There is one question that I would like to ask. Do chao go to school? I never know them much; since I have only the GBA Sonic games. (Let alone getting the plural word of 'chao' wrongly. ^ ^;;) So my views towards them may be slightly different than those in the games.

Anyway, this chapter is taken place when Miju and Shadow were a few weeks old.

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

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Miju hid behind Amy's leg while nervously looked at the other chao. Most of them looked excited and some were even laughing but...why? Isn't school a scary place? Some of the older chao had told it that the teacher is fierce and hates new students. Their views towards school were different from what Flight had told it.

'She is kind,' Flight had said. 'She isn't going to hurt you!'

Miju was confused. What is it going to do? It didn't know who to believe. It looked up at Amy. She was talking to someone. Who was this someone? Was it the teacher of the school? She looked kind. Maybe, they were only trying to scare... The chao shook its head. No! Teachers are mean. This was just one of their 'don't judge the book by its cover'. She acted friendly in front of Amy but she was actually waiting for the opportunity to get it.

When Amy had done talking with the 'someone', she bent herself down while facing towards Miju and gave it a smile.

'Are you ready for your first day in school?' she asked excitedly.

Miju swallowed hard and slowly nodded its head. It wasn't sure if that was the right answer.

'I just don't get it. Why did you drag me here for?' a voice asked from behind.

'What else do you have in mind then?' asked another voice.

Amy turned around and smiled. Sonic and Tails were the voices that she had been hearing.

'Hey, guys!' she cried out as she waved her hand.

'Look, Sonic,' said Tails as he pointed towards the direction where Amy and her chao were. 'There's Amy.'

Amy quickly picked up Miju and ran to where the boys were. 'Hi, Sonic,' she said happily. 'I'm glad to see you here.'

'Don't look at me, Ames,' the hedgehog quickly said. 'Tails forced me to come along.'

'Oh.' There was a slight disappointment shown in her face. 'And I thought that you have come to see me.'

Just then, Amy felt that there was something pulling down her dress. She looked down to see Shadow. She smiled and patted the chao's head. As she did that, the dark chao made a purring sound; probably asking for more. She let out a giggle and placed her chao down on the ground next to Shadow. As soon as Miju was freed from Amy's arms, it quickly tackled down its playmate.

She laughed again as she watched them play. There is not need to worry about them now; since they have each other for company. She glanced over at Sonic, who also was looking at the chao.

'You do care about your chao, don't you?' she asked.

Sonic was startled by the sudden question.

'What? Me?' he asked stupidly.

Amy sighed with the reply. 'Never mind. Just take that I have not said anything.'

A while later, the school bell started to ring. Miju gasped the moment it heard it rang. What is it going to do now? It wasn't ready to face with the fierce teacher yet.

'Miju,' said Amy. 'Behave yourself while in school, okay?'

The chao hesitated. It shook its head and whined.

'Oh, Miju. You should know very well that I can't stay. I'll come and pick you up when school finish.'

It again whined.

'Miju!'

A while later, the chao started to cry. You don't love me at all, it thought. You wouldn't have force me to come here if you do. Amy sighed when she saw this. This is going to be difficult.

'Please don't make your mummy upset. Look.' Amy then held onto Shadow and showed it in front of Miju. 'Shadow is here. He will accompany you throughout the whole day.'

However, it didn't help at all. Miju's cries were getting louder. Sonic was forced to cover up his poor ears.

'Can't you make it stop?' he yelled.

'I'm trying!' yelled back Amy. She then grumbled some rude words to herself. Are parents having difficulties persuading their children to go to school too? Imagine if she has kids in future.

'Oh please Miju,' the pink hedgehog started to beg. 'Stop crying.' As expected, her begging was ignored and the chao stubbornly shook its head wildly.

'Is there a way I could help you, miss?'

It was a friendly six-year-old voice. Amy looked up and saw a small rabbit was standing in front of her. She smiled politely at the pink hedgehog.

'The chao doesn't want to get to school,' she explained.

Cream nodded. She stood there quietly while looking at the crying chao. She then turned her head towards Amy and smiled.

'Don't worry,' she said. 'I have seen other chao behaved like this before. All it need are some encouragement and familiarities.'

'But I have tried everything.'

However, the rabbit didn't listen. She walked towards the crying chao and patted its head. A while later, Miju stopped crying and it looked up to face the rabbit.

'Hi,' she said in a friendly way. 'I'm Cream. I'll be your teacher.'

For a while, the pink chao did nothing. When Amy thought that everything was going to be fine, the chao gave its teacher an angry glare and slapped off Cream's hand. Cream shouted out by the unexpected move and so did Amy.

'Miju! You are being bad!' scolded Amy. The chao then started to cry again.

'There is no need to be angry with the chao. I'll just have to try again,' said Cream.

'You are making things difficult, Miju. Either you get in there and learn or stay outside and cry. I don't care what is going to happen to you. I'm leaving!' Amy then walked out of the building with a stern look in her face. The chao's cries got even louder after that. She felt bad for the chao but knew that this is for its own good.

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I know that this is a little out of topic but I'm trying my best to maintain the balance between the chao and the sonic characters appearances.

Notes: Want your chao to be in class during the next chapter? Just leave behind a review with the name and description of your chao and you are done! I'll do the rest.