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Chapter 3: Bully

The afternoon's afterschool at Station Square was always calm and the sun was making its way down to the horizon, a radiant orange color beginning to shine in the sky. Amy walked down the route to her house just like any other day, alone. It'd been a week since Sonic moved in.

Having him around her house didn't faze her but it could get awkward. They hardly ever made talk and when she tried he's shut himself off to her unless it was it was to show their parents they were getting along. On the contrary, they had no real relationship, more like they were forced to be around each other. Amy didn't bother trying to mess with him anymore since it seemed hopeless. He'd out-wit her and be made a fool again and she'd had enough of that. She got that every day at school.

She sighed thinking about it and pouted, "What a drag,"

"No wait!" A small voice whimpered

Amy stopped walking looking around. She'd stop in front of an alley. In front of her eyes, near a dumpster, a group of four students with uniforms from another school kicked and smothered a pig to the ground. Horrified, Amy covered her mouth with wide eyes seeing the boy be tortured.

"Where's our homework, huh?!" One of the boys yelled aiming a kick to the stomach and the pig groaned.

"When we tell you to do something." Another snarled. "You do it!"

"Hey!"

They turned around to find Amy glaring at them. "Leave him alone!"

Seeing someone being bullied was unforgivable and couldn't stop herself from stepping in. One of the boys, a chicken, walked up to her. He was much taller than her, much stronger than her, but she stood firmly on her ground keeping her glare.

"Huh? Whatchu say? I didn't hear you the first time little girl."

They were about the same age. Why was he calling her a little girl? Amy moved one hand behind her back. Her feet began to tremble and hoped none of them noticed. "You heard me! Leave him—"

A fist appeared in front of her and aimed for her face, but Amy blocked it when she raised her hand and there appeared her Piko Piko Hammer which blocked the punch. Any slower and she could've gotten punched, but she wasn't fast enough. His other hand made its way to her stomach and landed.

She gasped as the air was punched out of her. The other boys around the pig laughed and made their way over to her. The pig that was punched down rose from the ground staring at her with shaken eyes. Amy offered a smile signaling him that she'd be okay so he should run. He got the message clearly and hurried down the alley with his books. Amy's eyes harden and her hand with her hammer lifted. "It is wrong to bully others!"

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"Amy?" Eliot called out into Amy's room, but she wasn't in her room. It was noon and the day was almost over. Sonic arrived home a few minutes before the sun settled and Eliot wondered if Amy had come home before him, but he was wrong. He closed the door to her room and sighed rubbing his chin in thought. Sonic appeared behind him and walked by him.

"Hey," Sonic said politely.

Eliot turned around facing Sonic with wide eyes asking, "Ah, Sonic, Amy didn't come back with you from school?"

"No," Sonic said shaking his head a bit. Eliot knew the answer from the start but it didn't hurt to make sure.

"Argh, even with you around she still comes home late." He grumbled walking back around to head downstairs.

Sonic blinked, curious at the way Eliot got upset with Amy. He chuckled and wondered if he'd get to see the two have daughter and father quarrels. Just before he was about to turn around to head to his room he was stopped by the sound of a scream and yell. One being the sound of his mother, Sonic sped to the stairs and halfway down he stopped seeing Amy standing by the door with her backpack's strap torn and her clothes dirty. His mother was standing by the kitchen hallway with a pan and mittens. Eliot rushed over to her and growled, "What is this?!"

"I fell," Amy said lamely.

"That's the same excuse you used last time!" Eliot took her ripped backpack and examined her face. She had scratched up her chin and her elbow. "What is going on?!"

"I'm serious!" She stuttered with a hard stare. "I really did fall!"

"Amy,"

"Dad I'm fine," Amy insisted and walked passed him and to the stairs where Sonic stood. She didn't make eye contact with him and swiftly walked right pass him. Sonic eyed her until she veered at the top. Eliot tried calling her back but Amy never came down. He let out an exasperated sigh and scratched his head apologizing and going into the living room.

Sonic made a face, wishing he hadn't been there at that moment. His eyes caught his mother's sight. She glared at him and Sonic gave a nervous smile.

"She did not come home with you." She stated with a scowl look.

"I was busy afterschool so I didn't see her." He said hoping his mom wasn't too mad about it.

His mother gave him a hard look before giving in and sighing. "It seems it isn't the first time this has happened. Keep an eye on her please."

"Alright," He said obediently while mentally cursing out Amy.

His mother went in the direction Eliot did and left Sonic there feeling irritated. He groaned stomping back upstairs.

He passed by her closed room and huffed. She got herself in that mess and so she should be the one to get herself out. Another thought interrupted. If this was her way of creating sympathy for her she was wasting her time. He went into his room wanting to slam the door shut, but instead he closed it quietly.

Amy touched the tip of her elbow with her folder and winced dropping it. She sighed and picked up her folder. She'd managed to escape the fight with the group before they could cause her anymore damage but she underestimated them. Her chin hurt and her elbow hurt, but in her eyes she felt relief that the boy got away from that troublesome experience. No one should experience such cruel behavior. She closed her locker after putting her folder away. She didn't regret what she did.

"Hey,"

Amy jerked her head to her side and to her surprise Sonic was a few meters away. He was talking to her…at school! She was going to reply with the same greeting response, but he added, "Wait for me near the convenience store afterschool."

He said that without looking at her the entire time. He opened his locker and placed a few books in and Amy still looked surprised. Sonic slipped a glance from the corner of his eyes but he faced his locker again closing his eyes and muttering, "Don't stare at me like that."

Amy blinked as if she'd awaken from sleep and looked around. None of the students nearby paid attention. Sonic was alone too. So, he was still caution of word getting out and didn't want to make it look like he was talking to her. Her lips made an ugly frown. What did he want?

"Why should I go?"

"Don't ask and just do it,"

"Not without an answer. Why?"

Sonic closed his locker and sighed not even bothering anymore. "Whether you wait for me or not is up to you. Bye." With that he faced the opposite direction as her and left. Amy clicked her tongue backing her body on the locker's cold surface. She watched him disappear around a corner without ever looking back at her.

It was strange he talked to her ever and telling her out of the blue that he wanted her to wait for him afterschool was even stranger. Amy's eyes widened when realization hit her. He wanted her to wait for him, maybe to walk home? A feeling rolled up her stomach similar to that of a growl. Stunned, she looked down at her stomach. Was she hungry?

:xXx:

When the bell rang that classes at school were over, Amy rushed right out of her seat without a moment to loose and rushed out to her locker. She'd decided to meet Sonic because she was curious to why he wanted to meet up. It was the first time Sonic's made any sort of communication with her that wasn't hostile or forced. She was somewhat surprised that she felt the need to hurry and not keep Sonic waiting when she really wished she could hold back a bit and slow down.

The guy had to wait for the girl, not the other way around, but her feet wouldn't stop moving and she rushed out of school. Her heart was beating hard against her chest and she could feel it through her arms and neck. Amy stopped speed walking once she was on the side walk.

"Geez," She muttered. "What's wrong with me?"

She sighed and took a deep breath to relax herself. Getting excited over something like that was disgracing. She had to remain poised. She walked down the street calmly, not running anymore, but her mind was someplace else. She wasn't paying attention to her surroundings and failed to notice anything around her. Behind her, a figure followed her.

She made her way down the same path she always took to go home instead of turning right she stopped in front of the convenience store Sonic mentioned. It was the only convenience store near her house. She leaned her back on the window and looked around the area.

She'd arrived too early.

She ended up rushing without her noticing again. Her cheeks flushed feeling embarrassed of her actions. Who knew that one sentence would cause actions like these. Amy hit her head with her fist lightly. 'Dummy,'

"There you are,"

Amy's head whipped to the side hearing a rough voice she didn't recognize. A chicken boy with sun glasses grinned at her and Amy raised an eyebrow.

"Huh?"

"You thought you'd get away from us so easily."

At first her thoughts were this guy was confused and mistaking her for someone else, but when she saw boys pop out from behind him and the chicken take off his glasses her eyes flung wide. It was the group of boy, the ones that bullied the pig boy. She backed away surprised but the chicken stepped forward, stepping on the spot where her foot had been. The chicken's hand reached for her arm, but Amy dodged his grip and turned around to run.

"Get her!"

The boys behind him ran passed him and after Amy. Amy looked over her shoulder and saw two boys, a lizard and a wolf causing her. She faced forward and to her utter surprise there were two boys in front of her waiting for her. Amy stopped and found that there were two turning points, one into an ally and the other onto the street. She made the turn and ran into the ally and ran a few more steps when realizing it was a dead end. Amy stopped and stared at a long wall that was part of a building. Amy turned around and saw the group of five boys approaching her.

She didn't want to fight them. She couldn't beat them last time and she most definitely wouldn't be able to beat them this time.

"How 'bout we finished off where we left off." The chicken stated with a dark chuckle.

He cracked his knuckles and glared at her with a grin. Amy sighed having no choice but to pull out her hammer out of thin air and getting ready to defend herself. She'd waste her time making excuses.

The chicken made the first move jumped up and using his leg to aim at her face, but with her hammer she blocked it. She pushed his leg off and he landed in front of her with one leg and used his arm to swing to her face but again Amy blocked it.

Now it was Amy's turn to swing, she lashed out her hammer to strike the bird and hit him, but he only staggered back a bit before lifting his leg and throwing a blow at her stomach. It knocked her breathless and was pushed to the wall, the back of her head hitting it. The chicken didn't stop there and threw another fist at her, but Amy blocked it but was unable to block the free hand he still had. It hit her jaw and she fell to the ground.

Her elbow and chin still hurt from the last time she got hurt and stung when she moved it around too much or touched it. She groaned and glared up at the chicken.

"What? You thought I'd hold back coz you're a girl?" He laughed harshly while Amy tried to use her hand to get up. From the corner of her eye she saw something move and with her hands blocked the incoming foot to her face, but was unable to block a hit to her back. She was pushed back to the ground.

The chicken's laugh was raucous like a madman. Amy frowned feeling the parts of her body ache. She stayed on the ground not wanting to get another blow without a plan. Her hammer was a few feet away if she hurried she could still grab it.

"Ha-ha, whaddaya think boys? Shall we finish teaching her not to mess with us again?!"

The boys behind him laughed and hooted stepping forward, circling their necks and wrist ready to take aim. Amy made an effort to stand again and was going to run for her hammer, but a voice, cool and calm, stopped everyone's movements.

"Wow,"

Everyone's head turned to the right and found a blue hedgehog up against the wall with an unamused look. His eyes went around looking at everyone and ended at Amy's pale face. Her eyes shook upon seeing him and Sonic clicked his tongue shutting his eyes annoyed.

"What the hell!?" One of the guys spat.

"That should be my line." Sonic said reopening his eyes and pushing himself off the wall to glare at the one whom spoke. "It's not a virtue of a guy to hit or even touch a girl without their permission."

The group of guys shared looks of confusing before bursting out laughing. Sonic's features didn't change one bit. He stood there with eyes open and lips firm in a straight line. Amy found the opportunity to lift herself off the ground slowly.

"Hehe, Lookie here acting all touch and mighty. How 'bout you don't stick your nose where it don't belong, kid!" The chicken snarled but Sonic didn't move at the menace of his tone. He didn't reply either.

Amy pulled her body off the floor with her hands and the chicken noticed. He stepped forward. "Take care of the girl boys. This one's mine." He snarled licking his lips and staring darkly at Sonic. Sonic returned the look with a smirk.

Without a word Sonic sped across every one of them his fist flying at each face and knocking them down to the floor. He stopped in front of Amy without looking at her, but the boys who'd fall flat to the ground, asking in a low voice, "You good?"

Amy grimaced holding her stomach but nodded standing up on her two feet. "Yes, I'm fine,"

He finally faced her with a surprised look. She was tougher than he thought. To be able to stand after getting punched merciless was impressive. She stared at the flinching bodies amazed that they were knocked to the floor within seconds.

"Are they okay?"

"They'll be fine. Let's go." He told her and gestured for her to follow him around them with several quick waves of his hand. His voice was low and firm and she wondered if he was indifferent, angry or scared. She couldn't tell. She followed him out of the alley and they walked down the street side by side without a word said.

He didn't look at her or talk to her and it made Amy grow weary. She felt dizzy and tired causing her vision to deteriorate. Her energy was drawing out quickly and her body ached. She staggered to the side and fetched up against the side of the wall. Sonic turned around. "I asked if you were good and you said yes."

"I am. I just need a moment to breathe," She gasped trying to focus her eyes at a small rock on the ground to regain balance. Sonic shook his head and looked around the area as if he was searching for someone.

"C'mon," He said approaching her and crouching down on the ground while pointing to his back.

"What?!" Amy exclaimed but Sonic quickly hushed her.

"It's fine just hurry up and get on." The tone of voice he used was hasty as if he wanted to get out of that area as quickly as possible…

That was the answer. He didn't want to be seen around with her so he was going to carry her all the way home in his fast speedy ways of his. Amy chuckled mentally. He was being nice while hurting her feelings at the same time; it was a neutral feeling at the end.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and hoisted herself up onto his back. Sonic moved his hands under her legs grabbing her tightly so she wouldn't fall. "Hold on,"

She couldn't react back to his response because before she could say anything they were already running. It was the first time she'd gone that fast. Never in her life had she flown with the wind. The fresh air brushed across her face and she hid her face on Sonic's shoulder and her arms around his neck tightened. She closed her eyes tightly and time stopped for a moment when she inhaled his scent. His rich soupy smell was something she'd gotten use to and relaxed her.

They stopped running and were in front of their house. Sonic let her go and placed her down. He got his key out and opened the door, both entering inside. When Sonic closed the door and turned around to glared at Amy.

"You lied," He said.

"I wha?"

"You lied to your dad. You were getting bullied." He stated throwing his backpack on the side of the entrance. Amy shook her head and did the same. "No, I wasn't bullied!"

"Then what the heck was that?"

"That was my fault…I got involved with them because they were bullying a defenseless kid and I couldn't stand watching that." She explained her voice trailing off.

Sonic didn't say anything for a while and gave her a hard look examining her. She looked back at him with a stern gaze. She meant what she was saying and he sighed. "Even if you have good intentions you should know when to back down." His loud tone was gone and back to normal.

"I know. I tried running away but they returned. I've got to defend myself," Amy said with her fists up fearlessly.

"Yea," he drawled wide eyed. "Don't get involve anymore."

"It was just this one time though," Amy said defensively.

"What about the other times. Your dad made it sound as if it'd happen before."

"No it doesn't happen often, but I am clumsy," She admitted sheepishly.

'Often?' Sonic sighed hoarsely with a face palm. His hand dragged down slightly his eyes peeking in between his fingers. Amy blinked.

Sonic inspected her face. His eyes traveled from place to place. Then he looked at her clothing and turned around walking for the stairs. His hand dropped off his face. "Go change and treat your wounds before your dad comes."

Amy watched him leave with a smile. That was the first time he was being so kind to her. A fluttering feeling welled-up in her chest and she mustered up her courage and opened her mouth. "T-Thanks."

Sonic stopped mid-way up the stairs and glanced at her with an opened mouth, but quickly fixed his features to a smirk spreading on his muzzle. "I didn't do it cause I wanted to. My mom told me to keep my eyes on you because if this happened again it'd get in trouble."

"Mama's boy," Amy grumbled her hopes dropping flat to the floor. So much for being kind to her out of the purest of his heart. She'd somehow known it was too good to be true.

Sonic's smirk faded gradually into a different kind of smile, ignoring the comment. He rested his arms on the slopped railing of the stairs and placed his chin on top of his crossed arms. "But I won't always be there so I'll give you some advice. Start by aiming for the shin to take advantage of things first and never let your guard down."

He offered her a small smile that seemed to reach out and touched her heart, quickening its pace. He turned his body around up the steps and left Amy downstairs with a surprise gaze. She placed her hand on her chest and moved it around wondering why she felt so weakened by that smile.

His words were unexpectedly helpful, so unlike him. She wasn't supposed to be feeling like that.

She wanted to believe it was because he didn't want to get scowled by his mom for not watching her if she got hurt, but that smile that he gave her wouldn't allow her to think so.

Hohohoho!

What is wrong with your body Amy XD

And Sonic why did he do that? Wasn't it her problem? Haha his mom's though.

Hopefully you all find an interest to this and don't forget when reading there is a lot of foreshadowing in my stories so be on the look out. Read thoroughly. A simple statement on one chapter could be the answer to a different chapter.

Until days pass. Have a good day ya'll.