Tears of the Tormented

Chapter 3

"What ever it takes!"

A/N: Hey there, sorry it took me a while to write the third chapter. I've been doing chores as a part of my two week spring vacation (ENVY ME!) LOL… well here's the third chapter. I'm not sure who Hitomi is going to meet, lets just see what happens when I let my imagination flow from my brain to the tips of my fingers on the keyboard :D… well, here we go…oh yea, I don't own Sonic nor the Princess Mononoke song in this chapter.

"Sonic loves chili dogs." Talking

"And so do I…yummy!" Thinking

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"What do I do now?"

Hitomi silently stood up and walked away from the Emerald Cave. "It's no use just sitting here and wondering what I'm going to do. I'm going to find the Master Emerald and give it to Robotnic. I don't have much time…two months isn't a lot of time. I'll save Rina and Ryukan, what ever it takes."

It took the teenage echidna half the night and morning to get out of the mountains, get chased by a mountain lion, and make it out of the woods to really start her two month journey to find the Master Emerald.

Hitomi poked at the rip of her black pants that the mountain lion had made, while trying to slash at her for a kill, "Anything it takes just to save my brother and sister…" Hitomi growled sarcastically. This was going to be a very long day, she could tell.

Hitomi continued to walk on in a fast pace… running would be saved for life threatening situations. Hitomi, as a great fighter, knew how to converse her energy very well.

Even though she was brought up to be a fighter, Hitomi's mother also taught her the basics of being a mother and a house wife. It's not something that Hitomi would enjoy doing though, she would rather fight. But sometimes Hitomi's feminine side can take over when she's bored, sad or worried about something, usually her siblings. In this case it was true that she was worried to death about Ryukan and Rina. A sad smile flashed across Hitomi's face, "I remember when I would sing to them, when ever they were scared and Mother wasn't around. Even if she was, Rina and Ryukan would always come to me." Hitomi tried to laugh at the memories, but it only made her heart ache in pain and loneliness.

Hitomi sighed as she sat down on a small boulder and began to sing to herself, hoping that the pain would all go away,

"In the moon light I felt your heart…quiver like a bow string's pulse. In the moon's pale light, you looked at me…no body knows your heart. When the sun has gone, I see you… beautiful and haunting but cold. Like the blade of a knife, so sharp so sweet… no body knows your heart. All of your sorrow, grief and pain… is locked away in the forest of the night. Your secret heart belongs to the world… of the things that sigh in the dark, of the things that cry in the dark…" (A/N: that's the Princess Mononoke song… pretty uh?)

Hitomi sighed again, a few tears escaping her eyes, "Damn… I never thought it would hurt this much to lose my family… just when you think you have the life, it all slips away…"

Hitomi stood, up ready to leave her resting place. Everything seemed so bleak… like everything had just lost its touch. Even the beautiful monarch butterflies that Hitomi had always admired seemed to lose their sparkling glory.

Ignoring the lovely butterflies, Hitomi got ready to carry out her quest to save what was left of her family. "Hey, were you the one singing earlier?"

Hitomi turned around, and swung a punch at the intruder, "Who goes there?"

"Hey, watch it! I was just wondering if you were the one singing! I heard it, it was very beautiful."

Hitomi paused for a moment and took a look at the person she had tried to attack. It was a dark purple hedgehog with golden yellow eyes. The hedgehog seemed to be female, wearing a short red shirt that had black patches on it and black skater pants. Long story short… this hedgehog was trying to pull of a punker look.

Hitomi grinned, "You look like a punker…"

"Yea and you look a goth with all that black you're wearing. What's the matter? Your family died or something? No need to be all gloomy." The hedgehog realized she had something wrong when Hitomi gave her the cold shoulder, "Oh… I'm sorry… I'm like that; I have a bad habit of not being able to keep my big mouth shut. I'm sorry. Didn't mean to hit an old wound."

Hitomi turned back around, "Will you shut up already?" Hitomi could feel her patience meter dissolve. "It's as if someone planned this to happen! Who the hell is this annoying girl? Ugh! She pisses me off and I don't even know her!"

"By the way, my name's Ayame... I know I got a funky name… but anyway, what's yours?" Ayame asked.

Hitomi tried not to roll her eyes, "None ya… see you later."

Hitomi walked about five inches and there was Ayame, right in front of her face. It was as if she had magically appeared out of no where. Hitomi turned around and ran the opposite direction, hoping to give the dark colored hedgehog a clue to leave her alone.

Unfortunately, someone must have wanted Hitomi to suffer a little… Ayame zipped right in front of Hitomi again, blocking her path.

Hitomi growled, "Look I can see you're very fast. I however, don't give a damn. Now get out of my face… I have somewhere I need to be."

Ayame smirked, "Sure I'll let you go if you take me with you. I'm in the need for an adventure."

Hitomi looked at Ayame, "Where I'm going is no adventure. I'm on a mission to save two lives! I'm going by myself… find your own "adventure" okay?"

Ayame growled slightly, "You sure? It looks like you could use the company."

"Go to hell…" Was the only thing that came out of Hitomi's mouth. "If that hedgehog doesn't stop bothering me, I'm going to have to make sure she stays where she is… and it ain't gonna be pretty…"

Ayame saw the agitation in Hitomi's face, "So… what' your name?"

Hitomi let her frustration out; never before had anyone made her so angry so quickly, "I TOLD YOU IT WAS NONE OF YOUR BUISNESS! Besides, where I'm going is life threatening and you have to be a warrior to come along. I was born and raised as one. NO, you can't come! GOT IT, GET IT, GOOD!"

Hitomi stormed away, her anger was the worst it has ever been since she got Dr. Robotnic's letter…and that was yesterday.

Ayame smirked, "You're a warrior, uh? Well then, maybe you'd like to have a little one on one match with me? I'll keep the speed down, but my moves and fighting technique will be shown a hundred percent! Come on what do you say? If you win, I'll leave you alone. If I win, I'm coming with you. So what's it going to be?"

Hitomi growled… but then thought about it. "If this girl has the technique she says she's got and she's fast as hell…no… I should save my siblings alone… wait… well… what could it hurt? What ever it takes right? Even if it means getting a little helping hand…"

Hitomi grinned at Ayame, "Deal… if you win, you can come with me… if I win, you can beat it… where I'm going, I'll need a hell of a lot of help…and I can't afford dragging people by the hand the whole way."

Ayame smiled, "Okay, deal… battle START!"

Hitomi chuckled as Ayame charged towards her. Even though Ayame promised to keep her speed level down, she was till very fast, but Hitomi knew she could handle it.

"Even if I win, this Ayame person can still help me… I know she can. Mother, Father, I know that I am making the right choice to let this girl help me… I'll do whatever it takes to get Ryukan and Rina back! I promise!"

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I know, you must hate me, skipping a fight scene… I'm going to write that out in the next chapter. I'm not sure how good I am at that, so I need to pre-write before I do something stupid. \

Oh Ayame is my character, I own her; don't steal her from me, please. She is my female version of Sonic… just a little darker, loves to fight, loves chili dogs and loves to sing out loud and proud, ripping it up on her electric guitar… and I'm serious about the guitar thing… she wants to be a rock star. :

Well that's it for now! Later guys!