I do not own the Sonic franchise. That is owned by SEGA. If I did, I'd make the next onic game be more like SA and SA2 in being able to play with more than just mainly Sonic or just Sonic.

"Man, that was one wild storm last night."

A blur shot by the shoreline, barely stirring the sand from its speed. The blur stopped on a dime, revealing it to be a blue humanoid hedgehog. Moving his red and white soap shoe wrapped in bandages back, his tan muzzle moved into a grin as he bent down and picked up the dime into his bandage-covered gloved hands.

"Well, that's gonna be good for a gumball or something," the hedgehog noted as he hid it into his brown scarf, "And a good first joke for the day, too." he looked around, "Man...Only a few days ago, the islands around would've been sunk by the Lyric guy." he chuckled, "Man, that's a dumb name. 'Lyric.'" he looked around before his eyes settled on an outcropping, a piece of something stuck to it, "Wonder what's over there."

He ran towards the outcropping and halted. Bits and pieces of what had once been most likely a boat were scattered about. The hedgehog frowned as he looked at it all.

"Dang…" he whispered as he began to look around before he noticed something under a pile of broken lumber, "?!" he zipped over and began to quickly clear it off, "What?"

Now exposed, the hedgehog was greeted to a sight of a humanoid creature. At first, he thought he was looking at a fox, but...he could see traits that he knew that only hedgehogs could possess. Her figure was stunning to him. Her clothing was in tatters, barely keeping her modesty, yet exposed to him the full purview of her figure. Her fur was a golden yellow in color, a pure white muzzle and middle, ending in a 'bump' just below her neck on one end and beneath the tattered skirt barely on her rather ample hips that broke into full, slender legs, ending in small, dainty feet. Her full lips were slightly parted, a bit of pink lipstick still touching them, while her rather ample bosom was barely held back in the few bits of cloth still on her upper half, the two halves of her body connected by a waspish, fit waist.

"She's beautiful…" he whispered before he noticed her chest wasn't moving, "No…" he bent down and began to push down on her heart area, pausing to tilt her head back a bit more, "Come on…" he began to push down once more, trying to move his arms on her heart area like a pump, "Come on…" soft coughs came from her before strong ones followed, water spitting out from her lips before one more strong cough made the hedgehog move back as she rolled to the side and began to throw up more salt water and a bite of what he presumed she last ate, letting her taking in deep breaths as her airways were finally cleared, "Phew."

"Au... Watashi…" her voice, hoarse from the rough coughs, let out beneath her breath, "Watashi no atama…"

"Huh? Uh...What'd you say?" the hedgehog asked as the hedgehog-fox hybrid slowly opened her eyes, revealing the brilliant pools of jade floating in a sea of white.

"..."the hybrid managed to up onto her behind as looked at him, "Kimi wa…" she moved a bit closer to him, "Anata wa watashi o hogo shimashita ka?"

"Uh...I...If...If you're saying 'thanks,' then you're welcome? I guess?" the hedgehog blinked twice.

The hybrid cupped the side of his hand in her hand, the hedgehog noting her touch felt soft and tender. She moved again and her lips pressed against his own, surprising the hedgehog. His eyes widened further when a faint pink aura came off of her for a moment. The hedgehog blinked a few times as she ended the kiss, the hybrid collapsing against him as whatever strength she had failed her. The hedgehog blinked a few more times, looking down at the hybrid resting in his arms.

"..." he moved her a bit to let him touch a device mounted on his wrist, "Uh, Tails? You think you could get here fast? I can't think straight at the moment and need someone else here to tell me what I just experienced." a small ripping noise made him quickly add on while he looked at the sky, "And bring a blanket."

"And you found her under a broken boat?"

"Well...yeah," the hedgehog replied as he looked at a pink hedgehog in a red hairband and a red one piece top with a white collar, yellow buttons on the her left side and a lavender sarashi around her waist, "I only saw her hand under it and got the stuff off of her and there she was."

"How do you know she didn't do it on purpose?" The two hedgehogs looked with raised brows over at the orange and brown humanoid badger only slightly shorter than the pink hedgehog, who was keeping the furthest away from the hedgehog-fox hybrid on the large room's cot.

"...So anyway, she wasn't breathing and I gave her CPR. Next thing I know, she's throwing up the sea and something chunky," the blue hedgehog went on, "Then when she finally talks? I couldn't understand a word of it!"

"I told you to go take that language course, Sonic," the pink hedgehog frowned.

"It was three hours long every day. I can't sit around for three hours straight every day!" the blue hedgehog threw his hands into the air.

"Well, what did she say?" a two-tailed humanoid fox ask as he worked on a yellow device.

"I have no idea, Tails," Sonic replied, "It sounded like 'kiwi wah' and 'what a she whoa something or other.'"

"She sounds like she was out of it," the pink hedgehog noted.

"Well, she was apparently 'in of it' enough to grab the side of my face and kiss me," Sonic snorted.

*crack*

"Oop!" the pink hedgehog gasped, looking at the broken cup of glass she had grabbed to fill with water, "Sorry. I tripped."

"It's fine," Tails waved her off, "So she...kissed you?"

