Puberty, Am I Right?
Disclaimer: All rights belonging to the Sonic characters are owned by Sega. I do not own any of them. Anyways, enjoy this little scene (which could also take place in the Sonic X universe if you like) that I've made for Sonic Colors/Colours.
It had been a few hours since Sonic and Tails had arrived at Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park. So far, they had saved a lot of weird, little aliens called "Wisps" from Tropical Resort and Sweet Mountain not to mention destroying Eggman's generators, linking the planets to the main park. Well, it was more so Sonic saving the Wisps and destroying Eggman's stuff, but whatever. Progess was being made into saving the day yet again. As of now, he and his best buddy, Tails, are travelling across the prettiest amusement attraction of all: Starlight Carnival.
"Woah! Okay, I may hate Eggman, but man, does he know how to put on a light show! Just look at this place! It's like we're seeing a rainbow in space! No! Scratch that! A hundred rainbows!" Sonic exclaimed brightly in amusement with a huge grin and with excited eyes as he stepped off from the Eggman Deluxe Spaceship and walked across the gorgeous, periwinkle road while looking around the attraction.
"Well, I can't disagree with you there. Even I'm impressed with how well-constructive these ships are. They're so massive, bright, colorful and technologically advanced that it makes me wish that I have a space armada of my own," Tails replied calmly in amusement and in awe with a stunned yet curious look on his face as he walked beside Sonic and looked around the attraction too.
"Heh. So, Eggman's got you jealous, huh?" Sonic commented calmly yet teasingly in amusement with a playful smirk and with a lowered eyebrow while having his hands behind his head as he stared at Tails.
"What?! No! It's not...It's not jealousy! It's just...just...admiration!" Tails exclaimed back in defensiveness with a shocked yet sheepish look on his face while having a finger up as he quickly looked back at Sonic and stared at him in awkwardness.
"You admire Eggman even though he's clearly evil and a big jerk?" Sonic replied calmly yet curiously in amusement with a teasing smile and with a lowered eyebrow while having his hands behind his head as he stared back at Tails.
"Listen! Even though he's clearly evil...and a big jerk, that doesn't mean that I can't admire him for his creative and inventive genius behind his creations. It's the only thing that I can admire him for. Everything else that he does deserves no admiration whatsoever...Even his strong tenacity for beating you at your own game," Tails clarified calmly in understanding with a little frown and with a lowered eyebrow while gesturing with his hands and while glancing away from Sonic a few times as he stared back at him.
"Heh. Or his strong losing streak," Sonic quipped playfully in amusement with a teasing smirk and with a wink while having his hands behind his head as he stared back at Tails.
"Heheheheh! Yeah, that too. Hahahahaha!" Tails replied calmly in amusement with a little smile and with playful eyes while chuckling a little as he stared back at Sonic.
Sonic flashed a grin at Tails before he put his arms down and walked a bit faster towards the edge of the gorgeous road. He soon stopped at the edge and placed his hands on his hips as he admired the beautiful view ahead of him.
"...(Whistles)...Now, there's a sight that I wished I'd wake up to every morning," Sonic commented calmly yet playfully in amusement with a whistle and with a bright smile while having his hands on his hips as he stared at the stunning sight of the stars and the colorful space armada.
"Yeah, I'll say. This gigantic space armada puts Eggman's old Egg Fleet and Egg Fortress to shame," Tails replied calmly in amusement with a gentle smile and with twinkling eyes while he stood next to Sonic as he stared at the stunning sight as well.
"Can't deny that. If there's anything that old Doc is good at, then it is outdoing himself in constructing his own inventions," Sonic replied calmly in amusement with a bright smile and with twinkling eyes while having his hands on his hips as he stared at the stunning view.
"Heheh! Do I hear a hint of admiration in your voice, Sonic?" Tails asked calmly yet teasingly in amusement with a chuckle and with a playful smile while elbowing Sonic's left side as he glanced at him.
"Don't turn this around on me, you silly," Sonic replied calmly yet teasingly in amusement with a playful smirk and with a closed eyelid while elbowing Tails back at his right side as he stared back at him.
"Hahahahaha! Okay! Okay! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Heheheheheh!" Tails exclaimed back in amusement with a huge smile and with playful eyes while chuckling a lot as he squirmed a bit back from Sonic after feeling him elbowing his right side.
