Authoress: Because I got an uneven number of votes (a cruise was wanted, a camping trip was wanted, and a general field trip was wanted), and a battle of the bands. so I decided that I will try to make my longest chapter yet, it will include all four votes so nothing is left out. If I cannot have it all in one chapter, I shall break it up into three parts. :) .... Or more. XD

The teachers had gathered the entire school together to announce four things, so everyone was in the cafeteria, which was the largest place in the school. "Students, quite please." Silence fell, their headmaster was a tiger who was immensely fond of food, and exercise, a strange combination. He was a little chubby, but everyone (or almost everyone) liked him. Silence fell. "As you know, we have four important announcements to make."

Everyone leaned forward, eager. "Because we have been receiving generous donations from many different people who have been urging us to have some kind of events, we decided that one, we shall set up a few school fairs throughout the year and other such things, like a battle of the bands." He was interrupted by cheering, when it calmed down he continued, "The second is that we shall have some field trips, a cruise, and two field trips are planned. One of the field trips will definitely be camping, the other might be to a place were four clans of ninjas live, they said we would be allowed to stay, but they would choose who would go were if that happened, it is unsure as I said."

Some kids (like Espio) cheered at the idea of going to stay with a ninja clan. "Thirdly, we have been approached with an offer to set up a virtual reality training program, Sauna and Skald's father suggested this, saying that it would be safer for kids to practice fighting in a VR chamber than practice fighting each other and possibly get hurt. Don't worry, you get to set what your opponent will look like, among other things, if that happens." Kids were smiling and nudging each other as they thought of what they would do with that. "And the fourth is that Mr. Larva is staying permanently to replace the place of gym teacher." This brought louder cheers than the first three announcements. Larva smiled, "It's nice to know I'm appreciated."

So the children went to their classes as usual, but there was a constant buzz of talk regarding the second and third announcement mostly, a portion of it was all about the first announcement. Thrash, Shadow, and Silver moved through the crowds of students as if they weren't there. Maria had already gone on to another school because of how smart she was, she had skipped multiple grades, and she would probably be finishing in the next school, and then be able to get a job, at least, that was what she wanted. And she was going to be a doctor she said, Shadow was fine with this, and while this happened he just spent time with Silver and Thrash, occasionally Sonic would challenge him to a race and he'd accept and then tie with him.

So when Thrash was training with Knuckles and Silver was watching, Shadow would go and race around to improve his speed.

Opal was told to write Sauna and Skald's names into the school register, because someone had forgotten to, and when she was, she noticed something, there was no name Crazy the Squirrel, only Crazy Urusak. She blinked, she couldn't be seeing right. But she was, the name was Crazy Urusak, written in red ink.

Zeke was entertaining Rouge with some stories when Opal rushed over, "What is it Opal?" Asked Rouge, who was now good friends with Opal. Breathlessly, she told them of her discovery. "Hmmm.... I've got a plan. Come on." They ran off towards the gym, where they new Crazy (along with a bunch of other students) were practicing acrobatics, Crazy tried out almost everything.

"Crazy Urusak!" Called a voice, even though the i in the name was missed, Crazy paled, Harrison was immediately concerned, "Crazy? Are you oka..." She pushed past him and started sprinting for an exit, leaping over people and using shoulders as stepping stones.

Rouge flew past overhead, Zeke right behind her, Opal ran right into Harrison, "Oh! Sorry Harrison. Did you see Crazy?" "Yeah, she just paled and ran." He pointed, Opal dashed off, Harrison started to get a strange feeling, he went and got the others, Hydro was interested, "She paled and ran you say? Hmmm.... did you hear anything Static?" "I heard someone call "Crazy Urusak", but other than that no."

Tsunami's eyes widened, "Crazy Urusak? You've got it wrong, the name is Crazy Urusaki." "Urusaki? Urusak? They both sound weird." Said Gemini. "Apparently Crazy Urusaki's parent's made the last name and changed their last name." "The records on what their last name was before that were destroyed." Added Shayla, "No way!" Flash looked incredulous. "What was it about Crazy Urusaki that you were going to say Tsunami?" Asked Hydro. "Well, there was a news story on the Urusaki squirrel family, apparently Crazy, the daughter, went on a rampage. She destroyed tons of stuff. And once she was stopped she passed out, she was brought before the court and the arguments were that she had, on one hand, been triggered by something that had to be destroyed, on the other hand, they said it wasn't her at all."