"Yeah. Then she got all glowy and passed out," Sonic replied, "Then I called you and you got to us. Sticks tried sniffing her all over and Amy shouted at us. Then we got here and…"

"We got it," Tails deadpanned before a tall red echidna with bandages over his hands up to his elbows dropped a block of ice beside the fox, "Knuckles! I needed it smaller and in a bag."

"Oh. Sorry," the echidna apologized before slamming his fist on the ice, shattering it, "There we go. Now where do you keep your bags, Tails?"

Tails sighed, "Sonic, can you…"

"Already heading out," Sonic replied as he ran out before skidding to a halt just a few feet away from the store to tap on his beeping device, "What's up, Tails?"

=SHE'S SCREAMING IN PAIN!=

"What?" Sonic blinked before hearing a loud scream on the other line, "What?!" he ran back to Tails's hut to see the hybrid panting in the bed, her eyes half-opened, "What just happened?"

"I don't know! You ran out and she started screaming like her entire body was on fire!" Tails explained.

"She's possessed! I'll go get the coconuts and the limes!" the badger declared as she jumped out of the overturned crate she had hidden in and ran out.

"...Right. Well, I'll go get the bags," Sonic informed before he ran off, stopping once more before the entrance to the store to answer his device, "Ye…"

=SHE'S DOING IT AGAIN!=

"What?!" Sonic exclaimed before he ran back, seeing her panting on the bed, eyes half open, "...Okay. What's going on?"

"...Sonic, I think it should be Amy who goes to get the bags," Tails advised after a moment of thinking.

"Huh? Why? I can just run over and back in a minute," Sonic argued.

"I think what he means is that she freaks out whenever you leave," Amy spoke up.

"So...he's stuck in here?" Knuckles asked.

"?!" Sonic's eyes widened, "Oh no! No! I am not stuck in here! I'll prove it's not me! Now watch as I run around the entire island and she doesn't freak out again!" before anyone could stop him, he ran off, "Yeah. Like it's me leaving a hut that's making her…" the device on his wrist went off, "What is is now, T…" a loud, agonizing screech erupted from the device, causing him to trip and slam into a tree, "...ow…"

"Okay. You are staying right in here until she can tell us why she does that when you leave," Tails frowned as Sonic tapped repeatedly on the chair he was sitting in.

"Guys, I'm sure that it's not me," Sonic argued before Sticks shoved a coconut into his face, "Sticks!"

"What? You need to drink it all up!" Sticks frowned, putting one by the bed for the hybrid, "Next time she's up, make her drink it even if she doesn't want to. I don't want to deal with a possessed fusion of you two in a girl's body."

"Uh...Sticks, you know she's not a clone, right?" Tails asked.

"Better check for a belly button," Sticks advised, reaching for the sheets before Amy grabbed her wrist.

"We can wait until she wakes up before doing that, Sticks," Amy advised.

"Okay. But if she wakes up, grows eight more tails, her eyes go black and red, and she starts attacking Sonic, don't come crying to me," Sticks shook her head.

"...Why did you need to check for her belly button?" Knuckles asked.

"Duh! Everyone knows Clones don't have belly buttons!" Sticks explained.

"So to change the subject so I don't get grossed out too much from us talking about belly buttons, how long until she wakes up?" Sonic asked before the door was knocked on.

"I'll get it!" Amy called as she walked over to the door and opened it, revealing a large man shaped like an upside down egg with blue glasses, goggles, a bald head, and a large mustache, "Oh. Hey, Eggman."

"I thought we agreed for a fight at 3:30 today at the marketplace. It's 3:45 and my robots are getting bored," the man frowned, "What's keeping you? Did that stupid echidna fall down a well again or something?"

"That only happened one time! ...this week," said echidna snapped.

"Sorry Eggman, but we got something me important to deal with right now," Sonic stated.

"What? What's more important than our usual b-" Eggman began before he noticed the unconscious fox/hedgefox hybrid, "...oh."

"Yeah," Sonic nodded.

"What? Did Tails finally get tired of being single and make a gender bent clone of himself, but mixed your DNA in by accident?" Eggman asked.

"Wouldn't that technically be selfcest, sir?" a small, red, orb shaped robot spoke up as he poked his head in.

"Can it, dunce bucket," Eggman ordered.

"No. I found her on the shore after that huge storm yesterday," Sonic explained.

"Ooh…" Eggman winced a bit at that, "That was a nasty one. It knocked out all the power at my base, even my back up generator! I couldn't even watch my soaps!"

"What?"

"Forget you heard that."

"Weirdest thing was is that I couldn't understand what she was saying and when she kissed me, she glowed and passed out," Sonic scratched his head.

"I see...Well, I have just the thing for the first part," Eggman dug into his pocket before pulling out a small chip, "A universal translator. Made it during the storm since I couldn't watch my so-I mean!-watch my evil genius guide to being evil shows."

"Wait….how did you work on that if you didn't had any power?" Knuckles asked.

"I plugged my tools into Cubot," Eggman replied.

"Used up almost his entire battery, too," Orbot shook his head.

