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Shadow: Stop sugar coating everything.
I'm not!
Shadow: Liar.
Pfft, whatever. Here's the next chapter of Romance in Japan. Finally, they get off the freaking plane and arrive at Japan…
Chapter 6: Crashing at the Hoteru
Ding. "Passengers. We are so glad you took the Universal Airline. We will be landing in about twenty minutes, so we ask of you to please shut off the electronics. Thank you, and we'll see you in a while." Dong.
Shadow took this as a signal to shut off his ipod. Tails shut down his small laptop as well, which he'd brought out after the small incident with the tangled hands. Rouge clicked her phone off as well.
The twenty minutes slipped by slowly. Sonic was so jumpy he felt like he was going to die if he didn't get off soon. So, he decided to look around—for the hundredth time—and let his mind wander.
Amy. Next to him. Clinging onto his arm. Smiling sweetly at him…
Knuckles. Arms folded, legs crossed over each other. Closed eyes with some kind of annoyed and serious expression on his face.
Tails. Completely still. Staring ahead. Eyes blank. Seems like he's thinking of too many things at the same time.
Other people…
Nope, that's about it. Sonic thought. Amy cuddled him a little more and distracted him.
"What?" asked Sonic, confused by why she was so intimate.
"This counts as the first time I get to cuddle you in Japan, doesn't it?" she giggled.
"Oh. Yeah, you're right," he muttered. For some reason, he just felt…empty. It doesn't sound as exciting as before, being able to spend time with the girl he loved. Everyone's had this feeling before. It's when you like the thing that's being offered, but just consider them annoying at the time being and wanting to just block them out. A good example is friends, like when they're all squeaky and won't shut up. You just want them to leave you alone.
Noticing the nonchalant tone in his voice, the teenager inspected her boyfriend with curious and worried eyes. She leaned closer and whispered, "What's wrong Sonic?"
Sonic stared ahead, seemingly not hearing Amy. But after a few seconds, he blinked and shook his head lightly, shrugging off whatever was concerning the other. "…Nothing. Don't worry Ames, I'm fine." He tried for a smile. Yep, that seemed to do the trick.
The airplane bell rang again and this time, some female flight attendants came out from corridors and handed each person a slip. Every time they hand one, they say sweetly, "This is the entry form. Please fill out these blanks…"
"Gaaaw, do I have to fill this out? The whole thing?" whined the azure hero.
"Yes, now don't be so whiney," said Knuckles. "I'm not helping you."
"Don't be so mean. I'll help you." Amy said, while giving the echidna a small shove on the arm.
Distinct conversations were muttered throughout the whole plane as the parents filled out the slips and the kids asked what they were for. Sonic thanked Amy and tried to understand how thing worked. He didn't know why, but he felt like he wanted to be alone after all this time. Amy was getting a little in his face, even though he knew it was just himself.
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Sonic was confused. Of course, he was excited to finally get off the plane, but he didn't know that he was supposed to hand the slip to an officer, which needed to be stamped…and why did the officer have to keep the slip? It was too confusing.
But wait, it gets better. You need to go to a 'luggage center' where you'll need to keep an eye out for your suitcases and things you brought…Are all airports like this?
…Yeppidydoo. He's gonna have to get used to this if Amy likes to travel.
When they'd finally gotten out of the airport with several fussing from all of the members, they got two taxis, four people each. To balance everything out, Shadow was sitting in the front seat of a taxi while Sonic, Blaze and Tails were in the back. That left Silver, Knuckles, Rouge and Amy on the other. Turns out, Shadow has some sort of translator chip implanted somewhere in himself, and he did most of the talking to where they needed to go and translating information. Rouge knew some from Shadow, not as fluent and accurate, but enough to be understood. She was the living translator in the other taxi.
In both vehicles, it was quiet with only the occasional bumps that shifted the luggage in the trunk and some crammed in the backseat that made a little bit of noise. Nothing much happened. Sonic wasn't too sure of how he was going to survive a whole month in Japan (I actually forgot how long they were staying…) if it's always going to be so quiet like this. Hopefully Amy doesn't go silent because of the foreign language and start trying to win him over with Japanese and calling him 'Oh, Sonnikku-chang!' He appreciated that she was trying and is into the relationship very much, but too much is just too much. He didn't want to tell her, though, so he just tried showing small signs that tells her to lay off a little. But, being the over hyper and perky teenage girl, she never noticed.
Suddenly, the taxi car stopped, and Sonic's body was jerked forward.
"Sorry." the taxi driver said with an accent, with the R's sounding like an L.
The blue blur was just going to sit back again, when he realized how soft the head cushion in front of him was. It was fluffy and warm and comfy and…
Wait, wait, wait. Isn't that…Shadow's fur?
