One early morning on Bygone Island, while working on his favorite plane, Tails thought to himself, "Why does Amy have a hammer and Zooey does not?" After hitting his head on a few loose screws, Tails immediately set to work. This didn't take long. Within a half hour, Tails had perfected his masterpiece. It looked like Amy's hammer with a few differences. The wooden staff remained the same, with the pink and gold designs being replaced with teal and silver. Nothing about this screamed style, this was a forceful weapon. Still unsure of how Amy drew her hammer, Tails made this one fold. He was so excited to tell Zooey and he just could not wait. Zooey's phone rang for barely a second, then she answered.

"Hello?" Zooey began.

"Hey Zooey, I got something for you. You available?"

"Sure… why do you sound tired? Did you work on that plane again?"

"Oh yeah, about that. I couldn't wait so I called you. Always nice of you to be concerned about me, but there's no need."

"Anything for you sweetie. But do you need anything?"

"No, but you do. Can you come over?"

"Sure thing! I won't be long."

"Great! See you there, cutie."

Zooey blushed at being called cutie. She thought that some things Tails said could be quite adorable. Zooey arrived at Tails' workshop in 5 minutes. Knock, knock, knock. Tails was already at the door, unexpected for what came next.

"Hey, cutie!" Zooey flirted. Tails blushed. "Aww, does my sweetie not like that?" Tails blushed even harder. "Zooey, stop! Just get in."

Zooey began, "So, I heard you had something?"

Tails replied, "Yeah, I'll get it." He walked into the basement, carrying the hammer. Zooey nearly shrieked after seeing what Tails brought up.

"You made that… just for me?"

"Yeah, I hope you like it!"

Tails unfolded the hammer to its full size.

"Is that Amy's hammer?"

"Well, you're talented with hammers, so I made you your own! Do you like it?"

"Well, let's see!"

Zooey grabbed the hammer and swung it around. "I love it!"

Tails scratched his head. "Well, wanna head to the basement? I got everything set up."

"Set up? You planned all of this out? Aww, thanks Tails! You're the best!"
"Hehe, it's what I do."

Zooey and Tails headed to the basement, where he really had set up. Furniture and weapons everywhere.

"Tails, are you sure about this?"

"Of course. What's wrong, sweetie?"

Zooey just shrugged, surprised by how much effort Tails put into this. Suddenly, Tails heard knocks on his door. "What was that, Tails?" asked Zooey, surprised.

"I hope you don't mind, I invited Amy over."

"Well, if this isn't our time together… then okay."

Tails blushed slightly and opened the door.

"Hi guys! Am I late?" Amy asked.

Tails replied, "Nope, just in time. I got the basement entirely set up for this."

The two walked to the basement, where Zooey was already wearing her battle gear that Tails gave her last week. Communicator and everything. Zooey was flattered when she noticed a slight smirk on Tails' face.

"Looking sharp, dear!" Tails jabbed at Zooey.

Amy immediately became suspicious. "So you're telling me that SHE not only copies my uniform, but gets MY hammer as well?"

Tails responded, "Well it's not YOUR hammer, I made it for her myself, and watch this!" Tails snagged the hammer from Zooey and folded and unfolded it in under 3 seconds.

Amy grumbled in response. "Still not original, Tails."

Zooey retorted, "Too bad. Shall we begin?" taking the hammer from Tails and waving it around like she wouldn't destroy anything.

Tails took his position and threw a loosely assembled chair at her. Sure as she did last week, Zooey smashed into all its original pieces. Not wasting time, Tails threw a second chair at her with full force. Within seconds, Zooey destroyed the chair.

"Like a professional!" Tails cheered.

Zooey set the hammer down. "Thanks, Tailsy."

"Getting tired already, sweetie?" Tails teased.

"No, but…"

There was a knock on the door. Both Amy and Zooey sighed and headed for the door, Zooey setting her hammer down. Amy, Sonic and Zooey dashed downstairs.

