Fanfiction and the character Unlimited is property of Josh Kovatch, 2008

Unlimited: The Next Universe

Chapter 4: Other Troubles

NOTE: For all you Sonic Amy fans out there, this is going to be the best chapter for it. Enjoy!

The rest of that fateful, twisting day passed on without incident. Unlimited was introduced to the rest of the friends of Sonic.

Although Chuck, the scientist grandfather, was definitely interested in Unlimited's incredible abilities, he did not prod since Unlimited had quite an unbelievable day.

(Just to make it clear, the events of Unlimited's day entail the following: The invasion of all the former opponents in the DBZ universe and the ensuing combat, Unlimited's confrontation with Infinite, his evil twin, Unlimited's permanent departure from the DBZ universe, Unlimited's entrance to Sonic's, and the fights that already happened during this fic. Quite a day, eh?)

Now, Unlimited left to absorb the new world for awhile, leaving Sonic, Amy, and Tails to relay the battle for Ella, Tanaka, and Chuck, as well the others who had seen Mecha Sonic's attack.

It was quite a day for them all, and finally, night fell on the world.

However, the one who felt her life had changed the most was Amy, who was standing out on the balcony overlooking the backyard.

Amy looked into the night, the large moon reflecting off her sparkling green eyes.

Amy thought, I tried so hard by myself to find ways to make Sonic love me. Every time I tried though, I was let down, and soon, I was thinking there would be no way to hear those words from you, Sonic.

Amy's hands shook a little as she held the balcony railing.

But then, her face lit up and she thought, But then, like destiny, it happened. I knew when we were fighting together today, we were feeling our love for each other. I didn't do anything this time, and you came to me, and finally told me!

Amy's eyes shone with radiance as a tear formed in her eye. Her shining face looked up and her heart beat faster, thinking about what Sonic had just told her for the first time today.

Then, to make everything that much better, Amy felt a hand take hers on the railing. She looked to her side and saw, in joy, that it was Sonic.

"Hi, whatcha doing?" Sonic asked casually, trying to keep up his cool image.

Amy, however passionate she wanted to be, didn't grab onto Sonic but instead said, with smiling eyes, "I was thinking about today and enjoying the night."

Sonic's eyes twinkled with an idea, and he asked, "Would you mind if we enjoyed it together?"

Amy's smile widened as she asked excitedly, "Really?"

"Yeah, come on, up here."

Sonic took Amy's hand and led her over towards the door, but instead, he let go of Amy and jumped onto the roof. He turned and offered his hand, saying, "Come on, it's better up here."

Amy beamed and she jumped up and grabbed Sonic's hand, who pulled her up onto the roof with her blue beloved.

As the two hedgehogs settled on the roof together, Sonic wrapped an arm around Amy and brought her close. Amy blushed and could hardly keep herself from jumping to Sonic and kissing him, but she simply put her head against his as they looked into the sky, watching the twinkling stars.

"Isn't this romantic, Sonic? I've dreamed about moments with you like this for so long. I knew, one day, we'd actually have one together," Amy told Sonic, his warmth making her heart melt.

Sonic replied, "It is quite a view tonight. I've wondered what it'd be like to sit here with you, but I've been too nervous to ask you."

Amy then became excited hearing this, and asked, "How long have you been wondering that?"

Sonic's shimmering green eyes combed the sky, and he said, "For a long time. I've been just too nervous about what the others would think, and about what would happen between us."

"Is that the truth, Sonic?" Amy asked, her voice filling with love for what he was telling her at long last.

Sonic turned and looked into her eyes, saying, "Why wouldn't it be?"

Amy then became a little fretful, saying, "Well, it's just that, there were times when you said things to me that gave me hope, but then you disappointed me."

Sonic then took Amy's hands in his own and he said, "I promise. This time, I couldn't lie to you. I knew that, after seeing you almost leave me forever..."

Sonic paused, dropping his eyes. Amy placed both of her hands onto one of Sonic's and he continued, "I knew how much I had disappointed you before."

Then, Sonic looked into Amy's eyes again, who smiled as Sonic did, and he said, "Now, I want to make it up to you. I want to make you happy. But more importantly, I want to love you."

Amy's eyes were now tearing up again, and she said, "Oh, Sonic, I knew you felt this way about me!"

