Over
at the Pool, Vanilla was enjoying bath time. The waters of the
pool has a temperature that is relaxing to the touch and Vanilla
figured this would be a good time to have a moment in the water.
"You truly are a calm one, aren't you?" Vanilla asked
Kweli. "You really like bath time... yes you do... yes you
do... yes, you, do..." and Vanilla cupped more water into her
hand and let it rinse Kweli's belly.
This
really does bring back memories.
Vanilla thought. It
seems like only yesterday that I could remember bathing Cream like
this. My, time really does fly and children truly do grow so
fast.
Kweli managed to coo in Vanilla's hands as she continued to wash the
young buck.
"You're an incredible mother, aren't you?" Said Aqua as she walked over.
"No one is, really." Vanilla answered. "How did you sleep?"
"Average." Aqua replied. "Little Kweli wouldn't be embarrassed if my little girls join in bath time would he?" She giggled.
"Of course not, he could use more friends." Vanilla answered.
"I shall go and get them." And Aqua wonders off.
Vanilla shook her head and continued bathing Kweli. I better remember to do this with my mother daughters.
It was about 10 minutes, but Aqua came back with only one of her daughters. "Here we are." She said.
"There are the girls.... I'm sorry, I wasn't around for the naming." said Vanilla
"Only have one, and we haven't named them yet, so you haven't missed anything." Aqua said. "Hiei has the other, right now."
"So both of them aren't going to bathe?"
"Not at the same time, no." Aqua replied. "Hiei was oddly insistent with his request to be left with her, so I figured that would be good for him, since what I told."
"I see."
And Aqua joins the bath. "How is Kirika doing?" She asked.
"I don't know. I haven't gone to check on her since Chaos brought her here, but she's near death."
"I feel horrible about it all..."
"Don't, you have other things to worry about."
"You do realise the impact on Muri this will cause if Kirika passes, don't you?" Aqua asked.
"I'm aware of that, but not telling her will only do more damage than being honest to her." Vanilla answered.
"Did I say don't tell her?"
"What do you suggest?"
"I'm afraid I don't know." Aqua said, as she bathed her daughter. "We can only pray Kirika recovers from this..."
"I hope Lavender is doing okay."
"Who?" Aqua asked, curiously.
"The other vixen in class."
"You mean Tails child?"
Vanilla sighed. "Yes. That little girl was named three weeks into her pregnancy."
"Wow, I see. I guess it was easier for her with names, since...there's not really a father." Aqua said. "Can't be a joint decision with only one."
"Not really. It's actually tougher."
"Really?" Aqua questioned, she tickled her daughter a little. "You're so cute, little Yuzuyu." She smiled.
"That's a nice handle, what does it mean?" asked Vanilla
"Huh?" Aqua looked oblivious.
"Yuzuyu, what does that mean?"
"Honestly, I've no idea." Aqua giggled. "It just came out. Is in one of my favourite manga. She's the adorable 5 year old girl that a young flirty boy has to look after."
Vanilla smiled. "Yuzuyu... well, you probably won't be able to leave until you name both of them." and she continued to bathe Kweli.
"Well, I had an idea for a name when I was in my early days, when I thought I only had one child. But, I thought about naming my girl...Tsunami..." Aqua said.
"Did you ever want to be a surfer?"
"Been there, done that."
Vanilla shook her head. "Every time."
"What? I've participated in every water activity..."
"Tsunami is a surfer thing."
"I'm well aware of that." Aqua said. "....You know, nevermind, I didn't think you'd understand."
"I've never been surfing."
Aqua places her hand over the water, it swirls around the location she hovered her hand. "You don't need to surf to know why I had the idea."
"No biggy. I guess Hiei went to name the other one... either that or is coaxing Tikal to use the tribal paints for protective markings."
"Hiei is a mystery." Aqua said. "But, that's the reason I fell in love with him, I guess."
"My late husband was a mystery at times..."
Aqua continued to bath her baby. "I think Hiei can name our other child, I'm okay with that."
"I see. And are you two seeing eye to eye now?"
"Transition time required."
"I see."
"Well, I think this has been a decent bath, we're finished now." Aqua stood, with her daughter.
"Same." said Vanilla as she stood with Kweli. "Let's dry these newborns off. I also have to feed you too."
"By 'you' I assume you're talking to Kweli." Aqua said.
Vanilla wrapped Kweli in a towel. "You know, you really should take this baby-parent time to resolve things with that husband of yours." she told Aqua.
