SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Twenty-Two: Double Date Dilemma
It was another calm and normal day at the Sonic Heroes base. Aw, who am I kidding. Once again, Kumori was bugging Shadow to take her on a date and Shadow was turning her down. But Kumori and Amy were not only similar in appearance, but in persistence as well.
"Come on, Shadow. Just one date." Kumori pleaded, giving him the puppy dog eyes.
"Why can all girls do that?" Shadow questioned, feeling himself giving in. "The answer is still no."
"But why?" Kumori whined.
"Because we have to be alert." Shadow stated. "We never know when Eggman's going to attack.
At the Egg-Carrier III, Violet was reading a book called 'So you're an evil clone and you're working for an idiot'. She was reading the chapter that suggested taking therapy until she heard a sickening sound coming from the room next to her. Mecha Shadow then ran out of the room and quickly slammed the door behind him.
"What was that?" Violet asked.
"Apparently the 'genius' ate some bad fish and got a stomach virus." Mecha said. "Now we can't do any missions."
"What about Metal?" Violet asked
"Computer virus." "Mecha responded.
"Bokkun?" Violet asked.
"He is a virus." Mecha stated. A sudden rimshot came from nowhere. "Where the hell did that come from?"
"Ok, that was a bad example." Shadow said.
"Hah! Now you don't have an excuse!" Kumori smiled wickedly.
"Yes I do." Shadow said. "I uh...need to help Knuckles train."
"Knuckles is on a date with Rouge." Kumori smirked.
"Damn." Shadow cursed. "What about Silver?"
"On a date with Blaze." Kumori responded.
"Jet? Blue? Sonic?" Shadow asked desperately.
"Date with Wave, talking with Tikal, Date with Amy." Kumori said in order.
"What about...What the hell?!" Shadow exclaimed. "How did Amy pull that off?"
"She's a girl with a big hammer. You do the math." Kumori smiled. Kumori moved in closer and wrapped her arms around Shadow's. "Look's like you're al out of excuses."
Shadow groaned at his predicament. Practically everyone was out doing something, some of them against their will, and Shadow was caught. But lucky, a savior entered into the room. Tails walked into the living room while trying to wipe off the grease on his face. Cream and Cheese also followed the twin-tailed kit.
"Are you ok, Tails?" Cream asked softly.
"Yeah. I just need to reroute the Tornado III's power unit to the converter." Tails said and Cream did not understand.
"Perfect timing." Shadow whispered. Shadow shot away from Kumori and rested his arm on Tails' shoulder. "Sorry, but I can't go. I'm busy with Tails here."
"Perfect! Then we can all go on a double date!" Kumori cheered.
"Say what?!" The male questioned.
"Yeah. Me and Shadow could go on our date and Tails and Cream could join us." Kumori smirked. The boys tried to object, but Kumori beat them to the punch. "Great! We'll meet at Twinkle Park in 20 minutes!"
Kumori walked past the boy and smiled proudly at herself. Shadow and Tails remained in the same spot, mouths in gape, trying to contemplate the situation. Trust me, it's that confusing.
"What just happened?" Tails asked.
"I have no clue." Shadow said.
Tails and Shadow hung their heads and dragged their feet away. Meanwhile, Cream looked down, closed her eyes, and held her hands to her heart. Her heart was beating over a hundred miles per hour at the thought of the upcoming date.
"A date...with Tails." Cream thought. "This...could be my chance. Today, I will tell Tails my feelings."
Meanwhile, in the Dark Ruler's realm, Nazo was seated at his throne with an irritated expression. Lately, Nazo has been trying to break down the dimensional barrier to reach Blaze's realm and the Sol Emeralds. Now Nazo was powerful, but not powerful enough. Just then, Erazor appeared to his master holding a bottle of pink liquid.
"What is it Erazor?" Nazo sighed.
"Nazo, I have discovered a way to finally defeat those meddlesome heroes." Erazor said.
"This should be good." Nazo thought sarcastically.
"You know that Shadow is the leader of the team, right?" Erazor said. Nazo nodded. "Without Shadow lead them, the team would fall to shambles. If we could create a distraction for Shadow, we will be victorious!"
"And how do you plan to do that?" Nazo asked.
