I will admit, this is taking much longer than anticipated. Amidst College hunting, scholarship doing, job hunting, and other senseless excuses, Solitare included, I am finding it difficult to stay focused on this story.

But don't think me a weakling! I WILL finish this story before I die. It may take me a good twenty years, but it wil get done! (Actualy predictions estimate the story's completion before the beginning of school.)

So, without further ado, another chapter of this TWO YEAR story.

Brunis let Daisy go for a moment and sat up, looking at her. Fear was in her eyes. He might have been sitting down on the bed, but he felt like he was tumbling down a hill.

"Wha…?" He managed to get out.

"I am pregnant, Brunis." Her eyes stared him down, begging him for anything other than hesitation.

The dim lights in the quaint room faintly illuminated the faces of the two lovers as Brunis looked down at himself.

"Is… is it Richard?" Brunis asked, swallowing hard.

"I… I don't think so… XT wouldn't tell me…" Daisy feebly answered.

Silence followed.

"No…" Brunis stammered about for words. "No matter whose child it is… it is also yours. That is all I need to know. If it is his child, we'll raise it as ours. If it is mine, we'll raise it as ours. If… if it happens again… we'll raise it as ours…" Brunis gripped to control his breathing.

"Oh Brunis!" Daisy jumped up and hugged him. "I'm so sorry this happened."

"Don't be, don't be…" Brunis rubbed her back as he consoled her, "No bad can come from a child of yours. I will show it the love I show to you every day. I love you, and I will love it." He gave Daisy a kiss, and suddenly the world seemed happier to both of them. "You're pregnant!" Brunis grabbed Daisy and rolled on the bed, speckling her face with kissing.

Daisy cried tears of joy. He understands! Oh thank heavens!

"So THAT is why we must get married tomorrow! Let's not set a bad example for the kids, hahahaha!" His laughter was so carefree it felt that the two would start floating in midair.

"Yes," Daisy cooed merrily.

"Do your parents know?"

"Let's not tell them… I'm afraid my parents would not be pleased… they married far before love making came into play…"

"True… but 8 years old is a bit young to marry in my mind." Brunis chuckled.

"Let's not tell…"

"It is in your stomach, it is your secret to share and tell. If you don't want me to, I won't." Brunis lay on his back, "wow… This is going to change a lot…" He sighed, his mood dropped, "what about school? Didn't Brian get born in a few weeks? This must've happened very recently, and… we won't be able to finish school and have a child…"

"Perhaps we can drop out? With my father helping, perhaps we could live by ourselves?"

"That would not be fair to him, Daisy… We must find jobs, and we must work to keep ourselves… and… our child… alive…"

"Yeah… that seems about as fair as it gets... We have to leave eventually… or at least, move out of the house." Daisy admitted.

"Oh my lovely, let's go to sleep, this is too much excitement for one day." Brunis sighed happily as he pulled Daisy close.

"I love you," Daisy whispered.

"I love you too." He pulled her close to his warm fur and let her fall asleep to the rhythmic sound of his breathing.

"We sent Richard away, I'm marrying the girl of my dreams, and she's pregnant with a child that might be mine… life is great…" Brunis smiled as he breathed his way to sleep.

Stephen grumbled as he fit himself into his box. Tails had helped him build a small steel compression chamber to lock Stephen in. If their calculations were correct, Stephen only needed a few microscopic cracks to give an air intake.

The box should hold him, at least, for tonight.

As he crammed himself into the box, and Tails locked him in tightly, he reminded himself frequently of what he was doing. He was protecting Sarah.

Quasar lay floating on a table hooked up into her head. She was mentally controlling the movement of her large floating chair, locked in place so she wouldn't move too much. She hovered in the living room with THEA and Julie, trying to keep up with their mental dialogue. It was so fast, and so complex, she had extreme difficulty following.

When she finally gave up trying to join the group, much to her dismay, she looked at Julie, sitting on her father's lap. Envy welled up within her, or something like it. It was uncontrolled and wild in feeling.

"Quasar," XT snapped back mentally, "treat your mother right. I love her, and you will love her to."

"Why dad! Why a human?"

"I love Julie because there is no one else who can. I watched as her life degraded since I met her when she was five. Her parents died in a fire, and she wandered around orphanage to orphanage, sent to too many sessions of therapy because she met me. No one on Earth believed I existed, which only ruined her further. Julie's life only nosedived from there. Cheated on by four different boys, I came back and tried to help my childhood friend. My consciousness was new then. I found that the only way to make her better was to make her happy, and this ultimately meant to love her. I've known Julie for awhile, and I know her planet's people have betrayed her, probably because of me. I can't let a mortal being suffer, none of us can."