"We're not in any danger, things will work out, they always do."
"For the sake of your daughters, I hope that is the case."
"You have more pressing issues than my love life, dear." Aqua told her.
"Of course. Here's to a happy ending for all of us." and Vanilla took her leave. And Aqua returned to her hut.
Tails was slowly coming to, as her belly was moving. She rubbed it slightly and let out a yawn. I guess Lavender wants to play around a little...either that or something is bothering her. Tails then noticed Cream, who was still asleep next to her. Tails lifted a hand and gently stroked Cream's cheek. Cream didn't say anything, but she turned in her sleep. Tails smiled and checked around. I wonder if I can get up without disturbing Cream... She thought. So, she slowly began to try getting up and out of bed without waking Cream. Having only made Cream shift position a little bit a few times, Tails had managed to get out of bed, via the bottom of the bed and was carefully heading to the door of the room. As Tails headed to the door, she heard Cream stirring in bed.
"No, I don't wanna. I don't want to date the Big Giant Head." and the rabbit turned over in her sleep. Tails simply sweatdropped and left the room quietly. She then headed to the bathroom. Upon entering, she did her business, washed up and left, wondering into the living room, where she sat down and sighed. She looked at her belly and decided to run her finger down, seeing if Lavender would 'reply'. No response from Lavender.
Meanwhile, everyone gathered around at the alter of the Master Emerald in the old Mystic Ruins. Vanilla, Aqua and Hiei managed to wrap up the three babies properly. "Okay everyone, I'll bring everyone back in multiple trips. It's easier this way." said Tikal.
"Makes sense." Amy replied.
"Any questions before we leave?" asked Tikal.
"Nope."
Hiei replied.
"What kind of flowers do you like?" Aqua
asked Tikal.
"None that still exist, sadly." Tikal answered. "Any other questions?"
"May we leave now?" Hiei asked.
"You're leaving last." and Tikal stuck out her tongue. "Any other reasonable questions?"
"Are you testing my patience?"
"Rei, do you have any questions?"
"Not one you can answer." Rei replied.
"I'll try to help your situation however I can." Tikal reassured Rei.
Rei sighs. "Time to go back to a ton of armour..."
"Okay.
Amy, I'll take you and the other shop workers first." and Tikal
stood in the water.
"Um, Aqua... I don't have the key to the
shop." Amy noted.
"We will discuss that after we leave, we have much to talk about before I go." Aqua replied.
"Gotcha." and Amy nods. "Well girls, let's get our feet wet."
The other girls that work in Aqua's shop got into the water. Then the five girls held hands and were soon gone in a flash of light. "I sure hope Cream is okay..." said Vanilla as she held Kweli.
Hiei closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them. "She's fine." He said.
"You know, I find it odd how you can see the outside world, but you haven't named your daughter yet." Hiei doesn't reply. Vanilla shook her head. Well, I better swing around and grab some certificates. I'll need them eventually for everything that has turned up due to recent events. she thought.
"What certificates?" Hiei asked.
"The ones you won't respond to." Vanilla answered.
"Hiei,
stop mind reading, it's rude." Aqua scolded.
"Uh
huh...Sorry, habit." And Hiei walked off slightly.
"Learn when and where to pick brains, young man." Vanilla scolded Hiei.
"You're not my mother, you never will be, so don't act as you can scold me like I were your child." Hiei replied to Vanilla.
"You're right, I should let your wife scold you instead." and Vanilla looked at Aqua. "Hopefully, you won't have too many problems putting your man in line."
"Trust
me, I have my ways." Aqua replied.
"Hiei is always like
that, ma'am." Rei told Vanilla.
"He's always full of himself? I find that hard to believe." said a cocky Vanilla.
Rei walked over to Vanilla and whispered in her ear. "He has a hard time showing emotions, because he fears they will betray him again." She explained.
Tikal returned from the first drop-off. "So, I take it you will want to go next?" she asked Vanilla and Rei.
"I'll wait a little while longer, I still need to enjoy what little freedom I have left." Rei said.
"I
will go instead." Vanilla answered.
"Right. Come
on in, the water's fine." said Tikal.
Vanilla stepped into
the water. "If you know how to work the genetics, you can
grow me some rainbow roses, Aqua. But that choice is yours."
"I can try, I guess." Aqua replied, she also joined in the water. Hiei looked over his shoulder and sighed before looking back ahead of him.