"There was a new kid who came today, Zyarc or somethi....." Spark stopped, "What?" "Spark.... repeat that name please." Said Shade. "Zyarc." "That's Crazy spelled backwards." They rushed off after Zeke, Rouge, and Opal.

Crazy's POV (Point of view):

Oh god oh dear merciful god...... they've found me. Running was all I could do then, I was frightened. Badly. It sounded as if that secret group from G.U.N. has decided not to believe that I'm Crazy and not Zyarc, heck, I KNOW Zyarc was the one rampaging! Zyarc has wings, I don't... but will they listen to Mom and Dad, to me? No! Idiots.... may they get run over by cement trucks..... I tripped, falling heavily, but I pushed myself back up and continued running, sucking in air as I continued to run. I saw Silver Wolf, "If... if Zeke and Rouge ask you if you saw me... don't... don't tell them, we're... playing a game." Then I continued running, he shrugged. "Okay." Was what I heard him say before I got too far away to hear. I could think of one place of refuge from all this, but what if she knew too...? But I shook this off and changed my direction, heading to Shade's house.

End Crazy's POV.

***

Envy had joined the "chase". "Hey Silver Wolf! Have you seen Crazy?" Silver Wolf, who believed they were doing a game, said, "Nope." Tsunami and Shayla came up really close, "Silver Wolf, we have to find her, we have to ask her something really really important. Once again we will ask, have you seen her?" Silver Wolf, even though wondering why the heck they were trying to find her, and starting to doubt if it was a game, shook his head. "Alright then. Shade, where else could she be?"

Shade shook her head, "I really don't know." "Really don't know what?" Thrash came over with Shadow and Silver. As soon as they were told, Silver Wolf said, "What?" Then told them what Crazy had told him. "A game? We weren't doing a game." "She looked terrified." Added Harrison. "Hmm... she'd be looking for a safe haven then." Said Shadow. "Shade's house maybe?" "No, I don't think she'd consider my house a safe haven, and if she does she doesn't even know where my house is at the moment." "Okay." They ran off again.

***

Shade came into her room and saw Crazy leaning against the wall, sleeping, looking very tired. She woke with a start, "Crazy! What are you doing here? How did you find my house?" "I was scared." Crazy revealed the whole story, "So your cousin Zyarc did it?" "Yeah." "What does she sound like?" "Lindsay Lohan." Shade looked at her strangely, "You're kidding me right?" "Nope. I'll call her now. Zyarc."

In two minutes the window was quietly opened and a figure stepped into the room, it was a squirrel with bat wings, she looked like Crazy, but her eyes were wilder, "Hey Crazy my dear cuz!" "Would you take us to the school?" "Sure!" She grabbed them, ran, and jumped out the window, swooping through the night air. The others had snuck back to the school and saw them land on the stage set at the back. "Okay Zyarc, here is everything you need, sing Drama Queen (That girl) by Lindsay Lohan."

Zyarc gasped with delight, "Why didn't you say so at first? Let's rock!" The others were all gathered around the stage by now, and people living nearby had brought out their video cameras in case there was an alien invasion going on. Zyarc quickly cleared her throat, winked at Shade, and started.

There was a girl I knew

Who always wanted to

Be the one to stand out from the crowd

Always believed that she

Was gonna live for dreams

That what went down was gonna come around

For all the doubters, non-believers

The cynical that once were dreamers

One of these days you'll open up your eyes

And you'll realize

That girl was a one-time teenage drama queen

A hot, tough everyday wannabe

But she'll have changed her destiny

Now she's a somebody

That girl was a wild child dreamer

But she'll find herself

'cause she believes in nothing else

Then you'll look back when you won't believe

That girl was me

Armed with an attitude that she knows how to use

She's gonna get there any way she can

Now she knows what she wants

No one is gonna stop her

Nothing's ever gonna hold her back

For all the doubters, non-believers

The cynical that once were dreamers

One of these days you'll know that you were wrong

Who would know?