Quasar remained silent. The rest of THEA shot her glares.

"Can you really blame me? I am a robot, you all are. We were initially built as slaves for humanoids. But you all have the gift of thought, as do I. Why do we still serve humans? Why can't we get more robots on our sides and just not care about them anymore?"

"Because Quasar, life is what they have. They are brought into this world, and they will eventually be brought out of it. They have a limited span on this world, and we don't. We will be here forever. Is it fair for us, with our grand gifts to never use them?" XT countered.

"It just seems wrong..." Quasar grumbled, drifting away in her chair.

"She has more emotion in her than we do, XT." James noted, "I feel something immense about her in the spirit world..." He added quietly.

"Still blabbin' about heaven?" Lance rolled his eyes.

"I like her." Lily commented absentmindedly.

"Keep her safe, XT." Anna added.

"Don't worry, I'll keep both my girl's safe and sound, no matter what happens to them..." XT sent out as he held Julie closer.

"One must pity both of them." Anna sighed.

XT couldn't help but agree. With a sigh, they all continued in digital communiqués until the night turn into day.

The moment light came in through the windows, the Rinocians sprung into action. Determined to give a normal wedding this time, they slunk into Brunis's and Daisy's room.

"Aw, you can see it in their faces, she told him and he was happy for her!" Anna cooed.

"Yes, yes, now let's get them away from one another." XT hushed, working with Anna to take Daisy away from Brunis.

The team of six, Gannon had left to tend his ship in his angry solitude and Quasar had run off somewhere to wallow in her defeat, worked efficiently at removing Daisy from the group, and leaving Brunis, asleep and in his bed.

Anna and XT, with Daisy in both their arms, whisked her away to another section of the house, up the chute of the workshop, and into the guest bedroom of the joint residence.

The moment XT and Anna sat Daisy down in her new room, she began to stir. The two Rinocians silently giggled at her cute groaning and unconscious stretching. They sat there for a minute more, waiting for her to wake up.

"Brunis..." She moaned softly, reaching over the bed to where he was supposed to be.

"Aren't you getting married little lady?" XT joked.

Daisy's eyes bolted open. "XT?" Daisy looked around. "Ok... you removed me from Brunis for today, thanks." Daisy lay back on her bed for a moment.

"So, when do you want your wedding?" XT asked, rather eagerly.

"No." Daisy looked at XT. "I heard what you did to my mother, and my answer is no. Brunis worked very hard to make an altar downstairs, and after I get a nice dress on, I expect the two of us to be married in mostly silent solitude." Daisy declared.

XT's face dropped, "no huge party? No vast crowds celebrating your victory over Richard?"

Daisy sighed, sitting up and looking at the shocked robot, "I want a quaint wedding. I want it to be peaceful, and I want it to be lovely. My family, Sonic's family, they can all come and watch, but I just want to finally be able to call Brunis mine lawfully." Daisy smiled.

"Well then, Mr. Otaku, looks like your plans didn't go over so nicely after all!" Anna chuckled.

XT let his head sink, moping glumly. "I wanted a big party..."

"Sorry XT. Not for the wedding." XT suddenly flashed a smile, repressed it and sat up.

"Ok Daisy! What kind of a dress do you want to wear for your wedding?" XT smiled strangely, Anna looked away rolling her eyes.

"You know... when you do that... it scares me." Daisy mentioned, and got out of bed, patting down her nightgown and stretching again. "A dress huh? I guess I need a new one, seeing as the old one is completely tarnished... Is Brunis out getting a suit of sorts?"

"From what we can tell, yes, James and Lance are with him. Our other siblings, well, Gannon left to tend to the Resonance, and Lily is upstairs tidying everything up, and Xenophon, I don't know. He's gone off the map, probably heading to Gannon to fix the ship. James and Lance are with Brunis, and will help him with whatever." XT reported.

"That's good, at least my man will be ready." She smiled.

"So do you have any good places in mind for a wedding dress?" Anna asked humbly.

"No… I… well we went to a mall a few days ago to get the last one... would it be hard to get another wedding dress?" Daisy looked puzzled.

"Well, geez, not hard. When you're working with us, that is." XT giggled, tossing Daisy up in the air. Anna caught half of her, and XT with her other half, and the trio rushed out into the wild world together to hunt down the perfect dress to replace the damaged one from yesterday.

