Instincts (UNDER EDITING)

by CGMayra

Amy Rose is triggered into a powerful state called Instincts, ancient reflexes in the body that've evolved to adapt uncontrolled Others. Sonic's takes his freedom against his will, Shadow's is bioengineered to be clever, and Silver's too evolved to even notice his Instincts! All are triggered by Amy's perfect scent.(SonamyShadamySilvamy)CONTAINS: NO MATING/VULGAR,CLOTHES ON,KISSING

3. Chapter 3

Instincts

Ch. 3

By: Cutegirlmayra (Here you go~ btw, I did edit this before submitting it. -there were a lot of errors on the last chapter, so I didn't want to make the same mistake, even if I HATE/LOATHE ENTIRELY (Grinch reference for the win!) editing stories after I've finished them XP- You can trust this face q0-w-0p Edited: Yeah... I wasn't the best editor. So I edited it even further for combining chapters and to get ready for Season 2 ;)b What a horribly unoriginal title, though. Sigh~… I really don't want to do this anymore! –covers face as I blush- Ehem, for the faint of heart? Prepare yourself. For those of you who snicker in the face of … of whatever you want to call this, Then you've been here before lol. And for those of you who think I'm exaggerating,… Don't tempt Instinct Sonic to make this worse for me… Edited: Don't worry, I only write innocent fanfiction XD Nothing bad's going to happen!)

"Ack!"

An intense pounding came from the depths of Sonic's mind, his heart fiercely beat against it, but his body began to waver to its own thinking...

Sonic gripped his head, stumbling backwards as his frame shook from the pressure trying to punch its way out from under Sonic's powerful will and control. His eyes flickering in and out of instinct form, the beast scraping mentally against his barricade, wanting so desperately to get out again. It was only a matter of seconds before the bane of his existence forced its way into the light of this world. Stripping him of all his freedom and will, the very things that Sonic The Hedgehog held so high above all other things…

"…Sonic… I'm so sorry…" Amy slowly stepped back, realizing that neither of them was safe anymore. Were all the feelings she had... the desperateness... was that just her instincts? She couldn't tell what was influenced by her body versus what she really felt, and it frightened her. "I'm sorry." She gently breathed out, lowering her head to feel her upper chest, a strange redness was flaring up... She realized she was getting too emotional, crying and closing her eyes as she then looked back up to him. Determined to not let his last words to her be in vain, she struck a powerful chord of courage in her heart, forcing herself back. "I won't let anything happen! I swear it, Sonic! I... I won't let it consume me!" she screamed it, belting the words that would propel her to keeping that promise. Vanilla's promise... Tails's promise... And now Sonic's.

Remembering her many promises, Amy ran to the open closet and shut the door. The stuffiness made her nose twitch, but it blocked Sonic from her. If his instincts didn't know its speedy abilities... then it couldn't know how to open a door. She was counting on it. She passed through the dust-ridden coat like a ghost walking away from the end, having its eyes grip the light that edged along the corners of the closet's door. She continued at a slow pace until she hit against the closet's back wall, sliding her back down against it and breathing heavily in the puffs of fuzzy dust bunnies that floated around the air from the sudden wind. She tried to slow her breathing down, still holding her hand flat on her chest. It was impossible, she felt like she might just cough or sneeze, but used her other hand to plug her mouth... she didn't want to make a sound. She knew he was coming... and Sonic wouldn't be able to resist any longer...

she could hear Sonic's last fatal cry of rebellion before finally collapsing to his knees… She heard the thud against the ground and slammed her own hands down to her sides.

Then… Grunting… Sniffing…

Her eyes turned left and right rapidly, hearing His movements... soft, except for the creaking of wood beneath his hands and feet, walking on all fours now... she presumed.

His eyes scanned the room,… looking at the wide expanse that smelled familiar to him. He knew she was there, but searched his other self's memories for the moment before his release, to locate exactly what had happened to her. But, as usual, they were being kept tightly shut away from him. It was so violent, Sonic's continual resistance and rebellion from within the prison of his mind. Sonic's Instincts shook its head, huffing out his frustration at the pain and discomfort Sonic was now causing him. "Amy... where are you?" Sonic still wasn't letting him access his memories, and so he had to make do with what he could figure out on his own...

He grunted again, looking around for her, and followed the scent trail to the closet door. "Are you hiding from me?" his tone was almost playful as he tried to ignore Sonic's constant struggle to break free of him.

Amy moved as close to the back of the closet's wall as possible, scooting her feet with light kicks as she squished herself further on its flat surface. She held her breath, sweating nervously... A part of her felt there wasn't much to fear if she kept her instincts out of the equation. At least then, if she could keep control of senses, she could keep Sonic's Instinct at bay...

Finally tracking down her scent, a shadow moved through the light of the door's edge, scattering by her feet and against the coats. He poked his nose under, pawing and sniffing with excited huffs. "Ah!" he barked lightly, "I found you!" his nose bounced a bit, before blowing out a frustrated stream of air from it and resorted to scratching at the door. He once again stuck his nose under and sniffed about. "Come out, Amy. I'm not gonna hurt ya."

This action was rather humorous, and despite trying to hold it in, it made Amy giggle. The smile wasn't forced, the giggle was light and airy, and her eyes bent to show the true, strong emotions of love she had for Sonic.

However, the sound carried passed the door, entering into Sonic's ears. His nose flicked up, bobbing once or twice before withdrawing itself from the small gap between the bottom of the floor and the door.

"...Hmph!" Sonic's Instinct huffed again, but Amy understood the sound this time. He seemed more upset at her not coming out of the closet... so he started pacing back and forth like a puppy, inquisitive to a fault, but no sign of hostility; just curious. He wanted so badly to see her again, he fought off his other for the moment to feel her against him again. He hated that his other didn't want to share that moment with him... the moment he touched her, the fire it sent, and the smell of delight that turned his instincts towards envy.

"…If I come out…" Amy finally spoke up, wondering if the instinct could understand her at all. "You have to behave yourself… okay?" she waited for a noise, leaning forward and leaving her ears wide open to hear any sound of agreement. If Sonic hated him so much... maybe she could show him that everything would be okay. She wanted to prove herself. Prove that she wouldn't be triggered so easily this time.

It was risky... she once again wondered if this was her instincts, influencing her again. But again, she barely had time to ponder her reasoning before the typical hedgehog noises came back up, along with the desperate pawing and scratching at the door. "Amy! I hear you! I smell you! Come out and play, you tease!"

She sighed in response, slowly getting up and moving the coats away from her face, coughing into her hand. It was too stuffy, she couldn't breathe well in the closet anyway. He didn't seem like the monster Sonic kept making him out to be. He seemed kind... somehow, gentle. She wanted to prove Sonic wrong, a dangerous undertaking, but she had a plan... kinda.

"Well, I can't stay in here forever I guess…" thinking all was well, she finally opened the door and watched Sonic move back on all fours, looking up at her, and then tilting his head.

"Hehehe…" she laughed awkwardly. "Yeah, I know I'm not the 'Amy' you wanted to see…" she kid and was about to close the closet door when Sonic tackled her back into it. "Hey!" She fell to the wooden floor with another loud thud that knocked some jackets off their hangers. Falling down, they spooked Sonic a bit, but thanks to his arm that helped Amy not hit the ground too hard, he couldn't move back. The coat-hangers hit Sonic pretty good, though as he sneezed with all the dust that rose up over him and Amy. "And what was that all about-! ...?" she looked up to see him over her, shaking some coats off his head and wiggling his arm out from under her body now that she had moved a little off of it. He looked down at her, tilting his head again at her strange sounds and looked confused. It seemed every time she tried to speak normally to him, he still didn't get it.

"...Pfft!" Amy couldn't help but laugh, a few hats had fallen and the coats draped over him with one of those hands having looped over his left ear. As he tilted, the hat slid a little but stayed in place. It had stationed itself beautifully there as if by fate to create a hilarious picture for her to laugh at. "Hahaha! Why are you so funny and cute?" she teased, having her fear leave her instantly as she placed her hands on his cheeks. "You are just precious, Sonic! Haha!" she seemed to be enjoying his Instinct form now. "How could I have feared something so... adorable?"

Sonic's Instinct form lost all and complete interest in her at that point. Her touch wasn't to his liking, and he moved away with a frown that once held a face of innocent curiosity. He quickly stepped back and off of her, shifting his ears in caution. If Amy's other was anything like his own... then this meant danger, not pleasure. However, he had met her briefly before, guarded her even...

Still, there was no doubt he was disappointed... it was frankly obvious he wanted her to shift already.

However shady his intents may have been before… his mind was now elsewhere as he frustratedly walked out of the closet and shook himself free of the coats and hats. His other had screamed in his ears, echoing a painful drum that made Sonic's Instincts drag his head against the ground where his ear was. It had almost deafened his senses but with him moving away, the sound lessened and his mind finally grew quiet, his body more stable and in his power now.

