Rookie was diving forward dropping into the unknown darkness only to see ahead that light was at the end of the tunnel. This gave hope that there was an end to dropping. The only problem was that when Rookie's eyes started to get a clearer picture of the space that opened around him. Ahead of the wolf, he quickly notices the heat going up and the humidity increasing dramatically. At the same time, he sees lava at the end of the drop.
"Oh crap!" The red wolf panicked expecting to hit the lava. Just when he was about to plop into it and burn to death, SNT was boosting down toward him preparing her tails to work. She grabs her friend using her tails to elevate themselves toward a nearby cavern entrance. The hybrid throws her friend onto the ground as she landed looking a little annoyed.
"What are you doing? You could have gotten yourself killed!" SNT yelled.
"I'm sorry, as you can see, I'm not a very good adventurer compared to my brother." Rookie scratched his back.
"Well, that doesn't mean that you get to do something stupid like jump into a blind hole." SNT got in Rookie's face to try and make sure that he understood everything she was trying to say but eventually backed off a little and looked away. "Listen... I'm sorry that I am being this strict with you but I want you to know that I care about you. I don't want to lose any of my friends because of a stupid mistake that they made."
"I understand," Rookie said, "I should have never jumped so blindingly. I guess I was too excited about adventuring I guess, mostly because I never really go out all that much."
"It's ok Rookie but please be careful." SNT looked into his eyes. "You are the only one I trust here right now and I don't want to lose you."
Rookie blushed in response but tried not to let his feelings get in the way of what they were trying to do. "I... I promise."
SNT looked around to see where they were. The place itself was covered with all sorts of drawings on the cave walls along with many bricks covering it. The lava pool which now stood behind them was bubbling loudly making echoes throughout the area. At the same time, you could see the water that was coming out of nearby caves draining out. When it hit the lava, it would create more hard rock and steam which would fill the air. It sort of made it harder to breathe.
Ahead of them in the cavern, they saw the steam which was passing from behind him. It was a breeze that was created by the stream that gave the impression that the water was escaping somewhere.
"Hmm..." SNT thought to herself out loud. "This place seems populated."
"Yeah..." Rookie agreed. "It's like maybe an ancient society used to live here?"
"Well, that shoots another arrow into the knee of the idea that this island used to be uninhabited," SNT mentioned. "Princess Elise's story about these Sonichu Balls takes a hit in some way or another." The hybrid started to walk forward into the tunnel with Rookie following behind.
"Hey wait for me!" Rookie demanded as he ran after. SNT wasn't moving all that fast so he was able to catch up easily.
Once the cave again opened up, SNT and Rookie then saw something that was unbelievable. Where they were standing was on top of an underground city with very little light illuminating from above. The small hole above was illuminating the place below their feet as it seemed that the path ahead of them was just a large bridge going down in a spiral. Next to the path made all sorts of ancient homes and businesses to what seemed like the bottom. The buildings themselves were made from golden granite which was also what the path was made of. The path was lit with the torches left behind which both of them didn't know how they were still lit up today. When they looked at the bottom of the temple, they couldn't see it. The only thing that they could figure out was that steam was coming out of it.
"This is... beautiful!" Rookie fell in love with the place easily mesmerized by it. "Do you always see places like this?"
"I do but not like this," SNT admitted.
Rookie, keep it together! He said to himself, Let SNT show you the simple rules to adventure. We are all alone here and this may be my chance to make my moves on her.
The Sonichu ball has to be at the very end of this temple. SNT looked at her watch. I don't know what to expect, but there could be booby traps we need to look out for. I think I need to tell Rookie. She then looked over at her friend. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
SNT noticed the red wolf staring at her blushing. He quickly got back into reality and shook his head. "Oh... it's nothing. Let's go get the next Chao-... I mean, Sonichu Ball!"
STEAM TEMPLE ZONE
The path was moving in a spiral down deeper into the temple so as a result, you could see where you were going by looking on the other side of the cave. This made it extremely easy for SNT to boost knowing what to expect. Rookie on the other hand didn't know how to boost and had to hold on to SNT's hand to keep up.
