SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
Disclaimer: Tomo belongs to Kiba Sniper
Chapter Thirty-Six: Sonic's Ex
Another day had risen, but it was none too happy for Sonic and his friends. Early in the morning, Sonic, Vector, and Blue were somehow tricked into agreeing to go shopping to the mall with Amy, Rouge, and Cream. Currently, Sonic and the guys were sitting in one many shops the girls stopped by, holding the massive pile of bags, waiting for the girls to come back.
"How on Earth did we get talked into this?" Sonic questioned.
"Well, everything was going fine until they used the puppy-dog eyes." Blue explained. "Where do girls learn to do, anyway?"
"I have one question." Vector said to Blue. "I can understand Sonic, but why are we here?"
"Vector, my naive friend..." Blue shook his head. Then his eyes gleamed with realization. "...With a very good point. Later, Sonic."
Vector and Blue stood up and dumped all their bags on Sonic before turning to leave. But before they could even take two steps, Sonic pulled them back by their faces.
"Oh no!" Sonic exclaimed. "If I have to suffer, so do you!"
"Hey boys." Rouge called as she came back. She eyed strangely at the scene before her. "Am I interrupting anything?"
"No." The boys stated.
"Anyway..." Rouge said slowly. "Sonic, you got to check out Amy. She's incredible."
Sonic threw Vector and Blue on the floor and sat down as Amy came back. Amy had returned wearing a red sparkling dance dress that she had hoped would draw Sonic's eye. Blue and Vector, who's jaw had dropped, stared stunningly at Amy, but Sonic either wasn't impacted by this or acted like he wasn't.
"So, what do you think?" Amy asked Sonic.
"Uh...what do you want me to think?" Sonic asked awkwardly.
"Don't you think it makes me look Stunning? Maybe Alluring?" Amy asked disappointingly.
"I can't say that?" Sonic said in a hushed voice. "What if someone hears me?"
Amy held her head down sadly while Rouge shook her head in disappointment. All of a sudden, a rack of cloths fell over, making the five jump. A lumped formed in the jumble of cloths and Cream's head popped out.
"Cream, what's wrong?" Amy asked.
Cream dragged Amy and Rouge away from the boys and said. "Bad news: Sally's here."
"Oh no!" Amy gasped.
"Who's Sally?" Rouge asked.
"She was Sonic's ex-girlfriend." Cream explained.
"Sonic had a girlfriends?" Rouge said; trying to imagine Sonic with a girl. It was impossible.
"We got to go before..." Amy said.
"Sonic!"
"...Too late." Amy said glumly.
Sonic and the others turned to where Cream came from to find a female brown squirrel with flowing red hair wearing blue boots and vest. She was holding up the same dress Amy was wearing to herself when she noticed them.
"Sally, what are doing here?" Sonic asked; his eyes wide in disbelief.
"I was just passing by the city when I decided to stop for a bit of shopping." Sally explained. She held up the dress in front of her. "Hey, Sonic, what do you think of this?"
"I-it's stunning." Sonic stammered. "It's alluring. It's..."
"The same thing I'm wearing!" Amy snapped.
Realizing his mistake, Sonic bit down on his tongue, making it swell a bit, before he could say anything else. Blue and Vector slapped their faces at Sonic's stupidity, Rouge and Cream looked sad, but Amy appeared furious. The girls had to hold her back from killing him.
"Thanks." Sally said.
She went to the counter to pay for it, kissing Sonic on the cheek as she passed by. Sonic stared for a moment before returning his attention to Amy.
"You gonna get that?" Sonic asked; referring to the dress. Amy stamped on Sonic foot, making him jump up and down in pain, and she stormed off. "What's her problem?"
"You know, Espio always says I know nothing about females." Vector said. "Clearly, he doesn't know about you."
Sonic scratched his head in confusion. Amy dragged Sonic out of the store by his ear, refusing to buy the dress, quickly followed by the others.
"Let's try someplace else." Amy said; her voice carrying a hint of rage.
"Ow! Watch it, Amy!" Sonic yelped in pain. "What is up with you today?!"
"Nothing." Amy nearly yelled.
"Oh, Sonic!"
"Not now!" Amy muttered.
Sally had followed Sonic and the others back out, much to Amy's fury and disappointment. She snatched Sonic's arm, looking particularly excited.
"Sonic, come quick." Sally said. "They're having a special at the music store!"
"That sounds great." Sonic said.
