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Burning Rose Chapter 5:

Keno and Amy walked down the street towards a small restaurant where they had planned to have dinner. Amy was still clinging onto Keno's arm as they walked inside. A waitress then led them to a table where they sat next to each other. The waitress handed them a menu and then walked away to give them time to decide on what they wanted to eat.

Keno smiled as he opened the menu and then turned to Amy. "So, Ames. What do you want to eat? Do you want to share something?" He began to look over the different choices on the menu as Amy thought about what she wanted.

After a couple minutes Amy had figured out what she wanted to do. "How about we order a big bowl of spaghetti and share it like some couples do in those romantic movies?" Keno could see her eyes light up as she looked at him. He chuckled as he kissed her on the cheek. "Alright we can do that. Just ty not to get so giddy about it." Amy giggled as she hugged him. Once the waitress came back she brought them both a glass of water and then asked what they wanted, while also openly flirting with Keno while Amy was sitting right next to him. Amy huffed and puffed her cheeks a bit as she watched the waitress try to flirt with HER boyfriend. She was going to say something when Keno let out a heavy sigh. "Look, if you can't tell that I'm here on a date then I'm sorry. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't flirt with me while my girlfriend is sitting right here. Also, we'd like to order the large bowl of spaghetti. With breadsticks." Amy smiled and wrapped her arms around Keno's arm before sticking her tongue out at the waitress who wrote down the order and walked away with a huff.

Amy looked up at Keno as she smiled. "You sure told her. She was being kinda rude." Keno turned to Amy with a smirk. "I'm a taken man. I'm not letting other girls try and flirt with me whether you're around or not." Keno wrapped his tail around her waist as Amy giggled and blushed slightly. She adored how Keno was so mature in situations like that one. He was truly an impressive guy. "What are we going to do after dinner?" Amy asked as Keno took a sip of his water. He set his glass down and shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe we can head over to Tails' place and hang out with him and Cream." "Ok! That sounds good to me." Shortly after Amy finished her sentence, the waitress placed their bowl of spaghetti on the table, along with two forks, and walked away without a word. Keno smiled and picked up a fork and Amy picked up hers. They began to eat and as Keno took his first bite his smile grew twice as big. "Now this is good spaghetti." Amy nodded in agreement as she slurped a noodle into her mouth.

Soon enough, Keno and Amy began to eat the same noodle without noticing. In that cliché romantic moment, the two of them met at the center of the noodle where their lips met. Keno chuckled a bit as Amy blushed and pulled away. She giggled and leaned onto Keno's shoulder as they soon finished eating.

As Keno and Amy were leaving the restaurant a Giant Robot flew past them and then stopped a down the street before turning around. In the cockpit was none other than Egghead himself. Keno stood in front of Amy protectively out of pure instinct as she pulled out her hammer. Eggman laughed as he looked down at the two of them. "Well what do we have here? A wolf and a hedgehog out on a date I see. I was planning on using this robot to crush Sonic, but I think I'll test it out on you instead."

Keno grabbed his sword off his back as he smirked. "You must be even cockier than Sonic if you think that your stupid little toy is going to get rid of me." Amy giggled a bit as she stood next to Keno ready for a fight. "I'm sure we can hold you off long enough for the others to get here." Eggman grinned evilly as he hit a button on his control panel which summoned a bunch of robots surrounding them. "Is that so? Well then… ROBOTS! ATTACK!" As the robots started closing in, a familiar blue blur came from nowhere and destroyed most of them. Keno rolled his eyes as he smiled. "He sure took his sweet time." Sonic skids to a halt near them and chuckles. "Sorry bout that, had to go and round up the gang."

Keno looked around as the rest of the gang soon showed up. "well then, looks like this battle just got a bit more interesting. Amy, you and the others hold off the robots in the city. Sonic, Shadow and I will take on Egghead." Amy nodded as she smiled and quickly kissed Keno on the cheek. "Good luck Keno." Keno blushed a bit before speeding off with Sonic and Shadow. "Both of you keep your mouths shut…." Shadow just smirks as Sonic chuckles.

Keno looks up at Eggmans robot once they get close enough. "Man, this thing is huge. I wonder how long it took him to build this one." Sonic shrugs as he sighs looking quite unimpressed. "Eh, probably not that long. He does have a lot of time on his hands." Shadow scoffed as he looked up at the monstrous robot. "He's done better in my opinion." Keno puts his sword back onto his back as he looks at the two hedgehogs. "Well then. How about we give him a good old triple spin?" Sonic and Shadow both smirk before all three of them begin charging up a spindash. The trio then charges at Eggman at the same time at an incredible speed only to get knocked back by the robot's arm.

Keno brushes himself off as he growls. "Alright then, looks like it's time for an all-out assault on this metal hunk of junk." Keno speeds up the side of a building before kicking off and spinning as he slams into the side of the robot. Shadow quickly reacts and begins firing multiple chaos spears. Sonic then does a full speed charge before blasting through the center of the robot. Eggman detaches from the robot as it drops to the ground. "Curses! I'll destroy you eventually!" he then flies off, heading back to his base. "In your dreams Eggh-" Keno was cut off when the defeated robot began sparking and exploded. Keno himself was caught in the explosion and was sent flying through a building. After going through the other side he slammed into a robot and rolled to a stop on the street where the other were. Sonic and Shadow came speeding to where he was.

Keno laid there on the ground, a little burnt, bruised, and scarred. Small streams of smoke coming off of him as he coughed. "Ow…" Amy and the other quickly rushed over to him. "Keno! What happened to you?!" Sonic looked up at Amy as Keno struggled to pick himself off the ground. "We defeated the robot and eggman flew off. As Keno was yelling something at eggman the robot suddenly exploded and sent him through that building." Keno had managed to sit up as he looked up at Amy with a bit of a smile. "Heh… Well this was probably my fault… I was too close to that junk heap and didn't notice it was about to explode… That was too close for comfort..." Shadow scoffed as he crossed his arms. "You're lucky to even be alive after a blast like that Keno." Keno looks down at the ground as he sighs. He knew Shadow was right and he was also in bad shape. Sonic then placed a hand on his shoulder. "Can you stand?" Keno took a deep breath before slowly but surely making his way onto his feet. He stumbled a bit as he stood up straight. "I'll be fine. Luckily I've got someone to take care of me." Amy gently hugged him as she smiled. "I'll make sure that you're better in no time." "Heh, I know you will Ames. I'm counting on you."

End of Chapter 5