Disclaimer: Look for it in chapter 1.
Well, not much to say, except, on with the story!
Sonic Tales
Chapter 9
[Afternoon: Angel Island]
Knuckles was basically doing what he usually did, and that was guard the master emerald. He sighed in relaxation as he watched the clouds. His thoughts were interrupted, however, by a blue blur heading his direction. He assumed it was Sonic, until he noticed that it wasn't slowing down. Knuckles quickly got up to confront it, but it still wasn't stopping. So he used his thunder arrow attack on it, which caused it to stop, and use a barrier to block it. That's when Knuckles saw what it was.
"Mecha Sonic?!"
Mecha Sonic nodded.
"I take it Eggman sent you!"
It nodded.
"Is nodding all you can do?"
It pulled out a laser and fired, and Knuckles swiftly dodged it.
"That was a cheap shot! Thunder Arrow!"
It just used the barrier to block it again. So Knuckles decided to hit it dead on, which happened to be a costly mistake. As soon as he was about to hit it, the barrier activated again, knocking the echidna backwards as it counterattacked with a left and right hook. Without waiting for Knuckles to land, it turned towards the master emerald. Then it ran next to it, and picked it up. However, just as it was about to leave, Knuckles regained his balance, and flew at Mecha Sonic, knocking the master emerald out of its claws.
"You're gonna need more than that to take 'my' emerald!"
With lightning fast speed, it flew up to Knuckles, charging him head on. Knuckles quickly dodged as he prepared for a counterattack. However, it was too fast, and was swooping at him in random directions, like what an eagle would do if it was attacking something. The only problem was that every time Knuckles dodged, he would get scratched by its metal quill. Within seconds, he felt very woozy. He wasn't able to dodge the next attack, and fell to the ground.
"What...happened?" were the echidnas last words before passing out.
Mecha Sonic landed right next to him, and picked up the master emerald. It took one more glance at the echidna, and flew away. As it was flying, some sort of projectile blast hit it, causing it to drop the master emerald yet again. Then, a blurry white figure picked up the emerald. It was Rouge.
"How dare you! Stealing the master emerald is 'my' job!" This made her realize something. "Hey! I have my memory back! I remember everything now!"
She didn't have a long time to cheer, as Mecha Sonic shot Rouge with a laser. However, she used the master emerald as a shield, and caused a large piece of it to break off.
"Heh-heh...oops?"
Now angered, Mecha Sonic swooped down towards her at lightning speed. She prepared for an attack, but it just grabbed the master emerald, and flew away. She was about to go after it, but saw Knuckles lying on the ground, and decided to tend to him instead.
[Angel Island: A little while later]
After his wounds here tended to, Rouge waited for Knuckles to wake up. When he did, the first thing he saw was Rouge.
"Huh? What are you doing here? And what happened to me?"
"That machine injected some kind of poison in you. Don't worry about it though. I already gave you the antidote."
"Thanks, Rouge. I owe you one."
"Think nothing of it. It was the least I could do." After a few seconds of silence, she spoke again. "Um, Knuckles? I have some good and bad news for you."
"And that is?"
"Well, the 'good' news is that I gained my memory back."
"Really? That's great! How do you feel?"
"Okay, I guess."
"So I suppose the 'bad' news is that you stole the master emerald, right?"
"Well, no. Mecha Sonic did that."
Knuckles quickly got up. "Then we have to get it back!" Then he fell back down again.
"Be careful. You still need time to recover."
Knuckles got back up again, only this time, Rouge forced him back down.
"Stay! That poison was meant to kill you! Please, rest!"
"But..the master emerald. It can't stay in Eggmans hands."
"Don't worry. It's not like he's going to use it anytime soon. Besides, he's still missing a piece of it." She then showed him the large chunk that was shot off.
Knuckles smiled. "Heh. I'm impressed. At least I can rest for a while. I'll need it when Eggman tries to get that last piece back."
"Yeah, we need to hide it, but where?"