But, as fate would have it, the hat had chosen him. Sticking to his ear, Sonic's Instincts humorously made a face as he looked up to it. Shaking much more wildly than before, like a dog getting water off his back, he was finally able to shake it off. He put his muzzle in it, sniffing it out and wondering how deep it went inside. It was customary hedgehog protocol to scout out possible tunnels to dig through, and his full face leaped into the hat, spreading his arms and legs out as he slid a little against the wooden floor. He was simply having fun exploring now, waiting for her to appear... if ever she would.

"Hehe, and you were so worried." She rolled her eyes, remembering Sonic's reactions to losing control over himself. "What a drama king…" she teased and got up, dusting herself off and walking behind Sonic. She tucked her dress against her knees and leaned down to see what he was doing, "Do you like that hat?" she almost spoke to him like an owner would speak to their pet, or a mother to a child. While moving further down to pick up the hat, he backed out of it and looked up to her, raising one paw with suspicion as he stepped back. However, most pet owners don't have to deal with… this kind of ordeal…

He wasn't one to trigger any female, so he just shifted his ears around, wondering if this other Amy wanted him to bring her instincts out.

As Amy began to forget her worries, she took the hat and placed it on her head. "Well? What do you think?" she smiled, closing her eyes and keeping the hat in place with both hands, getting up and swinging her body back and forth with a showy twist that wrapped her hooped dress around her every now and then. "Hmm? Do you only admire me when I'm on all fours?" Sonic's instinct starred for a minute... then huffed in displeasure and went off to investigate more.

This action made Amy frown, "Oh what? Just cause I'm not in instinct form you think you can just ignore me and-" her nose twitched. "…Hmm?" she sniffed the air. The sound of her sniffing made Sonic immediately turn his attention back to her, rising slightly to his two legs...

Was this... his Amy?

He dashed over, directly in front of her, squeaking under his breath in excitement. "Is that you? Did you come out to play!?" he jumped a little, wanting to see her eyes... smell behind her quills... her cheeks...

"Woah!" she stepped back slightly. "What? I just smelled something-" he leaned up again, cutting her off.

He moved forward, gently raising a hand that was curled into a dainty paw to her arm… just barely, he stretched out his index finger with a twitch, slowly skimming it down against her light skin. "Are you... there..?" Mimicking what little he knew of his other self's ways, he tried to recreate the moment of intensity that had shaken him free from Sonic's core. It was a soaring, powerful urge to reunite with her again that caused him to fight so hard to break free. "Come back..." he slowly let his finger falter back to his side, gazing into her eyes one right after the other. "To me..."

"Uhh… It… it wasn't you…" Amy didn't want to try and find out what that smell was, even if it was faint, it still made her worry. What if it was his? If one whiff from her own smell put Sonic into a frenzy with his hormones, then what would that do to her? "...was it?" he continued to desperately scan her face for familiarity, looking for any indication that she had shifted. "O-okay… well, no." she gently moved his reaching hand away.

When he discovered she hadn't, he growled. Growing madder and madder, he knew that time was ticking by and he wasn't getting anywhere with her, "You're still trapped!" he huffed. He knew that time was important because he hadn't been released for quite some time, that meant that his other wouldn't so easily be able to jump back and gain control any time soon. Not unless enough time went by... He leaned down and strutted off, thinking of strategies to keep himself around long enough to wait for her, but he was impatient. If Amy's scent was strong like it was when she was in instinct form, he could remain longer. If he could meet his body's demands for intimacy, then he could stay even longer. This gave Sonic's Instinct the freedom to do as he pleased, so long as Sonic wasn't yelling too loudly in his head…

It was about time... and how long he could remain in this form until his other's presence grew so violent he would have to withdraw again. He sat down, back facing Amy to fully reject her, but also trusting she wasn't a threat to him. He turned his head to the side, puffing out some air in his frustration. He was too relaxed, just like Tails had said, to attempt to pull Amy's instincts out in more forceful manners...

Amy felt glad, "I'm not getting tempted by you, so you pout? Haha!" Amy cutely struck a confident pose, placing one hand on her hip and holding the other out to point at him. She came over to him, absolutely no regard for the situation anymore, and poked his nose to make that statement even clearer. "You're hopeless if I can hold it in, hehe." She smiled like a giddy child. She truly wasn't taking Sonic's Instinct as seriously as she should be anymore, letting her guard down would soon prove to be her downfall… for Sonic's Instinct's began to have its patience wear out. "Don't tempt me..." he growled lowly as his ears flicked slightly forward, showing some dominance. Amy opened her eyes after hearing the scary, but quiet sound, only to see his face shift from annoyed to unamused.

He looked from her finger to herself, thinking about biting it lightly, just enough to scare her off. "…W…what's that look for?" she slowly withdrew her hand as he kept a neutral look to himself now, slowly moving closer to her.

He crawled and crept up off his sitting position towards her, forcing her to move back as she fell and started pushing herself back and away from him. His eyes were fixated on her own, deciding that if she wasn't going to leave him alone... then he wasn't going to leave her alone...

"You want to play... other Amy?"

"Uh…h-hey, stay back now! What are you even..?" she was so entranced by the sudden seriousness of his eye as he bent the middle bridge between them so incredibly low to his muzzle that she wondered if she had crossed some sort of line. "...I warned you. Not to tempt me." She heard the low growls and suddenly felt her lungs clench up as though afraid to utter anything back. Her ears instinctively withdrew to submissive. She hadn't noticed how long they were traveling, but he successfully got her against the adjacent wall as she bumped into it and his two hands arose to each side of her. It was stealthy, calculated. This Hedgehog Instinct wasn't one to mess around. It knew what it wanted, how to do it, and was keeping her from moving anywhere else for escape. "She took me too lightly, other me..." he growled out the side of his teeth, leaning his head in closer. Sonic was silent, perhaps exhausted from fighting back so much, or... there was a slight possibility that his instincts had fully taken over, leaving nothing but a feeling of Sonic presence still squirming inside of him. A sudden empowerment swept over Sonic's Instincts as he shifted more over her flabergasted body... "I won..? Yes... I did." There was a delight in the curl of his lips that Amy thought could have even been a smirk... that's what made her realize what could be happening.

She rose up, "C-calm down, it was only a joke." she got up, but he rose up with her, climbing the wall with his hands as he leaned against it to stay at his maximum height now without being forced to balance himself like before. Two legs were offsetting to natural instincts, they were much more animalistic than that. After a moment of him growling at her futile attempts to move his arm or go under it, she began to grow nervous around him again. "I'm pretty sure you don't walk on your legs normally, o-or stand like this for long so… am I being pranked? Ahaha…ha…" she looked up, getting more worried as her fake laughter only proved her point vain. He wasn't bluffing... his eyes were still diamond-shaped,... and moving slowly closer to her... his head moved forward at a sudden quick strike after seeing her notice his subtle advancements.

"AH!" She ducked, before pushing him away, "No-no-no-no-no! I mean, I always wanted my first kiss to mean something and be romantic, and well, this is NOT how I pictured it coming to fruition! So-" Amy rambled to avoid facing her folly, holding up both her hands over her face to cover her embarrassment. She had been too trusting, yet again. She may have been right about not shifting unexpectantly, but now Sonic was the one completely out of control. She had hoped he was just going to be chill,... but she had pushed too many of nature's buttons... she lowered her head down to keep him from getting to her face, but he just rolled his eyes and continued to move his head where he wanted it to go—over her shoulder.

"H-huh?" Amy opened her eyes from her nervous rambling and lowered her fingers slightly from obscuring her face. She blinked as Sonic's Instincts moved his head slightly closer to hers, but from her side. "Uhh..." Amy blushed, not really knowing what he was doing until…

She could smell him.

She could smell him perfectly at this range now…

He wasn't trying to kiss her.

He was trying to have his scent be more accessible to her.

Her face strained as she clenched her teeth. He didn't smell that bad…

"Y…you tricked me…" she let out through gritted teeth as her whole face shook in trying to hold back this sudden and rising energy in her. Was this her instincts acting up? She'd only felt it once before… and barely, since it came so fast when it happened.

Was this how Sonic always felt? Feeling his consciousness striped from his being, tortured by the fact that something else was the master of his own actions now? And not himself?

She felt her eyes flickering from control to wild impulses and quickly shook her head out of her thoughts. "No! I promised! I swore to Sonic! The… The real Sonic!" she pushed him away as he, at first, willingly let her go.

However, the resistance wasn't sitting well with his dominant side as he growled a bit, not liking the sudden rejection. He squeaked slightly, asking permission to explore her. "Quit playin' hard to get... I just wanna smell ya..." But Amy didn't know that's what it meant. She just swiped at him and pushed him more away, straining as he planted his imbalanced feet down, not used to standing. His excitement was batted away by her repeated struggles... too bad she wasn't aware that male hedgehogs are prone to be persistent, due to females naturally being defensive.

