Yup, I finally updated. If you've noticed, I've changed the category of this story from just "Humor" to "Humor/General". Believe me, I can't write pure humor; I find it much comfortable to mix humor with a good-old interesting "normal" story. Still, I hope that this story withh entertain you all. I'm certainly VERY exited about my already-planned future chapters.
"Hold still!"
"NO!"
"Hold still!"
"NO!"
"HOLD STILL!"
"NOOOO!"
Splash.
Despite Tails being only 8 years old, Sonic expected more mature behavior from the fox. He certainly did not expect to find himself in a situation where he had to force Tails to take a bath.
But a big brother's gotta do what a big brother's gotta do, Sonic regrettably thought, as he eyed Tails' disgusting-looking socks and gloves that now lay in a heap over the bathroom sink, while trying to suppress Tails' fish-like flapping motions under the water-filled bath tub at the same time. As Tails popped out under the water to take a breath of air, he gave Sonic the most venomous glare he could muster.
"I can do it my self."
"Yeah, but it didn't look like you WANTED to do it yourself when I came here and saw your workshop littered with papers-"
"-they're years' worth of observations, theories, blueprints, notes, and equations that I've been able to accomplish using just a few weeks!" Tails hollered, pushing Sonic's hands away so that he won't get his head pushed down by the hedgehog again. Annoyed that Sonic's interrupted his work, Tails scrambled out of the bathtub and spun his tails to dry himself, while Sonic looked at him inquisitively. "And I DON'T want you to interrupt my work again, got that?"
"Tails….what's wrong with you?"
It was a question that's been swimming on the surface of Sonic's mind from the moment he saw Tails in this state. Aside from the fact that Tails was a boy genius, he had never acted so erratic and different before. The fact that Tails was suddenly writing down so many of his new ideas down, without a care about any of his domestic responsibilities, worried Sonic greatly; and Sonic was usually not the type of person who worried about things.
"There's nothing wrong with me, Sonic. Just leave me alone and let me do my own work!"
There was no denying it now; Tails wasn't acting normal, and Sonic didn't know what was wrong with him. Sonic had never faced a situation like this before, and frankly, it was freaking him out. He was always facing physical dilemmas; defeating Eggman, defeating monsters, running away from Shadow when he decided to cheer the angst-hog (…sorry Ciel, I just had to borrow that awesome term) by putting lipstick and makeup on him while he has asleep….
But now, Sonic was faced with a new kind of dilemma; was it something that had to do with Tails' mental health that was making Tails acting like this? Was it psychological? What does psychological even MEAN? Sonic thought.
Fortunately for the blue hedgehog, he had enough common sense to know where to take Tails…..
"….to the DOCTOR?", Tails practically screeched, as he was unwillingly carried by Sonic to the nearest hospital, "Why the HELL are you doing this to me-"
"Whoa there, language-"
"-I DON'T CARE!" Tails screamed, struggling to get away from Sonic's grip on his wrist as Sonic dragged him down the clinic's corridor, "I can't believe you're doing this to me! I thought that you would be proud of me for suddenly coming up with all these inventions! I've always taken pride in knowing that YOU were proud of my inventions! I thought that you'd be PROUD of me now that I'm getting more ideas than ever! And instead….you…you think I have some kind of mental health PROBLEM! I FUCKING HATE YOU!"
That was apparently enough for Sonic to let go of Tails' wrist and stare at the fox with a clearly surprised expression. There was a predictable awkward silence that followed, with Tails glaring daggers at Sonic; the few people who were passing the corridor stopped to watch. The silence was suddenly broken when an old man in the corridor raised his walking stick enthusiastically, and with a trembling weak voice, screeched, "Fight, fight, fight! Fight to the death, youngin's!"
"Er…Tails," Sonic said in what he hoped was an apologetic tone, "I'm just worried about your weird behavior. I mean…when I saw you inside your workshop, it looked like you haven't eaten and bathed in ages; there were blueprint paper-thingies that covered every inch of your workshop and house, and it just wasn't normal. Come on, buddy, you know that I'm not one to usually worry! So please, let's just go see a doctor and get this over with, 'k?"
After much arguing and ignoring the old man who was continually urging them to get into a fistfight, Tails finally agreed. And thanks to a promise by Sonic to give the best doctor in the clinic an autograph for his whole family, they were able to secure an appointment by the doctor immediately…
"He's going through…..a weird stage in puberty." The doctor stated, somewhat unprofessionally. He looked down at Sonic, who had been waiting (albeit impatiently) in the waiting room while the doctor was checking on Tails.
"Uh….you mean like, starting to notice girls-?"
"No no no, what I mean is that…" the doctor glanced nervously down at Sonic, coughing and rearranging his face in an obvious attempt to impress a celebrity by looking completely professional, "your friends' hormones have a strange effect on his body. Instead of going through a physical maturity stage in puberty…he seems to be going through a dramatically mental one. His case is extremely puzzling, but I'm sure that you have nothing to worry about. The effect that his hormones have on his brain is very positive; in fact, if the growth continues, he may soon outshine the likes of Einstein and Doctor Eggman in the category of overall brainpower. You just have to allow him to…'explore' right now; give him the freedom to explore his mental state, and allow him to do whatever he wants to when he comes up with new ideas, as long as it is legal, of course."
