Yolandah, thanks for taking the time to review and I'm glad you like the premise. Silver's been a favorite character of mine for some time, and I mainly write romance, but average pairings don't suit me well, and neither does yaoi, so I end up with this. Get ready for more characters. Do I have the attention span to keep their personalities on track? We'll see. Also, if anyone can recommend any good writing music I'd love suggestions, things to abstain from are mostly pop (anything that charts anymore it seems like) and country. I'll take metal, rock, rap, electronic of any kind, and I'll give anything else a chance. I'll also take writing requests, for either this story or separate projects. I'll write anything. Anything. Just ask, by way of review or PM. Also, Commando, it's a line that Tails said in the first chapter. Points to anyone who can figure out where I got that from. Here's a hint: Science can "periodically" help you. This is one of those times.
Silver awoke to find an arm laid over her. She didn't move for some time, not knowing what to do. Should she let Shadow sleep, or wake him up so she could get up. She couldn't see the clock, but by the sunlight coming through the window, it was still early, probably before eight o' clock. After a while, she decided a decision must be made, however, that choice was taken from her, as Sonic knocked on the door.
"Shadow!" He called through the door, "Get your ass up, or you'll be eating microwave hot dogs and chili for breakfast."
Shadow stirred a bit and yelled back. "The hell I am! That shit made me sick the last time you did it!" He rolled over, taking his arm off Silver, and continued to yell.
"Where'd you get those damn things? A freakin' corner store?"
"Yeah, actually!" Silver heard, more clearly as Shadow opened his door. It seemed Shadow forgot Silver was there, as he made no effort to acknowledge her.
After waiting a moment, Silver rose from the bed, noticing less back pain than usual, none actually, since she'd slept in an actual bed. She went to the door and left the room, just in time to hear Sonic ask, "Hey, where's Silver?"
An awkward moment usually happens when something embarrassing happens and no one tries to make fun of it. That barely describes this. Sonic saw Silver shutting Shadow's door and blushed.
Sonic felt a mixture of awkward embarrassment and… jealousy? Was he jealous? Why would he be? It's Silver. Silver. He's, er, she was a dude. It's messed up enough that she was in Shadow's room, but even more so that Sonic was jealous. Sure, she was pretty like this, even if she was still wearing a sack. That gave him a jumping point to abandon this thought process.
"There she is." Shadow said, pointing.
"Yeah," Sonic replied, seeming not all there. "She still needs clothes." Sonic then realized what he'd just prompted. He looked at Shadow who quickly spoke.
"No."
"Well, I'm not doing it!" Sonic said, pissed off. Silver began to wonder what they meant.
"What?" Silver asked, feeling left out.
"Shopping with you." Shadow replied as he and Sonic entered a staring contest. Silver blushed.
"Oh." She thought for a moment. "Well, Blaze could do it. She's my friend." (Will justify this later. Either going to involve that they just work well together, or time-traveling monkey with shotgun, possibly from Super Monkey Ball, to keep this nightmare in the inbred circle that is SEGA continuity, even if it is cross-game.)
The two male hedgehogs, seeming on the verge of a slap fight, turned to her.
"Sounds good."
"Yep." They replied, similar to when they ditched Silver with the Chaos Emeralds. She hoped this would end better.
"Ok, but one of you will have to call her."
"Why?" Sonic asked, scratching his head as he got a toaster out of the cabinet.
"She won't recognize my voice. She'll think it's a prank or something."
"Well, I'm not doing it." Sonic said, placing the toaster on the counter as he went to one of the bottom cabinets for bread.
"Why?" Shadow said, shooting a glare at him.
Sonic came up with a bag of hot dog buns. "Because I'm not sleeping with her." He said pointedly, turning to the toaster.
Shadow and Silver simultaneously blushed, knowing he meant just sleeping.
"Fine." Shadow said. "Give me your phone, I don't have her number." Silver gestured to the counter where her cell lay.
Silver walked to Sonic as Shadow walked out of the room with her phone. Silver looked over Sonic's shoulder.
"Are you really gonna make toast with hot dog buns?" Silver asked.
He turned to Silver, bun in hand. "Yep." He said, opening it and breaking it in two, and then he dropped the halves in the toaster.
Shadow unlocked the phone, went to the contacts, and hit Blaze's number. He brought the phone to his ear and wondered how he got suckered into this as the dial tone sounded in his ear.
After a moment of waiting and ruing his good nature toward Silver, Blaze picked up.
