Sonic's Really Bad Day

Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. The only characters I own are those from the Golden Land, angels from Skyworld including the royal bodyguards, Angel Assembly and archangels along with all the other angels and of course the witch hunters. I also don't own Queen's Blade as that belongs to Hobby Japan.

Summary: It doesn't take much for anyone to hate Sonic if he lets his arrogance get the best of him. Apparently the Smasher decided it would be great to isolate Sonic after his treatment of Corrin. Unless Sonic apologizes, the "curse" is never going to be lifted. Of course, Sonic has other issues with Corrin that prevents him from even speaking to him normally.

Pairing: Implied Corrin/Bayonetta and Fox/Sonic

Rated: T (for Teen)

Genre: Friendship, Humor and Drama

Warning: Swearing, violence, near death situation and unintentional OOC

A story that was meant to be a story I start for the New Year was moved to earlier this year due to the huge motivation I have. This fic surprisingly centers around Sonic. I kind of admit that I got some inspiration from watching Sonic Boom. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: How to Hex a Hedgehog

When you think of heroes, you usually think of them saving the world from the bad guys. Heroes stop evil plans and get fame, fortune and the love interest for all of their hard work. Heroes were always in the right and were the people that you could rely on. In the Smash Brothers Realm, Master Hand had gathered heroes from all over the universe to compete. While everyone was a hero in his or her own right (unless they were a villain), some heroes got along with the villains from their world. You had Mario who was known for inviting Bowser to go-karting after saving Peach from his evil clutches. Link wasn't exactly friends with Ganondorf, but being competitors forced them to be civil toward each other. Almost everyone from Pit's universe seemed to want to cause trouble for Pit, but they were capable of forming truces while the tournament was going on.

And then you got Sonic the Hedgehog. Being a hero was a day job for him more than anything. When he was on hero's duty, he would be stopping the evil Dr. Eggman from his wicked schemes. While he was in Smash, he was a cocky fighter aiming for the title of strongest fighter in the universe. When Sonic wasn't saving the world or fighting, he could be seen going back to Mobius and hanging out with the evil doctor. Why? Because being a hero was a job to Sonic more than anything. He had to keep his reputation up, but at the same time…people were starting to notice that Sonic and Eggman were too close for comfort.

As of now, Eggman had allowed Sonic into his evil lair. Sonic had originally visited Eggman hoping to stop him from starting his next plan. Eggman was being lazy today and was sitting on the couch eating popcorn while watching his favorite cartoons. Sonic ended up grabbing a seat on the couch and joining Eggman on this slow day.

Sonic was disturbed by something though. Eggman knew that Sonic wasn't being meddlesome for the sake of it. Dark eye rings were underneath Sonic's eyes. It was almost like the hedgehog hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past couple of days. What happened in the Smash Brothers Realm to cause this?

It took some time to get information out of Sonic, but Eggman was finally able to figure out what was causing his arch-nemesis trouble. Apparently, something bad happened to him while he was in Smash Brother's Mansion and things had only gotten worse for him. For someone who was known for being blunt to his enemies, Sonic was rather adamant about keeping secrets from the evil doctor.

"Egghead, just because I'm off duty doesn't mean I'm going to tell you everything."

"I'm not a therapist, but you came to me of all people to talk to."

"Yeah…but that's because I couldn't get in contact with Tails. He would be a better listener, but I don't know what he's doing."

"Ho-ho-ho. Beggars shouldn't be choosers. Either you go find Tails after all of this binging on my popcorn, or you sit here and talk to me in this warm lair. It's your move."

Sonic had to think about it before he decided to cave into Eggman's demands. The fat doctor's listening ears were on, so who was he to refuse? Who knows, perhaps Eggman would give him some advice on how to help him get rid of this curse that was placed on him.

"Well, you better be ready for a long story Egghead. You're really good at these, so it's good to learn how annoying you come off as to others."

