-No Regrets- Chapter 12
-Gemini Mercedes-
SonicxTails, SonicxShadow, SonicShadowTails, SilverxBlaze, JetStorm, KnucklesRouge
"Shut. Up." Sonic growled, he laid a dominating fist on the table, and everyone else at the table had started to move back a bit in their seats.
"Now what did I just say about-"
"SHUT UP!" Sonic screamed as he raced across the table in less than a second.
It all happened so fast, but one second Sonic was jumping up, and the next Shadow crashed into the wall on the other side of the café. There was unison of gasps and screams as students tried to escape from the fight that had quickly escalated. Flashes of black and blue clashed through the air and the rest of the circle had no idea how to stop the commotion.
"G-guys, hey stop it!" Silver screamed out as he pushed his fingers to his temples and tried to pry the two hedgehogs away from each other telepathically. The outcome was Silver flying back and sliding across the cafeteria floor for a couple of metres.
"Silver, you okay?" Blaze yelled as she ran over to check on her boyfriend. Tails followed behind her.
"Y-yeah, are you okay? I'm guessing they rejected your input." Tails said with a sigh as he shook his head.
"I'm fine, but what are we going to do about those two?" Silver replied weakly. Blaze's frown turned into an angry glare.
"You aren't going to do anything. I'm taking you to the nurse's room right now!" Her protective instincts kicking in, the violet feline picked up the silver hedgehog, bridal-style, and began running towards the door. In less than a minute, the two had disappeared through the door.
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"What are we going to do about these two? Silver already got hurt!" Rouge yelled over to Knuckles, who was currently trying to throw chairs at the two fighting hedgehogs.
"I don't know! They won't stay still!" He yelled back, flinging another chair in the direction of Sonic – who quickly moved out of the way in an attempt to tackle Shadow. The chair hit the wall and broke apart on impact.
"Knuckles!"
"Well do you have a better idea?" The red echidna retorted, with an exasperated look on his face.
"I've got this!" The arguing couple turned around to see Jet running up to them with a giant green fan in his hands.
"Let's try this!" He swung his arm back and used all his strength to swing the fan like a baseball bat in the direction of the two hedgehogs. A giant burst of wind flew at Sonic and Shadow – who were too busy in their fight to notice the whirlwind quickly approaching them.
The wind hit them hard, and the two hedgehogs flew to opposite ends of the cafeteria, slamming against walls.
"Ahhh!" Sonic yelped as he slid down the wall to the floor.
"S-SONIC!" Everyone turned to see the blonde fox running as fast as he could over to the blue speedster who was currently lying on the floor, rubbing his head.
Oh no… Rouge thought to herself. She took flight and flew over to Shadow, who was already standing up, getting ready for round 2.
"Shadow, are you okay?" Rouge asked, genuinely concerned, but more focussed on trying to block his view from his rival and boyfriend on the other side of the cafeteria.
"I'm fine Rouge, where is that annoying blue hedgehog? Wait till I-" She tried to stand in front of him, but he had already seen what she had been trying to hide. He froze and his crimson pupils grew wide and confused.
"…"
"Shadow, let's get out of here. The principal might be on his way." Rouge said with concern in her voice. The midnight hedgehog didn't reply to her, but he allowed her to drag him out of the cafeteria.
"How about we go to your spot in the forest, just to get away for a minute?" She asked as she pulled on his arm as they exited the cafeteria and entered the hallway. In all honesty, she was scared. Shadow was too quiet, and the shock was either taking a while to set in or he was thinking of a way to get revenge. Since neither were great things, she hoped that getting him away from the situation would relieve him of some of the shock.
"Shadow, let's go okay? Don't even worry about it, he was just…" Grabbing his left arm, she began walking in front of him, intent on leaving through the back entrance of the school.
"Shut up, Rouge." She froze in her steps and turned on her heel slowly.
"What did you just say?" She asked with genuine confusion in her voice.
"I said shut up. I know what I saw, and I don't want to go anywhere with anyone." The midnight hedgehog spat coldly, staring her directly in the eye with an emotionless expression on his face. He ripped his arm out of her grip and turned around, heading back in the direction of the cafeteria.
"No Shadow, wait!" She tried to call after him, but she knew it would do no good. She shook her head as she watched the midnight hedgehog walk down the hallway, his back stiff and upright and his fists clenched tightly.