"So I take it you've named that one?" asked Aqua.
"Yuzuyu is good for me, and Hiei won't complain either." Aqua smiled.
"Well, what say you, Dad?"
"I'm fine with it." Hiei replied.
"That too, but not what I meant." Tikal was specific.
"Then what did you mean?"
"Last time I checked, new families leave at the same time."
"Last time I heard, you banished me to go last."
"Hiei! Get over here and stop acting like a jerk!" Aqua yelled at him.
"Maybe
he needs more time in his freedom." joked Vanilla.
"Besides, it's not like he doesn't have a name for the other
twin..."
"Oh, that's right." Tikal remembered.
"Your daughters can't leave unless named. I mean, you do
have a good name, right?"
"I'm having trouble deciding." Hiei said. "I mean, there's Chouko, Etsuko, Haruko...Manami..."
"Perhaps I will wait on sending you, Aqua. It wouldn't be fair to have one twin here and one twin elsewhere." Tikal said with disappointment. "This will give you time to come to terms with both names of the girls." and in a flash of light, Tikal, Vanilla and Kweli were gone.
"I
see...." Aqua said. "Hiei...doesn't Manami have two
combinations?"
"Yes. Mana as in 'love, affection.' and
Mi which can be either Beautiful or 'sea, ocean.'" Hiei replied.
"Well,
you know how much I love the ocean." Aqua said.
"Indeed,
Manami it is then..." And Hiei walked over to Aqua and took a
seat, crossing his legs and looking at his daughter in his arms, Aqua
just sat next to him.
"How cute." Rei said quietly.
"After
you sort out your shop with that hedgehog, go to Chun-nan." Hiei
said. "Pay your family a visit, you're safer there and no one
will be able to get you or our children."
"Are you
sure?" Aqua asked, Hiei nodded in reply.
"Hopefully,
when Vanilla wants to find Irum, the shit will hit the fan and all
this craziness will end."
"I am conflicted." Rei said sadly.
"Go on." Hiei replied, looking at Rei.
"Look at me. I can live here like it's normal. Once I leave, I'll be back in my 'shell' again like this never even happened."
"Perhaps it's time you had an upgrade." Hiei said.
"Upgrade.... I can upgrade as much as possible, but I still can't live normally."
"I mean a real upgrade. Not a mechanical one, but perhaps it's time to get rid of that ticker and get you a real heart." Hiei told her.
"A real heart... the list of donors for hearts is as long as Orion's Belt. And even with a donated heart, I still can't survive on my own."
"You know what." And Hiei gave 'Manami' to Aqua and stood, walking over to Rei, he placed his hands on her shoulders and looked down on her. "I, personally, am going to find a way for you to live a normal carefree life, as you have been one of my most loyal friends."
"God knows you don't have many of them."
"I have enough." Hiei replied. "You've followed under my order without question since we first met. It's about time I repaid you for that."
Tikal returned to the old Mystic Ruins. "Well, all that's left are you three." she said. "We can go whenever you're ready."
"Leave Rei here until she decides what she wants." Hiei said, letting go of Rei and walking over to Tikal.
"I believe you wanted to discuss things with me?"
"Is that so?"
"You tell me. Surely you have things that are on your mind..."
"I have things on my mind, but nothing you can help me with at this point."
"Fine."
"Perhaps I'm not ready to talk about what bothers me yet."
"I won't push... Vanilla may be busting your chops right now, but I'm not one to judge."
"What is there to judge?" Hiei asked. "I'm only cold hearted, because it's not safe to be otherwise. Not yet, I won't let my guard down, not for a second."
"I see."
"So, Rei. What will you do? Stay here or come back knowing I am seeking to find you real freedom?" Hiei asked, looking at Rei.
"I am uncertain." Rei answered.
"Is it easy to contact you from in here?" Hiei asked Tikal.
"Nope." Tikal answered. "Cell phones, pagers and regular electronics don't work here. Just a radio, TV and medical stuff."
Hiei looks back at Rei. "My telepathy seems unaffected by this...place. So, you know how to contact me, stay here until you decide, when you do, I'm sure I'll hear you when you're ready." He said to her.
"Right."
said Rei.
"Well, I guess that means you two need to fill a
few things out." said Tikal.
"Oh?" Aqua asked.
"There was a reason why I took a bit of time with Vanilla." and Tikal walked towards Aqua and Hiei.