Sonic held Amy's hands with his then, and the two smiling hedgehogs brought their faces close and kissed. They let their lips express their love, their hearts filling with love after each second.

Finally, they moved back and gazed into each other's eyes, and finally, Amy broke down and cried, "Oh Sonic!!"

She couldn't keep herself from wrapping around him, hugging him warmly, and saying, "I love you so much, Sonic! I love you!"

Sonic didn't fight it but was a little surprised at first, but he smiled and hugged her, holding her gently as Amy looked past him at the roof, wondering how she could ever let go of him.

But finally, Amy let her arms slide down but just as her face came back in front of Sonic's, she felt his lips touch hers again, and before she hardly let go of him, she put her hands on his face as he pulled her closer.

They kissed for what seemed like a blissful eternity, and again, they let themselves part their loving lips and gaze into each other's eyes again.

They cuddled there together in loving silence as they looked up into the sky again, and after a little while, Sonic finally said, "It's pretty late. I think we should get some sleep."

Amy's eyes then twinkled with her own idea, and she said, "Sonic, can you do something for me tonight?"

"What is it?" Sonic asked, willing to do anything for the girl, and she replied, "Do you think that... you could sleep with me tonight?"

Sonic then began to panic as he said, stammering, "W-What? You mean, like... Uh..."

Amy, at that moment, blushed noticeably, and said, "Oh, wait, not like that!"

Sonic and Amy then stopped all at once and laughed, and Sonic said, scratching his head, "So, you don't want to-"

Amy quickly interrupted, "No, not that... I just meant, will you sleep in my bed with me tonight?"

Sonic's eyes softened and he said, "Sure."

"Oh, thank you, Sonic!" Amy said in glee.

They got up from the roof and went to Amy's room. Once they entered, Sonic moved forward quickly and opened the sheets for Amy and let her get in first, him getting in next to her.

Amy turned to Sonic, who was settling beside her, looking into his eyes as he into hers.

"Comfy, Sonic?" Amy asked, knowing that it was a little awkward for them.

"Yeah. I don't feel strange here with you," Sonic told her.

Amy and Sonic then smiled and kissed one more time, then separated and gazed into each others's eyes one more time before falling asleep in each others' arms.

The two slept more soundly than any other night. Their presence with each other warmed them and they slept deeply.

They also dreamt deeply.

Amy found herself running after Sonic, who was running away with a nervous face on. Amy called out, "Sonic, you're so wonderful! Please, be mine!"

Sonic didn't say anything but kept running, afraid of her apparently.

"Why won't you slow down, Sonic?" Amy called, beginning to become sad.

Amy tried to keep up as best as possible, but suddenly, a rock in the middle of the path jutted up and tripped her.

Amy fell forward and cried out, but suddenly, before Amy fell down, she felt herself caught.

She looked up and saw Sonic smiling, and he said, "I'm sorry I did that. I just got nervous. Can you forgive me Amy?"

Amy's eyes filled with delight and she wrapped her arms around him, saying, "Of course! I can't stay mad at someone who cares so much for me."

Then, Sonic told her, "Amy, I have something to tell you."

Amy looked into his eyes, and he smiled and said, "I love you."

Amy's face, like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, shone with joy, as she told him, nearly speechless, "I love you too!"

Immediately, they kissed, and Amy's face blushed from the sudden rush, but she couldn't think of a more wonderful thing than to love Sonic as he loved her.

As for the real Sonic...

Sonic was running through a wide open field, without a care in the world. As he turned another direction, he suddenly spotted Amy, who was walking away from him.

He quickly ran up beside her and said, "Hey, Amy."

However, when she didn't stop or even say anything, his face became confused and worried.

"Amy, it's me Sonic," he told her as he walked beside her.

Now, she said, "I know it is."

Amy wasn't happy or sad, just indifferent to Sonic.

He said worriedly, "Aren't you glad to see me?"

"Not really. I've decided that you really don't want to be close to me, so I'm moving on," Amy told him.

Sonic's body turned cold, and he said, "Wait, Amy..."

"Don't worry Sonic. I know you didn't want to be more than friends. That's why I'm moving on," Amy told him flat out.

Just then, though, Sonic got in front of Amy, making her open her eyes for the first time, and he said, "That's not true! Amy, I've been scared to tell you this, but... I do want to be more than friends."