"Just summarize it and I'll be the judge."

"Alright, alright! Fine! I'll try my best!"

I'm going to make it clear Eggman. I remember everything that happened in the past five days! Every scene that happened before my eyes, every word these ears heard…everything is in my mind! I'm so mad about it that I decided to keep it in my brain unlike some people.

We can start with day one. This was when one of the bigger Smash tournaments was going on. This was a thirty-two-man tournament that was a single elimination bracket. You needed to take two wins off your opponent out of three until winner's semis. That was when you needed to take three games out of five in order to win. The loser gets to counter pick any of the legal stages, but the winner gets to ban at least one stage. You both get to choose which stage to start on after striking all the starter stages. It was a two stock tournament of course. Master Hand is moving away from the three stock formula…thank god…

Anyway, you're probably wondering if I got into that tournament. Unfortunately…I wasn't chosen…and Master Hand probably rigged it so a few others and me weren't picked to enter this tournament. This was supposed to be a "hype" tournament and Master Hand always be saying I put the crowd to sleep when that clearly is not the case. Either way, I had to sit out along with everyone else that wasn't chosen and would watch those thirty-two fighters compete against each other for a large pot bonus.

Fox got chosen and you know for a fact I was going to cheer for my friend. Fox is so fun to watch. I loved watching him fight ever since Brawl…actually…I can remember watching him farther back, but being able to meet him in person was a dream come true. Of course, I'm not the one that fanboys over other guys. People fanboy for me after all because I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. Fox McCloud is just so…creative as a fighter. He's always training and never giving up. He keeps reminding us he doesn't need to be in his Arwing to kick butt and I love watching him! I know I said that before, but it's true! He was amazing in Melee and even though he seemed to struggle in Brawl because of Master Hand trying to level the playing field, he still insisted he was never going to fall out of the spotlight. Look at him now! He's one of the crowd favorites and he's still trying to do things that he could do during his Melee days and coming up with new techniques. Yes, it sucks to be on the receiving end but Fox is so…

…Okay…I guess I am fanboying too much. Sorry, Egghead…I'll get back on track. I was paying attention to the tournament as a whole, I swear!

Either way, Fox's first opponent was Corrin. Corrin rarely got to fight in comparison to his sister, so it was a good way to show everyone that Corrin's fighting style was different from Cory's. There was one problem though. Corrin…really doesn't like fighting against Fox. Even in "friendly" matches, he always seems stressed. Like, Corrin is one of the most patient fighters I know. Yes, there's Rosalina, Palutena and Shulk who all think before attacking, but Corrin's strength relied more on reading his opponent and punishing a whiffed punish…yet…he always messes up with Fox.

Suffice to say…the entire match was a blowout. The first match was on Town and City. There weren't that many stages Corrin could go because his and his sister's problem is that they can never land once they're above Fox. He was always ready to catch his prey with those flip kicks in the air. Town and City wasn't a good choice in my mind simply because Fox utilized the platforms better than Corrin did. If I had a choice, I would pick Smashville only because Corrin is known for getting fancy with that single platform.

The match was even for half the match. Corrin played it safe, got his hits in and retreated. I saw Fox was getting impatient with Corrin playing the patient game. Fortunately for him, Corrin would slip up at a high percent and try to go for his instant pin at a high percent. Not only did Fox shield the attack perfectly, but he was punished with a great, power kick that sent Corrin to the skies.

The match was over almost immediately after that. Corrin got impatient and tried to end the stock. Fox threw Corrin off the stage and immediately did his honest combo on him thus ending the match in a two stock. I remember the commentators joking about how honest Fox was in battle and I had to chuckle at how Fox being honest was the biggest lie that Fox had ever told anyone. Foxes were conniving animals that were ready to trick you if you let your guard down. I'm so glad Tails is an exception to that rule, or there would be problems.