Just then, Omochao appeared.
"To hide the emerald, put it in a place that's white and green."
Rouge looked at it funny. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"A place that's green and white at the same time."
The two thought about this for some time. After a while, Rouge understood.
"I got it! We'll hide it in the White Jungle! Thanks, Omochao!" However, Omochao wasn't there anymore. "I wonder where he went?" Then she just shrugged. "Oh well. Listen, Knuckles. I'm going to go hide this. That is, I 'want' to, but then there wouldn't be anyone to care for you while I'm gone."
Just then, Omochao appeared again.
"I'll take care of him."
Rouge nearly jumped out of her skin. "Don't do that!"
"Why?! Why Omochao?!" Knuckles whined. "I'm in better care with Eggman!"
"Now don't be silly." Comforted Rouge. "I won't be gone that long, and besides, I'm pretty sure Omochao can handle small chores." Then she flew away.
"I'll put more peroxide on your wounds."
Knuckles just groaned, hoping for Rouge to come back soon.
[Meanwhile: Eggmans 'secret' base]
Mecha Sonic finally arrived, and then entered the base. Dr. Eggman met up with it, and it handed him the master emerald.
"Excellent! You have done well. All I now need is the last remaining chaos emerald. My plan is finally going to succeed!" Then he laughed some more, but stopped when he noticed the missing chunk in the emerald. "What?! You idiot! It's missing a piece! The machine won't operate unless 'all' of the master emerald is inserted!"
It didn't say anything. It just stood there.
"Well, no matter. I'll just have to back there myself later. Right now, I have a little pickup you need to make." He gave Mecha Sonic a map with two photos attached to it. "I want you to go to these coordinates, abduct these two people, and bring them back here. You understand your mission?"
It nodded.
"Good. Now go!"
It nodded again, and then left. Eggman turned back his attention to the master emerald.
"And as for the rest of 'you', I'll be making a personal arrival!" Then he paused for a second. "Tomorrow, that is. I'm hungry right now. Besides, I need to be here when Mecha Sonic returns triumphantly. This will be the day Sonic is destroyed, and I 'rule' the world!" Then he laughed some more, put the master emerald in a safe place, got something to eat, and finally, continued to work on his machines.
[Meanwhile: White Jungle]
Rouge was flying around, trying to find the best place to hide the piece of the master emerald. She wasn't worried about losing it, just as long as nobody else could find it either. She looked at the emerald, and was thinking.
"(Hmm. If I were to keep this, I could just get the rest of the emerald pieces)." Then she stopped those thoughts. "(No! What am I thinking?! I better find a hiding place for this thing right away)!"
After a long time of flying and searching, she finally found a perfect spot to hide it. She landed to where there were a lot of trees, grass, water, and piles of dirt. She picked the most inconspicuous place, and buried the emerald piece there. Afterwards, she covered it, made it look more like one of the other dirt piles, and flew away.
"(That wasn't too bad. I don't think even Eggman would be able to find where I hid it)." Then she sighed in relief. "(Not keeping that thing for myself was hard, but I won in the end. Knuckles should be glad to hear that)."
[Angel Island]
She flew back to Angel Island, and landed. When she came back, she saw Omochao just staring at Knuckles, while Knuckles was covered in bandages, muttering something incoherent.
"What happened here?"
"Omochao tried to 'help' with the bandages, and 'now' look at me!"
Rouged laughed a little. "You look like a red mummy to me!"
Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Well, now that 'you're' here, Omochao can get 'out' of here!"
Omochao flew next to the exit. "That's alright. I have to get ready to help Sonic and Amy with their date tonight. Bye-bye!" Then it flew off.
Rouge raised an eyebrow. "I don't think Sonic and Amy will be too thrilled with Omochao being around them. Should we do something?"
"And have Omochao bother us? Hah! Let them handle their own problems."
After a moment of silence, Rouge finally spoke.
"Um, Knuckles?"
"Yeah?"
