A/N: Wanted to upload the second chapter with the first because why not. I doubt the next couple of chaps won't be out for a while...nevermind the fact I'm like 17 chapters into this fic already.

Anyways, Shadow! He's a thing in this chapter. That's cool. Will anybody even care about this story? Probably not. That's also cool.

Lame title is lame.

Chapter 2: Gotta Go Fast

Sonic and Knuckles entered their history class with ease, surprisingly. However, by the time they entered the class, the bell had rung and several students were already seated. Sonic pursed his lips as he scanned the desks, finding none to have an empty seat beside them. It looked like it was going to be every Mobian for themselves this time.

Luckily for Sonic, his eyes caught the sight of a nice desk near the back of the room against the window. His eyes flickered to Knuckles who was still searching for a seat and a smirk curled his lip You snooze, you lose. Sonic walked towards the desk and sat down, only to see Knuckles gawking at him like a fool in the front of the room.

"You pick a seat and sit!" Sonic called out, only to have Knuckles pick a seat on the other end of the class behind a green hawk. He earned a few stares for his outburst, but whatever.

Sonic looked to his right only to see the albino hedgehog he sat with earlier. "Woah, it's you!" The other hedgehog jumped when he saw the blue teen; apparently he had been in deep thought. "Wow, what a small world, huh?" He winked at the kid and gave him a sly grin. The albino crossed his arms and glared at him.

"Hey, so where's your girlfriend?"

"Blaze and I aren't dating." Silver stated stiffly.

"Well, where is she then?"

"She obviously has a different class." His golden eyes narrowed at the blue teen.

"Of course. Obviously." Sonic mocked.

After that, Silver ignored Sonic, and it was probably for the better. Silver's attitude was getting on his nerves. He looked at the Mobian in front of him, with long purple hair and small yellow ears. He watched as the girl opened a pencil case and pulled out a purple gel pen. Oh shit. Did he come to class unprepared? He shot a quick glance at Silver, who also had a utensil in his hand as well as a binder. Dammit.

He tapped the purple girl's shoulder, and she turned around in her seat with surprise. "Hey, um, can I borrow a pencil? Sorry, I'm new to school and I didn't realize I came unprepared…" He flushed a bit, embarrassed as she studied him with green eyes. She lightly blushed as her eyes lingered on him for a bit too long and she nervously turned around and took a pencil from her case and handed it to him quickly.

"H-here you go! You can keep it if you want!"

"Thanks," Sonic smiled. "Oh, I'm Sonic! Who are you?" He asked cheerfully. It'd be good to make some friends.

"Ah, I'm Nina-I mean Mina! Mina Mongoose. Pleasure to meet you!"

"Mina's a pretty name!" Sonic complimented with a smile, ignoring the glare Silver sent his way. Seriously, he had a bone to pick with that guy that he was gonna settle it later.

"Thank you…" The teacher arrived to class late and disheveled. The books and folders in his hands were disarrayed and his glasses askew. He had blond hair and rushed to his desk quickly, where he opened his laptop and began taking attendance. His eyes roamed the room searching for two unfamiliar faces before letting a gentle smile grace his lips.

"Ah, the two new students on opposite sides of the room. You are Knuckles the Echidna and Sonic the Hedgehog, I presume?" Both boys exchanged a glance before they nodded hesitantly, a bit taken aback that their teacher was a human and was talking to them. Many humans they encountered had openly expressed their distaste towards the 'inferior' Mobian race.

"Well, I'm Mr. Stewart. I teach History and I hope you get comfortable with your peers and this class, and wish for you to have a great start," He smiled sincerely.

"You're a human." Knuckles announced with distrust.

