Sup guys it's me Keno. For people wondering why I haven't posted any chapters of the other fanfic "Faunus and Human Spirit.". The friend I've been writing it with and I have had conflicting schedule so we haven't been taking the time to edit and publish the chapters. However, I'll try to get some up. But for now enjoy the next part of Burning Rose.
Burning Rose Chapter 3:
As Amy arrived at the massive G.U.N building, Rouge was walking out and turned her head to see the young girl rushing towards her. Amy stops in front of Rouge and catches her breath as she smiles. "Hey Rouge." Rouge chuckles as she looks at Amy. "Hey Amy, why are you in such a hurry? Sonic get away from you again?"
Amy huffs as she crosses her arms. "No, I'm done chasing Sonic…. I don't really want to talk about that right now though." Rouge looks a little shocked to hear what Amy said as she stares blankly at her. "O-oh… My bad. Well then, how can I help you?" Amy uncrosses her arms and places them behind her. "Well I was wondering; do you know where Keno is? I need to talk to him."
Rouge was a little confused at this sudden change in Amy. She sighs and shrugs as she shakes her head. "Well if you're looking for Keno, he just left with Shadow and Knuckles. They were heading downtown last I saw them." Amy quickly turned and started running towards downtown. "Thanks Rouge! See ya!" Rouge watches her run off and then smiles. "I think I wanna watch this go down" Rouge quickly flies off and follows her from above.
Just as Rouge said, Keno was walking downtown with Shadow and Knuckles. Shadow scoffed as the three of them stopped in front of the park. "Look Keno, do you really expect me to believe that Amy would willingly move on from Sonic?" Keno glares at Shadow a bit. "Hey, don't underestimate her Shadow. If you had seen her after what happened you'd definitely believe it." Knuckles sighs. "I think I'm gonna have to side with Keno on this one. After experiencing something like that, she might find someone else to point her feeling towards."
Amy pants as she runs down the sidewalk. Once she spots Keno she starts calling out to him. "Keno! Keno!" Keno, Shadow, and Knuckles turn around just as Amy skids to a halt in front of them. 'Hey Amy, what's up." Amy took a moment to catch her breath. "I was wondering if I could talk to you about something. Maybe we can go and get lunch too?" Shadow and Knuckles look at each other for a second while Keno looks at Amy. "Sure, why not. Sounds like you wanna talk about something important." He turns to Shadow and Knuckles. "I'll talk to you guys later."
Keno walks with Amy down the sidewalk and heads towards the café they were at yesterday. The two of them take a seat at a table outside. "So what did you wanna talk to me about Amy?" Amy looks into Keno's dark blue eyes and hesitates a bit before speaking. "W-well…. I've been thinking about what you told me after you saved me.. I've also talked to Cream, Blaze, and Silver about some things as well and…. I… I…" Amy was having some trouble trying to say what she wanted too as she stared into Keno's eyes. Despite his rather intimidating demeanor, his eyes were soft and kind. "W-would you…. Be willing to help me…. Move on from Sonic..? Please? I think I'm going to need a lot of help…"
Keno looks at Amy a little surprised as her face turns cherry red. He chuckles aa he smiles at her. "Alright Amy, I guess if you want my help that badly I can lend you a hand." Amy's eyes lit up as she smiled widely. "Really?! Thank you Keno so much!" "Hey, What kind of friend would I be if I didn't help? How about we go for a walk through town?" "Sure!" The two of them get up from their table and begin walking down the sidewalk. Amy was happily bouncing in excitement next to Keno as he chuckled watching her. Maybe spending time around another guy would help her get over Sonic a little quicker.
After walking down the street for a while, Keno looks up to see Sonic and Sally. Before he knew it there they were face to face. Amy avoids eye contact with the two as Keno sighs. Sonic was the first person to break the awkward silence. "Hey Keno. Hey Amy. How's it going?" Amy looks at him. "Good, I'm spending the day with Keno." Sonic looks over to Keno. "She's not doing this to make me jealous is she." Keno was about to speak before Amy cut him as she got a little upset. "No I am not doing this to make you jealous Sonic the Hedgehog. I heard all those mean things you said about me in the park yesterday…. I won't be bothering you anymore. I'm over you Sonic the Hedgehog!" Amy grabs Keno's hand and pulls him past Sonic and Sally. Keno didn't say a word as the two of them walked away.
Sonic watches them leave and stands there a little shocked. Sally sighs as she looks at him. "So when you asked if I heard something… It must have been Amy running off after you finished speaking your mind…" Sonic turns to Sally and gets a little defensive. "Hey how was I supposed to know she was gonna be around. I just never expected that I would've hurt her feelings that much…." Sally crosses her arms. "You did more than hurt her feelings Sonic. You more than likely broke her heart." Sonic looks down as the guilt starts to hit him. "I don't know if I can pull myself out of this mess easily…"
Once they were a far enough away, Keno stops Amy and looks at her. "Hey, take a breath Amy. You can't let something like that get you all riled up." Amy takes a couple of deep breaths before looking down. "I knew he was going to say something like that… But I didn't want you to say anything for me. I wanted to say it myself. It would be better that way." Keno nods and smiles. "True, and that's a good way to start getting over him. I think you might have shaken him up a bit when you told him that you heard the things he said. I don't think you're gonna have any trouble at all with this." Amy smiles looking at Keno. "Thanks Keno…" The two of them continue walking through town with smiles on their faces.
