Sonic IRL:
One Foul Comment
(One Shot!)
By: Cutegirlmayra( I know, I know. What about Instincts!? Hush there now, my dear friends, I'll get to it. But this was too good to pass up! And I know I'm not the best with one-shots… but I'll try my best. Please enjoy! I thought this up, and I just couldn't stop myself from writing it down!)
"Sonic! Come on… we need you in the upcoming gaming experience that's gonna go Global mind you, and your… well, your being a bit of downer right now!" The angry Sega employee stated, talking to Sonic who had his arms up on the office table, his head down, as he moaned through his lips, whining.
"Sonic… now… you read one silly little Fans critique on your lastest bunch of works, but that doesn't mean anything… its one kid." A more sensitive looking employee with big animator glasses bended down slightly and tried to comfort the blue hedgehog.
"One fan?" Sonic's head slightly rose up. "One fan could mean an entire generation who hates me!" Sonic got up and jumped off the desk after looking to the man with a bit of animosity mixed with sorrow and disappointment in himself.
"I mean, in my old days… hoho, my old days… I was a contender against Mario! I was running at the speed of sound, with new colors, an exciting story,… Guys, I was-" he looked at his hands for a moment, keeping his mouth open as he was about to say his next line, shaking his head. "I was a hero back then…" he let his arms drop, and his hostility as he became a very blue hedgehog again…
"And you still are one, Sonic! My kid loves you!" The animator got up, moving closer to Sonic, and trying to convince him. "Just cause this fan letter hurt your pride a bit doesn't mean…"
"Pride!? Is this all about pride?!" The other man, looking to be more in a director's position, through his arms up and waved a piece of paper in Sonic's direction. "I told SEGA we didn't need to give him anymore tragic flaws!"
"Oh, would you please be a bit more considerate of his feelings?!"
"HIS FEELINGS!? We have an E3 demonstration to get ready for and our main star is mopping about like he's lost his precious stardom!" The director hollered out, and stomped away, giving up and walking out of the office. But before he did so, he turned around to the hedgehog and the animator. "Look here, either that hedgehog performs his lines and shoots the trailer or AT LEAST a scene worth showing at Comic con, we're gonna be hanged for postponing a paid for production, and hanged by Sega of Japan for time wasted on some dramatic teenage identity crisis!"
"B-..but sir." The animator tried to say something, but was cut off by the man re-opening the door.
"Get that hedgehog out of the dumps, or so help me, I'll have you fired!" he slammed the door again.
"You can't do that! It's not even his fault, I won't let you." Sonic defiantly crossed his arms, and glared to the door with some amount of authority by his status as SEGA's leading mascot of profitability and revenue.
The man opened the door again, "Then he can work outside on the streets of San Francisco wearing YOUR HEAD and a 'SEGA this way' sign!" he slammed the door again, and you could hear a 'RAH!" from outside as a few employees scooted back in their chairs, as he walked out and kicked a water-filter, seeming to hit his big toe though, he let out another whine and bounced on his other leg for a moment before limping away.
"Heh, and he's calling me the dramatic teenager?" Sonic spat out his restrained comment.
"Oh Sonic… don't say that." The animator sweat, sliding his hand over the other and looking to Sonic, nervously. "He's just under a lot of stress is all, honest. But.. maybe it would do you some good to just… I don't know. Read the good section of the comments?" The man suggested, nodding to the computer where letters we're scattered everywhere on it.
"And just ignore the opposition?" Sonic stated, moving his hands out and then rolling his eyes. "I just can't… it's too… too personal." He slowly put his hand back on the office desk, picking up that one letter with the harsh criticism on it…
"I just feel horrible for letting the boy down…" He stated, sighing. "He said I was his hero… and I failed him in recent activity I've been involved with." He then turned to the man, "And it just bites! You know that?! Every had someone tell you that you weren't good enough!?" he motioned for the man to respond to him, for which the man stood straight, after a moment of thinking, and stated.
"Yes." He pushed his nice office jacket down, "My Son."
Sonic's face turned to a very sympathetic one, and he looked down and away.
"I'd… ehem." He got a grip of himself, and put his hands to his hips, shifting his eyes to the man, and then away again, lifting his head up high to not look so guilty, though he definitely felt that way. "I'd think a kid would be thrilled to have his father be such a great animator…"
"Well, that means missing a lot of baseball games." The man took his glasses off, and then took out a wipe from his jacket pocket, wiping the smudges off. "But he isn't old enough to realize I have to work so many hours to keep him and his mom well able to afford the groceries. Heh-heh.." he put his glasses back on, and smiled. "Ah, there we go." He then looked to Sonic, rubbing his hands together, before parting them to show off his new cleaned up glasses.
"Heh, stylish." Sonic complimented, looking up and returning his smile, but it wasn't very strong, nor very real…
"You think so? Sometimes I think we need to clean off our vision of things to… well to necessarily move on." He had a two cheeks that popped right out with his smile, so genuine and honest, and his eyes were full of the optimistic point of view in life. "Now, think we can work on something before the night hours kick in, eh?" he slightly nudged Sonic, bending down to do so. "I'll promise a chilidog at the end of it!" he threw in a gimmie, as he felt it was, and waited for Sonic to take the bait.
Sonic smiled, looking down, but feeling the sadness seep in again. "Sorry, pal." He moved his arm closest to the man up, and patted his shoulder twice, "I'm just not feeling it. I hope everything works out with your son… I'm gonna take a walk." He started for the door, but the man rose up, looking worried and desperate, and finally shouting out.
"Y-you know!... he… he said he wished he… he wanted me to be more like you."
Sonic's foot stopped at the door, his heart sunk in the depths of sorrows, as he turned around, not even bothering to fake a smile and stated, "Well… Tell him he's already got a hero…" And slowly walked out of the office.
Tails watched him leave, he was looking over some story board art, and put his pencil up beside his ear to rest there a moment as his tails swished by his concern. "Sonic…" He shook his head, knowing there was nothing he could do to cheer Sonic up from his nostalgic dreaming of the good old days, when fans never wrote letters like that…
"Ha! Look at the blue hedgehog now, gang!" At the kitchen sit in, Jet squawked as Sonic passed by.
Sonic looked to him and stopped a moment, listening to what the green hawk had to say.
"So, how does it feel buddy? Being an 'old timer' as it were with the rising generation? Ha-HAH!" he crowed out as he kicked his legs up on his stool, laughing and clutching his stomach. "Ohh Boy~ If only you're past self could see you now! From glorified hero-" he raised his arms up, as if praising something, "To bonafide ZERO! HAHAHAAH!"
Sonic clinched his fist together, as he stood a little ways away from Jet.
