-Winds of Heat 1: Crossing Hearts-

AUTHOR'S NOTE

This chapter may get a little confusing, as it contains dialog with no direct way of knowing who said what. Just keep this in mind: the characters' sayings will trigger who says what afterwards. It is a simple technique I am using to create better dialog but with less typing. An example of this would be this: "Blaze, what are you doing?" Who do you think will respond to this? Blaze will, because the character is calling her, making her respond. Now enough chitter chatter.

On with the story!

CHAPTER 9: In Sickness,

General POV

Weeks have passed since Sonic heard about what happened to Blaze. October was approaching, and so does the fall breeze. Blaze was feeling better around Sonic more than ever before. She knew he could protect her from anything, especially Silver if he had the upper advantage. Sonic felt comfortable, relaxed, and chill with Blaze by his side. When her presence is not there, he becomes a little insecure, like a puppy who lost his owner.

They were at a station in the middle of the city. The two were sitting in a big and fluffy couch that faced an audience of about two hundred. They had nervous smiles as they look at the crowd, then Sonic turned to Blaze.

"Hey Blaze."

"Yeah?"\

"I don't think this is a good idea..."

"Why do you think that Sonic?"

"Well, interviews tend to get a little..." Sonic paused for a second, trying to think of a word.

"A little what Sonic?"

"A little... personal, all up in your business."

"Oh, ok... well lets just get this over with."

As if on cue, an interviewer arrived on the stage and walked to the seat next to the couch. She sat down and fluffed her hair a bit. She seemed a little odd to Sonic. She seemed as if she was trying to look good for someone, even though thousands will be watching.

"5...4...3...2...1... Rolling!"

"Hello Station Square! Welcome to Square Interviews! I'm your hostess, Rebecca Truing, and we have a very special interview today! Today's interview will be with the two heroes that took down another machine today, city hero Sonic the Hedgehog, and his female acquaintance, Blaze the Cat!"

The audience roared and cheered for them while they waved to the audience. Then they turned their attention to Rebecca.

"So Sonic, how does it feel to beat yet another machine that tried to destroy our city?"

"Well it wasn't me really this time that did it!"

"Oh really, would Blaze happen to be the savior this time?"

"Yeah, she defeated the machine, all by herself."

"Oh really now? Now Blaze, how would you have happened to beat this machine? It doesn't look like you have Sonic's speed."

Blaze was unsure how to answer that, she covered the mic piece and whispered to Sonic.

"Sonic, should I tell them?"

"Only if you really want to, but it is best to let it out now 'cause we are in a pickle here!"

Blaze then turned to the hostess.

"Well, I just did a couple of things and it worked!" The audience laughed at that.

"What kind of things did you do? Did you slash it? Break it in half?"

"No, and no, I burned it." The audience laughed again.

"Burned it? Really? Hahahaha! That was almost as good as when Sonic told me he ran fast around a robot to destroy it when I first interviewed him!"

"I'm serious, I burned it." Blaze was getting a little annoyed by their disbelief.

"And how would you do that?"

"How about I show you."

"Oh, ok."

She snapped her fingers and two men came out with a wooden board. It was thin, long and wide.

"How about you try to 'burn' this wood for me?" She was still not believing this.

"With pleasure."

Blaze stood up, walked in front of the board, about 20 feet away. She held her hand up high and waited for a couple of seconds. A ring of fire spun around her hand, enlightening the entire room. She then threw her hand forward and the flames spun outward towards the board, making a cat shaped flame as it approached the board. The flames landed on the board, only scorching it a little bit. When the smoke from it cleared up, the board revealed a burn-art of Sonic and Blaze standing next to each other. The picture was so impressed, even Sonic was impressed.

"Wow Blaze, that was quite a show there!"

"Yeah I know, I didn't plan it by the way."

"Alright. Well then, Sonic, how long have you known Miss Blaze?"

"About, three, four years tops!"

"Wow that's amazing! So Blaze, where do you come from?"

"I... I, came from, out of town?"

"Oh really? Where out of town?"

She whispered into Sonic's ear again. "Sonic, whats the closest town near here?"

"Emerald Bay" He responded.

"I came from Emerald Bay."

"Oh so you must know about the rebellions there huh? What do you think about them?"

"I don't like rebellions much."

"Ok, so what do you plan on doing here?"

"I don't know really, maybe stay here and get a job..."

"Interesting, where are you staying at right now?"

"I'm staying at Sonic's place."

