Episode 8: Alone Together at the Aquarium
At school, Sonic was reading a magazine; it had pictures of girls with big boobs! He snickered. "It's official! Big boobs are the bomb!" he exclaimed, "And little stepsister's are where it's at! Shadow was leaning his face into his hand. He thought that Sonic was being perverted, bringing a magazine like that to school! However, the teachers didn't even notice it! "Oh man! A little step sister with big boobs would be the greatest!" the blue hedgehog continued to gush on and on about it. Then, someone set two things on Shadow's desk. Ebony looked up and saw Blaze; she had just place two tickets to the aquarium on his desk. "Huh? You're giving them to me?" Shadow asked; she nodded. "My father gave me a bunch of them." she added to the nod. Shadow picked up the two tickets. "You're sure giving away a lot of things like these, huh?" he said, recalling the pool tickets. "Thanks." he said politely.
Sonic noticed the tickets and looked up from his magazine. "Hey, where's mine?" he inquired. Blazes' only reply was: "I gave them to your little sister." Sonic reacted with anger. "What?! Don't give them to her!" the blue hedgehog ranted, "If you give anything to her, it'll never get to me! Give them straight to me!" he added. "I see…" Blaze simply replied, "I'll remember that next time, okay?" she added. "How can you even get along that easily with my little sister?" Sonic asked, "That brat ate all the pudding I'd been saving, damnit!"
While he continued to rant on about Sonia, Shadow was thinking. Blaze had given him not one, but two tickets, so, what would he do with the other one? Also, the aquarium looked familiar. 'Oh, this aquarium is…'
Later… After School…
It was in the evening, and the sun was starting to go down. A crow was cawing for it's mate to come home. Cream was also just arriving at home, she opened up the gate and walked through it. She then let out a yawn, signaling that she was sleepy. "Are you tired?" Maria inquired. Cream looked at the blonde angel and nodded. "It's because you kept me up late last night…" she paused and turned away, blushing, "...doing things." she finished. Maria flew in front of Cream. "But if I don't massage them every night, your breasts will stay small forever!" she remarked, gesturing to Cream's A-cup breasts. "That's not really your business, now, is it?" she grumbled, yawning again.
Suddenly, the door to her house opened up. She expected to see Shadow, but instead she saw Sonic. The blue hedgehog noticed the cream-coloured rabbit and smiled. "Ah! Cream-chan!" he greeted, walking up to her. "H-Hello…" she greeted quietly. They were now inches apart. "Hey, you're looking really cute again today." Sonic gushed. "Wanna trade places with my little sister?" he inquired. "Th-thanks, but no thanks…" she replied, taking a step back. "No, huh?" Sonic chuckled nervously, "Well, catch ya later!" he added, walking off, humming a tune. Cream sighed. Why was everyone always insisting that she was cute?
She walked into her house, shutting the door behind her. I'm home." she whispered. She then removed her shoes, and put on her slippers.
When she got into the living room, she dropped her bookbag in shock. She saw on the coffee table a magazine with a picture of a busty girl laying on a bed, all frisky looking on the front. "Wha-?!" she gasped. She ran up to the table and picked up the magazine. "What's this magazine?!" she exclaimed, looking through it. Maria was up in the air, floating upside down so her blonde hair was hanging low. "It's just a common gravure magazine," she explained, "all houses have them." Cream looked at it closer. "Why is it in the living room?!" she wondered, her brown eyes wide as saucers. "Maybe it's our brother's?" Maria suggested, turning right side up and looking at the magazine too. Cream gasped and looked over at the blonde. "But, i thought only weirdo's were into stuff like this?" the orange brunnete remarked, "He doesn't seem…" she whispered. "Why wouldn't he?" Maria said, "He is a man after all." she added. Then she gasped. "This one is a "big breasts" special!" she remarked, yanking one side of the book; she scanned it with her ocean blue eyes. "So he's into boobs after all…" the blonde angel whispered in astonishment, letting go of the page. "We can't allow ourselves to get careless, Cream!" Maria commanded.