"Oh come on, that was funny!" he looked to his friends, who looked down with faces like they didn't think he was funny. Then, they got a good look at Sonic's face, fuming with anger, as they quickly scooted their stools away from Jet's. "H-hey, where you hopping off to, eh?" He then looked to Sonic's expression, his whole face and three feathers on his head drooped down in horror. "Uh oh…"
"UAHHHH!" the next few seconds had Jet racing on his board, fleeing with ballistic swishing of his arms through the air as he cried out in fright at Sonic's blue blur racing after him. "Someone help me! He's gone nuts!" he cried out, dashing through the business halls of Sega of America and racing to the elevator. Hopping off, he sighed, relieved he was freed of the hedgehog.
Then the camera panned right…
"Boo." Sonic stated, and glared as he held his fist up.
"AH! OFFPH! HELP! THAT HURTS! WHY YOU! WAIT! I DIDN'T MEAN IT! HONEST! OWW! SHOW SOME MERCY!"
When the elevator opened, Jet was flung out of it, critters tweeted around his head as his eyes swirled when Sonic walked out, dusting his hands off and standing forebodingly over him.
"Sonic!"
Sonic flinched, being snapped out of it for a moment to look to the right of him, down by the hobby's big round area with an empty space above, as many onlookers glanced down over the railings to see the spectacle down below. From the entrance, a man with a brief case was about to walk in, but suddenly turned around and out of the door to avoid the sudden drama he saw coming.
"…Amy?" Sonic saw the young pink hedgehog look at him with a glare, clearly upset by his actions, as she was just having a nice conversation with the lobbyist in front of the desk near her.
"And what, might I ask, are you doing!?" She leaned her head forward, put her hands to her hips, and in every manner of a upset girlfriend, she marched right up to him and stomped her foot right in front of him. Poor Jet twitched out of his knocked out state by her stomp, and looked up to her, making a frightful noise at her expression.
"Amy, this is none of your concern!" Sonic swooshed his arm out and then withdrew it back to his side, not taking anything she was going to throw at him today.
"None of my concern eh? Then how about my business!" she got down and lifted Jet up forcefully by his cheek.
"Ow, ow-ow!" he got up, but her pinch was cruel, and he had his hands just hovering over her hand, fearing her reaction if he tried to stop her.
"Don't you know your Sega's icon? What happens to celebrities who make a bad image for themselves by getting into brawls, hmm?" she stared right at him, and he leaned back slightly.
"Nehh.." he looked away, through gritted teeth making the disapproving sound at her lecturing, and looking away from her.
"They lose their E rating!" she shouted out.
"She has a point-ow!" Jet pointed to Amy, siding with her before she pulled him back a bit, and pitching a little harder to get him to shut up.
"Don't make it worse on yourself pal by sucking up to me." She stated, but really was just protecting him from Sonic's wrath. "This isn't like you, Sonic. Your not prone to this kind of violence. Now, I've heard you've been reading some fan mail… did something upset you?" She took her other hand, and giving a more gentle expression of love and concern, tried to place a hand on his muzzle.
"Pah!" he moved his head away from her reaching hand, and walked toward the elevator, but then looked around, made another upset noise and just releasing his built up aggressive tension, and walked toward the lobby's center. He saw the lobby lady looking at him, but she quickly avoided eye contact and went back to reading a popular magazine of hers. "Hmph." He let some air out of his nose and then rubbed it, not feeling very friendly at all now…. "Is everyone judging me today..?" he mumbled a little scornfully. "Can anyone just GIVE ME A BREAK!?" he yelled, making his voice echo off the walls of the round arched lobby.
Amy, in her new found fury, let go of Jet's trembling state of trying to find the right words to ask nicely, not really his forte, for her to let go of him. Once released, he shouted his joys of freedom and dashed off, as Amy marched back over to Sonic.
"You think you're the only one allowed to have a bad day and mop about it!?" Amy cried out, standing to the side of him before making her way in front of him, stomping her foot down again.
Sonic growled, but made sure he looked to her without the hostility in his voice, he didn't want to get mad at Amy for something that wasn't her fault…
"Just leave me alone, Amy. I don't have the patience today." He started to walk away, when Amy reached out and grabbed his arm. "Hey!"
"You're coming with me, mr. grumpy quills!" She held her head high, "Hmph!" and started to forcefully drag him behind her as he stumbled to keep up with her, moving over to the door that led out of Sega company walls.
"A-Amy! What do you think your-?"
"I'm taking you for a WALK." With as much hostility as he had once held back, she glared back and spat out her remark. "We're going to the mall, you need some fresh air!"
"Fresh-what!?" He ripped his arm away from her. "And who suddenly made you my therapist?!" he returned the hostility, not holding anything back now…
"The moment she quit!" Amy rebuttaled, not liking his attitude today nor his tone with her. "And you'd do best to show a bit of respect toward me, Sonic!" she reached for his arm again, but he moved so quickly it was a literal 'grab at the wind' as he only moved a inch or two away from her grasp.
"No." He stated very plainly, and shook his head only a moment, defying her at the very best his abilities. "You have no power over me."
A quick glare his way, and the cat and mouse game was on.
"GET BACK HERE! OHHhhhHHH~!" Amy whined, rushing up the stairs only to see him dart down, spin dash clear across the large circled space to the next open hall, and rail the railing before jumping up, grabbing the next floor, and parkouring upward before finally settling on a few stories up, smirking to Amy and waving to her as if in a flirty fashion.
Amy had steam rising from her head, before Sonic stuck his tongue out at her and raced into another open doorway. Now her ears fired out the steam of true hatred, as she raced to the elevator.
A man in the elevator saw her storm in, and saw her panting.
She looked so committed… like she wasn't going to give up no matter what.
The man, looking very Japanese, smiled as he looked ahead at the closed door of the elevator.
"He's on the roof." He whispered, as Amy suddenly lost her focused glare on the door, and looked up to him surprisingly.
"H… how do you know that?" she asked, incredulously.
"Because I'm the writer." He stated, and smiled a wicked but kind grin down to her.
She looked shocked at first, but then returned the smile and winked at him back. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
"I'll bake you a cake."
"…I do love cakes…"
"Did you just write me to say that?"
"What do you think?"
"…hmm…." She looked down and then up, thinking to herself, and putting a finger up to her mouth. "…Strawberry?"
"My favorite." He winked and stepped out of the elevator as it hit his floor, "Sayonara!" he waved back to her.
"Arigato!" she waved cutely back, before the door closed, then her ears spiked inward in a devilish way, and her laugh turned creepy as she rubbed her fingers together, scheming…
Just as the young writer said, Sonic was up on the roof, taking in the wind on his face, and sighing as he thought about each hurtful comment the letter had stated. "First one I read too.." he looked up, and watched the clouds move faster than ever over him. "Windy day.. they used to be my favorite." He grumbled out, and then closed his eyes, trying to adjust himself a bit and get relaxed enough to sleep.
"Yu-whoo?"
Sonic's eyes opened quickly, and looked down from his spot on the roof, a high pillar where a flag was being flown on, and some pipes for obvious reasons. "You just never quit, do you?" he wasn't even hiding his snarky comment from her, just was fed up with her personality traits for one day.
"I told you! You needed fresh air!" she hollered up, putting her hands around her mouth to make her voice project louder, but she didn't really need too… she was loud as it is.
