Disclaimer: Sonic The Hedgehog and all related characters are copyright to SEGA. Lemon the Echidna, Tenchi the Hedgehog and all related characters that don't belong to SEGA belong to me, Zeldafreak-Vikki and my friend, Alyssa the Bat!
I wanted to say THANK-YOU to all of you great people who gave this fic reviews! It's my first time posting on this since I was too shy before and I'm glad people like it! I'll be adding chapters all the time unless I get writer's block (which is quite rare, don't worry)! Also, the person who asked about the Ultimate Life Form being six different beings... well, I'll reveal all that is mentionned in this and more later on in this. Sorry if this took awhile, I've been working alot! ;; And now, Chapter 4! (note that I'm splitting this fic up into parts, I don't want to do separate fics)...
CHAPTER FOUR - THE DREAM
While all of the girls were bustling around to make dinner for all of the people staying in Rouge's house, the rest of them decided they'd eat outside and watch the sun go down. Geoff and Spike were having fun telling stories to Tails, Vixy and the two little children, Isaac and Maria, while Sonic was sitting a little ways off, watching the sunset and hoping to ignore the terrible thoughts running through his head. Inside, he could hear Amy, Rouge and Lemon running around, gathering things and shouting orders to one another while Ojiisan was cooking, grumbling to himself from being surrounded by these panicky women. Sonic grinned and leaned back in his chair, thinking of maybe sleeping for awhile when he realized Tenchi was leaning over the railing of the patio they were on, gazing blankly at the sunset draping itself over the ocean. Sonic was taken aback by the extreme sadness in his eyes. He cautiously went to beside Tenchi and was just wondering how to best present himself to a blind person when he spoke.
"Hello, Sonic." said Tenchi in that same low and extremely calming voice, keeping his gaze focused on the sunset.
Sonic stared. "How did you know it was me?!"
Tenchi grinned. "I memorised your manner of walking. You're very rushed and take quicker steps than the others. Also, my hearing's quite good now that my sight's gone, I could hear you humming."
"Wow!" exclaimed Sonic as he leaned his elbows on the railing next to Tenchi. "So, uh, something wrong?"
"Hm?" Tenchi looked in his general direction, which Sonic noted was quite accurate. "No, I'm just thinking... Why do you ask?"
Sonic looked towards the sunset as he answered. "Well, I just noticed you looked...sad. Is there something eatin' at you?"
Tenchi looked to him, puzzled. "...'eating at me'?"
Sonic paused, then realizing Tenchi didn't understand, laughed. Something he hadn't done in awhile and man, did it feel good!
"A-ha! No, Tenchi, I meant is something bothering you. 'Eating at you' is an expression used when asking that. As if..." He stopped, thinking how to best put it. "Y'know when you've got ths one annoying feeling that won't leave you alone 'til you let it out? As if it's eating at your brain or heart or whatever?"
Tenchi nodded to Sonic, smiling to himself with that same sad look. "Funny. You seem to know how I feel."
Sonic blinked, then leaned forward, suddenly serious, feeling as if this had happened before. "I'm listening..."
Tenchi hesitated and Sonic could tell from his expression that he felt as if he was having a sense of Déja Vu as well. He was beginning to wonder about it when the amnesiac finally spoke, his head bowed away from Sonic.
"E-Ever since I woke up that day in the hospital, three years ago, my whole world was turned upside down. I had very little memory. And once we found out I was blind, I was... in shock. I knew that I must've had my sight before because I remember images in my sleep, although I forget most of them. Even though so much time has passed since I moved in with Rouge, I can't even remember my own name. Let alone friends or family, if I had any. I only remembered one name and I'm so sure it's not my own. I just wish it would all come back to me but it's so hard to even try to remember..." He stopped, gulping. "This must sound stupid to you..."
Sonic shook his head. "Oh no, it's really interesting! Uh, what was the name that you remembered?"
Tenchi looked up towards the sunset and his voice suddenly sounded much stronger as he wielded the name like a dangerous weapon.
"Arashi."
