DOUBLE UPDATE! Just in case you haven't noticed and want to read the previous chapter. But yeah, I've been falling slightly behind lately so I figured I'd get two requests out today.

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Requested by Jowy Avilon.

Teachers Of Love

For years Amy had been trying unsuccessfully to win Sonic's heart. She had now tried everything that she could possibly think of and yet nothing seemed to work. That boy was just impossible. No matter what, he never seemed to look twice at her. But hopefully that was about to change today. She didn't know why she didn't think of this before. She could ask her friends for advice.

Amy tapped her pen on her desk as she stared at the young fox sat on the desk in front of her. Tails fidgeted slightly nervously as he stared at Amy, waiting for her to say something.

"Hey Tails, I really need your advice on something." Amy began.

Tails could already guess where this was going, but he asked anyway. "Oh? What about?"

"About Sonic."

I knew it, Tails thought to himself before smiling at Amy. "Sure. What do you need?"

"What exactly helps a girl win a guy over?" Amy asked.

Tails beamed. "Oh that's easy: intelligence. No guy wants to date a girl who dumbs herself down. If a guy can see that a girl is smart and independent then he'll know that she's a keeper.

Intelligence hmmm? Amy thought. Maybe this would help her win Sonic's heart?

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Amy peered around from behind the trunk of a large oak tree in the park. Sonic was lounging under the shade of a tree a few feet away so it was now or never. The hot summer sun beamed overhead, perfect romantic weather in Amy's opinion. She clutched the case in her hand tightly, took a deep breath and stepped out from her hiding spot and made her way towards Sonic, making sure to look as confident as she could, when in truth, she absolutely had no idea what she was doing.

"Hey Sonic." Amy greeted cheerfully.

He opened one eye at the sound of her voice before both eyes shot open in confusion at the sight of the large case in Amy's hand.

"Umm…hey Ames." He greeted back, his tone one of confusion. "What's with the case?"

"Oh this thing?" Amy tapped it before sitting down on the grass next to him. "It's just full of everything I need for my studying."

"Studying?"

Amy nodded, smiling as she opened her case and took a few books out and scattered them next to her. "You don't mind if I sit here and quench my thirst for knowledge do you?"

"N-no, not at all." Sonic replied, watching Amy carefully.

"What a delightful day." Amy breathed in the fresh air. "It's hard to believe the radiation and UV light of the sun could bring such delight."

"Ummm…I guess?"

Amy then reached back into her suitcase and pulled out the chemistry equipment that she had borrowed from Tails. She pulled out some test tubes that contained some chemicals, some with what looked like pieces of metals floating in them. The problem was that Amy couldn't read the labels. She picked up one of them and examined it. It was greyish in colour and was situated on a clear liquid. The label read 'K [Ar] 4s1' and Amy stared at it blankly, but oh well, it looked like a good thing to start with. She then picked up another test tube labelled H₂O.

Amy then shrugged as she pulled the corks out of the test tubes and using some tweezers, pulled out the metal before placing it into the clear liquid. Amy then watched, unsure before her eyes widened in horror as the metal began making a popping noise that definitely didn't sound good. The metal caught fire in a brilliant purple flame. As it floated all around in the liquid, Amy screamed as it seemed to make mini explosions.

Sonic shot up and knocked it out of her hands. "What have you done?" He shrieked as he checked her hand to see if she was ok. Her face was slightly blackened from the small explosions, but her hand seemed to be ok and Sonic sighed with relief that she wasn't hurt.

They both looked over at the test tube. Whatever it was, it seemed to have finished reacting and Amy carefully picked the liquid up which was now incredibly cloudy and sighed, looking away from Sonic in embarrassment. Instead of making herself look smart, she had made herself look incredibly stupid.

"I've got to go." Amy mumbled as her ears flattened against her head and she refused to look at Sonic as she packed Tails' things away and walked away feeling ashamed.

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Ok, so plan A didn't go well, but Amy hoped that the next piece of advice she was about to received worked more in her favour. Amy looked up from her note pad and pen to the new occupant of the desk in front of her. The red echidna, Knuckles, watched her carefully as he sat with his arms folded.

"You've got a little something on your face there, Amy." Knuckles pointed out.

Amy huffed but self-consciously rubbed at her face. She was so sure that she had gotten rid of it all. But she had more pressing matters to focus on right now. She stared at Knuckles seriously, clasping her hands together on the desk in front of her and leaned forward slightly.

"Knuckles, I've called you here for an important reason." Amy began. "How do you get someone to fall in love with you?"

