Hey, I'm alive! Sorry for not updating. I've been busy with college, work, family, downloading every subtitled episode of Rockman.EXE.  Hopefully I can get back on track now. I'm now planning on writing a Rockman.EXE fic.  Oh, and I changed (or will change, if I upload this chapter first) my pen name to Romshark, so it's easier to remember. Yes, I'm the same Romshark as at GSCentral.com, bt.s0nicfreak.com, occasionally at GameFAQs.com, and a few other places.

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Sonic and Amy met up with Tails, Cream, Knuckles, and Rouge at the festival. Rouge and Cream were dressed similarly to Amy. "This gown won't fit over my wings!" Rouge complained.

"Calm down, you look fine," Knuckles reassured.

"Tails, this necklace goes great with my gown," Cream said.

"Anything goes great with you…" Tails said, and then blushed when he realized what he said. Cream giggled.

Sonic then noticed Sally walk up to them. She was dressed up too. "Hey guys," she said.

"Did you find a date, Sally?" Sonic asked, just trying to be polite.

"Of course" she said. She ran off and came back with a skunk. "This is Geoffrey. Sonic, I know you wanted to go with me, but Geoffrey's the man in my life."

"Me with you? But I…" Sonic started.

"Now, now," Geoffrey started, "don't be a sore loser. We can't all go with the most beautiful women, but I'm glad you settled for what you could get."

Sally and Geoffrey walked off, laughing together.

Sonic put his hand on Amy's shoulder, who was starting to cry. "Don't listen to them. They don't have any clue what beauty is."

"Thanks," she said, smiling. "Come on guys, let's go have fun."

As they enjoyed themselves, a hot-air balloon flew over the Freedom Farm. A familiar-looking weasel started dropping small pellets from the balloon.

"Huh?" Omochao said when it detected something hitting the roof of the dog house.

"Sounds like a hailstorm…" it concluded, and then went back into standby mode.

The weasel in the balloon snickered evilly.

Near the end of the festival, Eggman tallied the votes for the cutest couple.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a tie!" he announced over a microphone. The cutest couples are…Tails and Cream and Sonic and Amy!"

Everyone applauded the two couples, who took a bow. Sally started crying into Geoffrey's shoulder, but nobody really noticed.

After the festival, Sonic and his friends went to the beach. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were having a swimming race while Amy, Cream, and Rouge sat on the edge of the pier, talking. They had taken off their jewelry and sandals and left them with the guys stuff in a dry area.

Tails had finished first. He had used his twin tails as a propeller to make himself go fast in the water, like a torpedo. Knuckles was the second best, since he grew up so close to the beach. Sonic finished last, since he was used to running instead of swimming.

Tails was now hovering above the water's surface with his two tails spinning below him. He looked like he was sitting on his spinning tails. He hovered closer to the girls. "Hey Cream, come on in! The water's great!" Tails said.

"Nope," Cream said. "The water will ruin my makeup."

"But the festival's over, and you still look great without it," Tails protested.

"Flattery will get you nowhere," Cream said.

Tails then grinned evilly. "They say a rabbit's foot is supposed to be lucky," he said. He reached up and grabbed Cream by the ankle.

"But I think your luck ran out."

Tails stopped his tails from spinning. He plummeted back into the water. Cream let out a small cry of surprise as she was pulled off the pier.

Once Cream and Tails resurfaced, she splashed some water at him. He splashed water back. Soon, they were splashing water at each other, laughing. Sonic and Knuckles joined them.

Amy and Rouge looked at each other, shrugged, and jumped into the water. It was one big water fight.

"Wait, doesn't white clothing become clear when it gets wet?" Sonic asked.

(A/N: I think it does…)

"Don't worry," Amy said, splashing Sonic. "We're all wearing regular shirts under these gowns."

Rouge stopped splashing and her eyes got big. "We were supposed to wear regular shirts?" she said in a small voice. Everyone stared at her when they realized what was happening.

Rouge snapped back into the present and tried to cover herself. "STOP LOOKING AT ME!!" she yelled at the others.

Knuckles laughed. "Don't worry, I've got a spare shirt in my rucksack." He got out of the water and over to their stuff.

As he was opening his rucksack, something caught the corner of his eye. Cream and Amys necklaces. Were the emeralds…glowing? He shook it off and got out the shirt. Probably the way the sun hit them, he thought.

Soon, they decided to go home. Tired and wet, Sonic entered his farm. Omochao activated.

"Sonic, did you and your friends avoid the hailstorm earlier?" it asked.

"What hailstorm?"

"At 12:38 p.m. I detected multiple hard objects hitting the roof of my home. This was consistent with how a hailstorm behaves."

"No, it was a perfect day." Sonic thought back to his friends. "Perfect…"

The pellets that fell from the balloon started to dissolve into a dangerous chemical…

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Well, that one is up.  I'll try to get the rest up in a shorter amount of time (considering the whole thing was completed some time ago, except I may make some adjustments.)