A/N: Hi readers, I'm back! Sorry for the LONG wait but I had MAJOR writer's block, family issues, exciting thoughts, spending time with my family, playing Sonic games on my computer, and many more. Also I got Sonic Classic Collection for my new Nintendo DS, I didn't get it for Xmas but I did get my game from the store and my Nintendo DS online! But now, I'm back and ready as ever. Anyway, here's chapter seven! In this chapter: Sonic, Tailsko, and Knuckles are at the mall spending time together as friends as Knuckles goes off to the sport store, Sonic and Tailsko are looking at some games for them to play with for Sonic's house but as they were Tailsko's old bullies return to bully Tailsko some more, but luckily for her Sonic is there this time to protect her from them. At the same time, Knuckles has found Rouge stealing another emerald from the store but Knuckles will try to get the emeralds back from her. Who will win the fight? Read on and find out!
poke-lover: Thank you for the review! I agree it is terrible what the bullies are going to do with Tailsko but rest assure her friends Sonic and Knuckles won't let anything happen her! They're good friends to her!
HaveIgoneoffthedeependyet: Here's another chapter of this story so you don't have to wait any longer! Thank you for a review!
elblakeo: Thanks for you review and sorry to hear that you have writer's block too! But don't worry you'll overcome writer's block once you take a break and think about other ideas just keep on trying, in the meantime, here's another chapter of this story it might help you out. Again, thanks for your symphany and review.
PANDA326: Thank you! That was a very nice review you give me, I'm happy to you love my stories! Keep up those good reviews! Here's another chapter for you! Thank you for your kind reviews! Hugs and Kisses, KingSnow5092.
Suspect some more Knuckles and Rouge, Scrat/Scratte like moments in this chapter!
Enjoy!
The Heart's Reward
Chapter 7: Friends in Need
Written by: KingSnow5092
On a Saturday afternoon, Sonic, Tailsko, and Knuckles were hanging out at the mall together as friends like they do every Saturday afternoon. Sonic, Tailsko, and Knuckles decided to meet each other at the food court for lunch after they were done browsing around. Knuckles went off to the sport store to find some stuff for him to train with so he can become stronger than he already is. Sonic and Tailsko were at the game store looking for some games for them to play with when they get to Sonic's house, but they had trouble deciding on what game to get because there were so many good games to choose from. They looked for a very long time.
"What do you think Sonic?" Tailsko asked her hedgehog friend.
Sonic shook his head and said. "I don't know little sis, there so many to choose from," Then he smirked. "Maybe we can get all of the games!"
Tailsko laughed. "If we get all of the games then they'll won't be any left for the other gamers in this store Sonic!"
Sonic and Tailsko laughed and they continued browsing around. As they did, Tailsko heard a conversation behind her thanks to her fox ears they were laughing and talking about something but Tailsko couldn't make it out until they got close behind her then she could hear them loud and clear. "Hey, it's that two-tailed freak from our school!" One of the voices said. "What is she doing here? Doesn't she know that freaks don't belong here!" Another voice said. "Maybe, she got lost from her freak mall and ended up here." A third voice said. "Why don't we pull on her two tails and teach her a lesson?" A fourth voice suggested. "Good idea, that will teach her to come around here again!" A fifth voice agreed. "Yeah, I'll go first!" The first voice said again.
Tailsko wondered where she heard those voices before, the voices sounded familiar but she doesn't remember where she heard them before. Then suddenly, she felt someone grabbed her two tails and tugged them very hard causing her to yelp in pain. "OUCH!" Tailsko yelped. Sonic turned to see what was wrong with his fox friend and he ran over to her. Tailsko pulled her two tails away from the troublemaker who pulled on them and rubbed them together to ease the pain. Sonic came up to her and asked. "What's wrong little sis?"
"Someone pulled on my two tails!" Tailsko said, rubbing her two tails together. Sonic turned red with anger and gritted his teeth he hated it when someone pulls his best friend's tails. He was getting tired of bullies bothering Tailsko because of her two tails, her friendship with a hedgehog, and being beautiful. The blue hedgehog just wanted the bullies to leave Tailsko alone and go jump in the lake. "Who did this to you Tailsko?" Sonic asked. Tailsko shrugged her shoulders then they heard laughter behind them, the two friends turned to find five bullies standing before them. Tailsko gasped, now she regonized the voices...it was her old bullies from Westside Island Kindergarten!