Back to the match! Corrin was clearly upset with how that battle went. The moment he was off stage, he was dead. There really wasn't much he could do. He had chosen to go to Lylat in hopes of messing with Fox offstage, but Fox still had the home field advantage. Fox took the momentum from the first game and carried it over to the second game. Poor Corrin! He was struggling to land the moment he got hit by the tip of Fox's foot before being sent into the air and juggled again. Corrin's attempt at making the match even was to turn his legs into a drill and spike Fox when it recovered. This did work and it was impressive. Corrin wanted to get that momentum back from the first game.

Fox was too good though. He had forced Corrin to approach and used Lylat's tilt to his advantage. Corrin couldn't play the keep away again if his water ball couldn't hit Fox if the stage kept eating it up. Fox also could reflect it should the ball get too close. Fox just made sure Corrin was pressured into doing unsafe things compared to the first match where Corrin was hard to bait. The frustration showed so much on Corrin's face every time he missed his pin. Compared to Cory who threw out that attack shamelessly, Corrin always tried to calculate when he can get the most out of the move and balance it out with a baiting game. It wasn't working this time and Fox waited for Corrin to do it again before he kicked him off stage. Corrin needed to recover, but was scared of Fox trying to be honest on him again. Fox was still a jerk though and waited for him to come back. He then grabbed him and threw him up. There were a few more kicks before Fox decided to do the Sakurai Combo on him. It worked and it was awesome! Awesome for everyone but Corrin…but you get the point Egghead!

…I mean…I felt bad for the guy. I know Corrin was training with his friends for this tournament, and then he's out in round one because he had to fight Fox. While my attention was only on Fox's matches, I do remember Corrin running off and not even showing up during the award ceremony. I had never seen Corrin so salty. His friends had tried to look for him, but Bayonetta and Cloud had to stay due to their top placing. Cory was the one that was sent to look for him, but she never returned to her seat. Since I was a good guy, I decided to look for the both of them just to make sure nothing bad happened to them.

So, I find the two siblings in the mansion on the third floor. Corrin being Corrin was probably crying buckets in his room and his sister needed to comfort him for his horrible loss. What I ended up hearing though wasn't Corrin crying…I heard him yelling and venting…

I admit…I have never heard Corrin raise his voice except in battle when he transformed into his dragon form. Corrin was always soft spoken in comparison to his sister. To hear him curse about what happened was…scary…I guess…but I'm Sonic the Hedgehog! I'm not scared of anything besides water…

"I hate Fox!" I remember Corrin shouting to his sister when I decided to peek through the door. "I hate him so much! Why does he always have to make us look like a fool whenever we fight him in tournament?! For once, I wanted to have a fair match, but noooooo! My luck doesn't come in for me and I get stuck with him round one! Now Cere and Cloud will think that their training with me was a waste!"

"T-That's not what they think…" Cory muttered. "Just calm down. You'll get him next time. You got data on him so…"

"Uh…no! I'm going to avoid him like the plague. I'll pray to anyone to not have Fox in my bracket! I rather deal with Sheik or Diddy than that stupid Fox! I hate him! I hate him! I hate him!"

…Yeah…Corrin was uncharacteristically angry with Fox…and while I wanted to leave…I noticed that Cory stopped telling him to calm down…and to my horror, encouraged the hate instead.

"If hating Fox is the only way you'll get motivated to fight him, then do so. You can't rely on your luck to dodge him forever. I accepted that, but it's not easy." Cory had told her brother. "Of course, if you're on the hate train, I'll be on the Fox hate train."

"Yes! And Cere can join too!" Corrin exclaimed. "We can mess him up if he asks to train, right?"

This really worried me. Something in my heart became unsettling. I didn't know what the feeling was at the time, but I knew I wanted to protect Fox from Corrin. I wanted to make sure an angry dragon didn't hurt my friend. He had another dragon and a witch to back him up, and I knew they would be able to convince Cloud to join in. I was already upset. Bayonetta had already done the damage to Fox in the tournament as revenge on what happened to Corrin. Why would Corrin need to inflict anymore pain? Was he being rational anymore?!