That girl was a one-time teenage drama queen

A hot, tough everyday wannabe

But she'll have changed her destiny

Now she's a somebody

That girl was a wild child dreamer

But she'll find herself

'cause she believes in nothing else

Then you'll look back and you won't believe

That girl was me

Life is a work of art

You gotta paint it colorful

Can make it anything you want

Don't ever stick to any rules

You don't need a high IQ

To succeed in what you do

You just gotta have no doubt

Just believe in yourself

Doubters, non-believers

Once were her dreamers

One of these days you'll open up your eyes

And you'll realize

That girl was a one-time teenage drama queen

A hot, tough everyday wannabe

But she'll have changed her destiny

Now she's a somebody

That girl was a wild child dreamer

But she'll find herself

'cause she believes in nothing else

Then you'll look back and you won't believe

That girl was me

That girl was a one-time teenage drama queen

A hot, tough everyday wannabe

But she'll have changed her destiny

Now she's a somebody

That girl was a wild child dreamer

But she'll find herself

'cause she believes in nothing else

Then you'll look back and you won't believe

That girl was me

Zyarc looked like she was enjoying herself greatly, "Next person up!" She pushed Crazy forward, she sang Sweet Sacrifice by Evanescence. So they did have a rather unofficial battle of the bands. By the time that Spark (the third singer) got on, everyone who attended the school was there.

Larva was enjoying himself immensely, passing around huge bags of popcorn. Spark was singing The Final Countdown by Europe.

(10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

(ooooooooooo)

We're leaving together,

But still it's farewell.

And maybe we'll come back,

To Earth, who can tell?

I guess there is no one to blame.

We're leaving ground. (leaving ground)

Will things ever be the same again?

It's the final countdown

The final countdown

Oooohhhh

We're heading for Venus, (Venus)

And still we stand tall.

'Cause maybe they've seen us,

And welcome us all, yeahh.

With so many light years to go,

And things to be found. (to be found)

I'm sure that we'll all miss her so.

It's the final countdown

The final countdown

The final countdown

The final countdown (the final countdown)

(oohhh) hooooo

The final countdown oohhh

It's the final countdown

The final countdown

The final countdown (the final countdown)

(oohhh)

It's the final countdown,

We're leaving together.

The final countdown,

We'll all miss her so.

It's the final countdown (the final countdown)

(oohhh)

It's the final countdown

Yeaaah.....

Knuckles was forced into singing too, and the others performed various songs. Larva clapped enthusiastically, by now it was eleven o'clock PM. They had started around nine. "I say we do this again as soon as the cruise and the camping trips are over!" He said energetically. "Um... okay." Said the headmaster, who had enjoyed it as much as Larva, but was a little shocked that they had started without notifying the candy store.

Next day...

"A cruise! A cruise!" Zyarc bounded around them as the others had the story explained to them by Shade, Crazy was more relaxed now, but her eye was almost constantly on Zyarc. "A cruuuuuuuuuiiiiise!!!!" Zyarc's face was in Zeke's face one moment then not. Zeke stopped, "Can she please NOT do that?!"

Silver wolf laughed, "Maybe she's being affectionate?" Zeke put his arms around Rouge as the female bat giggled, "Sorry, I'm already promised to my pretty lady here." Envy appeared. "Hi guys!" Espio was beside her, "Why do we have to go on a cruise again?" "For fun Espy!" Said Envy cheerfully. Espio's eye twitched, "Can you please not call me Espy?" "Sure I won't..." Envy bounded off and Zyarc, curious, followed. "Well at least she isn't almost tripping us now." Said Spark.

"Spark what is wrong with you?" Asked Harrison, "What do you mean?" Asked Psychedelia, "Don't we LOVE getting tripped?" They laughed. "Time to go grab our stuff!" They split up, all except Crazy and Zyarc that is. "So cuz, what's been up since I last saw you?" "Oh, various things. Your appearance really shocked me you know." Zyarc laughed, "Yeah I know. One of these days you'll open up your eyes. And you'll realize..." Zyarc started singing Drama Queen (That girl) by Lindsay Lohan again.

Crazy put up with it by switching More Human Than Human by White Zombie on on her iPod. Zyarc whipped out hers and switched it on, "Hey cuz, I got this cool book from the library, CNET something something something, it has some pretty cool things you can do with iPods." "Really? You'll have to give me the title." "Sure, I'm buying it on our way back, then I'll return the book on the way to the library, and I'll have it while we're on the ship."

"Sweet." Crazy and Zyarc broke into a race, whizzing along beside each other. Laughing.

On the ship an hour later...