"Hello, Silver." She said. Shadow was used to her properness. At first, he mistook it for her being an upright bitch, but he soon found she was nice, if not very shy, like Silver.
"It's Shadow, actually."
"Why are you calling me?" She deadpanned.
"Silver… wants you to go shopping with him." Shadow knew she wouldn't buy it. There's no way.
"I have three questions." Shadow nodded to air in front of him in response. "Why?"
"He needs clothes. There's been an… interesting development. Regardless, he also probably wants to spend time with you."
"Why could he not tell me himself?"
"That's part of the issue. You'll understand when you get here." Shadow was getting somewhat testy, wondering how much longer this would take.
"Will you or Sonic be accompanying us?"
"No. You'll be alone."
"Good. I will be there soon." Shadow moved the phone from his face and hung up. That was about like pulling teeth.
While Shadow was talking to Blaze, Silver watched Sonic eat his "Dog Toast" and text someone repeatedly. After a few texts, he seemed to become annoyed.
Shadow came back into the room after a few minutes and handed Silver her phone.
"Amy's going with you." Sonic said, setting his phone on the counter after one last text. "She'll be here in a couple minutes with her car."
Silver groaned. She didn't mind Amy, but she would not be helpful right now. And now they had to ride in her car. Silver learned, soon after becoming friends with everyone, why Amy was inconvenient. She wasn't fast enough to keep up. She was slower than Silver, which didn't say much honestly, as Silver could barely follow Sonic's pace when he wasn't going full speed. So, a year or two back, Amy bought a car. Silver still had yet to see it, but she could only imagine.
Silver glared at Sonic, but he wouldn't look at her.
"Sorry," He said, "But she likes Blaze and I need her out of my quills."
Before Silver could vocally protest, there came a knock on the door. No one made a move, so Sonic gestured from Shadow to the door. Shadow shrugged, rolled his eyes, and went to the door.
"Hello Shadow." Silver heard. "Where's Silver?" Shadow responded by stepping out of the way to reveal Silver in all her potato-sacked glory.
Silver smiled sheepishly as Blaze's jaw dropped. "What the-" A car horn blaring multiple times cut Blaze off.
"There's Amy." Sonic said nonchalantly as he leaned against the countertop and messed with his phone.
"Come on, Blaze, I'll explain in the car." Silver said as she led Blaze out the door.
Blaze went wide-eyed upon hearing Silver's voice. "WHAT THE F-" Blaze was cut off by the door being slammed.
The car ride was an awkward one, if only because Amy kept interrupting Silver and wouldn't keep her eyes on the road.
"Soooo," Amy drew out the "o", swerving to miss another car, "Do you like, like guys now?"
Silver was more focused on holding onto her fur as Amy went aggroing through the traffic.
"You think maybe one of us should drive?" Silver asked, looking at Blaze. The hair on the back of Blaze's neck looked like she stuck her finger in an electrical socket.
"No, why?" Amy asked, now digging in her purse for something.
"No reason." Silver replied, genuinely fearing for her life.
After a few more moments of New-York-taxi-driver-esque driving, the three arrived at the local mall, surprisingly in one piece.
"I think it's so weird how some people think I don't drive well." Amy said as she locked the car. Silver and Blaze were still too shell-shocked to answer.
Not five minutes after entering the mall, Amy was gone. No "Hey, I'm gonna go over here.", no "OMG, A SALE!", nothing. She just vanished. It was all the better for Silver and Blaze, so they could actually talk without half the town knowing about it.
They entered a modest store, a place they couldn't drag Amy into, that sold decent clothes for good prices. Silver trusted Blaze's choice in clothing, besides; she was still wearing the damn sack. It was fine at first, but now it was starting to chafe.
Blaze took a few pairs of jeans off the racks and looked at Silver for a second before taking a few t-shirts as well. She figured Silver wouldn't want to wear much after walking around practically naked for her entire life. Blaze led Silver to the changing rooms noticing that they were all empty.
Silver walked inside of one and, to her surprise, Blaze followed.
"Here." Blaze said, handing a pair of jeans to Silver. "Try these. Let me know if they feel too tight."
Silver just stood holding the jeans. Blaze was confused for a moment before understanding.
"Silver, we've known each other for how long?"
Silver meekly said, "Long time."
"And up until this point I've seen you naked for how much of it?"
"All." Came the weak response.
"Exactly. And how different are our genitalia at the moment?"
"Not at all." Silver was blushing heavily. Still a boy a heart, Blaze supposed. A naïve boy she loved.
"So, take off the sack, okay?" Blaze said with a reassuring hand on the shoulder.
