Author Notes: Hello fellow reader and/or authors and welcome to Defender of the Blazing Flame! I decided to come back and fix it up for all those who have not read yet.

Metal Sonic: What was wrong with it?

Author Notes: Just some grammar errors and a couple of changes in dialouge. Nothing big. Hey since your here Metal, do you mind doing the disclaimer?

Disclaimer: *sigh* Very well. Saiyakitsune does not own Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Team, or Archie Comics. This is just his version of the Sonic Universe.

Author Notes: Thank you Metal Sonic

Metal Sonic: Whatever.

Author Notes: Now before I forget, if anyone would like to beta read my stories please let me know via e-mail or by pming me. It would nice to have someone find all the mistakes I was unable to see. Also, if you write up a review I'll know if this story is actualy likeable. Yes I am openly asking for you guys to write up reviews. This story is already done so why not tell me what you think eh, eh? Now with that done, ON WITH THE STORY!

~Defender of the Blazing Flame~

Chapter 1: Welcome

"Are you sure this is a good idea Sonic?"

"You bet! What could possibly go wrong?"

Tails let out a sigh of defeat as he shook his head. Sonic on the other looked as confident as ever with his hands behind his back and cheesy grin on his face.

"Everything possibly wrong will happen if you ask me." was said from the third member of the group as they continued to walk. His figure was hidden by a dark brown cloak. What could be seen were two metallic feet and legs that gleamed whenever the sun shined on them. The only other thing not covered by the cloak was his face, which consisted of two neon red eyes with pitch black as the main color surrounding the iris. Sonic's cheerful expression turned to one of annoyance as he gave his attention to the mysterious mobian.

"Well aren't you the life of the party?" Sonic remarked sarcastically, "Can't you let up even a little Metal? *sigh* And your suppose to be my doppelganger. The doctor had no idea what he was doing when he built you did he?" The now revealed Metal Sonic looked undeterred to his arch nemesis rant as he started his own little rant.

"I'm being sent of as a servant to someone I don't even know!" he exclaimed loudly. "I see no reason to liven up"

"Come on Metal its not that bad." Tails reasoned, "You don't have to worry about Dr. Eggman looking for you anymore or those bounty hunters either."

"I'm being sent to another dimension to stand as a back up guard for this Blaire person when she is unable to protect seven gems with power equal to the Chaos Emeralds. If it wasn't for you to make my weakness chaos energy that stupid council of yours would've dismantled me at the spot." Metal finished with distaste at his last words. "I know you guys mean well, but to me this is like sending me to jail with no hope of escaping."

Both Sonic and Tails looked at their former enemy with sorrow, but did not once stop for a moment. An awkward silence enveloped the three travelers, but it did not last long as Sonic's voice became apparent once more.

"Blaze." was all that came out of the hedgehog's mouth. Metal Sonic gave him a quizical look, silently asking him to elaborate. "Her name is Blaze the cat, not Blaire."

The blue chrome mechanical hedgehog raised a nonexisted eyebrow at his predesor before letting out a whatever as the three continued on their now silent journey to a unknown kingdom.

~DBF~

"So let me get this straight. You want me to allow an old foe of yours whosepurpose in life was to annihilate you, steal the Chaos Emeralds, and reek havoc on Mobius to guard MY SOL EMERALDS?"

"Um… yes?"

"Wrong answer!"

"Eep!"

Metal Sonic and Tails decided to do the smart thing and stay back as they watched Sonic getting burned from a pissed off Blaze the Cat. Metal whispered something to Tails saying 'I told you everything wrong would happen'. Tails gave him a hard look which Metal responded with a shrug.

"aren't you going to help him?" the young twin tailed kitsune asked.

"And face her wrath too? Sorry, but even a machine knows that hell hath no fury like a womens scorn." Metal Sonic retorted. Tails responded by holding a remote with single button on it. Getting the messege, Metal let out an impossible sigh as he walked towards the cat and hedgehog to stop their fussing. He first grabbed Sonic by the collar of his neck followed by grabbing Blaze by her robe. The blue hedgehog tried to hide himself behind Metal as Blaze gave him a heated glare. He let Sonic go, who was grateful enough to say thank you before going to a feedle position behind an uncomfortable Tails, he did not let go of Blaze who began to struggle to become free from his grip.