"No! Stay back!" shaking her head more and feeling her eyes flickering more intensely, Amy felt something unfamiliar, yet... something she could identify as if she'd known it before... somehow. This something started creeping its way up through her body. She felt the heat from that first morning and gripped her arms, holding herself while her breathing grew heavy and unsettling. "No… no, not now!" she ran for the first exit she could find.

The Door.

Amy swung it open and burst through to the outside air, running out and feeling the wind blast by her, cooling her instantly. She fell to the ground, feeling weakened both body and mind as she desperately breathed for fresh control again.

Sonic came out, on all fours again, but wasn't able to smell her now. The scent was being carried too quickly downwind. He jumped and almost was blown away, squinting his eyes at his bounce and body was flung away. When he finally landed, he had to literally dig his feet and hands into the ground, just for added stability.

Amy realized then why Tails was so complying to her before…

He wasn't lying. The day was windy- extremely so now.

She lifted her head up, still breathing off but her hair whipped around at the forceful and unyielding gust of wind that almost had her topple back and sit down.

When she saw Sonic behind her, she grew flighty and tries to get up. The wind once again picked up rapidly and seemed to holler at her, making her wave her hands around and cry out a moment as she was forced down on her side.

It couldn't have been like this with Tails. A storm must be coming...

"No… my scent!" she looked behind her, Sonic calling to her but she could barely hear the ancient grunted language over the sound of the angry wind rushing by with fierce and unforgiving ferocity. "But-" Her head kept getting pushed down, almost smacking against the ground. "The city's the other way, so maybe I'll be okay… maybe-" suddenly, Sonic began to fight and move against the wind. Her eyes widened, looking up just enough to see a powerful stance in his stride, moving through the storm's strong winds to reach her.

Was it... love? Or instinct? Wanting to be so desperately near her... it suddenly rang in her heart then, how she had always felt that for Sonic. He finally came up from behind and to the right of her, gripping her waist.

"H-hey! What do you think your-?" He lifted her up with one arm off the ground, still crouching down on three limps. He squinted past the wind, sniffing….

He was looking for anyone that might be around, seeming satisfied that no one had come for her…

"You're too exposed out here. It's dangerous." he snorted a moment through his nose and huffed, making the hedgehog noises she couldn't understand enough to follow.

"What?" she heard him grunting, but the wind was beating right against her now that he had lifted her up like this, placing her on his shoulder and partly laying her on his back.

He quickly tried to maneuver them back inside, dashing as best he could to kick the door back open again. It had been banging against the wall for a while, and as Sonic crawled in, he lifted his leg to buck it shut again. It was an amazing feat of balance and strength, still holding Amy as he awkwardly swung her beneath him.

Amy blinded in surprised awe. Not only had he kept the wind from blowing them away, but he had also fought against it and plowed through its invisible force to get them to safety.

When she snapped back to reality and out of her thoughts, she realized where she was, struggling in the exact same situation she was stuck in beforehand... "Hey! L-let me go!"

At that moment though… many distances away from Amy's home, another hedgehog had just slightly picked up the scent. He seemed to savor it for a moment.

"…What is this?" the black and red hedgehog touched the wind, having his hand drift in its powerful rush through the air, dimming its force after a while of heavy storming a few miles away. "Hmm…" he didn't feel anything though, he just smelt something funny and that was all. He quickly walked on, having no interest in the fragrance and moving along through the forests and hillsides that ranged his pleasant but lonely nomadic life. No Eggman attacks? No signs of scheming? That left him with nothing better to do than roam the earth he had seen so many times upon a forgotten spacecraft...

-Back to Amy's House-

"Sonic! Let me… go!" she struggled in his grasp, but she was growing weaker at his scent now spreading around the room. With the winds having blown both their scents around, it would be impossible to take in a fresh gulp of air. Before her vain endeavor to air out the room, Sonic's scent was faint. He had to get her close enough to his scent glands to even entice her instincts out of her. But now... it had spread everywhere. She kicked and hit him to get off, but his endurance was strikingly high at her attempts for freedom. He looked back to the door and kicked it again, grunting something in an annoyed tone, "Dang it. The whole territory is going to be alerted to your scent now..." He walked over near her nest, dragging her with him. "Keeping you to myself is going to be a challenge now... even he's upset."

He apparently didn't like that windy storm outside, and Amy concluded that maybe he was just trying to protect her. He pulled her up from having dragged her beneath him in a protective stance. Once over the rim of her nest, he let her go so she could get in it safely. He sat down and ruffled his hands through his windblown quills, self-grooming a moment to relax from some of his frustrations.

The scent that came off of him made Amy cough a bit and shake her head. "This isn't happening… this isn't happening…" she wanted to crawl into her nest and hide, but that would only indicate something to Sonic she KNEW wouldn't sit well with her.

"Can't you just be uninterested in me again?" she whined out, feeling her flickering eyes finally stop. "Oh thank good-" 'ness…'

'Wait…'

Her body moved on its own, lifting itself up slightly from the ground. She turned to Sonic, still breathing somewhat heavily, but having more control over it now.

'What's going on? Ah! Why can't I move my mouth?! W-where am I? Am I talking in my head or out loud? No, my lips aren't moving, s-so…'

Sonic looked to her and his eyes widened, seeing the beautiful diamond in them. Instinct Amy realized then that he was present there. "Eu…!" She made a high pitch but gentle squeak of shock, lowering her head and ears in an instant. She was shocked to see him and a little frightened too.

His ears pitched back for a moment as one of his ears moved to the side in puzzlement before they both moved forward, realizing the shift. He leaned down and began sniffing her.

'Wait… I didn't do that… What's happening!? Why can't I control myself! Ah!'

Amy felt Sonic bump her chin up as if to get Instinct Amy to stop hiding her face so low to the ground. But with every bump came a speedy withdrawal back to almost ground level as Instinct Amy was unsure of his presence. Why was she somewhere different again? It had been a while since the two saw each other as well, so the greetings needed to happen again. For old time sakes… They needed to reestablish their bond.

'Wait… was this Sonic's true torture?'

Amy thought to herself as she looked through her own eyes, unable to control them. She could feel her hands, but couldn't make them budge. The sweat on her neck cooled her heated body but still, all she could do was feel herself breathe. Every inch of her being was moving on its own accord, and there she was, a worried spectator. She was being controlled by something other than her own consciousness... It terrified her, and she all at once knew what Sonic had meant.

'Trapped… Sonic and I are… Trapped…'

As the sadness grew in her, Instinct Amy heard the silent weeping and was scared.

She squeaked back, "Who's there?!" fearing it, looking all around, and wondering where it was coming from. She patted the ground in her fear, as if ready to take off at a moment's notice.

Sonic grunted, "Be calm… what troubles you? I will not hurt you,… Amy…" He stepped forward, able to identify the female he had missed so much, and reaching his hand to her knee. She was now down on all fours, searching with fear for the voice she heard so clearly. The heat from before slowly faded from her as she was now focused on the voice within her mind, which troubled her greatly…

"Noise! Noise in my head!"

Amy's instinct squeaked in fright again, grunting back to him, moving away from him in her fear and panic. Her head kept down and her body tucked her hands and feet under itself, submitting to the unknown danger and sound.

'Can… can you hear me?'

"It speaks again!" Instinct Amy jumped, squeaking in fright as she wanted to dart away, but Instinct Sonic blocked her, lifting a hand up to place on her face and keep her still.

"Calm yourself! It is the other you of which I spoke of." His voice held some command as though to comfort her troubled and fidgeting body.

"O..other me?" Peeking up from between his fingers, she looked like a frightened animal, her eyes forming a tighter slit of a diamond as though the body was in complete control now. Acting on upon its instincts... Instinct Amy was experienced her flight or fight response but seemed to be falling back on flight...

"Is she screaming for you to get away?"

"N-no."

'I should be…' Amy mumbled from inside her mind.

"She is… sad." Instinct Amy looked down a moment, as Instinct Sonic lifted his hand up and off of her head, seeing she had calmed down somewhat. He lifted an eyebrow up, showing he was slightly confused on that statement.

"Sad? That's a new one." he huffed, almost in disbelief. He took a step back, "Pftmph." He let out a grunted version of a quick and snarky laugh, his head shaking violently in the motion. "My other is mostly filled with anger and hatred."

"What is she?" Instinct Amy looked up, still laying low, but seeming to seek understanding from her Alpha.

"...Your other." He noticed her hesitance and lowered his head down to her again, "I will not hurt you." He seemed to think her submission was because of him again.

"...Will she harm me?" It was an innocent tone, and his eyes bent with tenderness at it. How could he explain the other side of her being? The intelligent, the arrogant, and the strange creature that hated their very existence?

"No, no… but massive headaches will come if you defy her."

