For those who said Charream, I apologize, but you are INCORRECT. See why it says StormOC now in the explaining paragraph under the title when you click on it? Well, there's your couple.

Tomo and the panda (C) Me

Charmy, Babylon Rogues and Team Dynamite (Nack, Bean and Bark) (C) Sega

Ch. 11: Twinkle Park Romance

About a week had past after facing off against G.U.N. The Babylon Rogues and I stole a few collectable and rare jewels from Rouge, muesums, and other places. Jet and Wave are on a very good pace for their new romance. That Chaotix snapshot I took from my old home was now framed and on Storm's desk. My flamed wrists were exposed proudly. Storm and I became really good friends in the past days. We've done almost everything together, except Storm won't let me watch Adult Swim. Wonder why...

The scene basically begins with Jet lying in his chair, a magazine over his face. The three of us are staring at him. Storm, Wave and I can hear him growling to himself. Without warning, Jet flung the magazine against the wall.

"I'm bored!" he shouted. "Let's go somewhere."

"Where to, Boss?" Storm asked, collecting the magazine for himself. He scanned a few pages.

"Um..." Jet stood up and began to pace.

We all tried to think of some place to go that didn't involve stealing. Wave suggested the library, but we shot her down. Storm asked for the nearest mall, but Jet said he was too tempted to steal all the manga books. Finally, after a good twenty minutes of suggestions and failures, Wave's face illuminated.

"I've got it!" she declared.

"Yeah? What'cha got?" Jet asked.

"Down in Station Square, there is an amusement park called Twinkle Park." The swallow grinned seductively at Jet. "I've heard that cute couples get in free."

Jet grinned. "Free you say? I've got no problem with that. Twinkle Park it is!"

I cheered loudly. Twinkle Park had the fastest roller coaster that was as fast as Jet's Extreme Gear. However, I wasn't premitted to go on because I was too short. Terrible, I know. Twinkle Park also had other attractions like a huge pool with fist inside. During Sonic Heroes time, Big told me that he fished there. He said something along the lines of, "Duuuh, it was good."

Seriously, what possessed Amy and Cream to let that dumb cat onto their team?

Storm and I were piloting the ship as Jet and Wave spoke about the attractions at Twinkle Park. Storm didn't really talk to us. Maybe it was because he didn't really have a love to go with. Jet, of course, asked Wave to ride the Tunnel of Love with him. Wave took her sweet time answering as Jet groveled to get her to join. Finally, she agreed, which caused Jet to jeer loudly.

Storm made a sudden jerk with the steering wheel. We nearly fell towards the floor. Jet caught Wave as she was about to fall.

"What the hell was that about, Storm?" she demanded as Jet steadied her.

"N-nothing, I'm sorry," he muttered. "We're here, by the way."

"Oh, that's good."

Storm landed to ship in the docks by the ocean. He looked miserable as he stalked behind us. I kept glancing back at him, asking what was wrong. He said he was fine, and I shrugged it off. Of course, I was still concerned for his well-being, but I let it slide. I didn't want to miss out the fun in Twinkle Park!

There was a floating monitor in front of us that stated cute couples get in free, exactly as Wave predicted. Ignoring the man at the front desk, Storm and I just bolted past him as Wave and Jet walked behind us. Holding hands of course.

The inside of the park was like magic. The roller coaster was right in front of me with other booths nearby. Other rides were close too, like a swing ride and the Tunnel of Love. Wave smirked at that one. Literally, she dragged Jet over, but he was bluntly refusing because he wanted to ride the coaster. He was the one asked first, but guys usually like the fast rode first. Laughing at his misfortune as Wave smacked him and hurled him into line, I realized that Storm was missing.

I whined out loud and began my search. Checking many booths, I couldn't find him at all. Asking around didn't help either; those who I asked wondered if I was the one that was lost. I stuck my tongue out at everyone that asked that, stupid humans. The Mobians I asked were no help either. I had spent at least a half an hour looking for his grey bottom.

And that's when I found him.

My eye twitched. Flying over to him, I noticed he wasn't even aware of my presence. Storm was hiding behind the corner of the office building and was staring intently at some booth. At the booth was Nack and Tomo just about to sit. I couldn't believe it. They were okay from the G.U.N attack! Backflipping out of pure joy, I saw that Storm finally turned around to see me.

"Oh, hey," he said casually.