"I, um, wanted to tell you, that, when I was hiding the emerald piece, I had some temptations to steal it."
"Nothing new in that."
"Well, yes. But, the new thing is that I actually overcame it."
"Really? Just like that?"
"Just like that."
"No tricks?"
"No tricks."
"....Look me in the eyes."
So she did.
"Now, tell me that you really mean what you said. That you really want to change."
So she did, with utmost sincerity.
"Thank you. It makes me happy that I can trust you."
After some more awkward silence, Omochao reappeared.
"Just kiss her! Or the other way around!" Then it flew away, leaving the two beet red.
[Station square restaurant: Evening]
Sonic had just picked up Amy for their date. They had decided to go to a semi fancy restaurant. Amy had decided to wear the magenta and white outfit, in which case, surprised Sonic when he first saw her.
"Thanks again for this, Sonic." Amy said, remembering what Rouge said about acting as ladylike as possible. "I hope we have a great time."
"Yeah, me too." Said Sonic somewhat nervously. He was expecting Amy to crush him at any moment, and was surprised that she didn't do that the minute she saw him. "So, this must be the place. Let's go in."
"Yes, lets."
So they entered the restaurant. However, unknowing to the both of them, Tails was following them, staying out of sight, holding a video camera.
"(This is going to be fun to tease Sonic with later)!" He said to himself. "(And with everyone being busy, Sonic being too preoccupied, and Amy being too blissful, chances are that nobody will even notice me)!"
At this moment, Omochao entered the restaurant.
"(Stupid robot! It's going to ruin the date)!" Then he shrugged. "(Oh well. That just means more videotape material)." Then he entered the back way entrance of the restaurant, found where Amy and Sonic were sitting, and recorded while hiding inside a plant.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Amy were discussing what they were doing this afternoon before the date. During those awkward moments of silence, or when the other person was talking, they would think about the other person. Here's what Sonic was thinking.
"(Wow! When she's not crushing my bones with her tight grips, she's actually not that bad to talk to. Now that I get a better look at her, she's actually very pretty. Still, this is Amy we're talking about, so I wonder how long she'll be able to restrain herself)."
This is what Amy was thinking about.
"(Wow! Sonic is actually talking to me! He's actually not trying to avoid me! This makes me so happy! I need to keep this going as long as possible. I can't screw it up! No matter how much I'm tempted to hug him, I must restrain myself! Anyways, I wonder if he noticed the new outfit I wore? Does he like it, or was he just being nice? Then again, this is the first time he's 'ever' looked at me directly. I wonder what he's thinking about right now)?"
While they were talking, Omochao appeared.
"May I take your order?"
"Omochao?!" Exclaimed Sonic. "What are you doing here?!"
"(Oh no)!" thought Amy. "(Please don't ruin this for me! Please)?!"
"No problem." Answered Omochao. "Anyways, the manager said that I could be your waiter, so I'm 'waiting' for your order."
Sonic groaned at the pun. "Fine. What do you want to have, Amy?"
Amy thought about it for a moment, and then responded. "I'll have the Caesar salad. What about you, Sonic?"
Sonic looked through the menu. "Doesn't this place have any chili dogs?"
"I wouldn't recommend it." Answered Omochao.
"Why's that?"
"Because rats were swimming in the chili."
This caused someone who was a table away from them to pass out in disgust, since he was eating a chili dog at the moment.
"Just kidding. But seriously, it'll be too messy."
"Then what do you suggest?"
"The lobster."
Sonic looked at the menu. "But that's too expensive!"
"It's on the house."
Sonic shrugged, and then ordered it.
Later, they ate their meals, and left. Also, Omochao was kicked out for saying that the lobster was free, and Tails got kicked out when Omochao said that the plants were alive.
After a leisurely walk, Sonic and Amy went to Twinkle Park. They rode the rides, played the games, and ate some of the snacks. What surprised Sonic the most was that he was actually having a good time. Tails, of course, was following them from a distance, still filming. He was a little angry at Omochao for giving away his location, but at least Sonic and Amy didn't know that he was following them.