"Now I just put this in her ear and not only will she be able to understand us, but it will send a small vibration through her body to her vocal cords and translate her voice for us," Eggman explained.

"And we should trust you why?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah. That could secretly be an Obliterator Bot in disguise!" Sticks accused.

"It's not a robot," Eggman frowned before adopting a pondering look, "Though Obliterator Bot does sound like an interesting name."

"...What?" Sticks blinked when Sonic and the others shot her an annoyed glare, "...What?!"

"Now let's see…" Eggman bent over the hybrid's form and gently put the chip into her ear, "And done."

"That's it?" Amy asked.

"What? You expected it to turn her into a robot?" Eggman asked, "I may be an evil scientist, but I'm not that cruel."

"Oh…"

"Hey, she's waking up!" Tails exclaimed.

"Mmm…" the fox/hedgehog hybrid muttered as she stood up, rubbing her eyes a bit as she slowly began to open them.

"Okay, give her some space," Amy advised as everyone moved back to let her sit up, an arm going over the blanket over her figure to keep it on her.

"..." she slowly opened her eyes once more before looking around, "Wh...where am I?"

"It works!" Eggman pumped his fist, "Told you it wouldn't turn her into a robot."

"Or maybe she's really a robot in disguise! Sent from the future to kill us for leading the resistance!"

"...Tails, we are not letting you pick the next movie for Movie Night," Amy frowned after everyone gave the badger a look.

"Dang it," Tails snapped his fingers at that.

"Who are you all?" the hybrid pondered.

"Easy now. What do you remember?" Amy asked.

"I...I remember a storm and...and a huge wave…" she held her head, shaking it a little, "Then I'm coughing up water and…" her eyes settled on Sonic, "Ah! You saved me!"

"Yeah. And then you kissed me and glowed."

"Ah!" she gasped, "I...I did?"

"Yeah. Really...pink, too," Sonic replied, "So is it something that happens when you kiss anyone?"

"No. It...well...a family tradition," she replied, "Oh! How rude of me. My name is Roll Sakurai. A pleasure to..."

"Like the bread?" Knuckles asked, earning looks from everyone, "...What?"

"...Knuckles….corner. Now," Amy ordered.

"Why does everyone think that?" Roll sighed, "Father named me after part of a music genre."

"Do you have a belly button?" Sticks asked.

"What?"

"Sorry about Sticks," Tails apologized quickly, "My name is Tails and you're in my house."

"Ah. I see," Roll nodded before looking at a puddle of melting ice, "Why do you have so much ice melting on your floor?"

"I was thinking the same thing," Eggman agreed.

"That would be Knuckles," Tails sighed.

"So I'm Amy Rose. Nice to meet you," Amy greeted, "But can we be clear on something? You glowed when you kissed Sonic?"

"Sonic?" Roll repeated before Sonic gave a wave, "Oh. Yes. It mean that my soul acknowledged that the Bond connected correctly."

"Bond?" Amy repeated.

"Yes. I keep pam…" Roll began before looking at herself under the covers, quickly holding them closer, "Um...Where are my clothes?"

"Destroyed by the storm," Sonic replied.

"...Please tell me you have some replacements?" Roll asked, blushing a bit.

"...I knew I forgot something," Amy muttered before running out, "I'll be right back."

"While I am sure this is very interesting and all, I do have a 4:00 appointment," Eggman noted before pulling out a little red notebook, "Shall we reschedule for 5:40?"

"Ye-oh, wait. Knux and I have that video game session till eight in an hour," Sonic replied.

"Eight then?"

"Special on the TV about chili-dogs of the world. Maybe tomorrow first thing? Say 10 in the morning?"

"Fair enough," Eggman grumbled, "Orbot, we're going." he then turned to Roll, "Oh, and if you feel any burning in your ear, come see me as soon as you can."

"Huh?" Roll blinked twice before Eggman and Orbot left, "...That was a strange egg-shaped man."

"You have no idea," Sonic and Tails deadpanned.

"Right. We-EEK!" Roll squeaked as Sticks shot under her covers.

"Darn!" Sticks popped up, the top of her head under Roll's chin, "She's got an innie. Not a clone, people."

"Um...W-Who are you?" Roll blinked owlishly at the badger as she went back under and out from under the bed, "And why did you poke my belly button?"

"That's Sticks," Tails explained, "Sorry about her. She's just….'curious' about things."

"...What?" Roll blinked at that.

"So what can you tell us about this 'bond?'" Tails asked.

"Well...Mother said that the bond is something ancient in our family, dating back to a gift from the gods," Roll noted, "When we are saved from death for the first time by someone not in our family, we perform a kiss and the bond comes into being, connecting our souls to one another." she blushed, "It's, well...also our way of declaring who our Mate for life is."

"...I'm sorry, I think I had something stuck in my ear, but...did you just say 'Mate for life'?" Sonic asked, picking his ear with his pinky to make sure there wasn't something in it.

"Yes," Roll confirmed, playing with her pointer fingers, "From the moment the Bond was made; our souls have become connected to each other to bridge the gap to love." she tilted her head while tapping her cheek, "Though...I believe they call it 'Husband and Wife' in places outside of where I grew up."