"With this." Erazor answered as he held up to bottle. "It's a love potion I created. Once Shadow drinks this, he'll fall in love with the first female he sees. With him out of commission..."
"The heroes will crumble." Nazo realized. "Erazor, that's brilliant. But just in case it fails." Nazo summoned forth two canisters containing a ram's skull. "BLACK CHAOS!"
The ram's skull was enveloped in a dark flame and began to take life. When the flame disappeared, the skull was replaced by a ram beast wearing skeleton armor and had three razor talons connected to his wrists.
"It's good to be alive!" The ram yelled. "I'm Crio and I'm ready to serve!"
"Proceed to Twinkle Park in Station Square." Nazo ordered. "I can feel Shadow's presence there."
"What is he doing there?" Erazor asked.
"What am I doing here?" Shadow asked himself.
Shadow, Tails, Kumori, and Cream were walking through the vast amusement park to begin their date, much to Shadow's displeasure. Tails surprisingly enjoyed the day with Cream, but Kumori was dragging Shadow everywhere. Now he knows how Sonic feels. They went on the roller coasters and played at the booths while Shadow was brooding in a corner somewhere.
"Shadow, stop acting like a baby." Kumori said. "See, Tails is enjoying it."
"He's a kid; he's supposed to enjoy it." Shadow replied. "I could be preparing myself for one of Nazo's attacks, but instead I'm stuck with two children and insane woman."
"What was that?!" Kumori growled.
"Nothing." Shadow said quickly.
But it was too late. Kumori reeled back her fist and punched Shadow's lights out. Meanwhile, Tails was testing his luck at the ring toss. Unknown to him, Cream was watching Tails from a distance. She watched with admiration of Tails carefree nature and his glow of innocence. Her heart was about ready to jump out of her chest. This was the perfect opportunity to tell him.
"I need to tell him." Cream thought. Cream moved away from her hiding spot and walked up to Tails. As she came closer, she was starting to have second thoughts. But she made it this far, she should go for it. "Uh...Tails."
Tails turned to face the young rabbit. But as Cream's luck would have it, one of Tails' namesakes swiped across the rabbit's feet and tripped her. Cream fell...Straight into Tails arms.
"You ok, Cream?" Tails asked.
Cream's face turned a deep shade of red. Here she was, in the arms of her crush, and was making a complete fool of herself. Cream looked up and saw how close their faces were to each other. Cream squeaked and jumped out of Tails arms. Cream covered her red face with long ears and ran off in a random direction, leaving a confused kit.
"Was it something I said?" Tails questioned.
On the other side the park, Crio was disguised as a lemonade vendor and poured Erazor's love potion into one of the cups. Just then, Shadow walked up to the stand, holding his left eye in his hand.
"Crazy woman." Shadow muttered. "Why did Gerald have to create her in the first place?"
"You sound troubled." Crio said. Crio handed Shadow the cup with the love potion. "Here. It's on the house."
"Thanks." Shadow said.
Shadow took the cup without realizing the danger. Crio was chuckling sinisterly as Shadow tipped his head to consume the drink. The potion was almost to his lips, but fate had other plans. Cream, blinded by her ears, accidentally ran into Shadow and caused him to spill the potion. Crio gasped in horror as Erazor's potion splashed everywhere. But one particular drop flew into the air and landed into Cream's mouth. Shadow brushed the potion off his chest fur just as Tails and Kumori walked up.
"Cream, are you ok?" Tails asked why helping her up.
"Yeah. I'm just..." Cream trailed off when she stared into Tail bright blue eyes. Cream's earlier shyness had disappeared and was replaced a feeling of yearning. Cream gave Tails a look similar to one Rouge gives Knuckles. "...fine."
"Ugh. Just great. It will take forever to get this out of my fur." Shadow complained.
"You can complain later." Kumori said as she grabbed Shadow's wrist. "Right now, we have a date to finish. How about The Tunnel of Love next?"
Kumori pulled the black hedgehog by his arm and dragged him away from the other couple. Shadow looked back desperately and gave a look that said 'help me'. Tails giggled at Shadow's expression.
"I wouldn't want to be Shadow right now." Tails laughed.
"You know, The Tunnel of Love sounds like a perfect place to visit." Cream whispered into the kits ears.
