A/N: Moshi moshi...to all of those faithful readers out there. I can't express how sorry I am for the lack of update on both this story and my Zonic one eheh. Though, thanks for all those reviews on the previous chapter! (I can't believe most of you lot liked it ahah!) Good news is that now it's the summer holidays and since I've based my art project on Manga and Anime style and Sonic, I can rest my mind on these subjects. This means hopefully more update on the stories!

Remember, Scourge does not have any feelings for Emi and the reason he was so angry in the previous chapter is because someone has beaten him in something he usually masters. It's like a player losing their touch. It's really hard to explain since I'm not a guy. Boys are complicated after all.

Also, dear SonicSpeedster, thanks for telling me briefly the ages of the Archie Sonic characters and how much of Mobius is controlled by Eggman but, I wish you reviewed that like less than a year ago cos this story is nearly finishing and it would change my whole story too much if I applied those facts to the characters. Also, after writing the first two chapters I realised that those robots don't exist in the Archie world (especially lil' Bokkun) but I just rolled with it. Nevertheless, thanks for telling me and luckily this is fanfiction so I could write anything I want and get away with it xD

Disclaimer: I own the Sonic Runners game on my phone \(^)w(^)/

SEGA Sonic= Nicky
Archie Sonic= Sonic
SEGA Amy= Emi
Archie Amy= Amy

Ages (Well SEGA characters ages)
Sonic: 15 years
Amy: 12 years
Tails: 8 years
Shadow: HE LOOKS 15 OHMERGOSH! THAT'S WHY PEOPLE STILL MISTAKEN HIM AS SONIC OR REFER HIM AS BLACK SONIC! CAN YOU BE ANYMORE RACIST!?
Silver: 14 years
Cream: 6 years
Blaze: 14 years
Rouge: 18 years
Knuckles: 16 years

Japanese Translation:

Nande: Why
Doushite: Why/How come
Bakayaro: Idiot(s)
Gomen: Sorry
Shikashi/demou: But
Toridasu: Get out
Iie: No
Urusai: Shut up
Oshiete: Tell me
Doushitanda: What happened
Ore wa: I
Yamaro: Stop
Kanojo wa shirimasen: She doesn't know
Wakarimasen: I don't know
Temae: You
Chotto koi: Get over here
Matte: Wait
Kudusai: Please
Aaa, mata ka: Here we go again
Aho: Fool
Wakarata: Understand?
Wakata: Understood!
Hai: Yes
Sensei: Teacher
Kono yarou: You blighter
Jaa ne: See you later
Daijoubu: You okay?
Dasai: Not cool
Moshi Moshi: Hi

(The Anti World)

The silence couldn't have been any louder. The seconds dragged even longer. The amount of tension in the air was enough to choke you to death. Emi has never felt so small in her life. Her view was shielded by her beloved yet she could feel Scourge's icy blue eyes piercing through her body. Her fingers remained clutching her ear feeling the blood starting to clot.
'Nande? Nicky bit me...why does that make Scourge angry and why doesn't my ear hurt? Doushite?' Ravenous amount of thoughts were exploding in Emi's mind as Nicky and Scourge carried on glaring deadly daggers at one another.

"So," The silence was broken by none other than the king of evil himself. Nicky lowered his eye lids a little and his anger seemed to have cooled down a little. "Now you've indirectly put your name on her...interesting..." Emi blinked in confusion. How can biting one another mean putting your name on them? Doesn't it require a pen or any writing or drawing tool? There's no contract here?
"Interesting you say?" Nicky spoke up folding his arms. His fury dropped down immediately but his guard remained up. He smirked slyly and opened his mouth to speak again "I could've swore you were about to throw a tantrum just now." His voice was slightly deeper now with his carefree tone showing how amused he was.

"I'm not the one who marked Little Missy over there." Scourge pointed out with a grin that rivaled Nicky's smug smirk. Again, Emi sighed in frustration and stood up this time.
"Both of you shut up and tell me why I got bitten!" A visible sweat drop appeared on both the hedgehogs and Emi's eyes were lit on fire. She hates being kept in the dark and the fact that they are not taking this seriously got her all riled up.