"Are you talking about the second name?"
"Actually, about both." It was at this moment that Tikal handed Hiei and Aqua a clipboard which held two birth certificates. "You two need to fill this stuff out. Luckily, the time of birth, gender and your first names were already filled out. You two have to do the rest."
Aqua and Hiei looked at each other before nodding and filling out the names for both children. Yuzuyu and Manami.
"After you guys are done, let me know so I can help with the rest of the stuff needed for these." Tikal said.
After finishing the paper work, it was given back to Tikal. "There." Hiei said.
"So, who is who again?"
"Yuzuyu is in my left arm, Manami is in my right arm." Aqua told Tikal.
"And who was born first?"
"Manami was, I think..." Aqua thought for a moment.
"You aren't sure?"
"A
lot happened betwe-..."
"Manami was born first."
Hiei interrupted.
"I see. Either way, let's go and finish up with these certificates. The important part comes next."
"Fine."
"What
important part?" Aqua asked.
"As you should've seen, the space for the identifying footprint and the weight area are blank. So we have to print them and weigh them."
"May we go now?" Hiei asked.
"Yes, let's go weigh and print your daughters." So Tikal led Hiei and Aqua back into the delivery hut. Manami and Yuzuyu were then weighted, printed, and the rest of the info needed was filled out on the birth certificates. Afterwards, the two parents stepped into the water along with Tikal and were gone in a flash. There they go... Rei thought and sat on the steps.
Upon
arriving in the city, Vanilla and the others were all still
around.
"Congratulations on naming your children." Amy
smiled.
"Thanks." Aqua replied.
"Welcome back to civilization." Vanilla greeted.
"About
ti-..." Hiei was suddenly interrupted by a Sonic boom which shot
passed, then there was a loud halting screech of sneakers, before
Sonic zoomed back over.
"Oh Vanilla! There you are, I've been
looking everywhere. You gotta help us find Tails before the press
does." He said to her.
"Luckily, I was informed of things thanks to Hiei here." said Vanilla. "I'll go and find her physician."
At
that moment, the media were heard running up.
"Oh Sonic."
Hiei said, "I just thought I'd inform you that Tails is located
near the beach, in the square hotel." The media then took this
and ran off.
"Thanks." Sonic said, somewhat
sarcastically before he was about to bolt, but was halted as Hiei
grabbed him by the arm. "What are you doing??" Sonic asked
angrily.
"Don't be a fool, that was a lie." Hiei said.
Vanilla
shook her head and left.
"Right, Amy. We're going to head off and talk about your future." Aqua told the pink hedgehog.
"Sonic, Tails is at Vanilla's place." Hiei told the blue hedgehog, before Sonic then bolted with a thanks.
Tails was spread out on Vanilla's sofa and was watching the ceiling, there were knocks at the door, but due to fearing the Media, she simply ignored it. This truly does suck....Why did it have to be like this? More knocks came to the door. Tails decided to investigate, so she got up and snuck over to the door and had a look through the small eye piece in the door, checking who it was and hoping she wouldn't be noticed. Tails quickly noticed it was indeed the media and she hastily, but quietly walked back into the living room. Go away, please... She pleaded in thought.
Cream
walks out from the room to see what was going on. Seeing the
sense of panic on Tails' face was enough to understand everything, so
she simply lifted herself with flight. Though her ears only
flapped at a hovering distance, Cream returned to her room.
Tails
simply waited, listening to the knocking and waiting for it to go
away.
"Excuse me, what are you doing?" Someone asked
outside the door.
"We're looking for Tails, we have a lot of
questions." A reporter replied.
"How long have you been
knocking?"
"About 20 minutes now?"
"Doesn't
that give the impression she isn't here?"
"We saw her go
in here."
"Well, in that case, shoo."
"What?
No way, we're not going anywhere until we get answers."
"Are
you sure? How about I have each and every one of you reported for
harassment, or I can simply beat the crap out of every single one of
you until you decide to leave? Which will it be?"
"You
can't do that!"
"Do you really want to test my words?"
And with that, Tails heard scampering of feet as the media seemingly
fled in terror. 15 seconds later, more knocks to the door.
"Ms
Vanilla? Cream? Miley, are you in here?" It was Muri's voice
now. This made Tails perk her ears and head over to the door.
Tails
then opened the door and know and behold, there was Muri and she was
with Kai it seemed. I
guess he was the one who scared off the media...
