A/n: I Sorry about the late update guys, I uploaded the chapter friday but when I looked today I only had uploaded 7 chapters. A glitch maybe? Well whatever, on with the story.

"Sonic!" Amy exclaimed when she saw a familiar spiky blue haired male entered Chemistry class, the one class high school part of the whole gang (including Vector and Rouge) had together.

"Hey Amy," Sonic said as he placed his books down next to Espio, since the purple haired asian was his lab partner for the month.

"What happened to you yesterday? You weren't in school," Amy asked in a worried tone.

Sonic looked around before whispering in Amy's ear, "I'll tell you later."

Amy couldn't stop the blush from forming on her face. She had never been that close to Sonic...or at least she couldn't remember being that close to him. Sonic however didn't notice the blush because right when it started to form the bell rang and the teacher walked in telling everyone to take their seats.

Vector (whose Amy's lab partner) noticed how red the pink haired girl's face was.

"Hey are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine," Amy replied in a strained voice. Despite her calm demeanor on the inside she was squealing, 'I can't believe he got that close to me!'

Vector bought this answer and pulled out his iphone to listen to some tunes. Clearly he wasn't going to pay attention to the lesson, like usual. After class ended Sonic explained to Amy why he wasn't in school.

"That must be what Cream was so upset about. She had been worried about Tails lately and everytime I asked her why she said that she couldn't tell me."

Sonic nodded, "Yeah but he's okay now. I took care of it."

Amy smiled sweetly, "Tails is so lucky to have such a good big brother."

"I'll say," butted in Rouge who was walking towards the pair.

Considering that at the moment Amy was convinced that Rouge was trying to take Sonic away from her she scowled at Rouge and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Rouge smirked, "I was agreeing with you. Tails is lucky to have such a good big brother, after all I should know, I was there."

"You were?" Both Sonic and Amy said at the same time.

"Yup," Rouge responded.

While Sonic was trying to figure out what Rouge was talking about Amy was silently fuming. She at the moment didn't like the idea of Rouge being anywhere near Sonic and the fact that they were spying on Tails, just the two of them made her want to scream.

"Sonic, mind it I talk to you in private for a second?" Rouge asked.

"Uh sure Ro-" Sonic was cut off when Amy suddenly grabbed onto his arm.

"Anything you have to say in front of Sonic you can say in front of me!"

"It involves...ya know...the thing," Rouge said.

"The thing?...Oh the thing!" Sonic said in realization.

Amy growled in frustration, "What thing?"

"Listen Ames I really have to go. See ya later," Sonic said before he and Rouge left.

"Wait! Sonic!" Amy exclaimed. However he along with her words, were lost within the crowd of students trying to make it to class on time.

"So what did you want to tell me about work?" Sonic asked.

"Nothing, I just wanted to tell you how I know what happened yesterday, I just couldn't say it infront of Pinky."

"Pinky? Oh you mean Amy. Well anyways, can you explain how you figured out what I did yesterday?"

"Its simple I followed you."

"You followed me?"

Rouge nodded.

"Why exactly did you follow me?" Sonic asked.

"I'm a pretty nosey person and when someone mentions to me they can't go to school because of private business, well I simply have to know what that business is."

Sonic at this point was starting to feel uncomfortable for multiple reasons. The first one being how she spied on him and how he never noticed her spying on him. Lucky for him she was on his side...or at least he thinks she's on his side….right?

"Hey Blue?"

"Yeah?" Sonic asked after being brought out of his thoughts by Rouge's voice.

"Didn't we just pass your class?"

Rouge entered the room she had class in next while Sonic stopped walking and turned around. It was then that he realized that his class was on the other side of the hallway...and that the late bell was about to go off any minute now.

"Oh shi-"

Rrrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnnnnngggggg!

Sonic was sitting across the street doing his homework and waiting for Tails to get out, like usual.

'Okay so 26x + 9y=102...so I have to-'

Sonics train of thought was interrupted by a sudden weight leaning against his side. He turned to see Tails staring up at him smiling.

"Oh hey Tails, how long were you there for?"

"Not too long, I just wanted to see how long it would take you to notice."

Sonic chuckled, "I was so engrossed in my homework I didn't notice that school let out. Speaking of school how was it today?"

Tails shrugged, "It was boring like always but those bullies didn't show up and beat me up like they usually did."

