I have absolutely nothing to say, but Riders 2 kicked some major butt. Another part, from now on, their will be a Tails/Cream/Charmy love triangle going about here and there. Yes, the JetWave is official so STOP E-MAILING ME ABOUT THAT. Sheesh...I got these little personal messages from the same guy, who will not be named but, he wrote, "Is it a JetWave? Cuz StormWave sucks!"
That guy got a butt-whooping because he goes to my school. Remember folks, I do perfer StormWave, but I do like JetWave. So, stop e-mailing me about it!
Charmy, Babylon Rogues, and whoever else is a Mobian (C) Sega, Sonic Team
Naruto (C) Masashi Kishimoto
Ch. 9: Love is for the Birds, not Bees
Cream stared at me with confusion in her chocolate orbs. Cheese wasn't with her. No words escaped my mouth, but stammers of complete idiocy. Storm gave me a slight
nudge, saying that he'll deal with Jet and Wave. Obeying him, I flew over to Cream slowly as she backed away shyly. I didn't know what to say to her. Storm entered Vanilla's restuarant, leaving me to die.
Cream and I looked away from each other. We began to walk, well, I hovered next to her. Laughter was suddenly heard erupting from Vanilla's restuarant. Something about Knuckles in a dress. I didn't really know where she was taking me, but I followed obediantly behind her. Maybe she wanted advice! No, I can't give advice to save my life. Last time I gave advice to Tails about his little Cosmo being dead, I nearly caused him to jump off a bridge. Maybe she wanted to talk about Naruto! No, that is not right. Cream couldn't stand the sight of Hinata getting beat up by Neji. Maybe she wanted to say she loved me! No, she might like Tails and me. I'm shaking my head as I right this for the record. She continued to glance back at me. I had no idea what was going through head. The fight with her yesterday rang in my mind. Sonic probably warned her to stay away from me. Stupid hedgehogs, always trying to get in my way.
A small clearing came up ahead. I gasped. It was the Chaotix Detective Agency. I hadn't visited the place in days. There was a police rope around it saying do not enter. Did I care? Nope! I flew right in with Cream walking slowly behind me. My room, well, it wasn't a room, but a closet, was still there. Vector's and Espio's garbage was completely untouched. Except for Vector's CD collection which somehow was spilled all over the floor. Oh, wait, I crashed into it before we left for South Island. If he was alive, I'd be the one buried. Vector had over five hundred CDs, so I'd suspect that it would be very hard to even find the one he was looking for.
Gazing around the cozy apartment-like building made me feel at ease. I smiled and began backflipping like crazy. Crashing into stuff was the best part though. Vector would scream like there was no end, and Espio would lecture me on behavior. That was the past. They weren't coming back. Even though I knew that, I hopped on Vector's desk. His drawers were filled with love letters to Madam Vanilla, gum, more CDs, and a photograph.
The photo was the Chaotix. I grasped it, staring affectionately at it. I was on Vector's shoulder, and we both gave thumbs-up. Espio folded his arms and smirked. Mighty and Ray gave peace signs while Knuckles did the same as Espio. I smiled, pocketing it.
Cream walked up to me, smiling gently. "Charmy, how do you feel?" she asked.
"Hm? Oh, just fine," I replied, sitting in Vector's chair. "Cozy."
Cream offered me some gum which I happily accepted. Then things were quiet except for my bubblegum bubbles popping. I had nothing to say to her. Well, maybe I did have to explain my reasons for joining the Babylon Rogues.
"Cream, the only reason why I joined the Babylon Rogues is because they treated me like an equal. Maybe not Wave, but Storm and Jet did..." I said, glancing away.
Cream nodded her head. "You always could have stayed with us."
"But you were here in Mobotropolis! South Island's about two or three hours away. You couldn't help. You had to stay here. How could you have gotten over there? Tail's plane?"
"Yes, I could've assisted."
I snorted. "Name how."
Cream lowered her eyelids. "I wanted to, Charmy, but..."
"What?"
"I wasn't even in Mobotropolis. I was vacationing with Sonic, Tails, Amy, and my mother on South Island. I'm so sorry!" She hugged me softly.
Rage filled inside of me. Red was the only color that I saw. How dare she just reveal that to me? I only thought Sonic and Tails went, but she, her mom and Amy were there as well just made me twitch. Shoving her off, I was ready to smack her, but something held me down. My crush was diminishing, but I still had feelings for the rabbit. Rapidly, I leapt out of the chair and over her head.