"Ah, human is the incorrect term. I am an Overlander, which just like Mobians, is a genetically mutated species as a result from the Xorda Gene Bombs. Please do not mistake me as those Overlanders who do not comprehend that Mobians and Overlanders are subspecies; there is no superior race. All Overlanders who claim to be 'humans' are wrong. You two may need to catch up on reading, there are books under your seats. We discussed a little bit about the invasion the first week of class and now we are focused on the details. There isn't too much you haven't learned." The teacher stated. The two brothers looked directly underneath them to find a textbook lying on a rack attached to their seats and simultaneously placed them on their desks. Mr. Stewart nodded with approval and began his lesson.

Sonic opened the book and began skimming. The book was huge and every page was filled with information dating back to the pre-Xorda invasion. The 21st century was the last for the humans, and the beginning for all the mutants that remained. Sonic couldn't help but briefly wonder what happened during the course of 12,000 years.

For the rest of the lesson Sonic struggled to sit still and pay attention, but somehow he pulled through. Knuckles on the other hand constantly dozed off and doodled on his paper. Sonic would often glance at him when he was on the verge spacing out. Ugh, he wasn't sure how he could stand five more periods of this! He spent the entire period with his head resting in the palm of his hand while watching Silver take notes. He was at first staring because he had no idea what to do and wanted a reference, but when the albino stopped and glared at him, he snickered and continued doing it as it must've gotten under the other's skin.

The bell rung and Sonic rushed to Knuckles's desk and waited for the older teen to get up so they could walk to English together. He was excited because Tails would be with them. Sonic practically stormed down the halls as he looked for his classroom number eagerly. He found the room and saw Tails standing in the front with a sheepish look on his face as he conversed with the teacher. Knuckles entered shortly after, making a comment on how the speedy, blue hedgehog needed to slow down and stop being so reckless. He had knocked books from other students' hands in his haste.

Sonic made a careless shrug as he walked towards his little bro and the teacher. She looked at the newcomers and began talking to them, saying her class requirements and explaining the curriculum. She sent them to the back without asking for questions. Knuckles sat in a seat all the way in the back and Tails sat in front of him. Sonic took the seat directly across from the yellow fox and hummed in approval as he leant back. This was good, he had his brothers next to him.

More students entered the class, including Silver and the purple feline Blaze (though they sat near the front), and began filling their seats. Sonic watched as Tails pulled out a pencil from his backpack.

"Woah, where'd you get that?" He nodded towards the bag.

"Oh, my Calculus teacher said that they had bags for us in the office so he sent me down to get mine. Our math book is really heavy! You guys didn't get your bags yet?"

Knuckles and Sonic shook their heads, "We'll get them later." Sonic twirled the pencil Mina gave him in his fingers. "So how was calc?"

"It was fine really. The teacher sat down with me to help me catch up while everyone else did book work. No one really talked because it's not a social class."

"That was nice of him," Knuckles responded and Tails smiled in agreement.

The rest of class went by smoothly; the teacher turned out to be a very social Mobian who enjoyed telling the class her stories but also knew to get to work. She gave her three new students a book to read that was supposed to delve into the theme of personal identity and handed them packets they were expected to annotate for an essay expected at the end of the school year.

Sonic and Knuckles waved Tails off as they separated to their next class, seeing as Tails had history next while they had science. The two walked to their class at a nice pace, not rushing because there was no reason to. They walked in shortly before the bell rang and greeted the teacher.

"Hey, Mister!" Sonic cheerfully greeted the tall, rounded professor. He had a rather long brown mustache, large nose and dark spectacles. He was definitely a human, or overlander? Whatever, same difference. He was putting together a small chip until he was called and fumbled over his work. He let out an annoyed groan.

"Who are you? You aren't in this class!" He scolded the blue teen.

"Well, duh, of course I am!" Sonic rolled his eyes as he handed his teacher his schedule. The teacher snatched it from his hands and walked to his desk, typing keys into a computer. He returned to Sonic and handed him back his schedule.

"Very well. I am Doctor Robotnik and you are my new students. Blue, you are to sit in the second row, left hand side, aisle seat. Red, you get the window seat, third row."

Sonic smirked as he walked to his seat. Knuckles sat almost directly behind him! Still though, he got an aisle seat. Damn.

