Sorry for the corny title, it was just something that came to mind.
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Once again, thank you and now, Chapter 8!
WARNING! FLUFF ALERT!
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything.
Chapter 8 – Romance in the 'Hood
Amy and Sonic knocked on the front door. When no one answered, Amy opened the door herself and walked into Tails living room to find the couples kissing on the couch. Amy giggled, and then cleared her throat loudly to get their attention. "A-HEM!"
Everyone jumped about a foot in the air before landing back on the couch. Tails spoke up first; "Oh, Amy! We…uh…didn't hear you come in!"
The two hedgehogs sat down next to Tails. Rouge took out a paper from her bag.
"These are the blueprints of Eggman's base, retrieved from the government's database. As you can see, there are motion-sensors, armed robot patrols, and even DNA-coded cannons. Obviously, he has input our DNA into the cannons so that they will fire if any of us get into the base. Eggman's not taking any chances this time. What's our plan, Tails?" Everyone looked at the fox.
"I can hack into Eggman's computer and turn off the motion-sensors and DNA cannons, but I need to be on-site to do this. The robots shouldn't be too much of a problem; we can fight them. The only problem is that we need all of us to make this work."
Amy looked puzzled. "Why is that a problem?"
He gestured at the blue hedgehog. "Sonic is obviously not capable of going on this mission at that age. Someone would need to stay and watch him."
With this, Sonic made a frowning face and spoke up. "NO! Tails, me wanna go!"
The fox looked absolutely shocked. "You can understand me? And you can speak more than one word? How can this be? The only things that can undo the age reduction effects are the Chaos Emeralds…"
Amy thought for a minute, The Chaos Emeralds…at the beach when I healed him…Did he…? "Tails, what would have happened if an Emerald was used to heal him from an injury? Would it also bring his age up slightly?"
Tails nodded. "I suppose that could have happened. Why do you ask? Did you heal him at some point during your mission?"
"After we got the Silver Emerald, Sonic Chaos Controlled us to some beach somewhere. He accidentally got into the water and was drowning. I saved him and then used it to heal him," Amy replied while pulling out the Chaos Emerald.
Tails put all six of the Chaos Emeralds they had gathered on the table. "The Emeralds have the power to heal the user of any ailments they might have. I think Sonic was aged by about a year and a half when one was used on him. All seven will give us the power to bring him back to 15, but six might be able to age him to about 8 or 9 years old." His ears perked up, suddenly. "And that might just be old enough to take him on the mission!"
Cream spoke up for the first time since Amy came. "How are we going to make sure they increase his age? He could easily just use them to Chaos Control away again…"
Sonic shook his head. "No, me stay!"
Tails placed the royal blue hedgehog on the table, and placed the six Emeralds around him. "Ready, Sonic?"
He nodded and closed his eyes. Each of the Chaos Emeralds rose and circled around him slowly. Suddenly a bright light surrounded his body, causing the observers to shield their eyes.
As the light faded away and the Chaos Emeralds lowered, everyone stood there, waiting to see if it worked. Amy was the first who decided to speak. "Sonic? Are you okay?"
The last of the light disappeared. In the place where the toddler was no more than a minute ago was a hedgehog who looked only a few years younger than Cream. He looked to be unconscious, probably due to the rapid acceleration of his age and body. Amy, instinctively, rushed over to his side.
"Sonic! Sonic! Wake up!" Just then, he began to stir. His eyes registered the first thing he saw: the pink hedgehog hovering over him.
"Hey, Ames," Sonic grinned from ear to ear. "How are ya doing?"
Amy helped him stand, and then embraced her young hero in a near bone-crushing hug. He blushed slightly, but wrapped his arms around her anyway. "Thank God that worked, Sonic! I was afraid I was going to lose you!" Sonic could hear her voice about to break.
He didn't want to see her cry, so he leaned next to her ear and whispered, "I would never leave you, Amy."
Tails did not want to break up their special moment. Luckily, he didn't have to.
"Hey Sonic! You feeling all right, man—OWW!" Rouge slapped Knuckles on the back of the head. "Knuckles, they were having a moment! Sheesh, you're so dense sometimes."
Sonic and Amy reluctantly released from the embrace, while Tails went on to discuss the plan. "So here's what we're going to do…"
Later, After Plan is Discussed…
"…and Sonic can Chaos Control us out of there once we get the Emerald. Anybody have any questions?"
Nobody spoke up. "Get a good night's sleep everybody; we need to strike at just the right time for this to work."
As everyone was leaving, Sonic approached Amy. "Amy, do you mind if I spend the night at your house? I need to talk with you about something."
She blushed. Sonic wants to stay with me? "Of course, Sonic; anything I can help with, just ask me."
He picked her up, bridal style. Oof…I'm not as strong as I was when I was 15…I hope I can still do this… "Ready to go, Amy?"