"Charmy!" she called as I flew away.
"Leave me alone! I don't need your help!"
Cream was following me, I could feel it. I continued to glance over my shoulder at the the flying rabbit. Increasing my speed, my wings beated faster. I hid in a tree as Cream zoomed past me. A feeling in my gut said that she was heading home. I decided to follow her slowly. Being careful, I flew from tree branch to tree branch and watched her carefully.
We came to another clearing just a few houses down from her own. It was Tails' workshop. What was she doing here? Grimacing of the possiblility that she may even like Tails made my stomach do more backflips than me when I devour candy. She knocked on his door, and I could tell she was ready to sob. Tails' voice came from the back. He nearly toppled over when Cream did the one thing I wanted her to do to me: She hugged him tighter than she would ever do for me.
A warm feeling, I could see, rushed over Tails. His cheeks were pink. If he might have, his entire body would've turned into Knuckles' crimson coat. I growled, hiding up higher in the tree. I snapped my gum loudly, diverting their attention up at the tree. Cursing, I hid back into a deeper green brush of leaves. I wiped a tear away as Tails guided her into his home.
Meanwhile, Storm was waiting inside the kitchen as Jet and Wave had their little brunch. He was poking fun at the dress-wearing Knuckles.
"Oh, shuddup," Knuckles muttered, shaking his head. He was cooking some bacon for the bird couple.
"Why are ya even dressed up like that?" Storm asked, finally keeping his jittery laughs down.
"I lost...a bet. Sonic and I made this bet up to see who could keep down more chili dogs, and I lost."
"Puked, right?"
Knuckles shot a glare filled with daggers. He continued to cook furiously as Storm made snide remarks.
"By the way, anyone tell you blue wasn't your color?" Storm remarked, sitting down in a nearby chair.
"Hmph! Anyone tell you your Extreme Gear skills still suck?" Knuckles snapped.
Storm flinched. No one besides Wave insulted him like that. He was ready to pound him to smithereens, but kept him calm. Only for Jet and Wave. "Want some assistance? I'll take the food up to them."
The echidna stared at him skeptically. "You want to help me?"
"Well, sure! But this is Boss' first date with Wave, so I just want to do something nice for them, ya know? Like how you helped Sonic on his date with that pink hedgehog." Storm noticed Knuckles roll his eyes.
He gave him a curt nod. He flipped the bacon onto a plate. "Here, meathead. Take this up to them." Before Storm had a chance to retaliate, Knuckles literally kicked him out with a foot on Storm's back.
Storm grumbled swears. He noticed Jet and Wave weren't even looking at each other. He smirked as he approached them. "Appetizers?"
"Oh, sure," Jet muttered as Storm layed their food out.
Wave merely thanked Storm and began eating.
Storm was just about to enter the kitchen again, but that's when he noticed Vanilla waving him over. Knuckles was with her. She asked what was eating him. Storm explained the situation. Vanilla chuckled, and she closed the door. Knuckles and Storm exchanged glances of wonder. Vanilla was holding a small remote in her hand. She waved them in closer.
"Mr. Storm, I overheard you and Mr. Knuckles conversing about Mr. Jet's first date with Miss Wave." She continued to look at Storm's confused expression. "Let's make something a little special out of it."
"Like how?" Storm asked, cocking his head.
Vanilla pressed on the remote. Both men looked out the window only to see the lights dim all around Jet and Wave. The birds looked completely shocked. Vanilla giggled like a schoolgirl.
Storm's grin was as broad as Mobius itself as Vanilla clicked another button. This time, slow jazz music began to play from a jukebox. Knuckles and Storm exchanged looks of achievement. Storm immediately grabbed Knuckles, taking him back to the kitchen. Vanilla waved at Jet and Wave who simply stared at them as she came out of the closet.
"Having fun?" she asked as she walked into another room and shut the door.
Jet couldn't believe what was going on. Here he was, alone with his crush Wave with slow music and dimmed lights around them. Wave was looking in disaray. They stared at each other. Jet was grinning lightly.
"Why are you grinning?" Wave demanded.
"Aw, shucks, Wave," Jet muttered. "I gotta give you that."
"What?"
"You always get to the point. I like that part about ya."
Wave's face went bright red. She blushed, looking away. She glanced back at her glazy eyed leader. "Thank you, I guess."