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However, Shadow never got the chance to go for round 2 with his rival blue speedster. The cafeteria had already been cleared out by the Principal and some of the teachers and by the time he got back, Sonic and Tails were already in the office. The Principal had taken one look at him and the next thing he knew he was sitting in the office with the azure hedgehog and the blonde fox.
None of the three attempted to make eye contact as they waited for the Principal to call them in individually. Shadow had calmed down a bit but he was still confused and frustrated.
Did all their times mean nothing?
Had letting someone in been a mistake?
Why didn't he check up on me? That one hurt the most. Not that Shadow had been affected by that gust of wind that Jet had conjured up. But to leave him for Sonic hurt a lot.
As tempting as it would have been to turn around and confront them both, Shadow knew the three of them were probably already in a bit of trouble and he wasn't trying to make it worse.
He growled loudly at the realization that he was actually turning into a nicer hedgehog.
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"Hey guys, how's he doing?" Rouge asked as she walked through the door to the nurse's room.
"Everything's alright over here." Blaze said quietly. She was standing over the only bed in the small room. Silver was lying down with a cold towel on his head. His eyes were closed but his breathing was visible and steady. Rouge took this as a sign to exhale that breathe she had been holding in for a couple more seconds than she should have.
"Good, I was worried." She said with a small smile, which the violet cat returned.
"I was too, but now I'm angrier than anything." Blaze replied as she crossed her arms and shook her head. Rouge nodded understandingly, she could completely see why Blaze would be upset. If someone were to hurt Knuckles like that…especially over how stupid the argument had been, she would have been mad too.
"I understand, but honey all you can do now is just watch over him." The white bat reassured, placing a gentle hand on Blaze's shoulder.
"Thank you Rouge," Blaze said with a nod.
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"So do you think they're going to get suspended?" Blaze asked as she walked back into the nurse's room with a tray of three glasses of water and cookies. Rouge and the now awake Silver stared at her with a blank stare.
"W-what? The secretary in the office handed me this when I went to go ask her where the nurse was…" Blaze explained as she blushed with embarrassment. Rouge and Silver just laughed as they apologized for flustering her and took the glasses while telling her thanks.
"Now back to your question, I hope they don't. But if they do I wouldn't be surprised." Rouge stated.
"Why would you say that?" Silver asked politely. Silver wasn't in too much pain anymore but he would have a slight headache for a couple of days. He was now sitting up on the bed so he could make room for Rouge and Blaze to sit since there seemed to be no chairs in the Nurse's office, or a nurse for that matter.
"Well, they not only hurt a student but caused multiple damages to the cafeteria. They haven't had any previous strikes but this was a pretty serious incident." Rouge explained with a sigh.
"Dang, I wouldn't want that to happen. Especially since the whole situation was so petty." Silver admitted as he stared at his glass of water. Rouge and Blaze nodded in agreement.
"Hey Rouge, don't you want to go see if Shadow is okay?" Blaze asked with concern in her voice. Rouge nodded but then shook her head.
"I did, but they wouldn't let me anywhere near the office since they know Sonic, Tails, and Shadow's friends. Plus, I don't think Shadow would want to see me anyway." The white bat rested her chin in her hands and frowned.
"Why would you say that? You and Shadow are good friends, best friends even." Silver replied before patting her lightly on the shoulder. While they were being really nice to her, Rouge really didn't want to talk about it.
"I don't know guys…"
"Hey guys, is he doing okay?" A green hawk, accompanied by his Babylon companions entered the nurse's room.
"Yeah, he's doing a lot better, thanks." Blaze said with a small smile. Rouge and Silver nodded in agreement.
"Few, that's good. The less casualties the better." Jet said with a sigh of relief, which only created puzzled expressions on the faces of Blaze, Silver and Rouge.
"What do you mean by that?" Rouge asked, raising her eyebrow slightly.
"There's been talk since the incident," Wave piped up. "Shadow, Tails, and Sonic are going to get in trouble based on the amount of people who got hurt. Of course, they are getting penalized for the damages to the cafeteria, but I heard that's going to multiply based on the amount of injured students."
"I didn't even know they could do that." Silver exclaimed with a look of shock and sadness on his face. Blaze patted his shoulder while Rouge could only nod.
"I'm not surprised, I mean think about it. If your kid went to this school and got injured because of a school fight, you would want the students responsible to get in some sort of trouble."
"S-so far no one has reported that they were hurt except you Silver, and they know you're friends with Sonic and Shadow so they probably won't take it into consideration." Storm said quickly, knowing that the news wasn't exactly great for the silver hedgehog.
