Chapter Ten
Breaking of Friends
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Team Fina were sitting in the lounge room of Rikku and Amy's apartment. Amy had tears pouring from her eyes practically flooding their apartment with the pacific ocean.

"Amy, I'm not going to say I told you so but this was inevitable," Rikku murmured.

"I don't care!" Amy snapped. She glared at Rikku and then banged her floor on the carpet. "Life is so unfair!"

"Amy, we all know that life is unfair," Julie said. She sighed and lay back on the floor. "Stop complaining and calm down." Julie stared up at the roof while Amy sniffed indignantly.

"You didn't just see your boyfriend wrapped around his ex and dancing with her lovingly."

"So what! Like he said, Marianne is like a sister to him, nothing more, you should trust him more." Julie sat up again and studdied Amy.

"It's not fair!" Amy wailed again. The phone began to ring so Rikku jumped up to get it. She walked into the kitchen, away from Amy's crying and picked up the reciever.

"Hello," she chirped.

"Hey Rikku," it was Knuckles.

"Do you want Julie?"

"Yeah..." Rikku put the phone on the counter and walked back to the lounge room.

"Julie, Knuckles for you," Rikku said winking. Julie jumped up and walked into the kitchen.

"Knuckles?" she said as she picked up the phone.

"Hi Jules," he said. "Just wondering if you'd like to go and see a movie later on tonight?" Julie felt her face going hot and she twisted her toes on the ground.

"Uh well...um..."

"Julie don't worry about me just say yes!" she heard Amy shout.

"I guess that, that means yes?" Knuckles asked.

"You heard that? Yeah, ok so what time?" Julie replied.

"How about six thirty? See you there?"

"Yeah, later!" Julie put the phone down and jumped in the air. "YES!" The pink echidna rushed back into the lounge room to find the other three grinning at each other.

"Julie's got a boyfriend," Alex sung.

"Now we have to work on Alex," Rikku laughed. "And Amy if she wants us to." Amy shook her head.

"I'll be alright," she replied. She put and hand up and wiped away her tears. "We need to work on Alex, let's head over to Blaze's place."

With Blaze, Marianne and Rosililea (who had mysteriously appeared P)

The three girls were lying in the lounge room underneath the fan.

"It's so hot," grumbled Rosililea. She twisted one of her quills around her finger.

"I know," Blaze yawned. "Marianne, are you alright? You seem kind of quiet." Marianne turned her head to the side and looked at Blaze.

"Just tired."

"Are you sure it isn't from your fight with Liam?" Roseililea asked. Marianne giggled.

"We weren't even going out officially," she said.

"Sure," Blaze and Rosililea chimed.

"But you liked him right?" Blaze asked.

"Yeah, sort of," Marianne replied. The three girls grinned at there was a knock at the door. Blaze jumped up to answer it. Marianne and Roseililea heard her laugh before inviting whoever it was in. The two friends jumped up and were surprised to see Team Fina walk in. Blaze came and stood with her team mates and she smiled.

"You said you wanted to ask me something?" Blaze said, asking a question and filling her two friends in on what the four other were doing there, at the same time. Marianne and Rosililea looked at each other curiously but turned back to the other four.

"Blaze, I was wondering if you'd changed your mind about me asking Big out on a date?" Alex said, half shyly, half confidently. Blaze's golden gaze flickered for one second as though she was considering it. But she shook her head and frowned.

"Abosolutaly not," Blaze snarled. "You can do way better than him, what about Mighty?"

"But I like Big and I'm asking him out wether you like it or not!" Alex snarled in reply. The two cats hissed at each other and attempted to jump on each other but their friends caught them. Roseililea and Marianne were pulling hard on Blaze while Amy, Julie and Rikku didn't have to put as much energy into it.

"Blaze why don't you just let Alex go out with Big?" Amy asked.

"You let blaze make her own decisions," Marianne snapped, her voice hard with strain.

"You keep out of it kitty cat!" Marianne dropped Blaze's arm and glared hard at Amy.