Silver entered the class and narrowed his eyes as he begrudgingly took the seat right behind Sonic. The blue teen merely stared at the albino with an amused twinkle in his eyes over the other's evident irritation.

Class went on for a good fifteen minutes of Sonic annoying Silver by stretching his arms in his face and occasionally resting his elbows on the other's table while Doctor Robotnik gave his lesson. Of course, there were a few minutes Sonic paid attention to the teacher... was it just him or was did the teacher have an egg-like physique? While the teacher explained why science was important, Sonic couldn't get the image out of his mind. Weird.

The door opened abruptly, breaking Sonic away from the image of the similarities between his teacher and eggs. He curiously shifted his gaze to the other side of the room where a green, hedgehog-hybrid stood at the door with a superior stance. He wore a leather jacket with flames, torn black skinny jeans and a ripped, white wife beater that was light enough to expose two gashes in his stomach. Ouch. He looked very similar to Sonic, except for his wild gaze, slightly shorter green hair that was extremely unkempt, and piercing, light blue eyes. He held a pair of red sunglasses and slowly put them on as he strutted into class. Sonic narrowed his eyes and instantly disliked the guy; he focused his attention to tapping his pencil against the table to a beat he came up with.

"Scourge! You're late!" Robotnik confronted the teen. "I'll have to give you another detention!"

The teen rolled his eyes and sneered, revealing a set of razor sharp teeth. "Too bad, my schedule is booked."

The teacher growled in response. "Fine, just take your seat." The green hedgehog walked towards the seat next to Sonic and sat lazily in his chair with a bored expression. He looked around the room and then lingered his gaze on Sonic. When the hell did this guy get here? Sonic felt the other's eyes on him and dared to look back with an annoyed glare. The two held their gaze for a long moment before Scourge grinned mischievously.

"Heya, Blue, what's a pretty boy like you doin' here?"

Sonic raised his brows with mild surprise. "It's Sonic. I'm here for the same reason everyone else is." He rolled his eyes.

"Hey, how 'bout we blow this place and have some fun?" He said with a wink while Sonic glared.

"How about 'thanks but no thanks.' Sorry, not interested."

Sonic heard someone snicker from behind him, and recognized the voice as Silver's. Sonic turned around in his seat and gave Silver the 'I'm watching you' gesture as a way to show him that he was so gonna get it later.

"You! Blue-hybrid! Pay attention to the lesson!" The teacher yelled.

"Alright, Eggman!" Sonic yelled back making the class go silent. The teacher was fuming for being talked back to.

"Detention!"

Sonic himself was near blowing a fuse. "Dammit!" A detention on the first day. The teacher returned to his lesson in haste and Sonic sulked in his seat.

"Nice show, babe! Almost wish I could join you during detention! Wow, Eggman? Never thought of that one!"

"Can you not." Sonic hissed.

"Psst, Sonic!" Knuckles whispered as he threw a crumpled piece of paper at the teen's head.

"What!" Sonic whispered back harshly.

"You okay?"

"No." Sonic groaned. "Go back to sleep, Knuckles."

oOo

Lunch came after another agonizing twenty minutes for Sonic. The moment the bell rang, the teacher held Sonic back to explain that his detention would be on Wednesday since he would be busy on projects for the next two days. Sonic huffed in annoyance and left the class in a foul mood with Knuckles, who had waited for him by the door.

They walked to a cafeteria much smaller than the one they had entered earlier that morning, and sat at a large table with enough space for the three of them. All the three-seaters were taken. Sonic laughed as Tails came over and greeted him with a big hug and eagerly sat in his seat.

"I'll get a meal for us." Knuckles said as he stood and left the table.

"Did something happen?" Tails asked. "Usually you'd do that."

"I just had a horrible last period and Knuckles knows I'm in that easily-frustrated mood right now. Plus, he wants a good look at all the other students." Tails nodded.

"Oh? Please elaborate?"