"Let me go you walking toaster!"Blaze ordered as she continued to try to get free.

"Tsk, tsk, resorting to name calling have we? I think someone needs a time out." teased Metal as his grib never ceased its hold on the princess.

"TIME OUT!"

"Come on stop with the screaming, if I had ears I'm sure they would be bleeding right about now." Metal complained as he covered his ears with his free hand. Tails decided at that moment to step in and calm down Blaze before she burned everything to the ground in a 5 meter radius.

"Blaze stop whining, you sound just like a brat right now." After hearing what the fox has said, her eyes widened as she realized how she has been acting. If any of her subjects saw her like this what would they say? Blaze let go of the anger she had previously and became limp. Noticing that she was not going to go on a rampage anymore, Metal gently freed her from his grasp and allowed her feet to touch the ground before letting go completly.

What happened next shocked Metal and Sonic, but left Tails smiling. Blaze turned to the three of them and gave a bow before speaking.

"I am sorry for my previous actions, please forgive my rudeness." Blaze asked, still bowing before them. Tails smile grew warmer as he patted Blaze on her back.

"Apology accepted Blaze. No one blames you for your actions, right guys?" Sonic nodded yes as he returned to his normal cocky self as Metal Sonic let out a whatever, crossing his arms. Pleased with their responses Tails decided to explain why Metal was going to help her with guarding the Sol Emeralds.

"You see Blaze, Metal here has been given a second chance in life and the only way our council would allow this is to send him to another dimension where he would be unable to do any more damage to Mobius. Not only that, but he has to be watched by someone who would not let their guard down before him and allow to escape and return to his old ways." Listening to his reasoning Blaze now understood why they chose her world to place him, but Tails was not done with his explanation. "Also, with a few modifications from me and Rotor, Metal Sonic is unable to absorb chaos energy or anything similar to it without burning up, no pun intended. This way Metal Sonic wont go rouge and steal the Sol Emeralds and try to destroy everything in his path." Finished with what he had to say, Tails waited for a response from Blaze.

After what felt like five minutes, Blaze began to speak, "Fine, he can stay here since I have no choice in the matter."

"GREAT!" the sheer volume made Blaze jump ten feet in the air as Sonic stood right behind her with his usual grin on his face. Blaze fell in the arms of Metal Sonic, who just seem to stand there after Sonic's shout of glee. Blaze was equally dazed as her head was still swimming in the clouds.

"With that done will be leaving now, come on Tails." waking from her stupor, Blaze began to stummer for another explanation.

"W-Wait! you guys are leaving already?" Tails stopped in mid run and turned around to answer Blaze because Sonic was already long gone yelling out a good-bye all the way.

"Sorry Blaze, but the portal that we took to get here is going to close in about 15 minutes. We gotta get going. See ya!" and with that, the yellow fox quickly became a blur as he dissapeared along the horizon. After a few minutes of just laying in Metal Sonic's arms, Blaze finally realized their current position, let out a shrill eep, and jumped out of his arms. A blush covered her muzzle as she straightened her clothes and dishiveld hair. Satisfied with her outward apearance she began walking back to her home, a small blush still covering her face. Amused by her reaction and antics to their previous position, Metal Sonic let out small chuckle before following Blaze into their home.

The clock had struck four and Blaze was showing her new aquantance what he would be guarding. Metal Sonic silently followed the lilac cat, having not said anything after Sonic and Tails left. He payed mild interest to architecture of the palace he would be residing in and was impressed with what he saw. After quite a few more turns and halls, the Princess and the machine reached the vault which held the seven Sol Emeralds. With no hesitation, Blaze openned the double doors of the vault and walked towards the shrine. Metal Sonic whistled at the sight before him as he gazed at the mystical gems of power, feeling their strength from the door.