"Don't tell me what to do hedgehog!"

"I don't have to listen to someone like you, give one reason why I should." Amy dropped Alex's arm and stepped aside to glare at Marianne.

"Because I have claws to rip you limb from limb!"

"Like you could manage to do that, you couldn't even manage to hold onto your own boyfriend or finish a job that your own mother gave you!" Blaze stopped pulling against Rosililea and she and the purple hedgehog watched Marianne worriedly. Rikku, Alex and Julie were staring at Amy with shock. No way could she speak to Marianne like that and get away with it without being seriously hurt.

"How dare you," Marianne hissed. Blaze and Rosililea winced, wishing she had shouted. Her dark hiss was way worse then her shouting. Amy's glare faltered but she didn't move. Marianne unsheathed her claws and pounced at Amy. There was a scuffle for a few minutes while Rikku, Julie and Alex attempted to pull Amy away from Marianne and Blaze and Rosililea tried to yank Marianne off of Amy. Eventually Blaze and Rosililea pulled Marianne away from Amy. Both of them had ripped shirts and pants. Amy's hair had been pulled out of it's head band and her lips was cut.

Marianne's hair was tassled and she was breathing heavily but other wise, unharmed. She was glared death at Amy, if looks could kill then the pink hedgehog would be dead. Amy's eyes filled with tears and she stormed away. Julie and Alex followed her but Rikku stayed put. She stared at the three adult women infront of her and shook her head.

"Amy shouldn't have said that but you shouldn't have attacked her," Rikku said. She turned on her heel and walked away. Marianne pulled herself out of her friends' grip and turned to them.

"Sorry," she mumbled.

"Nonsense," Rosililea replied. "You should have knocked her out cold. That hedgehog can burn in hell for all I care."

"You say that about most people Rose," Blaze said turning to the gothic hedgehog. Rosililea shrugged and threw herself onto the ground.

"We need to get a little stronger if we want to hold Marianne back without too much struggle," she joked. "Though we could always let her do what she wants."

"I'm going to have a shower," Marianne grumbled. She walked out of the room leaving a chilled sense. Blaze sat down beside Rosililea and sighed.

"There's something bothering her," Blaze said. She folded her arms in a huff. "I wish that she'd talk about it with us."

"Fat chance of that happening," Rosililea replied. She sat up and smiled at Blaze. "I'd better get going, see you tomorrow." They stood up and hugged.

"I'll tell you if anything comes up," Blaze said. Rosililea nodded and walked into the kitchen. Blaze heard the door open and close, and she sighed and sat back down. She stared at the roof for a while and sighed. What was going on here? Things seemed to be going so, so wrong!

With Rosililea...

Rosililea got home and walked into her house. When Ivy and Shadow left it had become very lonely so Jason had offered the leave Roxan's place and live with her. Rosililea had agreed more than happily but it was still very lonely. She walked into the kitchen and looked at the fridge. Jason had left her a note.

Dear Rose,

I've gone to Silver and Sonic's place. We're having a boys night in, and then we're going to Marianne and Blaze's place together. Tomorrow is our Team Taza x Team Chaos BBQ, just in case you forgot, annual tradition. Well I'll see you tomorrow

Jason xx

Rosililea took the note off the fridge and put it on the table. She had forgotten about the barbeque but it didn't really matter, they had it every year and at least one of them forgot about it every year. She smiled, last year Sonic had forgotten and has burst in covered in water, he took a short cut and fell in the river. It was hilarious but it was lonely because it was just Silver, Sonic, Jason, Blaze and herself. But it had still been fun, the boys had hosted it last year and this tear it was Blaze and Marianne's turn. It was actually supposed to be Ivy and Shadow's turn but they skipped it to Marianne and Blaze's.

Rosililea sighed, Ivy had been majorly excited at hosting it, Shadow didn't give a damn so Ivy planned the whole thing. She had gotten everything ready but then they had to leave. Rosililea sighed and scuffed the floor. She heard a tap on her front door so she jumped up and wandered out. She listened at the door but she couldn't hear a thing.