"Heheheh! Relax, buddy. I'm only playing," Sonic replied calmly in amusement with a chuckle and with a gentle smile while he stared caringly at Tails as he stopped elbowing him and briefly petted his head.
Tails soon stopped chuckling and stared at the beautiful view again with a huge smile on his face. Sonic stared back at the stunning view too with a huge smile on his amused face as he crossed his arms. They silently admired the amazing view ahead of them with calm expressions on their faces until Tails spoke up with a curious look on his face.
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"...Hmm...You know...Speaking of your voice, Sonic, I have to say that I'm still rather astonished that your voice had just dropped today. It feels like yesterday...or well...it was yesterday rather...that you sounded light and peppy. Now, however...you sound...I don't know...deeper and well...older..." Tails muttered calmly in curiosity and in confusion with a little frown and with upward eyebrows while having a hand under his chin as he looked back at Sonic and stared at him.
"Heh. Really? Huh. I didn't really notice when I had woken up this morning. But now that you've mentioned it, yeah, I guess that I am getting a bit older. Especially since it's getting close to my sixteenth birthday. I suppose that it's about time that I sound like a man after sounding like a boy all the time," Sonic replied calmly in amusement with a bright grin and with playful eyes while he rubbed his nose in a nonchalant way as he stared up at the flying spaceships and glanced at Tails a few times.
"'You'? 'Sounding like a man'? Oh, please. Give me a break," Tails replied calmly in slight annoyance with a little frown and with a raised eyebrow while rolling his eyes a bit as he stared at Sonic.
"Ah! What?! What do you mean 'give me a break'?! I do sound like a man now!" Sonic exclaimed back in shock and in confusion with a flabbergasted look on his face while he stopped rubbing his nose and instead had his hand out as he quickly looked back at Tails and stared back at him.
"Sonic...You sound like a jock," Tails countered calmly yet bluntly in honesty with a little frown and with upward eyebrows while his ears lowered as he stared back at Sonic with his hands next to his sides.
"...! 'A...A...A jock'?! What do you mean I 'sound like a jock'?! Just because my voice is deeper, it doesn't make me sound like a jock or make me act like one! I'm offended!" Sonic exclaimed back in shock and in annoyance with a gasp and with a baffled yet irritated look on his face while slightly glaring at Tails as he crossed his arms.
"Sorry, Sonic, but that's what your new voice sounds like to me. If it makes you feel any better, your younger voice makes you sound like a surfer dude," Tails replied calmly in honestly with a little frown and with upward eyebrows while shrugging casually before holding his chin again as he kept staring at Sonic.
"How is that supposed to make me feel any better?!" Sonic exclaimed back in exasperation with a deep frown and with lowered eyelids while he uncrossed his arms and hunched over in annoyance as he stared back at Tails. He could feel some sweat on his head as he felt annoyed that he used to sound like a surfer dude to his adoptive, younger brother. Is this the cost of being the older brother and growing up in front of your younger brother? Because man, this is humiliating! Sonic brooded irritably in annoyance with a sheepish look on his face.
"Well...I mean...Surfer dudes are naturally cool, and since you had that kind of voice, you were cool too as a result," Tails replied calmly in clarification with a little frown and with a lowered eyebrow while still shrugging his shoulders as he kept staring at Sonic.
"Oh. Heh. Well, of course, I am. Thanks, Tails! I-Hey! Wait a second! What do you mean by 'were'?!" Sonic replied calmly yet brightly in amusement with a cheerful look on his face before exclaiming in surprise and in annoyance with flabbergasted look on his face as he glared a bit at Tails.
"I meant that ever since your voice had changed to a jock's voice, you...don't sound as cool as you used to be. After all, everyone knows that jocks aren't cool. Have you seen any movies or shows where the jock is the good guy or the main protagonist? Nope. Don't think so, and that's...probably why I think that you're not as cool as you used to be, Sonic. Sorry, buddy, but that's just how I think," Tails replied calmly in clarification again with a little frown and with a lowered eyebrow while he rubbed the back of his head as he stared at Sonic.