They both make it to the first localized area where there was a large platform in the middle of the tunnel in the middle of the light where the enemies they encountered were something they had never seen before. Large zombie spiders stood in their way. These spiders looked like they had bones themselves as they looked paler than the color white.
"SNT look out!" Rookie jumped in the way of a web attack causing him to get covered by a ball of the web. As he fought to try and escape, SNT then got into a ball and spin dashed into the top of the spider. Then combining the spin dash with the new move she suddenly learned with the Sonichu Ball's power, Leaf Blade. This caused the spider to be split in half. SNT landed on her feet as the remains of the spider landed on two sides next to her. Rookie was able to get himself free from the webs and he walked over getting some of the remaining webs off of his fur.
"Thanks for protecting me there!" SNT smiled at him.
"Oh... it's no trouble!" Rookie blushed in response but also trying to hide his feelings.
"Let's get going!" SNT started to run ahead as Rookie followed behind, trusting more of her adventure since she seemed to have more experience than him.
The path sometimes would be destroyed in some places due to erosion which would bring up opportunities for SNT and Rookie to jump down a level and make the trip a little short.
"Hey, SNT why don't we just drop down to the bottom?" Rookie asked.
"Haven't you learned after you almost jumped into lava, that you can't jump into something you can't see?" SNT asked. "I can't see the bottom of this so I don't want to take that risk."
"Oh, I'm sorry I understand now."
Again they end up being blocked by another large spider that was in their path. Rookie only brought one weapon with him which was the drill and he tried to drill the spider right in its sack. But its defenses were too much that it would take more hits than that to take it down. Rookie ends up getting knocked back into the wall as SNT quickly boosted up to it and used a thunder punch on the monster paralyzing it temporarily. The hybrid then quickly used the leaf blade to finish the job.
Rookie on the other hand tried to get back on his feet only to discover that his knee was scraped from the ground. He could feel the stinging from it that he was forced to try and get the dirt out of his fur and get in the fetal position to try and calm the pain.
"Rookie!" SNT quickly ran up to check on her friend, "Are you ok... oh!" she noticed Rookie laying on the ground with his eyes closed seriously in pain. "Oh my gosh!"
"Aaaa! Oh man, that hurts!" he said like he was about to cry.
"That blow must have gotten you bad huh?" SNT came and sat next to him to try and take a closer look at his knee. "Yeah... you're bleeding really bad there."
"Yeah, having a large tear in your skin hurts!" Rookie looked at his friend. "I don't think I have ever gotten hurt this bad."
SNT went into her pocket and got a white towel. Then she wrapped and tied it around Rookie's leg to try and stop the bleeding. "There, this is all I can do."
"Thank you, I didn't know that you knew how to be a medic as well." Rookie responded.
"Oh... no I am not a nurse. I am just helping you as a friend that's all." SNT admitted. "I'm doing it because it's what is right."
"You know... that is kinda what I like about you." Rookie admitted.
SNT after pulling the knot on his knee then looked into Rookie's eyes, "Really?"
"Yeah, even if we are all in trouble and need help, you always seem to put us ahead of you," the red wolf sat up and got close to the hybrid. "I believe that is an admirable trait you have."
"Oh... thank you for saying that. You have no idea what that statement made me feel!" SNT looked away from Rookie but she didn't blush.
The red wolf concluded that she might show love differently than other mobians. There you go Rookie, this is how you get into a woman's heart. You compliment them then have them build feelings for you in the future. Just be yourself instead of pick up lines.
Rookie attempted to get up on his feet to try and see if he could walk. He could still feel the pain of walking which was still bothering him.
"Rookie, please, you don't have to push any harder than you have to!" SNT warned as she stopped him from going further.
"But... we still need to get the ball!" Rookie said breathing hard.
"Listen Rookie, getting the Sonichu Ball is technically my job! I was chosen to collect them." SNT announced. "Please, you're too hurt to continue. It's too dangerous. Please, just wait here!" The hybrid sat him down on a rock to keep him from hurting himself.
"But SNT... it's too dangerous to go alone!" Rookie worried.
"I'll be fine, don't worry about me, please allow me to get the ball. Please rest, you need it!" she insisted. The hybrid then continued to run ahead leaving the wolf behind.