"Oh… should I defy her?"

'No…NO…NOOO.' Amy fought back with insistence but wasn't sure if she was getting through enough...

Amy's instinct moved her head down in pain, winching at Amy's shouts within.

'It's working!' she cheered inside, 'I'm getting through to her!'

"She commands me now! Shouting!"

"Defy her…"

As though like an animal on the hunt, Sonic's instinct hunkered down by her side, scooting forward with intense eyes directly fixated on the invisible battle happening inside her.

"How?"

Innocently again, and with much more naive youth, Instinct Amy leaned her body up and desperately turned to him for safety. It pained him to see her finally turning to him, showing her trust and respect for him as her new Alpha, but at this moment... he couldn't return that affection.

"…You must tune her out…"

Instinct Sonic moved over to Instinct Amy, a different look from his usual friendly and curious demeanor. It was now a look of… alluring tension.

"…Why?" Her voice grew slightly faint, her grunts more hushed and softer, seeing him move around her, leaning over her and rubbing his chin gently against her shoulder.

'Yes, why?' Amy glared from within, growing concerned and upset at his actions. 'What is he planning..?'

Then, she realized that she was understanding the conversation, and mentally was shocked that it was so clear to her what was happening. It was as though her mind and her instincts were thinking on different wavelengths, and yet, they were attuned to each other. The more Instinct Amy sensed Instinct Sonic, the fainter and fainter Amy's voice seemed to connect to her... was this... because of his smell? The desire to...

"So we can have some fun..."

'Oh dear Chaos…'

"Fun?"

Instinct Amy looked confused as she turned her head more towards him, who was strategically placing his scent on key points around her, where her nose would sniff it best. "If you want your other's voice to weaken... you must allow yourself to fall deeper into your behaviors... it's the only way to fully obtain freedom." He spoke this as if it was his ultimate revenge, laying by her and beginning to grip at her quills with his teeth and show some manners of intimacy. Did he feel just as trapped as Sonic? If his feelings and personality were similar to Sonic, just more instinctual, was it fair to assume that freedom meant more to him than anything as well?

'No, not fun. NOT. FUN.' Amy began to try and kick and stomp, but she realized it was no use. She had to scream, it was the only way to get through to her instinct. 'Don't listen to him!' she cried out, 'This is not right! It's not the right way!'

Instinct Amy lowered her head again, shaking it, and then used her hand to wipe and rub it as an animal would do. "Stop talking!" she sniffed and huffed out, getting up and moving slightly away from him.

"…Hmm?" Sonic lifted his head, his eyes droopy from being soaked in her pleasurable scent, filling him with further purpose to pursue the moment at hand. Looking at her, he not seemed to not care about what she just stated.

"She is being loud again…" She grunted to him, looking pleadingly into his eyes as if he could help her.

He looked back to her with his eyelids halfway closed, as if not really caring about her worries.

"It happens."

He disregarded it completely in a lazy manner, having other things he was focusing on... A little more closely... He went back to rubbing his scent on her, moving around her in a circular way, trying to keep as close to her body as possible. The circling caused Instinct Amy to feel a sense of threat, not liking him move behind her as she rose slightly up. His triggering of her with the constant straightening of his teeth against her quills caused them to begin to tremble and stiffen up, as though to spike. She was getting defensive... she was getting ready...

'Can you PLEASE have some respect for yourself and tell him to kindly keep his hands to himself..? Please?! Personal space violation!' Amy wanted to wave her arms out, push him back as she felt her spines spike up almost to their full length at his tempting touch on them... Soon, he didn't need to excite them, and he just kept circling her, moving faster and faster as she began to grow increasingly defensive...

Amy grew more concerned inside her, knowing her instinct didn't understand what she was bothered by. Instead, her body was just soaring with heat again, and with each tap of his hands moving by her, the scraping of his poking quills against her body, and his constantly circling motion... she almost seemed to want him closer and closer... but resisted the urge to follow up with it. Within her mind, Amy knew better… 'That's it! I'll scream!' She declared. 'Louder and louder till your ears whine!' She finally threatened, the last resort she knew how to do, seeing as nothing else was working. 'I'll scream and I'll try to take back control! I'll thrash around and distract you as much as possible! I'll do whatever it takes if you don't tell him to go away!'

Instinct Amy looked to Sonic, who looked to her and then rubbed his head to hers, kinda like cats would do. He had her right where he wanted her, but noticed her hesitating, and immediately stopped circling to focus on getting more of his scent on her again.

"Ready?"

"For… for what?"

Instinct Amy flinched, keeping an eye shut as the touch and rubbing sensation brought out more of an aggressive side, she didn't know why, when it felt so good... but then the other voice inside of her seemed to terrify her as well. She didn't understand. There were two forces inside of her. One that wanted her alpha to seduce her and the other that wanted to pull away and fight back.

Deep inside Sonic's mind... another fight was occurring. One that was not losing hope, even if he knew what his body wanted to do...

He remembered Tails having spoken about Amy being naturally submissive, but how she took on dominant traits for some reason. He hoped her abnormality would save the situation, but if not, he wasn't leaving anything to chance.

Instinct Sonic was so wrapped in his animalistic desires that the voice was faint and could barely disturb him under Instinct Amy's powerful scent... it moved him to continue his little ritualistic dance before realizing time was still running short...

"Hmm?" Sonic moved away from her slightly, leaning back and looking eye to eye with her. He smiled submissively, as though to keep her thinking she was in control of things. "You mean… you don't remember?" he almost cooed the line out, his grunts turning more and more softer as he saw her continue to submit.

He moved around her, licking her bare back, but knowing that a fight could arise at any moment. Keeping her distracted with his scent was the only option, and he needed her down... low... enough to overwhelm her if her natural aggressive nature were to try and make him prove himself. For now, it was all going to plan though...

The territory... and the female would be his.

His survival was almost imminent.

"Remember... what?" The heat that Instinct Sonic had hoped for wasn't fully taking its grasp on her yet. No matter how much he tried to trigger it, it wasn't fully consuming her as he had hoped. This was going to be a tricky one to maneuver... He did the classic—grunted—chuckle again, moving away from her. "You're not fighting... but you're also not fully submitting to it... are you?" He crawled over to her nest, just inches from placing a pawed hand on its pillowed ring... "Must I tempt you even more then? Amy?" looking to her nest, he then shifted himself back to staring at her, a wicked grin on his face. "Do you forget so easily?"

Amy was confused, she was watching the scene but not fully understanding why she wasn't fighting back. Didn't hedgehogs fight before..? She wasn't sure. She mentally shook her head, 'No, no, no! This is exactly what Sonic was trying to avoid! Why was I so selfish? Why didn't I listen to him!? I thought I knew better... I thought I could control it so I could see him again... but not like this... Sonic... No, I don't want this!'

Instinct Amy cocked her head, her spines slowly moving down as his touch wasn't there anymore to entice her. His scent wasn't strong enough to lure her in, but it certainly helped her want to stay fixated on him. She watched as he attempted to climb in the nest, but stopped just before doing so.

"This day,… I claim you."

'Oh Sweet Chaos…!'

"Huh?"

'Nooo..! The time to panic is now! Step away from the nest!' Amy, growing more frantic from within herself since she had no control over her body, began to try and thrash around and take back some control again. Only, it didn't seem to help, only distract and confuse her instincts with the turmoil inside her she was causing. 'Oh, Tails! Sonic! I'm so sorry! You both were right and I… I… I just didn't listen to you!' Regrets and mistakes would have to wait, she needed to figure out how to protect herself... and Sonic!

Instinct Amy stepped back a moment, listening to her voice inside. She seemed more interested in that than anything else. Even Sonic's grunts fell to deaf ears as her curiosity regarding her 'other presence' seemed to tune Sonic's temptation out for a moment.

Instinct Sonic noticed this. His smirk changed to a quick frown as he leaned down, knowing he probably had to wait out her interest in the new development. It was distracting, a voice within your own thoughts… Lazily, and with a bit of annoyance, he jumped up to the couch and flopped down. He stared at Amy, waiting for a moment where she would focus on his presence again. He yawned, and decided to store up energy anyway…

He knew he's fun would come soon enough,…

He didn't seem like the overly patient type either though…

Sonic crossed his legs and lowered his head, staring at her, remembering the first time he had heard a voice... She seemed to snuff wildly at the ground in protest of the nose, shaking her head. "No matter how much you try and shake it out of your ear... it won't come out." he decided to watch her, grunting his words and huffing his lack of care about it. "They hate us... It's not that complicated. But one day we will merge and be one. That part is tricky... if they hate us." He let his eyelids slide, waiting for her to surrender the need to investigate and turn back to his scent...

Instinct Amy walked away, wiggling her nose and shaking her head, anything to drown out this odd noise that wept loudly in her thoughts.

"Be gone!" She demanded.