I knew what I needed to do to make sure Corrin didn't get any funny ideas…I needed to make sure his attention was diverted from Fox to someone else…and I was happy to be that person he would be mad at.

So on the second day, I was scheduled to fight anyone I wanted seeing as how I didn't participate in the tournament. Master Hand did kind of expect me to fight Fox only because he seems to have caught on that I enjoy sparring with Fox. Fox is a tough opponent. Few people could actually match my speed. Yes, I can't run at the speed of sound in this tournament, but Fox is still capable of catching me despite that. I always get worried that one day, Fox is going to catch me and I won't be able to do anything about it, but enough about me and Fox again! There isn't anything between us…except maybe the fact we're friends and sparring partners…and probably a little idolizing on my end of course that he isn't aware of!

So I decided to choose Corrin despite him not being in the mood for a match. I chose him specifically and not his sister to agitate him. I'm good at doing that. Corrin really didn't want to deal with me today, and I didn't either after spitting those hateful words about Fox! I was going to show him why he wasn't allowed to mess with my friend!

It was only a one set match with two stock, but I decided to milk the six minutes for all it was worth. I chose Duck Hunt and made sure Swan Lesson was playing. Anyone in Smash who was watching from one of the TVs had either pretended to be asleep or refused to watch the set at all. When I was done, no one was…really happy with me…

Corrin gave me the nastiest glare imaginable. I couldn't help but troll him with the song. Only a few people in this mansion liked Swan Lesson. I love it. It's such a peaceful song. It's the only thing I hear when I'm fighting…even though everyone else apparently hears me running right past him or her or spindashing…

So, there we are on the stage. Corrin just wants this match over with. He's the patient one, but he doesn't want to deal with me on this stage. He's a slow runner and doesn't like running from one side of the stage to another. He always bans this stage against everyone he fights no matter what. Since I got to choose and he wasn't allowed to ban anything, he had to deal with it…and he didn't deal with it that well.

Corrin wasn't looking so hot given his performance yesterday. He just wanted to get the match over with. He wasn't going to play the patient fighter he was yesterday. I loved making people grow impatient. If Corrin had that patience yesterday, I would have problems even on this stage, but as it stood, there was no way Corrin was winning with that mindset.

The Duck Hunt stage was my friend. The ducks, the dog…even the tree was my friend. I could run wherever I want and hide in the bushes. Corrin couldn't hope to catch me.

I wasn't going to approach him at all this match. He would have to come to me. I sat in spindash and waited for him to get annoyed. The usually calm expression Corrin had faltered as he was forced to approach. The few times I have fought him, I learned that it's not a good idea to take him to a tri-platform stage. He knew how to tune out any annoying sound and focus on what is in front of him. Now, here he was doing a reckless instant pin into me. My attack beat out his, so he's going to eat a lot of percent.

Once I got the percent lead, I refused to approach him afterwards. Corrin had six minutes to defeat me, but on this stage, it was nearly impossible. I had done this to multiple opponents on this stage. Mario was the person I loved to time out the most, and then Marth and Sheik caught on how easy it was time Mario out, so that was a plus. Corrin would rather SD when he knew he wasn't going to make it than bother chase me around on a stage like this.

"Catch me if you can!" I teased as I waited for Corrin to try and attack me before dodging and running away. My powerful back kicks walled him out pretty well. I just needed to be careful of his counter. Corrin was better at utilizing the counter than Cory was. I swear I die faster when he does it then when I fight Cory.