Amy gave a small smile and asked, "Why Sonic?"

Sonic gazed deeply into her eyes and drew closer, and then finally hugged her, blurting, "I love you Amy! I really do! I don't want you to stop trying!"

Sonic felt Amy hug him warmly, and she said in his ear, "I really got you with that one."

Sonic backed up and looked into her smiling, giggling face, and he smiled too. Then, they pulled close together and kissed.

Morning came, and the two hedgehogs were bathed in sunlight as they continued to sleep with each other in their arms, snuggled together.

Sonic was the first to wake up, and as he did, he remembered his favor to Amy last night, and he smiled at the peaceful hedgehog lying in his arms, her face nestled in his chest.

He sat up slightly, hoping not to rudely awaken her, and he softly caressed her face.

Why did I run from you? How could I have been nervous about loving you? I guess I'll never know, but what I do know... I won't give you up, Amy, Sonic thought to himself.

Then, Amy stirred at Sonic's gentle, loving touch and she slowly opened her eyes, looking underneath Sonic. Then, she moved her head up and looked at Sonic's face, smiling, and she said, "It wasn't a dream. You are still here."

Sonic laughed softly about this, and asked, "Did you sleep good?"

Amy sat up with him and said, "Better than I ever had. I felt so safe and warm next to you."

Sonic smiled warmly, and then said, "You know... Amy... maybe if you would like... do you wanna... uh, well... go out today, er, with me?"

Amy's eyes then flickered with radiance again and she asked, "Are you asking me out, Sonic?"

Sonic nervously nodded, and Amy cried, "Yes, I'd love to!"

Sonic seemed confident again, and he got out of bed, saying, "Great! I'm gonna go for a run! Is 12:00 good?"

Amy looked at the clock and saw, with a "WOW!" that it was already 10:30, and she told him, "Yes!"

Sonic smiled and held out his arms to her. She nearly began to cry again at how affectionate Sonic was being with her, and she could barely keep herself from tackling Sonic, but she did jump from the bed into Sonic's arms.

"Whoa!" Sonic said, but steadied out after catching Amy deep in his arms.

"Oh! Sorry..." Amy said, blushing slightly.

Sonic smiled to make her feel better, and they then kissed each other for only a moment, and then cuddled. Sonic then let go and said, "See ya at 12!"

Sonic burst out the door and was out of the house in seconds, leaving Amy to fall to her knees in near-bliss, saying to herself, "I can't believe this is really happening. But I knew you had it in you, Sonic! I knew you would love me eventually! But I never realized how wonderful it'd all be!"

Amy's eye leaked one tear, and she said, "And now we're dating!!"

Amy jumped into the air and cheered out loud, making a couple people in the house wonder what Amy was doing.

"Maybe I should calm down..." Amy told herself, blushing again.

As she had her moment, Sonic blasted out of the house, passing by Cream and Cheese who were watching their kids show.

At that moment, however, the TV suddenly switched screens and said, "We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you this update."

Cream and Cheese looked confused at the TV as Chris walked in, and said, "What's going on?"

"Hello, I'm Scarlet Garcia. I'm standing here at Green Fields, which appears to be the site of a fierce disaster," the reporter said.

"Green Fields? But isn't that where Sonic and the others fought that Unlimited guy?" Chris asked out loud.

"Scientists reported yesterday that incredible seismic readings confirmed earthquake activity, but were unable to determine the reason for the increased energy levels detected here yesterday."

Scarlet put a finger to her earpiece, and said, "This just in. We have been given a homemade tape of what was happening here. Here's the footage."

Then, on the TV, a field filled with a large dust column was shown, and near it, the gold forms of the Sonic team were shown.

Scarlet Garcia, from outside the video, said, "Oh, my! It appears it was a battle between Sonic and friends against... something!"

Then, it was at that moment that the column was shredded and, for an instant, Unlimited, in his black aura, was shown, before the camera went out.

Scarlet came back on and said, "I'm being informed that the person who caught this footage describes the opponent as a teenager, wearing all black and surrounded by a strange black aura."

Cream, Cheese, and Chris all looked on, knowing who that person was.

Meanwhile, in the city, people watched from the window of a TV store, while behind them, on the top of a neighboring building, a teen dressed in all black stood and watched them, smirking at their lack of knowledge.