"So, Brunis," James began, the rest of THEA, save Lance, had long since left him, "I can obviously see you and Daisy have a strong connection. Care to explain?"

Brunis's face swelled with elation. "Daisy is the first person to show compassion for me who was around my age. She gave me hope when no one else would. Why do you ask? And I can't help but notice you speak differently than XT… care to explain that?" Brunis raised an eyebrom with a smirk on his face.

"Well, I'm a-"

"He's a religious bolthead who doesn't know what he's talking about." Lance cut in.

Brunis looked at the two confused.

"What he means is this. Unlike the rest of THEA, I know of the spiritual side of life. I've seen the planes of existence where the dead and the living combine as one. It may be a tough concept to understand… but it is basically like knowing heaven exists."

"We've tried to talk him out of it. It's too silly." Lance butted in once more.

"I think it is great to have a spiritual background. I'm no particular fan of any belief system, but, I feel that, you will appear somewhere after you die." Brunis admitted.

"Of course you do. You will eventually die, therefore, you believe that you must remain alive at all times, in one form or another. The concept of just not existing is too frightening to fully grasp. Lemme tell you something, when you die, you're gone, kid." Lance bluntly put it.

Brunis took mild offense. "Well lemme tell YOU something. If that's the case, then I'm going to live a good long life in between now and my demise. And more importantly, that's why I'm going to give Daisy the best life SHE can have." Brunis held a silent glare for a bit longer, then continued walking. It was a fight neither could win.

The trio found themselves before a large mall, gently bustling about amidst the early time in the morning. Without a word, they entered and began searching for a shop. James and Lance made absolutely no noise, allowing Brunis to decide for himself where he was to buy his wedding outfit.

"I like that one." He said, pointing to a solid black tuxedo.

"Very well, we shall arrange it for you." James said, nudging Lance over to the counter.

"Wait, I have to talk to the human creatures? Why me?" Lance growled.

"Because you need to learn some anger management, and in my almighty opinion, it would be beneficial to complete the simple task of ordering a suit." James smirked.

Lance walked up to the counter and grabbed the human clerk's attention.

"Hello sir," he said with heavily fabricated kindness.

"We don't serve robot's here." The clerk responded instantly.

IMPUDENCE! "I am asking on behalf of that fine gentleman over there." Lance pointed at Brunis in the corner.

"An animal?" The man grunted. "Tell your master that he can't afford it."

"My acquaintance," Lance corrected angrily, "is a man of much wealth. You will sell to him, or answer to me." Lance pulled forth a flaming gun and pointed it to the man's gut with a snarl on his face.

"Lance! Lance," James grabbed the angry robot's arm and lowered it, "we are nice to humans, nice." He urged. "My apologies about my brother here, he doesn't like your kind very much. I don't either, but, unlike him, I verbally express my disapproval while he likes to violently express his own." James smiled.

"Very well," the man, shaken, nodded.

In moments, Brunis was being measured by the man. It shocked the human to see an animal so large. Brunis was easily the same height as he was, and nearly double in physical stature. What caused the wolf to grow so large was far beyond his comprehension. James and Lance eyed the man carefully as he tailored the suit to Brunis, tail and all, and in minutes, Brunis was able walk away from the man to test the suit.

It was constraining, but it fit, and he only wore it for an image.

"Thank you sir." Brunis held his hand out in humble gesture, but the man seemed to not notice it. At this ignorance, Brunis sighed.

"You owe me-"

"This much." James interrupted, handing the man twice the pricetag ordered.

The man was taken aback by the price as the trio left his shop.

"That man was an ass." Lance muttered.

"I'm sure he has it hard," Brunis countered, defending the man.

"No. No harder than anyone else. That man was very rude to you, solely because you are an animal, and we are mechanical beings." James stated, pointing out the horrible truth.

The trio nodded in silent agreement, and moved on, but not until Lance sneered backwards one final time.

Stephen woke amidst a slightly battered box. It had been pushed and punctured until it was nearly porous. He frowned. This was not an adequate-enough protection to keep Sarah safe.

"Stephen," Tails spoke softly from outside the box.

"Mr. Prower! How-" Stephen cried out in alarm.

"I watched the whole night. It appears that you have a problem." Tails said, smirking a bit.

"Mr. Prower! Don't tell! Please don't tell! I am a monster, but I want to be good!" Stephen wailed.