"But what about your promise?" Amy asked.
"You go shopping everyday." Sonic reasoned. "We'll go some other time."
Amy wanted to say something, but Sonic had already left with Sally. After that, Amy didn't have the heart to do anything, despite her friends attempt to help. Coming to the conclusion that Amy was not in the mood, Blue and Vector went off to find Sonic and bring him back by force. To their surprise, They didn't find Sonic or Sally at the music store, but they saw them outside, while passing a window, down in the parking lot. Feeling a slight suspicion, the two snuck out and eyed them behind the bushes.
"Hey, Sal, why are we out here?" Sonic asked uncertainly.
"I thought we could spend some time alone for awhile." Sally said flirtingly.
"Uh...Sally, are you feeling ok?" Sonic asked nervously; back away as she came closer.
"Oh, I'm better then ok." Sally said.
Before Sonic even had time to react, Sally grasped both sides of his head and planted her lips on his. Vector's mouth dropped and Blue's head literally exploded. Sonic was struggling to break free, but Sally was persistent.
"This can't be good." Blue said. "We better make sure Amy doesn't see this." Vector nodded as the turned around. Unfortunately, the girls had already arrived, watching the entire scene unfold. Amy looked on the brink of tears. "Oh boy, this is trouble."
Sonic finally broke free, but quickly noticed Amy and said. "Uh...Amy, this isn't what it looks like! Honest!"
"Aw, don't be so modest, Sonic." Sally said.
"Amy, you got to believe me!" Sonic said desperately. "I would never..."
Sonic was unable to finish that sentence as Amy walked up to him and slapped him hard across the face. The area had become eerily silent; no one made a move or sound. No one would have ever expected Amy to react in way before. Sonic touched the place where Amy had hit him; unable to find any words to say. Before anyone could do anything, Amy used her super speed and ran off.
"Amy!" Creamed cried.
"You!" Blue shouted; pointing at Sally. "You did this! You knew Amy loved Sonic!"
"She's wasting her time." Sally said. "Sonic needs a woman, not a obsessive little fan girl."
"You little..." Rouge growled.
"Shut it!" Sonic roared, catching everyone by surprise. "We don't have time for this. We need to find Amy."
"Sonic, what good would that..." Sally started.
"Shut up!" Sonic growled angrily, scaring Sally slightly. "I'll deal with you later."
Sonic zoomed away in a desperate search for Amy. The pink hedgehog in question had already left the in Station Square and Jumped over to Central City. She was sitting atop one of the steel girders of one of the buildings under reconstruction, crying her eyes out. Never...and I mean never has Amy ever been so infuriated with Sonic. She had tried for three years to catch him and all he does is treat her like yesterdays trash.
"T-t-that stupid h-hedgehog." Amy sobbed. "H-h-how could he g-go back to that...that..."
Amy could even finish and continued to cry in her hands. He sobs were quickly ended when an alarm was raised close by. A nearby jewelry store had just been robbed. The newest Dark Ruler, Nack the Weasel, burst through the window holding a handful of diamonds, rings, and necklaces in one hand and his gun in the other.
"Not a bad haul." Nack sniggered.
"You do know it would be easier without letting everyone know we're here." Tomo the Chameleon said as she walked through the door.
"What fun is that?" Nack stated.
"Why did Lord Nazo let you join in the first place?" Tomo shook her head.
"I was wondering the same thing!" The two Dark Rulers turned to face Amy; her eyes still red and puffy. "What are you up to?"
"Looking for the chaos emeralds." Nack stated.
"Those don't look like emeralds." Amy said.
"That's what I said." Tomo muttered.
"Aw, shut up!" Nack said. "Why don't just go back to your hole, cry baby."
The next moment, Amy's Piko-Piko Hammer came in contact with Nack's face; jewels flying everywhere. The weasel was thrown down the street as Tomo pulled out her enlarged Shuriken. She thrust it forward, but it missed by three feet to the left. But Tomo secretly held the shuriken by an invisible wire and pulled back. The shuriken turned and swerved towards Amy's back. But to much of Tomo's surprise, Amy disappeared seconds before it hit. The shuriken twirled around her own body and the wire snapped tight, causing her to fall on her face. Nack started to regain feeling back in his legs when Amy grasped him by the neck.
"Don't – ever – call – me – that!" Amy seethed.
"Y-yes, ma'am." Nack squeaked.
