Disscalimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog, or the series "Sonic Underground", nor any character within. I do not own nor am in contact in anyway waywith Metallica or any of it's band members. All songs and lyrics depicted here are property of Metallica and the owners of Sonic Underground.

Author's Note: This is my first ever Sonic fic. It's a quick work soI can see how I do writing with Sonic, as I intend to do more stories with him. Basically, this story is an idea I've always had of seeing my favorite band meeting up with my favorite game character. I have made it so that Metallica has not yet realeased the St. Anger album, and Jason Newsted never left the band. In the Sonic part of the story, I have added Tails, really to balance out both bands for later on. As a word of warning, some of the lyrics I have written here from Metallica contain heavy cursing, so read at your own risk. And of course, enjoy and please fell free to post a review.
A black tour bus rolled down the highway, followed close behind by a gear truck, also painted black. It was a sign that a band was on tour. The large silver letters down the side of the bus said it all. Metallica.

Inside the bus, behind the driver's area, the band members sat relaxed, enjoying the ride, as there wasn't much else to do when you've been riding 16 hours.

At a table by one of the large windows, Kirk Hammet, the lead guitarist, sat across from Bass player Jason Newsted. On the table between them was a deck of cards. Both me eyed each other suspiciously over the top of their hand.

"Got any three's?" Jason asked.

Kirk looked down at his hand, and purposely moved each card, taking his time. Jason kept an eye on his opponent.

"Well?"

Kirk smiled slyly and looked back up. "Go fish."

Jason's anticipation drained.

"Damn it!" he said in frustration as he reached down for another card.

At the adjacent table, lead singer James Hetfield looked up from his magazine. He watched the game at hand and laughed. "Getting killed again, huh Jason?"

"You try coming over here and playing this bitch." Jason responded without looking up.

Kirk chuckled. "He's just pissed cause I beat his ass five times in a row."

James shook his head. "You'd think he would've learned by now," he said sarcastically.

Jason muttered something under his breath as Jameschuckledand returned to his magazine.

After a few more minutes, he got bored reading. He sighedandthrew the magazine up onto the table. He leaned back in the seat relaxed. The thoughts on his mind were centered on the up coming concert that night. He always enjoyed performing in front of hundreds of fans. The excitement of the crowd and the rush of energy he got on stage was incredible. But he wanted something new. For 20 years, he had been getting that rush on stage. He wanted a fresh expirience. Something that neither the band nor any of its fans would believe possible.

He didn't dwell on that thought for long though. He didn't want to let it bother him. He shook it off, and then reached over to the TV remote on the table.

He flicked on the TV above the table and settled into his chair, his finger pressing up on the channel button. He went through channel after channel. MTV, MTV2, The weather Channel; none of it really caught his interest. After a few minutes of surfing, he was just about ready to shut it off. But then he came across something. He stopped on a channel showing a cartoon.

On the screen, 3 hedgehogs were performing on stage. A blue one, a green one, and a pink one. James recognized the blue one as Sonic the hedgehog. He knew cause his daughter played the game a lot and watched the Tv show's they had about him. He didn't know the others. But it kept his interest cause they seemed to be performing rock music. This amused James; Animals playing rock music. He put the remote down and listened. It was a lot different from the stuff Metallica played, and they didn't have a forth member, but to him it sounded kick ass for a cartoon.

As he watched, Lars Ulrich, the drummer, walked out of the bathroom behind him. The first thing he saw was the cartoon on TV, and he immedielty took on a confused expression. "What the fuck are you watching, man?" he asked, supprised by the fact that the lead singer of a tough metal band was watching cartoons.

James looked up. "Ah, just channel surfing. I was just curious about that shit." He said, pointing to the TV.

Lars looked on the screen and watched the hedgehogs play. "Looks like a fuckin' kid's show."

Kirk and Jason got up from their card game and walked over. Kirk seemed to recognize it right away. "Oh, that's that one show…uh…Sonic Underground. Yeah."

All the band members looked at him.

"What? I know it cause my kid watches it all the time."

"For hedgehogs, they can rock." Jason said.

"Say, I think the green one drums better than Lars." Kirk said, laughing.

Lars glanced at him, a hurt expression on his face. "Fuck, if he were real, I'd burn his ass like a fucking forest."

They watched the screen. "Hey, maybe we could have a concert with em' if they were real." James said, chuckling. Everyone else broke out laughing.

"Yeah, I can see the advertisement now." Kirk said. "Sonic the Hedgehog and Metallica, Live!" Everyone laughed harder. It was an idea that was rediculous. But deep down, james was thinking about it. What if it were possible?