Yeah, the wait was long, and I mean long.

A lot of things went on in my life since the last chapter and because of that this was delayed.

I almost thought of putting this story on Hiatus...

But I just couldn't do it.

Chapter Three - Improvise.

Blaze entered her chambers half hoping that Silver would still be there.

The soft white hedgehog was nowhere to be seen however.

Blaze let her frown show to the empty room.

"Don't tell me things didn't go well" A voice came from nowhere startling Blaze a bit.

"Mirage, I know everything in this room is fireproofed, it won't be hard finding what burns" Blaze said with hot cinders glowing around her with flames following.

"Sorry Blaze" The tapestry on the wall shimmered for a moment before revealing Mirage with her hands up.

"I thought I gave you and Markus a ticket out of here?" Blaze said as she snuffed out the last of the flames around her.

"Marine is the only captain with a ship ready to sail and she is visiting her friend, Gardon believes that Markus will be off for the next two days..." Mirage said as she took a seat.

Blaze sighed for a moment, "You really love your illusions don't you?"

Mirage looked up for a moment before smiling.

"What ever do you mean" Mirage said as she disappeared from sight.

Mirage came back into view a moment later with a confused look on her face.

"But back to earlier, I take it that things didn't go well?" Mirage looked sincerely worried.

"They want to meet Silver, see if he is fit..." Blaze said with a frown.

"Does that mean that they will stop the vote?"

"No, Shock is on my side so an all out denial is out of the question. But with Harpoon against it and Azure being well... Azure, they could complicate things beyond my patience." Blaze explained as she took a seat herself.

"Is there anything you can do to make them approve the wedding?" Mirage asked while making her hand turn purple.

"I have an ace up my sleeve, but if I use it now it could seem like i'm forcing the council to my will" Blaze said her mood getting more sour.

"And that might make Shock side with Harpoon and Azure..." Mirage concluded aloud with her hand shifting to green.

"Exactly" Blaze said before throwing Mirage a glance.

"What?" Mirage said seeing her gaze.

"Can you stop with the colors?" Blaze asked making sure to not sound angry.

"What's wrong with fuchsia?" Mirage asked with a smile.

"Nothing, it just gets distracting some times" Blaze said smiling a bit.

Mirage stopped her illusions for a moment before she smiled deviously.

"I bet you just want too see this color" Mirage said causing Blaze to look over.

Blaze turned to Mirage only to see Silver standing there with a long necklace decorated with ruby carvings.

Blaze smiled for a moment before she laughed.

Mirage dropped the illusion and stood there with a frown.

"What's so funny?"

"You messed up, cat's get wedding rings, not necklaces" Blaze laughed a bit as she explained.

"So banish me, i'm used to dreams of a necklace, sorry but tail rings don't go well on raccoons" Mirage saw her flaw and tried to recover.

"But I really do need to talk to Silver, impressing the council is important" Blaze said her frown returning.

Mirage was about to say something when Blaze suddenly sprang up and bolted out the door.

(…)

Silver was out in the town bazar, sifting through stands for any chance of finding something for Blaze.

A large bear was towering over him with a bucket of fish in his hand.

"Yall wanta impress some cute dame I take it, bake her a nice salmon yall should, really show her a nice dinner" The bear drawled on trying for a sale.

Silver just baked up slowly with his hands raised, "I should really get going... thanks but i'll have to" Silver stopped dead.

"Yall change your mind fella?" The bear grinned as he played his hand over the salmon.

"Do you have any cod?" Silver asked with a smile.

The bear scratched his head for a moment before turning and digging under a pile of herring.

"Normally the flies head for yall's cod first so you gotta put it under the herring so they can't smell it" he mused to himself as he retrieved the fish for Silver.

"Perfect" Silver said as he examined the fish.

"Then shes your's for two soleadis" The bear smiled as Silver handed him the money.

Silver lifted himself into the air much to the bear's surprise and took off for home.

"Now to get home and cook this, Blaze is going to love it" Silver mused to himself as he flew.

He was making good time when he felt a drop of water hit him in the face.

Silver was going to shrug it off when another drop hit him, then another.

"Rain, better cut across the forest to save time" Silver thought to himself as he changed directions and speed.

The storm didn't gain thunder but the rain increased to a steady pour.

Silver was soaring over the trees when he saw a trail of smoke coming from ahead.

"Thats the clearing" He said aloud thinking back to when he and Blaze went running recently.

Not a moment was spared as Silver zoomed in ready to fight any fire to preserve the forest.

Silver landed and looked around but he couldn't see the source of the smoke.

"Huh" He said confused before being tackled to the ground.

"I smell cod Silver" Blaze said playfully as she sat on his back.

"Blaze, did you cause the smoke?" Silver asked as she got off him.

"Only to get your attention, I figured you would of seen it from your house" Blaze said as Silver levitated to his feet.

"So you burn a forest?" Silver said casting her a glance.

"Just dried leaves..." Blaze said smiling.

Silver was about to say something when he noticed the rain stop.

"Crazy weather..." Silver said looking up at the sky.

"Coil said that the rain will be on and off for the next few days... with possible thunderstorms" Blaze commented looking up at the sky as well.

"Those brain buckets..." Silver said laughing lightly.

"Silver..." Blaze said frowning as she turned to look at him.

"Hmm" Was all he said not looking from the sky.

"The council has asked to speak with you tomorrow" Blaze said causing him to look.

"The council, what for?" Silver asked looking a bit afraid.

"Remember how I said that things wouldn't be easy, well the council wants to see if you are fit to be my husband" Blaze said resting her head on Silver.

Silver started shaking slightly, "what am I going to do, if I mess up, what will happen to us getting married?"

Blaze snaked her arm around Silver and grabbed the cod from his hands, "Everything will be fine"

"Hey" Silver said as Blaze bounded away with the cod.

"Not funny Blaze, now seriously what am I going to do?" Silver said as Blaze sat above him in a tree.

Silver levitated up to her expecting an answer and instead got a fish head.

"Improvise" Blaze said as she licked her fingers clean.

(…)

Yes, not much for the long wait, this is what I believe to be the longest I have gone without updating a story, and is a horrible mark against my Silver X Blaze series.

The first story was done with one chapter a day, the second was one every two days or so... but over a week... I have failed.

I will get to work on the next chapter soon.

The clearing mentioned above is not out of the blue, it is the same clearing from Silhouette Flames if anyone was wondering.

Till next time, (Hopefully shorter then last time) I guess i'm out.