Cream wasn't listening that much; she was just too glued to the magazine! It seemed the farther she went, the bigger the girls' breasts got! C's, D's, double D's, triple D's, G's, and F's! To Cream, having breasts that big didn't seem physically, medically, mentally, or even fictionally possible! "What are those?!" the petite rabbit gasped, seeing a girl with G's. "How do you get close to fit over those huge things?!" It was astro-freaking-nomical! Maria noticed Cream wasn't paying attention and got mad. "C-RE-AM!" she syllabalized. This time, Cream listened. "If our brother's a boobs man, we might lose him to that top-heavy woman next door!" she rated, pointing to the girls with G's and F's. Cream's face was turning bright pink. "We have to do something!" Maria declared. Cream, upon hearing that, turned her face towards Maria. "Do something?" she repeated. "Leave it to me!" Maria declared. In poof, a magic wand appeared in the blonde ghost girl's hand! It was a white rod covered in stars and sparkles, with blue balls/knobs on both ends. Maria twirled and twirled the wand around happily. "I'll use a magic spell that'll make your itty-bitties bigger in a flash!" she sang. Cream panicked! "M-Magic spell?!" she stuttered. She had never had magic used on her before! Heck, she didn't even know Maria could do that! "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boob!" the angel sang, twirling the wand and then pointing it at Cream. Cream flinched and held her hands up.
For a second, nothing seemed to happen. Then, the top knob on the wand glowed a greenish colour, and so did she. "What's going on?" Cream wondered, bending her arms out to the side. Then, her breasts started to grow! They went from A's to B's, and then C's! "Yay!" Maria cheered, "Your itty-bitties are now average-medium sized breasts!" she was blushing with happiness! "H-hey! When's this supposed to stop?!" Cream asked, worried. Her breasts still continued to grow. "I don't know." Maria admitted. "You don't know?!" Cream snapped, her breasts still growing. "Hey, cheer up!" Maria said innocently, "The bigger they get, the more happy our brother will be!" she added as if this was normal. "But this is going to make them way too big!" Cream protested, pushing on her breasts which were now D's-double D's even triple D's! This was now making the buttons of her uniform pop off! "Your medium boobs are now huge boobs!" Maria exclaimed, her blue eyes widening, "No! They're Megaboobs! Gigaboobs! Terraboobs!" she continued to cheer. Cream, however, couldn't take anymore! Her breasts were now bigger than even Rouge's! They went from G's to F's! "My breasts…" she moaned, gripping them, "Are going to… pop!" she cried out. With that, there was a big pyooowmp!
Cream gasped! She looked around and saw that she was sitting up on the couch in the living room, a visible blush across her face. "A dream?" she wondered aloud. She panted in relief, placing a hand to her pounding chest. However, when she did, she felt that her breasts were small!
On the stairs, Shadow had just come down from his room. "Crap," he groaned, rubbing his head. "I left the magazine that Sonic-san brought over in the living room." He opened the door to the living room, but before he could go get the magazine, he saw Cream on the couch… rubbing her breasts. "Thank goodness…" he heard her whisper. "Thank goodness, my breasts are small…" she whispered. Once she had stopped, she looked up and gasped when she saw Shadow there… standing in the doorway… He had heard every word she had said.
There was a period of awkward silence between the two step siblings. However, the silence was quickly broken by Shadow saying: "Y-Yeah, thank goodness." Cream gasped. "N-No! That's not it!" she stuttered, covering her chest with her arms, blushing. "What isn't?" Shadow asked, confused. Cream looked down at the coffee table and saw the magazine. "I-It's your fault for having a magazine like this in the house!" the orange-brunette snapped, picking it up. "Wait! No, it's not-" he tried, but was cut off by the magazine making contact with his fist which he'd used to defend himself! "It's not mine!" he spoke, waving his hands back and forth, "I'm not into that sort of thing!" he added.
The next day…
Cream had reluctantly believed Shadow about how the magazine wasn't his, but she still was cross with him for leaving it out in the living room! Both of them were in the living room together, but Cream was on the loveseat, her knees hugged up to her chest and she was facing away from him; she had a stuck-up expression on her face. "Hey, come on." Shadow tried, but Cream didn't budge, "I said I was sorry." he continued, but still, Cream didn't move. Shadow sighed; there was just no pleasing her, was there? Then, he remembered!