A male black and white skunk with red eyes, a white stripe down his back, white muzzle/inner-fur, gloves, a stinky odor all over him, a skunk tail, and gray shoes, a female orange tiger with green eyes, waist-length hair, white muzzle/inner-fur, a red t-shirt, green jeans, a baseball bat in her hand, a striped tail, stripes all over her, and green shoes. A male white shark with red eyes, fins sticking out from his head up and sideways, peach muzzle/inner-fur, gloves, a shark tail, and blue shoes. A male black bull with red eyes, two white horns on his head, short floppy ears, peach muzzle/inner-fur, a ring in his nose, spiky gloves, a long skinny tail, and red shoes. A female pink rat with blue eyes, short hair, peach muzzle/inner-fur, green tanktop, blue shorts, pink ears with earrings, gloves, a long scaly tail, and red lady shoes. The same bullies from her old school.
The skunk, the leader of the group was the one who pulled on Tailsko's tails. They all looked at her evilly. "Well, well, look who it is. It's the freak from our school!" The skunk said. "What are you doing here freak? Did you get lost or something?" The tigress asked. Tailsko backed away from the bullies and said. "No, I just shopping with my friend Sonic that's all, why don't you just leave me alone?" Tailsko said. The bullies only laughed at her. "Why would we do that? We just want to have some fun!" The shark said.
"You want some fun? Then go pick on someone else!" Tailsko suggested. Then the skunk grabbed Tailsko by the waist and said. "May aren't you a feisty fox to mess with? Why don't you be a good girl and come with us and we'll have some real fun!"
"NO! LET ME GO!" Tailsko cried trying to struggle away from the skunk. "SONIC! HELP ME!"
Sonic was watching what was going on and didn't like it one bit. The hedgehog glared at the stinky mustelidae trying to rape his best friend while his posse just watched in humor. He turned red with anger, gritted his teeth, and cletched his fists together, he had to do something to save Tailsko. He would confront them but there were five of them and only one of them. Then Sonic had an idea, he rushed over to the large white crate filled with balls, then he spindashed the crate causing the balls to rolled over to the bullies. Sonic then stood next to Tailsko and the bullies.
"YO, BULLIES! YOU LEAVE MY FRIEND ALONE!" Sonic shouted at them. Tailsko and the bullies turned over to Sonic standing there with anger on his face. Tailsko was happy to see him but the bullies were angry. "Get lost, you blue freak this doesn't concern you!" The skunk sneered. "Alright, if you won't leave my friend alone, then why don't you have a ball?" Sonic asked, as the balls came rolling by. The bullies looked at the balls and noticed that they were coming toward them. They all screamed then the ball slammed into the tigress, the shark, the bull, and the rat causing them to fly out of the store. Sonic, Tailsko, and the skunk were the only ones who got out of the way during the balls rolling by.
The skunk noticed that he was the only one left since his friends rolled out of the store. Now it was just him, Sonic, and Tailsko. The skunk still had Tailsko in his grip. "What was that?" The skunk asked then Sonic grabbed the skunk and pulled him close to his face. The skunk got scared by Sonic's glare. "Who are you?" The skunk asked. "I'm Sonic the Hedgehog and I appericate it if you leave my buddy alone! Unless if you want to fight me for him!" Sonic threatened. The skunk's eyes widened. "You're friends with this fr-" The skunk began but Sonic growled at him. "Don't even say it!" Sonic shouted at the skunk then he pushed him away.
The skunk backed away from the angry blue hedgehog. Then Tailsko grabbed Sonic shoulders and said. "Easy there, Sonic don't overdo it. Let me handle it." Sonic nodded, knowing that Tailsko was right. The skunk was her bully not his. Then Tailsko walked over to the skunk. "Excuse me, I have something to say about this." Tailsko said. The skunk softened up a little and asked. "Yes?" Then suddenly...
SLAP!
Tailsko slapped the skunk causing him to fall down on the ground. "THAT WAS FOR BULLYING ME IN KINDERGARTEN!" Tailsko shouted at him. The stinky mustelidae's eyes widened in fear and surprised at the fox's slap. The vixen was stronger than he thought. Sonic smiled at Tailsko, he was happy that she was fighting back at the bullies instead of just letting him do their buisness. Tailsko dusted off her hands and said. "There, okay Sonic continue!"
Sonic grinned, then he spindashed into the skunk as he flew into the air and he kicked the skunk causing him to fly out of the store. Sonic smiled and dusted his hands off in a job well done. Sonic and Tailsko ran to each other and hugged. "You okay little sis?" Sonic asked. Tailsko nodded. "Yes, I'm fine Sonic just a little shook up!" Sonic smiled. "That's good, don't worry about those jerks they won't be bothering you for a long time." Sonic assured her. "Thanks Sonic!" Tailsko said. "You're welcome." Sonic said.