"Oh really now? It looks like you have a liking to a certain someone standing next to you!"

Blaze got infuriated by this, but she did blush a little bit.

"Blaze, are you Sonic's girlfriend?"

As she desperately wanted to beat the crap out of the hostess, she remained calm and looked at her.

"Yes, I am Sonic's girlfriend."

The audience was shocked with this. Not only were they shocked, they were a little confused. Amy had told them Sonic was her boyfriend for a long time, now this comes up, which is true?

"Sonic can you confirm this?"

"Yes I can, she is my girlfriend, no doubt about it."

Sonic and Blaze were now holding hands while sitting in the seats.

"How about you two kiss? Just to prove it."

And with that, Blaze had her eyes fixed to the hostess. She was about to make her attack when a hand stopped her. Sonic placed his hand on Blaze's shoulder, and Blaze turned her attention towards Sonic. "Come on Blaze." He said. Blaze then laid her lips fully onto Sonic's. It was not just a normal love kiss. It was a 'leave me and him alone forever!' kind of kiss. It was full of passion and the audience cheers when they did so. Rebecca couldn't say anything. After about a minute, the two broke apart, with satisfied looks on their faces.

"Wow Blaze, didn't know you had it in you! Now, lets get this interview going!"

The interview kept going for about an hour. The show was about over when the topic of love got brought back up.

"So Sonic, Blaze, how long have you two been together?"

"About a month or so." Sonic said.

"Really? And you already love each other?"

"Yes, yes we do." Blaze said.

"How much do you love her Sonic?"

"Well, love can't be really described by a matter of 'how much'. I can't really answer that to tell you the truth, but if I would say 'how much' compared to anyone else, it would have blown the scale sky high."

"I see, what about you Blaze? How much do you love Sonic?"

"Same with him, only the scale will reach higher than his and land in outer space."

"Awesome. Now, when do you two plan on, oh how would you say this... mate?"

This brought both of their attentions towards her.

"Excuse me?" Blaze said.

"When do you two plan on mating?"

"Listen, that is our business, and don't think I will plan on giving it to you or anyone else, except with this blue hedgehog that will know It as well as I do." Blaze said.

"Alright, well we are out of time people! Tune in next week for another special interview!"

"Clear!" said the cameraman.

"You two were great! A natural to be honest!" Rebecca said. "Yeah yeah yeah, don't think we are going to light up on you after you tried to get our VALUABLE information to the public! How dare you!" Blaze said. Sonic could feel the heat building up inside here, literally. "Hey kid, no sweat it, I was paid a lot to ask you that." She said. "KID? I hold more power, maturity, mentality, and spirituality than you could have held in your whole miserable LIFE!" Blaze said, now her rage was scaring Sonic a little bit.

"Whatever," She said as she walked off, Blaze was about to cool down until she heard Rebecca finish her sentence, "freak.".

This sparked Blaze into a full inferno. Fire was spread around the entire room. She created a fiery fist that grabbed Rebecca, forcing her to become face to face with fear itself. "Don't you EVER call me that, EVER! I am NOT a FREAK! I am a powerful being that you are even LUCKY to be in the presence of. Sorry, make that TWO powerful beings that you are even lucky to be in the presence of." Blaze said as she turned to Sonic. Sonic in the mean time was trying to explain to the people that she knows how to control the flames and will put it out as soon as she was done.

When Blaze was done and put the flames out, Rebecca was in tears. She had never been so scared in her life. Blaze turned to Sonic. "Lets go blue ball, she had enough." She said as she walked off outside of the building. Sonic followed behind, but not too close, he wasn't looking too good.

Blaze noticed this of course. "Hey Sonic, are you ok?" She asked. "Yeah sweetie I'm alright, I just got a nasty headache is all." He said. "Here, lets go back to your house so you can re-"

"No no Blaze, I'm fine, really. I'm sure it will last for like a few minutes. Where do you want to go to now?" Sonic said. "Well I was thinking we could go out to dinner tonight. I mean we haven't done that in a long time. What do you think?" She asked. She really wanted to go out to eat with Sonic, but was unsure about his headache. "Yeah we can go out to eat, where do you want to go?"

"There is this new restaurant in town that we could stop by. It looks like it is a hometown diner, how about that Sonic?"

"It sounds awesome, but we need to get home and get into something casual." Sonic said. Blaze nodded in agreement as they headed towards Sonic's place. Blaze was done getting into her casual clothing before Sonic even started. "I'll wait by the door for you Sonic." Blaze said.

