Disclaimer:
All Sonic characters belong to their respective owners.
Sam, Nodoka, and Cosmos belong to moi.
Rikku belongs to RikkuMcClowFox (Or Slashin' Azriel Hacke on FictionPress.)
Skye belongs to Buriezu za Vampire.
Now, on with the show!
One Step Closer to Rebellion
Dusty, wooden floors and old scrolls made an old, broken down dojo, an ebony and green hedgehog exiting from it, but knowing to be cautious. After all, being a 'traitor' to the nation…it logically wouldn't be GOOD if he was recognized in public. "…Well, I'll be going out, alright? Don't make too much of a mess, alright?"
"Will you go out, already? I'm starving here, Sam…THESE idiots ate all the pizza." A female voice was heard from inside of the broken down dojo, the hedgehog smiling as he dashed off to the city, a black and gold coat worn for lower chances of recognition.
The hedgehog called Sam looked around him, finding the serenity of the woods to be nice as he entered the city of Station Square, the woods replaced by a vast concrete jungle. "Well, what they want, I gotta get…" The hedgehog exhaled, and looked at a poster, which apparently had quite a few zeroes at the end… For betrayal to the nation and the king, the ex-Knights of Soul are to be captured and brought at all costs! The paper read, Sam's mouth and nose hiding in his coat, he merely grumbled, crumpling the paper, and throwing it in the trash can. "…The Knights of Soul…we were once proud to fight for this nation, and this is what we get? Hmph. I've got a rebellion waiting RIGHT HERE for ya…" Sam grabbed a bag of Konpeito, the last item on the list, and his favorite candy.
He got on the line to pay for the items, but seeing a regimental hedgehog in front of him, he waited as she paid and grabbed her bag. "Hey, gorgeous. You need some more cash." The dog clerk said, his face gazing at the hedgehog.
"…No, I didn't. I paid exact." The hedgehog's voice was stern yet calm as Sam looked at her emerald eyes, determination brimming from those irises.
"No, ya di-'ey!" The regimental hedgehog had taken off, the dog quickly following after her.
"…No…as an ex-Knight of the Soul, I stand for justice. I protect those that are innocent…and I harm anyone in my way of doing so!" Sam thought, rushing after the duo, dropping his items.
"You little runt! You thought you could run aw-'Ey!" He was sweep kicked off his feet by Sam, who axe kicked his stomach soon after.
The regimental hedgehog turned around to find the dog on the floor, an ebony and green hedgehog's foot on his stomach. "This nation is corrupt. I find that in order for things to be calmer around here, things should go back to the way they were. Get my drift?" Sam said, his eyes fierce, and his voice menacing.
The dog merely scoffed, his scoff turning to near uncontrollable laughter. "Oh, that's RICH. This nation is 'corrupt', and things should go back to 'the way they were'…Oh, that is just too funny! Hah! Honestly, you can go on and on…pathetic swine like yours won't even come NEAR that goal!" The dog said, getting up. "You worthless pieces of trash are what caused this change! You caused it, and you know that you can't ever-"
"Kuchiyose…Chiharu!" His fur began to glow red, and Sam summoned a yellow blade fused with his right hand.
"A-a-a yellow blade…You…" Sam quickly stabbed his shoulder, roundhouse kicking him through a wooden stand, rushing after him.
The regimental hedgehog looked on in curiosity as Sam rushed after the dog, following him slowly to see him getting slapped across the face numerous times with the 'hilt' of his blade: his right hand. "You foolishly foolish fool who foolishly dares to defy me, you fool!" Sam said in-between slaps.
He slapped him on last time, bruises on the dog's face, and the dog now knocked out, Sam got up, walking out of the wreckage to find that people were staring at him, including the girl he had just saved. "...Umm...thank you!" The regimental hedgehog said, Sam nodding as he ran away, his only words being "I'm a 'traitor' to this nation...".
The regimental hedgehog followed him, Sam sighing as he entered what appeared the broken down dojo. "Err...leader? You appear to have let someone follow us here..." A two tailed fox said, a cobalt hedgehog grinning next to him as he pointed to the regimental hedgehog from before.
