Chapter 2
Meanwhile, inside a forest, a cat and a chameleon were sitting on a tree branch. They
were having their special date and anniversary.
"Espio," said the cat, "I'm glad that you took us here for our anniversary."
The chameleon smiled. "Well, I thought this would be the perfect spot for the two of
us to be together. Besides, you remember where we first met?"
The cat nodded. "Yep. It was right in this forest. I never forgot about that day." She
then realized something. "Oh, Espio. I got you a present."
"You did?" asked Espio.
"Yeah." The cat reached into her pocket and pulled out a necklace with a ninja star
chain on it.
Espio was surprised. "Salley, you got me a necklace?"
Salley nodded. "I took one of the chains off of my tail ring and attached it to a thick
black string."
Espio took the necklace and put it on. It looked nice on him. "Aw, Salley…you
shouldn't have."
Salley blushed.
"I got you something too," said Espio.
Salley smiled eagerly. "Ooh…what is it?"
"I'll show you." Espio reached behind his back and pulled out his shamisen.
Salley raised an eyebrow. "You're giving me a Japanese guitar?"
"No. Listen." Espio first tuned the shamisen and then played a little song on it. He
also sang these words:
"Take time to realize that your warmth is crashing down on in.
Take time to realize that I am on your side.
Didn't I, didn't I tell you?
But I can't spell it out for you.
No, it's never going to be that simple.
No, I can't spell it out for you.
If you just realize what I just realized, then we'd be perfect for each other and we'll never find another.
Just realize what I just realized.
We never have to wonder if we missed out on each other now." (A/N: That was "Realize" by Colbie
Caillat. I love that song. Listen to it on YouTube.)
After Espio was done playing, Salley was astonished. "Espio, you learned to play that
just for me?"
Espio nodded. "Just for you."
Salley's lips formed a huge smile. "Oh, Esp. You're so sweet." Salley wrapped her
arms around Espio and hugged him. He hugged her back.
"You're the best boyfriend I've ever had," said Salley.
"And you're the best girlfriend I've ever had," said Espio. They let go of each and
smiled.
"You know how much I love you?" asked Salley.
"So much that you want to just kiss me?" asked Espio. Salley nodded and she and
Espio leaned in and made a lip lock.
They didn't want to let go, but someone said, "How romantic." The two broke off
the kiss and saw a red fox standing in front of them. They were embarrassed.
"Hey, do you mind?" asked Espio. "We'd like to have some privacy here."
"Well, too bad," said the fox, "because your privacy time is up."
"Who are you, anyway?" asked Salley.
"I am Rox the Kitsune, one of the most powerful immortal beings in this
dimension." He looked at Salley. "You." He pointed at her and it got her attention. "You're coming
with me."
Salley was shocked. "Why?"
"That's for me to know and for you to find out." He grabbed Salley and jumped off
the tree. She screamed and begged for Rox to let go of her. He didn't listen though.
"Hey, you!" said Espio, stopping Rox. "Get away from my girlfriend!"
Rox let go of Salley and glared at Espio. "Make me, chameleon."
Espio got out his shurukins. "I thought you'd never ask." Espio charged towards Rox
and swung his shurukins at him. However, he dodged them all.
Then, Rox used his invisible aura and launched them at Espio. The chameleon kept
getting hit by them since he couldn't see them.
"W-what was that?" he asked weakly.
"Just a special source inside my body called Invisible Aura," Rox answered. "No being
can see it except for me." His hands were filled with the Invisible Aura again. "Now, prepare to die,
chameleon!"
"NO!!" Salley screamed.
Just before Rox could strike Espio, he felt something hit his head. He looked down
and saw a purple boomerang with a skull on it.
He picked it up. "What the…?" He felt himself getting kicked on the back and fell to
the ground.
Salley helped Espio from the ground and saw who the person that kicked Rox was. It
was a green cat-girl with red streaks in her hair and pigtails. She also wore a magenta tank top, white
gloves, and black boots. She also had a brown purse.
"Hal!" said Salley.
The cat-girl turned to Espio and Salley. "How's it going you two?"
"It's a good thing you showed up in time," said Espio.
"Well, sure," said Halley. "I heard screaming, so why wouldn't I want to show up?"
She picked up the boomerang and saw Rox get up from the ground.
The kitsune glared at Halley. "So, you're the one that got in my way."
"That's what you get for trying to hurt my sister and her boyfriend," said Halley.
Rox couldn't believe Halley's words. "Sister? I didn't know that."
"Yep. I'm Halley Hallivan. Salley's fraternal twin sister. I don't know who you are,
what you're up to, or why your fur smells likes rotten meat. But, I won't let you try to get away with
this little scheme of yours."
Rox made a sarcastic laugh. "Is this some kind of joke? Why would a little girl like
you try to fight me?"
Halley glared at Rox. "I'm serious, buster! If you really want my sister, you have to
get through me first…unless you're too chicken to fight me."
Rox clenched his fists. "I am not a chicken!"
"Yes, you are. Chicken!" Halley started to make chicken noises and flap her arms.
She also wiggled her butt. It was making Rox very angry. He growled at her.
Salley slapped her head. "Oh, no. Hal, please, not another one of your stupid
taunts."
Espio faced Salley. "What's wrong with her taunts?"
"They lead to trouble."
Rox couldn't take it anymore, so he roared and started to charge at Halley. She
dodged it, though. Halley ran to him and kicked him in his private area. It hurt so much that he
knelt to the ground and held onto that part.
Espio and Salley's eyes grew wide in shock.
"Did she just…?" asked Espio, feeling stunned.
"Oh my God," said Salley, also startled.
Rox got up. "Ooh…you are going to pay for that, girl." He tried to strike her with
his knife, but Halley grabbed it and threw it to the ground.
Then, she launched her Boomerang Blast attack at Rox and it hit his stomach. He fell
to the ground.
She faced Espio and Salley and smirked. "See you guys, I told him that I could beat
him. He's such a wimp."
The two ninjas pointed behind her. Halley turned around and saw Rox standing
right in front of her. A sweat drop fell from her head and she giggled nervously. Then, the kitsune
used his Invisible Aura attack and pushed Halley backwards and hit Espio. They both fell to the
ground and got covered in dust and rocks.
Then, Rox grabbed Salley and pinned her to the ground. He forcefully put her hands
behind her back and cuffed them together. Next, he took a handkerchief and put it over her mouth.
She tried to scream, but couldn't.
Rox picked her up and looked at Espio and Halley, who were still lying weak on the
ground. He smirked. "Thanks for doing business with you." His used his morphed wings to fly to
the sky and then warped away to a different dimension.
Espio cried, "NO!!" But it was already too late for him. He got up from the ground
and asked Halley, "Now what do we do?"
Halley stood up and dusted herself off. "How should I know? Do I look like an
inventor who can make teleporting gadgets?"
Suddenly, hearing the words 'inventor' and 'teleporting gadgets' gave Espio an idea.
"That's it!" Espio turned to Halley.
The cat-girl was confused. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You know Tails, right?"
"Oh, sure. I see him almost all the time at Sonic Team HQ. Why?"
"I have a plan that just might work. Let's go to his lab." Halley and Espio ran from
the forest to Tails' place.
"Don't worry, Salley. I'll come and get you. I promise."
I'm very sorry if it took me a while to get this done. I hate writing long chapters. It gets me so
stressful. Will Espio find Salley on time before Rox does something bad to her? Chapter 3 will be up
pretty soon. Hope that it won't take me so long again.