"Hi Ames!" Sonic said, surprised. "What brings you here?"

"Well, you'll just have to ask Tails."

Tails burst out of the closet. "Sonic, you seen this?" Tails was wearing a full karategi uniform, in a bright teal.

"Not gonna lie, Tails," Sonic began.

"You never do!" replied Tails quickly.

"Look, I mean this in the best way, you look kinda cute in that thing. You look cute, li'l bro! I can't get over it!" Sonic wheezed.

Tails was shocked and blushed. Even harder after what Zooey said.

"Aww, you look so adorable! You look so little!" and she burst out laughing.

Even Amy cut in. "Well, Tails, should I continue? You look so cute!" Amy put her hand over her mouth to silence herself from embarrassing Tails more.

By this point, Tails had buried his head in his hands and sat down. Zooey felt bad.

"Aww, don't cry Tailsy. We were only teasing you know."

Tails stared Zooey in the eyes. "I-I-I'm not upset, I'm just disappointed." He stood up. "You guys still think I'm a little kid, don't you? I'm serious! This has to stop!"

Sonic stepped in. "I'll give this one to you li'l buddy, we went too far."

Amy finished. "Group hug, Tails?"

"Yeah" Tails whimpered.

The four had a group hug and broke off.

"S-Sorry guys, I overreacted," began Tails, "but you better not do that again. I hated that. Never do that…"

"Aww, sorry man, I couldn't resist." Sonic apologized.

"Me too Tails, but you look so adorable!" Zooey restated.

"Adorable? I'm fierce and powerful! I'll show you!" Tails grabbed the hammer and threw it to Zooey. "Come on! If you wanna underestimate me, go ahead!"

Sonic groaned. "Tails, do you really gotta do this?"

Tails shot back. "Do I? Let's finish this!"

Zooey shockingly accepted. "Okay. Get ready, furball!"

Without a second of wasted time, Tails commenced with a wicked punch right on her nose, causing her quite a shock.

"...You were serious."

Grabbing both of Zooey's hands and mouth, Tails followed up with a knee strike against her stomach, which enraged Zooey. She knew he was in for it now. She swung her hammer and hit Tails right in the chest, sending him stumbling a few feet backwards, falling over, and breathing heavily.

"You done yet?" She taunted.

Without the minimal effort of a response, Tails lunged at Zooey and tackled her to the ground and started speed slapping her face wildly, upsetting Amy. In desperation, she pounded Tails in the jaw with her hammer, then shoved him back. Zooey barely had time to get up before Tails grabbed her hands and lifted her over his shoulders and slammed her on the ground in a perfect judo-style throw.

Sonic cheered them on, much to Amy's disgust. "Tails, where did you learn that?" Amy said, referring to how he fought. As usual, he didn't say a word. Sonic proudly stated, "That was me. He's doing pretty good, don't you think?"

Amy was terrified of what might happen to the two. "Sonic!" she yelled. "How could you? Look what Tails is doing to Zooey!" Sonic just grunted.

Zooey fussed, but got up. rushed her boyfriend and landed four consecutive hammer hits on him, knocking him down again. Tails tripped Zooey to get her down on his level. In a panicked state of brutality, Tails grabbed Zooey's hammer and pounded her stomach. Zooey was out. When Tails got up, he started shaking. "Whew! What did I just do?"

Sonic replied, "You won li'l buddy! But you did just brutalize your girlfriend. Not a smart move, pal. You're in trouble way past your head."

Amy railed at Tails. "Look what you did, Miles! Are you proud of yourself?"

Tails had to be honest. He put his hands behind his back and looked at the ground. "No, I'm not. I wish I didn't do that, but I did. It's too late to take back."

Amy continued berating Tails. "Yeah, would you think so?"

Tails stuttered. "I-I-I-I don't… Why did I do that?"