"Huh?" Tails nervously.
"Just imagine it: you and me together in a dark tunnel." Cream said with a sigh.
"What's going on with Cream?" Tails thought. "She's starting to act like Amy."
"Let's not wait around! Let's go!" Cream cheered.
Cream grabbed Tails by the arm and started to drag him away. Tails was panicking and screaming like Sonic would in this situation. All the while, Crio was staring with wide eyes at the events that played out. Just then, Erazor Djinn appeared next to him. Crio's eyes rolled over to Erazor and gave a nervous smile. Erazor grabbed Crio by the neck and slammed him to the wall.
"Uh...nice day, huh?" Crio tried to change the subject.
"You think I didn't see that, you idiot!" Erazor yelled. "How could you bumble something as easy as giving out drinks?!"
"But it wasn't my fault!" Crio screamed desperately. "That little rabbit ran it the black hedgehog and accidentally drank the potion instead!"
"Then Lord Nazo expects you to fix it." Erazor growled while he threw Crio to the ground. "You can make up for your mistake by killing that rabbit. And you happen to fail..." Erazor whipped out his blade and held it to Crio's neck. "...I'll take pleasure in killing you. Nazo will never notice."
"Uh...Right. Gotta go!" Crio said quickly and zipped away.
"Why does Nazo make his monsters idiots?" Erazor asked himself.
"Tails, stopping being a baby. It's perfectly fine." Cream said.
"No way!" Tails exclaimed. "There's no way I'm letting go.
After hearing Creams plan to ride Tunnel of Love, Tails panicked and used his namesakes to cling to a lamp post. Cream was tugging Tails by his ears to try and pry him off. People were staring at them crazily. But they were pretty much used to see such sights because of Sonic and Amy. No matter how hard Cream tried, Tails wouldn't let go. Finally, something slice the post off and Tails was thrown over Cream's head and into a wall.
"Why me?" Tails whined into the wall.
"Tails, are you ok?" Cream asked in concern.
"I could ask you the same thing." Cream turned around to face Crio. "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
"Of a lemonade vendor?" Cream asked. Crio looked down to see that he was wearing his disguise. Crio grabbed his disguise and tore it to shreds to reveal his true self. "A monster!"
"Now time to punish you." Crio cackled.
Cream stepped back as Crio advanced towards her. Cream stopped when she was forced back into a wall. Crio sickly licked the talons on his wrist before raising them above his head. Crio was ready to swing until he felt himself suddenly stop. Crio looked down to his feet and saw two purple rings.
"Come on!" Tail exclaimed. Tails grabbed Cream's wrist and ran for it. "Why is he after you?"
"I don't know!" Cream yelled.
"Oh, I really wish Shadow was here!" Tails cried.
Crio struggled to move, but was failing. Then he remembered the rings touched his armor. Crio used his horns to detach his skeleton armor and reveal his decaying, rotting corpse. (Ew, nasty!) Crio turned his head to the retreating children. In a flash of blinding speed, Crio reappeared behind Tails and jabbed his knee into the back of kits head. Cream gasped while Crio ran ahead of the flying fox. Crio appeared in front of Tail and slammed his elbow into his chest to plow him into the ground. Crio once again licked one of his talons before pointing it at the kits neck.
"Now it's time to die." Crio said in a low voice. He attempted to stab Tails until he felt a foot connecting to his face. Crio was thrown back and looked mad. "All right, who did that?" Crio stood up to see only Cream, who was shaking and holding her head down. "You! You're going to pay for that, you rat!" Cream looked up and stared at Crio with flames of rage in her eyes. Crio was scared. "I meant brat in the nicest possible."
"You hurt my Tails!" Cream yelled in a higher pitch than usual. "You'll pay for that!"
Crio stepped back in fear. Cream suddenly jumped forward and kicked Crio hard in the face. Crio tumbled back a few feet and landed on his face. Before he could get up, Cream stomped on his head and plowed him into the ground. Crio pulled himself out of the ground, only to be continually slapped in the face by Cream's long ears. Crio stumbled back and feared for his life.
"This girl is crazy!" Crio thought. "I have to get out of here quickly!"
"Cheese!!!" Cream suddenly yelled.