"Oh, that's right." he said, reaching into his uniform, "Cream, do you want these?" he asked, holding out the tickets that Blaze had given him. Cream didn't turn around or say anything. "Blaze gave them to me." he explained, "They're tickets for the aquarium." he added. No sooner had he said the word aquarium, both Cream and Maria-although Shadow still didn't see her-turned around swiftly and excitedly! "The aquarium?!" both girls said in unison, smiling widely. Then, without warning, Maria possess Cream! Maria-now in Cream's body-starts dancing around excitedly! "I'll go! I'll go!" she exclaimed, "I'm so happy! I'm so happy!" she added. Shadow was taken aback by this new behavior. "R-Really?" he asked. "My first time at an aquarium in ages! An aquarium!" she continued to sing. 'Why is she so happy all of a sudden?' Shadow wondered, staring at her more. "An aquarium!" she said in a singsong voice. 'Oh, well…' Shadow thinks with a smile, happy that his sister is now happy. Meanwhile, Maria just continued to sing about how happy she was. "Sunfish, dolphins, penguins, and otters! Sea bream and flounder dancing together!" Shadow held the tickets out. "You can invite, you know, that one girl…" he suggested, referring to Maria. However, Maria wasn't listening. "Yay! I get to go with my big brother to an aquarium tomorrow!" she exclaimed, clenching her fists, "What should I wear?" she asked herself. While she was pondering, Shadow blushed upon hearing that. "Huh? With me?" he asked himself. "I just can't wait!" Maria cheered.
The next day…
It was the perfect day to go to the aquarium, and both step-siblings were ready! Maria had possessed Cream that morning and had chosen out a cute outfit to wear. She chose to wear a yellow camisole, a blue jacket with fur around the hood, a magenta skirt, thigh highs, and brown, furry moccasin-like boots. "Come on big brother!" Maria called out to Shadow who was just locking the door to their house, "Let's hurry!" she added, twirling and jumping on the spot. "We don't need to rush." Shadow said, catching up to Maria. Maria quickly grabbed Shadow's arm and started to snuggle it, giggling all the while. Shadow was blushing, but didn't protest against it, so, they started to walk.
Then, as they came up to the house next door to theirs-in other words, Rouge's house-and just as they were about to pass it, they saw Rouge come out. "Oh, good morning, Rouge-nee." Shadow greeted. Maria didn't say anything; she just glared at Rouge, marking her territory with Shadow. "Oh, good morning," Rouge greeted, "are you two heading out somewhere?" she asked. "Yes!" Maria exclaimed with a nod, trying to contain her jealousy, "Just my big brother and me!" she added, squeezing his arm tighter. "I see, you two seem to get along very well." Rouge said with a smile. "Yes! We do!" Maria agreed. "Hey, Rouge-nee," Shadow began, "wanna come with us? We're going to the aquarium. You know, that one…" Maria glared at Shadow for saying that. "Oh, that aquarium?" the ivory bat asked, tapping her chin. She looked down at Maria's face and saw that she was saying: 'Don't come! Don't come! Don't come! Don't come! Don't come! Don't come!' She got the message and backed away nervously. "Uh, no thanks…" she lied, "I have things to do around the house." she added. "Oh dear, what a shame." Maria said in a monotone voice. "Well, then let's go, Big Brother Shadow!" she sang, dragging ebony with her. "Oh, hey…" Shadow tried, but it was no use. Rouge watched the two step-siblings as they walked away together; she smiled.
Later… On the bus…
Shadow and Maria-still in Cream's body-were sitting up near the front seats, right next to each other. "I wonder what kind of fish we'll get to see?" she wondered, a big smile across her face. "You're really that excited about going to the aquarium?" Shadow inquired, looking confused at his step sister; Maria nodded. "Yeah, but I'm just glad I get to go somewhere with you, big brother!" she added, snuggling up to Shadow. Shadow blushed and looked up, trying to focus on something else; all this sudden fluffy, lovey-dovey stuff coming from who he thinks to be Cream.