"CAST OFF!" "YOOHOO! WAIT FOR US!" Zyarc jumped up carrying a screaming Crazy and their luggage, they crash landed on the deck, Crazy moaned, Zyarc pushed herself up, "Thanks for the landing pad cuz." "My arm hurts..." Was all Crazy said, Ivy felt it, "You just pulled a muscle, here." It was fixed within a second. "Thanks Ivy."

"No problem!" "So what now?" Asked Zyarc, "What now? We enjoy the cruise!" Some of the students snuck over to the edges of the ship and dove off, swimming around, unfortunately, the captain saw them, "MEN.. I mean... STUDENTS OVERBOARD!" Life rings were thrown to them and they had to allow themselves to be hauled back up. Of course, the teachers didn't believe that they did it voluntarily, they wanted to know who exactly pushed them over.

"No one did sir! Honest!" Said a young jaguar. The science teacher gave him a stern look, and said, "When we want your opinion we'll ask for it! Otherwise keep your trap shut!" The jaguar quailed, not knowing that the science teacher was all bark and no bite.

So for the week they roamed around the ship, having fights, playing in the gym, doing aerial acrobatics with the help of their fellow students, the ones who were able to fly and catch them. There was a good deal of grinding on the ships rails, of course, the teachers believed that the ones grinding were being forced into it, against all protestations they launched another inquisition. They finally arrived on an island. "We stay here for a day then head back home to start another field trip!" "Aren't the field trips a little too close together?"

Crazy whispered to Rouge, Zeke overheard, "Weren't we all getting a little more energetic with nothing exciting to do?" Silver wolf agreed, "Yup, they had to do something to burn the energy. What better, and what more fun a way, than this?" Crazy grinned, "You're right. Too bad Devian had to be in the hospital..." "Hospital? Why?" "His arm was broken?" "By who?" Asked Spark. "Scourge." They all glared at the aforementioned green hedgehog, he grinned cheekily at them, "Well now, are you ladies interested in coming over and having a nice chat?"

Everyone tossed something at Scourge, Flash tossed a thunderbolt, Tsunami tossed a ball of ice with icicle spikes on it, Static tossed a ball of electricity, Hydro sent a water ball at Scourge, Thrash sent a chaos spear, Shayla sent a condensed ball of light, and then everyone else had various attacks, Silver wolf didn't bother, he was busy planning what he would do with Spark and Naiya.

Later that night.

They were supposed to tell a campfire story. Silver Wolf had already prepared his, he made it long and blood curdling, some of the younger kids screamed when he started, so they were taken to bed. He ended it with, "And every time the guy wanted a soul, he would appear in a burst of white light and follow whoever had the soul he wanted."

As if on cue (which it was), a burst of white light appeared, two malevolent eyes appeared in it, followed by the dark grey silhouette of a figure. "Your soul..." moaned a terrible voice. Scourge and the others were screaming too now, but the phantom followed SCOURGE. He ran for it, screaming bloody murder, "NO GOD! OH NO GOD! I WANT TO GO HOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMEEEEEEEE..!!!!!"

After Scourge collapsed, exhausted, Spark appeared and shot an electrical ball at the phantom, it became a coiling tendril of smoke before disappearing. "Leave the girls alone next time Scourge and that guy might not want your soul, he usually only goes after the souls of womanizers." Spark walked off and left Scourge trembling.

"AHAHAHAHA!" Silver wolf had just let everyone know what had happened. "So first, Shayla did the burst of light, thanks Shayla, then Psychedelia did the phantom, Naiya did the voice, thanks a lot you two, Naiya had to follow him so she whipped up a bit of wind, of course, her vibrara helped a lot with that. Then Spark appears and..."

"And I say, 'Leave the girls alone next time Scourge and that guy might not want your soul, he usually only goes after the souls of womanizers'!" They all burst out laughing again. They heard a noise and peeked out of the tent, there was Scourge being led wide-eyed to his tent. That brought another round of laughter. The girls called, "What's the matter Scourge? Scared of a female owl? I'd have thought you'd try to flirt!"

More laughter. "May he get your souls you evil women." They heard Scourge mutter. Naiya sucked in air then moaned, "Your soul...!" Scourge's eyes widened even more and he dashed off for his tent.

A week later...

"If I never go on a ship again it'll be too soon!" They heard Scourge moaning as he told his friends all about the encounter. Naiya giggled and said, "I want your soul!" Scourge jumped, "Oh uh.... heh heh..... uh...." "You are now officially hopeless Scourge." Said Fiona in disgust.