"You mean...you don't know..." Scourge's mouth upturned and snickered before his lips trembled and he started to bark out laughing. Nicky let out an unamused sigh while Emi's body flared up with fury and a malevolent desire to rip the green hedgehog apart from limbs to to limbs.
"What is so funny? ANSWER ME YOU ARROGANT GREEN PIECE OF-" Nicky held Emi back from summoning her hammer. As much as he wants her to beat Scourge up amusingly in his eyes, she's still injured.
"Babe! I feel so sorry for ya, bwa ha ha ha!" Nicky's eyes narrowed at Scourge as soon as he called Emi 'Babe' "I'd love to explain everything to you in great detail-"
"Enough talking, lets fight!" Nicky declared and jumped up in the air before curling up into a ball aiming for Scourge.

"Gladly," Adrenaline rush filled Scourge's veins as he curled up into a ball as well counterattacking Nicky's spin dash. The sound of revving and zipping filled the air and blurs of neon blue and green darted against each other like the cyan wisps that has made themselves home in Nicky's world.
"Bakayaro..." Emi snorted at the two hedgehogs, dissatisfied with the fact that her question hasn't been answered yet. Scourge could've gave her the answer but Nicky seems to not like the idea of her knowing. "I'll ask Shadow-San when he arrives." She nodded to herself but as soon as she faced the battle before her, she came face to face with Scourge's back as he was about to clash into her courtesy on Nicky's kick. Luckily, she she propelled herself up with her hammer dodging the painful collision in time.

"Eh? Gomen Emi!" Nicky shouted from across the room with an awkward sweat drop on the side of his head. He should've aimed his kick a bit better otherwise Emi would've been squished by Scourge's incoming body and who knows what could've happened next.
"You better be!" Emi hollered back making Nicky's ears bend down in slight fear as a result. He does not want to be reacquainted with that damn hammer again.

Scourge chuckled as he got back up; Emi jumped back away from him and more towards Nicky. The green hedgehog didn't appear to be damaged much excluding that busted lip he received by Nicky's entrance. His sharp teeth twisted into a smirk that could rival Nicky's.
"You're good, I'll admit. A hell lotta' better than fake prime Sonic," Nicky quipped an eyebrow at him beckoning him to carry on "But, not good enough." He received an eye roll from both pink and blue.
"Dude, I just kicked you all the way over there and I gave you a busted lip before the fight even started." Emi agreed to Nicky's statement with a nod.

"Hang on, firstly, I wasn't even ready before you gave me a busted lip, you took me by surprise-" Scourge countered back.
"Of course you weren't. You were tryin' to get your dirty hands all over the little lady. You should know that girls don't like being rushed, Green. But then again, you're a womaniser."
"Ironic, coming from the 'Fastest thing alive'. And hey, I've got a reputation to keep. All pretty girls should get a healthy dose of little ol' me." Scourge tugged on the collar of his jacket for effect.
"I don't like the way you talk. I oughta shove a fist down your throat!" Emi jumped out of the way for Nicky to rush towards his counterpart with a growl. However, both his fists were caught.

"Did you really think I was giving it all back there? I wouldn't even call it a mere cat fight-" Nicky struggled against Scourge's hold as his fists were locked in Scourge's hands.
'Blaze would've found that very offensive. Shikashi, she finds anything cat related offensive.' Emi mused to herself and wasn't particular worried with Nicky's and Scourge's banter.

"I'd pay more attention if I were you Pinky!" Emi snapped out of her daze to the devil's voice. His eyes were on her oblivious to Nicky's face scrunching up into a death glare.
"Leave her out of it! This is between you and me! Emi, toridasu!" Before Emi could obey Nicky's pleading order, Scourge kneed Nicky in the stomach- hard and with a lot of power. Consequently, Nicky collapsed on his knees clutching his stomach and gasping in pain.
"N-Nicky?...i-iie!" Emi cried mentally cursing herself for not knocking Scourge out with her hammer while she had the chance.
"Like I said, not good enough. And as for you little one," Scourge let out a devil like grin as he faced Emi.

"E-Emi...run..." Nicky choked out as he tried to stand on his feet again. Scourge kicked him back with an ugly frown.
"I don't like the way YOU talk Blue." Scourge mocked him and kept his foot on Nicky's head.

SWOOOOOOOOP!