"Next stop: Mobius Aquarium Entrance. Next stop: Mobius Aquarium Entrance." (A/N: Original name: Misakura Aquarium Entrance)
The bus had dropped the two step-siblings off at the front entrance off the big aquarium; Maria was still clinging to Shadow's arm every step of the way. The aquarium was full of people and fish! There were clownfish, blue tangs, dolphins, and so much more. Meanwhile, Maria and Shadow were looking at some small red fish. "Wow…" Maria sighed contentedly, giggling. Shadow looked over his shoulder in wonder. "It's gotten a lot more fancy since the last time I was here." he said. "Big brother!" a female's voice called. Shadow looked down at Maria. "Come on," she said, "let's hurry to the next one!" she ran along like a child. "Hey, don't run!" Shadow called, reaching out to her, "You're not a kid anymore!" he added. Just then, three small children-a yellow fox, a green duck, and a green hedgehog-ran past him, after each other. "Wait up!" the yellow fox called out to his friends. (A/N: Yes, Tails, Bean, and Manic are the children.) Shadow stared blankly at them for a bit before they all went around the corner; he then smiled.
Soon, Shadow had caught up with Maria who was in the part of the aquarium where you can walk into a tunnel and see bigger sea creatures above you. When she did look up, she saw a giant loggerhead sea turtle. "Wow! What a big turtle!" she exclaimed as the turtle swam away. Then they saw the otters; one of them was floating on it's back and cracking nuts. "It's cracking them! It's really cracking them!" Maria exclaimed in wonder. Next, they went to check out some other tanks. "Look, a seal!" Maria pointed out the spotted seal, "It's so cute!" she added. Then, they saw a lady in a diving suit in one of the tanks, she appeared to be feeding the fish. "Wow, that looks so cool!" Maria exclaimed, "I want to do that too!" she added, giggling. 'She's really enjoying this.' Shadow thought, 'I'm glad we came.' he smiled.
Later, Maria decided to wander off and explore a little bit. She saw a tank that appeared to be empty, but then saw a large sunfish. "Wow! That sunfish looks so cool!" she exclaimed, smiling. Suddenly, Cream appeared beside Maria. "Hey! Why did I have to come to the aquarium with him?" she asked in an antagonizing voice. "Huh? What do mean?" Maria replied back, frowning. "What's the problem?" she asked, "Our brother invited us after all!" she added. "B-But, us visiting the aquarium alone together feels just like-" Cream stuttered, but paused. "Yeah, it's a date, isn't it?" Maria replied in a mushy tone, putting her hands on her cheeks. "W-What are you saying?!" Cream snapped. She flew back into her body, tossing Maria out! She gasped at the feeling of being back in her own body. "Good grief…" Cream moaned. Maria was not happy! "No fair! You can't just jump back in right now!" the blonde angel snapped, "If you really don't like it, then just leave it to me! Our date was just getting started!" she continued to ramble. As she did, Cream held her hands up in protest, like Maria was going to kill her! Wait…
*Ba-Bump!*
"D-Date?"
Cream placed her hand over her beating heart, her face was flushed with heat. Why was she feeling this way? "Cream!" a male's voice called out. Cream looked up; it was Shadow. He was over by a small tank that appeared to be sticking out of the wall. "Come over here," he said, "there are some really cool jellyfish." he added, pointing to the tank. Cream felt very dizzy, her legs very stiff. However, she-though very slowly-started walking over to Shadow. She was gripping her arms, looking the other way, her heart pounding. 'Is this… a date?' the petite rabbit wondered. The jellyfish seemed to be a sign of something developing around her; with every heartbeat, her body grew hot. She soon felt like she was half-naked. She felt like she was just in her white, lacy bra and matching underwear. 'Oh no…' she whispered in her mind, 'When I think of it that way, the chastity belt feels hot.' Pink bubbles all around her. 'W-Wait! Am I stupid?!' the cream-coloured rabbit scolded herself, holding her hands and arms up to and across her chest, 'We live under the same roof every day!' she added, moaning. "Huh?" Maria wondered, blushing, "Even I'm feeling a little strange." she added. The blonde was starting to feel her heart pounding as well. "But, no matter what you say, a date is special." she moaned, putting her hands on her cheeks and her eyes shut tight, her wings expanding.
Suddenly, a bump! Cream gasped, and like it was in slow motion, she fell to her hands and knees with a thud. Shadow heard the thud and looked over to see Cream. Two little kids had just bumped into her! "Oh, I'm sorry, Miss!" the little yellow fox with blue eyes said. "Tails-kun!" the green duck said, "If we don't hurry, then we'll miss the seal show!" he added. "Yeah!" Tails-the fox-agreed, running off with the green duck. "Let's go!" they both called out. Shadow walked over to Cream to check her. "Are you okay?" he asked, bending down slightly, "Did that make you fall?" Cream didn't reply, she just panted. She was still in ecstasy from the feelings she just had. When she had finally caught her breath, her reply was, "I-I'm fine…" in moan.
