: I don’t take money from sick people!

He grabs the Mobian….

Dr. Hiriluk: I’m here to help you!

Mobian Father: Don’t do it please! I’m too young to die soon!!!

After the injection….

Mobian Father: ….!!!!

He turns green and acts frog-like. He hops through the glass window and hops away like a frog.

Dr. Hiriluk: Huh…Okay…I gotta admit, I wasn't expecting that. I must’ve made a mistake with the ingredients somehow. Wow…guess I should’ve used less frog extract. Uh, sorry there, my mistake!

Wapol Soldier 1: Hiriluk! Are you in there!?!

Dr. Hiriluk: Rggh!

The Quack hops out of the same window and makes a dash for it.

Wapol Soldiers: Hold it!!

Later, he runs to the bridge….

Dr. Hiriluk: Hm?

He finds Dr. Kureha sitting on the bridge, drinking. He walks…

Dr. Kureha: Are you happy now, quack? The doctor hunt has reached its final stage. I hear you and I are the only ones left in the country. Wapol has his hunters desperately looking for us everywhere. And even if they weren’t, you’re already a pariah of this country.

Dr. Hiriluk: ….

Dr. Kureha: Since you’re the worst QUACK of them all. Hehe!

He walks past her….

Dr. Hiriluk: I’m not gonna get caught by some foolish doctor hunters. And one day, I’ll save this whole country with medical science!

Dr. Kureha: Yeah right. I believe you mean destroy this country.

Wapol Soldier 1: Look! There are people on the bridge!

Dr. Kureha: See ya later, quack!

Dr. Hiriluk: Not if I see you first!

They run off as the Wapol Soldiers try to catch either one of them. Later in the cold forest as the snowy winds blow….

Dr. Hiriluk: Those freakin’ soldiers aren’t gonna capture me, I'm gonna go on! Helping the sickly and injured. Hm?

We find Chopper in his beastly form, lying face down in the snow stained with blood. He rushes over to Chopper…

Dr. Hiriluk: He’s been shot. We have to get you treated or you’re dead.

Chopper regains consciousness and shows aggression in his face.

Dr. Hiriluk: Don’t worry, I’ll save you.

Chopper has flashbacks of the Sirians and Mobians driving him out with weapons.

Chopper: …..!!!!

Dr. Hiriluk: Actually you’re pretty lucky, I just created an ointment  3 days ago that even works on broken bones. Just what are you anyway? You don’t look like a Sirian being, you must be that Yeti everyone is talking about.

Dr. Hiriluk holds his tranquilizer gun but however…

Chopper: HRRRRAAAAAHH!!!

Chopper punches the Doctor in the face after seeing the gun. Then Chopper punches him down into the snow.

Chopper: HRRRRAAAAAHH!!!......!!!

Dr. Hiriluk: ……

Chopper walks away…however….

Dr. Hiriluk: ….How…dare you…!!! Who do you think you’re dealing with, creature….!?

Chopper: ….

Dr. Hiriluk: Hey wait!

Chopper: !...

He turns around and…

Chopper: !?!

**DOOM!!!**

Dr. Hiriluk is completely nude and has his arms out.

Dr. Hiriluk: I promise I’m not gonna shoot ya see!!!?!

Chopper: ….!?!!

Dr. Hiriluk: My name is Hiriluk! Dr. Hiriluk!

Chopper: ….!

Dr. Hiriluk: And I wanna help you!!!

Chopper: ….

Chopper faints due to his wounds.

Somewhere up in the mountains, we find Dr. Hiriluk’s home. Chopper has been treated and currently is bedded. Chopper, in his small form, looks around after waking up.

Chopper: …..

We find Dr. Hiriluk sleeping on a chair, wrapped in a blanket.

Dr. Hiriluk: ……Zzzzzz….! ACHOO!

Chopper checks himself…

Chopper: Hm?

Chopper’s stomach then growls…

Chopper: …!

He then finds a loaf of bread with a glass of milk.

Chopper: …?

Dr. Hiriluk: Zzzzzz…

Chopper starts eating the bread. Soon after, he starts to tear up after realizing the generosity from Dr. Hiriluk unlike other people.

Chopper: ….!!!!

Dr. Kureha (narrating): That was his first encounter with Dr. Hiriluk.