"I've been looking for you. Let's go on the roller coaster together."

"Eh, go on it with Boss and Wave."

"...Really?"

Storm nodded and continued to stare at the booth.

"...Weirdo," I muttered as I flew away.

I got over to the roller coaster and found Jet and Wave in line. I noticed Jet had some lipstick on the corner of his beak. Smirking, I zoomed over to them and hopped right on Jet's head.

"Top 'o the morning to ya," I said cheerfully.

"Off, off!" Jet cried, slapping his hands at me.

Flying off, I hovered in front of them. Questioning of how the Tunnel of Love went, I noticed Jet got a glazy look in his teal eyes. Backing away, I noticed Wave had that same feature. Pretty scary, since they were staring at each other. Waving my hand in front of Jet's face, I whistled.

"Oh, um, yeah. It was pretty fun," Wave quickly recovered.

I grinned. "What did ya do on it? Hmm?"

"Stuff you shouldn't know about until your eight," Jet replied.

"Oh, c'mon! No fair!"

After waiting a few minutes, it was our turn to ride the coaster. This was it, but was I tall enough? I stared at the height bar. No freaking way. I was still too short. The man shrugged and shoved me out of line. Jet and Wave apologized and went on the ride themselves. During their absolutely awesome, screaming fun ride, I poked fun at the teen human who was at the height bar.

"You got zits," I jested, poking his round cheek.

The male frowned at me. "Buzz off."

"Don't wanna. I have to wait until my friends are off, zit-face!"

The teen groaned loudly and threatened to call security.

Grinning, I zoomed away happily that I know I upset him. Wondering what Storm was up to, I found myself back at the same spot Storm previously was. The albatross was still standing there. It looked like he was hiding from someone or something.

Storm flinched when I slumped onto his shoulder. He snarled at me, ordering me away.

"What?" I asked.

"G-go away, Charmy," he snapped, glancing over at the booth.

Hovering over his shoulder, I saw Nack and Tomo still sitting there. It appeared that Tomo was getting quite upset, and Nack was tyring to calm her down. Inside the booth was a panda girl about Wave's age. She had a white muzzle and white fur that contrasted with her tangled black hair pulled up into a messy ponytail. Her ears were black, too. She had glasses in front of her brown eyes, a baggy grey shirt and black pants. She was chubby, which was rare in girls that I saw. On her head was a pair of headphones with a cord that led into her pocket.

"...Are you staring at her?"

Storm blushed and turned away from the panda. "Shut up, and go away."

"Come on, Storm." Shaking my head, I began to drag him over. He slapped me away. "You can Jet to go with Wave, but you can't even talk to one single panda?"

The albatross flinched at that. Guess he couldn't. He began to fidget in his place and made up stupid excuses not to. He continued to glance over me and to that panda chick.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Nack screamed from the booth. We turned around and saw Nack standing up. The chair he was sitting in clattered over.

"Nack, calm down," Tomo snapped, gripping his shoulder.

The weasel stared at her, than to the panda. Obediantely, Nack picked up the chair and sat. He apologized for his crude behavior.

"Cool," the panda girl said in a low voice. Adjusting her headphones, she took out a deck of cards. "Shall I give your fortunes now?"

"Yes, thanks," Tomo said quickly as the panda shuffled the deck.

The panda shifted her glasses up onto her short nose. She closed her eyes, dishing out three cards. The cards looked like ordinary Go-Fish cards. Opening her eyes, the panda stared at Nack and Tomo.

"Um, we can hear your music. It's pretty damn loud," Nack said as the panda chuckled nervously.

"Oh, uh, yeah. Sorry 'bout that, I just couldn't resist this song." The panda took out a CD player from her pocket and adjusted the volume. "Hear it now?"

Nack shook his head.

"Ready?" she asked as her hand was placed on the card on the left. "This is the first one. It will go in a straight line, from start to finish."

The Dynamite members stared at each other. When Tomo gave a short nod, Nack turned to the panda and nodded.

The panda lifted the first card and inspected it before showing.

"Let's get a closer look," I muttered to Storm.

"I wouldn't," a voice from behind us said.

Storm and I cringed and turned around. Behind was were the other two Dynamites, Bark and Bean. Bean was eating cotton candy, making my mouth water. I wanted that so badly! I remember Vector saying that Twinkle Park having the greatest sweets. Bark had a disinterested appearance on his face, but he kept glancing at his leader and Tomo.