Later that evening, they went to the park area of Twinkle Park, and sat down on a bench to look at the stars.
"They sure are beautiful, aren't they?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, but not as beautiful as y-!" he quickly realized what he was saying, and stopped himself. Unfortunately, Amy already heard it, and her eyes were beaming.
"R-really? You really mean that?"
"Um...er....uh..." Then he put his head down in embarrassment. "Yes."
This made Amy very happy. She fought every urge to hug him, and instead, gently placed her hand on his. This of course, surprised Sonic, since he was worried about being pounced and/or crushed by one of Amy's bear hugs. He relaxed a bit, but accidentally let out a slight blush.
"I'm very happy to hear that." She said. "As you've already known, I've felt the same way about you. I'm sorry for all those times I made you feel uncomfortable."
"Um, sure." He said nervously. "To tell you the truth, I'm actually a little nervous. Not the usual nervous that I am whenever you were chasing me, but, a different kind of nervous. A type of nervous that I've never felt before."
"Is that a good thing?"
"It must be. I'm still here."
A tear ran down Amy's cheek. She was so happy that this day finally came. The day when Sonic would show the same feelings that she showed him. Well, not completely. She showed him a bit "too" much feeling.
Sonic noticed the tears. "Amy? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. It's just that I've always wanted this day to come, and almost lost hope on it ever coming true."
Sonic gently placed his hand in hers. He blushed a little more when he realized what he just did. Amy blushed a little too.
"Well, Amy, maybe we can see how this works out. Not that I'm enthusiastic about it or anything."
Amy smiled, and nodded in agreement. She knew that Sonic always tried to act like nothing mattered to him, but couldn't ever completely hide it from her.
The two just gazed into each others eyes for what seemed like minutes. Then, their faces moved closer...closer..and closer. Suddenly, Omochao appeared.
"To reach first base, please continue."
The two quickly backed away from each other.
"Omochao!" Exclaimed Amy. "You ruined a perfectly good moment!"
"The trees are watching us. The leaves have orange fur."
"Omochao." Said Sonic. "What the hell are you talking about?"
Then, it hit him.
"Tails! Get out of those trees!"
So he did. "Stupid Omochao! Thanks for keeping my secret!"
"You're welcome."
Then Sonic took the video camera, took out the tape, gave the recorder back to Tails, and destroyed the tape.
"Aw man!"
"Well, Amy. I had fun, but it looks like I need to take 'somebody' home."
"We can use my car." Suggested Amy. "After all, this date could end with 'me' taking you home."
Sonic just shrugged, and accepted the invitation. The group, excluding Omochao, got in the car, and went home.
[Late at night: Shadow's apartment]
Shadow was in his apartment, sleeping. He was awoken a bad dream he had. He turned on the lights, only to see Omochao flying above him.
"Omochao! What are you doing here?!"
"Watching you sleep. I don't have anything else to do. Sonic and Amy ended their date already."
"Oh. Well, how did it go? Did Sonic run away?"
"Nope. In fact, he had a good time."
Shadow was surprised. "Now this is strange. I'll have to tease him about it later."
"To go to sleep, share your dream."
"Ha! Like I'd 'ever' tell 'you' my dream!"
"You were dreaming about your Maria friends being kidnapped."
"What?! How did you--!"
"Bye-bye!" And then Omochao flew off.
"Oh never mind." Said Shadow sleepily. "I'm 'way' too sleepy to figure out his riddles. I'll solve it in the morning." And then he went to sleep.
[Beach]
Big was at the pier, still fishing for his Froggy.
"Duh, Froggy? Please come back!"
End of chapter 9.
To Jade Stellar: I agree. I read about those chaos' in a magazine. I sure wish I knew about that sooner!
To HyperShadow100: *shrugs* I'm not quite sure. He just seems to be everywhere and nowhere. Go figure Omochao's.