After walk for a while Amy looks over at Keno. "Hey Keno… Why is it that you spend so much time alone? I'm just really curious to know." Keno stops walking and sighs. "I guess I was gonna tell this story eventually. But first I want to show you something." Keno picks her up and speeds off toward the forest. He takes her to a clearing where there is a large lake with crystal clear water. He sets her down and walks around the lake with Amy until they reach and small shady area with a grave. Amy's eyes widened a bit. "W-who's grave is this?" Keno looks at the grave as he starts to remember some painful memories. "Do you remember 2 years ago…. When I use to work for Eggman…. I had a girlfriend back then and her name was Lily…. She died two years ago because of Eggman…." Amy gasped as she looked up at Keno. He walks over and brushes some dirt off the gravestone revealing the words. 'Lily The Cat, a brave girl who will never leave our hearts.' Amy walks over to Keno. "W-what happened Keno?"
Keno begins to tell the story of that tragic day. It was two years ago and just like he said he was working for Eggman. However, the only reason he was following Eggman's orders was because he had strapped an electronic shock device on Lily's wrist. On this day, Eggman had decided to attack the city. Keno was fighting against Sonic while the others were busy trashing Eggman's robots. Lily however, was watching fearfully as she stood next to Eggman's eggmobile. "OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! Hurry up and roast that hedgehog Keno! I want him gone for good!"
Keno growled under his breath as he looks over his shoulder at Eggman. "Hey if you think it's so easy then why don't you get down here and try to do it yourself.? If not, then sit in your little pod and pipe down." Keno returns to his battle as Eggman scoffs. Lily stayed quiet. She was too afraid to do anything at all. After a short while, Keno slides back on his feet as he pants. Eggman was beginning to get a little boiled over. "Come on Keno! Hurry up and finish him already!"
At that point Keno snapped as he turned around facing Eggman with his fist clenched, ready to attack at any moment. "That is it! I am done putting up with your shi-" He looks over to see Cream standing nearby as he quickly changes his wording. "I am done taking your crap Eggman! Let Lilly go right now or I will be frying you sunny side up. " Eggman smirks as the two glare at each other while he turns the knob on the device that controls Lily's bracelet to its maximum level. Lily's eyes widen as the bracelet starts beeping and a bright red light flashes on it.
"Hehehe I though this situation would happen. Listen well wolf boy! If I press this button, Lily will get a shock powerful enough to really do some major damage. Keno starts to slowly walk towards Eggman. "I think you're the one who needs to listen good. I'm gonna take Lily and we are leaving." Eggman kept his finger hovering over the button. Suddenly, a robot flies out of nowhere and hits the eggmobile causing Eggman to accidentally hit the button.
Lily lets out an ear-piercing scream as sparks fly from the bracelet and she gets electrocuted. Keno speeds towards her and quickly slices the bracelet off her wrist with his sword. Everyone stops what they are doing to see Lily go quiet before limply falling to the ground as Keno catches her. 'Lily?! Lily wake up! Lily!" Keno quickly checks for her pulse before his eyes widen and tears begin to stream down his face. "No… no no no no no no!" Everyone stared in shock as Keno holds Lily's lifeless body in his arms.
Eggman slowly begin driving the eggmobile away. "I think I need to get out of here…." Keno sets Lily down and stands up as he growls violently and looks up at Eggman with a death glare. "I'm going to burn you alive Eggman!" Eggman takes off as Keno charges after him and kicks him out of his eggmobile causing him to roll across the ground. Keno grabs his sword and slowly begins walking towards him.
Sonic, Shadow and Knuckles try to hold Keno the best they can. Keno makes a small explosion knocking them off as he begins to charge towards Eggman before Silver grabs him with his psychokinesis. Keno growls loudly as he struggles to get away. "Let me go! This doesn't concern you Silver!" Silver keeps his hold on Keno strong. "Keno will you calm down! You're not going to solve anything by going on a rampage." Blaze runs in front of Keno and looks him dead in the eyes. "What would Lily think right now if she could see you like this?!'
Just then Keno stops struggling and his eyes widen. He knew what Lily would think, and he knew she would do everything in her power to stop him. Keno head drops as tears continue to stream down his face and hit the ground in front of him. Silver lets him go and Keno just silently walks over and picks up Lily's body. Silver walks over to him and places a hand on his shoulder. "Are you gonna be ok?" Keno didn't look at Silver as he replied simply. "No..." He then speeds off holding Lily's body.
Once Keno finishes the story he sighs. "After that day, I chose not to get into a relationship with anyone because I was afraid that I would end up being the reason they got hurt or worse. They would die like Lily did. I figured you wouldn't really remember what happened that day. It was quite a long time ago." Amy looks up at Keno and doesn't say a word as she hugs him. "You don't have to be alone anymore Keno. You have me… And all of our other friends as well…" Keno smiles and puts his arm around Amy as she looks up at him blushing slightly. 'Well… I have been wanting to try being in love again… Maybe you could be that special someone I need Amy."
Amy's face got completely red as her eyes widened slightly. "M-me? But I'm just a little fangirl…" She looks down and hides her face in his chest. Keno lifts her chin gently with his hand so the two of them make eye contact. "No. You're a young and beautiful rose who still has room to grow. And I want you to do something for me that only Lily has been able to do. Be my girlfriend." Amy gasped softly as she looked at Keno. He was actually asking her to be with him. She hesitated for a moment before shyly nodding her head and hugging him tightly. Keno hugs her back as the two of them stand next to Lily's grave. Before they leave, Amy sets a flower the grave and Keno smiles as the hold hands and walk back towards the city.
END