"...I….see…." Sonic slowly noted, "...Tails?"

"Yes, Sonic?"

"I'm gonna faint now."

"Wh-"

*Thud*

"Huh...He fainted," Sticks blinked twice.

"...Oh, I get it now," everyone looked at Knuckles, "She's from Downunda."

"..." Tails faceplamed while Roll tilted her head in confusion.

"Mate for life?" Amy repeated as Roll was behind a curtain Tails had set up.

"That's what she said, yeah," Tails nodded, "And...well, you already saw Sonic KOed on the floor when you came back."

"Hey, does a dog have one or two circles over their eyes?" Knuckles asked, looking up from Sonic with a marker in hand.

"Mate for life?" Amy repeated.

"...Uh...Amy?"

"Mate for life?"

"...I think she's broken."

"Does that mean I can draw on her face, too?" Knuckles asked.

"No way!" Sticks argued before swiping the marker and doodling on Amy's face, "That's my job."

The curtain moved and the three conscious members of the group looked. Roll was now wearing a dark pink nightdress, her hips and bust making the bottom barely go past her knees instead of ending at her ankle like it should've, the top stretched out to expose a part of her cleavage.

"Huh...It looks different than when Amy wears it," Knuckles noted, "...Are you wearing shoes that we can't see?"

"Pardon?" Roll tilted her head before seeing Sonic and Amy's faces, "Oh my…I thought that only happened in cartoons or in Northamer in colleges."

"Mate for life?"

"...Um...I...Is she okay?" Roll asked, looking over at Tails.

"I think her brain shut down over what you told me and Sonic and what Knuckles overheard from the corner," Tails replied.

"Oh. This happens often when my family's explained this to others," Roll noted before she turned to the kitchen...and became a yellow blur that shot through the kitchen before stopping on a dime before Amy, splashing her with the small cup of water, causing Amy to sputter and shake her head to get the water off her face, "There we go." she handed Amy the towel she grabbed before looking over at the other three, who were staring at her with surprised looks, "...What?"

"You….you just ran fast…." Tails whispered.

"...Well...Yeah," Roll blinked twice, "What's wrong with that?"

"But...Sonic is the only one that can run fast," Knuckles pointed out.

"You forgot Shadow," Amy reminded.

"Oh yeah…"

"Really? He can run fast, too?" Roll asked, looking over at Sonic as he was starting to come to.

"Fastest thing alive," Tails clarified, "Or...as he likes to call himself that."

"Oh…"

"Ugh...what happened?" Sonic groaned as he sat up, looking at his reflection in a nearby mirror, "...Okay. Who gave Knuckles and/or Sticks a marker?"

"...Tails did it," Knuckles and Sticks quickly blamed, the latter tossing the marker to said fox.

"Well, at least that lets me still do my morning routine," Roll noted in relief, "It'd be terrible to miss my morning 200km runs."

"What do you mean? Couldn't you still do that?" Amy asked.

"No. If he goes too far from me, my body starts to go through intense pain until we're closer," Roll explained, "Since it's a newly made one, about the size of two of these houses side-by-side is the maximum distance."

"Wait, what?" Sonic's eyes widened.

"Yes. My family calls it the 'Abandoned Heart' when someone deliberately exceeds the maximum distance," Roll explained.

"...Sonic," Tails spoke up as he looked at the Hedgehog, "You're staying near her from now on, no matter what."

"What? But...fine," Sonic frowned, "Now can someone get me a wet rag or something so I can get this off? I do not look good with a monocle."

"Okay," Roll replied, once more zipping in and out of the kitchen with a wet rag, "Here you go."

"...Did she..?" Sonic began with wide eyes.

"Just ran as fast as you? Yes," Tails nodded.

"..." Sonic slowly blinked as he turned towards Roll, "...How do you feel about Chili Dogs?"

"Oh, I think that's terrible. Why would you like dogs being so cold?" Roll asked in shock.

"..."

"...Is...something wr-?" Roll began before Sonic grabbed her hand and dashed off, "Kya!"

"...Should we feel worried for her?" Tails asked.

"I feel worried about us dealing with an alternate reality genderbent Sonic/Tails fusion out to kill us all," Sticks replied.

"I don't think she's that," Tails scoffed.

"When she starts using that tail to fly up and snap your neck while you're in a plane, then you'll be sorry."

"Um, wh-where are we going?!" Roll asked as Sonic dragged her to town.

"Getting you your first Chili Dog," Sonic replied as he looked around.

"B-But…" Roll gulped, "I'm just in this…"

Sonic paused as he looked at her borrowed nightgown, "..." he looked away, blushing, "Okay, good point." he looked around before picking her up and running off before anyone noticed, "Okay, I think I still have some back home."

"You really don't plan things out, do you?"

"Your point?"

"...Just please get me some more decent clothes."

"Fine, fine, fine," Sonic waved her off before stopping on a dime outside his place, "And here are we." he put her onto her feet before picking up the dime, "Man, people are leaving these all over today."

"...What?" Roll blinked at that before Sonic ran into his place, causing her to yelp as she held down the lower half of her borrowed night dress, before he ran back out with two hot dogs covered in chili and shredded cheese, "Huh?"

