Tears of the Tormented
Chapter 1
"A Day of Hell…"
A/U: I do not own Sonic series… I wish I could though… anyway; this is my random story that I hope to be a success… It's a Knuckles and Hitomi (my character) pair with a hinted Sonic and Amy but Sonic gets another character of mine, Ayame… and other characters that will come along the way. This is the story of Hitomi… all she wants is to protect her family. But to do so, she is going to need the help of some new friends and a love that she will not accept easily…
"I love Shadow!" talking
"I love Shadow!" thinking
I love Shadow, could you guess?
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Hitomi looked out in the scenery. The mountains were in full bloom with cherry and sakura trees and fields of assorted flowers. It was spring time in her village, Gosamu. The last village of echidnas…
Hitomi, a blood red echidna herself, was full grown to 3 feet and 8 inches tall… the tallest in her village…and the tallest a female echidna could ever get. The males got to be about 4 feet and about 3 inches if they were lucky. Hitomi liked tall people…she didn't know why. Maybe because it was easier to be tall…you could reach high places and climb trees easier. Hitomi shook her head from her foolish, random thoughts and concentrated at her task at hand… guarding her little sister Rina while the six year old played with her older brother, 8 year old Ryukan.
"Okay so it's not like I'm protecting the emperor of Rome or something, but this IS more important to me than anything… my family." Hitomi smiled as Ryukan pushed away a bully that was bothering Rina. If things got out of hand, then Hitomi would step in.
The bully had saidsomething that Hitomi could not hear from where she was, but she did see the punk punch Ryukan. Ryukan was strong for his age already, but he's no match for the bully, who almost looked like Hitomi's age.
Hitomi ran over to her siblings and blocked the bully's second punch that was aimed at Ryukan.
"Listen here punk, you got another thing coming if you think I'm going to stand by and watch you punch my little brother and bully my little sister… if you know what's good for you, you'd leave now, FAST!" Hitomi growled dangerously and glared at the young bully, who had gotten the picture and ran off, tripping and stumbling every where he went.
"Ate-sama! You did it, you chased him away!" Rina, the small hot pink echidna hugged her elder sister as tight as her little arms could allow her. Hitomi smiled and hugged her sister back, but gently. Hitomi turned her attention to her little brother, "Ryu-kun… how are you feeling? Are you okay?"
Ryukan showed Hitomi a dark bruise against little red face. Hitomi gasped, "Oh Ryukan! Let's get you home to Mother okay? That was very brave of you to stand up for your sister. At least you're getting stronger; you're not crying anymore either."
Ryukan smiled against his slightly swollen cheek, "I've learned to take like a warrior! One day I'm going to be the strongest in the village! I'll be a village guardian just like you and Dad, Hitomi-chan!"
Hitomi picked her brother up, "Well that's awesome, Ryukan. But you've got to grow out of the "chan" faze if you want to be a real warrior."
"But Ate-sama, you call me Rina-chan or Rin-chan sometimes. Why can't Ryu-chan use "chan"?" Rina asked Hitomi with a sly smile.
Hitomi chuckled, "You two are still kids. I can use "chan" because you're also my little siblings and I love you two SOOO MUCH!" Hitomi kissed Ryukan on his unswollen cheek and ruffled Rina's hair.
Ryukan kicked in the air, "NO! EW! Hitomi kissed me!" Ryukan jumped from his sister's grasp, landed on the ground and ran off towards home.
Rina followed and kept up with her brother, "She's gonna kiss you Ryu-chan! Run!"
Hitomi smiled as she ran after her siblings, "I'm gonna give you both a kiss! MWHA!"
Hitomi felt silly, and she felt stupid, but hey… this is her life and she loved every bit of it. Hitomi smiled, "Mother is going to be upset about Ryukan's bruise…I wish Father would come home tonight…he needs to know about this so Ryukan can start training to become a village guard."
Hitomi was shaken out of her thoughts when she noticed that Ryukan and Rina were running towards her, not away from her. Hitomi stopped and let them jump into her arms, screaming incoherent words.
"What's wrong? Why are you two crying? Ryukan—Rina, tell me what's wrong!" Hitomi tried to sooth her siblings' tears with her caring and tender voice, just like their mother had.
Rina couldn't speak…she started hiccupping she was crying to hard. Ryukan took a deep breath, "Hitomi-chan! The village! It's under attack! Doctor Robotnic found us! We're the last echidna village, what do we do!"
Hitomi knew that the plan her parents gave her where to hide Ryukan and Rina in the house, in the cellar. But the village was now under attack and Hitomi couldn't risk running in there with her siblings in her hands and risk hiding them in the house cellar. They all could be killed.
"Ate-sama, I'm scared! What about Daddy and Mommy! I don't wanna leave them! Please Ate-sama, go save them!" Rina cried and screamed out loud in fear and agony of the thought of their parents being hurt or worse, killed.
"Ryukan, take Rina to the mountains and hide in the Cave of Emeralds. Stay hidden and only eat the food that we have stored in the back of the cave. Be brave and look out for each other. If I'm not at the cave by tonight, leave the cave and head for the nearest village, town or city. Do you understand?" Hitomi was unsure of this plan, but it was the only way to make sure that her little brother and sister would stay safe.
Ryukan nodded, tears starting to swell up in his eyes, "Yes Hitomi! Please be safe…"
Hitomi gave her little brother and sister a big hug and a kiss on the head each, "Even if I don't make it, my spirit will be with you, protecting you. I love you two… take care."
Rina and Ryukan left, hand in hand, running for the mountains. Hitomi made sure they made it safe until she couldn't see them any more. With her brother and sister out of sight, Hitomi took a deep breath and ran to the village.
"Please Mother…Father… be alive!"
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Please, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. I know it seems boring because none of the Sonic Hero's are not in this one… just be patient… please. The story does have a plot! Thank you for reading this… this is my first Sonic fic so please be nice. I'm open to suggestions but if you're going to flame me, then don't and don't read the next chapter coming up soon. Thank you…or I'll unleash Shadow-kun on you.
Ate: big sister
Dr. Robotnic: okay, that was his name originally… I do not like the idea of him being recently called "Dr. Eggman"…. Originally that was a nickname that Sonic used to make fun of Dr. Robotnic because of his egg like shaped body and it would piss Robotnic off to no end and it was funny. But now that's his name? O.o no… just no…