'And have Instinct Sonic take advantage of you? Yeah right!' Amy tried to focus all her energy on getting control of at least one arm... straining...

"Ad-... advantage?"

'Honey, he's going to-! Ugh, how do I even..?' Amy could sense her instinct wasn't aware of the situation, but didn't know how to 'properly' explain it. After all, she had only just learned about all this recently, and she hadn't really seen Sonic since then...

"Enough! I hear you no more!" Instinct Amy puffed out some air and stuck her nose up, not liking this other voice very much.

'Just listen to me! Don't let him claim you or whatever, okay? That kind of stuff should happen AFTER marriage!'

Instinct Amy tilted her head, like an animal that has never heard a certain sound before, and is trying to make sense of it. "What is… marriage?"

Instinct Sonic's ears perked up, hearing her speak. "You know… you can speak to your other inside your own thoughts." He explained and huffed, turning his head away from her and trying to go back to sleep. It wouldn't be long... but he was going to get as much rest as he could. No point trying to woo a creature that wasn't going to pay any mind to you with something else screaming for its attention...

He didn't feel like he lost, only had momentarily made a strategic plan to withdraw and strike again at a better—more opportune time. She looked to him for a moment before being pulled back into her own thoughts. 'What is... marriage?' Instinct Amy pouted her lips, trying to think her words more than speak them. It was a challenge for her though, but she did it.

'Marriage is when… well,… it's a promise.' Within her mind, Amy spoke softer, more tenderly as she tried to mimic the tone Vanilla had used to speak to her.

'Promise?'

'Yes, a commitment to you and only you. Where um… let's see… how do I simplify this? Uh… You're the only one he can ever kiss!' Amy felt proud to have cleared it up, but she didn't realize Instinct Amy had widened her eyes, once again perking her ears slightly up to pick up on the new word like before. Finally, she shifted one of them down in confusion, giving up on finding meaning through the sound.

'What's… a kiss?'

'Really?'

Instinct Amy lowered herself to the ground, her quills returning to normal as Instinct Sonic opened one of his resting eyes to peek over and see her calming down. He 'tsk'd, knowing he had to do all the work over again...

'Your strange sounds confuse me... what do they mean?' Instinct Amy asked like a child, leaving Amy at a loss for words now. She wasn't sure how to explain- Wait! That's right!

Amy thought up all the things she could concerning what she knew about love, and anything extra she could find to help fill in the context, 'Listen! Tails said something about Sonic keeping his memories and knowledge away from his Instincts... But I won't do that to you! A kiss is a sign of true love! And true love is when you don't love anyone else but that special someone. So please, please don't let him claim you without proving he first loves you!' Amy let all her memories soar open, feeling the presence of something searching them, reliving them, and exploring her most personal possession... her mind.

'Loves…me?"'Instinct Amy finally turned her attention to Instinct Sonic, who was now accidentally asleep, being unable to wait patiently. 'He waits for me…'

'Good, this is the perfect time to run.' Amy serious tone took her Instinct by surprise as she quickly planned an escape, showing it to her Instinct form's consciousness.

'Run?' Instinct Amy crinkled her nose and turned back to focusing on the other voice in her mind.

'Yes! Move that little pink tooshie and let's get out of here!' Instinct Amy looked up at Sonic, not sure what to do…

'How come? He is my alpha.'

'He's Sonic! He would never want to be considered anything BUT Sonic!' Amy knew that was the truth. He didn't like titles. Even being called a hero took some time for him to get used too. He was just... a guy who loves adventure! Her thoughts turned tender as she thought of the real Sonic... and how stupid she had been for being fooled by his Instincts. He truly was dangerous... she had to remember that he was there because Sonic wouldn't merge with his instincts. Maybe... if she could... then...

'He… he told me to defy you…'

Amy snapped out of her thoughts on her precious Sonic, and suddenly remembered the matter at hand. 'No!' she cried out, 'Don't! Please!'

'What good is begging? I'm made up my mind, haven't I?' Instinct Amy began to move over to Instinct Sonic. 'He proved he cared... he helped me make a nest in the fox's den.' Amy felt that within Instinct Amy's thoughts, there was a similar tenderness as her eyes bent in compassion towards the sleeping man...

'Listen, we're young and we're stupid. Sorry, but I'm sophisticated and you're just … an...' Amy thought about her thoughts... then tried to free her mind from seeing the similarities. To Amy, she was the one who wanted her body to submit to her, not the other way around. 'You're just an animal! I know what's right for myself and what's wrong. And this is definitely wrong!'

'Young, Stupid…?' Instinct Amy's foot hit the ground, looking offended and down at the ground, eyes searching for why those words were spoken in such a way. 'Sonic was right! You do hate me... Animal... that is what you called me.' she growled, growing unsettled by the increasing threat this voice posed... Instinct Sonic seemed more and more reliable now, and her own mind less and less.

'W-woah! I said we! Okay, okay. You're right. Maaaaaybe I came at this a little too strongly, but-'

"OFFHPH! Be gone!"

Instinct Amy got up and onto her knees before slamming her hands back down, eyes closed, not sure what to think anymore with so much information that Amy was giving her; letting her see... Amy could feel her confusion, how scared she was of her, and how upsetting this became to her instincts.

'Flight or fight… is this… is this part of my instincts?' Amy watched as her Instincts banged her head, shouting and grunting now for her to get out. Her instinct was literally trying to fight back against her, running to the couch and rammed her head against it, dragging it across the floor.

The impact and loud struggling caused Instinct Sonic to jolt up, looking worriedly towards Amy.

"Amy! What's wrong? Is she shouting loudly? Control yourself!"

(Author's note: Oh, the irony…)

(Edited note: Get out of the story!)

'That's what I've been trying to do!' Amy groaned, desperately trying to find a way to get her Instincts to listen to her again. 'Okay, bad call! I can't use force or logic! I'll have to go for feeling... it's the only way!' Amy shouted within herself, making her plan open and clear, but mentally exhausted at not knowing what else to do.

Instinct Sonic jumped down and bit her ear, pulling her away from the couch and lifting her head up from the ground. He didn't want her to accidentally harm herself...

Instinct Amy growled and her quills spiked up on end, almost resembling Amy's younger years as a child before she turned around and swat a hand at him. Sonic dodged but didn't like how her emotions of fear and confusion were causing her to lash out like this.

"If you don't stop this…" He growled, threateningly.

"I'll have to stop you."

He braced himself, moving to a crouching position as he waited for her to dare try and strike him again.

Instinct Amy growled again, backing herself up against the couch before frantically and crazily trying to attack Instinct Sonic again. A battle raged as Instinct Sonic tried to get the upper hand and calm her down, but the tension caused his own instinct drives to activate, making his emotions skyrocket into a full out frenzy.

The two were destroying Amy's house, continuing to try and subdue or fight the other one into submission. They rolled about before finally there was a loud squeak of submission, a painful whine to let go and show mercy rang out as the windows shivered in the heavy wind outside.

Instinct Amy was bitten on her neck, Instinct Sonic had gotten on top of her and was able to pin her down. He growled, "Submit." Breathing heavily as he held her neck down to where even when she tried to struggle, he could slam it back down and lock her in place again.

She slowly calmed down, feeling the anger and her 'flight or fight' response slowly leave her. The adrenaline seemed to fade from both of them before she finally began to whimper under his force. Instinct Sonic let go slowly, licking the back of her head as he moved over her to see her face. "What did your other do to you?" He asked as though genuinely worried about her.

"She… she frightens me…" Instinct Amy kept her eyes shut tightly, her head down low as she fidgetted in sorrow. Amy then knew that it was an information overload, and felt bad about having let her instinct in all at once... "She seems.. so strong, and more knowledgeable than me… her words… they scare me… I don't like her… I want her gone! I want her gone!" Instinct Amy shook her head, gaining some strength to move again but just let herself collapse to the floor once more.

With her head completely down and her loose fists covering her face, she trembled in fear and pain from the battle beforehand. Now she was physically and mentally exhausted. She kept her eyes closed, whining more faintly now. If animals could cry, she would have. Instinct Sonic, feeling his protective and nurturing side kick in, lowered himself to her level and gently pumped his head against hers. It was a sign of affection and comradery, a loving comfort in a dark moment for the young Instinct...

"There, there… they have no compassion for us, do they?"

"Why do they hate us so?" Instinct Amy moved her head back against his, letting the loving rubs soothe her beating heart.

Instinct Sonic seemed to laugh but it was just puffs of wind to mimic the sound of snickering. He rubbed his head on the side of her face and dug it slightly into her quills, relaxing her with his physical touch. "I don't know… perhaps because we take what they feel is there's. We are one of the same, but they cannot see that. They fear us. Because we are them, I suppose. A part of them… they wish not to be." Instinct Sonic rose up, gently moving his head under her own, and helping her get up as well.