Sonic recapped. "So, to wrap it up, we said you were cute. You got really mad at us and we hugged it out. Zooey said you were cute again. As it happened YOU challenged HER and you won. Sound right?"

Tails groaned, and left the basement, much to the shock of the other two.

Sonic yelled up the stairs. "Hey buddy, where you going? There's no way I'm going to let you off like that."

"I'm going to get some bandages; she's bleeding a little. What did you expect?"

Sonic grumbled and sighed. "Taught that boy well, I'd expect."

Amy immediately cut in, enraged. "You didn't teach him anything! No manners, no respect, nothing! Do you see what he just did? Teach him something useful!"

Just in time to hear it as Tails quickly returned. "I heard all of that."

Sonic mumbled. "Doesn't matter to me."

Tails ran over to Zooey and got on his knees. "Alright, this isn't too bad." Amy just sneered at Tails in disgust. "Ack, she's got some real bruising. I didn't intend to do that." He pressed up some bandages on Zooey's muzzle and forehead.

Sonic gave him a stern warning. "When she wakes up… you better talk a good game, pal. Look, I'm proud that you know how to fight, but what you did, ugh."

Which is exactly what happened. Zooey slowly sat up. She whispered to Tails, "Woah, I did not expect that."

"Are you okay, sweetie?" Tails whimpered.

"Sure thing Tailsy! Why does my stomach hurt?"

Tails looked to Sonic and Amy, who were frowning and grimacing at him. "Should I tell her?" Zooey replied, "Aw, come on, tell me!"

"I don't know if you remember this, but I grabbed your hammer and hit you in the stomach as hard as I could because I was really dizzy and couldn't get up."

Sonic cut in. "I'll be honest buddy, I did not see you doing that."

Amy followed. "You didn't even apologize, Miles!"

Zooey got a kick out of that name. "Ooh, Miles! I like that."

Tails immediately switched topic. "Do you want me to help you get up, Zooey? You're not in a great condition and I take full responsibility for that." He looked over at Amy who was motioning him on. "What do you want?"

Amy realized that Tails had called her out. "Me? I-I was just making sure you apologized."

Zooey said, "Apologize for what?"

Sonic said, "Well you know, beating her up."

Zooey replied, "We did push him too far though. You can't be too hard on him. Come on, Miles." She grabbed his hands and he lifted her up. Amy leaned over to Sonic, "Wasn't that so adorable!"

Zooey was now walking without any assistance. "I feel a lot better now! Thanks Miles." and smiled at him cutely. Tails just blushed and smiled back. Sonic glared at Tails. "Hey, come on, bro! What was that for?"

Sonic kept his cool. "Not gonna say, li'l bro. You gotta figure this one out on your own. I'm not helping you here."

Zooey caught on to what Sonic was doing. "Ooh, I see what's going on here!" and looked between Sonic and Tails. Sonic and Tails just looked over at each other and Tails blushed again. "Feeling kinda blushy today, buddy?"

Tails got flustered. "Oh boy, you better not start this again!"

Amy reprimanded Tails. "You better not start this again, Tails."

Sonic smirked and replied, "Don't worry, he won't." and slowly approached Tails. Tails instinctively knew what was coming and backed up. Directly into Zooey. Tails fell backward and Sonic tackled him, and he started tickling Tails' white chest.

"Daaaah! Sohon-nnic! Geheheht ohohohfff of meeeeee!" Tails squeaked.

"Nah-ah, no way! Not until you cool off, buddy." Sonic teased.

"Pleeheese dohohohnt do this! Yahahah!"

"I'm just gettin' started!"

"Geheheht ohohoffff!"

"Does someone else want a turn? He's thrashing too much." Sonic complained.

"Me next!" said Zooey.

"Nohoho! No-ot Zooeeey! Nohohooo tururnsss!" Tails squealed.

Zooey came up and started rubbing her fingers on Tails' muzzle. "Nohohoho! Nohohot fairrrrr!" Tails whined. Sonic pinned Tails' arms to the floor.