*Fill* The gauge was now filled up just above the keyhole part.
Later…
Shadow and Cream were now walking through the halls of another part of the aquarium. Shadow was ahead, and Cream was following a little behind. Her face was still blushing and she didn't know why. 'The chastity belt is unusually responsive today…' she thought, 'All I did was think about it and I…' she paused and closed her eyes. Maria flew beside Cream, tilting her head so she could see her face. "That's a good thing," the blonde girl said, "that'll make it fill up faster." she added. Cream's eyebrows changed to angry. "Don't talk like it's your problem!" the orange-brunette snapped slightly. Cream then opened her eyes to look at Shadow; he stopped and turned to face her. Cream gasped slightly. "You know," the ebony hedgehog began, "a lot unsupervised kids come here, like the one that bumped into you." Cream gasped. "Unsupervised?" she repeated; Shadow nodded. "Yeah, kids from the local elementary schools can get in here for like, maybe, I don't know, $10." he added to the nod. "When I was little, I used to ride my bike and come here with Rouge-nee and Sonic-san." Shadow continued. He was smiling at the memories. Cream was silent for a moment, but then spoke. "I see…" was what her reply was. Shadow looked over at her as she went over to a tank with a bunch of fish; she put her hands on it. She appeared to be reminiscing about something. "I always just came in whenever I wanted to, so, I never realized they charge to get in." she continued.
Shadow looked confused. "You just came in?" he inquired. "My mom used to work here." Cream explained quietly. Shadow reacted! After all this time she's lived with him, she only brought this up now? "Huh? That's the first I've heard." the ebony and crimson male gaped. "It's no big deal…" Cream assured, her eyes still fixed on the fish, "I've just never thought of bringing it up." she added. "Oh…" Shadow replied. "So, they just let me in on sight." Cream said. "So, did Vanilla-san take care of the fish or something like that?" Shadow asked, "That's surprising." he added. Cream shook her head. "No, she didn't do that." the orange-brunette explained, "She worked the office." she added.
Flashback… 9 years ago…
In the room where people could sit and watch the dolphins, a young 6-year-old Cream was sitting on the seat, reading a book titled "Riding on the Back of a Dolphin". "I used to play around here until she finished work, so, I wouldn't be in her way. I would've been home alone until late, and I didn't have any friends here either, but…" The six-year old Cream saw a dolphin swim around happily. She became curious, so she set down the book and ran up to the tank. "As I watched the fish, it sort of felt like they were playing with me, so, I had fun." Cream smiled at the dolphins, her big brown eyes full of wonder.
End of Flashback…
"I was still in elementary school, so, I probably didn't like being home alone." Cream said, hanging her head slightly. Shadow's mouth gaped for a moment. "Which is… why now…" Cream continued, "It feels weird coming home and having someone there." she added in a sad tone of voice. The scales of the fish seemed to glow for Cream, trying to make her happy about her current situation. Shadow continued to stare at Cream in wonder, a slight blush across his face; he was learning so much about her right now that he couldn't even think of much of anything else at the moment. He pictured a younger Cream standing right where the current one was, pressed up against the glass. He turned his head and started to rub his face with his index finger.
"Hey, in that case…" he began, "There's a chance we might've met here once before, huh?" he suggested with a nervous smile. "If we did, I can't remember it…" Cream replied flatly. "Yeah, I guess not..." Shadow sighed. "Hey," Cream spoke up, turning her head towards him making Shadow look up as well. "Was there a girl named Maria in that group of friends you mentioned?" Cream asked. "Maria?" Shadow repeated; Cream nodded once. He put a hand to his head, trying to remember. "I don't know…" ebony replied, "I don't think there was…" he added. "I see…" Cream replied, starting to walk away. "Hey, it's this way." Shadow stated, pointing the opposite way of which she was heading. Cream's only reply was:
"Restroom."
Shadow lowered his hand in embarrassment.