"Who asked you to try and help ME? I'm fine!" he shouted down, and moved away from the edge, out of sight.
But not out of heart…
"Sonic… I'm your girlfriend! And Girlfriend's care about their boyfriends!" She shook her arms up and down, trying to yell loudly so he could still hear her.
"Your not my girlfriend!" Sonic shouted back.
"That's a matter of opinion!" she shouted right back.
He rolled his eyes, and took an old hat that had blown up that high and placed it over his head. "Amy…. Just go away…" he groaned out.
"What?!" Amy called, not sure what he said with all the wind.
"I SAID JUST GO AWAY!" he moved back to the edge, placing the hat on his head, and holding it down by his hand. "YOUR VOICE IS SO ANNOYING WHEN IT'S LOUD, YOU KNOW THAT?!" he screamed back.
"DOES SCREAMING HELP YOU RELEASE SOME OF YOUR BUILT UP AGGRESSION!?" she shouted back.
"Ah…MAYBE?!" he suddenly looked confused, not sure if this method was actually working or not. "Wait, were you- I mean," he shook his head, and the hat on his head blew off in his amazement at suddenly realizing her tactic. "ARE YOU TRYING TO CALM ME DOWN BY YELLING!?"
"-OUT YOUR FEELINGS, YES!" she called back. "IS IT WORKING?"
"NO!"
"I THINK YOUR LIEING!"
"I F I WAS, I WOULDN'T BE UP HERE AVOIDING YOU!"
"WHAT?!"
"YOU HEARD THAT, WOMAN!"
"RESPECT ME AND CALL ME BY MY NAME, GOSH DARN IT!"
"WAS THAT AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THIS RATED E?"
At that statement, Amy giggled, and realized he wasn't so upset anymore. She was happy her little decoy at getting him to let go of some of his anger was working, but now for phase two.
"MAYBE?" she then laughed. Sonic looked down at her with a puzzling expression. He lifted one eyebrow up, and then slowly, but surely started laughing too.
"YOU'RE INSANE! YOU KNOW THAT?!" he said this as to not offend her, as she looked up to him cutely, showing she knew, even if he was screaming it to her, that he wasn't meaning it in a harmful way.
"I GUESS SOME PEOPLE NEED INSANITY TO HELP THE ONES AROUND THEM WHEN THEIR NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR INSANITY!" she called back, and then motioned him to come down, "COME ON! LET'S GO SHOPPING! I'LL BUY YOU FOOD, MY TREAT!" she used her other hand to funnel her voice to travel a bit better, and finally let her arms rest as she moved them forward and back, rocking on her heels, cutely trying to entice him down to her.
But mostly, she was relieved he wasn't so angry anymore… she was really starting to worry about him…
"Heh… typical Amy Rose.." he looked away, and then sweetly back to her. "Fine…" he mumbled, getting ready to scale down the building to her.
"WHAT?!"
"I SAID- Oh… hold your horses!" he got tried of yelling, and just raced down, jumping at the last moment and then flipping in the air, stylishly landing in front of her with his feet landing first, then him slowly straightening himself up and posing like a hero, a thumbs up and a wink.
"There's my Sonic!" She grinned, and raced over to him, arms opened wide for her typical hug of the day.
"Uh.. n-now Amy!" He sweat dropped in awkward expectance of the hug, and just braced himself as he held out his arms to try and stop her, but his footing completely stated he knew he was about to be charged and so did his face. "Heh, you know, one of these days… you just gotta let me say mad." He teased, and looked down to her, as she pulled away and chuckled at his comment.
"That'll be the day!" she kept a closed-eyed smile to him, before opening her eyes and cutely trying to bump her nose against his.
"Eh-woh!" Sonic moved back, dodging the 'affectionate attack' and moving at a safe distance away from her.
"Oh, come on." She pouted. "You were acting all sweet too… and we're up on the roof.. together.. alone.." she placed her hands together, looking at him like she was trying to make him feel guilty about backing down as she swayed her body to and fro, trying to act cute.
"Would you stop the 'innocent' act? You know full well we're just friends!" he humorously tightened his two arms down to his sides, shouting at her with a big anime mouth as she laughed.
"Quick reminder for something you should already know Sonic…" she suddenly looked to the right of her, and then started to flirtatiously walk up to him, eyelids halfway down, as he remained in place, looking at her in a bit of wide-eyed wonder.
Once she was close enough, she moved her hand up to his chest, and started speaking to him as if her words we're so charmingly seducing. "I. Don't. Give. Up." She tapped his chest with each word, as he shuffled his feet as quickly as he could back to the railing of the roof, and gulped.
She smiled, and ran up to him, gripping the rails to the sides of Sonic so he couldn't move and continued, "Especially, the things I know are worth fighting for." She then flicked his nose and walked away.
Sonic glared, but mostly with a pout on his face at her attempt to 'make a move' so to speak. "If that's how your gonna act.." he started, getting upright and tugging on the ends of his gloves.
"Then I'm not going on that walk with you anywhere."
The moment he stated that, Amy stopped dead in her tracks, surprise covering her face, as she looked back at Sonic's backside, which he purposefully had facing her.
"You mean… you'll go? With me?" she said, a bit dumbfounded.
He continued to not look at her, and fiddle with his gloves. "I supposed to thank you for helping me relax a bit, it might not be such a bad idea." He finally turned around, "But it's not a DATE." He declared, and looked over at the skyline of the building, taking in the view without his anger blocking its beauty and the radiance of the sun on the windows of the other buildings. "Besides… You said you'd do anything to get what you want, right?" he looked back to her, and with his quills rushing in the wind, he moved them back and grinned. "Well, they say if you can't stop them, join them, right?"
"….You… you're just trying to repay me for being the one decent friend that was willing to try and help you when you acted like you didn't want it, but needed it the most." She was getting teary eyed, and this made Sonic uncomfortable.
"Aw, come on Amy, you're not gonna cry are ya?" he looked to the side, smiling slightly because he thought she was actually being pretty cute, and was slightly glad she knew the real reason for agreeing to spend time with her now.
"Oh Sonic!~" she jumped forward, and startled him as she rubbed her crying head against his awkwardly laughing face.
"Alright, alright… don't make me have to suddenly calm you down too…" he joked, as she pulled away and let him get up a bit, since they were now both on their knees from her tackle. She sniffed, rubbing her eyes, "Thanks Sonic…"
"For what? I'm thanking you, not the other way around." He was genuinely happy again, and didn't even bother getting up for a moment.
"So… we'll go to the mall," she finally got her crying under control and happily looked up to him. "And then, you'll completely forget about that fan letter!"
"…." His smile slowly faded, as he was reminded of it's words and looked down a moment, recollecting them.
Why are you so dumb in your latest games, Sonic?
Aren't you suppose to be cool? What happened? Why are you saving aliens and turning into a Halloween character?!
I don't know what you think you're doing, but shape up alright and start being Sonic again!
I miss the old you, the REAL you, the cool and adventurous you!