Knuckles stared at her in disbelief before huffing. "That's your important reason?"

"Please, just answer the question." Amy begged looking desperate.

"Alright alright," Knuckles gasped looking slightly fearful. "You show off your strength."

"Show off strength?"

Knuckles nodded, smirking. "Yeah, you prove that you can handle yourself in battle. No man wants a weak woman he needs to rescue all the time. Tough girls are the winners. If you can beat someone in a fight, then I'm sure Sonic will be impressed."

"I never said this was about Sonic." Amy said defensively.

"Amy, it's obvious." Knuckles frowned.

Amy sighed in defeat, knowing there was no point in further denying it. So strength was the key then? She wasn't too sure how she was going to carry this one out, but she was sure she could think of something.

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Amy was thankful that Sonic hadn't ran off and smiled as she caught him resting under the same tree. Once again his eyes were closed as he rested his head on his arms. He looked so cute and she had to resist the urge to run over and glomp him. How exactly was she going to demonstrate her strength though? She could always practice her hammer skills in front of him? That might work.

"Leave me alone!" The frightened yell of someone behind her caught her attention.

She turned around and caught sight of a young squirrel being cornered by a bunch of teenage boys all dressed in the same leather jackets. They must be some sort of gang. Amy watched as they began pushing the young boy around, laughing as they did so while the boy burst into tears. Amy stormed over to them, enraged by their actions towards an innocent young boy. Maybe if she did stand up to them, Sonic would be impressed as well? A bonus for her then.

"Hey!" Amy yelled at the guys who instantly stopped pushing the boy around. Their mocking smiles soon turned into warning glares as Amy approached.

"Leave that poor boy alone!" She demanded in a firm tone. "What has he ever done to you?"

"I wouldn't be so confident if I were you sweetheart." One of the guys said who was clearly the leader. "Because what exactly can you do about it?"

Amy looked over at Sonic who was now sat up, wide awake and watching her with confusion. His hand was on the ground, ready to jump up at a moment's notice. This was her chance.

"What exactly am I going to do?" Amy repeated his question with a smirk. "I'm going to pound you into the ground with my giant hammer."

The boys all laughed at her and Amy stood there glaring at them.

"Yeah, you might want to move out the way sweetheart. Wouldn't want a pretty little thing like you getting hurt." The same guy mocked her.

Amy growled and grabbed hold of the guy's arm as he was about to punch the young boy. He froze and turned on her instead, punching her right in the face. Amy yelped in shock before seeing red as she complete lost control of herself. She summoned her hammer and the guys all gasped once they realised she wasn't kidding around. Sonic ran next to her, glaring at the boys before grabbing hold of Amy's face to get a better look at her. Sonic growled at the sight of the bruise forming on her eye and prepared to attack the gang.

"It's Sonic the Hedgehog." One of them muttered in fear. "And I think you just messed with his girl."

"Pffft, what do I care?" The leader snorted before turning back to Amy. "Awww, do you need your boyfriend to come and save you?" He taunted.

Sonic was about to pounce on them before he was frozen by the shriek coming from the girl next to him. He then watched in a state of shock as the pink hedgehog chased the now terrified looking gang out of the park with her hammer raised high in the air.

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"My my my, Pinkie, you don't look good." Rouge smirked as Amy lifted an ice pack off her eye. The swelling had started to go down, but the majority of it was still red. She guessed she would wake up to a black eye tomorrow.

She placed the ice pack down on the desk and sighed. Plan A and plan B had now failed. Both times she had only managed to embarrass herself. So intelligence and strength didn't seem to really get any positive attention off him…and she did was make herself look even more weird and embarrassing than normal.

But now Rouge's presence in her little classroom made her feel a little better. After two sets of male advice, Amy was grateful to now have some female company. A female who just happened to know how to get at men more than anybody. If anyone could help her, Rouge the Bat could…right?

"So, why exactly am I here?" Rouge looked around the empty classroom in confusion.

"Because I need your help." Amy explained. "How exactly do I win Sonic's heart?"

Rouge smirked. "Well you've come to the right woman, hun." She purred before getting up to sit on the edge of Amy's desk. Amy leaned back away from her slightly as Rouge invaded her personal space. She crossed her legs, arching her back slightly to make her chest stick out more and Amy wondered what the hell she was doing.

"Seduce him." Rouge winked.

"Excuse me?"