"That's odd," she whispered. She pulled the door open and there was no-one there. But it felt odd, as if all of the air had been sucked out of the area. Rosililea looked around and shrugged. There was a prickling on the back of her neck as she closed the door. . .she was being watched. She pulled the door closed and heard movement, she whipped around, hands up, ready to defend herself. But when she turned her heart stopped and she froze.

Five of the ugliest creatures she had ever seen were standing before her. She supposed that they were Sideus's demons. They had scaly black hides and dark red eyes. They had black forked tongues that leapt out of there mouths. They were hunched and had wheezy breath. Roseililea looked around, she had dropped her sword in the kitchen so there was only one option, RUN!

She had to think quickly, if she took too much time opening the door, the beasts would be onto her. She took a step back until her hand was touching the door knob. Now was her chance, she moved like lightning, ripping the door open and bolting out of the house. She reached the end of her garden path and turned to her right. She had to lead the beasts out of town or they would get other people. She could hear them bounding after her. She ran as fast and hard as she could but they refused to go further than the end of the street. They wouldn't leave the city to go into the fields.

Rosililea kept going until the reached the shortcut road that led to Sonic and Silver's place. The purple hedgehog ran along it until she reached her friends' driveway. She ran down it, as she reached the two hedgehogs' house. She stopped running and began breathing heavily. She walked up to the door and knocked. She looked over her shoulder and jumped as she saw something black lurking in the bushes, but a closer look told her that it was just a bag.

"HURRY UP!" she shouted.

"Coming!" an annoyed voice replied. The door opened and Silver frowned at Rosililea.

"Rose, are you alright?" Silver asked. "You look like you've seen a ghost." Rosililea half smiled at him before falling to her knees and coughing. Silver bent down and picked her up in his arms just as her world went black.

LATER

"Is she alright?" Blaze asked. She looked at Silver worriedly as he answered the door. The purple and yellow cats walked inside and looked at Silver sadly.

"Well I'm not sure," Silver replied. "The doctor who came around said that she might be out cold for a while but he isn't sure why."

"What happened?" Marianne questioned.

"When she came 'round for a short while she rambled on about some demons."

"Oh no," Marianne gasped. She rushed past Silver and Blaze sighed.

"There's something she isn't telling me," Blaze sighed. "I'm worried." Silver looked at her questioningly but Blaze shook her head. "Not about the demons but about her." Silver put his arm around Blaze who moved close to him and leant her head on his shoulder.

"Rose will be alright," Silver said. "She's strong" Blaze sniffed sadly as tears pricked her eyes.

"Things are so confusing," she breathed. Silver kissed the top of her head as they entered the lounge room where Sonic was talking to Marianne. The two of them looked around as Blaze and Silver entered the room.

"You girls can stay here for the night," Sonic said looking from Blaze to Marianne.

"Sure," Marianne smiled. "Then we can have the barbeque here." Blaze nodded happily. Jason walked into the lounge room from a door to the right and smiled at them.

"She hasn't woken up but she seems alright, not tossing anymore," he explained. The five of them sighed and looked at each other.

"Coffee?" Silver asked.

"I don't drink coffee," Marianne reminded him.

"Get her a hot caramel," Sonic said with a small sigh.

"I'll have some white coffee," Blaze said. She kissed Silver's cheek and he walked away from the lounge room. Blaze walked over and slumped into a lounge, Marianne looked at her worriedly. Jason turned and walked back into the room where Roseililea was. He came back out a few minutes later and stamped his foot.

"She has a fever," Jason said. "Burning up very badly." Blaze covered her mouth with a hand and sank lower in her lounge. Marianne bit her lip and stared at the floor, she knew what was going to come next. Rosililea would wake up in a trance and start screaming, he soul was about to be possessed by a demon spirit. Marianne's eyes fileld with tears as she whispered it to the floor. Unfortunatly the other heard her and Blaze gasped and began to cry. Jason fell back against the wall and stared at Marianne while Sonic put his arm around the yellow cat and held her tightly.

