AN: What's up, readers? Chapter 2 is finally here! The action didn't start yet but I have to introduce a few more characters that will be in this story. Also, I made a few extra parts in the first chapter. Anyway, enjoy it.

Chapter 2 - Forest Tournament Town.

Third Person's POV

As Belt walked away from the tree-house and into the forest, he did a sigh of relief.

"That was close," he thought. "I know I should tell him but how am I going to?"

Belt quickly forgot about that and went on walking. It was getting dark; the sun was setting. Despite the lack of light, it was a nice stroll in the forest. There were many trees with the branches swaying slowly. Colorful flowers appeared on the green bushes. It seemed to be a nice place to take a picnic there.

Belt continued to walk through the forest. There was one place he knew he was going for: Forest Tournament Town.

The town was far away from Belt's home but he was able to get there within an hour. That was where Belt got his supplies or received money from. He and Clay could had stayed there but Belt was used to living in his tree-house that he didn't want to leave.

As Belt went over a mountain, he could see the town. There was a large wall surrounding the town that was made from white and red bricks. It was like a castle wall without the towers.

Right behind the wall were many buildings all colored differently. There were larger buildings that represented some of the town's trends/highlights. Right in the middle was a huge stadium with flashing colorful lights on top.

Belt smiled. It was always NICE coming to Forest Tournament Town for a visit.

Meanwhile in the town, it was packed with animal people of many species. Dogs, Cats, Rabbits…you name it. There were tons of them.

In the crowd, there was one young female cat walking down the streets.

Her name was Beth Lehem or usually, called 'Bubblegum'.

Her fur was bubble-gum pink and her eyes were light navy blue. She wore a black police sleeveless vest (that covers her torso and bottom), black gloves (the left glove had the letter 'B' on it while the right glove had metal spikes on the wrist part) and purple/black metal sneakers with spiked shoe soles. For accessories, she wore spy tech ear piece on her left that showed a purple hologram screen on the left eye. On her left arm, there was a white skull tattoo with a red bow on top of the skull.

Anyway, she was walking back to her house after signing up for the police. Bubblegum always wanted to be a police cop and despite being only 14 years old, she was able to pass.

Arriving at her house, Bubblegum was greeted by her 'sister' Emerald.

Emerald was an ice blue rabbit whose long ears were floppy and her eyes were emerald green. She wore a yellow jacket with aquamarine stripes, a blue top with purple polka dots, white gloves with pink-gold bracelets, a purple skirt, white ripped jeans and white shoes with pink hearts on them.

"Hey there Bubblegum!" called Emerald loudly.

Bubblegum cringed a bit. Emerald can be naive and humiliate herself or Bubblegum in public. But despite that, the pink cat cared a LOT for Emerald. She wasn't a bad person. Just SOMETIMES annoying.

"Hi Emerald," said Bubblegum.

"How was the police training?" asked Emerald.

"It was good. I passed."

"You did? Can I see your badge?"

"Not yet. I'm only a beginner and only after a few more trainings, I will get my badge."

Emerald squealed. "You did such a good job!"

Happy of what Bubblegum did, Emerald ran and hugged her. Even though Emerald was hugging too hard, Bubblegum wrapped her arms around Emerald.

"I BET your father would be happy for you!" Emerald said.

Bubblegum smiled before looking up. Inside the house, she can see a picture of her younger self with her parents. Her father was a master cop but he had been killed in a terrible incident. Bubblegum's mother passed away after that. Ever since, Bubblegum became Emerald's adopted sister. The main reason why Bubblegum signed up as a police was to follow her father's steps, but she DIDN'T wanted to bring up the topic of her father's passing.

Finally, Emerald let go and saw Bubblegum's sad smile.

"C'mon!" yipped Emerald wanting to lighten up her friend. "Mum and Dad are out so we can go buy dinner ourselves."

Bubblegum nodded slowly and the two went. They headed to Town Square where new trends were shown daily. The buildings lighted up the place like glow worms.

When the two arrived, the Town Square was packed with many people walking in different directions. It was a bit crowded but it was clear to see what was going on. Bubblegum was admiring the place until Emerald grabbed her hand.

"Let's go that way!"

Before Bubblegum say a word, Emerald pulled her and ran to a straight direction. She was very fast that Bubblegum had to drag her sneakers on the floor. That didn't lasted long when the two accidentally bumped into another person causing all three to fall down. The bags that the person was carrying dropped onto the floor spilling many items out.

Bubblegum picked herself up and saw the person they bumped into. It was BELT. Bubblegum recognized the red wolf. They knew each other since Bubblegum and Emerald always saw him coming into the Town Square.

Belt groaned and stood up on his feet. But his glasses fell off so everything for him was blurry. His hands were waving around like how a zombie would do.

"Sorry Belt," said Bubblegum as she picked up Belt's glasses and gave them to him.

"That's ok," said Belt. When he put on his glasses, he noticed Bubblegum's vest. "What's that?"

"That's my police vest. I signed up today."

"I'm surprised. Did you get your badge yet?"

"Not yet but I will soon."

"Heh, not bad."

"Anyway, I'm in the semi-finals for the recent tournament. Want to come and watch me?"

"Um…I'm sorry. I can't come."

To tell the truth, Belt wanted to go but he doesn't feel comfortable bringing his brother Clay along.

"I got to go now," said Belt as he picked up his bags. "See you guys later."

"Sayonara," said Bubblegum.

('Sayonara' means 'goodbye' in Japanese)

Belt turned to leave until….