Then, one girl turned and looked around, and saw Unlimited standing on the building.

She became frightened and turned to her mother and said, "Mommy! There he is!"

The mother looked at her daughter, and turned to the building, but saw that no one was there.

"It must be hot today. You're seeing things," The mother told her child.

"But I saw him! I did!" The girl insisted.

Meanwhile, far up in the sky, Unlimited looked down, knowing that he could easily tell them all who he was, but he'd save that for another day.

I'll wait for a moment to really show them who I am...

Then, Unlimited put two fingers in front of his head and suddenly disappeared.

Meanwhile, out in the desert near the city, Sonic ran full speed around the sands.

"I might love Amy, but I still love running! And I'm not giving that up either!" Sonic said out loud.

Sonic bolted towards a hill, but suddenly stopped when he saw a figure materialize on top of it.

Sonic looked up at him and saw that it was Unlimited.

"Unlimited!" Sonic said, smiling at the powerful friend.

Unlimited smirked down at him as he descended from the hill, as Sonic asked, "Whatcha been doing?"

Unlimited told the hedgehog, "I've been watching these humans get excited over my presence here. It's interesting to see them like this."

"Yeah, I know. They were doing the same when we first came here," Sonic told him.

Unlimited nodded, and then said, "How goes the new relationship?"

Sonic scratched the back of his head and said, "Well, we're happy together, and I've-"

"Asked her out," Unlimited finished.

"Yeeeah. You weren't spying on us, were you?" Sonic asked, smirking and raising an eyebrow.

Unlimited, however, didn't bat an eye, and said, "I can feel the presence of love in people. I'd like to give you some advice."

"About what?" Sonic asked the teen.

Unlimited looked at him solemnly and said, "Don't be afraid around Amy. Remember... She's wanted to be with you very much, so she wouldn't be reluctant of anything you ask her."

Sonic looked confused and said, "Are you sure?"

Unlimited nodded and said, "Be calm with her. If you're close to her, she will give you her love all the more, and you know, deep in your heart, you want that."

Sonic smiled and said, "I get ya. Thanks for the help."

As Sonic prepared to run, Unlimited said, "By the way... Be cool on your date."

Sonic scratched his face and said, "Yeah, I will."

Unlimited smirked one more time before suddenly blasting off at full speed himself, off into the sky.

Sonic watched after him, and then began to run in his own direction.

An hour and a half passed.

12:00 rolled by, and Amy stood outside, her hands linked together as she stood, faithfully waiting for Sonic.

"I really hope you don't let me down, Sonic. I don't know what I'd do then," Amy said aloud.

"Well, then I guess it was a good idea to be on time," a voice said from around the house.

Amy's eyes moved quickly to see Sonic walk from around the bushes and smile at her.

Amy's eyes filled with joy again, as she rushed to him and embraced him, Sonic returning it warmly, and she said, "You were actually on time for me?"

Sonic winked and said, "You got it!"

Amy shone brightly again, and Sonic, remembering Unlimited's advice, calmly said, "So, where do you wanna go?"

Amy then put a hand to her mouth and asked herself, "What's fun? Hmm..."

Sonic then became adventurous, and said, "How about we go get an ice cream?"

Amy smiled up at him and said, "That sounds great! And maybe, we could go sit by the beach after?"

Sonic trembled a little at the thought of water, but said, "Sure, let's go!"

So Amy and Sonic set off for the city, holding hands, on their first REAL date.

Even though they had some uncomfortable stares from people on the street, one for being in public and one for holding hands, the two hedgehogs reached an ice cream shop pretty easily, and were sitting outside, unfortunately still being gawked at by bystanders.

Amy's eye was twitching for the first minute they were there, and Sonic only averted his eyes.

Finally, when someone said, "Hi Sonic!", Amy summoned her hammer to her and held it up without facing the crowd.

She heard them all leave in fright and she smiled to herself. Sonic looked back at Amy and smiled saying, "Nice work."

Amy closed her eyes in modesty and said, "Nothing to it."

The people didn't come back to bother them anymore, and the other people around made sure to avoid looking at the two hedgehogs.

Sonic got up and came back with two ice cream cones, sitting down next to Amy and giving her one.

"Thank you, Sonic!" Amy exclaimed, overreacting like she had been given a wedding ring.

