Fierce

Chapter 7: The Start of New Feelings?

With both hedgehogs equally confused, Sonic finally gained the sense to pull out of the kiss. They were silent as heat rose to both faces, perplexed and mesmerized by the other at the same time.

Tails, while glad that they seemed to cease their fighting, was ultimately stumped: Sonic, kissing Amy? Had he meant to do it, or was it simply a flaw that could end up being fatal after Amy realized that Sonic had done it by accident.

No more anger seemed to resurface, and the sun continued to beat on both of the red faces of the two. Finally, Sonic broke the ice.

"So...what was I saying?"

He practically choked it out, and Amy, upon hearing him speak, suddenly shook her head and seemed to be trying to get herself to come off of cloud 9 to respond.

Tails, on the other hand, had decided he had heard enough. He was done with listening to all of these emotions that the hedgehogs were making efforts to convey to each other; it almost felt wrong to listen to the words that weren't meant to him. Before leaving, Tails mouthed "Good luck," to Sonic, and he swiftly twirled his Tails to fly away.

"I...um...I don't care about what I was saying anymore..." She admitted rather honestly. Remembering the conversation, Sonic suddenly felt guilt begin to penetrate his thoughts.

"I'm sorry Amy...I don't care about it either," Sonic mumbled, now trying to distract himself by running a hand through his quills. He looked much more composed than he felt, however. About five different things at once that Sonic had never been accustomed to were introduced to him, and it was overwhelming. The kiss, the angry words, the heartfelt apology; Sonic could feel his injured pride at his reactions to all of this.

"No...I shouldn't have gloated so much. After all, it really wasn't anything that special."

A smile began to form on Sonic's face as he began to walk forwards once more, with Amy following right behind him, until she caught up to him and was able to walk with him, the two hedgehogs finally side by side.

"That girl..."

Eggman growled as he browsed his attack plan files; he had multitudes of these plans, and he always used the one most suited for the current situation when he decided the time was right to attack his blue enemy.

This time, however, he had a new enemy: the pink ball of fury, Amy Rose.

With robots in every corner, the old doctor never seemed to run out of tricks for his furry "friends". Each robot was designed for a specific purpose so that they could thrive as much as possible depending on the situation they were put in; in other words, they would be useless in certain situations as well.

This was the case for nearly all of the robots, with the exception of one that could battle anywhere, and do considerably more damage than any of the others. Eggman's prized possession waited, deactivated, for the doctor to finally find a suitable situation for it to be used.

"I guess I really need to teach her this time," he muttered to himself before opening up another file with the title "All Terrain" The smirk on his face was terrifyingly menacing.

"Let's make those hedgehogs squirm."

And just like that, Sonic was back to training Amy, who showed a considerably greater amount of determination than ever before. The blue hedgehog found himself more and more impressed with her each passing day.

That kiss was never brought up by either of the two, but they, especially Amy, thought about the incident quite often. Sonic quickly assumed that the butterflies were his guilt for taking Amy's first kiss in such a bad situation, while Amy believed it to be a sign that Sonic was in love with her.

It was not a bad thing, however. The kiss fueled Amy's drive to fight alongside Sonic, and it filled her punches, kicks, and dodges with more passion and swiftness than ever. Her will empowered her to battle with thoughts of love on her mind.

Finally, a rainy day seemed to interrupt the flow of events; it had been sunny for the last few weeks. Never one for water, Sonic always seemed down when it rained, and he avoided leaving a shelter at all costs.

Usually, this shelter meant Tails's house, and today was "usually". Sonic laid on a couch in the corner of the lab and stared upwards at the ceiling, which was filled with motivational posters so that in the case of Tails falling asleep, he would instantly be motivated to work hard once he woke up.

"What about Amy?" Tails asked as he proceeded to tinker with a new weapon he forged to protect himself. It had been the first words spoken in around fifteen minutes; the last were Sonic asking him about food that was in the house.

"She knows we don't train on rainy days," Sonic replied with a yawn. "I don't want to run in this terrible weather." Sonic shivered dramatically and crossed one leg over the other as he attempted to get himself more comfortable.

"That's not what I meant," Tails sighed. "You mumbled something about Amy before. I wanted to know what it was about her that you were thinking about." A smirk appeared on the fox's face; Sonic hadn't actually said anything about Amy, but he wanted to see if that would rouse a reaction from his friend. With Tails always getting the short end of the stick because of Sonic's teasing, he used this chance to finally get his revenge.

"What!?" Sonic sat up with a start, gazing at his friend with a perplexed look. "I did not mumble anything about Amy..."

"While you were sleeping," Tails justified.

"Well then what does it matter anyway? Amy and I are just friends."

"I never said you weren't. Where'd you get that thought from?" With Sonic's face now a deep red, Tails had to stifle a laugh that nearly erupted from his mouth. His friend was cornered with a reaction Tails hadn't even been hoping for.

"We're not talking about this."

"Actually we were. Weren't you paying attention?"

"Tails, stop jumping to conclusions!"

"I wasn't jumping to anything! I mean if you'd just admit you like Amy a little more than just being friends..."

"I don't like Amy!"

SLAM

The door of the laboratory was yanked shut in an instant, and suddenly the entire situation began to play back in the fox's mind.

Amy was at the door.

And she probably assumed Sonic was saying he hated her, because she took the conversation out of context.

"Who was that at the door?" The oblivious hedgehog murmured, about to lay down comfortably again. However, Tails interrupted Sonic's leisure time:

"That was Amy."

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