"You..." The regimental hedgehog gave a small blush as his brown eyes met her emerald irises, stern, yet gentle. "Why are you here? I..." Sam turned to the others, the fox, the hedgehog, a cat, and two more. "No, we...are nothing but mere 'traitors' to this nation. Why even bother following?" Sam asked, the regimental hedgehog looking at the group with slight interest, and slight worry.
"I...I want to join." The regimental hedgehog fibbed, blushing as she played with her magenta dress. "My name...my name is Nodoka Misaki." Nodoka shyly said, looking at Sam with a blush on her face.
"Misaki? You're of the higher classes...well known for their generousity." Sam said, looking at Nodoka with a grin.
The regimental hedgehog nodded as she played with her fingers, Sam cracking his knuckles. "I see." Sam said, the others looking at her.
"...So, Nodoka...you want to join?" Sam summoned Chiharu, grinning as he pointed him to Nodoka. "You got any skill?" Nodoka summoned Juuchi, a green blade fused with her right hand, Sam smirking as she did. "I see. A Swordbend user as well...this should be interesting. En garde!" Sam rushed forward, and with that, the fight began.
Sam quickly thrusted forward, Nodoka parrying the stab, she spun around, Sam getting slashed twice by the attack. He blocked one more slash from Juuchi, and moving his hand in a circle, he pointed Chiharu to her neck. She then kicked Sam's right hand, and with him off guard, she slashed his left shoulder. "Not bad." Sam nearly kicked Nodoka on her left arm, and sweep kicking her off her feet, he pointed Chiharu at her chest. "…I never really noticed, but she could've easily countered those attacks..." Sam thought, helping her up.
"What, are you too afraid to really hurt a girl?" Nodoka said with a grin, windmilling back up.
"I live by code, and I just don't slice girls." Sam explained, Nodoka nodding.
"Even when they slice you?" Nodoka asked, Sam nodding as he sliced down, Nodoka blocking, their Swordbends now in a struggle.
Sam smiled, and dematerialized Chiharu. "…Good enough. Nodoka Misaki…welcome here." Sam said, smiling.
"It may not be much, but this is the best we've got." A female voice said, snapping her fingers, a flame emerged.
"Oh, and what about the food? You said that…" The two tailed kitsune stopped, Sam face palming. "I'll get the food later. Just order some pizza, or something. Better yet, I can make so-"
"Umm…excuse me?" Nodoka asked, Sam raising an eyebrow. "…Aren't you guys ex-Knights of the Soul? All of you?" Sam smirked, and nodded.
"Yes…what of it?"
"…I wanted to ask…who are you guys? Really? I've only seen you guys on T.V. before, and all I ever thought was that you were barbaric assassins." Sam face palmed, and sighed. "We were only following orders." Sam explained, Nodoka nodding.
"But if you must know who we truly are…" Sam pointed to a cobalt hedgehog, wearing gloves, soap shoes…and nothing else. The clothing was the same with a two tailed yellow-golden fox next to him, blue eyes staring at Nodoka. "That's Sonic…the fox next to him is Miles, but-"
"Don't call me that!" Miles-
"Hey!" …The two tailed fox objected, Sam sighing.
"But we here like to call him Tails." Sam said, Sonic playfully rubbing his head.
"Over here, we've got the ladies. The pyrokinetic is Blaze." A lilac feline was currently snapping her fingers to create flame out of boredom, miraculously, her coat nor leotards were burnt.
"The vixen's Rikku…" A golden-yellow vixen wearing a red halter top with a skort was talking to an aqua blue feline wearing a white blouse and a small skirt with fills on the hem, along with gloves and soap shoes.
The vixen's hazel eyes were brimming with excitement, presumably over another member being added. "And the other feline-"
"Sam!" The feline glomped him, a grin on her face.
"…She would be Cosmos." Cosmos pecked Sam's cheek, the hedgehog blushing. "C'mon, dear…get off." Sam playfully said, Cosmos obliging.