Scourge ducked his head just in the nick of time avoiding a concussion from a piko piko hammer.
"Whoa there, you could've hurt somebody." He pouted playfully at the now fuming girl. He had a slight idea of what was going to happen next due to his experience with fighting both Amy and Rosy.
"Get-off-of-him-now." Emi spoke through gritted teeth and another hammer appeared in her hand that was twice her size. Scourge visibly flinched at the weapon and looked at her awestruck but then regained his composure by dragging Nicky up by his arm and let out a glare.

"Chaos emerald and then I'll give him to you without a fractured skull." Nicky struggled in his grip. Scourge kicked him back down on the floor and pinned his back down with his foot. Because Scourge already had three chaos emeralds with him, he automatically had more power than both Emi and Nicky combined since they only have two even though he's oblivious to the fact Nicky has one.
"I'm not gonna fall for that. Give me back my man now!" Emi advanced towards with with one step and the hammer seemed to be getting bigger in her hand.

"Emi...eugh...you're hurt! Run while you have the chance. I can deal with him!" Nicky tried to get up ignoring the protesting pain all over his body but Scourge pressed his foot down harder on his back.
"You are in no shape of even catching a fly so keep your trap shut!" Scourge growled at him before glancing back at Emi "Give me the emerald while he still lives. I won't hesitate to kill him or even you."

Emi's glare softened and was replaced with fear; fear that her Nicky would be killed in her very eyes. 'He's bluffing...right?' Emi bit her bottom lip and stared straight into Nicky's eyes.
"N-No..." He whispered out as soon as she lowered her hammer down. They spent so much hard work and sweat and even risked their lives for these emeralds.
"Promise me that you won't hurt him," Both Nicky's and Scourge's eyes widened in shock. She's asking the one of the most untrustworthy, womanising, greedy guy in the world to promise her something so insignificant to him. Why would he, Scourge The Hedgehog, keep his word to a girl he just met.

"For once just listen to me and run!" Nicky glared at her in frustration "Don't waste time with this guy!" Anger was visible in his voice and the paranoia of Scourge taking advantage of Emi grew. It may not be a sexual advantage because of Nicky's bite but that doesn't stop Scourge from attacking her or taking her as hostage.
"Promise you hmm?" Red anger marks were visible on Nicky's forehead as none of the hedgehogs were paying attention to him.
"You two may be opposites but I noticed that there are some quirks that are similar." Her hammer was gone now.

"EMI! RUN DAMMIT!" Nicky was flaring up now and banged his fists and against the floor repeatedly throwing a small tantrum.
"Urusai!" Emi gave Nicky the assassin look shutting him up immediately with a little chibi tear on the corner of his eye. What a meany, he just wanted her to be safe.
"And what if I were to lie? Wouldn't you feel rather guilty that your 'Nicky-Kun' is all broken up just cos you never gave me the chaos emerald in the first place?" Emi had to bite down on her bottom lip from delivering an insult out of anger "And after that, I could maybe, just maybe, torture you by snapping every single one of your tiny bones in half with my bare hands and smear your blood on my walls?" A maniacal smile was present on his face. Emi was taken back, he was acting a way similar to how the others described Rosy. His eyes had a visible scarlet hue and his teeth resembled a field of knives.

All Nicky saw was blood red. His breathing sped up and his heart pounded harder against his chest. Adrenaline coursed through his blood as fast as his namesakes and a ferocious yell was emitted from his mouth.

With Herculean effort, he pushed himself up tripping Scourge up in process and delivered a punch towards his jaw knocking him to the ground. Nicky breathed heavily before taking a step back. He's never felt this angry, ever. Scourge looked up to him with a disgusted stare. Emi gawked at him with shock, not fear but it wasn't a pleasant surprise.
'I had my guard down...that's why he got me. There's no way he can possess so much power.' Scourge tried to reassure himself.

"Blue hedgehog...step away from him for a sec." All three hedgehogs turned around to see Shadow along with Sonic, Silver, Amy and Rosy at the entrance towards the throne room with grim expressions. They seemed to have arrived only to see that hard punch Nicky threw. Nicky obeyed without hesitation grabbing Emi's arm in process and walked towards the group with his head down.
'This is not cool, not cool at all.' Nicky furrowed his eyebrows to himself.