"So these are the Sol Emeralds huh." This was more of a statement than a question as Metal watched the gems in awe.

"Yes, these are the Sol Emeralds which you will be guarding when I am unable to." Blaze said with a hint of pride at seeing Metal Sonic's look of wonder at the emeralds. "The Sol Emeralds, along with the Jeweled Sceptor, are what I have been entrusted to protect with my life. This is my duty as a princess and my duty alone."

"Wait," Metal interjected, "If this is your duty to bear alone, why are you allowing me to share that duty?"

A small smile graced Blaze's lips as her eyes faded into passed experiences. "When I first met Sonic about a year ago, I thought I did not need anyones help, that if I let anyone help me that they would just get in my way. But after meeting up with Cream, Fighting both Dr. Eggman and Eggman Nega with Sonic, I realized that while it is my duty to protect the Sol Emeralds it doesn't hurt to have someone lend you a hand in need." She then turned her head towards Metal Sonic and continued her monolouge, "It is still hard for me to accept help from others, so please bear with me when I seem... unreasonable"

If he had the ability to smile, Metal would at that moment. At first glance, Blaze seems calm, cool, and collected but truthully, she is shy and uncertain of what to do. In the back of his mind he even thought it was cute how she looked then and there. Shrugging off the thought as it didn't matter at the moment, Metal decided to let his own voice be known.

"Don't worry about. I'm still getting used to being around other mobians so you're not alone in this matter."

Feeling relief wash over her, Blaze asked him a question, "Well then, what shall I call you?"

Metal gave her a wierd look, "What do you mean?"

Realizing the idiocy of her question, Blaze mentaly hit herself before explaining what she ment, "Well, this is a new world for you and a new life. I thought you might want to be called something else other than Metal Sonic. Personally, its a little wierd for me to call you that."

Seeing the logic in her muse, it didn't take longe for Metal to create a new name for himself and anounce it. "Very well then, for now on you shall call me Metaru."

"Metaru?"

"Is there a problem Blaze?"

"N-no! Not at all! Its just that..."

"Its just what?"

"Nevermind, Metaru is a good name." Sighing due to defeat, Blaze slumped her shoulders at Metaru's stubborness. Meanwhile, at a nearby window, two figures were spying on them. One a fox and the other a hedgehog. The two figures were identified as none other then Miles Tails Prower and Sonic the Hedgehog.

"I don't know about this Sonic." Tails anounced with uncertainty in his voice.

"What about lil'bro?"

"I mean, why Blaze? Why choose her for your plans? Couldn't, I don't know, Mina or Amy be used instead of him?"

"Tails, Tails, Tails" Sonic began, switching to his older brother mentality. "MIna is still with Ash and Amy, come on Amy? Thats like sending him to his death. Blaze is the only logical choice. Besides you and Rotor did those modifications on Metal So-, I mean Metaru, right?"

"Ye-yeah but..." the young fox stammered.

"But nothing. My plan is full proof." Interjected the older Mobian

"But what if something does go wrong." Tails asked with a hint of fear.

"Didn't I say no buts?" Sonic said, starting to get annoyed, "If anything does happen, which nothing will, then worst case scenario my plan fails and we get the crud beaten out of us." with even more fear Tails let out an 'us?', but Sonic either did not hear or chose to ignore him. "Best case scenario my plan succeeds and we all live happily ever after, bruise fear."

"B-but"

Sonic bumped Tails in the head which earned him an 'ow!'. "No more if's, and's or but's! Now lets get out of here before anyone spots us." With that, the blur jumped off from where he was and sped off into the opposite direction of the castle. Tails followed him imediately muttering under his breath 'You didn't have to hit me.' and not long after, the fox and the hedgehog became yellow and blue blurs as they headed off who knows where.

~To be Continued~

Author Notes: So what do you think? Love it, hate it, to early to tell? Send in a review so I know what I am doing right and/or wrong. Next chapter shall be posted in about 5 days or I'll have my parents take away my Wii and DS. Oh crap O_o, I better get my lazy arse up in running then, TILL NEXT TIME!