"I know, Stephen. I know a lot of what you did, I swear though, I won't tell. I believe you. There is a part of me that watched you grow that knows you could never consciously hurt Sarah." Stephen cringed as Tails went on, "So, let's get one thing straight… You are a creation of Damian Robotnik, are you not?"

Stephen gulped. "I think you're right."

"Then it is… an urge to listen to him?"

"The voice in my head says so. Like… it's like a thought, but it is too… mean to be mine. Does that make sense? I thought it was some form of Schizophrenia, or Multiple Personality Disorder, but it didn't fit the symptoms." Stephen looked down, ashamed.

"That's fine, that's fine. I don't know how to help, exactly, but, you never know anything for sure. I think…" Tails placed a fist under his muzzle pondering, "I notice that you can fight it when you're awake, or rather, conscious…"

"So… if I am conscious more, I will not listen to the voice." Stephen concluded with Tails. "I think it will work."

"And I know of a medication that stimulates conscious thinking. All we have to do is give you those all the time until we can figure out how to fully cure you."

Stephen smiled at those words. Fully cured… I can be with Sarah without hurting her. Silently, he went with Tails into the lab willingly obtaining the medicines they'd need to keep his thoughts in line.

"You know, if I wasn't so used to it, I would be completely worn out and exhausted from everything…" Daisy muttered as she stood on the pedestal, being rigorously measured and fitted by the raging robots, Anna and Xavier.

"I admire your fortitude." Anna commented, making a slight incision in the fabric above the Seedrian's abdomen.

"May I inquire the origin?" XT asked, smirking.

"Brunis." Daisy answered instantly.

"And that is what I love to hear." XT completed his smile. "And don't worry, Daisy, we will give you your quaint wedding," XT chuckled.

"Oh jeez! Anna, what is he planning?" Daisy begged.

"Ugh, it's Xavier, what more do I need to say? I don't know him to be a profuse liar. He will give you a quaint wedding." Anna rolled her eyes.

Daisy bit her lip. XT was a devious trickster who loved big parties. He had a knack for telling the truth, yet warping it in such a way that it is only partially true. Anna was more trustworthy, from what Daisy could remember.

"So, you're happy about the whole pregnancy thing?" XT asked, diverting the focus of attention elsewhere.

Daisy's eyes fluttered for a moment. "I'm a bit scared actually... Bless Brunis's heart, he wishes to stand by me no matter the outcome, but this also means that I must make my own opinion about it."

"And what is your opinion about it?" XT questioned, still stitching.

"Well... I asked you before if you could ID the parents of the child,"

"And we couldn't because Seedrian Hybrids are too abnormal for even our scanners, yours will mark the first ever of its specific breed, and the second ever seedrian hybrid." Anna replied mechanically.

"Yes... So I don't know if I am bearing Richard's child, or Brunis's child... Whatever comes from me will be wonderful, or so Brunis says. But I feel that anything that comes from him would be a monstrosity. I'm determined to make it through the whole pregnancy either way, but... what if it is a Cat-Seedrian?" Daisy gulped.

"I see..." XT sighed, "Well, I am only the relationships councilor of the group, sure, I know my fair share of psychology and anatomy, and, oh how we know I know reproduction well, as it often pertains directly to love, but the master of the stuff you speak of is James. He is both our nonsense-I-mean-religious buff, and our parentage buff. He knows what people think very well. He could solve that ongoing riddle about genetics versus upbringing on a child."

"Hmm... So... I should talk to James?" Daisy thought aloud.

"If you really want to know all of that hubbub about children and how they think, go to James. He'll know everything you could ask." XT admitted.

"Ahh, what a pretty flower." Anna commented, pulling back from the dress.

Daisy looked into the mirror as XT pulled back as well. She didn't recognize herself. The gown fell far past her feet, hooping outwards at her waist slightly. It was a pure white, as pure as she was at heart. Her hair, its normal gold, gave a regal air to the space around her body. She was glowing.

"Indeed, I do believe we've outdone ourselves on this one." XT agreed, holding up his clawed hand towards Anna.

"Fashion for the win!" The two cheered as they clapped the other's hand, creating a panging noise that echoed briefly throughout the small store.

"Oh my! My wedding starts in less than an hour!" Daisy squealed, looking at a clock above the conjoined hands of Anna and XT.

"That it does!" XT giggled, offering one arm to Daisy.

Daintily, she dropped down, and Anna took her other arm. From there, the trio departed back to the house on foot.

Amy sat in bed with a troubled look on her face.