"First things first, here," sonic said as he handed her one of the chili dogs, "Eat it."

"...What is it?"

"Um, it's a chili dog, duh."

"I thought you meant a cold, shivering little doggy," Roll noted as she took the offered food.

"What? No. It's a type of food th….nevermind. Just try it."

"...Okay…" Roll muttered as she slowly took a bite of her Chili Dog before her tail shot straight up "?!"

"Well...?"

"It...It's really good," Roll replied, taking another bite.

"Exactly," Sonic nodded as he ate his in one bite, "Best food in the history of forever."

Roll finished eating her own, giving a small bow with her hands pressed together by their palms, "It was good. Thank you for the meal."

"No prob. Now…" Sonic paused as he ran back into the house, causing Roll to hold the lower half of her borrowed gown again before teh hedgehog ran back out, holding some clothes, "Your clothes? Best I could find really..."

"...I suppose they'll do for now," Roll said as she took them and ran into the house to change.

She ran back out, wearing a black tee with the blue heart on it stretched out by her bosom and a pair of jean shorts. She wore a pair of fingerless white gloves with the wrists of them tightened down by sports tape and a pair of white running shoes. Her flowing locks of hair were pulled into a ponytail and held together by a blue bow.

"Thank you," she smiled before kissing his cheek.

"...Uh….eh heh. N-no prob," Sonic chuckled a bit, blushing a little as he rubbed the back of his head, before clearing his throat, "Anyway, come on. I'll show you around the village."

"Okay," Roll nodded.

"Okay, this is the unnamed village," Sonic explained, "Population? Depends on the episode."

"Huh?"

"Nothing," Sonic replied as they stopped in the center of the village, "Okay, over there's the market, over there's the huts for residents who live inside the village, over there's town hall, and over there's entertainment district with places like the library and Meh Burger. It's kinda the only place to get food around here that you don't have to cook yourself."

"I see…" Roll nodded slowly.

"See that huge building over there?" Sonic asked as he pointed at the largest structure in the village, "That's the mayor's place. He keeps saying the re-election is coming up, but nobody knows when exactly."

"Really? He's supposed to let people know when they're supposed to happen immediately when announced, isn't he?" Roll raised a brow.

"Eh. He mostly has me and the others do the tough stuff for him," Sonic shrugged.

"…"

"...What?"

"So you're in the police force?"

"Oh...Nope," Sonic shook his head, "The Mayor said being a hero is better than being in the police force."

"Then how do you afford rent?"

"Rent?"

"...But...you're on the shoreline. From what I saw while we were there, that was actually a very valuable piece of real estate well worth hundreds of thousands of dollars," Roll observed, "How do you even…? Y-You know what? I'm not sure if I want to know how you get money or not."

"...Oh that reminds me. We need to get you registered here for the village since you….well, will be living with me," Sonic stated.

"Huh? Why?"

"Not registered? Then you're pretty much barred from coming into the village...like, at all. Before you ask, Mayor set the rule up to 'keep troublemakers' out of the town."

"...So that means 'no visitors' either," Roll frowned before sighing, "Very well."

"Alright then," Sonic nodded as he began to lead her towards the large building, "And hey. I'm not the one who makes up the rules...and strangely, only celebrities are free from the rule."

"...Ow…."

"What's wrong?"

"I feel like my belief in good people in offices has been shot."

"Eh. Maybe the new guy will be much better," Sonic shrugged while muttering, "Whenever that election happens…"

"Hey, Mayor!" Sonic called as he and Roll entered a large office where a humanoid, plump mouse in a cream outfit with hat and fuzzy mustache was busy stamping away at papers.

"Hmm?" the mouse blinked, pausing for a moment to look up, "Oh Sonic! What a pleasure to see you? Here for another key to the city, or did you come to do me another favor?"

"...'Another key to the city?'" Roll whispered to Sonic.

"Me and my friends save the town...like, a lot," Sonic replied before looking back at teh mayor, "And no. I'm here to help register someone for the village."

"Oh?"

"Yes, sir," Roll replied with a bow, "My name is Roll Sakurai."

"A pleasure to meet you, dear. Now…" the mayor paused as he hefted up a very large pile of papers and placed them before her, "I need you to sign all of these in triplicate and you should have your citizenship within 2-3 weeks."

"Very well," Roll nodded.

She calmly reached to the pile before her arms became blurs. The mayor and Sonic blinked before the pile was now on the other side of Roll, all filled out.

"May I ask when the re-election is?" Roll asked.

"...uh…" the mayor droned out, a look of shock on his face.

"Yeah. Surprised the others, too," Sonic noted.

"...I...I see…." the mayor noted, "...Um...excuse me. I need to get back to signing these…"

"When's the re-election?" Roll repeated her question.

"Still deciding," the mayor quickly waved her off as he went back to his paperwork.

"..." Roll opened her mouth before Sonic covered her mouth, shook his head, and the two walked out, "What was that about? 'Still deciding' my tail! He's deliberately refusing to notify anyone when the election date is."