She thought.
"Miley, are you okay?" Muri asked.
"You
know...you can call me Tails now like everyone else, everyone already
knows I'm a fraud..."
"So...Miley really isn't your real
name?" Muri questioned.
"Nope, it was a random name I
thought up, it was just a very bad coincidence that the person really
existed..." Tails said. "Come in, before they decide to
come back..."
"Oh, they won't be coming back here for
some time, I'm sure..." Kai said.
"Weren't you in the
hospital, Muri?" Tails asked.
"Well, yes...but all of a
sudden, a doctor came and told me that Mr. Kai was here to pick me up
under request of my mum, so I was taken from the hospital and we've
been wondering around ever since." Muri replied.
"I
see..." Tails wasn't convinced.
"Hey, what's going o-" Cream said as she came out, only to be cut off by the presences at the door. "Muri, you were released from the hospital?"
"Apparently so..." Tails replied as she walked back in, Muri and Kai came in, Kai closed the door, before leaning on a nearby wall, folding his arms as the girls gathered on some chairs.
"So what's with this guy, I don't remember seeing him before?" asked Cream.
"Me
either, he just came and picked me up. The doctors seemed to trust
him, so I did too." Muri said.
"I think you're too
trusting..." Tails replied.
"Well, he's been really
sweet to me so far..."
"As long as I don't have to deal with Shena, I'll be fine." said Cream. "That woman really has issues."
"She'll be too busy kissing the sorry ass of her wuss boyfriend after I beat the crap out of him." Kai said from the corner.
"And that explains everything." said Cream.
"If I were to go into detail, there was a little bit of 'gang warfare' in the 'new shopping district' of Station Square, a few of your friends were involved, including your mother. After a few issues, I was ordered to pick up Muri as a precaution."
"And judging by the way you just spoke on Shena... you're probably close to Hiei." Cream said.
"He's my employer, and my cousin. A friend of his is a friend of mine...just like an enemy of his is someone I'd like to kick in."
"So, do you know what happened with Aqua?" asked Cream.
"She dropped." Kai replied. "Your mother and a few other were trying to evade 'Rexchus' and make their way to the hospital, before they vanished into thin air."
"And that explains everything. So, can I get either of you something to drink?"
"I'm
fine." Kai replied.
"Do you have any milkshake?"
Muri asked.
"Nope." Cream answered. "But thanks to 'Blue Boy', I know exactly what went on as of late."
"Kai..." Kai said.
"Right. Here's the deal... Aqua went into labour during some raid. Apparently, my mom ran into Tikal and took Aqua to the OMR. There, Tikal helped Aqua around with stuff and Mom played midwife again. Everything fits perfectly... except the part as to why Aqua went into labour. I probably don't wanna know anyway, so I'll leave it at that."
"Believe it or not, that actually folds back to Shena's doing." Kai said.
Cream looked towards Tails. "And what do you think of this?"
"I think it's entirely messed up, but sounds the most logical...How was Shena involved?" Tails asked.
"Her pet wolf, Tia. Tia is an emotionless cow unless told to do something. Shena must have told her to mess up Aqua's shop, which in turn caused a fight, in which Tia pushed Aqua over, educing her labour." Kai replied. "I dealt with Tia shortly afterwards."
"Tails, we're going to the next lamaze class. And I will personally be helping you out."
"Got a plan, huh?" Tails asked.
"Not at the moment, but I will have one that day."
"I
see." Tails replied.
"Would you also like me to
accompany you? I'm sure Muri will be in safer hands by then."
Kai questioned.
"I think everyone will want to see her after what went down last class. That and you can reduce collateral damage."
"She can't cause damages in her state and her boyfriend won't be up for a rematch any time soon either. Shena will disrupt the class, but only to a minimal level."
"I meant media damage..." Cream said with a sweat drop.
"Fun."
"And what about you two?"
"I'm going as well?" Muri questioned. "I dunno...it's kinda scary."
Tails
simply shrugged. "I gotta face the music sooner or later; I hope
you can handle the media, Kai."
"Recap back a few
minutes, there were a good 20 reporters in the hall moments ago. I'll
be fine." Kai replied.
"Then we have a plan." said Cream.
"You don't have any limitations on how.....persuasive I can be, do you?" Kai questioned.
"I'm not gonna push that envelope."
"Freedom it is."
"So what are we going to do now?"