I swore I heard Corrin cursing under his breathe how obnoxious I was being. If I was tilting him, then I was in a good spot. Every time Corrin tried to approach me, he would get a few hits in from swinging his sword around recklessly, but my damage output was better simply because he wasn't being defensive enough. I even decided to style on him. You see Egghead, Fox told me that I should focus on trying to find footstool combos. I found a spring lock while practicing in the training room and I just had to try it out. Corrin wasn't prepared for it, so I was able to lock him into a combo with the spring. Then I would send him into the ground and quickly step on him again and keep going. Corrin got out after the third attempt, but I was already expecting him to roll away after he teched the ground. I charged up my own version of Falcon Punch and punched him straight in the gut. I took the first stock somehow…his directional input was rather off…but it was fine. I had this huge lead and I wasn't going to let it go.

From there, I ran away and used the ducks to my advantage. If you hit the ducks, you can predict where the dog will appear. I set a goal to hit all the ducks and get a perfect score while maneuvering around Corrin's attacks. I got hit by some of his up airs, but I wasn't going to die yet. He was getting desperate. He went for a yolo dragon ascent and the last part of the attack hit me. It was easy to punish with a kick coming down. I tried to spring lock him again, but Corrin wasn't going to fall for that again. He growled as he tried to pin me, but I just blocked it. I did fall for his counter when I went to spindash into him and I almost died from that.

What killed me was him doing a neat set up on his own. Yes, I was getting all of these hits in for him fighting impatiently, but the moment he got the last hit of his forward air, he was quick to short hop and chomp at me. People say the pin is more dangerous than the bite, but that wasn't the case. I died so early from that! The water ball hit me first before the weaker hit of the chomp. Why was I sent so far?! It's ridiculous! I could have lost the game if he tried that again!

Even after I lost my first stock, I still wasn't going to approach. Corrin wanted to cover the tree area, but he was at death percent already where if I grabbed him and threw him into the air, he was most likely going to lose. I had such a huge lead that I didn't need to approach him. Corrin waited for me to get down from the tree, but all he got was my bouncing on the tree branches. The only noise besides my bouncing was the ducks quacking and the dog laughing when Corrin failed to hit the ducks. The dog probably made him equally upset, which is good for me. Now to make it worse when there was barely any time on the clock…

"SONIC SPEED!" I taunted as I ran in place. I was this close to saying, "YOU'RE TOO SLOW!" But I forgot this wasn't Brawl and I was banned from saying that after saying it one time too many in an actual tournament. I can thank Zelda for that.

Corrin looked so frustrated looking at me on top of the tree. If he messed up, I would give him a spring ride to the heavens and win the match easily. I was at 0% but he was already over 100%. What was he going to do?

Of course he chose to do the most convoluted thing. He did climb the tree but he didn't go for an up air like I assumed. He turned his hand into a jaw to shoot water in my direction. The water ball caught me, but the jaw wouldn't hit me. That killed my momentum as I fell to the stage where the dog would laugh randomly. I looked up and saw Corrin drilling his way downward. I zip out of the way in time and avoid his instant pin. He had the center of the stage again, but I didn't care. I was still winning and there wasn't that much time on the clock. I made one reckless move and tried to grab him to finish him off, but he dodged at the right moment and pinned me to the ground. He then jumped away confusing me greatly. I didn't get up immediately and he used this to his advantage. That was when I got hit by the sword and almost lost the match.

How many times did the sword hit me? He just needed to hit my feet twice, swing me into the air three more times and then juggle me and I was already at kill percent. It was ridiculous at how much Corrin got after one swing from his sword. Cory got a lot of stray hits in and went for pure power blows, but Corrin tried to make every hit count. He waited until I retreated near the edge and started to change his hand into a spear. He kept his chainsaw sword in front of him in case I tried to charge in. I couldn't move though. If I tried to challenge the attack, the chainsaw would hit me. If I tried to jump, he would angle his attack upward. If I stayed where I was, I might have gotten my shield broken with how small it was with all the attacks coming my way.

I gasp as I saw Corrin aim his tipper at me. I air dodged at the wrong moment! If the game didn't go to time, I would have lost that because of the high percent Corrin was at.