Well, that's it for "this" chapter. Thanks for reading!^_^
Well, not much to say, except, on with the story!
Sonic Tales
Chapter 9
[Afternoon: Angel Island]
Knuckles was basically doing what he usually did, and that was guard the master emerald. He sighed in relaxation as he watched the clouds. His thoughts were interrupted, however, by a blue blur heading his direction. He assumed it was Sonic, until he noticed that it wasn't slowing down. Knuckles quickly got up to confront it, but it still wasn't stopping. So he used his thunder arrow attack on it, which caused it to stop, and use a barrier to block it. That's when Knuckles saw what it was.
"Mecha Sonic?!"
Mecha Sonic nodded.
"I take it Eggman sent you!"
It nodded.
"Is nodding all you can do?"
It pulled out a laser and fired, and Knuckles swiftly dodged it.
"That was a cheap shot! Thunder Arrow!"
It just used the barrier to block it again. So Knuckles decided to hit it dead on, which happened to be a costly mistake. As soon as he was about to hit it, the barrier activated again, knocking the echidna backwards as it counterattacked with a left and right hook. Without waiting for Knuckles to land, it turned towards the master emerald. Then it ran next to it, and picked it up. However, just as it was about to leave, Knuckles regained his balance, and flew at Mecha Sonic, knocking the master emerald out of its claws.
"You're gonna need more than that to take 'my' emerald!"
With lightning fast speed, it flew up to Knuckles, charging him head on. Knuckles quickly dodged as he prepared for a counterattack. However, it was too fast, and was swooping at him in random directions, like what an eagle would do if it was attacking something. The only problem was that every time Knuckles dodged, he would get scratched by its metal quill. Within seconds, he felt very woozy. He wasn't able to dodge the next attack, and fell to the ground.
"What...happened?" were the echidnas last words before passing out.
Mecha Sonic landed right next to him, and picked up the master emerald. It took one more glance at the echidna, and flew away. As it was flying, some sort of projectile blast hit it, causing it to drop the master emerald yet again. Then, a blurry white figure picked up the emerald. It was Rouge.
"How dare you! Stealing the master emerald is 'my' job!" This made her realize something. "Hey! I have my memory back! I remember everything now!"
She didn't have a long time to cheer, as Mecha Sonic shot Rouge with a laser. However, she used the master emerald as a shield, and caused a large piece of it to break off.
"Heh-heh...oops?"
Now angered, Mecha Sonic swooped down towards her at lightning speed. She prepared for an attack, but it just grabbed the master emerald, and flew away. She was about to go after it, but saw Knuckles lying on the ground, and decided to tend to him instead.
[Angel Island: A little while later]
After his wounds here tended to, Rouge waited for Knuckles to wake up. When he did, the first thing he saw was Rouge.
"Huh? What are you doing here? And what happened to me?"
"That machine injected some kind of poison in you. Don't worry about it though. I already gave you the antidote."
"Thanks, Rouge. I owe you one."
"Think nothing of it. It was the least I could do." After a few seconds of silence, she spoke again. "Um, Knuckles? I have some good and bad news for you."
"And that is?"
"Well, the 'good' news is that I gained my memory back."
"Really? That's great! How do you feel?"
"Okay, I guess."
"So I suppose the 'bad' news is that you stole the master emerald, right?"
"Well, no. Mecha Sonic did that."
Knuckles quickly got up. "Then we have to get it back!" Then he fell back down again.
"Be careful. You still need time to recover."
Knuckles got back up again, only this time, Rouge forced him back down.
"Stay! That poison was meant to kill you! Please, rest!"
"But..the master emerald. It can't stay in Eggmans hands."
"Don't worry. It's not like he's going to use it anytime soon. Besides, he's still missing a piece of it." She then showed him the large chunk that was shot off.
Knuckles smiled. "Heh. I'm impressed. At least I can rest for a while. I'll need it when Eggman tries to get that last piece back."
"Yeah, we need to hide it, but where?"
Just then, Omochao appeared.