"Ah, I called my teacher 'Eggman' and he got mad so he gave me a detention. Then Silver was there and he's been having such an attitude all day and I'm getting pretty sick of it and ugh, this other guy named Scourge. They really pissed me off."

"Oh, I see." Tails sighed lightly. "Maybe you should talk with Silver and see what his problem is. Maybe he was just having a rough morning?"

Sonic stared at Tails as he contemplated the idea. Maybe he should talk to Silver, maybe even form a truce? Maybe. "Alright, I'll talk to him. I was planning on confronting him later anyways."

Knuckles returned with a tray of three slices of pizza and drinks. "Sorry, no chilidogs. Not until next week." Sonic let out a frustrated whine as he picked up his slice and took a big bite. Well, he might as well eat away all his problems and go on a run later. Eating and running always made him get over things quickly.

"Oi, Blue!" Sonic looked over his shoulder to see Scourge coming after him.

"What do you want, Scourge? I'm eating."

"Just wanted to know if you changed your mind on that offer, babe."

"No."

"Get outta here!" Knuckles growled.

"Oh! Is he your boyfriend? You could do so much better, babe. C'mon, I'll show you a good time." Scourge winked seductively.

"He's not my-"

"I'm not his boyfriend!" Knuckles banged his fists on the tables as he stood up quickly. Scourge backed up, a bit intimidated by the echidna-hybrid's fury. He did have spikes on his gloves.

"Whatever. I'll see you later, Blue. My girl can't be kept waiting."

"…He has a girlfriend?" Tails asked. "But he was flirting with you!"

"No Tails, that's not flirting. That's being an annoying prick." Sonic responded before looking at Knuckles. "You can sit down now; we're getting enough stares as it is." Knuckles complied, still shaking with anger. "Geezus, I didn't know I was that bad of a guy that you'd feel so insulted." Sonic commented with a frown and feigned hurt as he took a bite. Honestly, he didn't care, but whatever. Knuckles needed to calm down and the mood needed to lighten up.

"I hate that we always get mistaken as a couple. It's so stupid."

"Very, but what're you gonna do? Don't worry, maybe one day you'll find a girl and it'll all stop. That is, if you can get one."

"Can you just shut up?"

"Nope."

oOo

From a chair not too far, a white bat eyed the loud echidna.

"That red one has quite the mouth on him, don't ya think?" She smirked. Her friend in front of her only scowled as he watched the trio. "I've never seen them around here before. I gotta admit though that the blue one is a cutie and the red one is quite the hunk."

"Hmph."

"Oh, come off it!" She huffed in annoyance. Honestly, the guy she was talking to could be such a brick wall. "I think I'll go talk to him. Be right back, hun." She left quickly with a confident look on her face while the other rolled his eyes as he leant back and crossed his arms. Hopefully this would be amusing.

oOo

"Wow, Tails! I didn't know he was gonna be your robotics teacher! First thing first, when you see him, you'll notice he looks like a giant, talking egg. That's okay, because I did too-"

"Heya, boys!" said the white bat as she took the seat next to echidna. Sonic paused mid-sentence and looked up. Knuckles turned to look at her from over his shoulder and almost dropped his mouth. The girl was a very beautiful, busty, white bat with aqua eyes and charming tan skin. She had a shy smile and innocent look in her eyes; an obvious act to anybody who knew her. "I'm Rouge the Bat and who are you handsome fellows? I'm assuming you're new?"

"What're you doing here?" Knuckles huffed in annoyance.

"Wow, Knuckles, talk about rude." Sonic rolled his eyes. "Sorry, about his attitude. It'll clear up soon."

"I see. Well, my partner and I couldn't help but notice your little conflict with Scourge. If you two need the details on anyone here, all ya need to do is ask."

"What makes you think we need your hel-"

"Shut up, Knuckles. Can you tell me about Scourge and Silver? Dr. Robotnik?"