What's with the new designs on that one thing anyway?!
Do you even care about your fans and what they think?
"Sonic?"
Sonic snapped back to reality, and shook his head. "Wh-wha?" He was suddenly downstairs in the lobby, and realized he must of let Amy allow him to follow her all the way back down here.
"You were really silent on the elevator… is everything okay?" She was worried he didn't really want to go with her, but she wasn't going to bring it up. He was going to have fun with her at the mall no matter what! And she was going to make his day turn from a downer to an upsy-daisy day!
"H-huh? Oh… fine.. yeah, it's all good." He looked down, and his words didn't match his state at all…
"…Sonic…" Amy looked worriedly to him, but didn't say anymore.
"Sonic! Where do you think you're going?!" A man intervened on their way out the door.
"Huh? What's the matter?" Sonic grew suspicious, as Amy stepped up.
"I'm just taking him out is all, what's the big deal?"
"All of a sudden?! We have a big deadline coming up! We need Sonic, right now!" The man walked to the side of Sonic, "Come on, if you're more calmer now, then we need you, pronto!"
"…I…" Sonic looked to Amy, and then the man. "I can't."
"What's that suppose to mean!?" The man looked a bit panicky.
"Look, I'll come back and the first thing I'll do is head to the shooting room, k? We'll get the trailer out there and start work on the game, but before that I really do need a moment out in the free world." He gestured to the doors. "America doesn't like to be waited on." He joked.
"Neither does Japan, but eh." Amy chimed in, shrugging as Sonic looked back to her with a joking expression like, 'Really?' but with a smile on his face.
"B-bu-but!" he pointed to Sonic, then the elevator, then to Sonic again. Looking in the opposite direction each time his hand moved one way and another.
"Sorry, pal. I'll be back in a Sonic second! Promise!" he winked, and gently put his hand on Amy's back, moving her toward and out the door.
"S-Sonic? Only a second?" She seemed depressed by that promised, but let him move her as he wished too.
"Just keep walking, I'll speedily get things done with these charming schedule addicts-"
"Lunatics." Amy teased, rolling her eyes.
"Yes, that. But in a more indirect way." He joked right back at her. "And get things later with them." he finally finished, and they we're safely out the door.
"Now then," he clapped his hands together, trying to ignore the awkwardness of placing his hand on Amy's back. "Where to first?" he really didn't care though, he just didn't like his hand their for that long.
Especially knowing Amy would think more of it…
Which she did.
"Oh! Let's go look at the clothing stores first!" she raced to the mall, grabbing his arm quickly and having him tag along.
"…Clothes…?" his horror showed in his eyes along with his disappointment. "Do we have too?"
"Yes! I'll pick out the cutest little outfit for you!"
"Outfit? Cute?" he cringed, he was only meant to EVER be cool! He then flung his arm back to the Sega Building, "Wait! I've changed my mind! I'll be productive! Honest! I'll work till my bones ache! Nooo!" he was pulled away, as Amy giggled and raced girlishly to her first destination.
"Wear this." She held out a hat for him.
He studied it, and looked up to her, and then shook his head, keeping his arms folded. "No!"
"Wear it~" she said a little more forceful this time.
"Nope." He turned his head farther away from her.
"Ohh.." she pouted, "SSSONNICC! WEAR IT WEAR IT WEAR IT!" she leapt at him as he tried to get away, holding his feet she made sure he couldn't run and then sat on them.
"NONONONONO!" he cried out, having chibi tears in his eyes at being pinned against his will.
"Just remember, you said you'd come with me!" she huffed, and placed the hat on his head. "There!"
"I said 'come with' not 'go and be your personal ken doll' with…" he mumbled, and looked up. All the humans couldn't see them… figments of imagination we're all his kind we're to the consumers. All of them… they just saw him as a hero of a video game…
You don't do anything new or cool anymore!
Why can't you just do this! Or this! Then you'd be cool again! Yeah! Oh, but for giving you the idea, I want a bit of profit too ;)
Are you really gonna let Sega make a fool out of you!?
Why are you sucking up to Nintendo? If that's the case, then just let them own you! At least THEN you might make a cool rival to Mario…
"SONIC!"
"Ah!" Sonic snapped out of his thoughts again, and was now sitting on a bench with cushions on it, as he looked to see Amy wearing a very modern attire on.
"You… you okay? You seem kinda spacey today…" she leaned up, putting her hand over her mouth in thought and concern.
It was then that Sonic saw Amy a bit differently… She was wearing something more her age, not her old, kidish red dress anymore.
"Hmm?" Amy noticed his silent and studying stare, as she looked down, and grinned. "Hehe~ Like it?" she did a little spin, and Sonic got a little of the back lash of her skirt spinning up. Giggling, she pushed the skirt down and stopped spinning. "Sorry about that. I like it's length though, actually keeps my legs warm!" she teased.
"Yeah… it's pretty, Amy." He smiled, and for a moment she looked at him a bit shocked.
The next second, she had a hammer dangerously close to his head, "Who are you, and what have you done with Sonic?!" she demanded.
"WOAH! Amy! Calm down! It's not that shocking that I complimented you, right!?" he was a bit taken aback by her reaction. "I mean… come on, you know you're not that bad without me saying anything, right?"
She lost her crazy look, and gently went back to her normal looking self, as she put her hammer down and fiddled with her quill that gently curled beside her right cheek. "I… I guess so… I mean, I am cute right?" she winked, striking a pose.
"….You really need me to say something… don't you?" Sonic looked a bit sad, how could Amy, his cute little admirer, be so self-conscious?
"I… well, I mean it's nice to hear you know…" She took her hammer and covered her blushing face with it, a bit embarrassed.
Sonic swiftly got up, after a moment of debating with himself whether he should or shouldn't do this or not, and moved the hammer out of her face. "You're pretty." He said, staring right at her, and not faltering on his strict gaze to her.
"Ah… R-…really?" She blushed in embarrassment, but also at how direct he was…
"Really." He stated, and nodded his head. "No joke. You're very cute."
Her face suddenly lit up with a red fume as her eyes spun in swirls. "Oh Sonic~ You're so cool!" she slightly drooped a bit in her flustered state of being, but Sonic just let her hammer go and looked away, a little anime tear drop slightly appearing on the side of his head.
He took the hat off, after realizing it was still there, and put it on a human mannequin's head. "Come on, Pinky. You're starting to turn a deeper shade." He kid.
"Ohhh~ It's cause you springed that on me so quickly!" she still had the blush on her face, but she quickly ran in the dressing room, and came out with her ionic red dress on.
Sonic pouted slightly, "And we're back to you…" he stated, referring to the red dress, but Amy didn't get it.
"What?" she said, placing and adjusting her headband on just right.
Sonic sighed, "But I guess you'll do." He then looked away. "You know… I'll admit… I can't really get that kid's letter out of my head…"
Amy's expression changed as he heard him, and she looked at him with such love, wishing she could somehow help him.