Then she noticed Silver was not only blushing, but crying. She had her head down to try to hide it, but Blaze was too close not to see.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Blaze said, lowering herself a bit to look in Silver's eyes.
Silver pulled her into a hug, which Blaze returned after a second of shock, before replying.
"I'm scared, Blaze."
"Why?" Blaze asked in a sweet comforting voice, as she cuddled her neck against Silver's.
"Everything is so different. I can't handle it. Everyone treats me different. Sonic's been acting weird and Shadow's being too nice to me."
Blaze paused a moment. Sonic, she could understand. She was worried about Shadow.
"What do you mean? What has Shadow been doing?"
"He made me sleep with him." Silver replied, still flowing tears. A bolt of lightning shot through Blaze.
"What?" She asked, though it was more of a statement. Shadow wouldn't… do that, would he? He was above that, right?
"He saw me getting on the couch with my blanket, like every night, but he kept insisting that I sleep with him. He said, 'It's not gay anymore, right?' and I went with him. Why would he do that?"
Blaze decided, then and there, that she was going to kick Shadow's ass when they got home. "Well, you trust me, right?"
Silver just nodded, her voice starting to hurt from crying.
"Ok. Why don't you try these clothes, then we'll get something to eat, and get this whole thing sorted out, ok?" She rubbed behind Silver's ear, like she used to when Silver got scared when it was just the two of them.
Silver nodded and broke from the hug. "Blaze, there still something I'm scared of."
Blaze looked worried again, asking, "What, Silver?"
"I don't know how to do all of this girl stuff. Tails said I would start menstruating soon. What do I do?"
Blaze smiled. "I can help with that."
Silver looked up, tears forming streaks in her fur. "Really?"
Blaze kept smiling. "Yeah, I've been a girl my whole life you know."
Silver smiled and started to change clothes.
Silver was happy. They went and got pizza after they finished buying clothes. Silver liked her clothes too. They got her a few pairs of jeans that were a little tight, but still felt good, and a few colorful t-shirts with designs on them. Blaze always made Silver feel better, even when they were all alone in the world when they were fighting Iblis.
After they finished eating, they went back to Sonic and Shadow's home. They came to the door of the second story apartment, and Blaze turned to Silver.
"Stay out here, alright? I need to talk to Shadow for a minute. I'll send Sonic out here to keep you company."
Silver nodded. Blaze went inside and immediately saw Sonic. She pointed from him to the door.
"You. Out."
"Excuse me?" Sonic said, with an upstart in his voice and looking up from his phone. "This is my hou-" He stopped dead in the word when he saw Blaze's eyes. Sonic was instantly out the door, not because she ordered him, but because he'd seen that nuclear look in a woman's eyes before and he wanted to be way the hell away from it. He noticed Silver standing there.
"Oh, hey Silver."
"Hi." Silver replied happily.
"I like the clothes. They look good on you." Silver blushed a bit at the compliment. "Hey, Amy didn't give you guys any problems, right?"
Silver shook her head.
"Ok, good. Sorry, I didn't want to dump her on you two, but she's been acting more clingy than usual, and I had to get rid of her."
"She actually ran off without saying anything as soon as we got to the mall." Silver said.
"Sounds about like her." Sonic said with a chuckle, returning to his phone.
While the two shared an innocent conversation, a hedgehog on the street saw it very differently.
"Damn that man-stealing bitch." She said, eyeing Silver before driving off.
Sonic zipped out the door as Blaze walked through the house. She heard movement coming from behind one of the doors.
Shadow stood from his bed after hearing Sonic talking with someone and the door slamming. He walked to his door and heard footsteps, but before he could open the door, it flew open, knocking his arm away.
Blaze flung the door open and saw Shadow. She took a step inside and punched him in the stomach. He doubled over, Blaze took him by the shoulders, and he was thrown to the floor. She came down on him and straddled him, pinning his limbs to the ground and began to knee him wherever she could land a hit. She stopped for a second, just long enough for him to ask, "What the hell!?" before she began to lay into him again. After a solid few minutes of merciless beating, Blaze weaved her fingers together and brought both of her hands down on his skull, knocking him out finally.
She stood, straightened out her clothes, delivered a last, standing kick to Shadow's side before leaving. She opened the front door and looked at Silver.
"Silver, you're going to stay with me." She said, a hint of anger still in her voice. "Sonic, you'd better get back in there."
Sonic walked back inside, glad Blaze wasn't mad at him.
Don't piss off a cat. They will screw you up.