"So, can you tell us what you're doing?" Tales asked from behind a camcorder he grabbed as soon as he saw that Kaoru had taken refuge in his garage. She was surrounded by many tools and a lot of scrap metal and fur swatches.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Kaoru asked absentmindedly as she stared at the things around her.
"It looks like you're trying to give yourself an aneurism."
"Well, it just so happens that I'm trying to..." Kaoru looked up, "Wait, why do you have a camera?"
"I want evidence if you blow something up... Or kill something."
"What am I going to kill with a bunch of spare junk?" she scoffed.
"Depends on how angry you get, I suppose," the fox mused. "I've lost the ability to think that there's anything you can't do." He thought about this for a minute and then turned back to the matter at hand. "So are you going to tell me what you're doing or not?"
"Haven't we already gone over this?"
"No."
"I'm working on a toy from my next show. Don't you know that halloween is coming up? If I don't make a toy appropriate to the holiday all of my loyal customers will turn to more expensive and less logical toy companies. Someone could end up getting hurt! I definitely don't want that to happen. If it did I wouldn't be able to forgive myself."
"I don't really think it's that big of a deal. Besides, I don't think there are any toy companies on this planet that can be less logical than yours. I mean-"
"The Train Gang Toy Company," Kaoru said, lost in her own head.
"Excuse me?"
She sighed and looked over at Tails again. "Train Gang Toys is a new company. Well, newer than mine at least. They've been dressing you guys up like train conductors and turning you guys into trains and making transformers and all this other crazy stuff. They even have a baby Shadow that rides around on a little train! Why would baby Shadow ride around on a train! Was he even a baby ever? No!"
"Well... Why would Shadow do the Macarena?"
"In case you don't remember Shadow actually did do the macerana at the end of that episode. I know you guys! These people that run this toy store don't even know you and yet they use you as toys. It's like they think you guys approve or something."
"Now that you mention it, I don't recall any of us actually approving of you making toys of us. In fact, I think if you were to ask us we wouldn't-"
"Both Amy and Eggman have approved and sponsored toys that I sell."
"I don't think Amy actually approved of that toy once she found out that-"
"Exactly! It's all part of the game, Eggman also has an unapproved toy, if you recall."
There was a short silence before Tails thought of something else. "Shouldn't we be getting paid some sort of royalty or something? I mean, you are using our faces and bodies and abilities after all."
Kaoru turned back to her work. "Are you going to stand there and ask me stupid question or are you going to let me get back to what I'm supposed to be doing? Because I have a deadline."
"You have a deadline?"
"Mr. Disembodied Voice likes to pretend that he actually has control over the things I do. I like to pretend also. So it'd be nice if this toy was done before rehearsal."
"One more question, why must you make your toy in my garage. You have your own workshop, don't you? This is kind of where I like to do my things."
"My workshop was too quiet. I needed to come here to find some inspiration. Now go away you're being too noisy."
"If you want quiet, shouldn't you go back to your workshop?"
"You said you would only ask one more question one question ago. You've run out of questions."
"All I'm saying is that it would be nice if I could work on my own things."
"Look, I know you like looking at me and all, but you're starting to be creepier than you usually are and I don't... That's it! I have an idea!" Kaoru picked up a hammer and threw it over her shoulder before asking, "Do you have a blow torch?"
"I don't feel comfortable letting you have things that can cause fires."
"Oh hush! Just bring me your blow torch! I use one all the time and have never caused a fire in my workshop!" Kaoru ran over to him and took the camera from his hand, pointing it at herself and smiling. "You guys sure are going to love this! Trust me; you'll want this for your own home. Make sure to tune the morning of Halloween and see if you can get this cute little guy for your own trick-or-treating adventures!"
"Why are you talking into the camera?"
"Sorry, Tails, going to have to take the tape. It's company policy that every time I am caught on camera I have to put it on the show. I wouldn't want to be sued for breaking my contract with the company and or the tv station."
"Kaoru, you own the company... and the tv station."
"Yes, and wouldn't it be a shame if I had to sue myself? I'm already in the middle of one lawsuit! I can't handle any more! Now go get the blow torch!"
A/N
So, the toy for next week is all planned out and ready. The toy idea was given to me a year ago, right after halloween and I promised that person I would eventually use the toy, because I loved it. I had actually had something planned back then that the toy would've fit with, but I decided to go against that plan and the toy has just been sitting on my list for a long time. Now it's finally going to be shown and I think it's going to be good.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I really hope that you review.
Thanks for reading, DFTBA