"Any questions?" Sam asked, Nodoka shaking her head. "Alright. In which case, let's get started with the food." Sam slid two doors aside, to reveal a kitchen and a rather large table.
There was also a hallway, along with two staircases leading upward. "…Alright…whose bright idea was it to build a house around a dojo?" Nodoka asked, Sam shrugging.
"Don't ask me, ask-"
"Where's the food?" A crimson hedgehog came down from the staircase, wearing a blouse and blue jeans, she raised an eyebrow.
Sam sweat dropped, and pointed to the hedgehog. "She should be the one to ask." He was violently propelled backward by a blue beam, hitting the doors and leaving a small hole in the door.
"I have not eaten in three days, Sam. I am starving, and I need food." The crimson hedgehog said, dashing up to him and shaking him furiously.
"Okay, okay…stop shaking me, and I'll make some noodles, okay?" Sam grabbed 8 packs of instant noodles, and started to boil water. "She would be Skye. She isn't as harsh as she is today, considering I needed to get food, and saving you…well, yeah." Sam said, being grateful that he recently bought a new stove: only a minute to boil water.
"What's up with the architecture?" Nodoka asked, Skye shrugging.
"Well, we needed SOMEWHERE to live. After all, just that ONE ROOM? Yeah. It was uncomfortable to change in front of everyone." Skye said, blushing a little.
The water was done boiling, and Sam placed the water into the instant ramen bowls, the soup powder and such already inside. "Alright, just wait a couple of minutes…" People were conversing with one another, mainly about Nodoka's sudden arrival, how she could be a spy sent by the King, other reasons why she was there…there was so much to know, and so sudden…
"Sam…I don't think that this'll fill us up. I mean…one bowl in three days? That's kinda…" The ebony hedgehog nodded, and spoke.
"I know…but that's all the noodles we have. Skye! Have mine, but the other one, give to Nodoka. She must be hungry, no?" The scarlet hedgehog nodded, and Sam went out the door.
"…So…Nodoka, is it?" Sonic spoke, Nodoka nodding.
"Yeah." All was silent for minutes until they began eating, Skye happily eating noodles with chopsticks, the others following.
"…Why'd you follow him in the first place? Did you REALLY want to join us?" Blaze asked, raising an eyebrow, Nodoka blushing.
"…If I said no, would it make this situation any better?" Nodoka was met with a stare from everyone, the regimental hedgehog merely staring back. "I'll take that as a 'no'."
"Why'd you follow him in the first place? Didn't you KNOW it was dangerous?" Rikku asked, raising an eyebrow as she slurped the noodles quickly.
"Well…I…" The regimental hedgehog stammered nervously, blushing.
Sonic grinned, his kitsune pal grinning as well. "Ooh, I know…someone has a crush on-"
"Don't rub it in!" Nodoka said, blushing madly as Sonic laughed.
Skye not paying attention (she was too busy chomping on her noodles), she said "…What happened?", looking at the group.
"Nodoka likes Sam!" Sonic said in singsong, Nodoka blushing and fainting, the noodle bowl landing on her magenta dress, soup spilling on her dress, along with noodles.
15 minutes later, Sam rushed into the dojo, everyone else had finished eating, and were hanging around downstairs. "I'm…back…" Sam said, gasping for air as he held the stuff…and then looking at what happened, he blushed as he set down the shopping bags. "…Someone clean the soup and noodles! I'll deal with the bags later." Sam said, frantically carrying Nodoka up the right stairs.
He laid her down on a bed, wiping her dress with napkins, and wiping her with napkins. He blushed as he took off her regimental dress, wiping her exposed fur and skin with napkins. "Jeez…what happened here when I was gone…" He sighed, and laid her magenta dress on the floor, getting a Shamwow and absorbing the ramen soup out.
Nodoka woke up soon after, feeling Sam's hand on her stomach as he sat on the floor. "Hey!" Nodoka swiped his hand away, noticing she was only in her bra and panties. "What are you, a pervert?!"