"To hide the emerald, put it in a place that's white and green."
Rouge looked at it funny. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"A place that's green and white at the same time."
The two thought about this for some time. After a while, Rouge understood.
"I got it! We'll hide it in the White Jungle! Thanks, Omochao!" However, Omochao wasn't there anymore. "I wonder where he went?" Then she just shrugged. "Oh well. Listen, Knuckles. I'm going to go hide this. That is, I 'want' to, but then there wouldn't be anyone to care for you while I'm gone."
Just then, Omochao appeared again.
"I'll take care of him."
Rouge nearly jumped out of her skin. "Don't do that!"
"Why?! Why Omochao?!" Knuckles whined. "I'm in better care with Eggman!"
"Now don't be silly." Comforted Rouge. "I won't be gone that long, and besides, I'm pretty sure Omochao can handle small chores." Then she flew away.
"I'll put more peroxide on your wounds."
Knuckles just groaned, hoping for Rouge to come back soon.
[Meanwhile: Eggmans 'secret' base]
Mecha Sonic finally arrived, and then entered the base. Dr. Eggman met up with it, and it handed him the master emerald.
"Excellent! You have done well. All I now need is the last remaining chaos emerald. My plan is finally going to succeed!" Then he laughed some more, but stopped when he noticed the missing chunk in the emerald. "What?! You idiot! It's missing a piece! The machine won't operate unless 'all' of the master emerald is inserted!"
It didn't say anything. It just stood there.
"Well, no matter. I'll just have to back there myself later. Right now, I have a little pickup you need to make." He gave Mecha Sonic a map with two photos attached to it. "I want you to go to these coordinates, abduct these two people, and bring them back here. You understand your mission?"
It nodded.
"Good. Now go!"
It nodded again, and then left. Eggman turned back his attention to the master emerald.
"And as for the rest of 'you', I'll be making a personal arrival!" Then he paused for a second. "Tomorrow, that is. I'm hungry right now. Besides, I need to be here when Mecha Sonic returns triumphantly. This will be the day Sonic is destroyed, and I 'rule' the world!" Then he laughed some more, put the master emerald in a safe place, got something to eat, and finally, continued to work on his machines.
[Meanwhile: White Jungle]
Rouge was flying around, trying to find the best place to hide the piece of the master emerald. She wasn't worried about losing it, just as long as nobody else could find it either. She looked at the emerald, and was thinking.
"(Hmm. If I were to keep this, I could just get the rest of the emerald pieces)." Then she stopped those thoughts. "(No! What am I thinking?! I better find a hiding place for this thing right away)!"
After a long time of flying and searching, she finally found a perfect spot to hide it. She landed to where there were a lot of trees, grass, water, and piles of dirt. She picked the most inconspicuous place, and buried the emerald piece there. Afterwards, she covered it, made it look more like one of the other dirt piles, and flew away.
"(That wasn't too bad. I don't think even Eggman would be able to find where I hid it)." Then she sighed in relief. "(Not keeping that thing for myself was hard, but I won in the end. Knuckles should be glad to hear that)."
[Angel Island]
She flew back to Angel Island, and landed. When she came back, she saw Omochao just staring at Knuckles, while Knuckles was covered in bandages, muttering something incoherent.
"What happened here?"
"Omochao tried to 'help' with the bandages, and 'now' look at me!"
Rouged laughed a little. "You look like a red mummy to me!"
Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Well, now that 'you're' here, Omochao can get 'out' of here!"
Omochao flew next to the exit. "That's alright. I have to get ready to help Sonic and Amy with their date tonight. Bye-bye!" Then it flew off.
Rouge raised an eyebrow. "I don't think Sonic and Amy will be too thrilled with Omochao being around them. Should we do something?"
"And have Omochao bother us? Hah! Let them handle their own problems."
After a moment of silence, Rouge finally spoke.
"Um, Knuckles?"
"Yeah?"
"I, um, wanted to tell you, that, when I was hiding the emerald piece, I had some temptations to steal it."