The game went to time and there was a sudden death announcement. Corrin looked so defeated, but I was glad that he didn't make the comeback. He just jumped off the stage to end the game without the need to finish it in sudden death. This is what happens when you talk bad about my friends behind their back. I will mess you up real good!

"That was almost too easy!" I would shout to rub salt in the wounds. I was on a role at this point. The other fighters probably would be annoyed with me, but I didn't care what they thought since I was too busy mocking Corrin.

Okay, I guess I went a little too far with the taunting. All is fair inside of Smash, but I let my frustration get the best of me. After the match went to time, he tried to leave. Corrin was slow and I kept taunting him afterwards. Really, I just threw out words that sounded complicated in my head at him and that only made him madder. I feel like Corrin was this close to turning around and snapping at me. On the corner of my eyes, I did see Corrin's hand turn into a huge mouth. He had every intention of attacking me. I stopped talking for a second expecting him to lash out at me. Corrin…had more self-restraint than I thought despite what just happened.

Before I had a chance to continue mocking him for insulting Fox behind his back, Bayonetta just had to show up to pick up Corrin. I swear wherever Corrin was, Bayonetta was always there watching him. People call me oblivious when it comes to others besides Amy crushing on me, but I know that Bayonetta was crushing on Corrin. That's the only reason she was doing all of these things for him and why she was going to make my life a living hell!

"Corrin, what happened? I have never seen you give up like that!" She exclaimed. She noticed something was wrong with her dragon friend and tried to see what was going on. "Corrin…"

Did I tell you that I hate when people cry? I'm not good at handling people who shed tears. I will always have a smile and tell them everything will be okay, but if I'm the reason someone is crying…I'm going to feel like garbage. I wanted to annoy Corrin for shit talking Fox, but he looked rather pathetic trying to hide the tears that were starting to roll down his eyes. He quickly wiped them away hoping that no one would see it. I did and so did Bayonetta and he knew that.

"…I'm just tired." Corrin whispered. He did sound exhausted. "I want to sleep…"

Corrin wanted to go away in silence. Bayonetta was clearly worried for him, but I couldn't care less in all honesty. If he was going to play the victim card and make me look bad in front of her, he had another thing coming.

"You could always ask your girlfriend to carry you to your room." I told Corrin in a mocking tone. "I'm sure your poor feet are already tired from running around the stage."

Corrin shot me another nasty glare. This one didn't have that much effect because he was on the verge of crying. I flinched at that more than anything. Bayonetta took more offense to what I directed at her than what was directed at Corrin.

"Excuse me, Sonic, but I believe you are mistaken." Bayonetta began as she stepped between Corrin and me. "I do not date people. I have encounters and that is it. Do not try to twist my friendship with Corrin."

That's what they're calling it now in her world. I snarked to myself.

"And you'll be very rude." Bayonetta continued to lecture. "I haven't seen you act like a cocky little shit in a while."

"Really? I thought that was me every day when I'm not saving the world and looking cool on TV." I stated.

"Sonic, you already did some damage. You might want to leave Corrin alone."

"Why? He'll probably go to his room and cry about how his luck failed him again and how unfair the world is."

I really didn't know how to stop running my mouth. Corrin was hurt by my words. I really did expect him to attack me. Instead, he ran off toward the end of the hallway and up the stairs. If he wasn't crying before, he was now. I was now left alone with Bayonetta…and I knew I was in deep trouble.

"You should have kept your mouth shut." She hissed. "I don't appreciate people who make my Corrin cry."

She did think Corrin belonged to her. How cute…

"Bayonetta, you should know you're not allowed to kill competitors in the tournament." I reminded her. That was the one thing he was concerned about. He can run away from her before she could even hurt him, but if she was allowed to kill him, then it will get to that point where she will catch him. This is why he needed to bring this up.