Meanwhile, Knuckles finished his shopping for sport stuff he needs to train to be strong againist the people who try to steal the Master Emerald and just for fun. As the red echidna was about leave to find Sonic and Tailsko he heard some shouting from another store. Knuckles turned to find that a familiar white bat was stealing an orange emerald while the store owner, a male white wolf was shouting at her to bring the emerald back. The echidna dropped his bag and ran over to the wolf. "What happened?" Knuckles asked the wolf.
"That crazy bat stole a orange emerald!" The wolf explained. "I tried to stop her but she flew away too fast for me to stop her!"
"Orange emerald?" Knuckles asked then he gasped. "Oh no! It's another chaos emerald! I have to stop her before she strikes again or worse get away!" Knuckles thought. Then the red spiky mammal turned to the wolf and said. "Don't worry sir! I'll stop her!"
"Thank you!" The wolf praised.
Then Knuckles jumped up and glided after the white bat. Rouge flew as she was holding the emerald in her hand. "Ah, two emeralds for me, a girl would love this if it was like a job!" Rouge said to herself. "Hold it right there, Miss!" Knuckles spoke behind her. The white bat turned to find Knuckles gliding after her. "That chaos emerald belongs to the store!" Knuckles shouted at her. "Ha! I don't think so red boy it belongs to me!" Rouge shouted back. Then Knuckles jumped at her causing the both of them to fall down to the large water fountain of the mall. A large bubble appeared with Knuckles and Rouge trapped inside along with two emeralds, an orange emerald and a red emerald he tried to take yesterday.
Knuckles and Rouge turned to each other and screamed causing the big bubble to pull apart into three bubbles, two big ones with Knuckles and Rouge and one little one with two emeralds. They both gasped. "The emeralds!" They shouted in unison. Rouge flapped her wings making the bubble float toward the emeralds, Knuckles tried to the same move but he wasn't able to fly like Rouge causing him to tumble and toss in the bubble and Knuckles' bubble flew and bumped into Rouge's bubble causing her to fly across the room. "Aahhh!" Rouge screamed. The echidna smiled, happy to be rid of the bat then he blew the bubble to get to the emeralds. Knuckles' body fell through the bubble but his head was still inside the bubble.
Then he blew inside the bubble causing it to go up, and it was working. He kept on blowing until he got close to the emeralds and he grabbed those emeralds and hugged them, but his spiked gloves accidently hit the bubble when he made a grab for the emeralds causing it to burst his bubble. Knuckles screamed as he fell down into the water fountain. Knuckles got out from the water fountain and spat out some water. "If this keeps up I'll become a fish instead of an echidna." Knuckles said as he shook the water off of him like a dog would when it's wet.
Knuckles ran back to the store where the wolf was sleeping on the side of his store. "Hey mister!" Knuckles shouted, the wolf woke up to the sound of Knuckles' voice. "AH! DON'T SHOOT I GIVE UP! I SURRENDER! I-" The wolf shouted but then he looked down to find the red echidna standing there confused at the wolf's reaction. The wolf blushed and said. "Oh, it's you sorry I had a nightmare that I was being robbed again by another theif."
"It's cool. By the way, I found got your emerald back!" Knuckles said, holding out the emerald to give to the wolf. "Thanks, but you can keep it free of charge as a thank you for stopping the thief, I'll just order another jewel for my store! Thank you!" The wolf said. Knuckles smiled. "Thank you too, sir!" Then he ran back to the sport store where he dropped his bag and ran back to where his friends were.
-At the food court-
After the battle with Tailsko's old bullies, the owner of the store wasn't too pleased but since he knew Sonic because he heard the heroic rescue of Tailsko from the evil doctor, Dr. Robotnik from some kids and when he heard that, that made Sonic the hero. So the owner decided to let the two kids off with a warning. Sonic cleaned up the mess and they finally decided on what games to get they paid them with their money and got out of the store. Right now, Sonic and Tailsko were having chili dogs for lunch they ordered one for Knuckles when he comes. Sonic and Tailsko both gobbled down their chili dogs quick as lighting.
The other customers watched at the two friends eating and they were digusted at the sight before them. "Thanks for ordering lunch for us Sonic." Tailsko said, swollowing her chili dog. "No prob, think of it as a thank you for inviting to your house for supper." Sonic said, then he drank some cola and then he burped. Then Sonic covered his mouth and blushed red in embarassment. The hedgehog burped in front of a girl. "Oh excuse me, Tailsko." Sonic said, blushing. Tailsko giggled then she burped too. Tailsko blushed too and said. "Excuse me." The two friends laughed then they heard Knuckles' voice.