"When you're the mayor, it's hard to get anything out without having to deal with paperwork," Sonic said, "Seriously, we waited a whole day on the opening for a new store, and he was busy with a huge pile of paperwork."

"..." Roll sighed, pinching her nose, "He better not delegate his duties to someone else. Otherwise, I will be right on them with a bill to demand the re-election to take place immediately."

"Oh, you're getting how new laws are done here. Good," Sonic grinned.

"...Can we change the subject please?"

"S-" Sonic began before he heard someone scream, followed by Eggman laughing, "...Right after I deal with Baldy Mcnosehair."

"Who?" Roll blinked before Sonic ran off, "Ah! W-wait!"

"Don't give me a refund, will you?! Robots, destroy the store!" Eggman ordered as a bunch of bee and ladybug themed robots began to blat and tear up a store front.

"S-sorry sir! Btu all sales are f-" the owner of the store began before one of the bee-shaped robots blasted one of the carts, "Ahh! My cabbages!"

"Yes! Yes! Destroy it all!" Eggman ordered before a blur shot by him, smashing through a few of the robots, "What?!"

"Hey, Eggman!" Eggman looked down to see Sonic looking at him, a bit of a cocky smirk on his face, "What's wrong? The guy ended up giving you some rotten eggs or something?"

"No. He refused to give me my refund! I had the receipt, the original packaging it came in, and everything!" Eggman argued, "Wait. Why am I telling you? Robots, crack his skull or I'm cracking your skulls!"

The owner whimpered behind a piece of debris, trying to stay hidden.

"Hello," a voice greeted, startling the owner and making him look up at Roll, "Does...this happen often?"

"Twenty-four seven," the owner gulped, "We can even set the time with the attacks."

"I...I see…" Roll noted, looking over the debris to see Sonic zipping around, breaking apart bee-shaped robots and ladybug-shaped robots, "...Why the…?"

"Usually it's those, a giant robot, or a mech he built to try and destroy Sonic and his friends."

"Destroy?!" Roll gasped.

"He has a very big dislike of Sonic." the owner deadpanned before yelping when Eggman fired at him.

"Because he's annoying and keeps getting in my way!" Eggman snapped.

'What?' Roll tilted her head in confusion.

"Well maybe if you stop trying to destroy this place to build your Eggman-themed theme park, then we wouldn't have to stop you," Sonic countered as he bounced off one of the ladybug themed robots.

"Sir, that's the last one you had with you today," Orbot noted.

"Blast…" Eggman cursed as he pressed a button on the device on his wrist, causing a strange vehicle that resembled the lower half of an egg to float down as he jumped into it, "This isn't over, you annoying blue pin cushion!"

"See ya later, Baldy McNosehair!" Sonic taunted.

"Gh?!" Eggman tensed, causing him to falter in his vehicle as it flew off, "Don't call me that!"

"Heh heh….that never gets old," Sonic chuckled to himself as he turned towards Roll and the store owner, "You okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine," the owner replied, "But my store…" he shook his head, "Well, at least the Mayor approved that Eggman Act bill, so I'll be able to fix up my shop by tomorrow morning."

"Eggman Act?"

"Basically, we report where Eggman's attacked the village and the village's construction crew comes and fixes it up. They've gotten really fast at it, too," Sonic explained.

"...Is that why he has so much paperwork?" Roll asked.

"Not really sure. He was busy with all that stuff when I first showed up," Sonic shrugged, "In fact, between you and me? I think he just pulls out a pile of blank papers and just stamps them when he has nothing to stamp."

"..."

"...What?"

'...Note to self, run against that mayor, or at least help someone run against him to get someone more competent,' Roll thought, "It...It's nothing. Just...is this also the clothing store? This is the only outfit I have."

"Your point?" both asked her.

"...Just...Just tell me where it is, please," Roll sighed.

"About five huts down," the owner replied.

"Thank you," Roll nodded, "Let's get going, Sonic."

"You're not gonna make me wait while you try everything in the store on, are you?" Sonic asked.

"No. I try to go in and come out with what I need," Roll replied.

"...You sure?"

"Oh come on you," Roll pouted as she grabbed Sonic's hand before dashing off in a blur.

"...Did that girl just run as fast as Sonic?" the owner pondered.

"Huh. I didn't even have to sit down at all," Sonic blinked twice as the two walked out, Roll carrying a few bags in one hand.

"Like I said, I just know what I like and I just look for it," Roll shrugged, "So where to next on our tour?"

"Honestly, not sure," Sonic shrugged, "Well...there's Eggman's place, but I don't think ol eggbutt wouldn't suddenly appreciate us barging in on his property after losing."

"Right…" Roll nodded.

"Hey. Maybe we can get something at Meh Burger," Sonic suggested.

"...Well, I suppose a quick bite wouldn't hurt," Roll admitted, her stomach grumbling a bit.

"Awesome!" Sonic grinned before taking her wrist and sped off before stopping in front of a small line, "Only place to get food that's made to order."

"It's kinda…" Roll noted as she looked around, "Open to the world. Aside from the line, it feels more like a cafe or picnic area."