"Oh, so…I should basically leave him alone when he gets a crazy idea and starts building crap, m'right?" Sonic asked, a bit annoyed that the doctor had to explain this situation in so much detail (of course, the doctor actually had to simplify his explanation in order for Sonic to understand. For the impatient hedgehog however, it seem like a long explanation).
"Yes," the doctor replied with a simple smile, trying to not betray his troubled thoughts…
"Good thing we got that over with," Sonic sighed, nosily slurping a soda while flicking through TV channels. They were back at Tails' home, and both were currently relaxing on the sofa in front of a TV. Well, Sonic was; Tails was furiously scribbling notes on a notebook. "Hey Tails, I was wondering, now that you're starting to become this super-nerd, I wonder if you're gonna be able to create all them machines you see on sci-fi shows. You know, like time machines, clone machines, make-myself-look-ultra-handsome machin-"
Knock knock!
"Who's theeeeere?" Sonic sang out, casually glancing towards to entrance door.
Knock knock!
"Hey pal, you're supposed to say who you are!" Sonic said loudly, eyes glued to the TV.
KNOCK KNOCK!
"Man, you're really annoying-"
CRASH!
In an instant, Sonic was up and ready for whoever rudely knocked the door down. He had expected Eggman, or maybe Knuckles, but…
"Shadow? What are you doing here?"
The mention of the dark hedgehog's name finally made Tails look up from his notes. At the sight of Sonic, Shadow glared at him in an annoyed fashion as if saying, "Oh great, it's you". Instead of saying anything to Sonic however, he walked over to Tails instead and gave him a long piece paper that looked like a contract of sorts. Upon glancing at the paper, Tails' eyes immediately started to scan the paper. As Sonic saw Tails read, the fox's eyes became wider, something that surely wasn't a good sign…
"…you're a….G.U.N agent?" Tails asked in a slow, disbelieved voice, looking up at Shadow with shock. "But…they killed your best-"
"We're not here to talk about me. We're here to talk about you." Shadow said coldly; in fact, his tone was even colder than his usually cold voice.
"Wait, what's going on here? Why are you here in the first place?" Sonic chirped in, looking from Shadow to Tails. Shadow seemed to suppress a sigh of irritation before explaining,
"G.U.N, with approval of the national government, has set a new law. To put it in idiots' terms," Shadow let out a satisfied smirk as Sonic glared at him, "the new law basically states that if any citizen living in this country is discovered as an unusually and exceptionally smart genius, then that person is to be assigned a G.U.N agent who will watch over him twenty-four-seven and report back to G.U.N periodically the behaviors of that individual. The reason for this new law is to prevent any other potential "Doctor Eggmans" from gaining power; it's for the greater good, even if it gives less freedom to certain individuals."
"Wait…..you work for G.U.N now? Why?" Sonic asked.
"It's none of your business, hedgehog. All you need to know is that I'll be living with the fox-"
"-you'll WHAT?"
"-for as long as necessary. You don't bother and annoy me, and I won't bother and annoy your little friend here. I'll be monitoring the fox's activities all the time."
"But why are you working for G.U.N?"
This time, it was Tails who asked the question. For a moment, Shadow started down at the fox's eyes, and for a fraction of a second, Tails sensed that Shadow was about to answer his question. The moment however, had passed as fast as it came.
"Listen to me carefully, Tails." Shadow said, staring at the fox like a strict parent, "I do admit that you're a good kid; I want to make sure that you stay that way. Do you seriously think that Eggman was born evil? No; he became evil and mad. You could be next. From my personal experience from Gerald Robotnik, I know that people who become genius are usually devoid of any common sense that most 'normal' people have. You're managed to stay normal so far because you weren't a genius before. Now that your hormones have started to affect your brain, who knows what's going to happen to you? I'm just going to tell you this now: I don't care how friendly you are with Sonic, or how good your intentions are. If I sense that you're behaving in any way that hints at you becoming a mad menace like Eggman or Gerald…I will kill you with no regret."
With that, Shadow walked out of the living room, leaving Tails and Sonic baffled and overwhelmed by what had Shadow just said.
Questions to keep in mind:
-Why does Shadow keep avoiding the question of why he's working for G.U.N now?
-What..."interesting" things will happen now that Shadow will be with Tails all the time (no, you crazy ShadowxTails fans, not like that. Go away. Shoo.)
-Where was the subtle Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows reference in this chapter? Anyone who gets it right will get a huge cookie.
-And of course...what interesting inventions will Tails invent...and how will it affect him and others...?
Sorry it this chapter was a bit boring; it's all part of setting up for the more interesting parts of the story in the future. Again, please review! Comments, praise, critisisms...all welcome!