"Argh! You can't be serious! I sound like a jock?! Tch! Don't be ridiculous! I don't sound like that!" Sonic exclaimed back in annoyance with a grimace and with furrowed eyebrows while crossing his arms again and rolling his eyes a little as he looked away from Tails.
"Yes, you do, Sonic," Tails calmly argued in tiredness with a sheepish look on his face while he hunched over a bit as he stared at Sonic.
"No, I don't!" Sonic sharply argued back in annoyance with a pout and with furrowed eyebrows while having his arms crossed as he stared at the stars from his right.
"Don't act like a baby, Sonic. You do sound like one," Tails calmly argued back in slight annoyance with a sheepish frown and with lowered eyelids while sweating a bit and rolling his eyes a little as he kept staring at Sonic.
"No, I certainly don't, and I haven't lost my coolness either!" Sonic argued back in annoyance with a deep frown and with furrowed eyebrows while having his arms crossed as he glared back at Tails.
"Okay. Okay. Fine. You don't sound like a jock, and you're still cool. Geez. It's just an opinion, Sonic. No need to get all ruffled up because of it," Tails replied calmly in diffusion with a little frown and with upward eyebrows while having his hands up in mock surrender as he leant back from Sonic.
Sonic kept frowning deeply in annoyance before he took a huge sigh and looked guilty instead. He then rubbed Tails' back as he replied calmly yet apologetically in guilt while staring at him with a sad look on his face, "Look. I'm sorry, Tails. I'm sorry that I got defensive and snapped at you because of how my body is changing. You didn't really deserve that. I'm very sorry for being immature towards you. Could you forgive me, little buddy?".
Tails looked a bit confused at that surprisingly mature response before nodding a little as he replied calmly with an awkward look on his face, "Umm...Of course, I forgive you, Sonic. It's not really that big of a deal. Honestly, I figured that you would react like that since...well...you like being cool. So...I was kinda asking for it when I mentioned how not cool you are now with that deep voice".
"Yeah, well...I suppose that you are right for expecting that. I mean...I can't help but feel self-conscious sometimes whenever body changes a little. Besides, I'm going through puberty after all. So, of course, I might act...defensive whenever somebody mentions my strange body changes," Sonic replied calmly in sheepishness with an awkward frown and with upward eyebrows while scratching his left cheek as he glanced from Tails.
"Well, you are a teenager. So, your body is going to change whether you like it or not," Tails replied calmly yet casually in sheepishness with a little frown and with lowered ears while shrugging a bit as he stared at Sonic.
"Yeah, thank you, Captain Obvious. I figured that out when I had turned thirteen for the first time," Sonic replied calmly yet sarcastically in sheepishness with a deep grimace and with lowered eyebrows while hunching over and sweating a bit as he stared back at Tails.
"Uhh...Heheheheh...Umm...Sorry," Tails calmly yet awkwardly apologized with a sheepish smile and with a nervous chuckle while sweating a bit as he shrugged to Sonic again.
Sonic frowned a bit in annoyance again before smiling a bit in amusement as he straightened up and gently patted Tails on the back. He replied calmly yet brightly in amusement with a little smile and with upward eyebrows as he kept patting Tails on the back, "Aww, it's alright, buddy. No harm done. Besides, at least you got something to look forward to when you grow up! You get to go through puberty!".
"O-Oh...Uhh...I see...That sounds...lovely," Tails replied calmly yet awkwardly in amusement with a sheepish smile and with upward eyebrows while rubbing his head as he stared at Sonic.
"Heh. You sound hesitant there. Don't you want to experience the joys of puberty?" Sonic replied calmly yet teasingly in amusement with a playful grin and with lowered eyelids while he held Tails' back as he stared back at him.
"W-Well...I mean...I am curious about experiencing the whole thing, but...I just wonder...Is it fun?" Tails replied calmly yet sheepishly in curiosity with an awkward smile and with upward eyebrows while rubbing the back of his head as he glanced from Sonic before looking back at him in the end.
"'Fun'? Hahahahaha! Does growing excess hair and bigger feet, getting pimples and rashes, and developing uncontrollable, lustful attractions towards the opposite sex sound fun to you?" Sonic asked back calmly in amusement with a teasing grin and with a chuckle while he crossed his arms again as he stared back at Tails with half-lidded eyes.