"Don't
limit yourselves to this house, feel free to go anywhere, I'll keep
the media away, I promise." Kai said.
"I would like some
fresh air, but....I'm still worried. I also want to find Vanilla,
she's been gone too long." Tails said.
"Ms Vanilla is
missing?" Muri asked.
"Nope,
just had to do a bit of foot work." Vanilla said as she walks in
through the door."
"Mom, you're home." Cream said,
running to her mom and giving her a hug.
Muri relaxed a little. "Thank heavens you're back, Cream and I were really worried." Tails said.
"I hope you don't mind my being here." Kai said.
"Not really." said Vanilla. "Muri, come and grab your son."
Muri smiles and walks over to take Kweli from Vanilla. "Thank you for looking after him, but I wonder what happened, how come Mr Kai came and picked me up? What's going on?"
"Grab a seat everyone, I will explain everything." said Vanilla.
Once everyone was in a spot, Vanilla explained the events as of late. Some of the news wasn't taken well, but it was to be expected as everything was left to bare. Kai had no problems absorbing everything, but the girls' reactions spoke for themselves. "And that's the whole story." Vanilla wrapped up explaining.
Muri
was stunned for words, but the tears welled in her eyes, knowing
Kirika was badly hurt was hard for her to take.
"That's
awful...just who are these people and what is their problem?!"
Tails wasn't happy either. "Oooh, if we could, Sonic and
Shadow'd take care of them real good for this!"
"Trust
me when I say that Rexchus will not get off lightly for recent
events." Kai said from the side.
"In light of everything, Kirika managed to pull a few strings as far as you are concerned, Muri." Vanilla said. "Should anything happen to her, you'll have me as a legal guardian."
"But.....but...." Muri was still in shock it appeared. "Kirika can't go...she can't...."
"From what was
described by Tikal, Kirika has a thread's worth of life left in her."
said Cream as she took Kweli from Muri. "So that means
Kweli here is gonna be family, right?"
"He'll be your
nephew." Vanilla cleared up.
"We have to find Tikal...
at least so Muri can say goodbye."
"No! I'll never say goodbye to Kirika!" And Muri was up and ran out of the house, only to be pursued instantly by Kai.
"In spite of everything, that was expected..." Tails said.
"Muri
sure is a frail girl." said Cream. "I hope she gets a
hold of herself quickly..."
"Not likely." Vanilla
said. "But the truth is, Kirika's going to die." and
Vanilla walked over and closed the door.
"Poor Muri...." Tails lowered her ears. "We gotta get this Nazaruda guy, make him pay for what he's done..."
"Not yet, I have to finish with things." said Vanilla. "I need him around for one more thing..."
"For what?"
"Muri has a 'twin' so to speak named Irum, who is kept under lock and key by Nazaruda. I plan to rescue her, but that won't happen unless I speak with Nazaruda. With that said, I'm going to my room to work on something." and Vanilla went to retire. At that moment, knocks came to the door.
"Who do you think that might be?" asked Cream.
"Did Kai catch Muri already?" Tails questioned in reply.
"Hey,
it's just us again." Kai said from the other side of the
door.
"He was quick..." Tails replied.
Cream
opens the door, to let her guests inside.
Kai
walks back in, Muri in arms, but she's clearly still distressed,
trying to calm from her tears, but failing miserably.
"Thank
you." Kai said.
"No problem." Cream said. "Come on, Muri. You have to be strong for Kweli now, he needs you."
"I c-can't..." And Muri sniffles in her tears, Kai sits her down in a chair and then sits next to her.
Tails goes to Vanilla's room and knocks. "Um, Muri is back." She informed her.
"Okay." Vanilla responds. "Try to entertain everyone, I'm busy at the moment."
"Sure." And Tails leaves, heading back in where the other two are trying to calm Muri, however, Muri's crying only seemed to entice Kweli, who in reply also began crying. "Oh no..." And so Tails went to deal with Kweli, who wasn't difficult to calm down.
"I guess everyone needs a picker upper." said Cream.
It was a long 5 minutes, but eventually both Muri and Kweli were at peace, whilst Kweli was sleeping, Cream and Muri had put on Wall-E and Muri was finally no longer crying.
"Well, now what's next?" asked Cream.
"Anyone want cake?" Tails giggled.
"Cake would be
nice..." Muri replied.
"Cream, come with me please."
Tails smiled.
"Right." Cream responded and walked over to Tails.
