-Winds of Heat 1: Crossing Hearts-

No Author's note, on with the story!

CHAPTER 4: Rivalry and Understandings

General POV

Morning came and shined brightly amongst the city. A blanket of morning breeze came flowing through Blaze's window, waking her up. "Morning already? It seems like I had slept until noon..." She said to herself followed by a little yawn.

"I'M BAAACK!" She head Sonic yell across the house. Before she even knew it, he was right at her door. "Finally you woke up! How was your sleep?" He asked. "It was wonderful, thank you! Where did you go by the way?" She wondered, which was then following another yawn.

"Oh I went to go get us breakfast from the local diner. I got you pancakes if you don't mind." Sonic mentioning food did make Blaze really hungry. "Pancakes? Whats that?" She asked, completely oblivious to what he mentioned. "You never had pancakes before?". Sonic was really surprised. He would never think Blaze would not know what a pancake is.

"No not really, as a princess, I need to eat, well, royalty food I guess you can call it." She said, a little shy from mentioning the fact that she is a princess, even though Sonic already knew about that. "Oh ok, well come on! The pancakes are downstairs!". He then grabbed Blazes wrist. "Not agai-AHHHH" Was Blaze's last words before taking off towards the living room.

He already had everything set. The seats, the table, the milk, and the pancakes. Blaze sat down next to Sonic as they begin to eat the pancakes. Blaze was having a little trouble with hers.

"Why won't the pancakes cut? It just keeps shredding into little pieces!" Blaze said, a little frustrated with them. "Here, you do it like this!" Sonic said as he held Blaze's hands and mimicked them as if they were cutting the pancakes. "Now you try!" Blaze cut the little piece of the pancake off and started eating it. "Wow this is amazing!" She said after cutting off another piece and eating it. "See? I told ya they would be good!" Sonic said. They both started laughing a bit as they finished up.

After they finished eating, Sonic was the first to speak. "How about you get dressed so we can have you meet everyone! I mean, you will be here for a while, so might as well make some friends!"

"Ok! Wait a minute, I can't go out wearing the same robe I had yesterday!" She said. "No worries, I will be back, just give me 30 minutes, sit tight!" He said. "Wait where are you-" and out the door he left. "-going...". Blaze was a bit confused with what happened. She just decided that 30 minutes wouldn't be a lot of time, so she just looked around the house for a bit.

30 minutes past, and he is still not back. "Hmmm, where could he be? He should have been here by now..." Blaze said, a little upset about it also.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. She heard the door started banging. "Finally he is back!" She said to herself with an enthusiastic tone. She went to go open the door.

When she opened the door, she was not happy with who she expected. A pink hedgehog stood in front of her, looking down at the ground.

"H-h-hi Sonic, how are... hey your not Sonic! Who are you and what are you doing in Sonic's house!?" She yelled at Blaze, getting ready in a fighting stance. "Listen, I got no time for fighting, I'm waiting for Sonic to get back." Blaze said, beginning to close the door. "Oh no you don't!" the enraged pink hedgehog said as she flung the door back open, to Blaze's surprise.

"listen here you, you are in MY man's house, don't you even think of having more authority over me!" the pink hedgehog said, still verily enraged.

'Her man's house? Is she Sonic's girlfriend?' Blaze thought to herself. "I don't think you should any more authority than I do." Blaze said in her most dull voice she could make, just to make the hedgehog even more enraged. "And besides, he already let me spend the night here and gave me some of his clothes to sleep in." Blaze said with probably one of the most confident faces she has made since her arrival.

The pink hedgehog was in a complete frenzy of rage after she heard that. Without knowing, Blaze was being knocked to the ground. After receiving a couple punches to the face, and a little bit of hair pulling (well, maybe fur pulling), Blaze realizes that this girl is not going to give up soon.

Blaze lit her hands on fire, careful not to burn anything around her, and started to throw a couple of punches herself, leaving not only red marks, but scorch marks as well. The pink hedgehog backed away in fright. "You dumb bitch! You ruined my fur! How could you!?" She said. "Knock it off, it was only a couple of punches. It was only to teach you to never mess with me, got that?" Blaze said while lighting her finger with a small flame.