"SEE YOU LATER MR BEAN!" yelled Emerald.

This caused attention to people around them. They turned to see who's 'Mr Bean'. And that was the red wolf. Belt felt embarrassed. His fur started to turn redder and became a reddish-pink color. He quickly ran and disappeared behind a corner.

Instantly, Bubblegum looked at Emerald.

"You IDIOT, Emerald," scolded Bubblegum firmly. "It's BELT, not BEAN."

Emerald wasn't EASILY hurt by Bubblegum's words. She was used to that and preferred being on the bright side instead of acting negative.

Emerald smiled dumbly. "Oops…me bad."

"It's 'my bad'," said Bubblegum annoyed. "Not 'me bad'."

"Oh…you're right. And…um…what semi-finals are we doing?"

"YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT?!"

Before moving on, the tournaments are huge events for Forest Tournament Town like the Olympics. Teams of 6 players go head to head in many exciting challenges. Some of the challenges are fun but some of them are DANGEROUS. These tournaments happen 2 or 3 times a year and the team who top all of the matches wins. But it isn't only about getting the trophy, it is also about BRAGGING RIGHTS.

Bubblegum and Emerald are in one of the teams; the Blazers. So far, they were no match for other teams who were expert pros. Anyway, Bubblegum was mad that Emerald easily forgotten the tournament they were in.

"Listen up!" said Bubblegum firmly. "We are in the semi-finals for this tournament tomorrow. We had to go against the Death Shockers in a parkour challenge."

"Ooh!" said Emerald excitedly. "That will be fun."

"It won't be. This is SERIOUS. The Death Shockers are our rival and we never won a match with them before."

"But we should just try our best. It doesn't matter about who wins or who loss."

"It does to ME. I like to win, especially when it comes to the Death Shockers."

"You mean us?" said an obnoxious voice.

Bubblegum looked behind. It was the Death Shockers. In front of them was a turquoise bird with brown eyes. He wore black goggles, black finger-less leather gloves, a black shirt with teal arrows, a black and yellow jacket, an army camouflage long-sleeved singlet and jeans, and black sneakers. He also had two long feathers that sticks from the back of his head. They are also the same length as his tail feathers. On his face, there was a small peach scar on the right eye. On his utility belt were small yellow smoke bombs.

"Why isn't it Mecha Nism," Bubblegum said rudely not satisfied to see him. "The bird-brain, four eyed captain of the Death Shockers."

Mecha smirked and said sarcastically, "Oh thank you very much, SOFT kitty."

Just to know, Bubblegum and Mecha had a grudge. Mecha is very smart, strong and powerful. He likes to tease and bully anyone who is weaker than him; mostly Bubblegum and Emerald. Bubblegum and Mecha had a bitter hatred with each other. Mecha makes fun of Bubblegum but these days, they bicker and eventually turns into an ugly fight.

"Don't you mess with her!" said Emerald trying to scare Mecha. "Just today, she became a cop."

Mecha just scoffed. "But where's your badge? A cop couldn't arrest anyone without a badge."

He's right. Without a badge, Bubblegum wouldn't have that much power. But that mocking bird wasn't done yet.

"I hope that your little police training would bring you luck to tomorrow's semi-finals. But I think it wouldn't help you."

"Oh, yeah?" hissed Bubblegum. "We'll see about that!"

"I don't think so. You're just a police rookie and rookies are WEAK. You wouldn't improve."

Bubblegum opened her mouth to say a word when Mecha's phone beeped. Mecha took a look at it then looked back at the pink cat.

"Oh, looken at da timen," said Mecha in an annoying Jar Jar Blinks voice. "Wesa got to go to practicen now. Bye bye!"

Mecha turned his back and went off along with his team. Half of them laughed along with Mecha as they disappeared in sight leaving Bubblegum and Emerald in their spots.

"That stupid jerk…" cursed Bubblegum angrily.

"Hey, I realized something," said Emerald.

"What?"

"The parkour challenge will be based on Jurassic Park, not Star Wars."

Bubblegum slowly looked at Emerald annoyed.

"Really?"

AN: Now here's Belt's bio

Name: Belt Colourz

Age: 16-17

Species: Wolf

Eye Color: Gold

Fur Color: Red (a bit orange)

Skin Color: Light Peach

Quill/Hair Style: Four small tufts of fur sticking from both sides of the head and have white tips.

Attire: Black Rimmed Glasses, Tan Three-Pouched Utility Belt with Strap, Ice Blue Zipless Vest, Ice Blue Gloves with Large Mint Green Rings (one ring on each wrist), Black Pants with Ice Blue Skull Kneecap Pads, Ice Blue/Purple Shoes with Mint Green Buckles

Personality: Caring, Kind, Honest, Short-Tempered, Overprotective, Shallow, Sarcastic (at sometimes), Can Be Ashamed (when his fur changes color), Doesn't like keeping secrets

Trivia

- Owns a guitar

- Though he doesn't go to school, he gets education from bought books and textbooks

- Apparently blind without his glasses

Note: Belt's appearance is similar to the wolf avatar in most of Sonic Forces Promotional Teasers. The only similar features are the glasses (soon), the fur color, eye color (possibly), skin color and the utility belt.

Also, Bubblegum's name is based on the town: Bethlehem. Mecha's name is based on the term: Mechanism. These two are also based from some of the promotional avatars.

...So there you have it. Second Chapter is done. The next chapter is when the drama happens. What would happened to the two wolf brothers that will split them apart and will Bubblegum beat Mecha for once?

Answers will be shown in Chapter 3! See you next week!