"You knew they were coming, didn't you Pinky!" Scourge yelled at Emi but he couldn't stop glancing back at Rosy. It's been so long since he last saw her. She now looks the same age as her counterpart and she no longer wears that immature clothing. Mostly, she no longer has that psychopathic look on her face.
"The advantages of having a com link." Emi pointed to her wrist device that Scourge missed out. How could he have been so blind? Now he's surrounded and Rosy is not even on his side- not that she was that loyal on fighting by his side in the first place.

"If I were you, I'd give them back their chaos emeralds." Rosy hissed out. Her voice was tainted with venom yet Scourge could feel the loving emotion she has for him. He really needs a maniac on his side and who could be better than the queen of manics herself?
"I'll be back," With a chuckle, Scourge dashed out of the window with supersonic speed leaving behind a fading green blur.
"Coward." Sonic stated and let out a sigh. He then faced the SEGA hedgehogs with a frown "I think he's gonna be back with the chaos emeralds of this world and challenge us with a fight. Do you guys still have the four emeralds of your world's?" They took out their chaos emeralds in response from out of their quills then put them back in again quickly so there is no light show.

"Emi, Nicky, we need to patch up your wounds." Amy gestured towards the duo but before they could reply.
"Their wounds can be cleaned up later, right now I have to talk to them and Silver," Shadow then glared at the other three "Without your presence." The room temperature seemed to have dropped at his freezing glare.
"Okay, no need to look at us like that." Rosy crossed her arms "Amy, Sonic, we need to contact Warden so he could arrange more places at the HQ. Good thing we knocked out all of those guards..." The trio walked out of the room leaving the four Japanese speaking hedgehogs alone in the throne room.

"Oshiete, doushitanda?" Shadow spoke up. His ruby eyes bored into Nicky's soul and glanced back at Emi's ear. "A lot must've happened for you to finally mark Emi and for you to deliver that rather nasty punch." Nicky looked up and let out a sigh ignoring the fact that Shadow's teeth were gnashing itself together the more he stared at the mark.
"I've never seen you angry before either." Emi added with a pondering tone. Lucky for Nicky, she wasn't fearful of him or even the slight bit intimidated.
"Ore wa...wa..." Nicky couldn't bring his words out. He still couldn't believe that he could hate someone's guts so much. Hate is an emotion that the optimistic hedgehog tried to avoid but ever since he witnessed HIS girl about to be kissed by his anti, it seemed like hate has made its way to his golden heart. Then again, he's not the perfect hero.

"Why did you bite Emi? It looks like some vampire has left a mark on her ear." Silver asked while poking Emi's poor ear. Emi swatted his hands away in annoyance.
"Silver! Yamaro!" Silver held his hands up like he was surrendering. She didn't need to get that annoyed. "And Nicky! Shadow! Somebody tell me why I have been bitten." Silver nodded as he wanted an answer too.

Shadow's serious stare dropped and a bewildered look was smacked against his face.
"Kanojo wa shirimasen?" His sentence seemed to have hoovered up all of the seriousness in the atmosphere and a nervous chuckle escaped from Nicky's lips.
"Wakarimasen!" Silver shouted. He was in the dark along with Emi as well. At least they relate. "What is so special about getting bitten? She's not a piece of fruit you know."

"Temae...chotto koi!" Shadow lunged for Nicky who jumped out of the way in time with a sweat drop and a tiny yelp. He should've known that Shadow would've reacted this way. The chase was on.
"Oi! Oi-ah! Matte kudusai! Shadooooow!" He managed to avoid a chaos spear that could've burnt his tail crisp and another one that could've left him with a sooty face.
"Aaa, mata ka," Silver piped up. Emi hummed in agreement. Both were bummed out with the fact they're still left out in the dark. What the heck is so bad about this bite? Shadow looked like he could bite Nicky's head off while Nicky was sweating galore. "It sucks to be one of the youngest in the group."

"She has every right to know!" Shadow spoke in between as he threw a punch.
"She's too young to know! She hasn't even got the TALK yet!" Nicky countered back with a couple of kicks however both these rivals are evenly matched in speed and arguably speed. It was like watching a pair of twins fighting over the last slice of pizza.

