Chapter 10: Sugar Coating Depression

It's been five days since Kuro and Sonic came back from the Forest Zone and ever since they came back, Kuro's been locked inside her room.

"I'm really worried about Kuro... She hasn't eaten anything in five days..." Sonic said as he looked upstairs but he walked over to the couch and sat down. Clover came into the living room and served some tea.

"Hey, Clover... How come you have three tea cups...? Is Kuro joining us...?"

"No. I will be joining you." Kira said then Sonic's ears perked up the moment he heard Kira's voice. Sonic turned around and gasped happily.
"KIRA~!" He shouted happily but the moment he jumped towards Kira, the black fox stepped aside and Sonic went out the door and landed into the vegetable garden.

"Welcome, Kira. I didn't actually think you'd come by and visit this early..." Clover said as she poured Kira a cup of tea then Kira sat down and took a sip. Sonic came dashing in and put his arm around Kira's neck and smiled.

"Well when I heard from Sonic about what happened in the Forest Zone, I couldn't help but come here and cheer up my older sister." Kira said then Sonic was in awe.
"What a good little brother you are~!" He said petting Kira's head then Kira placed the tea cup down.

"Where is my sister...?"

"Upstairs in the bedroom." Clover answered then Kira stood up and headed upstairs while Sonic followed him. Upstairs in the guest room, Kuro was asleep until Sonic kicked the door down.
"HEY KURO!" He shouted and landed on the bed but one of Kuro's tails grabbed him and threw him out the room and he landed on the couch.

"Nice..." Kira said then Kuro removed the blanket off her head and sighed. She looked awful; her eyes were a bit swollen from all the crying, her hair was messy, and she looked a bit thinner then how she normally looked.

"You look awful."

"Gee, thanks... A woman loves to hear that..." Kuro said as she laid back down on the bed.

"Hey, I'm just pointing out the obvious. Look, Sonic told me what happened in the Forest Zone."

That nosy little idiot! Kuro thought then she glared at Sonic who was standing in front of the door way. Sonic yelped then ran.

"First things first, get dressed. Make yourself pretty. After that we're gonna get you something to eat."

"But I don't want to... I'd rather starve to death..." Kuro whined then Kira used his tails to grab his older sister and dragged her all the way to the bathroom.

After two hours of struggling and fighting, Kira finally got Kuro all nice and pretty. Problem though is that she didn't have enough energy to walk or move.

"I wonder how does that work since she put up quite a fight..." Kira groaned as Sonic was treating his wounds that Kuro made.

"She's probably just hungry. Don't worry Kuds, we're gonna get some food!" Sonic said then he grabbed Kuro's arms while Kira grabbed her legs and the two carried her to the village. Once the three were there, Kira ordered some iced coffee drinks so that Kuro can feel more wide awake. As Sonic and Kira drank their drinks, Sonic gagged.

"What's wrong? I got a caramel Frappuccino for the three of us." Kira said then Sonic shook a bit.
"Sweet chaos! This is really, really sweet! My body feels like it's gonna shut down!"

"Well, why your body is doing that, mine is like 'getting it going'." Kira said then he looked at his older sister who was napping on the table. He scooped some whipped cream from her drink and opened his sister's mouth and put the cream in her mouth. Kuro slowly opened her eyes then looked at Kira.

"I got you something to drink and stay awake." Kira said then Kuro slowly raised her head up then she started drinking her drink.

"...What's going on with him...?" Kuro asked as Sonic was passed out on the table.

"I think his body shut down on him from all the sugar in the drink..." Kira answered as he tried to wake Sonic up but he kept twitching.

"Maybe we should get something to eat?" Kuro asked as she finished her drink then Kira grabbed Sonic's arm and put it over his shoulder.

"Help me out." He told Kuro then Kuro grabbed Sonic's other arm and put it over her shoulder. The Yukimura siblings dragged the unconscious Sonic as they headed to get some food.

Kira slowly moved a chili dog side to side near Sonic's nose till the hedgehog was making sniffing sounds. Sonic slowly opened his eyes then they were wide open when he saw a chili dog in front of him.

"CHILI DOG!" Sonic shouted as he snatched the chili dog out of Kira's hand and started eating it happily.

"Glad to see you've snapped out of your sugar coma." Kira said then Sonic finished the chili dog and smiled.

"Thanks a lot Kira, I owe you one."

"No, no... There's no need to repay me." Kira said then Kuro came back carrying a big plate of chicken cutlet with a small bowl of curry.

"Dang Kuro... You're going all out aren't you?"

"I didn't eat for five days... I'm starving." Kuro said as she set her food down and started eating.

"So... About the Gem of Time being broken." Kira began then Kuro spit her food and some of it landed on Sonic's face. He glared at Kuro and she chuckled a bit as the blue hedgehog wiped his face.

"From what Sonic's told me... Someone by the name of Shadow broke it?"

"Well, Shadow got in the way. The gem broke when Kuro tried to catch it but Shadow pulled her back." Sonic explained then Kira began to think for a bit.
"Surely something like that wouldn't have caused something as powerful as the Gem of Time to break."

"So what are you saying, Kira?" Kuro asked as she ate more of her food.

"I'm saying, that the Gem of Time you and this Shadow person found, is a fake." Kira said then Kuro spit her food out and it hit Sonic again.
"OH, COME ON!"

"Sorry..." Kuro apologized then Sonic cleaned his face again.

"The Gem of Time and the Pearl of Space are not some fragile jewels that break when one drops them."

"They're pretty durable like the Chaos Emerald right?" Sonic asked then Kira nodded.
"Yes."

"So... Are you saying what I think you're saying?" Kuro asked feeling excited then Sonic turned his head and was surprised that the nine tail fox girl finished that large amount of food in such a short period of time.

"Yes. What you found was a fake Gem of Time." Kira answered then Sonic and Kuro cheered.

"Yes! That means the actual Gem of Time is still out there!"

"Look out, Gem of Time because we're coming after you!" Kuro said then she and Sonic ran to Tails's Shop. Kira smiled then headed back to the Royal Zone.