"But wait!" Rookie yelled after her.
"Don't worry about me, please just try and get better!" SNT yelled back. But then stopped to look back at the wolf.
Rookie wasn't paying attention to SNT but was looking down at his tied up leg. That was when he noticed his friend running back toward him.
Once she was next to him, SNT did something unusual. "Thank you for stepping in and saving me back there." She proceeded to kiss Rookie on the cheek as her special aura rang out then ran off ahead.
Rookie then whipped the wet kiss on his muzzle and blushed. "She... kissed me?" That kiss alone was so enticing that it kind of transferred the wolf into an alternate world where the only thing he could see was himself and the hybrid sharing a moment together. "I think I... I... made a homerun?"
But the kiss also had an unintended effect on the wolf. He felt the aura suddenly illuminate through his body and then into his knee. It was at that point where Rookie started to feel the pain go away.
"Hmm..." Rookie noticed as he looked ahead to see if SNT ran off, but he couldn't see her anymore. "Well, I guess I will just sit here for a few minutes or so before I run after her." He proceeded to lie down on the rock and try not to think about his friend too much.
SNT started to think about what she just did. "I noticed Amy doing that to Sonic sometimes, so I guess it's a respectful thing to do."
"It was," said a familiar voice. SNT looked up at a platform to see Sylveon observing her. "It really was a way to give the shippers and the artist a little fuel."
"What do you mean?" SNT asked, looking above her. But then she realized she was talking to a statue. "Oh... maybe being on this island is bad for my mental health. Perhaps I should find a therapist."
The hybrid continued her rally through the descending temple as she found herself faced with new traps. One trap was triggered by a small tripwire and it opened a cavern below her feet. When she fell in, she started to use her tails to try and fly out but only was compromised with suddenly a waterfall sloshing on top of her. She was then carried down into the waterfall and landing in a rusted cage all wet and hanging from a platform above. The hybrid then noticed a skeleton next to her with rats eating the remaining meat off of the skeleton.
SNT was grossed out by that revelation and was surprised that bones looking that old would even still have meat in them. The hybrid then used her body and sliced the rusted bars open allowing a way for her to escape. She quickly landed on a platform using her hands to pull herself up onto it. Then she brushed off herself and then continued on her way.
After boosting, she then noticed a dead end at the end of the path. She noticed that she got to the end of the tunnel where you had now the empty city center and now the tunnel floor was visible to her.
SNT jumped down to the floor to get a full scale on how large this city was. She looked up to notice where she started and was now a small pixel in her eyes and she could barely see it.
Next to her was the source of the steam. It was a large pool of water that was boiling on both sides of her. It was like a circle cut into 4 with paths in the middle making it like an artistic city.
The hybrid looked at her watch to notice 2 things. The first thing she noticed was that the signal was really low for the main computer in Subaru's workshop to pick her up. This meant that teleportation was unavailable to her. Also, the signal from the Sonichu Ball was pointing to 2 large doors in front of her. "Right there... alright, let's see what is behind this!" SNT proceeded to run up the doors and use her strength to open them. It was really heavy but SNT was able to overcome this when she pushed hard revealing a pathway elevated over a waterfall of lava on both sides. The heat of the room was like an oven. The only cool air was coming in from behind her. Below the pathway was a pool of lava bubbling. Her watch revealed that she traveled 25 thousand feet underground and there was little room to escape.
SNT started feeling sweat drip down her fur but she didn't care as she slowly walked over to the middle of the path and noticed the corrupted Sonichu Ball sitting right there on the pedestal. It was like it was waiting for her to pick it up.
SNT walked trying to make sure nothing came out at her. She was used to having boss fights at the end of these zones so there was no surprise here for her.
Just when SNT let her guard down. Suddenly she trips over a wire breaking it. The ground started to shake and it caused the platform to break. She was now falling deeper into the volcano when she hit face-first into the platform. SNT looked up to see the Sonichu Ball suddenly grabbed by the lava itself like it was alive.