"I agree with Shadow!" Emi yelled and waved her arm a bit to break up the half chase half fight "I'm the one who got bitten! I'm the one who should know."
"I'm two years older than her, I should've known in the first place." Silver added. The younger duo were sadly ignored by the older duo who were too absorbed in their own childlike business.

"I was caught up in the heat of the moment. Scourge was about to kiss her!" Shadow halted his next movement and his mouth opened in horror. "Zonic said he was dangerous no? Green threatened to torture her! You should've seen his face, he looked like a deranged killer on the loose." Shadow looked down for a moment before glancing back at Emi and then a rare softened look at Nicky along with a rare thought: 'He'll do anything to protect the one he loves.'
"One good outcome out of this is that he won't be advancing Emi in a perverted manner but now he knows that he could use her in some way to get to you." Typical Shadow; always trying to fault Nicky one way or another though, he's right. Nicky could've had a different approach to his fighting techniques like how he approaches Eggman. "Teenagers these days," He mumbled out. "Aho."

"Demou...you have to tell her at least. Give her the brief details IN FRONT of me otherwise I will explain it to her in every single detail including the TALK. Wakarata?" Shadow's final tone sent shivers down everyone's spine.
"Wakata." Nicky rolled his eyes at him and then looked at the impatient looking Emi and Silver. "Should Silver know as well?"
"Why shouldn't I?" Silver placed his hands on his hips.
"He should've known in the first place since he's older than her. He needs to know too but I'm not gonna ruin his innocence." Overprotective Onee-Sama answered with a huff doubling the burden on Nicky's shoulders.

Nicky faced the young duo and immediately sat on the floor with his legs crossed and gestured the other two to do the same so they were in a triangle formation. Shadow remained standing with his arms crossed and his figure loomed over the three. It was like he was a senseiand the young three were the students in detention.

"Basically..." Nicky cleared his throat "...ehem...that bite I gave you is me erm-er...marking you, Emi-Chan...oh and Silver, mark counts if the male bites the female."
"Why did you mark me then? What's so special about marking?" Emi raised a brow at him. Nicky looked at Shadow pleadingly who glared at him in return to show that they'll do it Shadow's way.
"Well, I marked you so as a result, you have my scent all over you that can be picked up by other males. It..." Nicky's cheeks reddened slightly "It would ward other males away from you romantically cos they know that...that if t-they lay a finger on ya, I'm gonna kill 'em." Everyone's eyes widened "Not literally!" They calmed down slightly "That's the brief details and that's all I'm gonna tell ya. Scourge ain't gonna try and kiss ya again Emi," Nicky composed himself and gave Emi a wink but his fired up cheeks gave away of how embarrassed he was.

'That went a little easier than I thought, eheh.' Nicky chuckled in his mind before continuing to the others.

"You can mark only one person in a lifetime. Only one." Nicky looked away as Shadow gave a satisfied look. Looks like Shadow doesn't have the privilege to indulge Emi and Silver with THE talk.
"So you chose me? To protect me?" Emi was getting teary eyed now. Out of all girls, Nicky was going to protect her throughout their lives. "Oh SONIKKU! That's so sweet of you!" She wrapped her arms around him and nuzzled under his muzzle. Since Nicky was used to such actions, he just patted her on the head and kept an unamused look.

'He really does love me, I just need him to admit it!' Emi squealed inwardly to herself.
"I see there's a little more to this then what you told us," Silver eyed at Nicky who pointed at Emi who was oblivious to what was happening at the moment and shook his head "Well, at least she's no longer Scourge's eye candy." That may be true but if they weren't careful, Scourge could easily end her life in a click of his fingers; especially with the newly gained strength from their chaos emeralds.

"Hai," Nicky mumbled and but then looked up with a newly found determination that contrasted his little anger-fest just a while ago "We won't let green win this and I won't let any more harm befall on Emi." Emi looked up at him with slight awe. He seemed so determined and so focused. All her doubts and bad feelings disappeared instantly and a shy smile adorned her face as she hid her face in Nicky's chest. She felt his heart beat rhythmically along with hers.