"Thank you….please come again…" a rather bored, nerdish voice spoke from behind the counter as a humanoid antilope walked away, "Welcome to Meh Burger. Can I take your order?"

"Two regular Meh Burgers, no pickles," Sonic ordered, "First time customer with me."

"Hello," Roll greeted, giving a bow.

"...Okay," the clerk behind the counter nodded as he walked off. The two waited a few minutes before he walked back, holding a tray with two burgers on them, "Here."

"Th-" Sonic began before Roll looked at her burger, "...something up?"

"...This is undone, and there's pickles on it," Roll stated to the clerk.

"Oh….sorry," the clerk muttered as he took the tray...before turning around and putting the tray back down, "Here. No pickles, and well done."

"...I demand to speak with your manager," Roll stated.

"You're talking to him," the clerk answered.

"..." Roll inhaled slowly before exhaling slowly, "..." her eyes narrowed as a frown formed on her lips, "I don't believe you understand. He ordered no pickles." she grabbed a bun and removed it from the burger, revealing an entire layer of pickles, "This is extra pickles and the meat is still raw." the clerk gulped as a glint appeared in her eyes, "I suggest you properly correct this. Don't you?"

"...One fresh set of burgers with no pickles coming up," the clerk gulped, taking the tray and bolted off.

"Hmph. The nerve of some people," Roll huffed, crossing her arms under her chest, "When I go to somewhere to order food, I expect it to be what I ordered."

"Eh. it's Dave. What do you expect?" Sonic shrugged off.

"I'll be sure to make a note that this 'Dave' seems to need to learn how to run a business better," Roll noted.

"Here you go," the clerk/Dave gulped as he returned, placing the tray down with a fresh set of burgers, "Well done burgers with no pickles, just like you wanted, ma'am. O-On the house, even."

"Why thank you," Roll smiled...the smile not reaching her eyes, "I do hope that we can agree that this never happens again. Right?"

"Mmm hmm," Dave gave a nod in response, sweating nervously.

"Lovely," Roll nodded as she picked up the tray and walked off with Sonic.

"Wow. I've never seen him do the burgers this good before," Sonic noted.

"I guess it just took someone pointing it out to make him see reason is all," Roll shrugged, giving a small glance over at the counter to see Dave freezing in his looking over at them and quickly going back to work, "But enough about that. Let us just enjoy our meal in peace."

"Heh. Yeah," Sonic agreed.

"...Is there any reason why they're staring at me?" Roll whispered as the two began to walk back to Sonic's hut, Roll carrying a few more bags.

Sonic just shrugged, giving a 'I don't know' mummer in response. Glancing around, he did notice that villagers were looking at Roll with mixed facial expressions. It was then the two were stopped when a humanoid eagle in a light red shirt and blue sports shorts, a cameraman beside him.

"Hello, everyone! I'm Soar the Eagle and this is another rousing edition of Surprise Interviews!" the eagle introduced himself to the camera, "And our Surprise Interviewees are right here!" he moved to let the cameraman look at Sonic and Roll, "Say 'hello' to the fans, you two!"

"H-Hello…" Roll moved behind Sonic a little, a small blush on her cheeks.

'She's camera shy?' Sonic pondered, "Yo."

"As you all know, we've interviewed Sonic before. However, we have a brand new little lady in town right beside him," Soar informed before moving the mic to Roll, "Your name, Ma'am?"

"R-Roll…"

"Like the bread?" Soar raised a brow.

"Like 'Rock and Roll,'" Sonic explained with a deadpan tone.

"Ah. How very interesting," Soar noted, "Now, I just have a few questions I'd like to ask you."

"O-Okay, Mr. Soar…"

"Oh please. Just call me 'Soar.' Mr. Soar was my father," the eagle joked, "Now where do you come from?"

"Y-Yurashia," Roll replied, "O-on the island cou-country of Dainipon."

"Ahh...that's quite far away from here," Soar noted, "How did you get here to our village then?"

"I'm uncomfortable with flying, s-so I was taking a b-b-b-boat to travel to A-a-a-a-Adabat. I...I got caught in a big storm when my sail tore when I was trying to change course," Roll explained, "I...I ended up crashing onto the sh-shore here..."

"Oh dear….are you alright?"

"Y-Yes. Thanks to S-Sonic," Roll replied, "H...He saved me."

"Ah good," Soar nodded as he looked at the camera, "You hear that, folks? Even though she's from another country, our hero Sonic has saved her without anything in return! Such a selfless person!"

"Yeah...without anything in return…" Sonic mumbled.

"My baby!" they looked to see a humanoid lady walrus in a fine dress looking up at a baby walrus crawling on top of a hut, "Someone save my baby!"

"Well, here we go again," Sonic shook his head before a yellow blur zipped by him, up the palm tree by the building, onto the roof, and then back down the tree and stopped before the lady walrus.

"Here you are, ma'am," Roll spoke, offering the baby, "He's okay."

"Oh, my baby!" the walrus cheered, scooping the baby into a hug, "Oh thank you so much, dear."

"It...It's nothing, really," Roll blushed as she made a circle in the dirt with her foot.

"...Did she just…?" Soar began.