"Oh, the indignity." Tomo said; freeing herself from the wire. A shadow loomed over her. "Who are you?"
The next second, Tomo was thrown to the wall next to Amy and Nack, making them look back. A large monster made from moss and vines with four tentacles in its back stomped forward; creating small craters in it path.
"Hey, Nazo sent a monster to help." Nack said cheerfully.
"I don't think he's here to help." Tomo said worriedly.
She had no idea how right she was. The tentacles in the monsters back threw themselves forward, extending over ten feet. Amy and Tomo were smart enough jump away, but Nack stood there like a deer caught in the headlights. Nack was pinned to the wall, lucky enough to have avoided being skewered. The moss monster retracted its tentacles for another attack.
"This guy is going to kill us. We need to have a talk with Lord Nazo." Tomo said; performing a series of seals. The moss monster threw its tentacles forward as Tomo initiated her jutsu. "Ninja art: Space-Time Jutsu!"
Before the attack could make a hit, both Tomo and Nack vanished in an instant. With most of its targets missing, the moss monster turned its attention to Amy, who held her hammer high.
"Don't even think about it!" Amy growled. "I'm in a bad mood and you do not want to mess with me!" But the monster failed to listen and stomped forward, creating craters in its wake. "All right! You asked for it!"
Amy zoomed in circles around the beast before jumping up and slamming her hammer at the back of its head. But the monsters body just seemed to suck it inside. Amy tried to pry her hammer out of it head when the monsters tentacles wrapped around her waist. It threw Amy over its head and slammed her into the ground. One of its remaining tentacles raised itself over the hedgehog girl's head and turned to a sharpened point. It thrust its tentacle down when a sudden blue blur sliced them and freed Amy. Amy turned around to see Sonic helping her up. Normally she would hug him to death, but not this time.
"I didn't need your help!" Amy stated; pulling herself away from him.
"Amy, you're not still mad at me, are you?" Sonic asked.
"Of course, I am!" Amy yelled. The monster was long forgotten. "Do you think after what you did, I would just forget like that?! I have chased you for three years, told you I loved you ever time, but do you show even the slightest compassion! Never!"
"Amy, I..." Sonic stammered.
"Don't even try to talk yourself out of this one, Sonic the Hedgehog!" Amy shouted.
She turned her back to him, leaving the true blue hero hurt and confused. He tried to talk to her again, but the moss monster decided to remind them that it was there. It wrapped one of it tentacles around Amy and threw her to the wall. Amy smacked hard and barely sat up when the monster raised all four tentacles. It lashed them forward like whips, causing Amy to close her eyes and wait for them to hit. But they never did. Amy opened her eyes to find Sonic standing over her; his expression filled with pain.
"Sonic..." Amy barely whispered.
"Amy...You're wrong about me." Sonic groaned. "I do care about you, more then you know. You have to believe me."
"I do." Amy said; her eyes filled with tears.
"What do you say we show this guy what were made of?" Sonic asked with a smirk.
"Lets." Amy returned the smirk.
The moss monster raised its tentacles for another barrage. They lashed at the hedgehogs for a second time, but they were both gone by then. Amy used her super speed to zoom circles around the beast, creating a pink tornado to trap it. The monster moved fearful in its compressed space, fearing what might happen to it, when Sonic's voice echoed.
"SONIC WIND!"
Amy stopped and moved away when Sonic pressed his signature attack through its chest. The compressed air attack spread itself, tearing the moss monster to pieces from the inside out. When it was over, pieces of moss and vines were strewed all over the city street. Sonic sighed in relief. Not that he had won, but that Amy was hugging him.
"Sonic, you were amazing!" Amy exclaimed.
"No, you were amazing, Amy." Sonic said as they separated. "Then again, you always were."
Amy's cheeked blushed red at Sonic's compliment. Their eyes were locked together in loving stare that they had not given since the Solaris incident, even if they don't remember it. Amy slowly closed her eyes an leaned forward while Sonic did the same. Their faces only an inch from each other when...
"Sonic!" Sally came out of nowhere and pushed Amy away. "Sonic, I was so worried about you."
"Haven't you done enough for one day?" Rouge said angrily; the others showed up with her. "It's your fault this happened in the first place."
"Yeah." Cream nodded.
"That's right." Vector agreed.
"It would be best if you just left." Blue glared.
"As if." Sally said. "Sonic and I are inseparable. Ain't that right, Sonic?"