"I will make sure no harm befalls on any of us!" Silver kept a hand on his hip and jokingly put his nose in the air "I will be everyone's hero." Shadow mentally face palmed himself. On the other hand, Emi and Nicky giggled at Silver's little antic.
"Yes, the hero who had a free piggyback ride from Shadow." Nicky added much to Silver's dismay making his eyes pop open and scowl at the blue hedgehog.
"Kono yarou..."

"You all done yet? We have a crowd waiting for us out there," Shadow pointed towards the door and skated off without another word. He could've at least waited for the rest of his team mates.
"Meet you lover hogs later! Jaa ne!" Silver piped up with a cheeky grin and barely missed Nicky's spin dash by flying up with his telekenesis. Nicky uncurled and puffed out his cheeks. He turned around to Emi only to see her with a content smile.

"Emi? Daijoubu?" He was in front of her now. She giggled in response.
"Oh yes, yes. It's just that I've just been contemplating on how much both Shadow and Silver has changed." She rocked her heels back and forth; her typical behavior.
"How so?" She had his attention now.
"Remember how Shadow used to be so anti-social? He used to avoid all of us in the past."
"How can I ever forget? Before he was like," Nicky put on a mock grumpy face and crossed his arms before adding a little 'hmmph.' "And now he's like 'Stay away from Emi you little brat!'" Emi slapped his shoulder lightly for his rudeness on mocking her self-proclaimed brother but that only resulted with him chortling at her.

"I know you have a deep respect for him, don't lie." Nicky swatted her fingers away from his cheeks with a groan "You never know, you might secretly look up to him. I know Silver looks up to you!"

"And Silver used to be so serious and quiet in front of everyone but now he seems to be as energetic and childish like you." Nicky had a point. Silver has came out of his shell more than Shadow ever since he met Nicky and friends.
"It's because of my wonderful bonding skills that we all have a great friendship!" Emi dramatically pointed to herself and peeked one eye open to see Nicky's reaction.
"Sure, sure, mistaking the two of them as me is your 'wonderful' way of bonding with others." Emi visibly cringed at his statement and narrowed her eyes at his goofy grin.

"Mind you, every one thought Shadow was you. And remember that one time Blaze thought you were Silver?" Nicky's eyebrows twitched at the memory. "I've gotten a lot better in distinguishing between you and others. Not once have I mistaken Sonic as you."
"And I've never mistaken another girl for you Emi." He let out a warm smile at her causing her heart to hammer in her chest and butterflies to flutter in her stomach. It was that one smile which could melt her like chocolate. Before he knew it, she leapt up and planted a kiss right on the corner of his lips making him stagger back.

"Hey! That was wa-aaaaay too close to the lips!" He protested while Emi was squealing and giggling and jumping around. "Dasai Emi...dasai..." Nicky stepped away from her.
"Awww, Nicky-yyyyyyy. You were just so cute there and it just felt so right!" Nicky looked away from her and felt the warmth of her lips lingering on the corner of his lips before letting out a small grin.
'It does feel right, just right.' He mused to himself.

As soon as the thought went, he scooped Emi up in his arms ready to dash out of the castle and meet the others.
"Ya ready?" His eyes were halfway closed and his emerald eyes glimmered with fondness.
"Honey, I was always ready." Emi and her terrible flirting. Nicky rolled his eyes and darted out of the building with Emi whooping with joy. Unfortunately, they didn't see the shadow that was hiding in the hallway. His ice blue eyes narrowed with glee.

"You may have come in the way of me stealing those candy lips of her but watch...I will make you fall...'Nicky-Kun'," The figure snarled.

(With the others in another hallway by passed out guards)

"I bet they're kissing in the corner or something."
"No Amy, no. Just cos he marked her, it doesn't mean they're gonna get all intimidate already."
"Sonic! Kissing is not even that intimidate."
"To me, anything that's more than holding hands willingly is intimidate."
"Sonic your word is not law."
"If it were we'd have chillidogs being sold everywhere."

"Silver, I think I deserve that after all those times I save people."
"Eugh, my worst nightmare."
"Amy the pesceta-aaaaaarian~"
"A pesce-whut?"
"Rosy, Amy doesn't eat meat or chicken."

"AMY WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YA!?"
"Rosy! You're suppose to be on my side!"
"See, even Rosy knows what you're missing out."