"Is this what you really do? You guys are so immature!" Amy scolded.

"Come on, Ames, give us no problems. We all do this." Sonic shot back.

Zooey moved her fingers under Tails' arms. "Time to get some more cute laughs out of you!" Tails was angry, but didn't look it. "Sohohonic! You're ne-e-ext!"

But he didn't seem to mind. "Oh, is that right li'l buddy? You want a turn, Ames?"

Amy was absolutely appalled. "No way! You're just being mean."

Zooey backed off and Sonic let go. "Alright Miles, you're done." Zooey teased.

"Why… would you do that?" Tails fumed.

"Be fair, Tailsy. You're too cute not to be tickled."

Sonic agreed. "She's right, bro. You can't get mad if she's right, can you?"

"Hehe, and you?" Tails jabbed. "Why not you?"

"Well, you're young and adorable, Tails." Sonic teased.

"Just because you're older doesn't mean you're better." Tails shot back.

"What's with all the rage, Tails, do you want us to do that again? I'd bet a pretty penny I can get Amy in this time, right Ames?" Sonic winked at Amy.

"Well, now that you mention it…" Amy began.

"See what happens, Speedy? You hit on your girlfriend and get her to do anything. I know that isn't right, but you two are so cute!" Tails snickered. "Aww, isn't that right Tailsy?" Zooey agreed, just to annoy him.

"I'm not cute and she's not my girlfriend!" Sonic raged.

"Sounds familiar, doesn't it?" Tails continued, motioning to Zooey.

Sonic blushed twice as heavily as Amy and raged at Tails. "What's wrong, boy! Wanna get it on?" and took a boxing stance.

Amy, the only rational one here, warned Sonic and Tails. "Sonic, this isn't necessary! He was only teasing!"

"Well doesn't that sound familiar?" Sonic railed at Amy.

Tails agreed. "Just because I'm right doesn't mean you gotta fight, but let's do this!"

Tails charged at Sonic only to be grabbed by the neck and thrown halfway across the basement. Tails landed very hard, but started rolling. "This can't be good!" exclaimed Sonic, now terrified. Tails rolled toward Sonic, who reached under to grab him, but he unexpectedly hit Sonic with an intense uppercut. "No more!" Amy cried, very frightened.

Neither one listened. Sonic grabbed Tails' hands, spun him around, stomped on his feet from behind, and kicked his back forwards. Tails cried as he was racked with pain. Sonic let him go, feeling bad after what he just did. "You done, buddy? I feel terrible!"

But Tails wasn't done. "I'm not a quitter! Have it!" He charged at his best friend, only to be blasted in the nose by Sonic. He stumbled backwards for a few feet. Amy just screamed and covered her eyes. "Aww, you'll be fine Amy. They're just letting off some steam." Zooey tried to comfort Amy and hugged her from behind.

Never on defence, Tails charged Sonic again, ranbukun style. He brutally pounded Sonic, who tried his best to stay on his feet, but couldn't. Tails immediately followed up with a poorly placed roundhouse kick, but Sonic grabbed his leg, and slammed him to the floor. Like he was taught, Tails swept under his friend's legs, and toppled him over. Tails rolled onto Sonic and started speed slapping his face as hard as he could, just like he did with Zooey. Sonic yelled in pain from being hit about 20 times. He tried to escape, but couldn't. He grabbed Tails' muzzle and started pulling. Sonic's face was now a deep red from Tails' unrestrained brutality. "Alright, that's enough!" Amy commanded. Neither one listened. Zooey feared that if Sonic screamed any louder, he would shatter the windows.

Finally, Sonic rolled sideways over his little buddy. He grabbed Tails' neck, and slightly stood up, to avoid falling over again. Sonic stepped on both of Tails' ankles so he couldn't get away. Tails was suffocating, but he thought fast. He reached underneath his uniform, unlatched his tool belt, and whipped Sonic between the eyes with it. Sonic just winced in pain, but didn't let go. Tails whipped Sonic across the mouth, causing the same reaction. Tails then lost control and passed out.