Jet patted her head, slowly removing her bandana scarf. Jet cocked his head, asking why she always wore the cloth around her head. Wave just had two small protruding feathers dabbed in pink at the end like her ponytails.
"I just never liked these two feathers. They annoy me to no end. Besides..." Wave looked back at the door Storm exited through as if checking to see if he was listening. "it looks like I have bed-head feathers."
Chuckling, Jet said, "No, you don't."
"Yes, yes I do."
"Well, I don't care. You are what you are Wave."
And that's when the Sean Kingston song, "Beautiful Girls" started to play aloud from the jukebox. Jet clapped his hands together. "No need to say if for me, the jukebox already did!"
"Wait, beautiful? Is that what you're implying?" suggested Wave as her face turned slightly pink like her feathers.
Nodding his head, Jet noticed Knuckles had a video camera from another room. He also noticed Storm smashing his fist into Knuckles' face and dragging him outside. Storm gave his leader a peace sign before dumping Knuckles down Vanilla's laundry shoot. Jet pointed a finger at the bra on Knuckles' head as the echidna re-entered the house before laughing. Wave burst into laughter, too. Grumbling, Knuckles stormed back into the kitchen and was being ordered by Storm to create more food for them.
Back with me, I was previously spying on Tails and Cream, but now I had gained access through Tails' chimney. Thankfully, the fox had recently cleaned his shoot so no soot piled on my petite, lithe body. I landed and began to tip-toe up to where Cream's quivering voice was hailing from. No way. I think I made her cry! I made a girl cry. Oh, man, Vector would slaughter me if that happened. However, she being comforted by my twin-tailed rival. Tails kept a hand on her shoulder as Cream poured her heart out. Cream was explaining about what I did to her at the my own home. The Chaotix would probably smack me if they were still alive.
Tails pulled her into a hug. "Aw, Cream, I'm sure Charmy is going through alot of stress right now. Besides, he decided to live with the Babylon Rogues. I'm sure he'll be fine."
Cream shook her head. "But, I worry about him, Tails. He's not the same anymore."
Not the same? How was I "not the same"? That had to be demented. I drew on Storm's face, insulted nearly everyone I met, kicked people's butts, what was different? The fact that I chose the Babylon Rogues over the Sonic Heroes, that's what. They probably thought I was just some stupid traitor and was going to turn out like Storm. Nope, I can live my life the way I want too. So long as Jet approves since he's my new boss.
The fox scratched his head. "How?"
"He, well, I'm not entirely positive, but he said that the Babylonians treated him as an equal. The Chaotix did the same. I just don't understand right now." Cream hugged her knees close to her chest.
Well, they do, I thought annoyed. As soon I get home, I'm going to make a voodoo doll of him.
Tails chuckled softly. He hugged her gently, making her sigh. I hated that, whenever Tails made her laugh or sigh. Yes dudes, I am the envious type in case you haven't figured it out already. The fox brushed her fur in a romantic way.
"Tails?" Cream asked, her face pink.
"Don't worry, Cream! I'm sure everything will be just oki-dokey!"
Oki-dokey my yellow and black striped bottom. I snapped my gum loudly as I flew into the room. A hideous glare was on my face. Both of them gasped as I hovered in the air. I scanned them with my somewhat blood-shot eyes. I could feel the tears welling up inside of me, but I had to keep them down. Blowing a few bubbles, I chewed even louder with my mouth open.
Looking repulsed at my gum-chewing, Tails stood up. "Charmy, why yell at Cream?" he asked. "You were the one that left us. It was your fault."
"Huh, I wouldn't expect you to know! You never knew your family! Your parents just left you in a garbage can, waiting for someone to find ya!"
Bad, bad move. Tails was dropped in a garbage can as a baby. He never knew his parents, or if he had any siblings or relatives. I never knew mine either, so I guess that means we were equals. We had that sort of empathy going around us, but I never thought of us as equals. Tails was Albert Einstein Jr and good at comforting folks; I wasn't, but I was stronger and had more confidence. Simple as that. Tails' face was the image of pure distain and rationality. He tried to keep his temper down, but couldn't. The mild-mannered fox cried out and lunged out me. His open fist nicked me in the cheek. I was thrown backwards slightly. He charged at me again, but this time, he was flying.
Cream was aghast. "No, please stop!"