"Guys!"
Sonic and Tailsko turned to find Knuckles standing there panting his face was scarlet red from running holding his bag. "Knuckles? What happened?" Tailsko asked. He explained to his friends about his battle with Rouge the Bat who is also after the emeralds, what the emeralds can do, about him being a guardian of the Master Emerald, and how they have to find the emeralds before they fall into the wrong hands. Knuckles sat down while he was explaining this to his friends. Sonic and Tailsko's eyes widened when Knuckles said that. "What?" Knuckles asked. "We already know about the emeralds and what they can do." Tailsko answered.
Knuckles' eyes widened too. "What? You knew but how?" He asked the orange two-tailed fox. Tailsko explained to Knuckles about her ordeal with Dr. Robotnik after she had ran away for beating up Darkheart and thinking everyone will hate her for it, when she got captured by Robotnik he explained to her about the emeralds and what they can do, Sonic overheard the conversation trying to save her. They had forgotten about it until Knuckles reminded them.
"Robotnik?" Knuckles said in surprise. Sonic and Tailsko nodded. "So, he wants the emeralds too, eh? Well, he can't have them!" Knuckles shouted as he slammed his fist on the table. "Whoa, easy there red guy." Sonic said, holding his chili dog so it doesn't fall down on the ground. Knuckles blushed. "Oh sorry, I sometimes have a temper problem." He said. "Don't worry, it happens." Tailsko assured him. Then the three friends ate their lunch in peace.
-Later that day-
Sonic, Tailsko, and Knuckles walked down the sidewalk to their homes after their trip from the mall. They walked down for the long time until they got close to Knuckles' house. "Well, guys here's my place, I'll see you later!" Knuckles said, then waved them goodbye. "Bye Knuckles!" Sonic and Tailsko said in unison. The echidna walked back to his house and closed the door behind him. Sonic and Tailsko continued their walk as they did they were talking about their day.
"Thanks for saving me back there from those bullies, Sonic." Tailsko said.
"You're welcome, Tailsko. That's what friends are for." Sonic said, smiling.
Tailsko nodded, then she looked around worried about something. Sonic noticed this and decided to asked her what was wrong. "What's wrong Tailsko?" Sonic asked. The vixen turned to the blue hedgehog and said. "I'm worried Sonic."
Sonic smiled. "Tailsko, don't worry those bullies are gone they won't be bullying you anymore!" Sonic assured her putting his hand on her shoulder. The fox smiled but shook her head. "No Sonic, it's not those bullies I'm worried about it's Dr. Robotnik I'm afraid that he might come back and steal the emeralds from us!" Tailsko said. Sonic frowned too.
He knew that Robotnik would come back and try to steal the emeralds from them and probably get his revenge againist him for ruining his plans but Sonic pushed that aside because he knew he was a fast hedgehog and would get away from Robotnik easily. But he brought it back to him because he also knew that Tailsko wasn't as fast as he was but she can fly though. But still, he had to protect Tailsko at all cost. Even if it means his life.
Then they stopped walking, Sonic put his arm around Tailsko letting her know that he behind her any step of the way. Tailsko looked up and smiled at the blue blur. "Don't worry about it Tailsko, like I said before I'll protect you from everything!" Sonic said. Then Sonic and Tailsko hugged each other. "Thanks Sonic." Tailsko said. Sonic smiled when she said that. They continued to hug each other until a voice interuppted them.
"SONIC!"
Sonic and Tailsko looked up when they heard that voice called out Sonic's name, the two friends turned around to find the owner of the voice that called Sonic's name. As they turned around, they have actually found the owner of the voice and it was running up toward them with something in it's hands.
A/N: End of Chapter 7. Chapter 8 will be soon! There you go Chapter seven is completed! Sonic has rescued Tailsko from her old bullies from Westside Island Kindergarten and Knuckles has gotten back the emeralds from Rouge the Bat! Yes, things seemed to be going their way but when the two friends started to hug each other the voice interuppted their moment. Who is the owner of the voice? And what does the owner have in his or her hand? Could the owner be Amy Rose or Dr. Robotnik? Who knows (well, I do)! Stay tuned and find out!
If this chapter was short and uneventual then I apologize I was going to make this chapter longer but I changed my mind because I was getting dizzy from writing this chapter for so long, so I've decided to end it here and it make suspesnful for the readers! I'm sorry if this chapter was short and uneventual. But if you like it then leave a review please! Again, I'm sorry.
Read and review please! BUT NO FLAMES ALLOWED! Thank you!