Sonic just smiled warmly to her and put an arm around her.

After they finished their ice cream, Amy then said to Sonic, "This is great! Just you and me, enjoying ourselves, having a great time! Isn't it great?"

Sonic looked at her, saying with a twinkle of passion in his eyes, "You know, it really is. I never thought how it could be fun, but now I know. Plus, I'm happy to be with you."

Amy's eyes glistened and she said, "I am too."

The two hedgehogs leaned forward to kiss, but suddenly, a loud crash behind them woke them up.

The two looked in shock around and saw robots landing in the street behind them.

Sonic became serious and Amy became angry again, getting up and saying, "Who DARES to interrupt our date?"

Sonic got up and looked into the sky, and sure enough, he heard the same gloating, conceited voice say, "Sorry to break up your kissy time, but I'm here to settle the score, Sonic!"

They looked up as several more robots landed as a pod carrying a fat, egg-shaped man hovered down in front of the two hedgehogs.

"Eggman!" Sonic exclaimed.

"That's right, Sonic, and this time, I recommend you surrender right now!" Eggman hollowly threatened.

"You got to be kidding me..." Sonic said, smiling.

Then from beside him, Amy summoned her hammer again and yelled, "We're going make it hurt for ruining our time together."

"Oh, but I don't think you want to do that, because you see, I have someone here to see you," Eggman told them maniacally.

Then, from the sky again, another robot hovered down and floated next to Eggman, and in its claws were Cream and Cheese!

"Cream! Cheese!" Sonic yelled, and Amy looked up nervously.

"And don't think to move at all! If you move from that position, this robot will detect it and immediately make some swiss Cream Cheese!" Eggman told them.

"WHAT?!" Sonic yelled.

Amy looked in vain at some way to get Cream and Cheese out from the robot, who indeed had large machine guns sticking out from its body.

"Now that you know the stakes, Sonic, decide. Your life, or hers?" Eggman grimly announced.

Around the ground near Sonic and Amy, the robots all pointed guns at the two hedgehogs.

Amy looked in terror around and said, "Sonic... I don't know what to do..."

Sonic's eyes looked up in hopelessness at Cream and Cheese, knowing that it was too far away to reach in time before it detected him being gone, and said, tears beginning to form in his eyes, "I'm sorry, Amy... There's no way out..."

Amy's own eyes began to fill as she embraced Sonic closely and said, "Sonic... I'm scared..."

Sonic looked down, the tears falling from his eyes as he looked into Amy's crying eyes, and he said, "Don't worry, Amy... We'll be together now... No matter what, I love you..."

Amy cried as well and said, her voice breaking, "I love you too, Sonic..."

The two then held each other close as Eggman said, "I can't believe it! I did it! I actually beat Sonic! WOOOOHOOHOO!!"

The scientist whooped as Cream yelled out, "Sonic! Amy!"

The two held each other, Sonic looking at Amy with pain, knowing that he couldn't save both Amy and Cream and Cheese.

"I'm sorry, Amy... I... let you down again..." Sonic told her.

"It's okay, Sonic," Amy told him softly, her eyes sad and fearful, "At least this time, we can go together and be with each other forever..."

Eggman then looked down and said, "Alright, robots ready!"

Amy and Sonic closed their eyes tight and held each other close, their faces close together, as Cream yelled, "SONIC! AMY!"

Then, from far away, on top of a mountain, a pair of blue eyes opened.

"FI-"

At that moment, Cream and Cheese disappeared from the clutches of the robot.

Eggman looked to the side from the corner of his eye and said, "WHAT?!"

Sonic and Amy looked up quickly as Eggman said, "What happened?"

"I did, Eggman."

The scientist looked up into the sky and saw, in shock, that Cream and Cheese were being held by a floating... human?

"W-Who... are you?" Eggman panickedly stuttered.

"I am Unlimited," the teen said.

Unlimited descended to the ground and settled down next to Sonic and Amy, putting down Cream and Cheese.

"Thank you!" The rabbit said, as Cheese yiped its thanks too.

Sonic then looked to Unlimited as he turned around and said, "Way to go... We owe you a lot!"

Sonic's voice and his face were full of sincerity, and Amy said, "I don't know how we can thank you for getting us out of that one..."