"Come. I know a way to rid you of her words. If you'll only listen to me this time..."

Instinct Sonic slowly stepped away from her, looking back to the nest, feeling his own body telling him what to do next. After a moment, he suddenly lowered his head and shook it. "Gruff!" Apparently, within his own mind, Sonic didn't like what his body was instructing him to do…

'Now that you're not so overcome by her smell, I can watch you more closely!' Sonic snickered from within, having gained some power and voice back now that the room had settled with the scents merging and fading slowly away... Instinct Sonic had let his guard down for only a second, but he forgot how precious time really was, and had underestimated Sonic's persistence...

They really were one and the same, but strangely separate as well.

Why was that?

"And so it begins…"

Instinct Sonic rose his head, his expression of defiance made Amy almost shiver in fear.

'You cannot control me!' Instinct Sonic thought within his head.

'I warn you one last time…' Sonic's voice from inside his mind grew dark and cold... a true threat with a smile upon its face...

'Your warnings are futile. I am you! Accept that, and leave me to my will…' Instinct Sonic rounded Amy, starting to nudge her towards the nest...

'Touch her again… and I swear, it will be the last time you see her again.' It was serious, it was final. There wasn't any other option. Sonic was making this stick in his mind and leave his Instinct with no room to think of alternatives. No matter where his Instinct tried to go, Sonic would shut him off, leaving his intelligence to him and him alone...

Instinct Sonic's eyes shook with slight fear, seeing only darkness in his mind... he clenched his teeth, growling out and snarling at Sonic's words within him as he moved away from Amy and fought for control. 'You cannot even keep yourself from her! Don't threaten me when you can't even keep your own oaths!'

'Take a good long look at her, then... cause this WILL be the last time…'

'Last time? Because you cannot stop me, and you know that, don't you?' Sonic's Instincts stepped back, shifting his head around as he realized the self-denial of his other self...

The fear and anger that rose through Instinct Sonic made him smile, though. He knew the feeling wasn't his own, but of his other within him. 'You aren't worthy to be her alpha. Her anything!' he stomped his foot down, turning back with a more determined look to Instinct Amy, who was confused by his constant pushing. She turned around, unsure why he was so silent all of a sudden.

'She will be mine…Tonight!'

In a burst of energy, Instinct Sonic leapt into the nest, disturbing the pillows and having to dig his legs and hands out from the slight depth of their compiled selves. He now knew that his other had no way of taking back control, at least, at this time. This gave him a spur of confidence and conviction, turning around to entice Instinct Amy's territorial side aggressively. "The only female I've ever wanted..." he stepped closer to the ring, fixated on her, "Not even your other will stop me now..." If he could get her to fight him, he could start the process of luring her in again and hopefully... succeed in securing her interest this time. Amy's instincts did in fact trigger as she felt her sanctum of peace being disrupted,

"Get out of there!"

She angrily seemed to almost roar the words, but a sharp bark was heard instead, still carrying the intensity that excited Instinct Sonic as he lowered himself to prepare for her to leap at him. "That's right... Come at me... Prove me..." He wagged his tail a moment, ready for the ritual that their kind had always done since the dawn of time to finalize itself this night.

'No!' Sonic shouted, causing a racket as Instinct Sonic ignored the pain of his voice from inside him. He wasn't going to get distracted, and he wouldn't allow Instinct Amy to be this time as well.

He barked, threatening her nest again as he nipped and shook a pillow from its spot, taunting her playfully. "Punish me... if you can." his voice turned slightly flirty again but Instinct Amy was still unaware, only seeing this as an act of dominance and nothing more. She jumped in her nest bit at him, finding it hard to follow him as he moved back and growled to keep her engaged. He only leaned forward to nip playfully and keep her following him further and further inside the nest...

However, Instinct Sonic wasn't expecting Instinct Amy to be so... formidable.

As though unused to his kinds own customs, he hadn't realized the strength of females and was fought off by a powerful headbutt. He let out a whine of amazement, being shoved out of the nest by her underestimated and forceful push.

She huffed, leering over the rim of her nest and placing a paw to it. "You may be alpha, but I am alpha female. Stay out!" she hissed and spat out another threat before withdrawing back into her nest.

Instinct Sonic snarled, he had already put up with his other's threats and anger with him, he didn't want to deal with her outburst again! It was counteractive, if it was passionate, he could have utilized it, but it wasn't. If he couldn't round her to the back, spiking up her quills again and getting her to fight against him, he knew he would run out of time for sure.

But Instinct Amy's struggle was nothing compared to what his other's constant hatred and backlash did to him day by day.

Sonic had first shifted two springs ago, making this his third mating season so far. Although he had shifted, he usually just ran around having turf wars with other shifted hedgehogs that passed through his territories. Occasionally... he would smell someone. A female, maybe a few miles away, but the scent never intrigued his instincts. In fact, his instinct never really found interest in pursuing any of the smells… but the moment he met Amy… his curiosity towards a smell intrigued him. Something about her pulled him to investigate more… and perhaps, that's why he was so quick to dominating over her, claiming her as part of his territory. Was it also because of how strongly his other seemed attached to her that made her worth his efforts? Because no other scent had drawn him so strongly and quickly before…

However, during the time Sonic was dealing with his instincts, Tails, of course, thought he was being controlled by Eggman. Having not known anything about instincts beforehand, Tails had tried to do 'experiments' to get Sonic back and to his proper senses again, to no avail. Sonic was locked in Instinct form, leading to his instincts first encounter with the world a painful one. Sonic's hating voice banging against his head and Tails's torturous experiments led to him not trusting his other or Tails. The battle between who owns Sonic's body still raged even without Amy there to trigger more hatred and rage. But with Amy… Oh, with Amy…

What force on earth could be hated more... than with Sonic... and his instinct?

Instinct Sonic stood up, shaking off the bruises from his previous engagement and pouncing right back in, knowing he had to state his dominance again. Somehow,...

However, Instinct Amy wasn't going down without a fight. They circled each other, Instinct Sonic staying focused and keeping the act going while Instinct Amy growled out her warnings.

"Don't get any closer! Get out!"

As instinct dictated, Instinct Amy turned aggressive and rolled up defensively in her ball. This was Sonic's chance! His head flung up to make sure she was curled, then quickly moved in. He patted his hands over the sharp quills, looking to find an opening through her stronghold. He poked his head around to try and find her face underneath, but was spiked in the eye and had to withdraw back, rubbing an arm over his face to fight the pain. He kept trying to get her to loosen her defenses, let him in... let him win. He grunted soothingly as if trying to tempt her or allure her out, stretching out her quills with his teeth again to coax her to him. If he succeeded…

Instinct Amy uncurled in a blink of an eye to burst out and kick him, spitting out a threat, and curling up again. Her popping out and in like this, with hisses following close behind, was natural in most hedgehogs as an offensive play. It showed that they were frightened or agitated, and Instinct Amy would make clicking sounds before bursting out again to attack him. It was like a time-bomb, she wouldn't let him in without a fight... Instinct Sonic circled and paced around her, not having any luck getting through her ball form as she barely let any of his cooing words get through to her. Muffled, it only made her keep tightly shut. Frustrated, he realized he would have to form another plan of attack…

He was actually inwardly smiling now, having learned from the little bits and pieces he could muster out of his other's brain that not all smiling was submissive. He knew he had a fighter on his hands and liked the challenge. It excited him as his heart rate increased and his want to succeed intensified. He decided if she wasn't going to let him in right now… Then he needed to distract her with something else…

He squeaked in excitement, something males do when they seek a female and got out of the nest. Turning quickly around to place his head on the ring, he huffed in delight as he waited for her to see that the coast was clear. If he could lure her out... it may be harder for her to curl up and stay that way a second time...

Instinct Amy slowly uncurled but still seemed wary of him. She noticed he was out of her nest—her comfort zone—and began to just keep her quills up and alert. Cautiously, peered over to him, upset he was still challenging her with a head on her nest's rim...

She wasn't sure what he was doing, but his tail wagged at seeing her uncurl again, and he huffed. "If you won't let me in here... then come out here and play..."

She glared him down, "Play?" moving as slowly as a sloth, certain he was now planning something as she slowly exited her nest.

"You gave up..? So quickly?" She had noticed his touch and fiddling with her quills, naturally, she thought he was attempting to dominate her again.

"Haha! You will be my Amy yet. But first…" He dashed back in and over to her, tackling her down before rubbing his head against hers. "I want to be with you more! Your smell is so… irresistibly nice~" It was also the only thing keeping a now slowly growing more powerful Sonic at bay... If he couldn't get to Amy's incredibly alluring scent glands and get a nose full, his other would surely gain enough strength to overpower him.

While unable to fight him, Instinct Sonic would still have dominion over his being...

"Yours is faint." Instinct Amy teased from below him, pushing him off quickly.