"Nothing new in that."
"Well, yes. But, the new thing is that I actually overcame it."
"Really? Just like that?"
"Just like that."
"No tricks?"
"No tricks."
"....Look me in the eyes."
So she did.
"Now, tell me that you really mean what you said. That you really want to change."
So she did, with utmost sincerity.
"Thank you. It makes me happy that I can trust you."
After some more awkward silence, Omochao reappeared.
"Just kiss her! Or the other way around!" Then it flew away, leaving the two beet red.
[Station square restaurant: Evening]
Sonic had just picked up Amy for their date. They had decided to go to a semi fancy restaurant. Amy had decided to wear the magenta and white outfit, in which case, surprised Sonic when he first saw her.
"Thanks again for this, Sonic." Amy said, remembering what Rouge said about acting as ladylike as possible. "I hope we have a great time."
"Yeah, me too." Said Sonic somewhat nervously. He was expecting Amy to crush him at any moment, and was surprised that she didn't do that the minute she saw him. "So, this must be the place. Let's go in."
"Yes, lets."
So they entered the restaurant. However, unknowing to the both of them, Tails was following them, staying out of sight, holding a video camera.
"(This is going to be fun to tease Sonic with later)!" He said to himself. "(And with everyone being busy, Sonic being too preoccupied, and Amy being too blissful, chances are that nobody will even notice me)!"
At this moment, Omochao entered the restaurant.
"(Stupid robot! It's going to ruin the date)!" Then he shrugged. "(Oh well. That just means more videotape material)." Then he entered the back way entrance of the restaurant, found where Amy and Sonic were sitting, and recorded while hiding inside a plant.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Amy were discussing what they were doing this afternoon before the date. During those awkward moments of silence, or when the other person was talking, they would think about the other person. Here's what Sonic was thinking.
"(Wow! When she's not crushing my bones with her tight grips, she's actually not that bad to talk to. Now that I get a better look at her, she's actually very pretty. Still, this is Amy we're talking about, so I wonder how long she'll be able to restrain herself)."
This is what Amy was thinking about.
"(Wow! Sonic is actually talking to me! He's actually not trying to avoid me! This makes me so happy! I need to keep this going as long as possible. I can't screw it up! No matter how much I'm tempted to hug him, I must restrain myself! Anyways, I wonder if he noticed the new outfit I wore? Does he like it, or was he just being nice? Then again, this is the first time he's 'ever' looked at me directly. I wonder what he's thinking about right now)?"
While they were talking, Omochao appeared.
"May I take your order?"
"Omochao?!" Exclaimed Sonic. "What are you doing here?!"
"(Oh no)!" thought Amy. "(Please don't ruin this for me! Please)?!"
"No problem." Answered Omochao. "Anyways, the manager said that I could be your waiter, so I'm 'waiting' for your order."
Sonic groaned at the pun. "Fine. What do you want to have, Amy?"
Amy thought about it for a moment, and then responded. "I'll have the Caesar salad. What about you, Sonic?"
Sonic looked through the menu. "Doesn't this place have any chili dogs?"
"I wouldn't recommend it." Answered Omochao.
"Why's that?"
"Because rats were swimming in the chili."
This caused someone who was a table away from them to pass out in disgust, since he was eating a chili dog at the moment.
"Just kidding. But seriously, it'll be too messy."
"Then what do you suggest?"
"The lobster."
Sonic looked at the menu. "But that's too expensive!"
"It's on the house."
Sonic shrugged, and then ordered it.
Later, they ate their meals, and left. Also, Omochao was kicked out for saying that the lobster was free, and Tails got kicked out when Omochao said that the plants were alive.
After a leisurely walk, Sonic and Amy went to Twinkle Park. They rode the rides, played the games, and ate some of the snacks. What surprised Sonic the most was that he was actually having a good time. Tails, of course, was following them from a distance, still filming. He was a little angry at Omochao for giving away his location, but at least Sonic and Amy didn't know that he was following them.