She waited by the door for a few minutes, only to hear a loud thud. "Sonic?" She asked in curiosity. She started walking towards Sonic's room. "Sonic? Are you ok?" She called halfway down the hall. "Sonic are yo-" She was interrupted when she saw Sonic laying down on the ground shaking violently.

"SONIC!" Blaze yelled, running by his side and flipping him over. "Sonic! Are you ok!? SONIC!" She yelled. Sonic laid there, still unconscious. Blaze started shaking him before he finally came to. "Sonic? Sonic! Are you ok? What's wrong!?" Blaze asked.

"I...I don't know. I felt a massive headache coming and then, I wake up in your arms... were you crying?" He asked, noticing the tears in her eyes. "You had me scared to death, all I saw was you on the ground shaking like a vibrating chair. Come on, were taking you to the hospital." Blaze said, picking up Sonic and rushing towards the hospital before Sonic could even have a say in it.

Moments have past, Blaze has yet to hear anything from the doctors. She stayed past visiting hours to see if he was ok. "Hey miss, you can't be in here anymore, visiting hours are over." A security guard walked up to her. "I'm not leaving until I know what Sonic's status is." She clearly said. "I know you want to know, but I must do my job, and if you are not willing to cooperate, I am willing to use force, which I hope not to use." He said.

"Trust me on this, it would be wise to just leave me alone, I appreciate that you are doing your job, but just leave me alone, I will stay here, even if I have to use force on to you." Blaze said bluntly.

"What is that suppose to mean?" The guard said, clearly taking what she said in a bad way. "It is plain and simple, I am not leaving." Blaze said.

With that the guard went to grab her arm, only to be stopped by one of the doctors. "Its ok, she is with me, right Blaze?" the doctor said. "Yeah." She said as she got up to face the doctor. The guard left a little growl and left the scene.

"Hi Blaze, I'm Dr. Steward. I was the one that was checking up on Sonic." He said.

"Thanks, but how did you know my name?"

"Sonic has been calling for a lavender cat to come see him for a long time."

"Oh, ok. Is it ok to see him right now?"

"Yes of course, follow me please."

They walked down the hall way, only to have a little discussion along the way.

"So what is wrong with Sonic?" Blaze asked.

"Oh it wasn't anything too serious. His brain was just receiving little nutrients and then gaining a lot of nutrients in such a short pattern. It is usually caused by stress. Has he been having problems lately dealing with stress?"

"Well we had an interview today, I'm not sure if that caused anything to him or not, but that was the only thing I could think of."

"Ok, just keep him off and relaxed for a few days. Oh, and here is the prescription medicine he must take."

He handed her a slip of paper which the name of the medicine.

"Thank you, are we almost there?"

"Yes we are, its right up here on the left."

They walked into the room, only to see Sonic laying down in bed with the TV on. He turned to look at the door. When he saw who it was he gained a big smile across his face. "Blaze!" He said, as she walked over to him and gave him a hug.

"You do not know how worried I was Sonic."

"I kind of figured. Hey doc, when can I go home?"

"I believe you can go home tomorrow morning."

"Alright, hey can Blaze stay here for the night?"

"I am sorry to say that won't be possible Sonic."

"Oh ok..."

"Don't worry Sonic, I'll be ok at the house."

"ok, I guess you better get going right now though Blaze. It is getting late and I wouldn't want you to get hurt on the way home."

"Yeah I guess you are right, I will see you tomorrow Sonic!"

"Bye Blaze."

Sonic watched as the doctor lead her out of the room. He saw that she was talking to him outside the hospital.

"Hey Blaze, listen. My shift is over, I can take you home if you would like me to."

"Thanks, but no thanks, I think I can walk by myself to Sonic's house."

"Who said we need to walk? I have a car."

"Well, alright. I guess you can take me home if it is going to be faster."

With that the two walked over to Dr. Steward's car, got in, and left. Blaze was feeling nervous around him, like she would expect something to happen. Dr. Steward started a conversation, as he felt the need for one to be started to break the awkward silence.

"So Blaze, how are you tonight?"

"I'm fine, thank you, now that I know Sonic is ok."

"That's good. What kind of music do you like?"

"Music...?"

"Yeah Music. Rock, pop, rap, techno; there are a lot of types of music out there! I prefer... Romance though."

"Oh ok."