**flashback pauses**

Nami: So….What happened next? Between Chopper and Dr. Hiriluk?

Dr. Kureha (grinning): ….

**flashback resumes**

Dr. Hiriluk: Wait….you can talk?

Chopper (nods): …

Dr. Hiriluk: Why have you kept silent?

Chopper: I thought you’d hate me if I talked. When I talked to the Sirians and Mobians the other day, they shot at me. You see…People think I’m a freak for that.

Dr. Hiriluk: So you can talk, so what? Peh….Even children learn to talk. I don’t see what’s so damn special about it.

Chopper: Hm?

Dr. Hiriluk’s chemical begins to react violently after being heated with a Bunsen burner for some time.

Dr. Hiriluk: Huh? **comically yelling** AAAAHHH!!! RUN CHOPPER!!!

Chopper: Huh?

**BOOM!!!**

Dr. Hiriluk and Chopper: AAAAHH!!

They fall to the ground after getting launched out from the house via explosion.

Dr. Hiriluk: Aww…I thought that would work for sure! Chopper, are you okay?

Chopper: Hm?

Chopper gets hit by a piece of debris to the head. Knocking him out for a moment.

Dr. Hiriluk: Hm? Well at least your head was bandaged in the beginning right? Heheheh!

Soon, he gets knocked down by a rock to the head.

Chopper: ??... Hey, did you call me Chopper?

Dr. Hiriluk: That’s your new name. Tony Tony Chopper. I picked it because you look like you chop trees down with those antlers of your’s. Cool name, huh?

Chopper: …!

Dr. Hiriluk: That’s the name I’m calling you for now on! Heheheh!

Chopper: Chopper…Heheheh!

Later, we find Chopper and Dr. Hiriluk walking in the forest.

Dr. Hiriluk: Listen, Chopper, always pay close attention to your patient’s symptoms and proper treatment. That’s the way to save a person’s life.

They reach to a village…

Dr. Hiriluk : Let’s go! There are people who need my help.

Later, however….

Villager 1: Get outta here ya crazy quack!

Chopper and Dr. Hiriluk come busting out the door and making a run for it.

Dr. Hiriluk: I thought lizard eyeballs would work!

They then go through a montage of running away from patients. Now, they get chased after Wapol’s guards.

Dr. Hiriluk: Chopper! It’s time for the decoy plan!

Chopper: The what plan?

Dr. Hiriluk: Good luck, pal!

Chopper gets kicked back by Dr. Hiriluk in a comical fashion. The Quack keeps on going…

Chopper: WAAAAAAHH!!!

Later, we find the two back in Dr. Hiriluk’s home, and a comically violent fight breaks out.

Chopper: You almost got me killed, you manic!!

Dr. Hiriluk: So what?? You already cheated death, you clumsy blue-nosed caribou!!

Chopper: That’s reindeer!! And don’t call me blue-nosed!!

They both fall after exhaustion kicks in.

Dr. Hiriluk: …..!!!

Chopper: ….!!!

After a moment of peace…

Chopper: Doctor….

Dr. Hiriluk: ??

Chopper: That’s the first time I ever fought, with anyone.

Dr. Hiriluk: Hhhhahahahaha! I can believe, you have to have an opponent to fight. **stands up** So, is it your first time for this as well?

Dr. Hiriluk then tosses him the hat that eventually becomes his trademark.

Chopper: Huh?

Dr. Hiriluk: That’s for you. A gift. As a memento of making up.

Chopper: Gift? Making up? Hmm….

He tears up for a bit and puts it on. His antlers pierce through and it finally fits.

Dr. Hiriluk: Ya know, Chopper? Sometimes, things can get pretty tough. But, try not to hold a grudge against us Sirians, and Mobians. Okay? This country is sick right now.

Chopper: Hm?

Dr. Hiriluk: The people and the king both suffer from a terrible sickness of the heart. And conventional wisdom has it that such a cure does not exist for countries like this. But I say that’s wrong!

Dr. Hiriluk presents a flask full of mysterious substance to Chopper.

Dr. Hiriluk: Once my invention has been perfected, this country will as good as saved!

Chopper: ….

Dr. Hiriluk: You see…There use to be a man that was a master thief who lived in the far west. He had a serious heart condition, he went to the greatest doctors he can find to receive treatment. But no one, was able to cure it. They told him he was going to die, frustrated and depressed, he passed by a certain mountain, there he saw something he had never seen before.