"And it better stay that way," Sonic muttered darkly to himself.

"What did you say?" Tails asked innocently.

"Oh, uh it's nothing. Well come on, we better get going," Sonic said as he packed up his books and put them in his bag.

"By the way, I didn't see Cream at all today. I hope she's okay," Tails said as they started walking.

"You probably didn't see her because she's a first grader while you're in third grade."

"Yeah but we always see each other at lunch and at recess. I didn't have anyone to play with at recess either because Cream wasn't there and because Charmy got in trouble again and had to stay inside for recess."

"Well, look on the bright side, the day is over and tomorrow's a brand new day," Sonic said.

"Yeah...I guess your right."

When they got home they did their usual routine. Sonic started supper while Tails played a videogame in the living room. Once supper was done he called Tails into the kitchen.

"Tails! Supper's done!"

Tails walked into the kitchen and sat down.

"I think you'll like what I made today," Sonic said.

Tails scoffed, "Let me guess, chili dogs?"

"Nope," Sonic turned around, the plate he was holding revealing what they would be having, "Corndogs."

"Of course."

The two ate and after they were done Sonic looked at the time.

'I don't feel like bringing him to Vanilla's. I'll just bribe him with some candy.'

Sonic walked into his room and opened his closet. He moved a coat that had fallen off its hanger only to find the bag where he kept all the mints empty.

'Damn! Either I need to find a new hiding spot or I used the last mint last time I left him alone. Well I guess I'll just have to buy more this weekend.'

Sonic got up and walked over to the living room and stood in the doorway.

"Alright Tails, I ran out of mints to bribe you with and I still don't think leaving a eight-year-old home alone is a good idea, so come on let's head over to Cream's house."

"Okay," Tails responded as he saved his game and turned off the console.

When the two got to the bakery they were confused to find a closed sign on the door.

"That's weird, Vanilla usually always keeps her bakery open," Sonic said as he rang the doorbell.

After waiting about a minute, the door opened revealing Amy.

"Hi Sonic. Hi Tails."

"Hi Amy," Tails greeted in a cheerful tone.

"Is it okay if I drop Tails off here, like usual?"

Amy frowned, "Unfortunately this isn't really a good time right now. You see Cream caught whatever my mom had so now I have to take care of 2 sick people and I don't want to risk Tails getting sick. I'm really sorry."

"It's fine. Don't worry about it," Sonic responded optimistically.

"Okay. I better get back upstairs. Bye Sonic, bye Tails," Amy said before she shut the door.

Sonic let out a sigh, "Great, now what am I gonna do for a babysitter."

"You could always take me to work with you," Tails suggested.

Sonic sighed, "I don't know…"

"Come on Sonic just this once please! I don't even know where you work. What if something happens and I need you. How am I gonna get in touch with you?"

'He does make a good point. Okay I'll just have him stay in the donut shop section.'

"Alright come on."

"Yes!"

"Here we are kid."

"You work at Station Square Donut Shop?"

"Got a problem with that?" Sonic asked in mock defense.

Tails let out a small giggle, "No not at all. I just never expected you to take a job like this."

The two walked in. Sonic directed Tails to take a seat somewhere while he went in back so he could work. Tails agreed and sat down in a seat where he could watch tv and play his gameboy at the same time. Sonic gave him some money so he could buy donuts if he wanted and headed towards the counter.

"Hey Rouge."

"Hey Sonic."

After the brief exchange he made his way to the underground lab like usual.

"Hi Sonic!" Silver exclaimed.

Sonic looked and saw Silver holding a stick with a marshmallow on it above a fireball that Blaze had in her hand. Sonic also noted that Silver looked absolutely ecstatic while Blaze looked pretty pissed off.

"What are you guys doing?" Sonic asked in a tone that implied that he wasn't even sure if he wanted to know.

"To make a long story short I lost a bet," Blaze replied.

"Yeah, Blaze thought that a joke I made up wouldn't get a chuckle out of Robotnik. Well guess who's laughing now," Silver taunted. Blaze let out a growl and increased the heat, and radius of her fire ball causing Silver to burn his hand.

"Ouch!" He exclaimed before pulling his marshmallow away from the fire.

"You want one?"

Sonic just gave them both a weird expression. Before he could say anything else Robotnik entered.

"There you are Sonic. Just in time."

"What are you talking about? I always come to work on time."