Her cries fell on deaf ears. I bolted outside with my wings. Tails was right on my stinger. He grabbed it, chucking me hard into the back of his house. Grunting, I managed to pull myself up. Tails was motioning me to fight. How could I decline? I pounced at him with my stinger. Missing, I blocked Tails' elbow with a hand and punched him in his little potbelly.
Tails shook his head as he sat up. I was glowing like a lamp with triumph. Even though I like to see dirty play, I could never obtain that foul dignity to do so myself. I waited for him to get up so I could knock him down. I never got that chance since he tackled me. Tails was on top punching me hard in the face. Coughing up some spit, Tails grabbed my jacket by the collar. He raised me close to his face as he sat on my chest. Shaking him didn't suceed.
"Never talk to me like that again," warned Tails, shaking me hard. "and that goes triple for Cream."
My head hit the ground at times. I barely caught eyes with Cream before she ran away, possibly for help. She was crying aloud for someone to help. My deduction was correct. Tails stared at her as she left. His face was that of utter shock, like "Why did I just do this?", but at least it gave me time to retaliate. My fist connected with his jaw. Kicking him away, I saw someone running towards me in a blue streak of light.
"Sonic!" Tails cried as the blue punk hero arrived.
Sonic looked completely outraged. Totally out of character, if you ask me. "Charmy, why are you here?"
"Cream told me to follow her," I replied, all mellow-like. I hovered in the air just out of Sonic's reach. "she ran away from me, came here, Tails tried to make me feel like crap, so I just said somethin'-"
"That 'something' just happens to be my family!" Tails shouted walking towards Sonic. "I never knew them. You never knew yours, Charmy, so don't talk trash when you feel the same pain."
Cream, now holding Cheese, whimpered and began to cry softly.
I didn't want this. I never wanted to actually see Cream cry before me. I was the one the caused her pain today. Spitting my gum out, I cowardly flew away back to Ala Rabbit. They called for me to come back, to talk it over. Leaving was so much better. Besides, I had the Babylon Rogues to talk to. Why talk trash when I could pal around with Storm and the others? I hid in another tree as Sonic ran past with Tails and Cream following.
Thank Aurora above that they didn't go to Cream's house. I heard laughter at Ala Rabbit. Peering through a window, I saw Jet and Wave laughing. They were happy at least. I zoomed through the front door, waving at them. They waved back as I entered the kitchen.
My word, Storm was such a slavedriver to Knuckles! He was ordering him to fix to dessert. Knuckles told me later that he had to re-do the sundaes over six times before Storm was satisfied. "Boss hates strawberries, and so does Wave. They like chocolate. Neither likes cherries on their sundaes either."
"Oh, shove it!" Knuckles quipped.
Knuckles was wearing a bright blue sailor suit dress. It had a matching tiara and skirt. I burst into laughter, pointing.
"Charmy..." Knuckles growled, but then his eyes softened. "Huh? Why do you have a bruise on your face? Your kinda bleeding at the nose."
"Oh! Can I have a napkin?"
Knuckles passed me one from the cupboards, then returned to fixing the sundaes to make them like Storm's instructions.
Storm, however, seemed more concerned. He dragged me away to the opposite corner, asking what had happened.
"I really don't want to talk about it, Storm. Let's just have Jet and Wave enjoy themselves today! I'll tell ya later."
"Y-you might want to get that cleaned up." He dabbed another napkin on my lip, drawing away the rest of the blood. He went to another cupboard and recieved a first-aid-kit. He took out a bandaid, covering up the bruise on my cheek. I winced as Storm covered my bruise. It stung like heck mixed with a little bit of a marathon of soap operas as the aftershock. I rubbed my cheek, only causing me to groan.
"Okay," concluded Storm. "we'll wait until we go home, and-" He paused, seeing Knuckles hold up a tray with the sundaes.
"How about now, your majesty?" Knuckles asked with mock appreciation for Storm's "help".
"Perfect! Now, get out and deliver them." Storm pointed at the door, and I copied him.
"Yeah! Get 'em out of here!" I jeered as Knuckles kicked the door open.
"I hope you two go to hell," Knuckles murmured as he left.
Laughter was heard from the outside. Jet and Wave still found humor in Knuckles' attire. Ready to spill the desserts on the avians, Storm and I popped out behind him and handed each a sundae. Storm dragged Knuckles away by his dredlocks and actually locked him in the storage closet. Jet thanked us, eyeing Wave the entire time. Dirty thoughts filled my head that made me blush as Storm and I went away.