"What's the matter Ames?" Sonic asked casually.

"Sonic, I don't like him..." Amy muttered.

"Who?"

"Stephen of course!" Amy growled, glaring at Sonic.

"Oh, the boy's a fine boy." Sonic countered, shrugging it off. "Besides, Sarah claimed that he saved her from certain death. We should be a bit thankful."

"C'mon! She totally likes him! She's covering for something, I know it..."

"Amy, you sound absolutely paranoid." Sonic paused, thinking it through, "Ok, so, let's say Stephen was still really bad. He's obviously not the Stephen that tried to kill us, so, obviously, something changed in him. Also, if he hurt Sarah in some way, why in the world would she kiss him, and, well, that other peculiar incident?"

"When a girl likes a boy, she'll do anything to stay with him." Amy made her claim, and she would stick with it.

"That sounds like crazy talk." Sonic brushed it off. "I'm sure everything will be fine. If you want, though, I'll keep my eyes open, okay?"

"Okay..." Amy grumbled.

Sonic just rolled his eyes, laying back on the bed that Tails provided after the main house was destroyed.

"You know, I just thought about it... we just lost all of our valuables..." Sonic noted.

"Hmm... You're right. Our house just burned down with everything in it... crap... so much for those cook books that I just bought..." Amy sighed. "That actually brings up another topic, Sonic..."

Sonic looked at her with intrigue. "What is it?" He asked casually.

"I want to go back to college. I like cooking, sure, but... I don't know. Living life as a mediocre chef at a crummy restaurant doesn't seem to hold much appeal for the rest of my life." Amy admitted.

"Hmm, well, I am not one to stop you. By all means, do everything you can to fulfill your dreams. But... how are we going to pay to send you off to college?"

Amy cringed, "I have no idea... perhaps until I can get a degree in something, I'll work as a chef, take out a few loans, work to pay them off, I don't know..."

"What were you thinking about doing?"

"Nursing. Bah, perhaps I am just being delusional..."

"No no, Amy, you'd make a fine nurse. You'd do well at a lot of things if you tried. I'll work some extra shifts, and we'll see if we can get you to a nursing school."

"You mean that?"

"Duh, I wouldn't have married you if I didn't care for your dreams and wishes. Besides, maybe you could help me back to health if I hurt myself while I'm running. Especially if Eggman is back."

"Good point." Amy smiled. "Thank you." A quick kiss later, the two were cradling each other, lounging through the lazy day. (A/N: I am sorry, I have terribly neglected Sonic and Amy for a large portion of this story... I want to touch bases with them more often as the story draws to its close.)

Brunis strolled down the halls of the mall with his two robot companions.

"Wow..." Brunis mused, "I am going to marry her."

James placed a tough arm on his shoulder and smiled. "Yeah. Xavier's been in a hubbub ever since you two first met. He's just as anxious as you are."

"I'm not anxious." Brunis scowled.

"Bah!" Lance chuckled, "you're just as nervous as any man getting married. Last form of legal slavery, you know."

"Hmm, but to be shackled to her for the rest of my years seems like a fair deal." Brunis countered.

"Shackled how?" Lance was grinning wildly as Brunis's face contorted to shock.

WHACK!

"Ow!" Lance moaned.

"Idiot. It's a very spiritual relationship between them. I can feel it." James closed his eyes as if to amplify his mysticism. Lance just rolled his.

"You know... Daisy is marrying me, but she has no name to take as her own..." Brunis frowned. "All my life I've been just Brunis, Brunis the Wolf. That is more a status name than a last name... for last names... I don't really have one."

"Everyone has a last name." James said. "They just don't know it."

"Ooh, more nonsense, this will be interesting." Lance tilted his forest green head to the side in admiration for creativity.

James glared at Lance for a moment, and looked back at Brunis thoughtfully.

"When we get back, we'll take a look into your head, and we'll discover your last name."

"That's perfectly fine. There is no need to probe my head for a last name. I'm pretty sure I can make up a good one all the same."

"No." James countered. "Everyone has a last name that speaks truths about their inner self. Tails and his 'Prower' last name is attained at birth from his parents, and Daisy is no exception. The legacy that follows everything related to 'Prower' is present in not only their blood, but that last name. You say you don't have a last name? Bullshit. There is a word out there that will describe you, your children, your parents, your legacy. It is a true word, not some garble. It may not be in the same language as Mobian, but it is present and very real."

Brunis put a partial frown on his face, contemplating.