"Move as fast as me? Yes," Sonic nodded.

"But the only one who can do that is…"

"Shadow, yeah. Well, he used to be the only one who could. But now we can add Roll into that group of speedsters on the island," Sonic noted as Roll came back over to them, staying a tiny bit behind the blue hedgehog when she spotted the camera again.

"...Well how about that, folks?!" Soar exclaimed as he looked at the camera, "It seems Sonic's group of Freedom Fighters has gained a new member! And the best part? She's just as fast as Sonic!"

The crowd that had gathered began to cheer. Roll sheepishly gave a tiny wave as Sonic just gave a wave.

"So tell me, Roll, what are your plans now?" Soar asked.

"Um...w-well, I...I think I-I'm going to st-stay here. It...It seems n-nice here," Roll replied before whispering under her breath, "Even if the mayor is doing everything in his power to delay the elections..."

"What was that?" Soar asked.

"I-I was saying 'Everyone h-here is s-so nice,'" Roll replied.

"Ahh….glad to hear," Soar nodded, "Well, I do hope you enjoy your days here at our unnamed village, Roll. And this is Soar the Eagle with another Surprise Interviews! Sponsored by Meh Burger."

Roll just gave a deadpan look at the mention of the place. She quickly hid the look with a smile before bowing to Soar before the two left.

"Huh...First time someone hasn't tried to shake my hand," Soar noted, "I like that girl."

"So Sticks goes on to say 'Because we're a team! We got beaten to the punch, or in this case, the kick as a team. We can raise our heads proudly, knowing we've traveled all this way, just to watch someone else finish the job. When we walk down the streets and the people whisper "Those are the ones who couldn't quite save the day, almost, but not quite" we will smile together because we didn't do it as a team! I finally understand teamwork... and it is beautiful,'" Sonic told, earning as laugh from Roll as they walked to his hut.

"Oh my...S-Still...It must have been nice to find people you became friends with," Roll noted.

"Heh heh….yeah," Sonic nodded, holding his hands behind his head as he walked to the front door, "They're my best buds, and I wouldn't trade them for the world…"

"Knuckles, I told you not to touch my stuff!" Tails' voice snapped from inside.

"...They're my best buds, and I would trade them for ones that don't argue inside my house," Sonic corrected before blinking twice, "Wait. When did I get a door and glass on the windows?" he opened it to see everyone inside, "Hey, guys. Why do I have a door now? And glass in the windows?"

"Oh! Well, considering how close you two need to be, we salvaged everything we could from the crash site," Tails explained, "And added some new rooms to your hut and finally got a door for it."

"Okay...Wait, where's my hammock?" Sonic asked.

"It's on the second floor with the one for Roll," Tails replied.

"It was my idea, considering you're most likely a genderbent fusion of Sonic and Tails from another universe," Sticks noted.

"What?" Roll blinked twice.

"We all saw the live interview, too," Tails added.

"Yeah. And we saw you two on the TV with Roll saving Lady Walrus's baby...again," Knuckles grinned.

"Huh? ...Again?" Roll repeated, "What do you mean again?"

"That baby constantly gets in danger," Knuckles explained, "Just yesterday, he got stuck in a tree, stuck in a pipe, stuck on the back of Soar the Eagle's shirt…" he shook his head, "Man, Soar's hard to catch when he freaks out."

"..."

"...You alright, Roll?"

"I...I am trying very hard not to ask something that may insult anyone in the vicinity," Roll replied, taking in deep breaths, "I learned today that there's a man who attacks on a daily basis so often that you can set your clocks to when he attacks, that the mayor is purposely prolonging the election, and that the only place for quick food is run by one person who does a terrible job at it. And now I'm learning that a baby is constantly getting into danger each and every day?"

"Sounds about right," Knuckles nodded, "And hey, you're not the only one that doesn't like Dave. Amy hates him too."

"He deliberately keeps giving me the wrong order…" Amy muttered in annoyance, "Seriously, I ordered a fish sandwich, and he gave me a raw fish sandwich instead! Raw! Like, the fish was still alive!"

"I don't think you have to worry about that if you go with Roll," Sonic noted, "She terrified him with just words and we got fresh burgers fully cooked and everything on the house."

"Really?"

"He gave us two undone burgers with extra pickles when Sonic specifically said no pickles," Roll answered, "Which I am grateful for, because I do not like anything pickled."

"...Roll?"

"Yes?" Roll blinked as she looked at Amy.

"I think you and I are gonna be good friends," Amy smiled, 'Even though you're Sonic's...gh... Mate for life because of that family law of yours.'

"...Well...If Amy thinks you're okay...I'm still gonna keep an eye on you," Sticks informed.

"Um...Okay?" Roll blinked twice before squeaking as Sticks began to squeeze her chest, "Ahn~!"

"Like figuring out how you didn't pop when eating a beach ball," Sticks noted.

"St-Sticks! No! We don't do that!" Amy yelped as Sonic blushed while Knuckles covered Tails's eyes and his own.

'...I think I need to call Kaa-san and Tou-san… That is, if this place has a phone...Hopefully,' Roll thought.

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