"No!" SNT yelled thinking that the ball was gone forever. But then, it was revealed that the ball was now becoming the forehead of a forming monster. The monster started to grow 8 legs like the spiders she was familiar with down in the caves. Once its body was developed, it then roared its warm breath at the hybrid then destroyed the platforms they were both on. SNT started to fall below and quickly looked down to see a circular path on the edge of the lava. She started using her tails to gain control of her descent and then rolled into her landing as the spider landed into the lava.
"Alright, it looks like someone needs to chill! I came with a little ice!" SNT got ready to fight.
DEFEAT SCORIA
The Spider opened up with its lava web which created a thin line of magma around the stage. This quickly hardened on top of the hybrid. She quickly jumped into the air and spun her body around to break through the rock and landed on her feet. Then she boosted around the spider. The monster quickly then put two of its legs to block SNT from moving then started to use boulders to roll off of its back to attack the hybrid. SNT was caught off guard when the leg was put down in front of her. She was quickly hit by a flaming boulder and was unable to defend against it. This caused her to get a burn on her chest. This caused her to lose rings for every second that passed.
"Aaagh!" SNT yelled in pain feeling the burning in her body. "I need to figure out how to attack this thing before it figures out my weaknesses!" She quickly looked around to see if there was an opening. The last time she fought a monster like this was in the jungle and judging that the ball is somehow powering the monster, the Sonichu ball must be its weak point. But SNT couldn't pinpoint how to get to the Spider's head until she looked at its body.
She noticed that over time, its body would harden as the lava would cool. The legs also followed this rule as well. "Perhaps... maybe if I use the cooled off the leg to get to the head, I could attack it directly!" SNT decided to try it as she then boosted toward one of the cooled off legs then jumped toward it and held on.
The spider then proceeded to try and shake her off of its leg but SNT kept holding on. "You can't get rid of me no matter how hard you try." Once the spider gave up SNT then started running up the leg. Once she was on top, small cannons on the body then fired their hot rocks at the hybrid which popped SNT in her left arm. This scorched her fur. Once that happened she then attempted to dodge the rest of them and she pulled it off successfully. Then she jumps up in the air and homing attacks the Sonichu Ball on the spider's forehead. That alone causes it to take damage.
SNT landed back on the platform as suddenly the monster barfs up lava onto the platform following the hybrid around in a circle. To get away, SNT started to boost forward until the terrain ahead changed because the Lava hardened quickly. SNT stepped on the new ground then noticed something. "This is too dangerous to boost on now, I could trip over if I'm not careful." The spider then created a boulder with its lava web and rolled it to follow her. SNT started running from the boulder as she then tried to dodge splashes of lava created by the spider as it moved around the hot pool.
Once she realized that the boulder was moving too fast for her, she then used her tails to simply fly over it. "Why didn't I think of this in the first place?"
SNT noticed another leg that had hardened. She looked at its body to figure out if a new shell had formed. Once she figured that out she quickly grabbed onto the leg in question and held on. "Oh, I'm sorry, I just love the feeling of warm rock, just not you though!" she said.
Once the spider stopped moving on it, SNT got herself on top of the shell and once again attacked the Sonichu Ball. The spider once again roared in pain as SNT landed in front of it.
"Oh, it looks like you got a bruise there, do you need me to look at it?" SNT said sarcastically. "Here let me help you!" SNT used her tails and her boost to get an extra hit on the spider causing it to scream again. SNT landed on the path. "I don't think I found anything wrong, do you want me to look again."
This was when the spider decided to change its strategy. The monster then started to cause an earthquake. The walls around both of them started to collapse as it revealed an ocean of Lava opens up. SNT's platform stayed up but was extremely unstable. It was like a lighthouse on an island, SNT could see a lot around her but she couldn't move anywhere. Rock platforms started to form below her but they were really small.
"This must be where lava comes from!" SNT realized.
The spider lifts its head out of the magma and looks at the hybrid standing on the longest platform in the air. Then it jumps out of the molten rock knowing that the hybrid had nowhere to go.
SNT looked behind her to see the attack coming and panicked. She quickly jumped out of the way to witness the platform she was just on now destroyed. She landed on a lower platform to get her bearings. "Ok, that was a little scary, but I can still do this!" Just when she said that the monster revealed itself again to dive at the hybrid right behind her. Just when it was almost too late, SNT jumped to another platform. While in mid-air, she then noticed that the spider attacked the platform she was just on. "Oooooo that was too close!"