Then it she shook her own feeling off, and knew she had to do something! Anything! Because it was for Sonic!
"Well, he's just a ranting out his feelings. You shouldn't take it so much to heart. Come along." She closed her eyes, stuck up her nose, and grabbed his wrist, pulling him once again behind her as she briskly manner as Sonic hopped on one foot for a moment before gaining his balance and walking behind her.
Staring up at her, he watched as she strongly pushed through the moment, striding onward as if making a steady path through his troublesome thoughts so he could more smoothly get through his doubts and fears. Even though Sonic wouldn't admit it, he really did fear letting his fans down… and that letter kinda set that whole insecurity into motion.
As she walked on, Sonic smiled. He knew he needed to make it up to her, she was trying her hardest after all… and she was the only one gusty enough to challenge him at the peak of his rage. He might as well carry on and humor her a bit longer before heading back home…
He walked quicker up next to her, matching her speed as she noticed him beside her and slowed down. She'd always wanted to walk beside him… but never got that chance…. Sonic always moved faster than light to her, and she never had a second to just…
Suddenly, Sonic rotated his hand, and gripped hers as well.
Now, instead of her just pulling him by his wrist, they we're legitimately holding hands. And you know what? Sonic didn't even look like it bothered him, as he kept his face glued forward or off to the side, looking at store windows.
"So? Where to next?" he seemed ready for adventure, as he looked to her with a pleasant face and waited for her reply.
"Oh..oh-o-oh me?" she pointed to herself, completely stuttering out her words and blushing, flustered by this sudden acceptance of him letting her hold his hand… it was so grand to her, this whole moment, that she lost touch with reality for a second. A Sonic Second! One she wasn't planning on loosing, wasting, or forgetting now!
"W-what ev-v-ver you want!" she quickly spoke out, and looked away from him. A moment in time stopped, as she took another quick glance at their hands.
They weren't even intertwined, but she could feel the heat coming from just the gentle hold on her, that secure and kind pressure of his hand holding her own… and hers holding his… except right now that is, since she feared her hands would get sweaty or something weird like that and in her suspended moment of disbelief she actually wasn't holding his hand back, and he was just holding hers.
After realizing her terrible falter, she gently gripped his hand back, and looked away.
Sonic studied her face for a moment, trying to figure out what was happening in that silly little brain of hers, before he let out a quick, "Pfft!".
"Ah! W-w-w-wah-what's so funny!?" She stated, looking back at him and feeling like she might of done something wrong and spoiled the whole moment.
"Haha!" he laughed quickly with his eyes closed, trying to hold in his laughter, "If I'd have known holding your hand would save me the trouble of convincing you to do what I wanted to do, I would of started holding your hand years ago! Hahahaha!" he finally just lifted his head back and started laughing even more, not holding it back. He really did need to laugh, and seeing her act so cute and flustered made him feel a bit better too. It wasn't so awkward now that he felt he had some control on the situation. So, by far he was enjoying himself right now, a bit to Amy's expense though…
"H…Hontoni..?" her true Japanese nature leaked out, and she slapped her other hand over her mouth. "Opps! Sorry, I was just so surprised I-!"
Sonic's ears flicked up slightly, and he looked back to her. "Don't be sorry! Your Japanese for crying out loud! It's cute!" he grinned. "Anata wa tottemo kawaii desu, Amy. Haha!" He spoke out too, and Amy blushed.
"We're… we're in America right now though…" she looked down, blushing more than she had ever in her whole life, while Sonic just laughed his nose off.
"Come on, now Amy! What's with the whole shy act?" he pulled her hand just enough to have her body face him, since she was looking away, this forced her to turn back to him. "Your not trying to get me to fall for you, now, are you?" he stuck up his other hands pointer finger, and waved it around, almost in a 'tsk tsk' movement before winking to her.
"S…Sonikku…" Amy couldn't believe how he was acting with her just now. But his grin just grew bigger with his eyes closed, as he suddenly leaned away from her, satisfied with his good little laugh, he looked around.
He suddenly saw a game stop, and noticed one of his old games on the rack of games for sale, along with all the oldies no one bought so they we're putting the rejects at a cheaper price in a pile that looked like a dump. His face grew cold and stared on with emotion he dared not show….
Amy followed his gaze, and her pitty and love over came her rapidly beating heart and flustered appearance. She quickly tugged his attention away from the sad sight, making him move back and almost fall before gaining his balance and looking up to her.
"You choose. Where to?" she stated, changing the subject and smiling to him.
He looked at her with a clueless expression at first, before smiling at her gesture. He straightened himself up and looked around again, avoiding the game stop.
"Now… where do I want to go..? Ah!" He saw something down the mall's long stretch of stores, and swooshed his leg under Amy, getting her to fall where he wanted her to so he could just sweep her up and into his arms, bridal style. "There's an arcade over there!" he excitedly stated, "And we're off!" he kicked one leg up to the side of him, before sprinting off towards the Arcade.
In the front entrance, Sonic stopped on a dime and looked up toward it. "Heh, think there's any Sega games here?" he curiously questioned, and looked down to her. "Geez, Amy…" he pouted, "If you keep blushing like that, your muzzles gonna be permanently stained that color…"
"S..Shut up!" Amy got out of his arms, and covered her face. "Y..You… your being so nice all of a sudden…"
"What do you mean?" he put one hand to his hip, and let the other hang down beside him, leaning his weight on one leg, he looked in a pretty cool stance, as he smiled to her with an eyebrow raised at her reply to him. "I always carry you like that."
"I didn't mean it like that! Owhh, you'll never understand the young girl's heart!" she turned from him a bit and stomped on the ground, "Why are boys so oblivious?!"
"Why are girls so strange?" he scratched his head. "Anyway, let's just go in and play a game or two alright?" he walked in, and looked pretty excited. He whistled, seeing the energy in the room at all the kids playing and enjoying themselves. "Looks like this place is pretty lively today, huh Amy?" he looked behind him, and saw Amy walking up beside him, pouting at his comeback against her own.
"Are we only gonna play the Sega games?" she asked, looking a bit disappointed she may not be able to play the others due to company loyalty.
Sonic gasped.
He slowly turned around to face her, staring at her with a dead-set stare in his eyes as he stated, "Amy…Rose...!" As if he was offended by her last comment.
She had a sweat drop on the side of her face.
"Of course we can play other games." He stated this just as seriously as he did the first line, and placed his hands on his hips.
"Haha, I'll let you pick the game. But no matter what you'll pick…" he suddenly changed to a cheery mascot of Sega again, in a literal tick of a clock, and that fast too, maybe even faster.
He then leaned in and struck a confident pose, "You'll never be able to beat me~" he chimed out. "Hehe~"
"Oh? Is that so!" Amy smiled, liking the fact that her silly Sonic, even if he was acting more sweet around her for some reason…, was finally being playful again! Like he usually was… and this time, she wasn't gonna mention the letter again!
"I'll be I can beat you with…" she looked around the Arcade. "Ah-ha!" she ran towards one of the games, as Sonic looked to her slyly, as if he knew something she didn't know.