As Jet and Wave continued eating and laughing, Storm was persistant to found out why I had that bruise. I kept telling him the same answer, that I'll tell him later. Did he accept that? Nooo, Storm just had to lift me by my wings so I couldn't escape until he found out why. Some how, Knuckles escaped the closet, I think he dug, and
demanded why, too.
"Don't ya gotta guard the Master Emerald?" I asked.
There was a moment of stunned silence. Knuckles' expression was that of realization and utter horror. He began to mutter incoherently and twitch. Come on, Knuckles, it's not like the first time you left the Master Emerald. Remember when we fought Eggman as Team Chaotix, and he was in Team Sonic? He left his post to come down. Same goes for the Ex World Grand Prix. That guy couldn't stop leaving if it meant his face being slashed off.
If you ever heard Knuckles scream, he sounds like Amy whenever Sonic doesn't pick her up for some stupid date. He high-tailed it out of there so fast, the Babylon Rogues and I could probably call him Sonic or Shadow. Madam Vanilla grabbed his dredlocks and dragged him back to the kitchen.
"Knuckles, you must honor your debt," Madam Vanilla lectured, patting his head. "I've got a special team to guard your precious emerald."
"Who?" he asked.
"Why, Team Dynamite!"
There was a long scream of "NO!" soon following. "Those guys'll just steal it! I hate them! Especially that cunning weasel, Fang!"
"Because he tricks you alot?" Jet asked, coming in with Wave. He licked some chocolate off his lip before adding, "I thought his name was Nack."
Knuckles snorted, crossing his arms. "It is Nack. His alias is Fang."
"Whatever you say, crazy," Wave jested, giggling.
Jet and Wave were holding hands. Operation date was a sucess! At least I did some good for them. With Cream, well, not so much. Anyways, Storm and I gave each other looks of achievement. I knew Wave was inspecting my face, but I quickly turned to Jet, asking what had happen.
Jet looked extremely giddy, which kind of scared everyone, but Wave. "Well, seems that Wave and I could the perfect couple."
"Got that right, Jet," she said, kissing his cheek.
He blushed, rubbing his head.
"Gah! Cooties!" I shouted, hiding behind Storm. "Don't give me cooties!" By the way, I don't believe in cooties, but I like to annoy girls with the cooties joke.
Wave pulled out her wrench and smacked me across the head.
"OW!" I cried. "That hurt!"
"Well, we'll be leaving now, Ms. Vanilla," Storm said, giving her a nod of his head.
"You're welcome. And since this was a date, everything's free," she replied, shaking Storm's rather large hand.
"Kick ass!" Jet cried. "I forget my wallet at home, so we probably wouldn't be able to pay for anything."
"Aren't you the brightest bulb in the box..." I muttered as we left. Thankfully, Jet was too busy talking to Wave to notice.
Storm and I gathered our Extreme Gear. Wave rode with me, lecturing me on my skills.
"By the way, did you two put the ship on auto-pilot?" Jet asked.
THE SHIP!? We completely forget about the ship! Storm and I looked at each other, the sheer image of failure and shock written on our faces was enough evidence to prove that we didn't. Wave was ready to murder us.
"YOU SIMPLETONS! YOU TWO JUST CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT!" she shrieked. The rest of her rambling I should not write because anyone under fifteen probably shouldn't even hear the devasting words she belted. Or, they'd be traumatized for life. Somehow, I'm still here, and my attenae hasn't bled, so I guess I'm fine.
After a few hours of searching, we found the ship: Crash-landed into Eggman's lair. Jet's eyes were twitching. Storm and I screwed up so badly, that Jet reducted our pay. Good thing I didn't know we were even going to get paid. Vector never paid the Chaotix, including me. He just kept the money to pay the rent and bills and more CDs. I backed away as the Babylonians inspected air-ship.
"Everything seems in order," Wave concluded. "Let's go before Eggman-"
"Before Eggman what, my dear?" a voice cackled.
We all turned around slowly and behind me, stood the ingenious Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.
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Next: The Egg Armada!
Muahaha, cliffie! I'm going to start a sequel to this. If people want me too. Just tell me in the review if you want a sequel, and I'll get to planning it. I already have a few ideas for the Charms-man.