"W-Wait. What? D-Don't tell me that you had gone through with that...Did you?" Tails replied calmly yet awkwardly in confusion and in anxiousness with a little frown and with lowered ears while having his arms down at his sides as he stared back at Sonic.
"Tails, I would never lie about anything that I hadn't gone through, and puberty is no exception to that," Sonic replied calmly yet brightly in amusement with a cheerful smile and with twinkling eyes while wagging his finger a bit as he stared back at Tails.
"Oh. Great. Good to know," Tails replied calmly yet curtly in annoyance with a little frown and with upward eyebrows while sweating a bit as he stared back at Sonic.
"Heh. Yeah, it's certainly not the most pleasant experience to adulthood, but it is what it is. Honestly, if you could manage to avoid it, then you're really lucky! But I highly doubt that you will avoid it, Tails. Sorry, buddy, but that's just the way it is," Sonic replied calmly yet brightly in amusement with a playful grin and with closed eyes as he shrugged casually.
"(Sigh)...I suppose it is," Tails replied calmly in tiredness with a sigh and with little frown while closing his eyes and shaking his head as he shrugged with Sonic. I don't think that I like the prospect of puberty anymore. It sounds...more troublesome than I thought. Tails pondered calmly in annoyance with a sheepish look on his face as he opened his eyes and stared at Sonic before at the gorgeous view.
Sonic opened his eyes and crossed his arms again as he stared at the beautiful view one more time. It certainly would've been more fun and hilarious if Tails had experienced puberty firsthand without having any sort of warning beforehand. But then again, I don't want my best buddy to get hurt or feel too embarrassed that he wouldn't leave his lab anymore thanks to that humiliation. I suppose that telling him was the right thing to do. Sonic pondered calmly in amusement with a gentle smile and with twinkling eyes while having his arms crossed as he kept staring at the stunning view in brief silence.
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"...Say, Tails? Why don't start heading along this dazzling yet wicked place?! We still have the mission into ruining Eggman's day! So, let's move out!" Sonic replied calmly yet brightly in amusement with a cheerful grin and with twinkling eyes while turning around and walking a bit backwards towards the stunning, periwinkle road as he stared at Tails.
"You're right, Sonic. Eggman might've already known that we have arrived at his amusement park and have trashed the place a bit. He will show up eventually and mess with us," Tails replied calmly in soberness with a little frown and with a nod as he turned around and walked towards Sonic while staring at him.
"Oh, he definitely will, and when he does, he's going to be so surprised when he sees that I've become a man with my new, deep, suave voice!" Sonic exclaimed brightly in amusement with a huge grin and with excited eyes while having his fingers up as he turned around and walked towards the stunning road.
"Oh, please, Sonic. Don't kid yourself. Everyone back home knows that Knuckles is the man of the group due to his deep, serious voice. It's common knowledge at this point that even Knuckles himself is aware of it," Tails replied calmly in slight annoyance with a little frown and with lowered eyelids while staring at Sonic as he walked behind him.
"Wait! What?! Why am I the only one who didn't know about it?! Why didn't Knuckles tell me?!" Sonic exclaimed in shock and in confusion with a baffled look on his face as he looked back at Tails while he kept walking forward.
"Because you irk him," Tails answered calmly yet simply in slight annoyance with a little frown and with half-lidded eyes as he walked beside Sonic and stared at him.
Sonic opened his mouth as if he was about to protest before he closed it and looked annoyed instead. He muttered calmly yet irritably in annoyance with a grimace and with lowered eyelids as he stared at the road ahead, "...Yeah, that sounds about right".
Tails smiled smugly at that in amusement since he knew Knuckles too well to do that to Sonic. Their rivalry never ends. Tails thought calmly in amusement with a smug smile and with half-lidded eyes while staring at Sonic as he walked beside him.
"Ah. Whatever. Come on, Tails! Let's go thrash another one of those generators and save more aliens! I'd rather not keep dwelling on my puberty problem any longer than it has been! So, let's move on and have fun while we still can!" Sonic added calmly yet brightly in enthusiasm with a huge smile and with twinkling eyes while shrugging a bit before he ran as he looked back at Tails and stared at him.