Tails walked to Vanilla's room and knocked again. "Vanilla, would you like some cake?" She asked.
"I would, but serve everyone else a slice." Vanilla answered.
"I will." And Tails took Cream by the hand and they went into the kitchen, where they pulled the cake they made using Tails milk. "We gotta make sure there's enough for everyone else too, so, let's work out the slices." Tails told Cream. Cream simply nodded.
So, Cream and Tails worked out just how many slices would be needed for all their friends and the company at present. There was enough cake to go around and they slices weren't too small either, in fact, the sizes were pretty good. So, after cutting a slice for Vanilla, Cream, Tails and Muri, as Kai did not wish for any, the girls put them on a plate and took them to Vanilla first.
Tails and Cream have taken Vanilla her slice, take it from there.
"Everyone else ate, right?" asked Vanilla.
"We're about to take Muri's cake, but I wanted your opinion on the cake first." Tails replied.
"I'll have my slice
after everyone else is served." Vanilla said. "Cream,
you should've told Tails how this works."
"Mom, just
take the slice." Cream said. "Don't make her feel
bad."
"Well, I guess I can be out of formality just this
once." and Vanilla took her slice of cake.
Tails smiled. "I hope you like it." She said.
So, Cream and Tails leave Vanilla to her cake and soon after give Muri hers, which she neatly begins to eat after a thank you.
"So, how long did it take to make it?" asked Kai.
"Give or take an hour or two I think." Tails thought. "Do you remember, Cream?"
"Nope, was busy making the cake with you." Cream answered.
"I didn't keep track of the time, sorry." Tails smiled.
"So what do you think, Muri?"
"It's yummy." Muri said. "Has a lot of flavour."
"You sure you're gonna pass on the cake, Kai?" Cream asked.
"I'm not a cake person, sorry." Kai replied.
Vanilla finally walks out of the room with her empty plate. "Interesting cake you have made." she said.
"Special ingredient, being Milk El Prower." Tails giggled.
"And not just yours either..."
"Hm?" Tails tilted her head.
"Let's just say that 'Prower de Leche' wasn't the only milk included in this cake."
"Oh..." Tails looked unhappy. "Are you disappointed?"
"Not at all, but it's not just you in this cake."
"Was pretty sure I only used mine..."
"Actually...." Cream said, twisting her foot.
"What?" Tails asked.
"It's the icing on the cake. I used Muri's milk to make the icing."
"B...but...why?"
Tails asked. "This was meant to be my cake, made with my
milk."
"You used my milk?" Muri was curious.
"Well, at least it
was good." said Vanilla. "Besides, both of you girls
need luck anyway."
"I figured that it wouldn't go
unnoticed, but I guess nothing gets past Mom..." said Cream.
Tails says nothing, but
she returns to the kitchen and puts her untouched slice on the side,
before she headed to the spare room and closed the door.
"I
still like it." Muri said.
"You know that you
messed up again, Cream." said Vanilla.
"Tell me about
it." Cream said sadly. "So much for surprises...
But you didn't have to rain on the parade."
"Either way,
I'm done with everything. Also, have you taken any medication
since our ordeal with Kweli, Muri?"
"Medication?" Muri questioned. Vanilla turns to Kai, but says nothing.
"Don't look at me, I was just given an order to pick her up, so I did. I didn't get given anything for her." Kai said defencively.
"Let me remind you that I'm currently Muri's guardian."
"And that means...?" Kai questioned.
"That means you explain everything that has happened with Muri from the point you picked her up until now."
I picked her up and we wondered around town for a few hours, before she led me to this place. I gave her a few things like ice cream and a drink, but that's about it." Kai replied.
"So you didn't grab her from the hospital?"
"Yes, I did. But as I was ordered, I had to do it quickly, but no doctor gave me anything."
"Aside from your IVs, were you given any medication or drugs, Muri?"
"I don't rememb..." Muri paused for a moment. "I did get some papers..." She said.
"What about these papers?"
"I was given papers by doctors." And Muri looked through the bag she had and pulled out a few crumpled pieces of paper, which she gave to Vanilla.
While Vanilla examined the paperwork, Cream decided to check in on Tails. "Hey, please don't be too upset." she said sadly at the door. No reply from Tails. "Okay, this was bad on my end and I'm sorry. But let's look at it this way. Sonic and everyone else has to enjoy your cake. Which means another one will have to be made. I'll even teach you how to make your own frosting."