Meanwhile… in the Girl's Restroom…
Cream was sitting on the toilet, and Maria was in there with her. Maria was freaking out about what Cream had just asked Shadow. "Hey!" she said, "What are you doing, asking our brother something like that?" she continued. Cream looked up at her. "Well, we were talking about the past, so, I figured I'd ask." she explained. "Well, it's no use." Maria said, (A/N: Silver: Hey, that's my line!) "It's not going to do you any good, because, this name isn't my real name." she added in a singsong voice, smiling. Cream was confused. Not her real name?! "Huh?!" she exclaimed. "I told you, remember?" Maria started, placing a hand to Cream's cheek, "The only thing I remember before my death, is that I loved my Big Brother Shadow!" she continued. She took her hand away and crossed her arms over her chest. "The truth is, I don't remember even my own name!" she said in a sad voice. Cream's face was slightly pale. "So, the name, Maria Robotnik is…" she said in a shaky voice. Maria then crossed her legs and sat on Cream's lap, surprising the rabbit. "The name of a character in a book!" she finished, closing her eyes. "I figured I'd use it." she added. "H-How could you keep something important like that from me?!" Cream snapped, blushing. She then harshly pushed Maria off her lap, and out-well, through-the stall door. Maria came back in through the door halfway. "Well, you never showed much interest in my circumstances, have you, CREAM?!" she retorted. Cream grunted in response. "I've just never had the time to bring it up." Maria quoted, "Besides, I'm already dead, right? It's not like it really causes me any problems that I don't remember much of anything from my past." she added, waving her hand. "It has nothing to do with you whatsoever, Cream." Maria finished in a snarky tone.
Cream had had just about enough of this! First, she possess her, next, she puts a chastity belt on her, then, she says that she has to do sexual things to her step-brother whom she wanted nothing to do with in the first place! What's her issue?! She gripped the edge of her skirt in anger. "I-I don't think that!" the cream-coloured rabbit snapped. Maria's mouth gaped, her blue eyes were wide, and she was speechless. "I mean, sure… When you first possessed me, I had my hands full about thinking of what was gonna happen to me, but…" she paused for she couldn't find the right words. "Well…" she tried. Maria's lips curved into a smile. "Well, then I guess then you're used to thinking about that kind of stuff now, Cream?" she asked. Cream's big, chocolate-coloured eyes opened wide. "Huh?" she asked. What did she mean by "that stuff"? Then, Maria lifted up Cream's skirt, revealing the chastity belt. "In other words, you've gotten used to wearing the chastity belt!" she exclaimed innocently with a cute smile. Cream gasped! Her face got stained a brilliant pink colour.
A woman walked into the restroom, when she suddenly heard: "I NEVER SAID THAT, YOU JERK!" She was so scared!
Later…
Cream's faced was still pink after that, but she still tried to walk it off as she left the restroom. "Jeez! What goes through that head of yours?!" the rabbit growled. Maria followed her. "Sorry, sorry." the blonde angel said with a nervous laugh.
Soon, Cream found her way back to Shadow. "Wow! It's really sucking on it!" she heard a voice exclaim. She opened her eyes. Shadow was there waiting for her just outside a… well, she really didn't know what the heck it was! Shadow noticed her. "Oh, you're back?" he said; Cream nodded. "Here," Shadow said, "you can interact with these." he added, pointing to the small tank that didn't have a lid. Cream looked at it, then at the sign above. "Doctor fish?" she read the sign.
Shadow took her into the interaction center to get a closer look. He then put his hand into the tank of small fish, which immediately started to swim towards it; they started to nibble on it. "Wow, this is really interesting." he said in awe. Cream didn't join him, she was just too busy observing it. "But, they're biting your hand..." she pointed out. "It says that they eat away the old keratin from your hand and fingers." Shadow explained, "It also says that a lot of dermatologists use them in treatments." he added, the fish continuing to bite his hand. "Oh…" Cream said in understanding. "Why don't you try putting your hand in too, Cream." Shadow suggested, making cream jump up in surprise. "Huh?" she gasped. She was blushing slightly. (A/N: Readers: why is she blushing? Me: You'll see…) "Oh, while we're at it, why don't we try that too?" Shadow suggested, looking over to another pool. The people at it had no shoes or socks on and they were soaking their feet in the tanks.