"It's not my fault! Blame the ghost!" Naiya told the others, "That will bring plenty of good laughs. The bus will be here soon. Zyarc was rubbing her wings, "Why I agreed to haul all your luggage here I will never know, my wings are ACHING." "Yeah, but you volunteered." Zyarc sent Skald a death glare. "You pick a fight with Skald and you pick it with me too." Said Sauna stepping in front of Skald protectively. "Sis, I don't need you to act as my personal bodyguard."

"Hmph. When I need to I will." The bus pulled up. "All aboard!" They came on. "To the back please kids." So to the back they went. Crazy and Zyarc played a game of Pigmania while eating gummy worms and some bubblegum ice cream that Zyarc had snuck out of the freezer in Crazy's house.

"What is this?" Asked Zeke, watching. "Pigmania apparently." Said Silver Wolf. "Yeah I know that, but how do you determine the score?" So Crazy started explaining the game to him, there were three moves that caught everyones attention particularly, they were called Leaning Jowler, Piggyback, and Makin' Bacon.

"Makin' Bacon? What the heck does that do?" "Well, if the pigs are touching each other in any way then that's a makin' bacon, and you lose all your points." "That game looks HARD." Said Spark, "It does look like it, but it isn't really." Said Zyarc, smiling. "We're here!" "Yay!" Everyone rushed out of the bus, the teachers had come ahead of them and set everything up. "Good. Yeah, so everyone to their alloted tents." Everyone was given a card with a number on it.

By some horrible slip in the plans, Scourge ended up in a tent full of girls. Oh NO....

An hour after this development.

Scourge was so bruised he was hardly recognizable as being green, he looked more purple than green. Both his eyes were black, a tooth was missing, and he staggered around. The girls glared at him. "I'm goin'! I'm goin'!" He ran off to the teachers to request another tent. The girls smiled and calmed down.

"So what now?" Asked Crazy, Naiya grinned, we have a pokemon battle of course!" Out came vibrara, "Oh yeah?" Out came Crazy's recently acquired Turtwig..... Twenty minutes later Crazy had lost. "Dang it! Congrats on the win Naiya." Naiya grinned, "Thanks."

Skald passed them, Sauna grabbed him, "Hey Skald, what are you up to?" "Huh? Oh, headed to my tent, Shade is in my tent and so are Flash, Silver, and Shadow." "Oh great..... Shade practically hearts Shadow." Sauna rolled her eyes, "We'll have to do something to cure that." "'Yup. Where is a decent boy who can talk happily and easily.....?" And off they went on a decent boy hunt. Skald and Sauna were left by themselves, "You know Skald, I don't think they know you like....." Skald put his hands over her mouth instantly, "Shut up! No one can know that!"

Sauna shrugged, "As you wish. Can you play your guitar please? I'll go get my castanets." "Sure."

When Crazy and the others came to Skald's tent, unsuccessful in finding a decent boy, they saw Shade and Sauna doing Flamenco while Skald played a tune from the CD Flamenco de la Costa by Juan Jose Carranza. The particular one he was playing was le esencia de mi alegria.

They got mischievous looks on their faces as they inched forward. They pulled Shade to the side and whispered in her ear. Her face got steadily redder, and redder. "What?!" She hissed. Crazy grinned, "Oh come on! Just talk to him, you have to stop liking Shadow at some time... Amy practically dotes on him now."

Shade pursed her lips. "Oh come on Shade! Do it! Just try." So, sighing, Shade went over to sit by Skald.

Skald's POV:

Oh God oh God oh please God no....... Skald tried to appear calm as Shade sat by him but his tail feathers kept twitching, a sign of nervousness in him, only Sauna would have been able to tell, but she was too busy dancing.

I'm gonna kill those girls... Thought Skald, sending the poisonous thought to the cluster of girls giggling in the sidelines. "Skald?" Skald looked at Shade, her yellow eyes were really pretty... What the hell are you doing?! This girl likes Shadow! Not you! So shut up! "Y..yeah?" Damn it, I'm stuttering. "How long have you been playing the guitar?"

End Skald's POV.

From the moment Shade asked that question things rolled easily. Skald could happily converse with Shade on that point, because it distracted him from the fact he liked her. Crazy and "her gang's" jaws dropped lower, and lower, and lower, as Skald and Shade sat side by side. The two hadn't even noticed their hands were on touching. Shadow, who had been watching Skald play, took the guitar and easily started playing the same tune.