"Puhuhu… that was a lot more frustrating than it needed to be." Sonic groaned. "How'd I do, guys?" earning him a death stare from Amy and an annoyed glance from Zooey. "So, you didn't like it. Get this, it's the way we do things around here. If you can't take it, I suggest you leave now."

"I'm trying to be rational here," began Zooey. "But both of you went way too hard on each other. That was disgraceful!"

Amy agreed. "Is this all I came here for? How about we do something real? I'm tired of this. You boys are absolute animals."

"Hmph. You won't allow us to have our fun then."

"FUN?" Amy yelled back. "This is your idea of fun? Look at the poor boy. He's got back pain, can barely breathe, a serious nosebleed, and a bruised face. And look at you! You're bleeding from your mouth, between the eyes, a bruised face and chest, and you thought that was a good idea?" Amy started tearing up.

"Aww, come on, Amy. That's just the way it goes! They'll recover within days! And please don't refer to Tails as poor boy." Zooey tried to reason.

"Days, isn't fast enough!" Amy whined.

Sonic cut in. "Actually, it is. This isn't the first time we've fought, but I've never gone that hard on Tails before. He will be just fine. Don't worry about me either. I'm still good. Nothing a couple bandages and healing cream won't fix."

Zooey looked visibly nervous. "Am I going to have to do this again?"

Amy was confused. "Do what again? Is something wrong?"

Sonic began, "A few months back, Tails was heavily injured, (Whispers quietly: Small thanks to you) and his entire face was bruised. Zooey and I helped with the healing cream, but he hated that. He's gonna fight back when we do this again."

"Well thanks to you this time." Amy sardonically replied.

Zooey, now very annoyed, said "Hey, don't get on his case. Sometimes this has to happen. That's the way they settle things!"

Amy was shocked. "That's the way they settle things… and you don't see a problem with that? You sure about that?"

Zooey replied, "Sometimes a little force is needed to settle things, that's all. You're just not used to it yet."

Amy looked up and stopped sobbing. "So, that's the way you normally do things?"

Sonic rejoined, "Yep, that's the way it goes." and pressed the bandages on his face. "Wow, that was wicked…"

Amy just grunted. "Ugh, fine. Please take Tails with you."

"What? Oh yeah, that's right?"

Zooey offered to help. "You just focus on yourself; I can take care of him."

Amy was charmed. "Aww, that's so adorable!"

Zooey restrained herself. "Better not say that when Tails is around." Then she realized, "Or conscious." Much to Amy and Sonic's shock, she grabbed Tails' hands, threw him over her shoulders like a backpack, and took him upstairs.

Sonic was impressed. "Hey Hey Hey! Where did you learn to do that?"

Zooey just nonchalantly said, "He told me. Try it yourself."

"You treating Tails like baggage? But I'll still do it." He grabbed Tails' hands and did the same thing. "You have a point. He's really small, at least compared to me. I shouldn't have gone that hard on him. I didn't use full power, but I still did too much…"

Amy grimly replied, "Aww, isn't that so sweet? Now can you fix his face?"

By this point, all three of them were annoyed at Amy. Zooey snapped back. "Sure thing, Amy! Give me five days. Also set Tails down on his bed. He has to wake up before I do this." She pressed some bandages under Tails' nose. "You got some real strength, Speedy."

He could only laugh comically. "Yeah, I do!"

"And an ego to match it…" came a voice from the side.

"Looks like you finally woke up. I didn't need that from a loser like you."

"Well, you got it anyway. It's called service."

"Come on Tailsy, stop being so childish. When did you wake up?" Zooey demanded.

"A decent time." Tails sat up in bed and saw Sonic holding healing cream. Sonic noticed the look of fear on his friend's face, and said "What's wrong, li'l bro? It wasn't too bad last time, was it? You got yourself into this one, so I'm not gonna be nice."