Storm growled. "Why not?"

"Can't you see they are busy? Obviously, they want to be left alone," Bark retorted in a tone that sounded like he knew everything. That wasn't true, Wave knows everything.

Bean pointed a finger back at the booth. His beak was splattered with cotton candy, that evil duck. He explained to us in his cracky voice that the panda was exposing the card.

The panda revealed a card with the Grim Reaper on it. "Apparently, someone you know will die."

Nack scoffed and crossed his legs. The weasel wouldn't believe such poppycock, but when I saw Tomo's face, it appeared she was curious. Like Tomo, I wondered who would die. Bark? Bean? Or perhaps one of them? I pondered who, but the panda placed the card back down.

"Do you know who?" Tomo asked, worry vivid in her voice.

Nack placed his hands behind his head. "Eh, Tomo, stop worrying. Predictions are just a buncha mumbo-jumbo."

The panda lowered her eyes and glowered at Nack. "You think that, huh? Well, maybe you just might now what's underneath the next card."

He glared at her. "Damn right I do!"

"What is it, then?"

"It's! Um..." Nack shrugged and Tomo smacked him over the head.

The panda burst into a short, rough laugh. She began to taunt Nack until Tomo pointed a kunai at her. She flinched and almost fell out of her seat. The panda grumbled and continuously adjusted her glasses.

That's when it hit me: Storm might've liked this girl. She acted so much like himself, but this panda was also weird. I mean, fortune telling? I was like Nack, never believing the predictions that befell me. Maybe I should start listening more often to what others predict. It could involve me.

Flipping up the next card, Nack and Tomo flinched in shock: It was two bells that crossed over with some strings attached. Behind it, was an alter. Behind us, Bean was howling with laughter. It attracted their attention. Tomo and Nack were up and stalking over to the moronic duck. Nack cocked his pistol while Tomo unsheathed her sword. Seriously, the guys at the front desk were going to yell at me and Storm when we walked in, but they don't confiscate Nack's and Tomo's weapons? Ai ya ya...

Bean was on the ground laughing as Nack and Tomo hovered over him. The cotton candy he was eating was now in Nack's hand. Smashing the yummy treat down on Bean's bill, Tomo and Nack pounced on him, proceedng to beat the living hell out of him. Bean screamed and protested, but Nack and Tomo were relentless and ignorant to his pleas. Bark was laughing and urged the fight on.

The panda stood up from her booth and walked over. She stood right next to a squirming Storm. The height difference was only a few inches. Pandas were bears, so they were naturally tall. She adjusted her headphones onto her shoulders.

"How silly," she muttered to herself. "they forget the last card."

Elbowing Storm, I urged him to talk to the panda.

"Forget it," he hissed.

"Forget what?" the panda asked. "You know, I'm not deaf. Chubby, yes. Deaf, no."

Storm flinched. He had no idea that she was listening. "Oh, um, w-well, that-that's not what I meant..."

"Um, what's your name?" I asked since Storm was completely dumbfounded.

"Me?" She pointed at herself in surprise. "Oh, uh, Kiba. I'm Kiba."

(A/N: Shut up.)

"Kiba, cool name," Storm whispered to himself.

"I'm not deaf," Kiba repeated.

"I-I know that. I'm Storm." Storm glanced away and back down at the brawl between the Dynamites.

Kiba grinned shyly at Storm. "Would you like a prediction?"

"M-me? Oh, um, o-okay..."

Kiba guided Storm back to her booth. Smirking to myself, I thought, Perfect, another couple created. Vector would be so proud of me!

Indeed Vector would be, if the crocodile was alive. Vector assisted in many failed attempts at creating couples. Five couples got divorced, and I'm not even going to talk about the other six. Well, maybe a peek at one couple. One killed the other, so yeah. I just hope Storm wouldn't go crazy and kill Kiba. Vector would probably have that ugly sunshine banner behind him if he was alive, and if I told him.

I buzzed next to Storm, but I declined when Kiba asked if I wanted a fortune too. Sitting on his head, I noticed that Kiba was staring at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Uhh, n-nothing." She stared at the last card of Nack's and Tomo's prediction. She picked it up for herself and gave a slight gasp.

"What's wrong?" Storm asked.