This only caused Silver to look down in shame and guilt, which caused Blaze to glare at Storm shortly before turning around to give Silver a hug.
"Don't worry about it, they'll be fine." The violet feline whispered into Silver's ear as she hugged him tightly and rubbed his back.
"Wait, hold up!" Rouge suddenly yelled out, causing everyone else in the room to flinch.
"S-sorry about that…" She added sheepishly when she saw the reactions.
"I was just wondering, why is Tails in the office? He wasn't even in the actual fight." She asked calmly.
Jet sighed and Storm shook his head. Wave looked at her companions, waiting for a reply, and when she didn't hear one she decided to go ahead with one herself.
"Well, apparently someone sent his name in to the office." She replied matter-of-factly.
This only confused Rouge and Blaze for a second.
Amy… They both thought in unison.
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Mr. Cilian was a tall man with slick black hair and a hefty moustache. He usually wore a black suit with black crocodile skinned shoes. He was a very strict man, but he usually left the student related issues to the vice-principals. As a principal, he would help plan events and was usually calling the school board to catch up on anything new happening at other schools so he could make his even better. Extremely prestigious, and now extremely annoyed that he had been cut off from an important call with the board of directors because of a 'scuffle' in the lunchroom, he told the two hedgehogs and the fox to enter his office and sit down at the three chairs that sat in front of his desk.
"So, what happened?" He asked bluntly. When no one said a word, his eye twitched.
"Now listen, boys. I don't have all day, so you have about a minute to tell me what happened before I just expel all of you. You all know fighting is prohibited here." He spoke calmly but there was a hint of anger resonating in his words.
Tails shuffled nervously in his seat and Shadow rolled his eyes. Sonic decided that he would have to take on for the team and speak up.
"Mr. Cilian, Shadow and I just got into a disagreement," He looked over at the midnight hedgehog for a second before turning back.
"We are truly sorry for what happened, and we understand if you want to punish us. But Tails really didn't have anything to do with the damages or anything so-" Mr. Cilian didn't feel like listening anymore. Enough of his time had been taken up already, in his opinion.
"You know Sonic, I'm rather disappointed with you. You are the resident hero and here you are setting a bad example for the younger grades at this school. And Tails, your grades are exemplary but how do you think the universities would react to hearing that you were involved in an incident like this in your second last year? And Shadow, your grades are great and your attitude has been getting better – from what I hear from the other teachers."
The two hedgehogs and the fox sat in silence, listening to Mr. Cilian's half compliments and half scolding.
"But because I think you all are good students in your own rights, I'm letting you all off with a warning. That other school, Umbra high was on a lockdown around the time you decided to trade fists so I'm letting it go this time. Don't let it happen again." And with the end of his speech, Mr. Cilian got up and shoed the three boys out of his office so he could get back to his all important phone calls.
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"Phew! I really thought he was going to lay into us." Sonic said with a sigh of relief as the three left the office.
"Hey, don't test our luck!" Tails replied with a laugh. Shadow scoffed at the two and began to walk away.
"S-shadow, wait!" Tails yelled, running up to the midnight hedgehog.
"I'm so sorry, are you alright?" The blonde fox said with concern and shame in his voice. Shadow said nothing as he continued to walk away.
"Shadow, please let me explain!" But the midnight hedgehog was not hearing it. Tails stopped walking after him and looked down at the ground in shame.
"Hey, buddy, give him some time." Sonic reassured as he walked up to the blonde fox and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Thanks Sonic…I don't like us fighting." Tails admitted, still looking at the floor.
"Me neither bud." Sonic said before he enveloped the young fox in a tight hug.
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"So are they a couple now?" A voice from around the corner asked their companion.
"It doesn't really matter; they are going to get it from us either way, that other hedgehog too." A gruff and cocky voice replied, the sound of knuckles cracking echoed throughout the hall. The other voice laughed maniacally.
"Don't forget those two love birds!" The two voices left the hallway, their laughs echoing throughout the halls.
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So much happened in this chapter, I hope you guys like it. All you SonicxTails fans can stop trying to kill now, hopefully . By the way, the fan Jet had is a Sonic Riders reference, if you didn't know. Okay so the thing with the principal is that he wasn't worried about them because things were even worse at another school. It didn't hurt his school's reputation because another school overshadowed their incident, that's why he let them off with a warning. Anyways, what do you guys see happening in the next chapter? And who do you think are the two voices at the end? Hint: It was something I brought up in the last update, something about Sonic comics? Review like you guys always do, you guys are the best!
-GeminiMercedes-