"Rose will fight it," Sonic reassured her. "She's strong, she'll pull through." Marianne looked sideways at Sonic.

"Yeah," she said with a weak smile. "Rose will have to pull through." Marianne leant her head on Sonic's shoulder as Silver carried in their drinks. He looked at their frightened faces and frowned. He placed the tray of drinks on the coffee table as Sonic walked over and whispered something to him. Silver's eyes widened and he looked over at Jason who seemed stumped for anything to say.

"Jase?" Silver said quietly.

"I'll be alright," Jason chuckled. He sank down to the floor and started picking at the carpet. Silvr walked over and gave Blaze her drink and sat with the purple cat on the lounge. Sonic and Marianne sat on the other lounge and took their mugs. Everyone was silent for some time until Sonic stood up.

"Who wants to watch a movie to pass the time?" he asked. Everyone shrugged.

"I think I'll go and sit with Rose," Jason murmured. He stood up and walked back into the other room. Sonic walked over to a cupboard and opened it, he pulled out a movie and looked at it.

"Notting Hill?" he asked.

"I love that movie," Blaze said.

"Why do we have Notting Hill?" Silver asked.

"Uh..." Marianne giggled. "I think that's my fault, you see once I brought that over to watch with Sonic and then I forgot about it."

"Right, I could have guessed. Put it on Sonic." Sonic out the DVD into the player and turned it on. He sat back on the lounge with Marianne and dimmed the lights. Everyone fell silent as the opening scene came on.

With Team Fina...

"Alright Jules," Amy said smiling. "You are ready for your date." The three girls stood back to look at their handy work. They had done Julie's hair into a pretty pony-tail and had done her make-up so that it made her face look delicate. They had dressed her in Amy's purple tank-top with light blue netting poncho and Rikku's dark blue jeans dusted with golden glitter. Julie was wearing long black boots with gold tassles at the top.

"I can just see Knuckles' face," Alex laughed. "Don't forget that when you come back you are coming here."

"That's right," Rikku agreed. "We're going to have a sleep-over so that we can hear all about it." Rikku winked and Julie rolled her eyes.

"Can I go now?" she asked, an amused smile dancing on her lips. The other three laughed and nodded. Julie picked up her purse and walked out of the lounge room. She left the apartment and walked to the stairs. She was going to meet Knuckles outside the cinema. She walked the three blocks from the apartments to the cinema fairly quickly and arrived early. She couldn't see Knuckles anywhere so she sat down to wait for him.

She recieved a lot of wolf whistles and she rolled her eyes. One immature fox came and tried to chat her up. She flashed him a dangerous glare and he looked taken aback.

"Come on sexy I just want to be friendly," he said.

"Yeah, and put a finger on her and you'll be getting friendly with my fists," a voice grumbled.

"Bye," Julie said with a wink. She stood up and smiled at Knuckles. He was dressed casually in a t-shirt and jeans with sneakers but to Julie he looked HOT!

"Hey Jules," he said. "You look great."

"Thanks, don't look to bad yourself," she laughed. "Are we going in?"

"Sure." The two echidnas walked up the steps and enetered the crowded theatre. "What do you want to see?" Julie looked at the posters.

"No idea, what sounds best to you?" Knuckles looked around and chewed his lips in thought.

"How about Rising Hell?" he suggested.

"That's good enough for me," Julie laughed. "I'll buy the tickets, you get drinks and food." Knuckles nodded and walked over to candy bar and Julie walked to the ticket booth.

"What do you want darl?" the lady asked her.

"I'll have two for Rising Hell," Julie replied.

"Here you are hun, enjoy the movie."

"Thankyou." Julie met with Knuckles and they walked into the theatre and sat in the back row. As the lights went out Knuckles put his arm around Julie and she leant closer the the male echidna. Tonight was going to be a night to remember...in more ways than one.

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