Shadow stood there grimacing at the mindless babbling by the hedgehogs in front of him. From wondering what's taking Nicky and Emi long to discussing how great chillidogs are in their opinions. How does he get put into these situations again?
"But then again, this is better than those boring missions at GUN." Shadow admitted to himself quietly.

"Moshi moshi Shadow!" A familiar voice brought him back to reality and do a double take. Was he that lost in thought that he didn't sense Nicky's presence behind him? "I see you're enjoying this adventure,"
"If you utter one word about this to someone I wi-"
"As if anyone's gonna believe me to begin with." Nicky cut him off with a shrug.

"Emi! Hi hi!" Amy enveloped Emi in a hug that was a lot gentler than her usual bear hugs.
"I see I've been missed." Emi giggled.

"Alright enough chit chat, lets just go to the HQ. Amy, you lead the way, I'll stay at the back for any trouble." Rosy interrupted the premature conversation and beckoned Amy to start walking.
"Why are you at the back?" Silver asked the rascal.
"Because I know that there will be a few guards trying to attack us at the back so they will get a nice introduction," A hammer poofed up in her hands "To this baby," Silver's breath got hitched in his throat as he looked away from the threatening object.

"Rosy, I know you can take care of yourself so we're gonna speed up the journey a bit, okay? Watch our backs." Sonic requested with a hint of trust for the girl.
"Yeah, yeah. And stop giving me those dirty looks Shadow!" Rosy pointed her hammer at the ebony hedgehog who still held mistrust against her.
"He's always giving everyone dirty looks." Nicky crossed his arms behind his head and spoke freely. Shadow opened his mouth and the two rivals were at it- again.

(~x~)

Rosy trailed back and walked slowly on the lookout for any enemies trying to ambush them. The others were no longer in her sight and the hallways seemed to be stretching further and further away yet Rosy felt no intimidation. She usually walks in the dead woods late at night with resilience so the castle was merely a cinch.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!

A sudden gust of wind blew against her quills causing her to whip out her hammer in defense. This was no ordinary wind and it sure had its familiar icy chill.

"Scourge, show yourself." Those three words caused a shadow to move in the dark corner and the next thing Rosy knew, the evil speed-devil was right in front of her. By instinct, she swung the hammer at Scourge however, with his fake strength, Scourge caught the hammer in his hands and snatched it out of her grip before tossing it away to one side. "You little-"
"Rosy, that's not a nice way to greet someone." Scourge playfully pouted before grabbing her wrists in his hands so she doesn't make another hammer appear.

Rosy, determined to keep a strong image, merely glared at him and stayed stiff in his hold. She knows that with the power he's got, she wouldn't be able to budge in his grip.
"Knowing me, that's how I greet people." She hissed out in the lowest voice she could muster. Sadly, in her words, she trembled a bit as her heart was beating faster at his touch. Why, oh why did she still have feelings for the one guy she wants to take over?

"I thought a knew you until I've seen you, well, mature..." He purred out and Rosy scoffed at him in disgust. He still has that annoying habit of going after girls and dumping them every week.
"What the hell do you want with me? Go find another girl to screw instead of messing with Emi and me." Scourge snickered at her fruitless struggle.
"I want you on my side, simple. Don't you wanna be on the winning team?"
"As if you need me and there's no way you're gonna win." Scourge crooked a brow at this.

"But I thought you loved me..." He added dramatically before pushing Rosy against the wall and pressing his body against hers. There was no space between the two and his wry smirk mocked Rosy's annoyed scowl.
"W-Well you thought wrong! You made me into a psychopath! You avoided me all the time! I have people I can trust. I-I-mmmmph!?" Rosy was cut off by Scourge's lusty lips crashing against hers bruising her lips in a fiery passion that she didn't know one could possess. To avoid getting succumbed into her hidden desire, she struggled against his hold once again only for lips to be parted forcefully and a tongue to intrude her mouth.

A groan was emitted from Scourge and he let his tongue explore her mouth feeling her fight under his touch and her tongue forcing his out of her mouth. This was new to Scourge as all the girls he dated would allow him to dominate them in every way though, he never went all the way. They all seemed the same and thus they all seemed dull therefore he didn't make love to any of them. Rosy on the other hand was something new, something fresh and vibrant. Not to mention that she tasted good in his opinion.