Smugly, he put his hands behind his head, and walked behind her, slowly, as to not cause her suspicion. "Alright. Just don't cry if I win." He grinned, and smirked in the highest of pleasures at her glare back to him.
"We'll see!" she stuck her tongue out at him, and pointed to the game. "DDR!"
"Dancing,… huh?" He looked to the two humans vs. each other.
"Yep!~ Wanna back out now?" she lowered her eyelids and struck a confident pose, putting her hands on her hips and looking smug in her decision.
"…With my fast and fancy foot work?"
Amy's eyelids shot up, as she realized her horrible mistake.
"N-not that one." She moved on, as Sonic suddenly did a really fast jig with his legs, further proving her fault of choice as he looked like an Irish dancer as his top half never moved an inch besides up and down as his feet we're a blur that made it look like he had six or eight legs moving around.
"Ha! You can't possibly win at this!" She walked over to a big booth and held a microphone in her hand.
Sonic raised an eyebrow.
"Karaoke!" Amy wiggled the microphone in her hand. "So? Chicken out now while you still have a chance!" She beamed, leaning on the railing of the uplifted platform in front of the booth.
"…Two words Amy…." Sonic held up to fingers. "Sonic. Underground."
Amy slowly opened her smug little eyes which filled with horror slowly as she bent her back down in failure yet again.
"But… but that was a long time ago!" she tried to defend her opinion and choice in activity. "You we're just a kid! And it was just a silly show, I mean, you've gotten older so-!"
He looked back at her with a very sarcastic expression on his face.
"… you're right, you'll sound ten times better now that you're fully grown.. and your voice got deeper…" she imagined for a second, day dreaming, and looking off dreamily at the picture and sound in her head, before shaking it off.
She threw the microphone back and stomped off the stage, "NOT WHAT I MEANT TO PICK! I MEANT…Uhhh…." She looked around quickly, loosing the battle before it's even begun…
"This one!" she pointed to a game with snowboards.
"Sonic Adventure." Sonic stated, "2." He held up his two fingers again, smiling at her grabbing her hair and wiping her head back in anger at her foolishness.
She stomped over to another one, growing increasingly sad at each game she pointed to, which he continued to state how obvious he was going to win at it without actually uttering the very words.
"Gun game!"
"Shadow the hedgehog? No thanks."
"Ha! But you've never held a gun before! Violence is restricted in most Sega games! I can win! Hehehe-HA! Prepare to lose!" she struck a pose and held her pointer finger high in the sky, spreading her legs like the 'warrior' stance in yoga, and putting her other arm on her hip to show style and class, which she must of clearly been going for.
"….Amy…" he looked at her like she was being a fool again, the 'oh hon' kinda face. "…You've never held a gun either…"
She slowly let her cocky demeanor fall again, as she fell to her knees and started tearing up.
"Uh… hey, now.. what'd I say about crying?" Sonic suddenly got worried and awkwardly bent down to try and get her up again. "Come on, don't-"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAH!" Amy burst into tears, and Sonic let his arms drop and roll his eyes as he put his hand on his face, rubbing between his eyes at the little bit of blue skin that remained there.
"Really? You're going to throw a tantrum now?"
"IT'S BECAUSE I CAN'T BEAT YOU! AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED ANY GAMES YET! WHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA!" She laid on the ground, kicking her legs up and flailing her arms about.
Sonic felt embarrassed by her, just watching her wiggle on the ground so pathetically, you could hear the huge anime tear drop appear and slide down the side of his head. "Did it ever occur to you I might of actually let you win once?"
He sighed as she ignored him and kept kicking up a rant and crying out, "NOT EVEN ONE GA-AM-AM-AME! I COULDN'T FIND EVEN ON-UN-UN-NE!"
As he looked unamused for a moment, thinking 'well, this is highly unattractive.' He suddenly noticed a game to his side, and his eyes lit up, as he smiled to her.
"Hey uh… what about that one?"
"Wha…what one..?" she calmed down enough to sniffle that line out, as she looked up from the ground.
Whack-a-Mole
"Tis a miracle." Sonic teased, putting his hands together and cheesily lifted one leg up, daintily. "How could I possibly hope of beating Amy at a game that involves hammer smashing?~ Oh, woo is me~" he dramatically held the backside of his hand up to his forehead, and placed the other hand on his chest. "Boohoo…" he then put his hands up to his muzzle, having randomly pulled out a handkerchief and chibi fake crying.
"Ah!" Amy's face lit up with joy as her smile grew big when she placed her hands on the edge of the game.
She picked up the hammer, and twirled it skillfully in her hand. Gasping, she then looked back at Sonic, a devil's sneer as she laughed, "WOH-HO-HO-HO! You've met you're match, Sonic! Now, I, Amy Rose, shall finally have your handsome little face experience the expression of DEEEEFEAT!" she raised the small hammer up, as Sonic put on a fake mustache and clapped for her.
"Yay… Amy… you can do it." He faked cheered, not even trying to hide the fact it was him or keep up the disguise.
The game flickered on, and Amy inserted three rings in the coin slots, and immediately, almost by magic, the game ringed with the sound of the rings being magically changed into coins, as it came on.
GAME SET!
The screen displayed, as Amy held the hammer out, ready…
Sonic yawned, leaning on another game behind her.
WHACK THAT MOLE!
Amy went skillfully down on each of the moles that appeared. With the grace of a dancer but the fierce speed and strength of a warrior, she was able to successfully hit each and everyone of them.
WINNER!
3,000
The 3,000 blinked in red over and over again, as Amy huffed and puffed, before looking up at it.
"AH!" her open smile returned, as she turned to Sonic in utter triumph. "Ha! Beat that, Sonic! But of course, you probably won't. It's not like you have experience with whacking things with a hammer, now, do you?" she taunted, doing some cool tricks with the mini hammer that was attached to the game by a thin black cord.
"But I do have experience with hitting things." He retorted, seeming very confident which made Amy step back and let him pass her to the game, growing slightly worried and hoping he didn't have a trick up his sleeve, or glove, this time.
"What are you..?"
He looked back and smiled at her, getting the hammer and looking it over. "Eh." He tossed it to the ground.
"What!? Sonic!"
He inserted his three rings, and the game converted them to coins and flickered on again.
GAME SET
He suddenly put a foot on the machine.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? GET OFF OF THEIR!"
WHACK THAT MOLE!
Sonic just looked back at her from on top of the game, smirking, as he had his hands on his hips and looked completely ready to secure his title as a gaming master.
He spun into his spin ball and started using his homing attack to hit every mole that appeared.
Amy's mouth slowly dropped as she watched the blue blur zing around such a tiny space as fast as he did hitting every mole that dared popped it's head up.
WINNER!
3,000
Sonic jumped down, and uncurled, looking to the screen with a smug nod.
He then looked to Amy, completely dumbfounded and heartbroken.