Tails looked pleadingly into Zooey's eyes, only to get rejected. "Sorry, sweetie, but we have to do this. It's for your own good, whether you want to or not."

"Haha, very funny." Tails grunted. Zooey lost her agreeable personality within a second. "Well, too bad. This has to happen anyway. Let's go."

"Haha, you really think so? I'm stronger than you, and I'm not gonna let you do that."

Sonic started slowly approaching Tails. "But what about me, li'l bro? Are you sure you wanna bet on that?"

"In your dreams, dingbat."

"Enough from you, ya punk." Sonic degraded. Tails jumped out of bed, only for Sonic to grab his leg, pull him close, and carry him in his arms over to the bathroom.

Tails whispered quietly. "Stop, you're embarrassing me. Can't you get off?"

Without an answer, Sonic set him down on the rim of his bathtub.

"Come on Tailsy, it's time. We have to do this for you." Zooey comforted.

Tails seemed resigned to his fate. "Fine, but hurry this up."

"Haw haw haw… want me to brighten things up?" Sonic teased.

"No need. I already know what I'm doing." Tails smirked right back at him.

Zooey plastered the healing cream on Tails' face, just like before. Unlike before, Tails had the patience to wait and stay silent for the whole five minutes while the cream did its work, much to the astonishment of everyone else. "Time to wash it off, Tails. Just sit still for one more minute. Might wanna lean back a little." Zooey pressed the cup of water against Tails' face and drained the healing cream off. "Wow, Tails, good job!" Zooey cheered. "Hey pal, you've been a good boy." Sonic taunted while petting his head, much to Tails' aggravation. Tails just blushed and turned back at Sonic. "Now it's your turn."

"Hey hey hey! No need to sound so ominous, buddy. I'm fine, there is no need for me to do this." Tails turned his raging stare to Zooey, who understood what he wanted, and would stop at nothing to get. She whispered something to Amy, who nodded her head to show that she understood. "Come on, Sonic. It's just five minutes, and you do need it. Look at yourself! Your entire face is bruised." Zooey persuaded.

"Oh, yeah?" Sonic looked at himself in the mirror. "No problem! I'm always right." He saw Tails approaching in his reflection. "What do you want?" Amy didn't see it, but she heard a massive slap. Sonic yelped, then whimpered in pain. "You think so too, little boy."

Sonic did not expect what Tails would say next. "NOW!" All three of them tackled Sonic, even Amy. Tails looked over to Zooey, completely satisfied. Sonic was appalled. "Ames? What do you think you're doing?"

She refused to answer, but Zooey spoke up. "Just sit still!"

"I'm trying, but you won't get off."

"Alright, have it your way." All three of them got up, but as expected, he bolted out the door the second he got a chance. "Nope! Ain't doing that!" Given how they expected that to happen, Amy grabbed his left arm, Zooey grabbed his right arm, and Tails grabbed his quills. "Aah! Get off!" Sonic yelled.

"What's wrong, big bro? That wasn't so bad, see? All you gotta do is sit still like a good boy! I'd expect you can do that, can't you? Just behave yourself!"

"I can get used to this. Why do you have to put me down like this? I thought I was your friend?" Tails shot back, "And I thought you would lead by example. Such a disappointment."

All three of them finally maneuvered Sonic to sit on the rim of the bathtub, Tails still squeezing Sonic from behind. "Hey boy, let me go! I'm not gonna do this! You're hurting my chest!" Getting back at him again, Tails warned, "The more you try to get out, the worse it is for you. Want me to brighten things up?"

"You can only wish, ya muskrat…" Tails grabbed Sonic with his legs and rubbed his fingers under Sonic's arms, causing him to start laughing and shaking. "Ahh! Nohohohooo! I was only johohohoking!" Amy and Zooey were laughing their heads off at this scene.