She nodded, wrapping her arms around his neck and nuzzling her face into his chest. A few minutes later, they were at her apartment. Sonic let her down, and she opened the door and walked in. Closing the door behind him, she said, "Okay, we're here. What did you want to talk to me about, Sonikku?"
He motioned for her to follow him to the couch. Once there, he took her hand in his own. Another blush from the pink hedgehog. "Amy, we have known each other for a long time and we have been friends for that long also. You and I both know that I would protect you, no matter what bad things happened. However, you never got to show me if you could protect me as well; until now."
She looked into his emerald pupils with her brilliant jade eyes. "What are you saying, Sonic?"
He gulped, thinking of what to say next. "Even when I was a year old, I understood and knew everything that was going on around me. When Tails' machine made me a baby, you were the only one kind enough to take me in. Not even Tails, my best friend would do it. You took care of me, you looked after me, you fed me, you changed me, you even saved me, and you did everything you could to make me feel like I was home. Like I…belonged." He moved closer to Amy on the couch. "I love you, Amy Rose. I love you with all of my heart. I always have; I always will."
Amy almost didn't believe what she was hearing. He loved her? She let the tears roll down her cheeks, looking away. "Sonic…I don't know if I believe you. I mean you've avoided me and run away from me so many times…" Sonic looked like he was heartbroken. Amy continued. "I don't know how I can truly believe you."
He had an idea. Moving right next to her, he moved her head to look back at him. "Then…believe this." Their lips met, and Amy knew instantly that he was not lying. She felt like she would melt in his arms. Oh my god…he's kissing me! I've waited all my life for this moment… she thought to herself. After few minutes they broke off in need of air, much to the displeasure of Amy.
He smiled at her. "Believe me now?" She put her finger to her chin, pretending to think about it and grinned one of the grins that Sonic loved.
"I suppose…but you'll need to give me some reassurance," Amy said with a devilish smile.
Sonic played with her bangs, saying, "If you insist, my sweet rose…" He kissed her again; this time licking her lips, begging for an entrance. She opened her lips enough to let him slide his tongue in. The passionate kiss went on for several more moments until Sonic felt his stomach growl loudly.
Amy giggled. "Hungry, Sonikku?" He nodded, rubbing his empty stomach. They walked into the kitchen where Amy made chilidogs, just the way Sonic liked them.
He looked into her eyes deeply. "That's another thing I love about you, Amy. You're cooking is," he searched for the right word, "Phenomenal! I mean, even some of the best places I know that sell chilidogs don't make them as good as you do!"
She blushed at his kind comment. "Thanks, Sonic! That means a lot to me!"
The rest of the meal was pretty quiet. When they finished, Amy took the plates to the sink and began to wash them. Sonic walked next to her and helped, by drying off and putting away the ones she had finished.
Amy looked confused. "What are you doing?"
He smiled at her. "Well, you shouldn't have to do all of this by yourself, so I wanted to help you with it!" Amy put down the dish she was washing and hugged him tightly.
"Oh, thank you, Sonikku! No one has ever offered to help me while I'm working!"
"It's no problem, Ames; anything for you!" Sonic kissed her on the cheek, causing the pink hedgehog to blush a deep red.
After the dishes, Amy put on a romance movie, and Sonic sat down next to her while they watched. There were a few scenes where Amy 'Aww'ed, and a while later Sonic felt something on his shoulder. He looked down to see Amy, asleep while leaning on him.
Sonic gently picked her up, careful not to wake her, and walked up to her room. Laying her on the bed and pulling the covers over her, he looked at the sleeping hedgehog. Wow…she looks so beautiful when she sleeps… he thought. Brushing away a few of her bangs from her face, he leaned over Amy to kiss her on the forehead. "Goodnight, my sweet rose. Sleep well…"
Sonic walked back to the living room and, after a while of watching some cartoons, fell asleep. The television was still turned on.
Amy tossed and turned in her sleep, her mind troubled with many different problems. She slowly woke up to find herself in her room. Sonic must have brought me in here after I fell asleep, she thought as she got out of bed. Hearing a sound from the living room, Amy walked out to find the television on and Sonic asleep on the couch. She walked over to turn the television off, and then sat down next to him. As she stroked his quills, he shivered. At first she thought it was herself, but then Amy noticed that he didn't even have a blanket covering him.
She walked over to her closet and removed a particularly warm blanket, which she laid over the sleeping hedgehog. Amy saw him immediately stop shivering and smile under the blanket. She kissed him on the cheek and whispered, "Night, Sonikku..." She walked back to her room and fell asleep.
I know I kinda went off-track of the whole 'Hedgebaby' thing, but I thought it seemed like a good idea at the time...If you dissagree, please say so!
R&R! Next chapter should be up before May 20, but I can't make any promises. Until Chap. 9, see ya!