"Oh…Look! We tied!" he gestured both arms to the game. "Yay~" he faked his excitement by bending his arms and moving them like a high school girl out in front of him, but clearly, his little act was pleasing Amy to well…
She looked down, her eyes covered in black shadows of betrayal. "…you cheated…"
"Cheated? Me?" Sonic pointed to himself, disbelievingly looking at her as if her accession couldn't possibly be correct. "Amy, the hammer's there as an option." He stated, explaining his case. "Kids can use their hands to pound the moles, but then they could hurt themselves, so the hammer's there to give the extra aid. I, though, use my body to hit things, so clearly, the hammer wasn't needed. Thusly, I tied with you." he bent forward a little, bowing to her. "Well played, Miss Rose. Good game!" he held out his hand, trying to show some decent sportsmanship, but Amy just looked up to him with a glare.
"The highest possible score you can get in this game is 3,000!" she angrily shouted out to him, her fist shaking in her fury.
"Uhh… n-now Amy… I thought we were having fun here…" Sonic slowly started backing up, knowing what was surely going to come next…
Amy summoned her hammer, crying. "YOU JERK!"
"AHHH-WA-WAAAH!" he dashed off, as she raced after him with her hammer.
"YOU SAID YOU'D LET ME WIN!"
"I said I could!"
"But you didn't you, you jerk!"
"Amy, we tied! Can't you be happy with that!?"
"You just can't bare to lose, can you!?"
"Mamma mia! It's-a Sonic the Hedgehog!"
"…huh?..." the two stopped in their very tracks, and slowly looked away and at the screen from the red and blue Plummer behind them, with him, was the ever so lovely pink princess of the mushroom kingdom.
"Is that…?" Sonic began, completely frozen in mid dash.
"Quick! Smile…" Amy and Sonic slowly turned their heads around, having the most fakest smiles they could muster. "Act. Natural."
"Oh, hiya, Mario! Haha! Fancy seeing you here." Sonic charmingly walked over to Mario, holding out his hand as they did their Olympics hand hold of trust action and then let go, as Mario patted his shoulder.
"It's-a so good to see you-a running around again, Sonic!" Mario commented, smiling and being cheery as always.
"…Again? I have been running around.." Sonic placed his hands on his hips, leaning forward and taking what he said as a bit of an insult.
"Oh, but of course! Of-a course you have! That's why I'm so happy for you!" Mario laughed, clearly not meaning it the way Sonic was taking it.
"Heh heh… right." Sonic felt slightly threatened by his presence here, and just let Mario be.
"Princess~" Amy curtsied politely.
"Aw, Amy! It's-a so good to see you! You-a look so cute-a today!" She smiled very sweetly, keeping her hands in front of her and together.
"Ah, thank you, your majesty. Heh~ Me and Sonic we're just-" before she could finish, Sonic flinched and dashed over to her, covering her mouth.
"Oh, you know, going on a walk~ heh heh." He was worried she say something embarrassing, but under his grasp she fought back, trying to get his hand off of her mouth.
"What was that for?!" She whispered to him, finally getting his hand off.
"It's not a date." He whispered with the side of his mouth to her, and then brought his mouth back to center to smile to Peach and Mario.
"O-..oh?" The two looked to each other, and giggled.
"Well, you could-a say me and Mario are-a going on a little date-a." Peach simply said as plain as she could, not even flinching or making any indication that that was embarrassing for her to say.
Mario nodded, before his eyes shot open and grew wide, looking back to Peach, "Yes, we- WAIT. Princess! Is-a this really a-a date?!" he said, shocked to hear that. He pulled his hat off, and held it in front of himself, clearly being more formal and mannerly now that he knew he was taking her out on a date.
Peach just giggled as she looked to him, blushing slightly to his big red face, and holding her hand gently up to her mouth to block her smile. "Come-a along, Mario. Let's get-a some cake from the-a café." She walked onwards, as Mario followed her movements, and looked back to Sonic, flustered.
"W-well-a,…. Good day!" he spun around, "Yahoo! I've-a got a date-a!" he dashed after her, bouncing to get more distance as he landed next to her saying, "Let's-a go!"
Sonic and Amy we're still close to each other and Sonic's arm was still around Amy's head, but wasn't obscuring it like it was before. The two looked to each other, and Sonic jolted backwards, letting her go and loosing his balance for a moment, swinging his arms to try and gain balance. "Woah-wha-wha-oh!" he finally got his bearings on two feet, and sighed. Straightening himself out, he placed his hand to his mouth. "Ehem, well, that was… weird." He looked out to the mall again, "We should get going…"
"…That was… really cute." She looked down, then off and to Mario and Peach, not so secretly admiring them. She sighed, wishing Sonic would consider at least today a date… they did hold hands…
"…Amy, come on!" Sonic, not looking at her anymore after seeing her expression to Mario and Peach, grabbed her hand again and walked out of the arcade. "Everyone's been judging me today… I don't need you too as well." He mumbled, making her head shoot back to his direction.
"Sonic…" he was still thinking of the letter, especially now since she was envying Mario and Peach's relationship right in front of him. He must of felt inferior to Mario…
"We're going somewhere you want to go now. Any ideas?"
"…." Amy blushed in silence again, seeing their hands interlock once more, and trying to think of any way to cheer him up again. "Uh…em, yes!" she straightened herself out too, she knew exactly where to go! "I want to go somewhere."
"Okay." Sonic turned around, "Where?"
"Your going to have to run us down that way." She had an idea, but she hoped with all her heart it would work.
"Down there, huh?" He looked at the distance. "Okay." Instead of tripping her down and swooping her up like usual, Amy just jumped right into his arms, making him stumble back a bit and get a good hold on her. Bouncing her up a bit to get a good grip. "Woah, easy there!" he replied to her action, but she was serious this time around, she wasn't going to joke with him right now…
"Let's go!" she stated, determined to get it this time right!
"Alright…?" Sonic looked at her focused expression, and wondered what she was thinking…
Dashing along, he stopped. "Here?"
"Nope, you passed it, to far."
He groaned, racing back. "Here?"
"Passed it."
"What? Again? Well, where is it?" He looked back behind him, moving his head around and trying to see passed the crowd of humans that had no idea they we're even there, or alive that is.
"If you move a bit slower, you won't be wasting your time trying to find it." She folded her arms, and stuck up her nose with her eyes closed.
He rolled her eyes at her, and in the most umamused way, drooping his eyelids down, he started mechanically placing one long leg out and then the other, walking as literally like a toy solider and at that pace as he moved passed a store. "Here?"
"Nope."
He marched a little further. "Here?"
"Nope."
He groaned, "HERE?!"
"Yep."
His eyes grew curious, loosing their bored and upset look as he looked around, trying to find what the store was, when he turned to see 'TOYS R' US' nearest to him.
"Toys r' us?" he looked to Amy, confused.
"That's it!" Amy jumped out of his arms. Jogging with her arms swinging behind her like her typical run, she stopped and turned to him before entering the building. "Come on! This'll be fun!"
He had a doubtful face on. "Aren't you a bit to old for this?"