After removing their shoes and socks, Cream and Shadow were ready. Well, Shadow was, anyway. He had already put his feet into the tank and the fish had already started working on them. "Oh, this feels good…" the ebony hedgehog sighed. Cream was still blushing a light pink colour, and she was starting to have doubts about doing this. The fact that he had just said it feels good, made her think of it the wrong way. "Come on, hurry up." Shadow said to the nervous teen, "It doesn't hurt." he added. Cream gasped and blushed more; she was still thinking about these phrases the wrong way. She held a hand up to her chest.
Somehow, she had agreed to try the fish. She put her feet and legs into the tank, the fish swam over and started to bite her. For some odd reason, it felt different. Like the fish were… She couldn't take it anymore! she quickly pulled her legs up and out of the water, splashing Shadow a little. "What? You're overreacting." he said, wiping the water off his face. "Well, i-it… tickles…" she said, blushing and looking away. Shadow looked at her with a quizzical face. "You think it tickles?" he wondered. "Don't worry!" he added in a playful tone. Then, he pushed her legs into the water! "There!" Cream was shocked! What was he doing?! "H-Hey!' she snapped. She started to flail around, completely in panic. "If you flail like that, you'll bother the other people here." Shadow pointed out, smirking. Cream looked over at the two others that were there. There was a yellow, cat girl with cosplay angel wings, black hair in a ponytail, and red eyes. The other one was a half-robotic yellow rabbit with blonde hair, and green eyes. (A/N: Again, Honey the Cat and Bunnie Rabbot.) "It's really sucking on them!" Honey exclaimed, amazed at the skill of the fish. "I'll bet this works great!" Bunnie exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Cream was still blushing. Shadow was touching her legs and… "Oh no… The fish are…" she moaned, her body tightening up. Then, her heart started to pound. 'No way!' the cream-coloured rabbit thought, 'Not again!' she gripped the spot where her heart was pounding a great deal. "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt." Shadow repeated yet again. Maria had been floating above the tank, and she started to moan too. "Ah! It's getting to me again too…" she said, rubbing her arms. "Is it starting to feel good?" Shadow asked, "It's pretty interesting, huh?" he added. Cream wasn't paying attention; she was too busy feeling like she was having a… 'No… they're forcing me to…' Cream started panting heavily. Honey and Bunnie noticed it and looked up. "Huh? What the?" Honey wondered. Cream's blush was bright pink, she had tears in her eyes which were shut tight, and she was panting more. 'This makes me…?' she wondered, her feet and legs squirming. Shadow then noticed Cream's face. "Cream?" he asked; she didn't answer, she was too busy trying to hold it in. 'I… can't take it anymore!' she thought in conflict. Honey and Bunnie noticed and understood what was going on; they blushed furiously. "Big brother! Big brother!" Maria moaned, rubbing her arms all mushy-like. It was too much! Cream moaned out in release! Her legs stiffened themselves up for a moment. *Fill* It filled up just a little bit more. The tiring release was too much for poor, little, innocent Cream; she collapsed. "Cream?!" Shadow quickly grabbed her before she could hit the floor. "U-Unbelievable!" Honey snapped, standing up. "Think about where you are!" Bunnie added in, standing up as well. The two girls got out, grabbed their shoes, and started to walk away. "Let's get out of here." one of them said. Maria too was left panting, lying down, and blushing.
Soon, Shadow and Cream had gotten their shoes and socks back on. Shadow felt bad about what had just happened and was trying to calm her. "Are you okay?" he tried. Cream didn't respond; her hands were in fists, she was staring downwards with a frown on her face, and her teeth were bared. 'I can't believe… something like that filled the gauge…' she thought, shaking. "How could you do something like that to me, you jerk!" she snapped at Shadow, "I hope you get eaten by a doctor fish!" she then turned her head away and started...crying? She cried very loud and was hurt, tears rushing down her face. "What? That made you cry?!" Shadow asked, freaked out. Now he felt bad… He didn't want to make her cry! What could he do to make it up to her? Then he thought of something.