Unlimited then smirked, closing his eyes, and said, "Please, it's what I do..."

Then, from above again, Eggman said, "Alright! That's it! My plan might be out the window, but I'm still gonna trash all of you! Robots! FI-"

Once again, just as Eggman began to give the command, Unlimited's eyes opened, and as Eggman said, "-RE!!", he was greeted with total silence.

He looked down at his robots, and at the one beside him, and he asked out loud, "What are they doing?!"

Then, all of them fell into pieces, seemingly cut up by an extremely sharp blade.

"WHAT?! WHO DID THAT?!" Eggman exclaimed in anger.

Unlimited then chuckled as he reappeared in front of Eggman, holding a sword, and saying, "Do you like my work?"

Eggman turned in horror and anger to the teen and opened his mouth to yell when he stopped dead. Now, he simply looked curiously at Unlimited, who was floating before him.

Eggman began to move above Unlimited and looked at the air above the teen, moving his hand through it. Then, he circled around the back of Unlimited and looked at his back, moving his hand close to it.

Down on the ground, the four looked up in confusion, wondering what Eggman was doing.

The scientist then moved down to Unlimited's boots and looked closely at them, then waved his hands underneath Unlimited.

Finally, Eggman floated back in front of Unlimited, and, with his mustache sticking up, yelled, "HOW ARE YOU FLOATING THERE?!"

Unlimited smirked, amused, and answered, "The same way that this could happen."

Then, Unlimited took his sword and plunged it into Eggman's pod, leaving it there as he removed his hand.

Eggman turned ghost white as Unlimited did this, but was even more astounded, as the others on the ground were, when Unlimited extended his hand to the sword, which suddenly glowed bright green and traveled to Unlimited's hand as energy.

Unlimited then smirked one more time at Eggman, and said, "Looking forward to freaking you out again..."

Then, the green energy from Unlimited's hand shot forward and blasted Eggman's pod. Eggman flew up into the sky, yelling as he flew away in terror.

Unlimited watched him go, and then turned and descended back to the ground where the others were.

"That was incredible! Where did you get the sword from?" Amy asked, so intrigued by Unlimited's vast powers.

"Yeah, and how did you make it into energy?" Sonic chimed in.

Unlimited looked to them and said, "It's all the work of my energy."

Unlimited raised his hand into the air and snatched through it, pulling a sword out of nowhere.

"OH! Like my hammer!" Amy exclaimed.

Unlimited nodded, and then threw the blade into the ground behind him, and drew his hand forward. The sword glowed green again and became energy, which Unlimited absorbed into his body.

"You're just full of tricks, huh?" Sonic asked.

Unlimited chuckled, Sonic and Amy both said, "Thank you so much!"

"Like I said. I'll be there to help you, even if you don't know it."

Unlimited looked to Cream and Cheese, and then looked back to the two hedgehogs and said, "Why don't you two go finish your date? I'll take these two home."

Sonic said, "Thanks! Let's go Amy!"

Amy nodded, overjoyed again to be able to actually FINISH a date, another first (Sonic X ticked me off about this...).

Unlimited took the two young ones, who were both very happy, as Sonic suddenly picked up Amy, to her delight, and started running them towards the beach.

Unlimited disappeared and reappeared at Chris's house, who came out as Unlimited got there, and said, "Hey, you gotta see the TV!"

Unlimited, Cream and Cheese walked in and looked at the TV, on which another reporter was saying, "Just moments ago, a fight broke out here, apparently between the notorious Dr. Eggman and Sonic the Hedgehog. However, this video footage that we have just received shows that there was another fighter, whom was just barely identified by the name Unlimited. Here's the footage."

Unlimited watched, his eyes pleased as he watched himself save Cream and Cheese and scare Eggman out of his wit. The footage didn't continue but went back to the reporter.

"It was thanks to Sonic and friend, whom was identified as Amy, that this fighter was identified, had it not been for the two having been on a date just moments before the fight."

More footage then played on the screen of Sonic and Amy close together at the table, showing them about to kiss when Eggman appeared.

"It seems that even Sonic has a significant other in his life, and this reporter wishes him happiness."

Cream and Cheese "awww" at the footage, as Unlimited and said, "He took my advice."

Chris and the others looked up at him wondering what advice he had given when all of a sudden, a high-pitched voice said, "HELLO! I've got a special message!!"