Once she landed on a new platform. She took a second to try to wipe off the sweat on her forehead then looked around for the monster. The monster then revealed itself to SNT thinking she wasn't looking. "Ahh! Got you!" SNT then quickly jumped toward the monster and attacked it in its Sonichu Ball causing it to destroy more platforms behind it.
When the hybrid landed on another floating rock, she then noticed something. "The amount of platforms is going down... This isn't good. If I don't defeat him in enough time, I would have nowhere to stand. At the same time, I can only stay in the air for so long."
The hybrid noticed the monster creeping up behind her and quickly jumped out of the way. Once she did that she used her tails to turn herself around and then used Thunder Punch on the Sonichu Ball doubling the damage she was doing before.
"I'm so close!" SNT realized. She notices the monster's movements getting slower. "I can do this, just a little more!"
The hybrid noticed that she had little room to move because the number of platforms was decreasing as the rocks deteriorated. She also realized that she couldn't reach the monster again. She decided to keep jumping from the platform to make sure that she was still moving. But this only causes the spider to send a tidal wave in her direction. When that happened, SNT used her tails to get to another platform a little farther than what she was used to. But it was the only one left.
"Oh no... I'm trapped!" SNT panicked desperately looking around for another place to stand. But there was no luck there. The monster put its body in the lava and rapidly came in SNT's direction. SNT started to warm up her tails and looked at them. "Don't let me down."
That was when the monster's body then closed in on the hybrid by jumping out of the lava and allowing a wall of lava to enclose around her. That was when all of SNT's breath left her as she then made the drastic realization, "Oh no, I can't escape this! It's game over, I'm done for!"
"Get away from her!" yelled a familiar voice who was swinging in from above. Just when SNT was about to be pushed into the lava, Rookie kicked the spider right in the Sonichu Ball causing it to repel backward into the magma behind it. At the same time, the Sonichu ball fell off of the monster causing it to roar in pain. The Wall of Lava then collapsed around the hybrid as she noticed the Sonichu Ball now falling ahead of her.
"I got it!" SNT said as she lifted off the ground and flew right toward it to catch it. Just like before, the Sonichu ball then noticed SNT's energy and both of them proceeded to glow as SNT reached the platform she was just on. Rookie landed next to her.
SCORIA DEFEATED
The hybrid hugged Rookie, "Oh my gosh, I am glad you stepped in when you did, I thought I was a goner there!"
"Oh, it's nothing... SNT!" Rookie blushed in response.
"I thought your leg was too injured to move?" SNT asked curiously about how Rookie recovered so quickly.
"I guess that kiss on the cheek did something special to me, I don't know!" he explained.
Just then more of the cave again collapsed in on itself telling both of them that they had no time to stay here. Both of them looked around as Rookie then pointed at SNT's watch. "Let's teleport out of here!"
"But I can't, I can't get a signal in here to teleport!" SNT panicked.
Both of them looked at each other frightened and confused as time was quickly running out but they started to look around for an opening. SNT looked up at the open doors and then at Rookie, "We can't stay here, Hold on Rookie!" SNT then grabbed onto Rookie's arms and lifted him that way as they both ascended into the air and towards the doors, SNT walked though before. It was a little far but SNT knew she could do it after months of flying expositions with Sonic.
Soon enough, SNT makes it to the top to notice that the earth-shaking below has caused parts of the temple to collapse already. Both Rookie and SNT still had to climb over 25000 feet to get back to the surface.
Both of them were running up the swirling pathway trying their hardest to escape. It quickly dawned on both of them that with the current speed they were going, they would not be able to make it.
"SNT, we need to speed up. The amount of debris falling may close up our path if we don't hurry." Rookie explained.
"I know, this is why I have you!" SNT announced as suddenly she smiled at him. "By combining our powers, there is nothing we can't do!" She forced Rookie off of the ground as they both spun around each other. Rookie quickly caught on to what was about to happen next and started charging his energy along with SNT's. The Sonichu Ball's Powers also added more power into SNT's body than what she was used to.