Rouge nodded with a pleased smile. "Scourge and I go back. He used to be a partner of mine during a treasure hunt, but we had a bit of a fall out. He dates Fiona Fox and hangs around his Destructix gang, so they call themselves. He's the school's bad boy, been to prison several times. There's a rumor that he killed his own father. He also flirts with many girls, rarely with boys. You must be an exception." Rouge tapped her cheek as she began to deepen her thought. "Silver, as far as I know, moved here sometime last year with a feline Mobian. He's normally very quiet and recluse, but I've seen a bit of his soft side. He's also incredibly naïve, from what I gathered." She let out a small chuckle. "Dr. Robotnik used to be my teacher. He's insanely strict, but if you push his buttons enough, he just becomes a grouchy, old man. It's really amusing. He's a genius and specializes in robotics. After school he normally works on his inventions."

"What about you?" Knuckles asked with a raised brow.

"I'm a specialized treasure hunter who loves gems. I have friends in high places so I'm not one to cross." She batted her eyelashes at him. "Honey, if you want to know more about me, just ask me on a date." Knuckles glared at her and she shrugged with a cocky grin. "Your loss."

"Who's your partner?" Tails asked curiously. The bat girl looked at the kid with confusion before answering.

"He's not one to talk or socialize. He can be such a killjoy too. He works with me, and you could say we're friends despite certain circumstances."

"Which are?"

"Oops, gotta run! See you later!" She waved the boys goodbye and quickly left. The bell rang shortly after and lunch was over.

oOo

After lunch, a double period of pre-Algebra came for the two teens. Needless to say, it was boring and completely pointless.

Soon, Gym came and the two boys were siked. They walked to the locker room and knocked on the door to one of the coaches' office.

"Sonic? Knuckles?" The Mobian elder asked. The two boys nodded as the teacher handed them clothes and locks with their locker number and combinations written onto sticky notes. They followed suite with their teacher's orders and found their lockers, thankfully nearby each other. Sonic changed into his white t-shirt and blue shorts, the shorts ending up a bit too short and tight for his liking. Knuckles changed into his matching clothes, content to find them a perfect size.

"I don't know, it's a bit too small…" Sonic complained.

Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Shut up, they're fine. Maybe just a bit short but it's nothing worth whining about." Sonic glared at Knuckles as they exited the locker room and entered the gym. The two looked around confused as they walked.

"There's Silver…" Sonic muttered to himself as he looked for anyone familiar.

"And there's Scourge."

"Are you serious?"

"Yup."

"Well, this sucks. Let's go to where Silver is because I honestly have no clue on what we're doing and he's our best option."

"Sounds reasonable."

The two walked over to the white hedgehog. "Hey, Silver? Can you tell us what to do?" Knuckles asked the startled hedgehog.

"Choose an activity to do, then do it. It's simple."

"Oh…well, what activities are available?"

"Boxing, hurdles, football, soccer, basketball, running, baseball, tennis-"

"Woah, running?" Sonic asked with a spark in his eyes.

"Yeah, it's like the easiest activity here."

"I'm gonna try boxing. See you later, Sonic." Knuckles told Sonic as he half-jogged away, leaving the blue teen with Silver.

"Can you show me where the running is?" Sonic asked awkwardly, seeing as how the two were currently on bad terms. Sonic silently beckoned his twin tailed brother over when he caught sight of him emerging from the locker room. Silver sighed audibly with an annoyed expression.

"Might as well since I'm heading there too."

"You run?" Sonic asked curiously.

"No. Like I said, it's the easiest activity to do."

oOo

Tails and Sonic were a few feet behind Silver as they walked near a large field. The two were having an animated conversation over their science teacher and the day so far. They reached their activity teacher and waited patiently for instructions.

"Alright, unlike last time, I want none of you doing nothing! You either walk or run, nothing else. Got it?" Murmurs of 'yes' and 'got it' were emitted from the crowd and everyone began to walk onto the track field.

For the first five minutes Sonic and Tails continued their conversation and talked as they kept a steady jog, but Sonic frowned as he saw nobody running. What the hell? Silver was far behind him with headphones in his ear as he walked. Weak!