"Wear something that compliments your figure more, put on a bit of make-up and perfume." Rouge explained. "Move around him like I'm doing now and show off what you've got and I guarantee Big Blue will be all hot and drooling for you. Then when you have him right where you want him, play hard to get, make him jealous and flirt with other guys."

"But…" Amy wasn't too sure about this one at all.

"Do you want his attention or what?" Rouge huffed.

"Yes! Yes I do!" Amy gasped out, sounding desperate.

"Then I think it's time I gave you a make-over." Rouge smirked.

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Heads turned. People gasped. Men's eyes almost popped out of their heads as Amy once again strolled into the park, hoping to see Sonic in the same spot as before. She ignored all the wolf whistles around her, despite how uncomfortable they made her feel, but still, Rouge must've done a good job and if every other man was noticing her, then surely Sonic was bound to.

Low and behold, Sonic was still there and Amy quickly darted behind the same tree as earlier. She looked down at herself once more. Rouge had shoved her into a tight mini skirt with black tights and knee high black leather boots. She was also wearing a red tube top that clung onto her curves like a second layer of skin with a leather jacket on top of that. Rouge must've also spent a good hour on her make-up. Applying layer after layer of black and red eye shadow along with dark red lipstick. Her headband had been removed so her quills were wild around her face.

Well, here goes nothing, Amy thought to herself as she tried to remember everything that Rouge had taught her. She took a deep breath and strolled out from behind the tree, making sure she swayed her hips slightly as she walked. She couldn't exactly walk properly in these heeled boots on the grass, so it was lucky she didn't have to walk very far. She came to stop next to Sonic who once again opened one eye, sensing her presence.

"Hey Sonic." Amy purred, lowing her voice slightly, attempting to sound seductive.

Sonic's eyes shot open as he stared up at Amy in shock. His eyes scanned her up and down before he managed to gasp out, "A-Amy, is that you?"

"Yeah." Amy replied as she flipped her quills with one of her hands.

"Been shopping?" Sonic asked, sounding slightly confused.

"Yeah and I'd thought I'd try out a new look." Amy did a small twirl to show off.

"It's…it's nice." Sonic stuttered slightly before closing his eyes again and relaxing.

Amy huffed at this. "So, you really like it then, huh?" Amy purred again.

"Well if you're happy, I don't see why I should have a problem." Sonic said before opening one eye again. "By the way, do you need something for your sore throat?"

Amy cleared her throat before blushing and shaking her head. Ugh, this just wasn't working and she was only starting to embarrass herself again. She was now beginning to wonder if he would even notice if she streaked through the park naked. But then she remember what Rouge had also said. Make him jealous.

She turned around to see a group of guys staring at her from a few feet away. She winked at them and they all smirked at her and began walking over to her.

"Hi there." The wolf said and Amy nodded at them.

"'Sup boys." She purred and Sonic opened his eyes again to glare at the guys who were looking Amy up and down.

"Not much which is why we're glad you came along babe." The bear smirked.

"Well, clearly you're busy," Sonic seemed to growl out as he stood up and began storming away, "Don't let me interrupt you."

"No, Sonic, wait!" Amy begged as she struggled to follow him in those ridiculous shoes.

"Don't worry babe, you can hang out with us." The wolf said as he tried to snake a hand around her waist.

Amy sighed and backed away. "Uhhh, just leave me alone, this is all your fault anyway." She growled out as she too stormed away.

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Amy slumped down in her desk chair, thankful that she was back in her normal clothes and make-up free. That one seemed to backfire even more as the previous too given how upset Sonic had looked earlier. That wasn't the kind of jealousy that she had hoped for! Where was all the territorial stuff that Rouge had talked about? Instead Sonic just stormed off. Uh, men were so difficult. Why did she think it was a good idea to listen to Rouge in the first place. Now she felt back that she'd upset him. That wasn't exactly her intention.

"This is why I need your help Cream." Amy said after she explained everything.

"Ummm…Miss Amy?" Cream questioned in confusion. "What are we doing in a classroom?"

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Amy growled to herself as she slumped down in her desk after failing to get any advice from Cream at all. She then looked up at the kind hearted face of Cream's mother, Vanilla the rabbit. Finally someone completely trustworthy who would give her motherly advice on how to get Sonic's attention.

"Vanilla, please help me." Amy all but begged.

"Of course dear, now what's the problem?" Vanilla asked in a kind voice.

"It's Sonic." Amy explained nearly close to tears. "All day I've been taking advice off people, but everything I do just seems to make things worse. I just want to win his love, but every time I try I either end up embarrassing myself or hurting his feelings."

