I'm trying to have updates every Monday, but this was a little late. Just expect to see them around Monday. :P Enjoy the read and please review!

Nearly a week has gone by. The two mourners spent countless hours setting up Sonic's funeral. Everything was going smoothly now that their side problems had been dealt with. They could now put complete focus on the task at hand.

Tails and Amy were not alone on the planning. Cream and her mother, along with a few other of Sonic's close friends of course gave a helping hand. Even Knuckles offered to help, even after he found Fiona trapped on a rooftop. The bet that him and Rouge began was now finished, and he had lost. So, he had to give his part.

Tails was on the phone with someone at his house.

"Alright, I need room for-" The other person was speaking in a rather unpleasant tone.

"O.K.! Listen please-" Tails said also in an unpleasant tone.

"You're going to make it cost what?" The kitzune started to get impatient with this person.

"Sonic probably saved you hundreds of times and you're going to make us pay THAT much for a funeral? Well, forget that!" He slammed the telephone and crossed out a name on a list, which was already filled in dozens of crossed out names. He held his head.

"How many places has it been now?" He said angrily. Amy picked up his head and kissed him.

"Don't worry." She said with a positive tone. "We'll find a place. After all, we need to find the perfect place for this, and picking some random place just wouldn't do."

Tails smiled as she walked away, but she turned around quick.

"Oh, and that's call number twenty-seven, but who's counting?" She laughed.

"Heh….." Tails laughed fictitiously. "I'm the one having to deal with all the 'Oh Sorry, the date you've asked for is taken up,' or 'You need to pay bla bla bla amount,' and even the random 'Are you sure you got the right number?' comments. It's just so annoying to know that people don't respect Sonic enough to host a funeral. Most of the people I'm asking are priests for crying out loud! Is it so hard to let the hero of your planet have his funeral at a church!?"

Amy walked back over to him a gave him another kiss.

"I think you just need a break." She grabbed the list from him. "Let me handle this, you go take a rest."

"Thanks sweetie." He said without realizing what he had said. Did I just call Amy "Sweetie?"

He blushed and walked away to lie down on his bed. He let out a sigh and shut his eyes.

All this planning is taking more out on me than I had thought. I never would have guessed planning a funeral would be this stressful. I guess that's what happens when your best friend is the hero of the planet. He opened his eyes to Amy lying down next to him.

"Already found a place?" Tails asked surprisingly. Amy smiled and nodded.

"Yeah…..we're gunna have it here!" Tails looked at her like she was crazy.

"We are what?" He said shockingly. "What made you decide that?"

"You, silly." She answered. "You were talking about how so many people don't respect Sonic, so why not have the funeral at the place owned by the person who respects Sonic more than anybody?"

Tails smiled. "That makes perfect sense. I never would have put it that way." He gave her a quick kiss. "Thanks Amy."

The two looked into each other's eyes and had a much longer, more passionate kiss. Tails wrapped his arms around Amy, and she did the same. The two lovebirds started heading for first base, if you know what I mean.

Just then, there was a bang at the door. A familiar voice hollered from behind it.

"Tails! Amy!" Cream yelled.

"Always at the worst times." Tails sighed as he opened his eyes. "I'll go get it."

The slightly annoyed fox headed to the door and opened it. There stood a bunny holding her arm with blood all over her hands. Tails took this by surprise and overreacted.

"Oh my God! What happened!?" He yelled. Amy heard this from the other room. She jumped up and ran into the front of the house. She yelled the same question, but grabbed a bandage at the same time.

"What happened Cream!? That looks terrible!" She wrapped it around her arm. The poor rabbit was crying. Was it from pain, the sight of blood, or maybe just the pure shock of the event?

"It…It all just happened so quickly." She began. "I…I-I was just walking here, and someone jumped out at me." She began to cry even louder. Amy hugged her to calm her down.

"Shhhh….it's alright Cream." She said quietly. "Just tell us what happened…"

Her crying eventually slowed down and she continued.

"I didn't know who is was…..they were wearing a cloak…." She paused. "I just know that they were holding a knife and threatened me-"

"This is a knife wound!?" Amy yelled. Tails ran over to her to calm her down as well. Cream shook her head.

"I…I tried to run away, but they slashed me with their claws before I could….." She didn't say another word. Her eyes began to tear up again, but Amy gave her a big hug again. She started to cry too.

"I'm just happy you're not seriously hurt. Don't worry, Tails and I will protect you, O.K.?" She said passionately.

"A-Are you sure….." Cream said quietly.

"Of course….just look at Tails. Trust me, when he's angry, he can be stronger than Sonic himself." Amy looked over at Tails and winked. He caught the idea and put on the macho-man routine.

