Girl Trouble
by DragonKnight
Copyright notice: All original Sonic the Hedgehog characters are
property of SEGA and based upon the Saturday AM cartoon on ABC. Other
characters may come from the video games or the Archie comic books. The
AI SWATbots are the original creation of Robert Brown and Francis
Tolbert. All original characters are of my creation and idea and
require written permission before usage. You are permitted to print of
one (1) copy for personal use and do not attempt to make a profit from
it. You may make changes under the condition that it does not affect
the story as a whole.
Author's Note: I figured it wasn't fair to just have all dark and
gloomy stories, so I decided to have a more light-hearted story. This
story delves more into the developing (and partially existing)
relationship between Sonic and Sally. Adding Amy as a comic
relief/competitive love interest came from the Archie comics. The only
thing I got from the Sonic X TV series was Amy's hammer. Some of you
may also pick up on an obscure BLEACH reference. If you don't it's
nothing to worry about. Hope you enjoy!
WARNING!! This story may contain mild language and mild sexual
references. You have been warned.
With Sonic back and Daryl dead things have begun to calm down in
Knothole. However Amy's affection for Sonic has sparked jealousy in
Sally. Will this love triangle tear Knothole apart, or more likely,
Sonic?
Cast of Characters:
Princess Sally Alicia Acorn
Amy Rose
Sonic Hedgehog
Dr. Adrian Osaka***
Miles "Tails" Prower
Bunnie Rabbot
Antoine D'Coolette
Rosie
It was barely light out when Sally woke up. She sat up and looked
around her hut. Yesterday had been one of the happiest days of her
life. She had gotten Sonic back for good and dealt a major blow against
Robotnik.
>It's almost seven,< she realized. >Knowing Sonic he won't be up
for some time. At least that gives me time to think about how to get
rid of Amy.<
The thought of the pink hedgehog woke Sally up immediately. She
threw on her vest and boots and grabbed Nicole as she bolted out the
door. Not surprisingly Amy sat in front of Dr. Osaka's door with her
hammer propped against her shoulder. She was sound asleep and smiling.
Sally snuck around to the side of the hut by Sonic's window but stopped.
She could hear Amy talking in her sleep and decided to have a listen.
"Oh Sonic I never knew," Amy muttered her smile widening. "Ooo,
that tickles! No Sonic, not until we're married."
Amy giggled and Sally's face turned red, partially in disbelief
but mostly in anger. This girl was hardly older than Tails and these
were the kinds of dreams she had? She had never thought like that in
her entire life, much less when she was twelve.
At that thought Sally stopped. Here she was seventeen years old
and trying to sneak through a window to see Sonic. She wasn't acting
any better than Amy. She should just go and tell Amy that Sonic wasn't
interested in her and to give up on him. If anyone was going to be the
adult in this situation it should be her. Amy hadn't listened to Sonic
when he tried telling her but she was head over heels for him. Sally on
the other hand wouldn't have to worry about Amy trying to kiss her every
time she tried saying something.
>You know what,< Sally thought opening the window quietly, >to
heck with being mature. It's time to fight fire with fire.<
She flew through the window and landed on the bench just below it.
She closed the window silently and sat down next to Sonic. Finally she
could be alone with him without having to worry about Amy trying to
tackle her. Sonic slept peacefully, not even snoring. A smile had
crept across his face when Sally had snuck in. Sally raised an eyebrow
and got closer. Sonic almost always snored when he was sleeping. There
was no way Dr. Osaka had put him in _that_ deep of a sleep. She
could've sworn too that the closer she got the bigger Sonic's smile got.
Was he even asleep?
As if he was reading her mind Sonic reached up and pulled Sally to
him and kissed her soundly. Sally was taken off guard and resisted at
first. Once she realized what he was doing she returned the kiss. When
they parted Sonic opened his eyes grinning from ear to ear.
"Good morning Sal," he whispered.
"Good morning Sonic," she whispered back. "Sleep well?"
"I've had better," Sonic said. "Now that you're here though I'm
starting to feel much better."
Sally nuzzled his cheek and gave him a sideways hug. Sonic
returned it as much as possible from his position. They let go when
they heard shuffling. Sally prepped herself until she realized that it
was coming from inside the hut. Dr. Osaka shuffled into his office area
yawning loudly. He scratched his back and looked at Sonic. He began to
turn away until he noticed that Sally was there next to him.
