Hi all! I HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE CHAPTERS A GO! WILL BE UPDATED EVERY FEW DAYS!
This story isn't quite a sequel to my last Fanfic 'Too Close (To Love You)', however, I've decided to take a few elements from it and continue on with them. There may be an element or two from my other stories in there also! For example: Eggman now holds all seven chaos emeralds, or an Amy transformation (What's It Going to Take?). Hopefully you'll all understand and enjoy my newest Fanfic! Read & Review and check out my others!
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Another day passes by on the planet of Mobius and a full moon rises in the sky. It's been a long day for the gang. After the disappearance of Eggman for what has felt like forever, they have decided to improve on their battle and intelligence skills. Which really just turned into a lot of training for mainly Amy by Knuckles, Sonic, Shadow and Rouge and every now and then Tails would give Cream and Cosmo a few basic tips.
Amy being a little older than the other two, the gang knew what she could be capable of in the near future. Rouge suggested it was time to take things up a notch, so after a lot of persuading on her behalf, the gang had spent the last few months recapping everything they had ever learnt and teaching it to Amy. She picked up everything very fast, except for when it came to battling her blue hero which took a little more time to get used to and execute.

'What a day.' Amy sighed as she collapsed on her couch.

'You're not wrong. I'm busted.' Cosmo added as she sprawled out on the lush, carpeted floor.

'I'm feeling ok, Tails took it pretty easy on me today. I'll make some tea for us.' Cream giggled and head for the kitchen. Tails offered to fly them home, but of course Amy insisted they were fine to walk, which she was regretting now.

'I think you might give Rouge a run for her money soon, Amy!' Cosmo complimented her. Rouge and Knuckles made their way back to Angel Island after their long day of training at Sonic and Tails' home, also quite worn out after battling Amy for the day.

'You can count on it. It's bound to happen one day!' Amy said proudly before continuing. 'How about you? How did you and Tails go today?'

'Not too bad. When he wasn't working on Cream, he took me down a few times but I quickly returned the favour.' Cosmo giggled and Amy laughed.

'Here we go! Nice, hot tea. I think we deserve it.' Cream exhaled heavily as she placed the tray down on the living room's coffee table. The three took a cup each and began sipping on the heavenly brew before letting out a sigh.

'You girls are welcome to crash here tonight if you want? It's pretty late already.' Amy offered.

'Thanks Amy but I think we'll be ok. We did tell Vanilla we'd be home, after all.' Cosmo replied.

'Yeah, I don't want Mama to be worried about us.' Cream added.

'That's alright, well at least finish your tea first!' Amy insisted, we the other two agreed to.

After they all finished their second cups of tea, Amy showed the girls out the door at around 9:30pm which felt like midnight. She waved the girls goodbye before shutting the door, leaning against it and sliding down to the floor into a pile of pink. She lay there for a minute more before finding the energy to stand up and prepare herself for bed.
She dragged herself into her bathroom so she could have a hot shower and relieve her body from all the aches and pains. As she washed her hair and scrubbed her fur with her favourite rose and cherry scented washes and scrubs, she got to thinking about the points of the day where she was forced to battle her hero, Sonic. She had no problem beating the crap out of Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge, sometimes even Tails when she got the chance, but when it came to Sonic it just didn't feel right. Intentionally hurting the one she loved. Of course, Sonic simply saw it as training and was able to take her down every time because she wouldn't even try, although he never hurt her.
She shook these thoughts from her head and tried to remind herself it was only training, it wasn't real. Which lead her to think about all the brief seconds today when she would be in his arms, his strong, masculine arms. Or when he'd be pinning her to the ground in defeat, his strong torso only inches away from her petite figure. It gave her butterflies just thinking about it, even though she knew it wasn't supposed to.
'Oh, how I wish you felt the same you stubborn hedgehog…'

'What a day, eh?' Knuckles said as he collapsed on a couch in Sonic and Tails' living room.

'The things I'd give to be able to disagree with you.' Rouge admitted as she lay down on the floor.

'Cream and Cosmo are going to make great little brains to the team one day.' Tails said as he brought over tea for everyone.

'I hate to admit it, but Rose is giving us a run for our money as the days go on.' Shadow admitted as he leant against a door frame.

'Speak for yourself?' Sonic chuckled.

'Oh come on, Sonic! We all know she isn't going full out on you.' Knuckles exclaimed.

'Pfft, or maybe I can just take her? Unlike you babies.'

'Oh please. Amy wouldn't hurt you if her life depended on it and you know it, don't get cocky.' Rouge smirked.

'Well as much as I hate to admit it, Faker isn't exactly going easy on her and she is taking it. She isn't exactly not hurting him?' Shadow huffed.

'I could go tougher on her if I wanted.' Sonic stated, even though he wouldn't dare admit he hated how hard he had to go on her as it was.

'I think Amy could match you if she wanted to.' Tails piped up and Sonic shrugged.

'Well then how about you just do that, Big Blue?'

'What?!' The boys exclaimed at Rouge's suggestion.

'I think the time will come within the next few days that she will give in and kick his ass, just to put it bluntly. Step it up a notch and let's see what happens?' Rouge shrugged with a seductive smile. 'Anyways, I'm off. Prepare yourselves for tomorrow, I think it's going to be a very good day.' Rouge winked before she walked out onto the balcony, spread her wings and gracefully flew into the air and headed towards Angel Island.

'Why can't she just use the door?' Tails questioned as the boys watched her leave.

'She's right though.' Shadow said.

'About what?' Knuckles questioned in disbelief.

'Maybe we need to step things up?' Shadow answered shooting a look towards a certain blue hedgehog, allowing everyone to follow his gaze.

'What? I'm game. She could use a challenge I suppose.' Sonic shrugged before giving a thumbs up and headed to his room before anyone saw through him.

Shadow, Knuckles and Tails exchanged looks after Sonic disappeared, curious to know what tomorrow would bring. They said their goodbyes before Tails showed them out and made his own way to bed…

Sonic began to smirk to himself at the thought of what tomorrow would bring. Amy isn't going to know what hit her. They think I'm going easy on her, well, I'll show them. Ames will just have to step things up! A lot! A little… maybe. Oh, who am I kidding? How am I going to force myself to battle Amy as if she is a real enemy? I can't hurt her. Sonic's smile began to fade away. I can't back out, the others will know. I need to find a way of getting out of this. I can't do this to her, it's her. God, Ames, what are we going to do?