"You're wrong." Sonic stated.
This was obviously the reaction Sally was not expecting. Sally took a step backwards and stared at Sonic in disbelief.
"But...I thought you loved me." Sally whispered.
"That's the thing, Sally! I don't!" Sonic said; clearly mad. "I may have before, but that was a long time ago. Whatever feelings I had for you are gone. I have learned to move on. Maybe you should do the same."
Sally acted as if Sonic was playing a joke, but judging by his expression, she knew he wasn't. Sally finally huffed and kicked Sonic in the shin ("Why is everyone doing that?!" Sonic screamed.) before turning tail and left. Sonic hissed at the pain in his leg, but forgot it when Amy resumed her glomping, much to the hedgehog's pleasure.
"Oh, Sonic, I knew you wouldn't leave me!" Amy cried.
"Of course I wouldn't." Sonic smiled. "I would never leave any of you."
"That's nice to hear." The group turned down the street to find Amy's older brother, Recter Rose, leaning against the broken jewelry store window. "Can I talk to you for a moment, Sonic?"
Sonic looked unsure for a moment, but Amy literally pushed him for it. The two hedgehog's walked done the street away from the others; Sonic with his hands covering his head.
"Don't worry; I'm not going to kill you." Recter said. Sonic let down his hand and sighed in relief. "All I want to know is what happened."
"Well, my ex-girlfriend came back and kissed me in front of Amy." Sonic explained. Recter growled lightly. "I tried to tell Amy she didn't mean anything, but she wouldn't listen. It took some convincing before she would talk to me."
"That's good." Recter said proudly. His expression turned serious the next second. "I have one more question I need you to answer honestly. How do you feel about my sister?"
Sonic could never have predicted Recter asking that kind of question. He stopped walking to think all the times he spent with Amy. The day he first met her three years ago and defeated his eternal rival, Metal Sonic. When she gave him the chaos emerald to transform into Super Sonic to fight Perfect Chaos. The time she battled alongside him against Shadow and Kumori. The day she came back into his life in Soleanna (Silver told them). All these memories kept reminding him that no matter what happed, Amy would always be there for him, despite the danger, which would always make his heart soar every time. He could smile proudly as he said those three powerful words.
"I love her."
Back at the realm of the Dark Rulers, Nazo and Black Doom looked over the chess board they used for their plans. They were still trying to find a way to the islands where the Sol Emeralds resided while searching for the chaos emeralds. But their planning was halted when two of their loudest members walked in.
"What the hell was that about?!" Tomo screamed.
"Huh?" Nazo asked.
"You know what we're talking about!" Nack yelled. "It's that monster you sent! The one that nearly killed us!"
"You have reasons to be angry." Nazo said coolly. "But there is just one problem."
"What's that?" Tomo asked.
"I never sent any monster." Nazo stated.
Back the Sonic Heroes base, the real Chaos was hovering over the Master Emerald in a state of meditation. Tikal was sitting on the steps, staring eagerly at the door, hoping someone would walk through it.
"I wonder when Blue will be back." Tikal said out loud.
"I notice you two spend a lot of time together." Chaos said in a language only Tikal understood. "You wouldn't happen to harbor any feelings for that clone, would you?"
Tikal said nothing, but her face turned the same shade of red as Knuckles fur while twiddling with her quill. All of a sudden, the Master Emerald started to emit an unusually bright glow. Chaos was pulled out of his meditation and landed of his feet in front of the large gem.
"What's happening, Chaos?" Tikal asked.
"I don't know." Chaos said honestly.
Chaos cautiously placed his hand on the emerald and was suddenly shock by a surge of green electricity. A wave of memories flooded his mind.
A hedgehog crouching over a dying lion, a young vixen, a gruff echidna, a white chrome blade, the same blade stabbing an ice creature that looked like Chaos in the chest, a black rock creature that looked like Chaos, a blue dragon leading an army of demons, seven multi-colored stones floating in the air, and a green hedgehog.
The surge blasted Chaos down the alter and Tikal ran to his side.
"Chaos, are you ok?" Tikal asked worried.
"I'm fine." Chaos said. But this was a lie. Chaos could sense something terrible from the emerald. "The seal is breaking. The master is returning to power."
Sometimes dreams can come true. Will Sonic ever admit his feelings for Amy? Who sent the monster? What seal does Chaos speak of? And who is this "master"? Find out on the next Sonic Heroes.
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