All but Unlimited turned around to see Bokun fly in, his usual mocking grin on, but the robot stopped dead, as Unlimited turned slowly to him.

"AHHH! It's you! That kid who beat Eggman in no time!" Bokun stammered.

Unlimited smirked as the robot spat out, "Uhh, since Sonic isn't here, uh, I'll just, you know, leave..."

Bokun bolted out the door that he had come in, scared out of this mind.

Unlimited watched him go and he said, "It's unfortunate that I can be intimidating. But evil would do well to steer clear of me."

Unlimited said goodbye to the others, saying he was going to go out again, and Unlimited disappeared once again.

Now, let's get back to what this chapter's been about...

Sonic and Amy approached the beach, the sun still high in the sky, and Amy said, "Wow! Look at the ocean! Isn't it beautiful?"

Sonic looked up from Amy, and saw the crystal blue ocean spread out before him, and he said, "It sure is."

Sonic hit the sand and stopped, letting down Amy, of course wary of the water. Then, Amy said, "Don't worry about the water Sonic. We don't have to go in. Besides, I don't have my swimsuit."

Sonic scratched his head and said, "Give me a break, I just don't like water..."

Amy giggled and said, "I know, I just like to tease you."

Sonic's eyes then twinkled again, and he said, "Well, for that, now you gotta catch me if you wanna sit with me!"

Amy turned as Sonic began running down the empty beach at normal speed.

"I'll never stop until I catch you, Sonic!" Amy yelled playfully, running after him.

Sonic kept far ahead of Amy to begin with, but when he turned around once, he saw her almost snag him.

"Whoa!" Sonic exclaimed, but quickly dodged her grab as he turned direction and began to run faster.

"You can't leave me behind!" Amy yelled to him as she ran as fast as she could again.

Sonic was running pretty fast, but Amy, to her surprise, felt her legs carrying her faster than ever.

Sonic turned and saw Amy gaining on him, and turned a corner again as she got close. However, she was hot on his tail, and Sonic began running towards the shore.

Amy looked ahead and saw her love just in front of her.

"I've got you!!" Amy cried out, and this time, to Sonic sudden surprise, when she leaped forward to grab Sonic, she was just able to grab his legs.

"AHH!" Sonic cried out as he fell, quickly turning in time to fall on his rear rather than face.

Amy crawled up onto his chest and smiled brightly into his face, saying, "Now will you sit with me?"

Sonic panted, saying, "Wow... How did you get me? I was almost going full speed!"

Amy lifted off of Sonic and sat on the beach, the two of them now very close to the shoreline, and as she looked out to the shining ocean, she said, "I know now that, if it's for you, I'll do things I never could do!"

Sonic sat up and looked at her, smiling at the pink hedgehog who was so strongly in love with him, as he was with her.

Amy was gazing out at the ocean when she turned to Sonic, only to see him extending a hand to her.

Amy's eyes filled with joy as she smiled wider, and she took Sonic's hand, who pulled her closer to him and put an arm around her.

"This moment is so wonderful. I once dreamt about this kind of time. It felt so romantic, but to be really having it... with you..." Amy was saying, but stopped.

Sonic looked at her, and saw her eyes glisten and her smile never falter, and he leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. Amy blushed and sighed deeply, but became speechless when she felt Sonic teasingly draw his hand up her arm and then kiss her neck.

"Sonic... what..." Amy began, but stopped when Sonic moved behind Amy and wrapped an arm around her stomach, holding her hand with the other, as he leaned forward over her shoulder and kissed her other cheek.

As Sonic began to kiss her neck more, gliding his hand up her arm and up to her face, she crooned, "Ohh, Sonic..."

Sonic then took both of his hands and caressed her face, going down her neck and arms until he was holding her hands as she continued to moan softly.

Then, Sonic playfully bit the tip of her ear, then licked it for an second, and Amy took in a breath, saying, "Sonic, are you..."

But then, Sonic turned Amy to him and said, with a cautious tone in his voice, "You don't want to go further than this, do you?"

Amy smiled and shook her head, saying, "Not yet. I love what you're doing right now. I love it when you do this with me."

Sonic smiled passionately to her, and drew her into an embrace, kissing her neck again, but now, Amy started herself, moving her hand up Sonic's chest as he moved up her neck kissing, reaching her cheek where he stopped.