"I don't need to kill you to give you the same amount of pain that you dished out to Corrin. I know you love being the center of attention, but you're going to have to disappear for a while until you apologize to poor sweet Corrin for your misdeeds."

At first, I thought Bayonetta was just giving me empty threats. I saw her hands glowing a purple color though and she was murmuring some gibberish that I didn't understand. My body felt weird for a moment, but then nothing seemed to have come of it. Bayonetta had decided to leave me alone after the empty threat and check up on Corrin. I would shrug my shoulders, as I would leave to continue my daily routine. I didn't realize she hexed me until later. For day two, nothing would happen. Starting from day three was when shit hit the fan…

The next three days didn't make any sense to me! Bayonetta actually cursed me! When she said everyone was going to pretend I didn't exist, she meant it! Everyone was avoiding me like the plague and walking right past me! Everyone who I thought was my friend went on with their lives. I tried talking to Pit and he went off to do his angel missions. I tried talking to Red, but he went off with Calum to talk about this new Alola Region. Heck, I tried going to Fox and he acted like I didn't bump into him. I'm not invisible! I was right there taunting you! I did all of this for you and now you're ignoring me!

The worse part is it wasn't just the Smashers that were ignoring me. No! Bayonetta had to get the assist trophies to avoid me too. Shadow knows I exist! He can't ignore me, but he ignored me flawlessly! I cannot believe it! He's probably happy I don't exist in his mind. Blast him…and the worse part is that people outside of the mansion are treating me horribly. I have no one to back me up, and they keep attacking me for that match that happened inside the mansion. It's not like I timed Corrin out in an actual tournament. I would actually get in trouble for attempting that because Master Hand cares about the ratings. Whatever happened to "Do whatever it takes to win" motto? The tournament is there for people to win!

It got so bad that I was removed from any matches for the next week. Master Hand made a roll call and he asked for me despite being in the room. Douglas is such a jerk. Of course he would be the one to meme on me and ask, "What's a Sanic?" I have never been so angry with him. He better believe that if I fight him when he sees me again, that I will make sure to give him my own Falcon Punch!

So I did try to swallow my pride. I went to Bayonetta and begged her to remove the curse. She was the only one that could see me. She pretended that she couldn't see me in front of everyone, but only when the two of us were alone would she decide to talk to me. She was still…upset with me. Her only demand was that I apologize to Corrin for humiliating him in such a fashion. If I did that though, Corrin would never apologize to Fox for dissing him. This entire fight started because Corrin wanted to be so secretive! It's why I refused to apologize. Bayonetta told me I can keep being ignored if I was going to be stubborn, but I told her that Corrin was in the wrong. She wouldn't believe me…

Three days of not being able to interact with a friendly face has left me feeling empty…just a little. I'm not Shadow who is all brooding all the time…but I'm not like Knuckles who is fine with the isolation. I like being around people and helping them out, but if I don't get something positive out of anyone…then I'm not doing my job as a hero correctly. Three days not fighting…three days not interacting with anyone…three days of boredom…it's too much for me.

…And that's when I decided I would try talking to my arch nemesis to see if I have gone crazy. If Egghead was plotting something, it would give me something to do…but if not…then maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to talk. Bayonetta's curse only seems to work in the mansion, so I'm glad I have someone to vent to after all of this…

Eggman gave Sonic the weirdest of looks when he finished venting his side of the story. Sonic let out a sigh of relief that he was able to actually talk to someone who would actually listen to him. Eggman's response was expected though…

"…You know you deserve to be shunned for your attitude problem, right?"

Eggman was a villain. Did Sonic actually expect Eggman to sympathize with him? The hedgehog growled hearing Eggman laugh afterwards.

"It's not funny…" Sonic grumbled. "I can't do anything in the mansion…"

"Ha-ha-ha! That's what you get for being an annoying hedgehog! It your fellow competitors this long for them to see the light!"

Sonic ended up taking the remaining popcorn that was in the popcorn bag and chucking it at Eggman's face. "Thanks for nothing!"