"Get in here!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him inside.
As they walked around, Amy looked for the thing she came in for in the first place, moving through isles quickly as Sonic also surveyed the products being sold here, and smiled at all the funny kid toys he saw. "Heh, I remember when my stuff used to be in here…huh?" He looked around, Amy was no where to be seen. "Amy?" he turned around, and looked down an isle he just passed. "Amy!?" he sped around, not wanting to lose her, when he stopped to see her staring lovingly at two young children… playing with his Sega All Star Racing toys!
"…That's…" Sonic walked over to her, as she shushed him, then put her hands together and watched them play.
"Vrroom! Vrroom! Come on, Sis! You have to make the noise!" The boy stated, talking to his little sister.
"But I wanna pwlay with the dollies." She spoke very young, and it looked like she was barely passed 4 or 5. She giggled, picking up a Tails plushie and making it look like he was walking.
The boy rolled his eyes, moving Sonic with his car around the shelves. "Vrroom! Yeah! I'm the coolest! Vrroom!"
"I…I'm being played with Amy! I'm being played with…" Sonic was so happy, looking to Amy, who fondly looked back to him, and then looking to the kids with excitement in his eyes.
"See. There are still boys and girls out there who admire and love you, Sonic." Amy stated, and looked back to the kids. "I should know, I was your very first number one fan." She teased.
Sonic looked to her, and realized why she brought him here. He smiled, "You know… sometimes you're to good for me." He teased back.
She looked at him and giggled, closing her eyes.
He returned the gesture.
"No, Cindy! Don't choose that one!"
The two opened their eyes to see the little girl holding an Amy Rose plushie, making Amy gasp in excitement.
"But she's pink… and pretty." The girl fiddled with her hand.
"Nah, she's Sonic stalkerish girlfriend, just put her back….here!" He took out a Shadow plushie. "He's pretty cool, you can play with him."
She looked at the Amy plushie and put it back, then grabbing the Shadow plushie and bouncing around in excitement.
Amy's excitement left her all at once, as she started to walk down the left side of the isle, moving away from them, forelorned…
Sonic's heart almost broke, looking to Amy and then the kids. He was completely torn apart by what he just saw and heard and dashed in front of Amy. "Now wait a second!" he stated, holding his hands and placing them on shelves on both sides of her so she couldn't get away. "That's just one little boy! You can't-" he stopped himself, realizing that was what he had done… with the fan letter… and slowly began to feel empathy for Amy. "There may be some opposition against you…" he began, slowly letting his arms droop from their tense hold on the shelves. "But there are billions of people who love and support you, that care about you. And it's wrong to assume that your unloved just by one kid's opinion of what you're doing, or who you are." He looked up to Amy.
She smiled, looking back to him and realizing he got what he was doing wrong.
"Well, we can't all be loved by everyone, but the people who do love us hold us dear to their hearts, and won't let us down."
"… or go…" he placed his arms around Amy, making her freak out a moment as her quills stood on end. "Thank you Amy… for not giving up on me." He gave her a hug, the first hug she didn't have to initiate before.
"S…Sonic." She hugged him back, happy he was finally letting go of that dumb letter, and hopefully, back to the Sonic she knew and loved.
"Alright, let's go home." He smiled, pulling away and ruffling her head a bit with his hand.
"Y-yeah." She never felt so happy before, but she tried to hold it in, not wanting the moment to be ruined, but sadly she couldn't as she just leapt into his arms again. "Sonic!"
"A-Amy! Come on, really? Couldn't hold it back huh..?" he grinned, seeing her caring so much about his well-being really made him feel special again.
They raced home, eating Chilidogs along the way, and Sonic was able to complete his trailer and run-through of the next adventure, being recorded and filmed the whole time, of course.
"Sonic! I'm so glad you're back to normal!" Tails ran up to him, relieved his friend was back to normal.
"Just had to get some fresh air, bud!" he gave him a thumbs up and his signature wink with a smile.
Tails laughed. "I guess Amy can sometimes help, huh?"
"Her strategy may be a bit weird here and there…" he admitted, and then looked up to see some Sega employee girls talking to Amy. "But… it works." He smiled fondly, as Tails looked to Amy, and back to his face, and smiled cheekily.
"You know… she was made to be your girlfriend…" He flew off, avoiding Sonic's tantum.
"WHAT!? TAILS, WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING!? HEY! Get back here or I'll-! I'll-! TAILS! YOU BETTER SHUT UP ABOUT THAT!" he dashed after Tails, but gave up when the fox flew to high up for him to get him.
He tossed his hand out, showing he was done with the chase and just let Tails fly off. "Whatever, it's my decision in the end, right?"
"Wrong!~" The assistant director came out, giggling gleefully. "It's actually OUR decision. But anyway, I did hear about your little date with her, now… nothing happened, right?"
"Excuse me?" Sonic folded his arms, looking up at the man.
"Well, I'm just worried something might of…. Sparked… between you two. And well, you know that company policy is stay neutral to all pairings so~" he went around and bent down behind Sonic, putting two hands on his shoulders. "Just… you didn't kiss or anything.. right?"
"…." Sonic glared defiantly at the man. "And what's it to you?" he shoved his hands off of his shoulders by rotating them and then walking off. "Besides, love makes good business I hear."
"SONIC!" the man flipped out.
"But I'm not really interested in that business…"
"Phew~" the man breathed out a long sigh of relief. "Have a good day then, kiddo." He walked off.
Amy saw Sonic and raced to him, "Sonic!" Sonic once again embraced for impact, as she tackled into him. "I saw the trailer! It was so cool!" she complimented.
"Yeah, and the fan letters are praising the new concept for story and game design too." Sonic smiled to her.
"I'm so proud of you! You're reading the fan letters again? Any…" she was about to ask, but he shook his head.
"A few of them, but I just have this routine where if I find one, I place it on the side and find two good ones, read the bad one, and then read the other one to balance it out." He gestured to what he did, and Amy couldn't help but feel glad he was returning to his old self again.
"I'm so glad, Sonic… I'm so happy you're who you want to be again, the real you, and that you're not mopping around all sad anymore…" She was on the verge of tears, which made Sonic uncomfortable again.
"Amy, what have I said about getting to emotional over things…" he slightly glared, and rubbed her eyes before her hand could come up to do it herself. "It doesn't make you look all that pretty. Smile~" he placed both pointer fingers on the ends of her mouth, and forced a smile with them.
She giggled, shaking her head to get his fingers away and laughed. "Alright, alright! But I'm really happy for you, okay?"
"Got it." Sonic nodded his head, "You're so sensitive Amy. Hahaha!"
"Ohhhh~ I'm a girl! We tend to care to much." She looked away, but then joined him in his laughter.
"Never said that was a bad thing!"
"Good!"
And they say, it was the best productivity in Sega's whole company career.
When Sonic Team was asked why, they simply looked to each other and smiled.
One then stated for the gang, "Well, let's just say it takes a lot of love to get Sonic out of a rut."
The end.