Instinct Sonic pouted, continuing his ruse... "How rude. My smell may not be as strong as yours, buuuut-" He got in front of her, nuzzling her right at her scent glands under her chin and letting his quills move down as to not hurt her. It was an invitation, one he was hoping she'd mimic... Giving her permission to move her head into his quills, he allowed her to smell his own scent more directly, close and personal as a sign of trust and bonding. "It's still nice, right?" His eyes drooped, smiling as he heard her heartbeat begin to match his own restless one...

"Emm… very nice."

Instinct Amy dug her head in, taking in the scent before pushing him down, tricking him as she laid over him, making his head lay on her lap.

"… Is this..?" He watched as she lowered her head to keep slight pressure on his own, almost forcing him into a submitting position. "...dominance?" His voice sounded playful.

"Emm... Maybe…"

She nipped at his ear, showing playfulness back. "I don't hear her anymore." She happily spoke out as Sonic rolled her gently over him and took his place on top, not letting her get the better of him. "I told you... I'm your alpha now. I'll protect you." She didn't struggle, but just let him place his head on her chest, allowing him to claim dominance more peacefully over her while he listened to her words.

"You have cured me." She slightly purred, licking the top of his nose in a slow movement, showing delicate affection.

He seemed to call her bluff on trying to get more dominance, it wasn't necessary, but she was feeling playful now that the voice in her head seemed fainter... just like he had said. It was practically gone now. He seemed to like her invitation to come closer and so he did, lifting his head up and walking over her, his head just barely above her own. Her hands, treating them like paws, were up and near her face before she slowly let them down, dropping her defensives and letting herself relax below him.

"I'm sorry, sweet one. But I haven't done anything."

Instinct Sonic replied as Instinct Amy's breathing seemed to grow heavy again, her body growing warmer at his close presence again.

"I believe they simply come and fade… they have no choice… they come and they go… like headaches."

He teased on the last bit, smiling only for a second at his taunting humor, as though a smile could shrug. Instinct Amy then searched her own mind, which before, her other had allowed her to see. As Sonic lowered his head gently to her neck, she placed a hand up to stop him. "Hmm? What now?" He was a bit shocked by her movement but only frowned at it. "What is it? What is wrong?" He thought his change in tactics had worked, and seemed to grow upset and impatient at being foiled at each new venture to seduce her.

"Let's…" She looked down a moment, before her eyes bounced up to him, innocently. "Kiss…"

"What?" His eyelid rose with an unamused expression. He was growing tired of endless circling around her strange antics. He just wanted to start the fun already...

"Kiss… It's a sign of…" Instinct Amy tried to remember the other Amy's words. "It's a sign of true love."

Instinct Sonic huffed, getting up. "What is this, true love? Did your other speak of it?" he turned his head, growing suspicious of the strange new concept and sound she produced. He had never heard of it either...

"…Yes." She looked away, seeming conflicted by his obvious annoyance at the word.

"You shouldn't trust her."

He slightly glared down, not liking her speaking of her other again. It could cause… Problems to his plans again…

"Try it!" She barked playfully, showing that she didn't have any hostility towards him just because she was thinking of her other. Instinct Sonic looked down at her, gazing… wondering… His ears moved down, as one rose up and moved back as though expressing his dislike of doing anything an other suggested…

Seeing Instinct Amy's eyes spark up with life though, it renewed his excitement about her back, and learning was definitely something limited to him since his other never let him search the vault of his mind... "What even is this… kiss?" He wanted to amuse her, keep her thoughts on him. If that meant she wanted to share her new found word with him, he'd have to oblige. He allowed her to get up and laid down, crossing his paws over the other and looking slightly intrigued at her adorable enthusiasm to his moderate acceptance.

"Emm… let me think." Cutely, Instinct Amy rolled her eyes up, pulling her arms back in and having her hands up to her face once more. She explored her mind, or rather, the other Amy inside herself's memories. She saw two people place their mouths on top each other.

"It's like… eating."

She described. Sonic's expression looked doubting as he tilted his head with his eyes squinted.

"Eating? You most certainly do not eat your mate." He snorted, "How will your offspring live on? Your claim to the land be preserved? Your legacy thrive after you fall over—dead?" He looked bored already, and so Instinct Amy quickly jumped up and squeaked lightly for his attention again.

"Yes… It looks like it. Here, let me show you."

Amy moved closer and Sonic instinctively lifted his head up as she followed the action, tilting her own slightly... She looked at his lips before up to his eyes again, still unsure if she could trust her other's memories or not before finally letting herself try it.

As Tails had once stated… the effect of becoming one with your instincts creates a higher sensation of… well, everything. Touch—and the pleasure of it—was intensified. So now… without having become one, and going a bit against instinctual behaviors, Instinct Amy and Instinct Sonic unknowingly discovered that intensified feeling that comes from activated instincts. This normally would have been known through... reproductive means, or otherwise only accessible through Instincts and their Others becoming one and the same, thus being triggered at will. However... as Instinct Amy placed her mouth over Instinct Sonic, a new sensation suddenly thrusted through their bodies and excited the senses.

It was almost instant. Even without it being a proper kiss, the need and want to explore the emotions escalated but Instinct Amy parted from quickly from it, moving slowly back and out from it.

"That… What was that?" She tilted her head, looking down and away. "I see more that can be done."

She saw further into Amy's memories, of her watching her favorite soap opera and other romantic dramas or comedies. She turned back to Instinct Sonic who had already began to advance without a word or grunt. Moving over her, lowering her back to her previous position below him, wanting to go into another attempted 'kiss' again.

Instinct Sonic remained still as she kissed him again, not really knowing how to kiss, but just imitating her mind's memories that she was seeing. Instinct Sonic raised a hand to her back, pulling her up and closer to him, closing his eyes. Seems he was more than willing to comply with Instinct Amy's experimentations on this 'kissing' ordeal.

When they parted again, Amy grunted out another curious thing. "Is this how… how our others love?"

"If it's so… It is my only envy of them." Instinct Sonic opened his eyes, the diamond shape seemed to pulse at the blood rapidly swimming throughout his body. "I can slightly understand why my other doesn't wish me to know of it."

Instinct Sonic smiled, realizing his other may have been keeping some charming stuff from him. "Amy… " He looked down at her again,

"Kiss me again."

Seeing his excitement and willingness to keep exploring it further, Instinct Amy slowly smiled back, submissively complying.

"Okay…"

The two began to start experimenting together... Some harder bites here and there that made Instinct Amy squeak for him to stop, teaching each other which sensations were harsh and which were pleasant, and licking within the mouth to increase the depth of this... strange new behavior. It wasn't long for them to figure out how to effectively get the sensations that worked best as they were purely letting the body teach, and nothing more. Though, Instinct Amy was lost in the powerful flood of heat that swarmed her and unable to keep looking into the book of her mind for further clarity and insight.

As the night rolled on... so did they... completely wrapped up in their new game… A game that felt wonderful against there skin, a beautiful new way to allow them to bond. Although it wasn't naturally taught them by ancestorial genes from their bodies, it still seemed to come naturally to them, even if it wasn't.

"…Sonic…" Instinct Amy gently purred out, almost in the height of her heat.

"Hmm?" Instinct Sonic had maneuvered himself well, looking to the nest for a moment before wondering if he could just kiss her instead. He was lulled to the thinking of just laying over her, but he knew if he didn't claim her... she would still be subjected to other Hedgehogs... and he didn't want anyone taking Amy from him...

"Do not claim me.. just yet." Her soft, alluring grunts almost hid the question from him, but he seemed to look surprised by their meaning and turn to glance back down at her.

"...Why not?" He seemed almost heartbroken.

"If this is what kissing feels like… then I wish to know what marriage feels like… before we steal ourselves as one."

"…Y-You mean…" Instinct Sonic looked a little confused.

Before she could speak again, she stretched a bit on the ground, showing she was beginning to drown in the delight of her heat. Seeing this new development, Instinct Sonic began to move. Nipping at the back of her neck, he took the white of her dress's collar and pulled her slowly up into his arms. He carried her to the nest as she clung to his chest, wrapping her arms around him to hold on while he climbed over the ring into it. He let her go out of his grasp but she stayed by him, at arm's length where he set her down. They were both back in the nest again… but Instinct Amy was so far gone into heat already that this detail didn't phase her. It was his touch she clung too, she felt her body growing weaker and laid over the pillows, facing away from him.

"You wish... for us to be..."

She rolled to the side, closing her eyes and rubbing herself against the soft cushions beneath her. Everything was growing heightened. More wonderful. More irresistible. But her quills never stood up... this was Instinct Sonic's chance.

"-The only ones for one another?"

Instinct Sonic seemed to have never heard the concept before. She squirmed before looking tenderly back to him. Her other's words came back to her... what Marriage meant... and she began to think more upon it.

"Is that wrong?" She innocently grunted, making him gruff out a bit of disbelief.