He started to push a few buttons and romantic music started to play. Blaze was feeling more nervous than before. 'Was he trying to get me interested in him? I will say, he looks young, but Sonic is my true love and he is just a guy giving me a ride home.' She didn't notice it at first, but a few seconds later she realized the passed Sonic's house.

"Dr. Steward, you passed Sonic's house."

"Oh. Listen Blaze, you are a really pretty girl, I was just wondering if you would like to sleep at my place instead."

"And why the hell would I do that!?"

"Because I have the final say on what happens to Sonic's departure. Oh who knows, he could leave tomorrow, or he could leave several months from now because of 'damage to the brain'."

Blaze knew she was in trouble. She saw how he pulled this off. She knew there was almost no way out of this, so she had to follow along.

"Fine, but what are your... wants?" She asked, nervous on the inside, trying to hide it.

"Oh you will see Blaze, you will see."

"Why me though? I am a cat, your a human, what kind of interests are you even looking for!?" She asked, desperate to know the answers.

He said nothing. The rest of the ride to his house was silent, nothing even making a sound. They got to his house and walked inside. She saw that he had locked the door and turned around to face her.

"Now, my precious little kitty, beg."

"What...?"

"Beg!"

She hated not being in control, she also hated not seeing Sonic. But she must do this for him to get out of the hospital tomorrow.

"...Fine..."

She got down on her knees and started to beg. This was completely embarrassing to her.

"Good, you know how to follow instructions. Now, follow me."

They walked into what seemed like his bedroom. Many things are wondering through Blaze's mind; a lot of them in which was the possible outcomes of what was going to happen next.

"Take off your jacket."

"What? Why?"

"Just do it!" He demanded.

She proceeded to take off her jacket. She wasn't wearing too much on. Just a jacket, a blouse, a skirt, and her famous high heeled shoes. Dr. Steward was getting a little too impatient and just ripped the jacket off of her.

"Hey! Sonic bought me that!"

"Well too bad now. Take off your hairband. I think you would look better without it holding your hair up."

"Its not a hairband dumbass, its a ring, and no I will not take it off, its more important to me than your life."

He got really aggravated from this. He grabbed her by the shoulder and tried to spin her around. He then got a hold of her hair and proceeded to try to slip off the ring. Blaze winced in pain from this, especially since the run was literally attached to her.

"Why won't this damn thing come off? Oh well, I guess we could leave it up." He then picked up Blaze without her knowing and tackled her onto his bed. She started to squirm around but he held onto her too tight.

"Don't even try to run away now, you are going to have the time of your life once I am done with you. Hey stop squirming!" He then slapped her across the face, hard. A giant hand printed itself in a glowing red across her face. She was shocked at this.

"Much better." He then proceeded to taking off her blouse. She was wondering why she was letting him do this to her, why she was not using her fire to torch him like a candle stick. A lot of things were running through her mind right now. Especially about Sonic. 'I must not let him do this to me...' She thought to herself. She started to relax and close her eyes.

"So you finally calmed down now? Its about time! Now lets get to business." He then tried to grab her. He expected soft fur, but encountered a stinging feeling to his finger as it was blistering red from the touch. He screamed in agony as the pain went on for about thirty more seconds.

"That hurt dumb bitch!" He then tried to slap her, but as soon as it came in contact with her cheek, not only did she not move her head at all, but the same feeling he had at his finger came across his entire hand. He proceeded to cry as for he was in an excruciating amount of pain. After the pain had ended he got off of her and stood at the end of the bed.

"I don't know how you did that, but I want you to stop doing that!"

"What makes you think you can boss me around huh?"

"I already told you, I have the release papers!"

"Yeah, but there is one thing you don't have."

"And what is that?"

"A fucking giant-ass red mark on your face."

With that, she had gotten up and slapped the living hell out of him, he fell to the floor with a loud thud, crying again, but this time, it didn't stop. She looked at his cheek and saw that it was blistering.

"And that will teach you not to mess with Blaze the Cat. It would be wise to sign the release paper and get him checked out of the hospital before tomorrow afternoon, or I will leave marks on areas where you will never expect it!"

Through his crying he managed to say something. "That sounded very sexy darling."

This enraged Blaze to the point of no tomorrow. She gave him a complete and devastating kick to his private area, making him wince in pain.

"You sick, self-centered, selfish, little perverted bastard!" Blaze said before picking up her stuff and leaving the house.

She ran over to Sonic's place and closed the front door, only to collapse to the ground and started to cry. She cried for several minutes, just realizing what could have happened to her, until a certain person walked in front of her.

"Blaze... are you ok?"