"DOUBLE... BOOST!" Both of them said together as suddenly they forward speed almost triples as both of them enter an extreme boost blowing past everything in their path including solid rock. In a matter of a few seconds, they were able to climb 200 feet toward the surface on a swirling path.
"Come on Rookie, I told you this would be no problem, just a little further!" SNT encouraged.
"I see the surface, we are almost there!" Rookie yelled.
"We still need to aim for it!" She responded.
Once they saw the opening in the earth close enough to them, SNT quickly got behind Rookie and grabbed him by the arms again. "Let's get out of here!" She then lifted Rookie off the ground while they were still in boost and aimed toward to hole in the ground. SNT making it easier to shoot for it hit a bullseye as the temple then crashed in on itself, now lost to history.
SNT AND ROOKIE GOT THROUGH STEAM TEMPLE ZONE
RANK S: STEAMY
SNT and Rookie found themselves suddenly feeling like they were shot out of a cannon. SNT boosting right out of a cave next to the village. SNT's boost created a clear trail in the sky reaching over the village.
"Oh look, it's a shooting star!" Saki pointed from the village. "Make a wish!" The pop star then closed her eyes and prayed.
Her producer, Rand then squinted his eyes to take a closer look, "Um... Saki... that is your sister."
"That's a star because I said so!" Saki looked a little annoyed, "Just accept it, ITS A STAR, A STAR, STAR!"
"Oh no, it's the Apple/Banana situation thing again. I think I better drop it." Rand facepalmed. Saki was still trying to wish for something. Rand decided to ask her, "What did you wish for?"
Saki gave an annoyed look to Rand, "I'm not telling you, If I did, it won't come true."
"You that is so much of a myth right?" Rand pointed out, "You see shooting stars are actual meteorites that fall from the sky as they burn up in the atmosphere. But these are so small thattheynevertouchthegroundbutwhentheydotheycauseallsortsof-"
"How about this, I wished you would shut up!" Saki admitted. She looked at Rand frustrated. Rand gave a smirk back to her and started laughing a little, Saki was a little confused until she realized what she just did, "...DARN IT!"
In the meantime, Rookie was flying in SNT's arms. The hybrid was trying to get her bearing on her surroundings and was using her tails to try and control their descent. Below was a beautiful view of the island. They could also see the storm around it and the sun above beaming down. SNT looked around to find Subaru's workshop below and began to turn toward it like a plane preparing for landing.
"Rookie, hold on!" SNT warned.
"What do you mean?" Rookie asked. "You're holding on to me!"
SNT looked down at Rookie, "Well I am moving at a fast speed and it's kinda hard to slow down as I am trying not to use a lot of energy, so please prepare yourself!"
The hybrid tried her best to keep herself in the air but she felt herself starting to get tired. Rookie started to notice as well when SNT started to slow down her forward speed.
"SNT, are you ok?" Rookie checked on her. His friend was breathing hard and running out of energy quickly. She could barely answer the question.
"I... I think I'll be fi-" SNT then proceeded to lose consciousness right in the middle of flight causing both of them to go into a freefall. Rookie panicked when SNT let go of him now falling toward the beach.
"SNT! Wake up!" Rookie yelled at her. But SNT gave off no response. Her eyes were closed and seemed to be reacting to nothing.
Rookie quickly grabbed onto SNT's hand and got out his grappling gun. Then he quickly looked around for a place to grab onto.
"That palm tree!" Rookie noticed. He then pointed his gun at it and shot at it causing the grapple to grab onto it and pull him toward it. Rookie ended up losing grip on SNT when the force on the grapple was too much for Rookie to absorb in his body. But it did cause SNT to roll onto the sand now face up.
Rookie was relieved that his friend was going to be ok but wasn't thinking about himself when he suddenly hit a rock that happened to be next to the palm tree. He impacted it so hard that it left an imprint on his front body as he then peeled off of it landing on his back.
"...What... what happened?" SNT proceeded to wake up noticing the sand now in her fur. She just happened to hear the sounds of Rookie's moaning from the pain and she looked over at him. "Oh no, ROOKIE!" she quickly got up and went to his aid. SNT jumped down to her knees and put him into her arms. "Rookie, please answer me!" she rocked her.