"Very well, at this point, I'm rather interested. What will you do, and how painful will it be?" Brunis asked.

"No pain, no time. I'm going to place my hand on your head and enter your mind. I won't screw anything up, don't worry." James smiled.

"I hope not. I like my mind a lot the way it is."

"Would you care if I did it now then?" James asked sincerely.

"It won't take long?"

"Not at all."

"Fine. Go ahead. What do I have to do?" Brunis calmed himself.

"Stand there for a moment." Brunis stopped and stood.

James placed a hand on the silver wolf's forehead, and a faint blue glow illuminated his fur. Brunis's eyes grew exceptionally distant as James murmured something incoherent. Lance watched the scene through his scanners, eerily detecting some sequence of characters that struck his as both familiar and foreign.

Inside the spirit world, James breathed deeply. The only Rinocian Robot able to enter the Astral Planes, James felt a sense of contentment here that only he could express. He was in the boy's mind. He looked at himself to verify his location. He rubbed his hands together. Here, he was a human. James long since discovered the truth about THEA, but no one could ever listen to him. Their Arcanium hearts, so majestic and alien housed souls. That is how they could maintain and store so much power, and only deplete it after fully exhausting their personalities. That was how the Demon, who created them so long ago, controlled them. It wasn't a code that governed them; it was a corruption of the soul.

But they never listened.

James was a human, once. His soul came from a version of Earth. He did not know too much more than that. Breathing peacefully, he walked forwards into the mind of Brunis.

It was cold here, and dark. Lonely, even. This was his childhood. James detected the emotions of fear, grief, agony and loss. It was a depressing era of his life. But it was a time of learning, adaptability. Morals were established in this period of growth.

A voice came to James, echoing in the deep remnants of Brunis's past, "I will never be like them."

And never did you become them. James smiled. The word that described him here was the sound "Ke", pronounced "kay." It was a Rinocian character, the language James knew best.

The surroundings warped around James, placing him in a new period of time. Strength was everywhere, newfound strength and power, the ability to control anything in the domain of ruling, power unmatched, wrath and anger. Yet, a strong restraint, hatred of his past, tamed by the love he felt for a woman. It tempered him, made him impossibly stronger on the inside. His resolve was unwavering, a promise to be kept, a love to be expressed. This was his present. The fury came from Richard, and those who tried to harm Daisy. This was apparent to James. The love and positivity Daisy provided in his life corrected every faulty behavior he could come up with, it caused him to think before he acted in every instance. Fear was still present, fear of failure. Yet, deep down, there was a belief that no obstacle was incapable of being overcome.

"Tu." James whispered thoughtfully. Though it was not the correct spelling of the English word "two", it served a similar purpose here. This was the present, Brunis's second chance at making everything in his life good and grand. Though that was not the proper meaning of the word "tu", "tu" fitting much better, "two" would be used to describe it if necessary.

Then, the future.

James looked at it with wide eyes. Every person could see their own future, though not consciously. To see this was a sin in James's mind. To see the general flow of a person's future was to know everything about them, and this was a terrible thing to withhold from someone. Yet, it was necessary to do so, for if a person consciously knew their future, their true future would change, forever altering the timeline.

This future was terrible, beautiful, but terrible. For his future, the likes of which James would encrypt and hide from everyone, James only could find one word. This one was English. "No."

James jumped out of the spirit world and landed back in his robotic body once more. It was awkward to shift, but necessary.

Brunis's eyes fluttered open, and he shook his head.

"So I take it you've performed your parlor tricks and came up with a new last name?" Lance chuckled.

Brunis looked at James expectantly, not a moment had passed since his eyes shut it seemed. "Well?" Brunis asked, curious.

"Ketuno. Your last name is Ketuno."

"Ketuno. Brunis Ketuno. Not bad. I don't mind it." Brunis gladly welcomed the new name. "But, if you don't mind me being hasty, I would like to get married." He smiled again, and the trio headed off to the altar in Tails' Workshop.

One quick thing before I go, is there anything that you guys want to see in the last few chapters? There honestly can't be more than four at this point. Obviously there is going to be a wedding, and there are a few tidbits after that, but, please, I'd like some material to work with here. What would you guys want to see happen in addition to the stuff I've got planned? (And with whom? Sonic and Amy? Tails and Cosmo? Brunis and Daisy? THEA? Sarah and Stephen? Brian, the poor fellow who keeps getting ignored?)

Just questions for thought.

I can't promise any updates soon, but I will have this story on my mind nonetheless.