"You got what you came for! Can't you sit still like a good little boy?"

"Quit patronizing me, kiddo! I'll lehehet you do it! (Lower voice) Starting tohohoho gehehet a little weird!"

But Tails wasn't done. He motioned Zooey to come over. Sonic knew what he was in for. "Youhuhuhu gotta behehehe kidding meheheheee!"

"No, I'm not, Sonic!" Zooey teased. Tails stopped so he could grab Sonic again. Zooey started tickling Sonic's peach chest. "Daaaaaah! Kids, behahahahave yourselves! I'm not ha-ha-having this!"

"Better not refer to me as kid, big bro. Or Zooey, for all that matters."
"Lehehehet mehehe go, boy!"

"Nah-ah, no way! I'm not done yet. Hey Amy, get in here!"

"Youhuhu better nohohohot get Amy in he-he-he-here!"

Zooey agreed with Tails' call. "We all get a turn. He told you that you were next, and he meant it."

"I told you I was serious!" Tails told Sonic.

Zooey grabbed Sonic around the chest from behind. "Hey Amy, get over here!"

Amy just cast a summarizing glance over at them. "Everything in moderation. I'll pass."

"Aww, please?" Zooey and Tails begged at the same time.

Tails turned on the sink to fill the water cup. Meanwhile, Sonic raged against Tails and Zooey. "Get off me, you clown! And ease the grip, will you?"

Amy finally agreed to Tails' begging, but reluctantly. "Fine, but only because I'm nice."

"Zooey. Off. Now. I'm not your toy." Sonic demanded.

"I'm not getting off any time soon!"

Amy got on her knees and said, "Sorry, Sonic. This wasn't my choice." She began rubbing her fingers on Sonic's quills, causing quite an outburst from Sonic. "I didn't know you were ticklish there!" Amy teased. Sonic's entire face faded to bright red after hearing this.

"Get off me Zooey!" Sonic commanded. "Slip one time and it's over! Actually…" Sonic kicked Amy over, and fell back directly onto Zooey into the bathtub, which luckily was empty. He got out of the tickle torture he hated. "Doesn't feel so good, does it big bro?" Tails asked.

"No way! Just go ahead with what you were gonna do." said Sonic as he got out.

"Perfect!" Zooey exclaimed.

"We finally persuaded him." Amy sighed. "Didn't even have to get my hammer out."

"Alright Sonic, where you were." Zooey instructed. Sonic looked over her shoulder to see Tails smirking. "Tails, knock it off." Sonic fussed.

"I need you to sit still and not speak for five minutes, okay?" Zooey asked. "Hmph. You should become a nurse someday." Sonic suggested. "Perhaps I will." Zooey thought out loud while applying the healing cream to Sonic's heavily bruised face. Sonic waited the whole five minutes without saying a word, just like Tails did. "Alright, now to wash this off." Zooey motioned him over to the sink. She pressed the glass on his forehead and rinsed off the remainder of the healing cream. "Looking better within seconds, no?"

"I'd have to agree with you there, you got a point." Sonic agreed.

"Not so bad, is it?" Tails restated.

"If you clowns don't waste time, that would have gone a lot smoother." Sonic said, classically passing the blame on others. "Step on up, Zooey, it's your turn." he sneered.

"Alright, let's do this." Zooey said, causing Sonic some disappointment.

"Aww, you're not even gonna fight back? I was looking forward to getting even."

"Too bad!" Zooey razzed, as she tossed the healing cream over to Tails.

"What's wrong?" Tails taunted. "You jealous or something?"

Sonic could only pout and groan like a petulant child, which Amy found hilarious.

"Just hold still, Zooey. This won't take long." Tails instructed. He brought up the brush to her muzzle, which was also bruised, as Amy noticed. "Too bad you guys destroyed each other's faces." she whined.