The blue hog's emerald eyes snapped open against its will. Since he was sitting in the middle seat in the back row, his head easily slipped into the crook of his counterpart's shoulder and head, his nose slightly touching the small patch of pure, white fur. Soft, warm…comfy white fur…
Shadow didn't bother shaking the other off of his shoulder. There was a possibility that Sonic was sleeping, or it might just be that he couldn't take sudden stops and he couldn't recover as fast as he runs. It makes more sense that he was just sleeping…since there was no chance of the hero snuggling on his shoulder on purpose.
Sonic, on the other hand, was confused. He had just described his rival as soft, warm, and comfortable. Another thing that nagged at his mind at the moment was that Shadow didn't even shove him away. Is he even aware of the fact that he was on him right now? Slight possibility of that.
Shadow was partially right, though, after a few minutes. The blue hedgehog was too caught up in the comfortable 'pillow' that he soon drifted off to sleep. The two remained like that, something way too similar to the time on the airplane.
'Déjà vu…' thought the black and red lifeform as he looked out the window to distract himself from the gentle fluttering feeling in his chest.
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A rough shove and the connecting of the cold side of the car woke Sonic up. "Sonic! We're here!" Tails said, jabbing at Sonic some more to make sure he was fully awake.
With a groan, the speedster sat up properly and got out of the car when Blaze, to his right, got out. His cheeks were still warm from the five star head-rest. It was then he realized that Shadow was already out of the car, heading towards the hotel carrying two bags, one black that was clearly his, and another purse that had tropical colors bleeding everywhere, which, Sonic figured was the thief's.
He distractively picked up his bag and followed suit, scanning over the whole hotel. It looked like a normal big building you would see every day, just a little bit fancier.
As they walked past the two big glass doors, they were greeted with a big fountain in the middle of the room. The floors were so clean you could see your reflection in it. There were counters on both sides, with a few people checking in and checking out. The corners of the room had four trees, one on each corner. A few couches and small tables were laid on top of carpets which were at the very end of the check in room.
The eight of them walked over to the counters and waited in line behind a small girl and someone older who seemed like her dad.
Once the two were done, Tails explained how much people there were and how many rooms they needed and such. Tails took the four pairs of cards. The second one was a back-up card in case someone lost one or doesn't have it at the moment.
Thanking the woman at the counter, Tails and the rest of the group walked up to the elevator with the kitsune passing the cards to three other people. Tails arranged the people sharing the rooms with the little time he had in the elevator and his results were that he and Silver shared a room, Sonic and Knuckles were together, the three girls sharing a room, and Shadow by himself. Said hedgehog didn't mind.
When they were just about to split up, Tails made sure one more time. "Sonic, you and Knuckles' room is 405, right?"
The two nodded. "Yep."
"Amy, you, Rouge and Blaze's is…410. Correct?"
Blaze nodded. "Yeah. 410."
"Shadow, yours is 406…"
He unfolded his arms, which he had been doing since the time they were in the elevator. "Yes."
"And Tails and I are in room 408!" Silver said, taking the spare card from Tails.
The group all took a step in their room's direction. "Oh," the twin tailed fox said. "We'll check out the hotel when we wake up next morning."
When they all agreed, they left, getting into their rooms. Just when Shadow was about to get to his door, he bumped into someone and, slightly ungracefully, took a step back. He grunted. What idiot didn't have eyes?
Feeling oddly cold, Shadow looked at the hedgehog who bumped into him. He had an interesting design, his white quills pointed in a spiraling fashion with blue bangs hanging carelessly over his forehead and a little of his left eye. He wore a dark colored scarf, a grayish white leather jacket, and a black tank underneath. His long black boots with lace covered his snow white legs. "Heh, sorry," the stranger muttered. When he picked up his duffle bag, he slung it over his shoulder and held out his other hand. "Not the ideal way to introduce myself, but I'm Brisk."
Shadow, not wanting to be impolite, forced himself to shake his. "Shadow." When their hands touched, instead of feeling the warmth of another mobian, he felt coldness.
He must've flinched, because Brisk chuckled and said, "Sorry, I'm pretty much always cold. See?" He pointed his index finger out and small snow flakes swirled around it, slow and gracefully. "Well, anyway, sorry for the incoincidence. Nice to meet you, though, Shadow."
The darker of the two nodded, inserted his card into the key slot, and went into his room, mind blank.
Asakjfdksajdlkasjl. Friggin OC alert. I didn't want to, but no one really suggested any fancharacter to me so I had to make it myself…TT^TT If you guys want to know what he looks like, I'll post a picture of him on my DeviantArt account. (PercyJacksonRules123 to those of you who don't know) Anyway, I'll describe the room and the hotel in the next chapter. I just feel so horrible for not updating for so long. (I don't even remember for how long…) See you guys next time in chapter 7, hopefully soon…
SIDE NOTE: I forgot what the Japanese hotels looked like, so I'm basing it on my very fuzzy memory and the internet and my imagination. If it's not accurate at all, please don't flame it…I really don't know…