"No, I'm not. You were knocked out or something and had soup and noodles all over your dress. Is that your way to say 'thanks' after I've cleaned it out, and you as well?" Sam retorted, Nodoka realizing so.
"…Oh…thanks." Nodoka said, Sam smiling.
"No prob." Sam said, Nodoka blushing.
"…Wow. I never knew that she looked like a beauty…" Sam thought, blushing.
"Wow, I never knew he would be this caring…" Nodoka thought, blushing as well.
"Wow, you two seem close already." Cosmos said, head now on Sam's shoulder, he practically jumped through the roof when Cosmos said that with a smile.
"Cosmos!"
"Yeah, that's me." Cosmos smiled as Sam turned to her, blushing.
"Seems that I've got some competition." Cosmos thought, looking at Nodoka. "You alright, Nodoka?" She nodded, and grabbed a blanket, placing it over her.
"Please…I'm in my bra and…unmentionables. Can I at least get changed?" Nodoka asked, Cosmos nodding.
"Go right ahead." Cosmos said, dragging Sam out. "You go out." Cosmos left him outside, Sonic and Tails looking at Sam, who got up.
"…Don't ask." Sam said with a sigh, Nodoka getting out shortly after.
"There. Now you can gaze at her." Cosmos said playfully, Sam and Nodoka blushing…
"…Actually, no. Hate to say, but I've gotta get home. Curfew's at 7 if I'm alone, and then I can hang out." Nodoka said, Sam raising an eyebrow.
"If she's alone, huh?" Sam thought, grinning.
"Hey, how's about I walk ya home? I don't mind." Sam said, Nodoka nodding.
"Alright, thanks." Nodoka said, Sam nodding as they went outside.
"…Is he trying to break up with me, or…" Cosmos thought, exhaling as they went out.
"C'mon, let's clean up." Cosmos said, the others nodding…
"What's your curfew now?" Sam inquired, only to get the response "Only an hour later…". The ebony hedgehog looked at the sky: during fall, nighttime would be falling quicker, and he enjoyed stargazing…well, the rare times he could stargaze, anyway.
The duo was silent, looking up. "Let's sit for a while. You've got time." Nodoka nodded as they lied down next to each other in a park, their heads resting against a tree.
"You didn't really want to join, did you?" Sam inquired, Nodoka shaking her head.
"No…but…I figured since you were one of them…I could get a little closer to you…you always seemed so calm and stern on the T.V…"
"Well, in actuality, things are not what they seem. You can say it's a façade." Sam said, finding Nodoka had rested her head against his shoulder.
"…My father died when I was young…" Nodoka said, Sam looking at her with mild empathy. "He always said that each star is a dead soul…shining on…touching all of us with what could have been…that's why he wanted me to keep living…he said he'd be a star…watching over me…" Nodoka started cry against his shoulder, the ebony hedgehog blushing a little.
"…I'm sorry that happened to you…" Sam said, holding her head gently, and looking into her eyes. "…But I promise. I won't become a star…I'll be here for you…as well as the others." Sam said, smiling as they embraced. "C'mon. Your mother's waiting, I'm presuming?" Sam asked, Nodoka nodding.
"Right…let's go." They got up and walked to Nodoka's place in Station Square, Sam ringing the doorbell.
"Nodoka, dear…you're just on time. Oh?" Her mother looked at Sam rather peculiarly, and she then looked at her daughter. "…Nodoka…you're dating an ex-Knight?" Nodoka stammered, her mother sighing. "…Well, I suppose people choose who they seem is right…come in, dear." Her mother said, smiling.
"Bye…Sam." Nodoka said, embracing him.
But before she went inside, Sam whispered one last thing to her in her ear…
"With you…we're one step closer to a rebellion."
…*sigh* I kinda rushed this…but here we are! The first chapter of many more to come in "The Rebellion's Stand"! Hope ya enjoyed, R&R, and I'll see ya next chapter!
~ADarknessInHeaven
Aka: Sam