"That's just the way I do it." Tails began. "Nobody taught me that one. It just seems the best way to go about business." With that, he made one stroke with the brush against Zooey's forehead. "Now it's just five minutes."

Sonic felt aggressive. "Yeah, but can she behave for five minutes?"
"That one went too far! See that, sweetie? He IS jealous!" Tails bantered, while breaking out into almost malicious laughter.

Amy was outraged. "Your level of disrespect is on point today!"

"It's just something me and my little buddy do, isn't it?"

"This neon squirrel gets me!" Tails jabbed.

Amy was still outraged, and now offended. "What does that say about me, huh?"

Sonic tried to calm Amy down. "It's just something me and this little puppy do." Tails blushed. "You should try it sometime, Ames." He petted Tails' head again.

"I'll pass." No one spoke for the remaining minutes. Tails filled the glass. "Alright, Zooey, you're done. Over here."

Zooey walked over to the sink. Tails pressed the glass against her muzzle and washed the cream off. He did the same on her forehead. "That should start things off." he said.

"Aww, thanks Tailsy! You're so responsible." Zooey said, and kissed him on the cheek, which he returned. Amy looked up at Sonic, then to the foxes, which concerned him.

"Thanks for hosting us, guys," Sonic said as he walked up the stairs. "but I think it's about time I left. Don't get into too much trouble while I'm gone. We should do this more often."

Amy cut in. "We shouldn't!"

"Anytime bro, I'm always ready. You were good." Tails responded.

"See ya!" And with those words, Sonic dashed out the door. "I wonder what he's up to…" Zooey wondered.

"It's getting close to lunchtime, so I'm going to leave as well. If you're going to fight again, please, not in front of me." Amy said.

Both foxes said their goodbyes and waved as Amy left.

Tails grabbed Zooey's hammer and folded it. "How did you like this?"

"That works nicely, sweetie! Thanks again." Tails began to notice Zooey was staring at him. "Aye, Zooey, what's up with that look?"

She pinned his arms to the wall and grinned at him. "Only one thing left to do, cutie." she flirted at Tails, who blushed a solid pink up to his ears. He grabbed Zooey's waist with one hand and her shoulders with the other. Zooey threw her arms around his neck and they kissed.

"Have you guys seen where I…" Amy began, walking back down to the basement. The foxes both opened their eyes and stared at Amy, who knew what was going on. Their faces both flashed red. "My bad, guys. I found it." She picked up her hammer. "Like nothing ever happened." Zooey and Tails got off each other. Zooey spoke up. "We were not expecting that."

Amy apologized. "Sorry, Zooey. I'm leaving for real this time. Have a good day! You too, Tails! Actually, I know you will." The foxes couldn't help but laugh. "Bye, Amy!" they said.

Tails pressed his hands against the wall, keeping Zooey from moving. "I'm not finished." Zooey just looked away, then whispered shyly, "Come here, cutie." Tails moved his arms and they kissed again. After ten seconds, they separated. "Hehe, you're cute when you smile." Tails flirted. "And you're cute when you blush like that." she flirted back as she poked his nose. Tails backed away. "How about lunch together?" he suggested.

"I'm not dressed for that." Zooey responded.

"Well, neither am I." Tails countered.

"Then change out of that getup. I'll go back to my place and get something customary on. And I suggest you do the same."

"Alright then, you can go, and I'll meet you at your house in…" He looked at the clock on the wall. (11:35) "15 minutes. Sound good?"

"Make it a plan! See you then, sweetie!" Zooey said as she walked up the stairs.

"I can't wait, cutie!"

(Finish) Aw man, if I could tell you the troubles I went through to get this one out. This is a shameless one-shot I made when I was sick. Massive shoutout to grimlock1997 and DiddyKF1 for the inspiration. Canonically, this takes place after Sonic and Tails' Day Off, and Vixen Troubles, occasionally making a reference to one of those series. Rated T solely due to the fights. I intended for one play fight, but accidentally made two intense battles. I'm accepting comments.