Then we see images of cherry blossoms…

Dr. Hiriluk: Blossoms!! He saw cherry blossoms all over the mountainside!

Chopper: …

Dr. Hiriluk: And then, he went to see another doctor and got the shock of his life! Because he was told, you’re perfectly healthy!

Chopper: Huh?

Dr. Hiriluk: He was cured! It was a miracle! Don’t you see? It also makes perfect medical sense! By changing his emotional state, he was able to change his physical state somehow too! And if that true….There’s no disease that can’t be cured, in the whole world! Let them laugh at me! My medical skills will save this country yet! And that’s  why I raise this skull and crossbones!

**DOOM!!!**

He has his own pirate flag as a symbol of his rebellion against all odds.

Dr. Hiriluk: It is a symbol to challenge to all the diseases in the world!

Chopper: Skull?

Dr. Hiriluk: This symbol also shows my belief! NOTHING is impossible! I will save this country with my doctor’s skills!

Chopper: ….!

Dr. Hiriluk: By raising this flag, I vowed to fight, just like the pirates do!

**flashback pauses**

Meanwhile in the present, Sonic looks for Chopper in the storage room…

Sonic: Hey, Reindeer! Why don’t you join us and be our friend!?! We may not look like pirates but we sure as hell are similar, hahahah!!

Chopper: ….!!

Chopper is found hiding in a storage room.

** Flashback resumes**

Chopper: Doctor, what are pirates?

Dr. Hiriluk: Pirates!?! They’re dashing, swashbucklers of the sea! With great strength, the eyesight of eagles! Their voices echo like rolling thunder!!

**flashback pauses**

Chopper: Hey…

Sonic: Hm? There you are.

Chopper: So… do you really go out in the sea, like pirates?

Sonic: Well yeah. We definitely don’t pass as pirates in the looks department, but I say we all have the fiery spirits of pirates in all are hearts! We do all kinds of fun stuff! Like fishing and singing! Well maybe minus fishing for me….but…

Chopper: …Ah? Do pirates sing?

Sonic: Oh yeah, of course! We definitely dance too!

Chopper: Wait, really??

Sonic: Of course! See, pirates do whatever they want and the sea is their playground! A little weird for me because I actually hate the water….But their concept of freedom really what gets me excited! I go with the wind, and so do pirates! Adventures are a big part, you know?

Chopper: Really? You really go on adventures, like pirates?

Sonic: Yeah, you bet we do. And just like pirates, we risk our lives for whatever reason! Save each other and people out there! For adventure! Did I mention? You get to meet all kinds of people! There are amazing people out there! It’s great! That’s why adventures are awesome!

** Flashback resumes**

We see Chopper riding on top of Dr. Hiriluk’s head. The two are standing by a cliff, staring out to the sea on a clear day.

Dr. Hiriluk: It’s great to be a pirate! The most amazing people sail the seas. Chopper, someday, you’ve got to go out on a journey in the seas! If you do, you’ll realize how small your problems really are in comparison to the rest of the world. The island you’re born on is like this **makes hand gesture** comparing to the world.

Chopper: Really?

Dr. Hiriluk: Nah, it’s smaller, like this. Really!

Dr. Hiriluk and Chopper: Hahahaha!!

Dr. Hiriluk: Your destiny, lies beyond that shiny sea.

Chopper: …!

Dr. Kureha (narrating): The good times had passed in a twinkle of an eye. And then….

**flashback pauses**

Dr. Kureha takes a swig of her plum sake and…

Knuckles and Nami: ….

Dr. Kureha: ….it finally came time to say farewell…as it always does in the end.

Knuckles: …

Nami: …

It’s been some time with Chopper and Dr. Hiriluk being together.

Dr. Hiriluk: It’s been a year, but your treatment is finally complete. Your injuries are healed, Chopper.

Chopper: Yeah! Thank you, Doctor!

Dr. Hiriluk turns his back on Chopper….

Dr. Hiriluk: Well then….take care, Chopper.

Chopper: ….!

Moments later, we find Dr. Hiriluk forcefully pushing Chopper outside.