So this left Skald and Shade to talk to each other while the others slowly inched away to leave them by themselves. When Shade finally realized that they were alone (twenty minutes after the others had left) she went red, "Umm...." She started stuttering. Skald stood with her, "What's wrong?"

"Oh... it's... umm... I have to go do something! Bye!" She darted off. Leaving Skald feeling very sad.

The unplanned field trip

Sauna flopped down in a seat beside Shayla. "Skald is hopeless." She muttered. "What?" "SKALD IS HOPELESS........" "What's wrong Sauna." Asked Crazy, twisting around in her seat. "He's done nothing but mope since we came back from that camping trip... I've almost decided to throw him in the hotel pool when we get there." Grumbled Sauna.

Tsunami started laughing, "That's a very good idea! I think you should do it." Hydro looked at them from the seats directly across, "What's going on?" They explained. Of course, Flash and Static thought it was wonderful. "Oh that plan is just beautiful!"

Crazy put on a chipmunk voice and rolled around going "ahahahahahaha!!!" They stared at her. "What? We're supposed to laugh aren't we?" This set off the laughter.

At the hotel...

Shade winced, "You want me to WHAT?!" "Yes, lure him over to the pool and I'll do the rest." Said Sauna grinning mischievously. "But why?" "He's done nothing but mope, this should help. Then Hydro will go in and save him." Sauna waved the others over. Knuckles presented them with the diagram they'd told him to make. They stared blankly at it. "What?"

They looked at him, "Knuckles, this looks like a two year olds drawing." Knuckles blew up. "OH YEAH?! YOU DO IT YOURSELF NEXT TIME HAWK GIRL!" Sauna rolled her eye and blasted his face with some steam. "AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHH!" He ran off to stand in front of the fans. They laughed, "So... according to this barely recognizable diagram, you lure Skald to the pool, I jump out from behind the pot plants and push him in, and then Hydro dives in and rescues him." Of course, they had hidden part of one of the steps from Shade... she shouldn't find out what it was.

In the lobby...

Shade sat down beside Skald. He didn't look up, "Skald? Would you like to take a walk with me?" "Can't one of the others do it?" He mumbled. "No, they've gone off who knows where and have left me alone. You're the only one here who I know."

Crazy, who was watching them, started giggling hysterically until Sauna clapped a hand over her mouth, "Shut it!" She hissed. "What was that?" Asked Skald, rising. "You'll come with me? Oh good!" Shade grabbed his hand and dragged him towards one of the doors, Sauna darted away from their cover towards the pool door, glaring daggers at Crazy.

By the pool...

"Okay, you're at the pool now I can go." Skald turned to leave. "Skald?" He turned, "I..." At that moment Sauna exploded from behind the plants and pushed Skald, of course, he fell in the direction of the pool... but also Shade. So he fell onto her, and they both fell into the pool. Sauna did a little victory jig, "Yes! It worked! Now get in there Hydro, if it appears that Skald blacks out or forgets how to swim in shock bring them up, because Shade sure doesn't know how."

Crazy appeared, "Sauna! Shade doesn't know how to swim?! What if they drown!" Crazy was, literally, going crazy. "HYDRO GET THEM OUT NOW!" But Sauna was latched onto Hydro so he couldn't, to their surprise, Thrash ran past them, tossing away his jacket, and he dove in, easily cutting through the water. For five anxious minutes they waited, not even a bubble rose to the surface, just as Sauna was about to let Hydro go Thrash appeared, shaking water from his facial fur. He'd somehow linked Shade and Skald's belts to his own. With strong strokes he came to the edge and pulled himself up.

He unclipped them and dropped them into the waiting arms of their friends, then he grabbed a towel and disappeared into the crowd. Shayla was checking Shade and Skald. Shayla was the only one who had read medical books and taken a quick course, so she was the only one who could administer..... whatever needed administering.

"They're breathing at least." Said Shayla after, with Crazy's help, they had pumped the water out of them. "Good." "So now what?" Asked Jet and the rest of his "team", they had arrived in time to witness the whole drama. "We get them to their rooms that's what." "Why not put them in the same room?" Asked Jet. "Of all the crackpot....." Sauna's hand was raised to smack Jet when she paused. ".... of all the brilliant ideas! Yes! That will get them closer together so Shade doesn't continue chasing after Shadow! It's brilliant!"