Shaking her head, she shoved the card back into her deck. She roused through the cards once more and shuffled again. Closing her eyes, she selected the top three cards off the deck. Placing them down, Kiba sparred them left to right. Opening her eyes, she noticed Storm was staring intently at her. Cocking her head, she grinned. Her teeth were sharp, like Bark's.

Storm smiled, staring at the fortune teller. He blushed slightly. "So, um, what's the first card say?"

Kiba picked up the card and gave a slight gasp. She revealed the card: The Grim Reaper. "Someone close to you will die."

Storm and I exchanged looks of shock. Was it true? Would someone die?

"Do-do you know who?" he asked.

Kiba shook her head. "Sorry, I don't."

"I-it's fine. I'm sure we'll save him or her in time," I said.

Wrong. All wrong.

Kiba placed the card back, face down. She lifted another card and reeled back in shock. "I-I've never seen this card at all..." Revealing the card exposed to be a plain old card. It was entirely white on the front. Nothing else was shown. The panda stared at it thoughtfully. "Honestly, I'm not so sure what this means..."

I asked to see the card. Kiba lent it over, but was somewhat reluctant. Storm and I both stared at the card. It was like staring at the sun. One look and you instantly looked away. In other words, the card was totally lame. However, the sun is kind of pretty to stare at, but you'll become blind. Probably like Kiba since she needed glasses. A feeling of utter disgust rang over me. A pit formed in my stomach. It dissapeared when I gave the card back.

What was that all about? A pain came and gone, weird, I thought, feeling scared.

Shakenly, she placed the card back down. Storm reached for her head, asking if she was alright. Kiba blushed and pulled her hand away. She nodded earnestly. Storm smiled a little at that. The albatross reached over and patted her rarely-brushed hair in a ponytail. Pouting, Kiba puffed out a cheek and crossed her arms. She gave a half-smile as Storm drove his finger through the hills on locks on her head.

Kiba shook her head, getting Storm's hand off. She was about to pick up the final card, when Nack ran back over, shouting, "Still our turn, lady!"

"Dude, my name's Kiba," Kiba quipped. She strolled through the deck, flipping a few cards out. Finally, she reached the end of the deck where she pulled a card out. Flipping it up, it showed the Grim Reaper.

Nack cringed. "A-again?"

Nodding, Kiba placed the card daintily back in the deck. "Let me warn you, weasel, you'll be dead sooner than you know if you keep this up." She reached over to Nack and yanked his large ear roughly.

Crying out, Nack swattered the hand back. Tomo followed behind Nack and yanked his other ear. She warned him that they would have to leave soon. She mentioned something about not paying the Hidden Rock Villages' ninjas for an assassination job.

Bark was carrying a bloody Bean. I didn't think Bean would ever keep his beak shut until now. All Bean did was yammer about, well, shiny stuff, bombs and explosions. Not that I had a problem with shiny stuff, but his fetish with bombs is a little overwhelming. Bean also had this creepy crush on Amy, so he talked about her too. We all knew the freak would never get a date.

"Can we go on the Tunnel of Love first?" Nack asked in a seductive tone.

Tomo's face turned bright crimson. She stalled for a moment, noticing everyone was waiting for her reply. "Um...s-sure."

Nack cheered and dragged her away. "Nice seeing ya!" he shouted over his shoulder to me, Kiba and Storm.

Awkwardly, I waved back. Nack was...crazy. First he wants to strangle me, next thing you know, he's waving goodbye happily. That weasel's one the most unique guys I have ever met. Not that Nack and I were on good terms, no chance in hell, but I guess he was an okay guy. Similar to Jet, but he's far to reckless and greedy. One thing they do have in common is their love life. Nack got Tomo, while Jet got Wave.

Kiba smirked as they went away. "Thank Aurora those buffoons are gone. Shall we continue?"

Storm nodded.

Kiba flipped the last card up and smiled. That last card was a heart.

"L-love?" Storm said, flabbergasted.

She nodded and stared at the card. "By the way, these predictions are never wrong. People came back to tell me I was right. Though, I've never seen that blank white card before..."

"That's okay, and thanks."

"Sure, three fifty please."

"...W-what?"

Kiba cocked an eyebrow. "Three bucks and fifty cents! A girl gotta make a living."

Grumbling, Storm throw the money at her. Kiba pocketed the money in a bag she had lying around. Probably had no place to go...Wait...

"Where do you live?" I asked.