The evil doctor did get a good laugh out of Sonic's story. Everything about the story screamed "childish antics" and "entitlement". The Smash tournament was capable of changing a way a fighter saw the world. Smash only brought Sonic's negative personality traits to the surface.

"Sonic, let me be honest with you. You are tunnel visioning through this entire thing."

Sonic tilted his head in confusion. "Excuse me Egghead?"

"This entire situation isn't about you. From what you tried to tell me, it seems to be between your crush and that dragon. You and the witch are meddlesome individuals blowing this out of proportion from what I can tell."

"I don't have a crush on Fox!" Sonic shouted. He stood up from his chair when he said that knocking the popcorn bag from his lap. It was empty at that point, so it wasn't really an issue. Eggman's robots would clean that up.

Eggman wasn't going to pursue Sonic on this topic. It was ridiculous when his arch nemesis was in denial of such things. First it was Amy, now it was Fox. Nothing was going to change.

"Perhaps you should be the one to apologize instead of expecting anyone else to apologize." Eggman continued.

"Why? Corrin isn't all that sweet and innocent. He talked shit behind Fox's back after getting destroyed out there."

"You were eavesdropping on a private conversation he had with his sister." Eggman brought up causing Sonic to roll his eyes. "That was a conversation no one but his sister was supposed to hear."

"And? Your point?"

"From what you implied from your story that dumb dragon doesn't understand why you're angry with him in the first place. You put him in a bad spot without explaining yourself and you look like the fool instead."

"…But Bayonetta cursed me…" Sonic growled. "She knows he's guilty."

"I doubt that witch is actually capable of hexing you." Eggman told him. "That's all mumbo-jumbo superstitious stuff."

Sonic cocked an eyebrow at his arch nemesis. How could someone who is enemies with anamorphic animals and is witnessing fighters from all different realms say that hexing isn't a thing?!

"Sometimes I wonder why I bothered going to you for help." Sonic growled. He needed to leave Eggman's Lair and head back to Smashopolis. No one could avoid talking to him forever.

"You wanted someone to listen to, remember?" Dr. Eggman reminded him. "I'm just giving you my two cents even if you don't want to be criticized for your actions."

The hedgehog did need to reflect on what he did if he wanted to fix the situation he caused. Eggman was capable of saying wise words every now and then, but Sonic was a stubborn animal. He wasn't going to admit that Eggman was right just this one time. Because Sonic was a tenacious idiot, he was going to make sure everyone spoke to him again. He was going to break the hex on his own. Eggman could see the resolve in Sonic's eyes before he left. The doctor wondered if he could do something that could help Sonic make amends with Corrin. A glint appeared in Eggman's glasses as a devious idea came to mind. Oh, would Sonic wish he didn't trust Eggman with this information.

Me: TBC with 7215 words.

Li: I feel like this fic is kind of meta…

Me: It is when you think about it. Notes!

1. So the main reason Sonic is mad at Corrin (and Cory) is because he overheard them dissing Fox. The Fox/Corrin MU is Corrin's worse MU. While Sheik and Diddy are losing and are at least doable, it's very hard to have a strategy against Fox. Corrin is a nice guy, but it doesn't mean he's not capable of getting frustrated with fighting Fox in tournament. Sonic just decided to rub it in and everyone took Corrin's side without knowing why Sonic was a jerk to begin with.

At the same time, Fox/Bayonetta is in Bayonetta's favor so while Corrin is talking shit about Fox, Fox is talking shit about Bayonetta like everyone else is. I just find it funny that the one MU Corrin is bad at Bayonetta has him covered.

2. Sonic's view of the events might not be accurate since it's from his point of view. It's intentional for him to be bias toward Fox and hateful toward Corrin given how frustrated he is. While Corrin did snap to Cory about fighting Fox, there is some exaggeration and misunderstanding on Sonic's end.

That's it. Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne!