Chapter Three

Sonic's POV

I can't sleep. Ever since Shadow conquered the rest of the world, I've had trouble sleeping. At first I thought that it was because I thought Shadow would make a bad ruler.

I hate to admit it, but I have to give him credit, crime has went way down. But what ticks me off is that he kills them if they refuse to reform.

I say that no matter the wrong they did, they deserve to live so that they can repay society for their wrongdoings or be locked up as examples if they refuse. I hear Tails moan my name in his sleep. "It's okay, I'm still here." I say and pat him on the arm. He relaxes instantly.

After a few minutes, I get up out of the bed because I need to check on a gift for him.

Ever since I admitted my feelings to him, he's not even left my side for a second.

I think he might be devastated if he ever found out that I had left his side for even a second.

Oh well, I'm sure that my gift will please him. Or anger him. I really hope it pleases him. I already feel bad enough.

A minute later, I enter a room roughly the same as ours, except that it is arranged as if by a madman.

"Yo, Sonic! What brings you to our home?" a large red nine-tailed fox says as I enter the room.

"Not much, Rave. I just wanted to see if you have finished that little gift I asked you for." I say as I walk over to him.

"Gift? Huh? Are you sure that you asked me to make you something?" he says as he stands up. Sometimes I hate his split-personalities. Light (His good half) never remembers what I say and Dark (His bad half) is okay, but I think that If he ever got some real power, we'd in more trouble than we are with Shadow.

"So Light's in charge today?" I ask as I walk over to him.

"No man, I just felt like messing with you. Did I do good at imitating my good half?" he says as he pulls a box out from his tails.

"Perfect. Dark, have you and Light figured out which one of you is the real Rave?" I say as I put the box into my quills.

"Not really. It seems that either Rave was always crazy, or there's another one of us in here. I honestly think that there's one keeping quiet in here. But it doesn't matter to me. So long as I can stay here." Dark says as he moves to his bed. I have gotten used to him thanks to Tails.

When Shadow took over, Rave had managed to escape, but at the cost of his sanity. His evil side, Dark, led him to us, originally to kill me for 'kidnapping' his brother. Once he found out that we were together, he quickly changed pace to protecting the both of us to ensure Tails's happiness. Dark is evil as far as his tactics. He is still good, but I think that's because Rave is still in there somewhere. Otherwise, I would be dead right now.

Anyway, I walked back to my and Tails's room, wondering what Tails would think of the gift. I lay down in the bed and wait for him to wake up. I close my eyes to try to rest.

Tails POV

I wake up and look behind me since I felt the bed move. Sonic is laying there, pretending to sleep for once, so I decide to try to sleep a little longer myself, so that he might really fall asleep. Before I can shut my eyes back, I hear Sonic say "Awake already? I thought that you were tired."

"I was, but not tired enough to sleep a full eight hours. It was just a nap so that we could get back to work." I say, not giving him any clue that I knew that he had gotten up.

"Well, I have something for you before you get back to work." he says as he sits up and pulls out a small box.

"What is it?" I say as I sit up.

"Open it and see." he says as he hands me the box. I open it. Inside sits a necklace that looks like it's made from, well, the purest diamond you could ever see. I instantly recognize it as being made from Chaos Diamond. A diamond-type found only in the cave where the Master Emerald is kept.

"It's beautiful!" I say taking the necklace and putting it on. Instantly I feel the residual chaos from the Master Emerald that the jewel had absorbed flow through me.

"I knew you'd like it." he says as he tries to pull me into a kiss. I stick my hand up between our lips because I have a question I need answered.

"Not so fast Sonic, I have a question. Why did you try to hide the fact that you haven't been sleeping from me?" I say as he gives me a slightly worried look.

"I really don't know. I guess I figured that you'd spend most of your time worrying about me, instead of focusing on how to beat Shadow." He says with a sad look in his eyes.

He then looks at me with a serious expression and says "how did you know that I haven't slept?"

I point at my nose and say "I'm a fox, remember? I can smell your hormones and pheromones. I knew that you were gay before you did, I also can tell when you are sick or hurt for the same reasons." He gives me a look that shows he did forget that I was a fox.

Nice, but really? Oh well, it show he focused less on my species and more on me. Before I knew it, I was pulling Sonic into a kiss and practically shoving him to the bed. I ain't gonna say what happened next, but trust me, we both needed it.