Slowly, he reached his hand out to Cream's head; he place it upon it. Cream was surprised, but didn't do a thing about it, she just looked up at him. "I'm sorry." Shadow said, blushing slightly. "I didn't think that it'd bothered you that much. I'm sorry." he added. Cream was blushing a nice shade of light red, her mouth was gaped slightly, and her eyes were shaking with disbelief. She started to think back…
Flashback… 9 years ago…
Six-year-old Cream was staring at the dolphins as they play in the water. "Cream." a woman's voice said. Cream looked up and saw her mother. "Mommy!" she exclaimed, turning over to her mom. "Sorry I'm late." Vanilla said, reaching her hand out and placing it on Creams head, "Now, let's go home." she added. Cream giggled innocently. "Yeah!" she said, smiling.
End of Flashback…
Crem didn't know why, but she didn't want Shadow to take his hand away. She didn't care who was watching, she was enjoying her brother's company right now. She closed her eyes and let him continue to pet her.
Later… on the Bus…
Shadow had bought Cream a stuffed souvenir from the aquarium to also make it up to her, and was also sitting on a seat a few feet away from her to control the awkwardness between the two. Cream looked down into her lap, a sad expression on her face. Shadow saw her head hung and looked kinda sad too.
As soon as the bus dropped the two off, they started walking up the path that led to their house. It was dark by then, so, the only light they had was the light from the street lamps. There was silence between the two for a while, but then… "Hey, I'm going to go run on ahead, okay?" Shadow said, breaking the silence. With that, he dashed ahead. Cream was confused. What on earth was Shadow doing? She just sighed and started to walk again.
When she got to the front of her house, she saw that all the lights in the house were going on! Cream looked confused again, but then remembered what she had said to Shadow earlier. "It feels kinda strange to come home and have someone there…" Now she understood; he wanted to greet her when she came home. She was blushing. Shadow was doing all of this just for her? Then, she heard something smash and Shadow yelp in pain! Cream gasped and hurried up to the house. She saw the door open and Shadow was there in the doorway, panting for breath. "Welcome home." he said in between pants. Cream gasped, but then smiled and blushed. "I'm home." the orange-brunette whispered. Then, she went inside, and Shadow closed the door behind her.
No sooner had she came back inside, she went upstairs to her room, sat on her bed, and layed down. She had had an exhausting day! Then, Maria appeared! "I get it now, Cream!" she exclaimed, a wide smile across her face. Cream looked up at the floating ghost girl with confusion. "Huh? Get what?" she asked. "The reason it's easier to make your heart throb lately," Maria began, pointing at her, "is because our synchronization ratio has gone up!" she added. "Synchronization ratio?" Cream asked, confused. "Yup!" Maria said, glomping the rabbit and cuddling their cheeks together; Cream just flinched slightly "I'm sure of it after today! Your heart and mine are connected!" she said, snuggling down to Cream's chest. Cream's expression changed slightly. Great… Now she'll have to deal with this for the remainder of the time Maria is here. "And, just to an extent, I'll pretend I can't see you falling for our brother!" Maria said, giggling. Cream blushed and her face changed to angry. "What? What's that supposed to mean?!" she snapped at Maria, "Why should I f-fall for him?!" she continued. "And get off me already!" the rabbit snapped, squirmming. "It's gonna be alright! Good work today, Cream!" Maria exclaimed, still trying to cuddle her. "Look you!" Cream warned, sitting up. Then, her phone rang.
Meanwhile, outside her room, Shadow was just bringing up some cookies and warm hot chocolate. He was about to knock on the door, when her heard: "Mom? Yes, I'm fine." coming from her room. Cream was talking to her mom. Shadow decided not to disturb her, so, he smiled and set the tray of treats outside her bedroom door for her to find. "I'm alright, everything's going well." Cream continued while Shadow went back downstairs. "Uh-huh. Uh-huh." she still continued to talk. "We went to the aquarium today. You know, the one where you used to work?" she added.
Meanwhile, outside the house, a girl with a book approached the front. It was Blaze. She closed her book and held it close to her face. "I see…" she whispered, "So everything's going well, for the moment." she added. "But," she wondered, opening her burning amber yellow eyes, "what will happen from here on out?"
Done! This is one of my favourite episodes.
Blaze: I have to say, this mysterious personality you gave me is quite fitting.
Thanks, Blaze!
R&R
Also, I think in one of the older chapters, I mentioned something about why Maria and Cream's hearts throb intensely together, so, yeah. Now you know why.