Kiba froze for a couple seconds, then completely disregarded my question by telling Storm to come back soon.

"Where do you live?" I asked, louder than the first.

The panda smacked me straight in the face with her fist. Damn, it hurt! The sheer force shoved me off Storm's head and onto the ground. Flopping onto my back, I struggled to stand. Storm was immediately on his feet.

"Why-why hit him?" Storm demanded.

Kiba put up a defense stance. "Pri-private business! The question just scared me...Alright?"

"Um, sorry," I mustered, hovering up.

"No, I-I am." Kiba sat back down and buried her face in her hands. "I've got this anger management problem-"

Oh crap...

"-and I've been trying to control it. Just an implusiveness problem, too."

Storm sat next to her. "Hey, it's okay."

"KIBA!" a voice shrieked. The voice was a tall human male dressed in a sharp tuxedo and had slick, straight black hair. He had a lip ring which scared me. Vector once had a nose ring, and it still gives me nightmares. Adjusting his sunglasses, he jabbed an accusing finger at Kiba. "Fired."

Kiba was aghast. "W-what?"

"Fired. Get out."

"Why?"

The male smirked. "Because people are scared of your predictions. A teen girl came up and complained because you predicted her heart would get broken, and guess what? It did!"

Kiba shrugged. "So? S-she should've heeded my warning, manager."

"Ain't her fault," Storm added.

When Kiba's manager stared at Storm, he shrieked. "My word, your eyes! What's wrong with them, you freak!"

Storm's eyes widened. He flexed his muscles. "I'm going to give you the worst beat-down in your life!"

Kiba rummaged through her stuff and pulled out a bat. "Some help, Storm?"

"Gladly."

Storm picked up Kiba's manager and boy, Storm and Kiba really were tag-team champions. Kiba wailed on her former boss with the bat so hard, that his lip ring was torn off with part of his lip. Storm was strong enough to break one of his arms. I decided to stay out of this one since I'd probably be hit by Kiba's bat-or-doom. Note to self: Never insult Storm or fire Kiba.

Sirens suddenly blared from a loudspeaker. A warning issued from the speaker that two avian thieves just robbed another nearby booth. Storm and Kiba stared at their handiwork. Storm patted her head, complimenting her. Kiba returned the gesture by elbowing him him lightly. I guessed that Kiba was rarely accustomed to compliments. Carefully, I approached the twitching manager. Leveling my stinger, I stabbed him straight in the chest. He wailed like a little girl! Storm and Kiba were rolling around, laughing their heads off. Kiba landed on Storm's large chest and blushed. Storm sat up and dragged the chubby panda with him. Their faces were nearly touching. Kiba looked down, while Storm reeled backwards.

And who do you think laughed? Why, me of course!

Kiba leaped to her feet and helped Storm up. They both walked towards me, towering over me. Screaming, I zoomed above them and flew towards the exit of Twinkle Park with Storm and Kiba right on my trail.

Jet and Wave were also being persued; I could see them in the horizon as they run towards me. Jet was pointing at me and shouted, "GO TO THE EXIT!"

"THE EXIT'S RIGHT THERE!" I shouted, pointing towards his left.

Jet face-faulted into the ground. I was right, he was wrong. Wave smacked Jet and shoved him out. Kiba and Storm were still chasing me, but they were getting tired from what I could tell. Increasing the beating of my wings, I zoomed over to Wave and latched onto her.

The swallow shoved me off.

"They'll kill me!" I shrieked, hiding behind her.

Kiba and Storm skidded to a stop. Pushing her glasses farther up her nose, Kiba panted a little before shouting, "Li-li-little brat!"

"What did he do, and who are you?" Wave asked.

Before Kiba could answer, cops were right behind us. One cop shouted at Jet and Wave, while the other shouted at Kiba and Storm for beating up the manager. More importantly, the only thing I could understand from my friends was a swear they uttered simultanously. All of us high-tailed it out of there so fast, they call us Sonic.

...Man, I hate that song...

Somehow, Jet allowed Kiba to stay with us Babylon Rogues. Storm pratically fell over when Jet announced, but he was happy nonetheless.

"...Another Storm..." Wave coughed.

"I'M NOT DEAF!" Kiba shouted, pulling out her bat.

"Hah! I can play this game!" Wave yanked out her wrench and they began to fight.

...It was a long day...

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Next: Memories of Angel Island.

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