Here's the fourth chapter. This time I don't have anything to say, so let's continue.

Three days have passed, and Metal and Hoshiko were happy together. They met each other very often and, to Sonic and Amy, Metal seemed to be only with Hoshiko. Not with Knuckles or Tails. Just with her. Metal and Hoshiko played mini-golf together, went to the funfair and the movies. They were having fun. Metal even slept at her place, next to her. Of course nothing special happened, 'cause it was impossible. Metal started to think. He was once again at Hoshiko's house, sleeping. He was silent. He kept looking at the ceiling. Hoshiko got closer to him. She was under the covers and looked at Metal. Then she started to feel weird, like there's something wrong.

"Is there something wrong?" Hoshiko asked.

"No. Not really." Metal replied.

"Don't lie. You're not that silent by this time." Hoshiko added.

Metal was silent.

"I just....feel weird." Metal said.

Hoshiko looked into his eyes.

"What makes you feel weird?" She asked with concerned look on her face.

"I just feel weird, 'cause I just don't feel right." Metal said. "I love you, Hoshiko. But something tells me that that's not enough." He added and sat up.

"Are you regretting our relationship?" Hoshiko asked.

"I never said that!" Metal said in annoyed tone.

Hoshiko sighed and sat on the other side of the bed, looking down at the floor.

"Hoshiko...." Metal whispered.

"Yeah?" Hoshiko said and turned around to face him.

"...I want to be real hedgehog." Metal said.

Hoshiko looked kind of shocked. She never expected this.

"Real? But you can't turn to the real hedgehog, just like that." Hoshiko said.

"I don't care." Metal said and stood up. "I'm going to be real, even if it kills me."

He was looking out the window. It was dark. The moon shined on his armour and Hoshiko looked at him, concerned. She walked closer to him. She was behind him and put her arms around him. Metal put his hands to hers and softly squeezed them.

"I want to feel, like a real hedgehog, Hoshiko. I want to feel your hands touching me. I want to feel you." Metal whispered.

Tears escaped from Hoshiko's eyes. Her tears dropped on to Metal's armour and kept flowing down to the floor. That night, Hoshiko didn't sleep at all. She was still kind of shocked about the words, what Metal had said. When It was morning, around 6AM, she fell asleep.

Later that morning, Hoshiko woke up. She stood up and looked for Metal. She found him in her bedroom. He was still loading his battery. Hoshiko started slowly approach him. She got down to her knees and looked at Metal. She touched his forehead and then leaned forward to give a kiss to him. She stroked his forehead for a while and then walked to the kitchen. She was making breakfast for herself. It was boring for her.

"I wish I could make breakfast for him" She thought to herself.

She sat at the table and started eating her sandwich. Metal came to the kitchen. He put his hand on her shoulder. Hoshiko put her sandwich down to the table and put her hands to his hand.

"I wish you were real, Metal." Hoshiko whispered.

"I will be real...one way or another" Metal whispered back.

He walked to the phone and dialled the number.

"Hi! It's Metal here. Is Tails there?" Metal asked.

Hoshiko kept eating her sandwich.

"Hi, Tails. Do you have time for me? I just have a great challenge for you. You'll see. I'll be there. Bye." Metal said to the phone and hang up.

"Where are you going?" Hoshiko asked.

"To Tails' house." Metal replied.

"WAIT! I'm coming with you!" She shout.

Hoshiko got dressed and walked with Metal, who was waiting for her.

"Thank you, Hoshiko." Metal said.

Hoshiko smiled and gave a kiss to him. Then they started walking to Tails' house.

"You want me to do WHAT!" Tails asked in confusion.

"You heard me. I want you to turn me into a real hedgehog." Metal said.

"Ummm, I guess that's impossible, Metal." Tails said.

Then Metal grabbed him and pushed Tails roughly against the wall.

"I want to be real!" Metal shouted and pushed Tails against the wall even harder.

Then Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, Rouge and Cream came into the room.

"What's going on!" Sonic shouted.

Hoshiko ran to Metal.

"That won't help at all, Metal! Please, Stop it!" She shouted.

Metal looked at her. Then he dropped Tails back to the floor. Cream ran to him.

"Are you okay, Tails?" Cream asked in concerned tone.

"I'm okay, Cream. Nothing to...worry about." Tails replied and looked into Creams eyes.

"Can somebody tell us, what's this all about?" Rouge asked.

"Metal Sonic wants to become a real hedgehog." Hoshiko explained.

"That's impossible, right?" Knuckles said.

"Basically yes," Tails said.

"Metal, I know you want to be real hedgehog, but you're a robot..." Sonic said.

"Don't give me that, brat!" Metal shouted.

"I want to be real! And I'm going to find out how." He added.

"There's no way you can turn into a real hedgehog. It's impossible." Rouge said.

"And if I could make you real, how do we know that you'll survive?" Tails added.

"Just give me those breathing machines, so I can..." Metal couldn't finish his sentence.

"I don't want you to live by machines. I want you to be normal." Hoshiko said.

Knuckles was quiet. Rouge noticed this and started poking him.

"Knucklehead?" Rouge asked and kept poking.

"Don't disturb me. I'm trying to think." He replied as he kept his eyes closed.

There was a long silence. Knuckles walked to the living room. While Knuckles was thinking in the living room, others were thinking of other ways. They couldn't think of anything, so Amy ordered pizza.

It had been an hour when Knuckles begun thinking. Rouge looked at him. Then she walked to the living room. She sat next to him.

"Knuckles, you could eat something." Rouge said.

Knuckles opened his eyes and looked at her.

"I don't need food to think." Knuckles said.

"Are you sure?" Rouge said in sexy tone and started to eat pizza.

Knuckles looked at her and started to blush. Then a sound came from his stomach.

"Uuuuhhh, I guess I can have a break." Knuckles said and started to eat pizza with Rouge.

Meanwhile in the kitchen

"What do you think about, what Knuckles has in mind?" Amy asked.

"Whatever it is, it'd better be good." Sonic replied.

"I think I've got it!" Knuckles came to the kitchen.

"What?" Everybody leaned closer to him to hear him.

"The Master Emerald." Knuckles said.

Everybody were confused.

"What about it?" Sonic asked.

"It could be the way." Knuckles replied.

"How!" Metal shouted.

"That you must ask from Tikal." Knuckles said.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Metal said.

well, let's save the excitement to next chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.