"How did you get in Princess?" he asked. "There's no way you got
in through the door, I had it rigged."
Sally looked at the top of the door just noticing the bucket
sitting precariously at the ledge. If anyone opened the door there was
no doubt it would fall on them.
"What's that for?" she asked.
"Just in case anyone tried to visit Sonic in the middle of the
night," Osaka admitted looking towards the window. "It seems I
neglected to lock the window though."
"At least I'm not trying to strangle Sonic," Sally said.
"And I thank you for that," Sonic chipped in. "I like breathing
very much, as well as not being chased by an insane twelve year old pink
hedgehog."
Osaka chuckled and turned on his coffee pot. "I actually think
it's kind of cute."
"What?" Sally and Sonic said together.
Osaka took a step back at their reaction. He wasn't worried about
Sonic coming after him, it was Sally he was worried about. She had that
look in her eyes like she was going for blood.
"What I meant was," he explained quickly holding his hands up,
"that it's cute how she became so enamored with Sonic just because he
saved her life. That she went all the way to Robotropolis just to
impress him was a bit reckless I'll admit but nonetheless it was still
quite a gesture."
Sally was still glaring at him but turned back to Sonic and gave
him the biggest kiss Osaka, or Sonic for that matter, had ever seen.
Sonic joined the kiss about halfway through once he got over the
suddenness of it. When they separated a look of shock and pleasure was
on Sonic's face.
"Wow Sal," he said quietly. "When'd you learn to do that? I
might be wrong but I think I felt tongue on that one."
"Well then," Osaka said clearing his throat, "I'm going to leave
you two be. Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
He disappeared behind the corner and Sally snuggled into Sonic's
chest. He stroked her hair smiling. She hadn't answered his question
but he wasn't about to start complaining. She turned around to face him
smiling.
"I never really got a chance to say before," Sonic said looking
into her eyes, "but I have to say I like what you did with your hair."
"But all I did is let it grow," Sally replied.
"I still like it," he said kissing her forehead.
Sally sighed and closed her eyes bringing her head up under his
chin. Sonic closed his eyes still stroking her hair. If this had been
his bed he wouldn't mind staying here forever. He felt and heard
Sally's breathing slow down. He looked at her as best as he could and
realized that she had fallen asleep. He smiled and closed his eyes
again drifting back to sleep.
The two of them woke up almost an hour later to a loud splash of
water and a bucket crashing to the ground. In the doorway stood a very
wet, very angry pink hedgehog in a red dress and red boots. Her
situation wasn't helped when she saw Sally snuggled against Sonic.
"LET GO OF MY BOYFRIEND YOU OLD HAG!!" Amy yelled running at her.
She swung her hammer at Sally not paying attention to where she was. On
instinct Sally moved and Amy's hammer came crashing down on Sonic.
Sonic's eyes shot open in pain and he began coughing violently. Amy
immediately dropped the hammer and ran to Sonic's side.
"Oh Sonic," she said holding his hand. "Are you okay?"
"What do you mean 'are you okay'?" Sally yelled at the pink
hedgehog. "You're the one who hit him with the hammer in the first
place!"
"Well I wouldn't have hit him if you hadn't moved you old bag!"
Amy retorted sticking out her tongue and pulling down the bottom of her
eyelid.
"Old bag?" Sally said balling her hands. "Who are you calling old
bag you spoiled brat?!"
"There's only one old person in here, I wonder who?" Amy said
innocently with her finger by her mouth. Then she smiled and pointed at
Sally. "It must be you!"
Sally snarled and leapt over Sonic to tackle Amy. The two crashed
against the wall causing Osaka to come running out.
"What in the blazes is going on?" he said watching the two fight.
There was his mistake. Both Amy and Sally began bombarding him
with demands that the other one should be thrown out of the hut. Osaka,
unable to get a word in, managed to slip away as the two began arguing
with each other again. Sonic had gotten out of bed and had just
finished tying his sneakers when Osaka sat down next to him. They both
watched the fight for a bit.
"You know," Sonic said slowly, "I thought I was supposed to be the
jealous possessive one in this relationship."
"That's what I was thinking too," Osaka replied staring at him.
"I must ask though, how do you do it?"
"Doc if I knew why would I put myself through this?" Sonic asked.