"Ugg..." Rookie opening his eyes to the hybrid whose special aura was now revealing itself. He started to blush a little. "S... SNT?"
"Oh, Rookie!" SNT gave him a big hug holding him tight. "I'm sorry, I must have lost too much energy." Rookie could feel some tears from the hybrid's face touch his shoulder.
"Oh... it's ok... No need to cry for me. I should be ok!" Rookie calmed her down. "I'm used to this by now."
"What do you mean used to it? This should have never happened!" SNT looked ashamed at herself. "I just wish I could have had a little more energy just to make sure that I could get us both down safely. But I wasn't able to do that. I'm sorry for letting you down."
"SNT, it's ok, don't worry about it, you tried your best. I worry more about your safety than my own." Rookie admitted as they both leave each other's arms and look each other in the eye. "Even some of us have our weak points sometimes. I can't rely on you all the time you know. I know you are under a lot of pressure but understand that I and a group of friends you have on this island are there to take some of the pressure off when you need it. Just focus on what you need to do. Don't worry about me or the others."
"Do you mean it?" SNT asked.
Rookie nodded. "I'll be alright! Just remember, I am here for you."
"Thank you, Rookie." SNT calmed down and started to smile again when she wiped away the tears.
Rookie looked too deeply into that smile, Oh crap, she is too cute with that smile... Calm down Rookie, she is just a friend!
"Come on, let's go see Subaru!" SNT started to run toward the workshop.
"Oh... right!" Rookie remembered as he got up and brushed himself off. Then he ran after SNT. Rookie took a closer look at the hybrid as she ran and noticed the smile on her face which always gave him a warm feeling. "Man, SNT looks so cute when she runs. But why is this girl so perfect for me... what is it about her that makes me attracted to her? But even if I ask her to be mine, last time she friend-zoned me?" Rookie realized. "Will she be able to accept me now? Hmm... maybe I should work on building up that relationship first before I make any moves. I don't know if she likes me enough to go forward."
After a minute both of them arrived at the workshop to see what was up. Subaru looked like she stopped working on the sub that Rookie was helping to work on earlier. She started working on a small box with all sorts of complicated nuts and bolts in it. She was about to start blow torching when she noticed the two of them standing in front. "Oh hey guys, did y'all find the Sonichu ball?"
SNT went into her pocket to grab the ball in question. "You mean this?" Subaru noticed the static appearance of the ball and smiled.
"Man SNT, it looks like you are on a roll, what is that, your 3rd one?" Subaru asked. SNT nodded in response. "Good for you!"
"What exactly are you working on now?" Rookie asked.
"Well, I decided to start working on the engine to power the submarine while y'all were gone doing... unimaginable things to each other." Subaru changed her voice when she got to the end of that sentence. "But y'all are still young and trust me I understand."
"What do you mean?" Rookie asked, completely unaware of what the fox meant.
"Even I'm confused by that Subaru," SNT admitted.
"Yeah, judging by your faces y'all didn't do it. But whatever, If you are looking for Cas, she decided to keep researching her... whatever thing she is trying to do with water," Subaru remembered the morning. "Oh, something that you both could do together tonight, apparently Saki and her band are hosting a game night.
"Hmm..." SNT thought to herself. "If we are all hanging out I guess I wouldn't mind playing."
"Hey, Subaru, do you think you need any help building that sub tonight?" Rookie asked.
"Buddy!" Subaru laughed, "Listen, I appreciate your help and everything but please you haven't rested since yesterday when we gave you surgery. Do me a favor, and take that keeper out."
"Subaru... we are not dating, we are just friends," Rookie explained.
"Rookie, please, I think it would be more fun if you were there." SNT encouraged.
Rookie had his doubts about this. "SNT, I'm not a gamer per se."
"Come on Rookie, it will be fun, I promise you." SNT's aura started to show itself again.
Rookie then once again started to blush, it was too hard to resist the hybrid any longer. He knew SNT had this power to make it harder to say no. It worked on everybody he knew. The wolf couldn't resist anymore. "Fine... I'll come."
"Thank you, trust me, It will be just fine." SNT promised him, "You'll be awesome at this." Both of them proceeded to walk in the direction of the village.