A/N: Heh, these are gettin shorter and shorter, I swear the next one's gonna be-Chapter 4, The...ok post! No but seriously here's chapter 3 with extra shortness and long waits between. I had fun writing this one...until I got bored...and distracted, mainly playing Sonic Heroes. I gotta say, that game was kinda fun and all but most of the voice actors made me want to cut my ears off they were so bad, ESPECIALLY TAILS! I really wanna go find the guy who hired a three year old to voice Tails because that REALLY pissed me off. I know he's a kid and everything but I'd rather him sound liek a girl then a baby who is just learning to talk. Also, I was forced to return the game before I finished it 100%, forced by my hand since I didn't want to end up snapping the disc in half trying to get the third emerald. Did they really want to just piss people off with that? I thought Sonic Unleashed night stages were bad, I mean those gave me headaches over how frustrating they were but this...ugh, let's not continue on that path of destruction. Anyways, good chapter, fun, some plot, very short, enjoy! Oh, and I was working on that other story I mentioned, but having trouble figuring out how to move the plot in the direction I want it to go. It'll be up when it's ready, hopefully I'll be able to convey the message that I want to with it also. Not gonna be easy...you'll see.
It's A Love/Hate Relationship
Chapter 3
It had been a week since Amy and Sonic had their first date and now the two had been spending a lot more time together. Sonic was still reluctant to say they were "going out", but for Amy they might as well have been married. Sonic didn't really mind that Tails had told lots of people about his date with Amy since he had gone on another date with her the next night. Although, he did mention something about if Tails did anything like that in the near future and the end result didn't work in his favor, that it would be a good idea for Tails to drop the 'S' on his nickname after Sonic would get a hold of him. Tails, on the other hand, was not quite himself as of late. He seemed to be a little bit more distant than usual and talked less. Sonic just chalked it up to Tails working on a new project and spending every minute of time away from his lab, to thinking about what to do next for his work. The kit could become quite antisocial when it came to thinking up plans for a new invention.
"Hey Tails, what are you...up to..." Sonic said drifting off as he saw what Tails was doing. The young fox was lying spread out on the couch, eyes transfixed on the television screen and a bowl of mint candies at his side. Every minute or so, Tails would pick out one of the treats and flip it like a coin, where it would perfectly land in his wide open mouth since he wasn't bothering to close it anytime soon. Sonic raised an eyebrow when he saw his little brother's laziness, "Jeez buddy, I'm surprised you don't have a robot bringing you drinks". Tails glanced up at Sonic before lifting one of his tails and thumping the couch with it. On cue, a small robot came zipping out of a hole in the wall on the other side of the room holding a drink on a silver platter. The robot stopped next to Tails and tried unsuccessfully to put the straw in the fox's mouth, poking him in the face and eyes a few times. It finally succeeded and Tails was able to take a couple of sips. "And that's the line, get the F*** UP!" Sonic shouted as he kicked the small butler robot across the room.
Tails looked up at Sonic with the same glazed expression on his face and a flash of anger appeared on his muzzle before it disappeared. The kit snapped his fingers and the robot Sonic kicked propped itself back up, zoomed over to the hedgehog and with a robotic hand, reached up and slapped him hard across the face. Sonic was stunned to say the least, but then slowly started laughing. He grabbed the robot arm and held it with both hands, "Ohhh you're SO dead" Sonic said as his smile turned into a fierce snarl and he snapped the robot arm in half. Tails' eyes grew wide as Sonic grabbed him by his chest fur and lifted him up. Three seconds later, Tails was dazed and upside-down with his back against a tree. "And don't come back until it's night!" Sonic yelled before slamming the door. A few seconds later he opened the door and walked out with a smaller door in tow. He then proceeded to prop it up over the hole in the wall. Loud drilling could be heard as he screwed the hinges into place, then opened it and tested it a few times, walked inside and slammed the miniature door followed shortly by the larger front door. "Where did he get that small door?" Tails wondered aloud. The kit flipped himself over, stood up and began dusting himself off. "Well, I guess I'll go see what Knuckles is doing...maybe Shadow...Cream...ugh" Tails mumbled as he trudged along.