"Nobody's running!" Sonic voiced his thoughts to Tails. They were currently in the lead aside from a few other kids, but whatever! "I wish somebody would race me!"

"I could race you?" Tails suggested and Sonic smiled.

"Are you sure buddy cause-"

"Unless you can find someone else." Tails shrugged. He wasn't really in a racing mood. At least not today.

Sonic looked at all the teens behind him, not noticing a Mobian walking up to him.

"You should be careful what you wish for." A dark Mobian with red eyes stared at Sonic intensely, his cool and smooth voice startling the blue teen.

"You wanna race?"

"Sure," the black and red streaked Mobian replied with a cocky grin. "I've been getting pretty bored myself, I'll have to warn you though, I've never been beat."

Sonic's eyes sparked at the challenge. "Well, I guess we'll just see about that!" The two stopped in their place and got into their starting positions. Several students looked up to see what was going on. Did somebody dare challenge the school's most mysterious person to a race?

Tails stopped. "Ready…set…GO!" The two took off each with a dust trail. They were both neck and neck, each quickly increasing their speed so that they surpassed the average rate. Sonic's grin grew larger as he found a worthy opponent. Finally! Somebody who could keep up to his pace!

The darker hybrid's face contorted into a sneer, and his body moved side to side- as if he were skating. Sonic became slightly confused over the strange motion, but decided it wasn't worth worrying about. At least until the race was finished. The black-haired hedgehog began pushing ahead, and Sonic attempted to catch up- not aware of the speed he was already achieving. He hardly felt the burning in his feet until he pushed himself further, causing the darker hedgehog to narrow his eyes.

"What the hell are you?" Before the other hedgehog could get an answer, the blue hybrid fell to the earth with an anguished cry. Sonic let out a stream of curses he wouldn't normally say as he examined his shoes. Shit, the soles burned off. He checked his own feet quickly and saw they were red with large burns.

Shadow had sped past the blue hedgehog when he fell, but returned to see what the other was up to. He watched as the other hybrid cursed with his eyes lingering on the burns. It took only him a second to understand what had happened, but he was still questioning how it happened. How could a normal Mobian run so fast? It would explain why he sensed a lot of that energy, but how could this common kid be a Rank A? He would tell the Doctor about it later.

"I know I'm handsome, but could you quit ogling me like that?"

His eyes met with the green of his rival, who yet again held a cocky grin on his face. "I thought you were in pain." The black hedgehog glared.

"I heal fast." He replied with a shrug before playing with the remains of his shoe. He stuck his arm through the hole his shoe's soles should've been and made a comedic frown. "Shoot, there goes my bracelet." From where he sat, he threw the remains of the pair into a trashcan that was nearby-most likely a part of the hiking trail. "They totally clashed anyways."

"Are you a Rank A?" The darker hedgehog asked, ignoring the blue's previous comments.

"Um, a what? Oh, yeah, I don't feel compelled to answer anything from you until I get your name." Sonic answered with a smirk. The new Mobian crossed his arms where he stood, looking down at Sonic who still sat on the ground.

"Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog," He paused. "And you are?"

"Sonic's the name, speed's my game!" Sonic beamed while pointing to himself with his thumb. "So, what's this rank thing you were talking about?"

"Ranks, a term used by GUN to classify the amount of Chaos Energy in an individual. You seem to have a high concentration of it…" His voice trailed off as he observed Sonic. Somehow, Sonic didn't seem like a Rank A. He radiated too much energy…but that was impossible.

"Er, well that's why I was admitted to this school. GUN detected it and they want me on their watch until they know for sure that I'm safe." Sonic stretched his arms into the air. "I don't think I'm dangerous. I've always been the way I am and nothing's ever happened. That's probably what it is. Nothing."

Sonic got on his bare feet and cracked his knuckles. Shadow began walking past him towards the way they came. "We'd best get back before they do something about it."

Sonic followed. "Like what?"