Later that evening, they went to the park area of Twinkle Park, and sat down on a bench to look at the stars.
"They sure are beautiful, aren't they?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, but not as beautiful as y-!" he quickly realized what he was saying, and stopped himself. Unfortunately, Amy already heard it, and her eyes were beaming.
"R-really? You really mean that?"
"Um...er....uh..." Then he put his head down in embarrassment. "Yes."
This made Amy very happy. She fought every urge to hug him, and instead, gently placed her hand on his. This of course, surprised Sonic, since he was worried about being pounced and/or crushed by one of Amy's bear hugs. He relaxed a bit, but accidentally let out a slight blush.
"I'm very happy to hear that." She said. "As you've already known, I've felt the same way about you. I'm sorry for all those times I made you feel uncomfortable."
"Um, sure." He said nervously. "To tell you the truth, I'm actually a little nervous. Not the usual nervous that I am whenever you were chasing me, but, a different kind of nervous. A type of nervous that I've never felt before."
"Is that a good thing?"
"It must be. I'm still here."
A tear ran down Amy's cheek. She was so happy that this day finally came. The day when Sonic would show the same feelings that she showed him. Well, not completely. She showed him a bit "too" much feeling.
Sonic noticed the tears. "Amy? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. It's just that I've always wanted this day to come, and almost lost hope on it ever coming true."
Sonic gently placed his hand in hers. He blushed a little more when he realized what he just did. Amy blushed a little too.
"Well, Amy, maybe we can see how this works out. Not that I'm enthusiastic about it or anything."
Amy smiled, and nodded in agreement. She knew that Sonic always tried to act like nothing mattered to him, but couldn't ever completely hide it from her.
The two just gazed into each others eyes for what seemed like minutes. Then, their faces moved closer...closer..and closer. Suddenly, Omochao appeared.
"To reach first base, please continue."
The two quickly backed away from each other.
"Omochao!" Exclaimed Amy. "You ruined a perfectly good moment!"
"The trees are watching us. The leaves have orange fur."
"Omochao." Said Sonic. "What the hell are you talking about?"
Then, it hit him.
"Tails! Get out of those trees!"
So he did. "Stupid Omochao! Thanks for keeping my secret!"
"You're welcome."
Then Sonic took the video camera, took out the tape, gave the recorder back to Tails, and destroyed the tape.
"Aw man!"
"Well, Amy. I had fun, but it looks like I need to take 'somebody' home."
"We can use my car." Suggested Amy. "After all, this date could end with 'me' taking you home."
Sonic just shrugged, and accepted the invitation. The group, excluding Omochao, got in the car, and went home.
[Late at night: Shadow's apartment]
Shadow was in his apartment, sleeping. He was awoken a bad dream he had. He turned on the lights, only to see Omochao flying above him.
"Omochao! What are you doing here?!"
"Watching you sleep. I don't have anything else to do. Sonic and Amy ended their date already."
"Oh. Well, how did it go? Did Sonic run away?"
"Nope. In fact, he had a good time."
Shadow was surprised. "Now this is strange. I'll have to tease him about it later."
"To go to sleep, share your dream."
"Ha! Like I'd 'ever' tell 'you' my dream!"
"You were dreaming about your Maria friends being kidnapped."
"What?! How did you--!"
"Bye-bye!" And then Omochao flew off.
"Oh never mind." Said Shadow sleepily. "I'm 'way' too sleepy to figure out his riddles. I'll solve it in the morning." And then he went to sleep.
[Beach]
Big was at the pier, still fishing for his Froggy.
"Duh, Froggy? Please come back!"
End of chapter 9.
To Jade Stellar: I agree. I read about those chaos' in a magazine. I sure wish I knew about that sooner!
To HyperShadow100: *shrugs* I'm not quite sure. He just seems to be everywhere and nowhere. Go figure Omochao's.
Well, that's it for "this" chapter. Thanks for reading!^_^