Then, Amy took over and began to kiss Sonic's face, at which he shied away a little but began to enjoy it. Kissing him on his cheek, she moved down finally to his lips and they both kissed each other very softly.

Then, they stopped and looked into each other's emerald green eyes, taking each other's hands and then drawing close to kiss again.

This time, they danced with their lips, kissing for a longer time. Amy opened her eyes a little, surprised to see Sonic doing the same. They gazed deeply, their kiss gentle and loving. After a few moments of kissing in silence, they stopped, and held each other, smiling blissfully.

Amy then said, "This is all so beautiful. I never thought you'd be this affectionate to me so quickly."

Amy's eyes displayed her real feelings as she let go of two slender tears, at which Sonic delicately brushed them away, saying, "Don't you remember? I do all things quickly."

Amy smiled, but then began to giggle, and Sonic realized this and corrected, "But I haven't done everything yet!"

Amy smiled radiantly into his eyes again, and he smiled back.

Finally, she said, "Sonic, I do want to do one thing before this perfect day ends."

Sonic asked, "What?"

Amy leaned forward, placing her hands on Sonic's face, and began to kiss him deeply, and, moving her face and breathing fast she said, "Please... kiss me... like we're... you know..."

Sonic instantly understood, but then became a different person when he held Amy, one hand on the back of her head and the other on her lower back.

Amy moaned in passion as they came closer in their kiss, their tongues meeting for the first time. Amy felt Sonic do this and began to swirl her tongue with his, beginning to feel as if she was filling with helium, and she dropped her hands to their laps.

Sonic felt this and leaned them softly onto the sand, kissing her more and more passionately, moving his tongue with hers, faster and closer.

Amy opened her eyes, misted with love, and locked eyes with Sonic, who twirled his tongue around Amy's several times more before finally coming out of the trance he was in.

They sat back up and she looked into Sonic's eyes, her smile bright and her eyes teary, and Sonic looked back with a warm smile on his face and said, "I love you, Amy!"

Amy's tears fell again as she said, her words nearly smothered by her feelings, "I love you so much, Sonic!"

The two held each other close again and looked at the crystal ocean, now seeming a little more beautiful now that it had witnessed such a beautiful expression of love.

Meanwhile, floating in the middle of the ocean itself, Unlimited watched from afar, not seeing but feeling Sonic's and Amy's love pulse powerfully. He smiled, but that smile quickly faded away when he heard another high pitched laugh from behind.

The same robot Bokun flew up to Unlimited saying, "This time, I have a special message from Dr. Eggman just for you!"

Unlimited turned to the robot as it pulled out a small TV, on which Eggman appeared and began to say to Unlimited, "Listen, kid. I don't know who you are or where you came from, but I highly advise you to stay out of Sonic's and my fights. If you do not heed my warning, I will be forced to use MASSIVE RETALIATION!"

The message ended, and Bokun said, "By the way, the doctor sent a special gift just for you!"

Bokun tossed the TV at Unlimited, but even though he didn't try to catch it, it exploded and caught him in it.

Bokun laughed mockingly at the smoke, but when it cleared, he stopped laughing and instantly became scared.

Unlimited floated there, completely unharmed, and he stared up at Bokun.

Then, he said, "Give Dr. Eggman this message..."

Unlimited then let go of all five bracelets at the same time and blasted right to his black aura, saying after Bokun stopped freaking out, "Bring it on!"

Bokun left without another word, terrified, and Unlimited floated there in the ocean, snapping his fingers, and saying, "No one understands the level of power I have!!"

Suddenly, Unlimited yelled and thrust his entire body out. His black energy flared unbelievably, extending miles into the air as a gigantic column, his energy not starting a tidal wave only by a special shield he put over the surface of the water.

His energy could be seen anywhere in space, and he thought to himself, Let it be known, Eggman. I can't be beaten by evil.

Could Unlimited's challenge to Eggman bring about a battle of epic proportions?

Preview for next chapter: In the Coming Days: Unlimited and the Sonic team rest for awhile, Sonic and Amy enjoying their love together, and the rest just hanging out. However, a series of ultimatums causes some major alarm. Who sends them? And what will the powers of good do? Find out in the next installment of Unlimited: The Next Universe!