Sonic's eyes widened and he gasped inaudibly. That name felt like an arrow piercing his very soul. As if it had been programmed to be known. Sonic clenched his teeth, looking down uneasily. Just like Tenchi, that name seemed to be a clue to something forgotten. The one thing that Sonic feared the most:
His past. He couldn't remember it, of course. He had just woken up one day in a forest and had started running all the way until he came to a town, where he began to learn and had eventually made his own plane. That's how he had later on met Tails, which led to meeting the others as well. Then his purpose had seemed clear: I am different. Maybe I can use this to an advantage. And indeed, it had come in handy when Eggman had begun terrorizing Station Square and the Floating Island.
"Sonic?"
Sonic snapped out of his painful memories as Tenchi said his name, as if from a distance. Sonic looked to him, an almost concerned feeling bursting inside him.
"What is it?" he asked.
Tenchi was keeping that blank gaze on the sunset as the last of it was going down. "Er..." He breathed, embarrassed. "How...does the sunset look tonight?"
Sonic looked to it and a small smile played on his lips. "It's beautiful. Too beautiful."
Dinner was served and everyone ate outside. Sonic was keeping his eye on Tenchi the whole time, a constant feeling of worry eating at him. He wondered why he felt this way. He didn't even know Tenchi that well!
"Mister Sonic?" asked a small voice below. Sonic looked down to see the little girl, Maria, gazing up at him with those sapphire blue eyes.
"Yes?" he asked, leaning down to her as he sat.
"Um, I wanted to say goodbye before we left. Daddy has to go to bed early tonight."
Sonic grinned. "Alright!" He held out his hand.
Maria shook it with her two little paws and blushed. "Adios, Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Sonic felt a small pang of shock at those words. However, he managed to continue grinning until Maria had scampered away to Tank and Luna. Everyone said their goodbyes and headed off to bed. Tenchi slept in the infirmary, where Sonic was also while everyone else was jammed into the guest rooms. Sonic frowned as he laid back, his mind spinning. He turned over and hugged his pillow close. As his eyelids began to get heavy, his last thought ran by. What a weird day...
He was standing in a shadowy room, which had a robotic feeling to it. He had been there before, of course. He turned to try to find a way out only to find the door blocked by a big figure. He squinted his eyes to discern what it was but it was impossible in this light. He felt a humiliating cowardice rise inside him as it spoke.
"Ah, there you are. Finally starting to wake up, aren't you?"
Sonic gulped, trying to speak as strongly as he could in this present situation. "Wh-What're you talking about?"
"You've been keeping yourself in the dark, blinding yourself from the truth inside. You don't even know who are."
Sonic clenched his teeth, suddenly so angry, it hurt. "Of course I know who I am! I'm Sonic the Hedgehog!"
The figure grinned a grin that was identical to Sonic's. "Given yourself a name, huh? Well, 'Sonic', you're just a bit more than that." The figure looked up and Sonic suddenly got a funny thought. An awesome possibility of who this strange figure was. He started running forward, feeling as if time was running out.
"You!! I know you!" He was suddenly falling through darkness, being consumed by the shadows. He reached out blindly, screaming. "ARASHIIIII!!"
Sonic gasped and woke up, sitting upright in bed, panting and in a cold sweat. He looked down at his shaking hands and clenched them, catching his breath. It was just a dream. A crummy dream...
"Sonic! Oh my gosh, he's finally awake!" Sonic looked over to see Tails rushing up to beside him, looking sick with worry. "Sonic! Are you ok?! Was it a nightmare?!"
Sonic stared, then realized he must've actually screamed out loud! He gulped and nodded shakily. "I-I'm fine, buddy. Just a stupid nightmare."
Tails sat down on the bed, concern in his eyes. "Sonic, you look even worse than before. Are you sure you're ok?"
Sonic sighed, nodding. "Yeah, yeah. Probably just the stupid Viper X or whatever it's called..."
"The X Viper." Tails nodded. "Yeah, once we get up to ARK tomorrow, we'll get you that antidote. I promise I'll find it, even if I have to make it myself!" Then he yawned and Sonic grinned, patting the kitsune's head. "G'night, bro."