"I totally agree with that! Let's get a move on already! We don't want to get your feet to grow suddenly while in the middle of an adventure now, would we?!" Tails exclaimed brightly yet a bit teasingly in amusement with a huge grin and with twinkling eyes while he stared back at Sonic as he started flying and flew next to him.
"...Please don't joke about that," Sonic replied calmly yet weakly in sheepishness with a deep grimace and with lowered eyelids while sweating a bit as he stared back at Tails.
"Ahahahahaha! Sorry, Sonic! I was just kidding! Hahahahaha! Anyways, let save more of Yacker's friends in this dazzling place! Where do you think they could be, Sonic?!" Tails exclaimed brightly in amusement with a huge smile and with twinkling eyes while laughing a bit and while briefly holding his stomach as he stared at Sonic before looking ahead.
"Eh. I have a hunch. Just follow my lead, little buddy, and we'll set these aliens free," Sonic replied calmly in amusement and in confidence with a bright grin and with a casual shrug as he looked back at the stunning road ahead of himself and focused intensely on it.
"Yeah!" Tails exclaimed brightly in determination with a jovial look on his face as he flew beside Sonic.
Sonic and Tails kept going north on the stunning, periwinkle road as they head into the heart of Starlight Carnival. It was nice to have a casual yet slightly embarrassing chat about puberty the two, adoptive brothers figured since they have grown a bit closer thanks to that. They figured that even puberty could have its benefits.
After all, it's little hardships like this that bring families and friends together, and that is what Sonic and Tails had learned after their brotherly talk about puberty.
THE END
Well, that's another one-shot down, and it's as short as I had said in the previous one-shot! It is refreshing to write short one-shots again, and hopefully, there will be a few more of those short one-shots in the future! But anyways, I hope that you guys had enjoyed this cute, little scene that I had made for Sonic Colors/Colours as well as the one that I had made for Sonic Generations! Since those original two games are now over ten years old, I figured that they deserve some sort of tribute even though I am a bit late to the party with that. Regardless, that is why I had made those two one-shots! If you guys had read this one-shot first, then check out the other, longer one-shot called "Appreciating Time and Change". But if you had already read that and read this second, I'm a bit sorry about that since the idea came to mind while I was writing that one-shot. However, I'm sure that it's still okay with you guys in the end.
Also, that whole thing with Sonic sounding like a jock/surfer dude, it was just a joke. I mean. Considering how deep Sonic's voice was back when Sonic Colors/Colours was still new, the stark contrast was very noticeable especially if you had played or seen Sonic Unleashed or Sonic and the Black Night. Even I had noticed it back then and was a bit surprised that the localizers/writers for Sonic Colors/Colours and Sonic Generations didn't at least acknowledge or make a joke about Sonic's new voice after Jason Griffin left. It's one thing when it happened once with Ryan Drummond being replaced for Jason Griffin; but it's another thing when it's the second time, and that the newer voice is much deeper than its predecessors. I have no hate against Roger Craig Smith. He's a fine voice actor, and he does Sonic's voice very well. I just find it funny and a bit baffling that the localizers/writers didn't put into consideration on how Sonic's voice is going to sound now after Jason had left. They probably realized too late that they had missed an opportunity to throw in a puberty joke in there just to justify Roger's new position as Sonic's official VA.
Anyways, yeah, that's also another reason why I had made this one-shot. Just to give the fans something they may have kinda wanted when the game was new back in the day, and I guess it still is thanks to the remaster. With that said, I hope that you guys enjoyed this one-shot! Put it on your favorite's list and alert's list just to show me that you guys support it! For everyone else, thanks for supporting this one-shot by simply reading it! Be ready to read more one-shots in the future, and I'll see you all next time when I make another one-shot!
P.S. Also, good news! With my brand-new Ao3 account set up, I could send a copy of this one-shot and upload it up to there so that anyone who wants to review it they can! It may not be up now, but it will be soon! So far, it's the best that I could to resolve my odd email situation. Hopefully, I could get that fixed so that you could review my stories on this site as well as the other site. (Update: The reviews are fixed now! You can send this one-shot and my other stories reviews now!) But for now, that's we could do, and hopefully, you guys are okay with that as you continue to give me support for my stories. Again, thank you so much for that! Now, I'll see you all next time!