"Oh dear, well I can offer you some advice." Vanilla offered.

"You can?" Amy gasped, starting to feel better.

Vanilla nodded. "Of course. Now, how about cooking his favourite dish for him? They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach."

Amy smiled, this idea seemed perfect. Sonic loved chilidogs and he loved her cooking. This would also be a great way to make things up to him and prove she only had eyes for him. But wait…what if he wouldn't let her near him? She needed to do this cleverly. Maybe some kind of disguise? Yes, she would disguise herself and then once he'd tasted her food and was happy, she could reveal herself, apologise and then they'd both be happy. Perfect. What could go wrong?

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Amy stood casually at the chilidog stand as her eyes scanned the park for any sign of Sonic. She made sure her fake moustache was firmly stuck onto her face and adjusted her chef hat slightly. He didn't seem to be anywhere. Then again, if he was still in the park, then no doubt his keen nose would be able to smell the chilidogs sooner or later.

Apparently everyone else could smell her excellent cooking too. Soon a large line began to form and Amy began panicking. This wasn't part of the plan! Sonic was supposed to get here, not all these people! There had to be a line of at least thirty people now and Amy tried to quickly serve them, all the while keeping an eye out for Sonic.

"No, wait, please…one at a time." Amy begged the growing crowd that was becoming rudely impatient.

She then gasped when she saw Sonic join the back of the line, but he instantly began tapping his foot impatiently and folded his arms.

No no no, why now? Amy couldn't believe her rotten luck. People swarmed all around her, demanding that she hurry up. She was told her cooking smelt good, but not this good! She kept an eye on Sonic before shrieking in frustration when she saw him sigh impatiently before running away. No! There goes her chance.

"Uhhh, just take it all!" Amy snapped at everyone before ripping her moustache off, stomped on it before storming away as the crowd engulfed the chilidog stand.

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Amy banged her head against the desk as things just seemed to continue to get worse. She didn't even know why she was bothering anymore. Even Vanilla's plan didn't work. But something had to be the right thing to win him over. She just had to persevere.

She then heaved a sigh before looking up at the Chaotix who were squashed together on the desk in front of her. Vector, Charmy and Espio all stared at her, waiting for her to say something.

"This girl looks fed up." Charmy finally whispered to Vector who clamped a hand over the bee's mouth.

"Shut up Charmy," Vector ordered, "Clearly we have a damsel in distress here. For the right price, we should help her."

"Vector, is this the appropriate moment to be thinking so materialistic? The girl is visibly upset." Espio lightly scolded, sitting as calm and still as ever.

"Look, I'll pay you whatever you want, just please help me." Amy sighed, resting her head on her hands as she fought back tears.

The three Chaotix members instantly stood up in fighting positions.

"We vow you our services miss." Espio said.

"Now what do you need us to do?" Vector asked.

"I need you to help me win Sonic's heart." Amy answered.

The three of them stared at her for a few seconds.

"No sooner said than done!" Vector announced happily and Espio and Charmy looked up at him in confusion.

"What do you know of romance?" Espio asked.

"Yeah, apart from with the refrigerator." Charmy giggled which earned him a warning glare off Vector.

"I have the perfect plan!" Vector smiled as Amy leaned forward, listening intently. "We win Sonic over with big sweeping gestures. Now here's what we're going to do."

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Amy looked around herself, smiling. This idea actually didn't seem so bad. She must admit that Vector had really outdone himself. She could've saved herself a lot of trouble and gone to him for advice earlier. She sighed with relief as she stretched her legs out along the picnic blanket. She then heard a familiar gust of wind and Sonic came to a halt in front of her.

"Vector said you wanted to see me?" Sonic asked in a slightly flat tone.

Amy flinched slightly before she tapped the spot next to her. "Look, I know I've been acting a little weird today and I'm sorry. So to make it up to, I thought we could, y'know, just hang out here and have a picnic?"

Sonic sighed, but seemed to finally agree and he sat down next to her. "To be honest, I really could use something to eat. There was chaos at the chilidog stand today."

Amy nearly choked on her drink. "R-really? How about that?"

"Yeah, but oh well." Sonic shrugged it off.

"This is for you." Amy smiled as she handed him a single red rose.

Sonic looked at it in surprise, but nonetheless he took the flower from her. "Ummm…thank you…" He said, not really knowing what to say.