Tails arrived at Angel Island and headed straight for the Master Emerald alter, figuring that's where its guardian would be. However, upon reaching said alter, there was no thick headed echidnas around. "What the...what did he do, take a bathroom break?" Tails asked himself, "I know how to get his attention". Tails walked up next to the Master Emerald and gently laid a finger on it. *BOOM* Nothing happened, no explosions, no loud threat yelling, no echidnas shooting out of the ground, nothing exciting. Confused, Tails poked the giant rock a few more times and everything was still very anticlimactic. "Screw this, I'm taking it" Tails said picking up the enormous gem and walking off. That's when the island started falling, and fall it did...like a meteor, I mean really, that place was rocketing towards the planet. But what do you expect a 400 ton floating slab of rock to do when the only thing keeping it in the air was removed, take its sweet time drifting down to the ground?
Tails, not having traveled far, turned around and put it back as fast as he could since it was hard to move with the island falling at incredible speeds. Inertia did a number on the young fox as the island, having gained it power to fly back, stopped its decent and rose back to the original highth it was at before he removed it. "Ok...note to self: DON'T take the Master Emerald..." Tails groaned as he regained his footing. As soon as he stood up, however, he was knocked back down by an angry looking Knuckles. "Now he figures it out! You people think you can just take a giant glowing rock from a pedestal and everything with be sunshine and rainbows! Now I sure hope there's a reason for you trying to take it that DOESN'T make me wanna kick your ass" Knuckles said as Tails rolled onto his back to look up at the guardian.
"Actually yes...ugh...I wanted to get your attention...since you weren't around the alter" Tails said, sitting up halfway and grunting in pain a few times. "Oh, that makes everything ok then!" Knuckles said sarcastically. "I thought you were the smart one" Tails smirked and said "Well, it got your attention, didn't it?" Knuckles raised an eyebrow and sneered at the kit, "Alright, I'll bite, what did you come here for?" Tails looked down when he remembered his reason for coming. "Knuckles...have you ever had a...sort of strange feeling...whenever you're near someone you like?" Tails asked, a blush slowly making its way across his muzzle. The guardian's expressions quickly shifted from an angered grimace, to one of shocked embarrassment. "W-WHAT! I...n-no I...w-w-with..." Knuckles said stuttering like mad. "I mean, I figured you would know best, you seem to like that bat girl, right? Or is it the other way around? Maybe I should go ask her" Tails said as he started to get up and turn away from the flustered echidna.
"N-no don't! Look, why don't you go talk to Sonic about this? I'm sure he'll know what to say" Tails scoffed and said, "That was the whole reason I came over here, I didn't want to talk to Sonic about this" Knuckles looked at the fox as if he had seen him for the first time. "Why the hell not? You're like his brother or something, right? He should be able to help you with your personal problems better than I can" Tails gave him a stern look and said, "Maybe because it has something involving him and I need someone else's opinion?" Knuckles gave him a confused look "How does it involve him? You said you're having feelings for someone, how-" Knuckles stopped abruptly and his eyes grew wide. "Wrong conclusion there buddy, it's not Sonic I was talking about, although I can see how you got there, I was pretty vague on the details" Tails said. "WHEW! Heh, scared me there for a minute...anyways, who are you talking about then?" Knuckles said, calming down. "Does it matter? Just...answer my question" Tails said becoming agitated. "Fine, if you must know, yes, however, I'm not going to tell you who on account of it's my business" Knuckles said stubbornly "Also, make sure you let this person know, otherwise you'll be sorry if you miss your chance" Tails looked at Knuckles for a few seconds longer before saying, "Thanks...I will" and making his departure.