Tails opened the door. "Don't worry about it, I'm being childish...I mean...it's only a cake. It's not important..." She said.
"Yes it was and you know it."
"Look...It doesn't matter, just don't worry about it." And Tails walked past Cream and into the living room, where she took a seat.
Mood swing. thought Cream and into the living room she went.
It was at this time that noise was heard out the front door, the media was back it appeared, and they wanted Tails.
"Great, more news."
said Cream.
"Do you want to handle this, or should I?"
Vanilla asked Kai.
"That depends, can I hurt them?" Kai asked.
"You mean that didn't happen last time?" Cream joked as she stuck out her tongue.
"Nope, they ran off before I could hit them." Kai said. "It's up to you, diplomacy or action, you're the diplomat, and I'll bring out the pain, if they persist." Kai said to Vanilla.
"Lead everyone into the back. I'll handle it." Vanilla said.
"Let me know if you need less subtle ways to get rid of them." Kai said as everyone else headed into the back, Kai waited for them to go into the room, then stood by the door, leaned against the wall, watching the front door almost like a guard.
"Watch and learn, Kai." Vanilla said and headed to the door. She took a deep breath and opened the door to address the reporters. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the news. So which channels are here to ask questions?"
"2."
One called.
"4." Said another.
"1" A third
added.
"3." The forth was heard.
"Sky News!"
Came from the back.
"I lost my microphone! Where is it!"
Came a random.
"You're stepping on my foot, jerk!"
"That
isn't me..." And more noise came from the pushy shovie news
reporters.
"So many channels..." Vanilla said. "Anyway, I represent Sonic the Hedgehog and company. This media frenzy has done quite the amount of psychological trauma and I have folders to serve every last channel present." and Vanilla pulled out various manila envelopes. "So which of you news stations is going to accept their serving to court first?"
And with that, the reporters all scattered like insects, fleeing. "Oh noooo! We're in trouble!" Came that and many other simular phrases as they left.
"Works every time." and Vanilla closed the door.
"Bluffing, I take it?" Kai questioned her.
"Nope. It's quite the civil lawsuit. When I ran into Sonic, he explained how the various news stations bombarded him and even caused damages to his home. I also managed to get written testaments and pictures of the frenzied media causing trouble to everyone. That ass is mine."
"Wow...you have been busy." Kai said, as the girls came out from the back.
"Of course."
"I think it'd be good for everyone to get some fresh air, no?" Kai reccommended.
"Right, lead the way."
Kai then walked out the
front door and waited, everyone got a few bits and peices and then
left, all ready to go out for a walk.
"Are you sure this is a
good idea?" Tails was obviously a bit worried.
"We'll be fine." Vanilla answered. "No news station wants to get sued."
"Um...okay."
Tails said, still slightly unconvinced.
"Or pounded."
Kai added.
"Where shall we go?" Muri asked, she was holding Kweli close to her, but not so much that it'd cause discomfort to the infant.
"For a walk." Vanilla answered.
"Nowhere in particular then?"
The
group made it to the elevator and the door opened, however, it wasn't
so pleasant as there was a couple arguing, however, it quickly ended
with Mighty getting slapped and the girl storming out of the elevator
and down the call. Mighty simply sighed and rubbed his face.
"Man,
just my luck..." He said.
"You need a walk, come with us." offered Vanilla.
"She's so
complicated..." Mighty replied. The group entered the elevator
with Mighty and Kai hit bottom floor. The doors closed and down they
went.
"What's the situation?" Kai asked.
"My
girlfriend or ex-girlfriend, i don't know which, keeps on and offing
our relationship. Quite frankly she's more indecisive than a child is
between chocolate and strawberry ice cream." Mighty replied.
"And whenever she does decide we're together, she just makes things hell all the time, makes a big deal out of all little things."
"Sounds like she didn't have a good relationship with her father." said Vanilla.
"Either way, I'm ending it. I can't be doing with it anymore. She's not a girlfriend, she's a chore..." Mighty sighed.
"That's too bad." said Cream. "Well, let's go see what's up with Rouge. Hopefully we can all grab a few drinks."
"I could use drinks
about now." Mighty said.
"I'll treat you to a strong
one." Kai told him.
"I'm good with seeing Rouge."
Tails said.
"Which one was Rouge again?" Muri asked.
"The bat with a rack." Cream answered comically.
"Oh, big bust bat." Muri replied. Everyone shares a laugh, including Kai.