Tails zombie-walked back to his room and Sonic sighed, lying back in bed. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned over a bit and dozed off again. Across the room, a pair of mahogany eyes glowed as they watched.
I wanted to say THANK-YOU to all of you great people who gave this fic reviews! It's my first time posting on this since I was too shy before and I'm glad people like it! I'll be adding chapters all the time unless I get writer's block (which is quite rare, don't worry)! Also, the person who asked about the Ultimate Life Form being six different beings... well, I'll reveal all that is mentionned in this and more later on in this. Sorry if this took awhile, I've been working alot! ;; And now, Chapter 4! (note that I'm splitting this fic up into parts, I don't want to do separate fics)...
CHAPTER FOUR - THE DREAM
While all of the girls were bustling around to make dinner for all of the people staying in Rouge's house, the rest of them decided they'd eat outside and watch the sun go down. Geoff and Spike were having fun telling stories to Tails, Vixy and the two little children, Isaac and Maria, while Sonic was sitting a little ways off, watching the sunset and hoping to ignore the terrible thoughts running through his head. Inside, he could hear Amy, Rouge and Lemon running around, gathering things and shouting orders to one another while Ojiisan was cooking, grumbling to himself from being surrounded by these panicky women. Sonic grinned and leaned back in his chair, thinking of maybe sleeping for awhile when he realized Tenchi was leaning over the railing of the patio they were on, gazing blankly at the sunset draping itself over the ocean. Sonic was taken aback by the extreme sadness in his eyes. He cautiously went to beside Tenchi and was just wondering how to best present himself to a blind person when he spoke.
"Hello, Sonic." said Tenchi in that same low and extremely calming voice, keeping his gaze focused on the sunset.
Sonic stared. "How did you know it was me?!"
Tenchi grinned. "I memorised your manner of walking. You're very rushed and take quicker steps than the others. Also, my hearing's quite good now that my sight's gone, I could hear you humming."
"Wow!" exclaimed Sonic as he leaned his elbows on the railing next to Tenchi. "So, uh, something wrong?"
"Hm?" Tenchi looked in his general direction, which Sonic noted was quite accurate. "No, I'm just thinking... Why do you ask?"
Sonic looked towards the sunset as he answered. "Well, I just noticed you looked...sad. Is there something eatin' at you?"
Tenchi looked to him, puzzled. "...'eating at me'?"
Sonic paused, then realizing Tenchi didn't understand, laughed. Something he hadn't done in awhile and man, did it feel good!
"A-ha! No, Tenchi, I meant is something bothering you. 'Eating at you' is an expression used when asking that. As if..." He stopped, thinking how to best put it. "Y'know when you've got ths one annoying feeling that won't leave you alone 'til you let it out? As if it's eating at your brain or heart or whatever?"
Tenchi nodded to Sonic, smiling to himself with that same sad look. "Funny. You seem to know how I feel."
Sonic blinked, then leaned forward, suddenly serious, feeling as if this had happened before. "I'm listening..."
Tenchi hesitated and Sonic could tell from his expression that he felt as if he was having a sense of Déja Vu as well. He was beginning to wonder about it when the amnesiac finally spoke, his head bowed away from Sonic.
"E-Ever since I woke up that day in the hospital, three years ago, my whole world was turned upside down. I had very little memory. And once we found out I was blind, I was... in shock. I knew that I must've had my sight before because I remember images in my sleep, although I forget most of them. Even though so much time has passed since I moved in with Rouge, I can't even remember my own name. Let alone friends or family, if I had any. I only remembered one name and I'm so sure it's not my own. I just wish it would all come back to me but it's so hard to even try to remember..." He stopped, gulping. "This must sound stupid to you..."
Sonic shook his head. "Oh no, it's really interesting! Uh, what was the name that you remembered?"
Tenchi looked up towards the sunset and his voice suddenly sounded much stronger as he wielded the name like a dangerous weapon.
"Arashi."