"What he means is he wants me and you to spar," Blaze said as the fireball in her hand diminished until it was nothing but smoke.

Sonic frowned, "I'm not sure that's such a good idea. I mean you're my friend, I don't want to hurt you."

"Trust me, you hurting me is the least of your worries," Blaze said coolly.

"Ooooo," Silver said as he watched the exchange intently.

"Not only that but you can control fire. What if you set me on fire or something?" Sonic asked.

"I'm putting these together so you can learn how to best utilize your abilities and for experimentation. One of my hypothesis states that if you were to catch on fire, if you were to run very fast you would be able to put it out," Robotnik stated.

Sonic sighed. He had a feeling that no matter what excuse he came up with Robotnik or Blaze would always have a solution.

"Alright. Alright. Let's do this already."

Suddenly the four heard a pod come down followed by a voice very familiar to the blue haired teen.

"Sonic!"

The four looked to see a boy with strawberry blonde hair running towards the speedster.

"Tails! How'd you get down here?" Sonic asked in shock.

A second pod came down and Rouge came out of it.

"Simple I brought him down here. He looked so bored and he mentioned that he was here with you, I couldn't just leave him upstairs."

Sonic let out a grunt of annoyance while his little brother looked around in amazement.

"Wow, you really work here Sonic?"

Before Sonic could answer Blaze cut him off.

"Do you know this kid Sonic?"

"Guys this is my little brother Tails," Sonic said.

"Hi," Tails greeted.

"Why is he named Tails?" Silver asked.

"It's not my actual name. I don't like my real name so I asked people to call me Tails because my favorite animal is the kitsune and they have multiple tales," The child replied.

"So you're into mythology? That's cool. My name is Blaze, nice to meet you. That guy over there is Silver," Blaze said kindly.

"Nice to meet both of you," Tails responded.

Sonic turned towards Robotnik, "I'm really sorry Robotnik, I can't leave him home alone and the person who I usually leave him with is sick so I had no choice but to bring him here."

"It's quite alright. Hello Tails, my name is Doctor Ivo Robotnik, although you can call me doctor or Robotnik, eithers fine," Robotnik said holding out his hand.

Tails took the hand and shook it, "Nice to meet you, doctor."

"You know your brother is getting ready to spar. Would you like to watch?"

Tails tilted his head in confusion, "Spar? You mean like fighting? Why would my brother need to spar."

"It's to test his abilities through experimentation. You can watch if you'd like."

"Sure I guess."

Robotnik smiled, "Alright then, everyone who plans on watching, follow me."

Blaze, Sonic and Tails followed Robotnik to the training room. Silver was going to follow to but he noticed Rouge was going the wrong way.

"Erm, Rouge. The fights this way."

"I know but I gotta get back to work above ground. Later," And like that the pod took her back upstairs. Silver ran after the others. There was no way he was gonna miss this fight.

"You ready for this Blaze?" Sonic asked as they finished up stretching.

"As ready as I'll ever be. Just don't expect me go easy on you."

"Go Sonic!" Tails called from the sidelines where he, Silver and Robotnik were watching.

"Go Blaze!" Silver cheered.

"This will be a one v one match. The first one to faint or give in loses. I want a clean match so don't kill each other," Robotnik said.

"Now….begin!"

Blaze threw a fireball at sonic which he jumped out of the way of. When he jumped he jumped at least 5 feet in the air, and Blaze took the opportunity to throw the other fireball she had in her hand at Sonic. Sonic forced his body in a position to make him fall faster so he'd narrowly miss being hit by the fireball. Once he landed on the ground he did a summersault so he wouldn't feel too much pain. When getting back on his feet Blaze delivered a side kick to his stomach knocking the breath out of him and sending him back a couple feet.

"What's wrong Hedgehog? Already had enough?" Blaze asked.

Sonic shakily got back up, "Are you kidding," Sonic spat out some blood before continuing, "I'm just getting warmed up."

He then shot off towards Blaze and before she could react he uppercut her in the jaw. Blaze was knocked back however she was still standing. She wiped away some blood from her lips using her thumb.

"You got quite a punch their."

Sonic smirked, "I did do karate when I was younger,"

"Just keep in mind just because you did karate that does not give you the upper hand. I myself used to do gymnastics," She said before she sent a fireball his way, which he dodged.