After realizing her defeat, still to shocked about what just happened, she ran outside and off to who knows where. "Amy wait where are you running to? Ahh forget it..." she heard Sonic say as he came into the house, carrying about 10 backs in each hand. "Wow Sonic where did you get all of this?" Blaze said, hoping he would not ask about what happen to Amy.

"Well, I went to go get you clothes for your stay here. I got you clothes of different sizes and stuff, so you can choose whatever you like!" He told her.

"And you payed all of this, for me...?" She asked curiously. "Well yeah of course!" Sonic said without hesitation. "Anyways, you remember Amy right? Short, pink fur, wears a red dress all the time, and usually has a temper?"

'Shit!" Blaze thought. "I uh, I think I remember her." She finally said. "Ok, well she was leaving my house crying when I came back. Do you know what happened?" Sonic asked. By the way of his voice, Blaze knew Sonic was not trying to be mad or anything, just sincere. "Well, me and Amy kind of got in a little... fight?"

"Blaze, are you ok?" Sonic asked. Checking for some sort of mark on her that Amy might have left on her. "I'm ok Sonic! I don't think she is though, she seemed kind of beaten down when she left." Blaze said. She will admit, she felt kind of guilty about using fire.

"Here, tell me the story after you get changed into whatever clothing you like." Sonic said. "Ok Sonic, thank you so much for the clothes!" Blaze said.

40 minutes later, Blaze finally came out of her room. She was wearing a white blouse, a beautiful purple skirt, and her traditional high heels that she always wears. "Sonic I'm done, what do you think?" She said, only to realize Sonic was passed out on the couch! "Sonic! Wake up!" She said before pushing Sonic in the shoulder, waking him up.

"Wha- what is it-" Sonic looked up at Blaze "B-B-B-B-Blaze?" This made Blaze giggle a little bit when Sonic noticed her new appearance. "Wow Blaze you look absolutely beautiful!" Was all Sonic could say. "Thanks Sonic!" She replied back.

"Your welcome! Now, can you please tell me what happened while I was gone?" Sonic asked, with the curiosity taking over him. "Alright", Blaze sat down next to Sonic "I was just wondering around your house, until she started banging on your door..."

10 Minutes Later

"Wow, so you really got her face scorched? I want to see it!" Sonic said, bursting out with laughter. "So, your not mad at me?" Blaze asked. "Of course not, I would expect Amy to do something like that. She can be such a hothead I swear." Sonic replied back to Blaze.

"Sonic, is she really your girlfriend? She told me you were 'her man' before we fought." Blaze said, wondering if she should have just figured that out by herself. "Of course not! I would never date someone that... that... clingy." Sonic said. Saying that made Blaze feel like a million ton weight was lifted off her shoulder. "Oh, I see. Who would you be interested in though?" She asked, seeking further details about Sonic's love life.

"Well there is this one girl... I don't know if she likes me back or not, so I just plan to give it more time before I try to figure it out. But that's a secret that only me and you can know ok?" He told her. "Ok no problem!" Blaze said, trying to act as calm as possible even when the million ton weight was being lowered again onto her shoulders.

Without expecting it, Sonic gave Blaze an enormous hug. Blaze, being the type of girl that doesn't appreciate affection, just sat there in surprise, motionless. "I'm glad you came back Blaze." was all that Sonic said. "Come on! I have to show you the others around here!" He told her.

As soon as she got up, Blaze and Sonic started walking towards the mall, where they will expect everyone of Sonic's friends at the same spot. 'I think, I think Sonic likes me!' Blaze thought to herself as they made their way to the mall. 'I hope Blaze understands when I meant earlier back at my place.' Sonic thought. "We are here Blaze! The mall!" Sonic said. Blaze just grew a smile on her face, knowing that the mall should be a fun place to meet everyone. After he said that, they walked in to see who was where.