Cream's yells reached all the way back to the base and into the room the she and Blaze shared. At the end of Cream's bed, Cheese was sleeping in his little bed until he heard Cream's voice. The plain chao shot up and zoomed right out of the room. Moments later, Cheese had amazingly found himself with Cream again. Cheese hugged Cream for a moment before it noticed Crio's presence. Realizing why it was called Cheese allowed himself to be rolled into a ball and Cream reeled him back like a baseball.
"Uh, you know I think I left the oven on!" Crio screamed and started to run.
But it was all too late for the nasty goat. Cream threw Cheese forward and launched him at impressive speeds. The ram was making his getaway until Cheese rammed him in the back. But the force of Cream's thrown forced Cheese directly through the monster. Crio screamed in pain for a moment before turning to dust with only its skull remaining. Cheese returned to his owner and gave her a victory hug.
"We did it, Cheese!" Cream cheered.
"Chao!"
"Wow, Cream, you were amazing." Tails said in awe.
"Thank you." Cream giggled and blushed.
Just when they thought it was over, Erazor Djinn appeared in a puff of black smoke.
"Oh no!" Tails exclaimed and jumped in front of Cream.
"Stupid beast. I knew that it was of no use." Erazor said. Erazor held his hand out to the remains of the monster and incinerated it a blaze of fire. "I knew I should have destroyed him after he failed to successfully administer the love potion."
"Love potion?" Tails asked. "What are you talking about?"
"The love potion that the girl drank." Erazor pointed to Cream.
"Wait. So that's why she's acting like this?" Tails asked.
"No. It doesn't affect her." Erazor said.
"Huh?" Tails questioned.
"The potion does not affect those who are already in love." Erazor explained.
"What does that mean?" Tails asked. But before he could he could get his answer, Erazor disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Wait! You didn't answer my question!"
"I think I can answer it, Tails." Cream said.
"What do you mean?" Tails asked as he turned to Cream.
"He said it doesn't affect me is because it doesn't work on those already in love, right?" Cream asked. Tails nodded. "There's something I have been meaning to tell you for a long time."
"What is it, Cream?" Tails asked.
"I...I lo..." Cream stuttered. "I lo...I lov..." Cheese was getting tired of this and hit Cream in the back of the head. "I love you, Tails!"
The truth was finally out. Cream had finally admitted her feelings towards Tails. Tails stared at Cream with his mouth hanging wide open. Cream felt good knowing she had finally expressed her emotions. Just then, Shadow and Kumori came back from wherever they were. Shadow looked funny because he had kissing marks all over his face.
"What happened to you?" Cream asked Shadow.
"Don't ask." Shadow said with a red face. "I've suffered enough as it is."
"Did anything happen while we were gone?" Kumori asked.
"Yes. after a long time I finally told Tails how I feel." Cream sighed. "I love Tails and I'm sure he loves me. Right, Tails?" No response. "Tails?" Cream and the hedgehogs looked back to the spot Tails stood, only to find him missing. They looked up to see that Tails was twirling his namesakes to try and escape. Cream' face was red and her ears were fuming. Cream finally yelled. "Miles Prower, you get back here, right now!"
Cream flapped her ears and took off after the twin tailed kit. Tails looked back for a moment and saw an enraged Cream chasing behind him. Tails panicked and twirled his namesakes faster. It would appear that Tails and Cream had become the new Sonic and Amy. Things are going to be hectic around. As if they weren't before.
Meanwhile, in the waters of Soleanna. And the waters bottom, a pile of rocks was crushed over a strange figure. The figure finally started to move and broke free from the rocks. As the light shone from above, it was revealed that the figure was the Mecha Shadow that came from the future. Everyone thought he was destroyed, but his core had survived and he rebuilt himself.
"Original mission: Failure!" The dragon machine stated. "Accessing secondary mission. Secondary mission: retrieve Sol Emeralds!"
Mecha opened his chest and revealed a strange generator inside. The generator started spinning around and electricity started to empower it. the generator then released white energy that took the form of a portal. Mecha jumped through the portal and looked back as it closed behind him.
Who ever said love conquers all, doesn't know these guys. WHat does the revived Mecha have planned for the Sol Emerald? And will Tails return Cream's feelings? Find out on the next Sonic Heroes.