Author's note: "Have a nice, abuse-free day." Too late.
But seriously, putting grammar issues before the content of a story is like saying that the way a car is painted has a bigger effect on how fast it goes than the type of engine it has.
On top of that, the tripping thing wasn't exactly the main focus on that chapter. What do you consider the "main focus" of a chapter?
That said, enjoy the second chapter.
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Chapter 2: A Few Friends
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"So, Sonic," Blaze asked, "why exactly did you bring me to Emerald Town?"
"I have a few friends you might be interested in meeting," Sonic explained. "There's Tails. He's trying to put up a satellite dish on his home. He's been wanting to do that for a little while."
The hedgehog and cat approached Tails' house. There was Tails, flying right above his house, adjusting his new satellite dish. "Hey, Tails!" Sonic yelled up, and Tails landed.
Blaze put her hand forward. "Hello. You're Tails, right? Sonic told me about you. I'm Blaze, Blaze the Cat."
"Pleased to meet you, Blaze," Tails replied, shaking Blaze's hand. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to get back to setting up my satellite dish." He flew up and returned to his work.
Sonic could easily guess what question Blaze was about to ask, and answered it before she could ask it. "No, you weren't hallucinating. Tails uses his two tails like helicopter blades to fly."
Blaze blinked. "I don't think that's physically possible."
"Better not mention that to his face," Sonic responded, "Tails is pretty picky about the subject. Take my word for it."
"I will, I will. Who else do you know?"
In response, Sonic led Blaze up the north road to Holy Summit, and took the bridge over to Knuckles' place. On the way, Sonic dumped some rings into Blaze's hand. "Knuckles will fight with anyone, Blaze, so you'd better protect yourself with some Gold Magic."
Blaze took the rings. "If you say so."
Knuckles didn't like being disturbed, but when Sonic knocked, Knuckles figured there was no harm in answering, so he came to the door. "What is it, Sonic? And who's the kitten?"
"Kitten?" Blaze did not like being called a kitten. "I'm no kitten, Red. I'm Blaze, Blaze the Cat."
Knuckles knew a challenge to a fight when he heard one, and threw a punch at Blaze, who ducked it and countered with a Gold Magic energy blast that knocked the echidna to the ground. The two lunged at each other again, but Sonic stopped them. "Okay, that's enough, you two."
Sonic took Blaze aside. "Like I said, Knuckles will fight with anyone. He's got a bit of an ego problem."
"So I see," Blaze responded. "What's the next stop on the tour?"
The next stop on the tour was an apartment building in Central City, where Amy and Cream were talking to each other. "… and then I just took out my hammer and knocked that robot halfway to Angel Island," Amy was saying just as Sonic and Blaze entered.
Amy noticed Sonic almost immediately. "Oh, hey, Sonic. Who's your friend?"
"Amy, Cream, this is Blaze the Cat," Sonic explained. "Blaze, those are Amy Rose and Cream the Rabbit."
"Pleased to meet you both," Blaze said.
"Likewise," Cream replied.
"Same here," Amy added. "So, Sonic, if you don't mind me asking again, are you going to marry me?"
Blaze stepped in front of Amy. "If you've asked Sonic that question as many times as I think you've asked him, I seriously doubt he's going to say yes."
"Whatever, Blaze," Amy shot back. "Hey, since you're here, would you mind going a few rounds of boxercise with me?"
"Boxer-what?"
"Boxercise," Cream explained. "Amy fights to lose weight. She thinks that it'll make Sonic like her if she's fit. I personally don't like it, but try it for yourself."
Blaze nodded as Sonic gave her some more rings. "Okay. Sounds kind of exciting."
The round of boxercise went rather well. Amy wasn't ready for Blaze's Gold Magic moves, but Blaze wasn't exactly prepared for Amy's hammer moves either. The match was even until Blaze ran out of rings, at which point Amy won easily. "That exhausted me," Blaze said when it was finished.
"I know," Amy responded. "Wasn't it great?"
"Great? What are you, nuts? We're both completely worn out!"
In response to this last part, Amy tried to hammer-swat Blaze for a home run, but Sonic dashed off with Blaze just in time, and Amy attacked the empty air. When they were outside, Blaze breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks a lot, Sonic. Amy nearly clobbered me."
"Don't mention it," Sonic replied. "Come on, let's head for the beach."
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Yeah. That's all for now. You know how it goes. I have other stories, you know, so check them out as well.