Shadow smirked, but didn't reply. They walked in silence for a little bit as Sonic concentrated on healing his feet quickly.

"You know, if you're not gonna tell me I'll find out for myself." Sonic said as they exited the forest.

"I'm sure with your recklessness, you'll find out eventually." Sonic frowned at the darker hedgehog. They began walking across the soccer field to get back to their class. It turned out they went quite the distance during their little race. A lot of stares from Mobians in different activities were sent their way, most of them awestruck. Shadow glared at anybody who looked at him, whereas Sonic winked and waved at anyone who caught his eye. He was a sucker for attention.

They made it to their class-Tails practically ran up to Sonic and jumped into his arms. "Sonic, that was amazing! I knew you were fast, but not that fast!"

"Oh, so you underestimated me?" Sonic asked with a raised eyebrow as he teased the younger hybrid. "Nah, I surprised myself to be honest."

"What happened to your shoes?"

"They burned off so I left them. There was barely anything left so it wouldn't hurt to leave them."

Shadow walked closely behind the other two Mobians in deep thought. Sonic kept sneaking a peek at the darker Mobian, for once taking in the other's features. The other had spiky, black hair with red highlights, brown skin, red eyes and he was lean with nice muscles. Sonic felt his heart pound, and wondered if it was just because he had a racing partner or something else.

Shadow looked up and realizing that the blue hybrid was staring at him. "Is something the matter?" He furrowed his brows at the noticeable blush on Sonic's cheeks.

Sonic lightly shook his head and his blush subsided. "Nope, just wondering what you're thinking about." He easily lied.

"It's none of your concern." Shadow snapped.

Sonic blinked in surprise before frowning. "Yeah, whatever." He looked at Tails and pointed to himself as he mouthed 'he's thinking about me,' with a quick wink. The blond boy let out a small laugh and Sonic beamed.

oOo

Sonic and Tails met up with Knuckles in the locker room and then changed into their normal clothes.

"So, how was boxing?" Tails asked.

"Really fun. I punched the bag all the way across the room. I wasn't even trying!" Knuckles answered proudly. His eyes darted between Sonic and Tails. "How was running?"

Before Sonic could answer, Tails had already begun. "Sonic was amazing! He was so fast! You should've been there! Too bad he doesn't have shoes anymore…" Knuckles furrowed his brows at blue Mobian, who shrugged.

"Don't worry about the shoes; I'm borrowing a pair from the school." Sonic snickered, "Heh, borrowing. More like mine forever, I ain't got money!"

"Not that, you idiot. I want to hear about your speed."

"Oh. Oh! Yeah, it was great! Like, I didn't even know I was going fast until my feet started burning up? I felt like I could go faster but my shoes were like, nah. So, yeah."

Tails opened his mouth to speak but closed it quickly, pursing his lips in deep thought.

"Yo, Tails? What's up?" Sonic asked, catching his brother's hesitation.

"You must've developed a lot of friction to travel at such high speeds…your feet constantly hitting the ground and generating a lot of heat…I wonder…"

"You wonder?" Knuckles asked impatiently.

"Hmmm, I'll find a solution later. Shouldn't we pick up the girls?"

"Yeah, can you pick them up for me and take them to the house? I have a bone to pick with Silver."

"Sure, whatever." Knuckles huffed as he slammed his locker shut and placed a lock on it.

Tails bit his lip as he looked towards Sonic. "Remember what I said earlier, okay? Maybe he just had a bad day, so talk first, then brawl if you have to." Sonic nodded.

"Sure thing, kiddo."

A/N: Looks like Eggy got that teaching degree he talked about at the end of Sonic Generations hehe. Shadow's a little ray of sunshine, ain't he? Sonic might be a little gay for him. Just a little. Just kidding! Sonic isn't gay, he's gray-ace. Notice how he wasn't attracted to Shadow until after they raced.

I may also be Sonourge trash. Fight me. Okay, please don't. I'll just go back to my dumpster.