As they kept fighting Tails watched on in awe.

"This is insane. How is she creating fire in her hand and how is my brother running so fast and jumping so high?"

"It's because of a ability enhancer Robotnik gave Sonic and Blaze. They're not the only ones with cool powers, I can control things using telekinesis and Rouge is really flexible and sneaky," Silver responded, never taking his eyes away from the fight.

Tails turned his attention back to the fight. By this point both Blaze and Sonic were staring each other down.

"If I'm honest, I wasn't expecting you to do so well in a fight," Blaze said.

"Same here. Not only can you control fire but you're flexible and have a pretty good kick," Sonic responded.

"The flexibility comes with the gymnastics I used to do and my ability to kick good may come from the fact that I've been apart of a dance team since I was 7."

"Well it shows."

Blaze smiled, however her face became serious again as she raised her hand up. Sonic got in a position so he could dodge her next attack.

"I hope your ready for what you're about to see, because I just finished perfecting this one."

Suddenly a barrage of embers shot out a Blaze's hand. Instead of them going after Sonic however they all circled the arena, creating a ring of fire.

"Is it hot enough yet? My ring of fire makes space surrounded by it increasingly hotter. I can stand higher temperatures than most humans before I pass out however you on the other hand will pass out."

"Oh no! Sonic!" Tails called worriedly.

Sonic started panting. He was already starting to feel the effects of the ring.

'Crap! I have to think of something and fast or else I'll lose! Come on Sonic! Think! Think!'

'One of my hypothesis states that if you were to catch on fire, if you were to run very fast you would be able to put it out.'

'That's it!'

Sonic reved up his feet and started to run around the edge of the ring.

"Whats Sonic doing?" Silver asked out loud in confusion.

Tails thought for a minute before it dawned on him what his older brother was doing.

"Of course! Why didn't I think of that earlier!"

"What? What's he doing?"

"Sonics using his speed to create a gust to put out the flames. Kind of like when you blow out the candles on a birthday cake."

Silver stared at the eight year old in shock, "Wow, your really smart for a kid,"

Tails blushed shyly before the two went back to watching the fight.

Sonic kept running around and around and before they knew it the ring out fire was out.

"Yay Sonic!" Tails cheered.

Sonic stopped running and looked at were the fire used to be only to recoil in shock. Instead of their being a burnt outline of a circle there was instead a mini tornado.

"I don't understand! What happened."

"Uh-oh! Sonic you must have ran so fast that you created a vacuum. What's worse is that Blaze is still in there. She'll be suffocated!" Tails exclaimed.

"Blaze!" Silver exclaimed. He about to run into the tornado but Tails grabbed onto his hand, not stopping him but slowing him down. Even then though it was hard since the closer they got to the vacuum the stronger the pull became.

"Silver you can't! If you go in there you'll suffocate as well!"

"I don't care I have to do something!"

"Damn it! What am I gonna do! If I don't do something soon Blaze is gonna suffocate to death!"

That's when Sonic got a idea.

"Tails, if I run around the vacuum in the opposite direction the vacuums will cancel each other out right?"

"It should work. Give it a shot!" Tails answered as he continued his struggle to stop Silver from reaching the twister.

Sonic ran around the vacuum, this time however in the opposite direction from last time. He ran as fast as he could without becoming reckless. He knew that if he went too fast he'd probably end up inside the vacuum. Sonic started to feel the pull of the vacuum weaken signalling that his tactic was working. He kicked it up a notch and ran even faster. Finally the vacuum died down and were it used to be, in the center laid a purple haired Hispanic girl.

"Blaze!" Silver yelled. Tails let him go and he bolted over to her.

Silver knelt down beside her.

"Blaze! Blaze!"

Blaze started coughing and gasping for air. Silver helped her sit up so she could breathe better.

"Blaze are you okay?"

Blaze opened her eyes. They locked on Sonic.

"I guess I lost then," She said with a small smile before she started to cough again.

"Blaze, please save your breath!" Silver exclaimed in a worried tone.

Blaze shook her head and with Silvers help stood on her feet. She shakily walked over to Sonic, not gasping anymore but still coughing.

"Good fight," She croaked out as she held out her hand.

Sonic smiled.

"Same goes to you."

A/n: Okay I'm going to wrap this up because this chapter is getting way too long. Anyways make sure you guys leave your reviews and see you guys later!