Her wrists were tiny enough to wrap his whole hand around them. Her quills held a strange fragrance that lured him in. Her eyes, just like her counterparts were a rare shade of green except hers held a glint. A glint of insanity. The very same glint that could be seen in his eyes.

His thoughts were interrupted by a sharp pain coursing through his tongue causing him to retract his mouth from Rosy's and hiss in pain. He glared at the now smirking girl. He was enjoying the kiss, a lot, and then she ruined it.
"If you know what's right, you'd let go of me now!" Rosy admonished once more but Scourge took it as a challenge. "You have your so called amazing power, I don't see why you need me."
"That may be true but have you ever considered that I might actually like you?" Shock was evident on her face as he leaned his face closer to her. She was frozen.

Never, ever in her life did she actually consider Scourge having some feelings for her after all he did. She was so hellbent on trying to overthrow his crown and have the ability to live like a normal mobian that she never had thoughts of Scourge saying those words. Sure she ranted on how she could've ruled with him but she always thought that he only used girls for pleasure. A negative thought pestered in her head as she realised: he is the most untrustworthy guy she'd ever come across and for all she could know, he could be lying through his teeth. The pessimistic thought crashed down her hopes as she pushed Scourge away from her. She didn't miss the surprised gasp from him.

"Have you ever considered that I might actually HATE you?" Scourge growled at her and with his speed, grabbed her arm and leaned in to her face.
"Whether you believe me or not, I don't give a damn. I want you and I will get you. I don't care if you're willing or not but one second you'd be a virgin and the next," He flicked her nose "You'd probably be impregnated by me."
"This is all just dumb lust. You're not gonna get in my pants, Scourgey, I'll have you overthrown before you know it."

"I hate it when you're so persistent." Scourge rolled his eyes at her "I'll give you one last chance. Come on my side and we could rule the place. If you go on THEIR side, consider yourself lost and then I will find you and you will find yourself in the worst position ever." Rosy's thoughts clashed one another. Her feelings for Scourge were starting to break open out of the wall she built around it and persuading her to join him. Her rational side was pulling her away and shouting that she's been preparing to take him down for months. She vowed to help the people who helped her. Kintobor gave her the chance to be normal and now it was her turn to give him the chance to come out of hiding.

"Never. I know you're going down. Even if you take me now or kill me or whatever, you will lose the throne." Rosy cackled and Scourge tightened his grip on her before replying:
"Consider yourself doomed then, my little Rosy." He spoke with his teeth gritted together before sinking his teeth underneath her muzzle and clamping a hand over her mouth so her screams were muffled.

Unlike Nicky's gently nip on Emi's ear, Scourge's bite was hungry and strong on Rosy's skin and he pulled away spitting the blood out of his mouth on the floor.
"You...you!" Rosy snarled at him gripping the place where he marked her. Scourge flashed a dirty smile at her before giving a quick peck and dashing away in a blur.

Drip...

Drip...

Drip...

Her blood trickled down to the ground staining her top and a psychopathic look was placed on her face.

"Bastard..." Rosy ran off in pursuit of finding the others as a lone, single tear trailed down her cheek.

(~x~)

A/N: That's the end of this chapter unfortunately and OMG THE FIRST SWEAR WORD THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE STORY! I'm sorry that not much fighting happens here but hey, I want the final battle to be memorable, fresh, crisp and to finish with a bang. Think of these little brawls as teasers for the ultimate battle. Plus, since this is now T rated, we can have some nice kissy scenes instead of of flowers and rainbows and kiddy stuff and now we could have lots of swear words!

I hope you ScourgeXRosy fans are happy out there xD I know I am! I just wish I applied more NIckyXEmi romance nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Ugghhh, it's nearly 2am here. I should be sleeping man. This chapter ain't even long enough too. I was aiming for 10,000 words and I barely grazed 7000. Fingers dammit, why won't you work faster!

Emi: Please leave a review of what you thought of the chapter and please say Nicky and I need more romantic scenes!

Nicky: Emi...get away from the laptop...

Shadow: I should have my own fanfiction with guns and moterbikes and-

Silver: I want Blaaaaaaaze!

Me: I WANT POCKY STICKS!

Everyone: (O)_(O)

Jaa ne~