Suddenly slow romantic music began blaring from above them. Sonic looked around in confusion while Amy looked up into the tree they were sat under. Vector was sat there with a boom box and gave her a thumbs up and a wink. Espio was sat next to him and began throwing flower petals down at them. Sonic gasped and attempted to look up, but Amy forced his head down.

"Hey!" Sonic yelled. "What's going on?!"

"You don't want to know, trust me." Amy shrieked.

She looked back up again just in time to see Charmy swoop down, dressed in what looked like was some form of Cupid costume. He yelled out happily as he pulled back his bow and fired an arrow at Sonic.

Sonic cried out in pain and Amy gasped, leaning over him to see if he was ok. "Sonic!" She cried out worriedly as he pulled the arrow out from his back and examined it.

"Oops, sorry!" Charmy called out. "I couldn't find any fake arrows!"

"Watch where you're flying Charmy!" Vector yelled, but it was too late.

Charmy had already crashed into them and both Vector and Espio fell out of the tree, landing directly on top of Sonic and Amy. All of them cried out in pain. Sonic then managed to push himself out from underneath everyone and stood up to glare down at everyone.

"What are you guys doing here, what the hell is going on?" Sonic demanded, looking slightly afraid given all the weird and crazy things that had been happening around him today. He just wanted a relaxing day, was that too much to ask?

"Look, Sonic," Amy choked out from under the weight of the Chaotix, "There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for all of this…that's just forming in my head right now…"

Sonic frowned. "You know what, forget it!" He then ran off, leaving Amy nearly in tears.

The Chaotix sighed before Vector spoke up.

"Does this mean we don't get paid?"

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"I'm at my wits end!" Amy yelled as she slammed her hands down on the desk. "Sonic hates me and I don't know what to do. Now I need his forgiveness and his heart."

She glared down at Shadow sat at the desk in front of her who gazed around the room, looking completely confused and distressed.

"How did you even find me?" He questioned staring up at her angry green eyes.

"Never mind that!" Amy yelled. "Give me love advice!"

Shadow huffed, standing up from the desk and walking out of the room. "This is ridiculous." He mumbled before slamming the door behind him.

"Don't you walk away from me! Get back here!" Amy demanded, pointing her finger at the door where Shadow had disappeared.

She the sighed and collapsed back onto her chair and began crying into her hands. Well, that was it. She'd officially screwed things up with Sonic and she did it all in one day. That's it! She was never going to take anybody's advice again. Next time she saw Sonic, she was going to apologise. She'd understand if he never wanted anything to do with her again.

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Amy decided to take one last stroll through the park. This time with no grand scheme in mind. She just needed time to think. She had never felt so stupid and ashamed. All she had wanted to do was win Sonic's love and affection, only she had ended up doing the exact opposite. She was so frustrated with herself.

She looked up towards the tree where Sonic had previously been lounging, expecting to see the place empty as the evening began to turn into night. However she froze in shock when she saw Sonic standing there, staring into the sunset before his green eyes turned to meet hers.

Without thinking, Amy began running towards him. He remained still, watching her with guarded eyes as she approached before she practically threw herself at him, hugging him tightly as she cried onto his shoulder.

"Sonic I'm so sorry." She sobbed into his blue fur. "I'm so so so so sorry."

"Amy." Sonic said as he gently tried to pry her arms from around him, but she clung on.

"All those things that happened today, the explosion, the fight, the new look, the chilidogs and the picnic, I'm sorry, I got too carried away."

"Wait…what? Chilidogs?" Sonic stood there in a complete state of confusion. Her behaviour still didn't make any sense.

"You see, I asked people for advice on how to win you over but they all backfired hugely!" Amy continued to cry. "But they weren't me though, I was just putting on some sort of show in the hopes that you'd like me."

So that's what this is all about, I should've known, Sonic thought to himself before smiling gently as he finally pulled Amy off him, but still kept hold of her arms.

"So that's why you've been acting weird all day?"

Amy nodded and sniffed.

"Y'know Amy, you don't have to do anything big or pretend to be someone you're not in order to get my attention. Just be yourself. I like you for you and nothing else matters to me." He said gently and reassuringly.

"You mean that?" Amy gasped. "You like me?"

Sonic nodded.

"Well in that case, I dunno, do you want to hang out together this evening? With the real me?" Amy smiled as she held her arm out to him. He hooked his arm through hers and smiled down at her.

"I'd love to." He replied before they began walking through the park together with their arms intertwined.

Phew. Easily the longest one shot I have ever done for Fated Lovers. Feel free to leave your opinions. Requests welcome.