"Oh yeah! I'll beat them to a pulp!" Tails said trying to sound manly. Cream and Amy starting laughing. He blushed, realizing Amy pulled him into her shenanigans. He shrugged and tried to forget about it.

"Amy, go call up Cream's mother. Then she can take Cream home." Tails said. Amy nodded and went over to the phone in the kitchen. Tails went over to Cream and took the bandage off her arm.

"W-What are you doing?" Cream said, startled by Tails' action.

"I won't touch it. I'm just going to look at it." Tails answered. He looked closely at her arm. The cuts looked all too familiar to him, but he just couldn't figure out who. He didn't know anyone with sharp claws like that...unless they weren't claws at all. He put the bandage back on Cream's arm.

"I need to pay someone a visit." Tails said with a serious voice.

"Huh? Who?" Cream asked, but Tails had already gone out the door. Amy came back from the kitchen.

"Wait, where's Tails going?" Amy asked Cream. She just shrugged. She hadn't a clue either.

"Well, I'm sure it's nothing." Amy said. "Anyway, your mother should be here in a couple minutes."

"Thanks Amy..." Cream said politely. "You know…..Tails can be so odd sometimes."

"Oh, don't even start with me." Amy said rolling her eyes. "Tails jumps through so many emotions so quickly I can't decide if he's happy, angry, or upset with me. I could say 'How are you today Tails?' and I wouldn't be surprised if he started crying because of it." She started laughed. Cream smiled, but felt guilty about making fun of Tails. The two then just waited for Cream's mother to arrive.

Tails was on his way to Knuckles' house in a rather terrible mood. He concluded immediately that Knuckles had done that to Cream.

What the hell is his problem!? I can recognize those marks anywhere. What reason would he have to do this!? His mind was screaming at these thoughts. He walked up to the door and banged on it rather rudely. Knuckles opened the door.

"Yeesh! What's wrong with you?" Knuckles asked as soon as he saw the fox's face.

"I need to have a talk with you." Tails said sternly.

"Uhhh….O.K……" Knuckles said nervously. "Would you like to come inside."

"No, this is fine." Tails said, still with a rather rude sound in his voice. "I'd just like to know, have you seen Cream lately?"

"Cream? I haven't seen her since the other day." Knuckles answered. "Why?"

"Oh nothing….." Tails said sarcastically. "It's just that Cream was at my house with a gash on her arm. The cuts looked pretty similar to those of your knuckles."

Knuckles just stared at him. "Are you implying that I would hurt Cream?" His voice level started to raise. "That's the biggest load of bull I've ever heard."

"If the shoe fits." That was all Tails said with his arms crossed. Knuckles looked really angry.

"If the shoe fits, huh?" He stared Tails dead in the eyes. "I dare you to say that again!"

Tails got right into his face as well.

"If….the shoe…..fits…." Tails said much slower this time. Knuckles' temper had just about blown. He wound up his fist and delivered a punch to Tails' face as hard as he could. Tails fell down to the ground. Oddly enough, Knuckles offered to help him up, but Tails didn't except. He jumped to his feet ready to return a blow to Knuckles.

"Easy!" Knuckles said. His temper had subsided rather quickly. "I think you deserved that for jumping to conclusions so quickly. Spreading rumors isn't the nicest thing in the world to do."

"I know you did it!" Tails yelled.

"What is your problem!?" Knuckles yelled. "I've never seen you act like this before. You and Amy are together again, so I don't see what the problem is!"

"Wait a second! How did you know we were together before?" Tails asked. Knuckles just stuttered.

"Well….uh….."

"And how did you know we broke up?" Tails wanted to know.

"You see…….."

"It's all starting to make sense to me now Knuckles….." Tails said. "You knowing Fiona, inviting her here, and everything else! You knew all along about me and Amy and what would happen with Fiona here. You wanted to break us up!" He took a deep breath. "I just want to know…….why would you go through that trouble?"

Knuckles didn't bother to lie to him. There was just no point to.

"I knew all about Amy and Sonic's relationship right when they started. Sonic even told me not to tell you because of the whole jealousy thing. I just had suspected something because right after the incident, you two were together." He took a short pause. "I just thought…..you did something to get together with Amy….."

Tails stood there with his mouth open. "You…….thought that…..I……killed Sonic?"

Knuckles stood there ashamed nodding.

"I……I don't know what to say……" Tails said slowly. "All I know is……I don't ever want to see you again."

"Wait what!?" Knuckles said startled by Tails' reaction.

"I don't want to see you at Sonic's funeral……or I'll tell everyone about what you've done." Tails said walking away.

"Wait! Tails!" Knuckles yelled. "Aren't you being a bit harsh?"

Tails ignored his yelling and continued to walk back to his house. Amy was probably worried about him anyway.

This is for the better……I hope……