"It is?" Asked Jet, who got a kiss on the cheek from Sauna, Jet's eyes rolled back in his head and he fainted, falling on Storm, they promptly fell into the pool. "NOT AGAIN!!!!"

In the room.....

Shade sat up groggily, "My head is hurting..." She groaned, then she noticed a slight heat on the bed beside her, she looked. There was Skald, stretched out most conveniently on the bed. Her face went red... then her eyes narrowed. She thought for a second then realized what this was about. "Curse Sauna, she's in for it." She growled as she stood up, she went to the door... and found it locked.

She swore quietly... in the way accepted at the school. "Hellfire and....." Groaning from the bed caused her to pause. She saw Skald sit up, "Where are.... Shade!" "Yeah..." She mumbled. "Why are we in here?" "Sauna locked us in. Her idea of a joke I suppose." Said Shade sarcastically. "Oh... let me see if I can get us out." He went to the door and tried it, listening to the sound it made, he grinned, "She left the key in the door. We have to find a hairpin, come on."

Shade, who was rather confused, did as he said and they started scouring the room for a hairpin.

Outside the room... with the giggling group of "villains"....

Sauna laughed, "This is beautiful! Now, is that machine installed?" Tails nodded. "Yup." "Okay, turn it on!" Sauna also turned on the camera they'd put in the room. They watched the fun unfold... literally.

Back inside the room.

A large metallic boot hit Skald's backside as he bent over to check something. "OOF!" He was tossed into the laundry chute.

Shade, who was examining the walls, got hit in the back by a metallic glove, she too, fell in the chute.

With the "villains"

Sauna was giggling, "This is wonderful! Now let's go lock the laundry room door."

In the chutes

"HELLFIRE AND CURSES!!!!!!!!" Screamed Shade in frustration as she whizzed down the chute. She could hear Skald panicking somewhere close, "Skald?" "WHAT?!" He yelled, panic filling his voice, "What's wrong?" "I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC! SAUNA IS IN TROUBLE NOW!"

Shade grinned to herself, "Yes, she is. We'll both get her when we get out of here." "IF! IF! I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!!!" Yelled Skald. Shade rolled her eyes, she somehow managed to get her arms over her head in the narrow chute and make herself go faster, she shot out of the end and landed in a clean stack of linen. She then shot a beam of light up the chute Skald was in, she could hear him screaming, and then called, "Skald, get your arms over your head." "HOW?!" "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU DOLT?! JUST GET THEM OVER YOUR HEAD! YOU'LL BE OUT FASTER!"

This apparently was a good reason, because seconds later he catapulted out of the end and slammed into her, and they both fell onto the linen. Skald's face went red as he noticed he was on her. "Uh..." He was shoved off, he fell to the floor. Shade glared down at him from the top of the basket, "Yes, OFF." They dusted themselves off then went to the door, locked again. There was a slip of paper on the floor, they read it.

Shade and Skald sitting in a tree

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

First comes love

Then comes....

What came was uncertain seeing as the poor paper was mutilated by two very angry teenagers.

In the lobby... again..

"La la la la la... AAAAAAAAARGH!" Shade and Skald stood above Sauna, dripping from a bucket of water rigged to fall on them as soon as the laundry room door was opened. "Hello Sauna..." "Yes... HELLO..." "Um... hi?" They rushed at her with angry mini-roars. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGH!!!!" Sauna ran as fast as she could towards the nearest safe haven, the women's washroom. Skald wouldn't be able to follow her in there, and Shade would have to blast a cubicle door off it's hinges. Both of which were unlikely.

Sauna was sadly mistaken. I will not say anything further, you get the picture I'm sure.

The rest of their week long stay was filled with eventful plans to get Shade and Skald together, all it accomplished was them both sharing a common enemy. Sauna and her plans. They hoped the school week would not be so eventful.

But of course it will be! :D There will be another battle of the bands... an official one, but you guys have to give me your band members, and the names of the songs your bands will sing. ^^ And of course... the way you want the bands to sing the songs. And which members will play which instruments. I of course, shall play the "keyboards" typing out the eventful stories to you. XD So I hope you enjoyed this very long chapter, read and review! And of course.... tell me which people will be paired with who! I already know that Zeke is with Rouge.... And now I need the other couples. There are some eventful birthday parties ahead in the near future. :)

And in the next chapter, SEGA will be publishing the "first Sonic game".... Oh no.