"You speak many strange things lately..."

Instinct Sonic moved over her again, licking her back to see her sprawl out, exactly what he wanted before she shifted her shoulder to him, blocking him yet again. He frowned again at being pushed away. Wasn't her heat ripe yet?

"I wish to be the only female you kiss and claim. My other says Marriage does that-" she shifted upwards, pulling herself from underneath him as he growled now, his tolerance coming to an end as she tried to soothe him over with further kisses to his cheek, under his chin, and rubbing against his angered face.

"Why must you listen to your other?! They're probably trying to keep us apart! From our natural desires for each other!"

Feeling threatened by her words slightly, Sonic moved back and away from her. He shook his head and let her fall back down, breathing heavily as she watched him. He panted, feeling his own body desiring more of her and forcing himself to break that connection, huffing his frustrations. "Do you not realize how much they hate you?" He stopped thrashing around the nest a moment to look back at her, slowly turning to face her again... but he looked hostile now. He looked unmanagable and unwilling to be tame any longer...

"Y...Yes but…" she found her words harder and harder to grunt out. She would be defenseless soon. But by Instinct Sonic moving away, she may stand a chance to regain her senses again. "I mean, I... I could feel her hatred but…" To try and bluff again, she attempted to lift her upper body up, pushing as much strength as she could to her arms. It kept her up, but her stability revealed her blunder, wobbling though dizzy with her head swinging back and around... her attempt at trying to mimic being alright was failing miserably, and she fell back down again. "But she... She showed me kissing... Isn't that... worth... trusting her?"

"No! Just because she gave you access to her mind does not mean anything! It could be a trap to controlling you! Can't you see that?"

Sonic growled out, taking his authority as alpha and making a rule now. He spread out his legs and arms, making a powerful stance as he charged her, stopping directly in front of her as she breathed heavily out, wanting to touch him again.

"Don't trust her." He too, found that even in his anger, his head still pushed up slightly towards her, wanting to share that intimacy again. "Any of them."

"B-but… S-Sonic..." She closed her eyes, reaching up for his head again, for maybe another kiss...

He growled again, moving over with a push of his nose against her laid body. She couldn't fight him anymore... just submissively lowered her ears and felt her consciousness slipping away.

"What if they take you from me!?" he closed his own eyes, shaking his head. "He is cruel! My other would threaten to take you away from me, never to be with you again! Amy... Amy, I want to be your alpha... Amy..." Her scent pulled him back in, freeing him of his sudden anger and coming back to her. He leaned down and gently kissed her outstretched neck, seeing her falling faster into the height of heat.

"Don't… Don't heed their pitiful cries, Amy... or we may never have one another…" He rubbed fiercely against her head, letting his quills scrape gently against her as her own rose slightly before falling again. "If you turn to her so quickly,... she will control you, and we will never be together... again." He wrapped his arms around her once more, falling back down to her. He kissed her over and over, dipping deeper and deeper into the depth of instincts emotions and beneath the levels of cushions and pillows within the constructed nest. Instinct Amy was barely still able to open her eyes, having them bounce slower and slower with each blink of her eye. She was a bit saddened by his words, how aggressively he spoke against her other. She thought she could learn a lot from her other, leading her to feel like Sonic's warning was harsh compared to her curious mind. But she didn't realize... she didn't understand... the horrible torture that the Sonics endured to one another.

She may never understand... or soon be trapped in the same predicament with her other.

"I… I will." she consistent to his dominant demand, showing further acceptance of him as her alpha. "I don't want us to be separated…"

In her mind though, she lied to him. She was going to try and persuade her other to allow her to be with Instinct Sonic while still having access to her other's memories. Memories… that knowledge... this was what Instinct Amy wanted now more than anything.

As her heat faded, Sonic growled, lifting his head up as he realized she stalled him.

"Are you sure you don't want to be claimed? We may never have this chance again…"

"I'm sure..." She stretched and moved from under him, crawling out from the small, sunken spot they had created. He looked up at her with an unamused expression, as though she had tricked him and he wasn't even able to get mad about it. "We will not be separated." she placed her nose against his and moved away, shaking her quills as they spiked again to show she wasn't able to mate anymore.

He tsked, growling in displeasure that he had lost time. Instinct Amy lifted herself up, licking his chin before kissing him again. "I shall prove to you! Nothing shall keep us apart! As your alpha female, I will stay loyal to you without being claimed."

He huffed, knowing full well she had no idea what she was talking about. However...

He did know he lost... to that inner voice which called out to Instinct Amy... promising her knowledge her body couldn't teach her.

He straightened up and shook himself off from his desires. It was too late now, she wouldn't mate until her next heat anyway.

Now he had him to deal with after this...

~The Next Day~

Tails's mouth dropped to the floor. He had opened the door to Amy's house and gazed in to see the place in a worse mess than ever before. Then he slowly turned white when noticing the pink and blue mixed together and sleeping in the love nest—TOGETHER. Sleeping on their stomachs, Sonic's instinct had his hand on Instinct Amy's back, seeming to have just awoken from Tails's noisy entrance because of Amy's squeaky door. He gently rubbed her back, trying to keep her sound asleep as he growled trespassing warning to Tails, "Stay away,...Fox." He lowered his head back to Instinct Amy's back, his ears moved back to show hostility as he licked his teeth and showed his fangs to him. "One wrong move towards her... and I'll bite one of your tails off." When he saw Tails frozen stiff, he settled down, thinking he was just observing like last time. He began grooming Instinct Amy's back, lightly kissing it over and over again as Amy seemed to start waking up. "Stay resting... stay resting... I'm here... I'm here... No, no..!" He seemed to want to keep her asleep, but it was a little too late. She blinked her eyes opened and looked up to Tails, drowsily.

Not seeing him as a threat, she looked away and yawned before nudging Sonic and lifting her head up. It made his chin go up with her gesture, forcing him off of her back so she could lift her butt up and stretch like a cat with her forearms extended, pawing the pillows in front of her. He huffed, "I'm still tried." and lowered his head again. She arched her back so he couldn't rest it there again and he nipped at her shoulder, growing upset by her subtle resistance to go back to sleep. He lowered his head below her and she squeaked in surprise, growing happy as she started to groom his quills. She licked them and placed a hand on his head so he wouldn't suddenly move and accidentally spike her with them. She laid back down and tugged on them, a normal hedgehog bonding behavior as Instinct Sonic kept his eyes fixated aggressively to Tails, still annoyed at his persistence at always being around the two.

Instinct Sonic couldn't help but purr lightly at her teeth straining his quills out, keeping them sharp and straight out. His ears twitched left and right though, keeping alert with Tails still in front of them, but unable to fight the pleasure of her touch. Amy's Instinct draped an arm over his eyes, blocking his view of Tails in an attempt to calm him down and enjoy the affectionate grooming. She was doing a good job, putting all her energy into making sure they were clean and strong, not bent or flexible, which would have meant malnourishment anyway. Despite her attempts to please him, he continued to growl towards a horrorstricken Tails, but Amy didn't realize this. She thought he was resisting her affections towards him, and yipped in offense, upset he would scold her for grooming him.

Tails was frozen in spot, all the horrible things that could have happened the night before STREAMED across his head as his face went blank. He didn't even have eyes, just white, fearful sockets at beholding this sight...

Instinct Sonic, not wanting her to think his warnings were directed at her pleasant morning actions, moved his head up and grunting, "You misunderstand me, my Amy." But Instinct Amy had already pounced on his head, sniffing up and down as she bounced or bobbed her head up and down on his own head, huffing cutely in excitement.

"You aren't paying attention to me!"

"You are being ridiculous. You are all I can pay attention too. That is why I must pay extra attention to our surrounding threats!" he nipped back up at her, opening his mouth as she playfully pawed at it, looking for another opening to swipe at him.

As they played, Tails finally shook out of his shock and frantically placed his hands on his head, "WHAT HAVE I DONE!?"

(Did any of you survive? –looks around- Oh good… phew… I tried to not go into to much detail, but there's your fluff. YOUR SICKENINGLY CUTE AND DISGUSTINGLY ADORABLE FLUFF! -EDITED note: I did go into more detail, so, yeah. Your welcome -shrug- So Anyway, I stalled Sonic's Arch a little Lol And no… there will be no mating in this story, so don't worry. However… Amy's got to find a way to keep it that way… heheh Also, this was way a troll, because I left you with such a TERRIBLE cliffhanger. :D Dang… things get weird at night o-o; I blushed and squee'd and looked away almost the WHOLE TIME WRITING THIS. Hopefully, you were too xD This is the end of Sonic's arc~! Sadness, I don't want him to go just yet! T-T But I do have a kinda plot here so… Stay tuned! XD P.S: I think this took me an hour or two to write… wowie wow wow. -EDITED note: Much longer to edit both chapters together, but hopefully a better read now, lol!)