Dr. Hiriluk: Now get! I have a busy life with my research! **shuts door** So hit the bricks! I am under no further obligation to care for you!

Chopper: DOCTOR! I swear! I won’t cause you anymore trouble! Please let me stay with you! **hitting door** I’ll rub your aching shoulders everyday! I’ll make you tea and clean the house! Please let me stay!

Dr. Hiriluk obviously shows much guilt as Chopper continues to plead.

Dr. Hiriluk: ………!!!!

Chopper (off-screen): I don’t have any friends! I don’t have anywhere to go!

Dr. Hiriluk’s good memories in his mind only make things harder for himself.

Dr. Hiriluk: ……!!!!

Then, Chopper seems to have tripped over and falls into the snow below. Dr. Hiriluk rushes outside.

Dr. Hiriluk: Chopper!!!

It appears that Chopper intentionally injured himself in hopes of being treated by the Quack once more. Chopper’s forehead bleeds…

Chopper: I hurt my head! I-I fell!

Dr. Hiriluk: …..

Chopper: Take a look-!

**BANG!!!**

Dr. Hiriluk fires a warning shot that actually grazed Chopper’s cheek.

Chopper: ….!!!?!...But why….!? Doctor…!?

Dr. Hiriluk: GO!!!

He opens fire on Chopper in hopes of driving him away.

Dr. Hiriluk: YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE!!! GO WHERE YOU LIKE!! BUT NEVER COME BACK HERE!!!

Chopper runs away, bursting into heavy tears.

Chopper: WAAAAAHH!!!!

Dr. Hiriluk: …..!

He drops his rifle, and starts to burst into tears himself.

Dr. Hiriluk: WAAAAAHH!!!!! FORGIVE ME, CHOPPER!!!

**flashback pauses**

Dr. Kureha adds wood to the fireplace, with a rather serious look on her face.

Knuckles and Nami: ….

**flashback resumes**

Dr. Hiriluk: I’m…dying.

We see his hand stained with his own blood. Inside Dr. Kureha’s former home, he is talking to Dr. Kureha.

Dr. Kureha: Hehehehe! Yes, you are.

Dr. Hiriluk: Tell me the truth, how much more time I have left?

Dr. Kureha: Excuse me, this isn’t a charity ward. You don’t have the money to pay my fee.

Dr. Hiriluk points his gun at Dr. Kureha.

Dr. Hiriluk: Tell me!!

Dr. Kureha: …

Dr. Hiriluk: …..

**WHACK!!!**

Dr. Kureha instantly defeats Dr. Hiriluk in a rather comical fashion, now twirling his gun around.

Dr. Hiriluk (comically defeated): …….!!!

Dr. Kureha: You can’t kill a person with a tranquilizer gun, ya know? **tosses it** Alright, I’ll tell ya, 10 days from now. You’ll die, so now you know.

We see Chopper eavesdropping from the window....

Chopper: ….!

Dr. Hiriluk: Ten? That’ll be enough. In two days, my research will be done after failing for 30 years. I will make cherry blossoms bloom in this country!

Dr. Kureha: You mean, you wasted 30 years researching freakin’ cherry blossoms? That’s your big project?? The same cherry blossoms that saved your life when you were a master thief!?

Dr. Hiriluk: That’s right.

Chopper: What!?

Dr. Kureha: Damn. You idiot. This is a winter island known for its bitter cold weather year-round. No cherry blossom will ever bloom here.

Dr. Hiriluk: No! I was nothing but a worthless criminal. On the brink of death those blossoms saved my life and transformed my existence! Every person in this world can be saved! And I’m going to prove it! Right here in Drum! The land where I was born!

Dr. Kureha: Right…You do realize that what your researching brings no basis in medical science, nor in anything other field. And if you do have the blossoms bloom, there’s no medicinal use.

Dr. Hiriluk opens the door…

Dr. Kureha: !?!... Hiriluk!

He goes out and exits her home.

Dr. Kureha: Hmph…

Dr. Hiriluk: Chopper….[You and I are alike. So before I die, I’ll at least teach you that nothing is impossible in this world! And that you can do anything if you try!]

Dr. Kureha (narrating): However, a story of these two outcasts doesn’t have a happy fairy tale ending.

Dr. Hiriluk: [I will show you…the miraculous cherry blossoms!!]

-- To be continued