Sonic's eyes widened and he gasped inaudibly. That name felt like an arrow piercing his very soul. As if it had been programmed to be known. Sonic clenched his teeth, looking down uneasily. Just like Tenchi, that name seemed to be a clue to something forgotten. The one thing that Sonic feared the most:
His past. He couldn't remember it, of course. He had just woken up one day in a forest and had started running all the way until he came to a town, where he began to learn and had eventually made his own plane. That's how he had later on met Tails, which led to meeting the others as well. Then his purpose had seemed clear: I am different. Maybe I can use this to an advantage. And indeed, it had come in handy when Eggman had begun terrorizing Station Square and the Floating Island.
"Sonic?"
Sonic snapped out of his painful memories as Tenchi said his name, as if from a distance. Sonic looked to him, an almost concerned feeling bursting inside him.
"What is it?" he asked.
Tenchi was keeping that blank gaze on the sunset as the last of it was going down. "Er..." He breathed, embarrassed. "How...does the sunset look tonight?"
Sonic looked to it and a small smile played on his lips. "It's beautiful. Too beautiful."
Dinner was served and everyone ate outside. Sonic was keeping his eye on Tenchi the whole time, a constant feeling of worry eating at him. He wondered why he felt this way. He didn't even know Tenchi that well!
"Mister Sonic?" asked a small voice below. Sonic looked down to see the little girl, Maria, gazing up at him with those sapphire blue eyes.
"Yes?" he asked, leaning down to her as he sat.
"Um, I wanted to say goodbye before we left. Daddy has to go to bed early tonight."
Sonic grinned. "Alright!" He held out his hand.
Maria shook it with her two little paws and blushed. "Adios, Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Sonic felt a small pang of shock at those words. However, he managed to continue grinning until Maria had scampered away to Tank and Luna. Everyone said their goodbyes and headed off to bed. Tenchi slept in the infirmary, where Sonic was also while everyone else was jammed into the guest rooms. Sonic frowned as he laid back, his mind spinning. He turned over and hugged his pillow close. As his eyelids began to get heavy, his last thought ran by. What a weird day...
He was standing in a shadowy room, which had a robotic feeling to it. He had been there before, of course. He turned to try to find a way out only to find the door blocked by a big figure. He squinted his eyes to discern what it was but it was impossible in this light. He felt a humiliating cowardice rise inside him as it spoke.
"Ah, there you are. Finally starting to wake up, aren't you?"
Sonic gulped, trying to speak as strongly as he could in this present situation. "Wh-What're you talking about?"
"You've been keeping yourself in the dark, blinding yourself from the truth inside. You don't even know who are."
Sonic clenched his teeth, suddenly so angry, it hurt. "Of course I know who I am! I'm Sonic the Hedgehog!"
The figure grinned a grin that was identical to Sonic's. "Given yourself a name, huh? Well, 'Sonic', you're just a bit more than that." The figure looked up and Sonic suddenly got a funny thought. An awesome possibility of who this strange figure was. He started running forward, feeling as if time was running out.
"You!! I know you!" He was suddenly falling through darkness, being consumed by the shadows. He reached out blindly, screaming. "ARASHIIIII!!"
Sonic gasped and woke up, sitting upright in bed, panting and in a cold sweat. He looked down at his shaking hands and clenched them, catching his breath. It was just a dream. A crummy dream...
"Sonic! Oh my gosh, he's finally awake!" Sonic looked over to see Tails rushing up to beside him, looking sick with worry. "Sonic! Are you ok?! Was it a nightmare?!"
Sonic stared, then realized he must've actually screamed out loud! He gulped and nodded shakily. "I-I'm fine, buddy. Just a stupid nightmare."
Tails sat down on the bed, concern in his eyes. "Sonic, you look even worse than before. Are you sure you're ok?"
Sonic sighed, nodding. "Yeah, yeah. Probably just the stupid Viper X or whatever it's called..."
"The X Viper." Tails nodded. "Yeah, once we get up to ARK tomorrow, we'll get you that antidote. I promise I'll find it, even if I have to make it myself!" Then he yawned and Sonic grinned, patting the kitsune's head. "G'night, bro."
Tails zombie-walked back to his room and Sonic sighed, lying back in bed. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned over a bit and dozed off again. Across the room, a pair of mahogany eyes glowed as they watched.