"Well, you always were a bit of an attention hog," he answered
smiling. "The way I figure there's nothing better than two beautiful
women fighting over you."
Sonic narrowed his eyes. "One, Amy is twelve, though I will say
she is cute. Two, Sally is the only gal for me no matter what."
"Glad to hear it Sonic," Osaka said turning back to the fight.
"Although you have to admit this is still entertaining."
"Yeah I guess," Sonic said as Amy brought her hammer down on
Sally's head. Sally yelped and grabbed the hammer from the hedgehog's
hands. Amy bolted out the door while Sally chased her outside. "What I
wouldn't give for a video camera."
"I can help you there, Sonic, my main hedgehog," a voice droned.
Sonic looked down and spotted Nicole lying on the ground. He
picked her up and looked at the computer curiously.
"Really Nicole?" he asked smiling. "This could be a very
interesting day."
Before Osaka could say anything Sonic ran out the door following
the two girls. He looked around for them and yelled in surprise. He
ran off to the left as Amy came running by her arms wide open. Sally
was still chasing the young hedgehog with her hammer and yelling some
very colorful curses. Osaka sighed and leaned back on the bench.
"Ah, young love," he said smiling. "This is why I stayed single
and unattached." He cringed at the thought but brushed it to the side.
"Well, not completely I suppose."
By the ring pool Amy looked around carefully for Sonic. She had
lost sight of her boyfriend and shaken Sally from her trail. She knew
Sonic was around here somewhere. She looked up into the trees watching
for movement. She did happen to notice a young two-tailed fox flying
back from one of the outposts yawning tiredly. She waved at Tails
trying to get his attention.
"Tails! Tails!" she yelled. Tails attention turned to her and
his eyes opened up. "Can you come down here for a sec?"
In a heartbeat Tails was on the ground by Amy. "What do you need
Amy?" he asked his tails wagging.
"Have you seen Sonic at all?" she asked partially closing her eyes
and leaning towards him smiling. "I know I saw him come by here but I
can't seem to find him."
"Umm, well, umm," Tails said nervously. "I just, uh, got back
from watch and, um, I haven't seen Sonic since, uh, um, last night."
"Aww, that's too bad," Amy said turning slightly. "I might have a
surprise for you if you can help me." With this she winked at the young
fox whose eyes widened in anticipation.
"He's in the pool," Tail said quickly pointing towards the water.
"He's right by the bank using a straw to breathe."
"Traitor!" Sonic yelled leaping out of the water and running off.
Amy smiled and kissed Tails on the cheek. "Thanks hun!" she said
and took off after Sonic. Tails' legs gave out under him and he fell
face first into the ground. When Sally came upon him he had a goofy
smile on his face and his eyes were glazed over. She sighed and picked
him up. She carried him back to his hut and set him down in bed. He
was still smiling when she tucked him in.
"Thanks Amy," Tails finally said and was instantly asleep.
Sally's first reaction was to smack Tails on the head for calling
her Amy but stopped when she realized what was going on. Tails had a
crush on Amy!
>Poor thing,< Sally thought. >Hmm, it might help Sonic later on
though.<
She kissed Tails on the forehead and left his hut quietly. She
leaned against the wall next to the door and rubbed her chin thinking.
If she could convince Amy to start dating Tails then she would leave
Sonic alone. If she left Sonic alone then everybody would be happy,
especially Sally. She felt slightly bad about dragging Tails into all
this. She was pretty sure that once he woke up he'd agree to it
immediately, though she was going to have to have that "talk" with him
if it worked. She shuddered just thinking what Amy would do to him
otherwise. With a plan in mind Sally ran off in the direction that she
heard Sonic yelling at Amy to leave him alone.
In a nearby hut Bunnie stirred from her night's sleep. Next to
her was Antoine on the outside of the covers. It was something that he
had insisted on and she had agreed to reluctantly. She wasn't going to
try anything, she just wanted to feel him next to her.
"Wake up sugarfox," she whispered by his ear.
His ear twitched and he rolled over smiling. "Good morning
mademoiselle," he said. "How did you sleep?"
"Never better," she said giving him a light kiss. "You know, if
this is something you wanna insist on Ah could just bring your bed over
here from your hut."
Antoine shook his head. "It is not that," he said quietly. "I
enjoy being with you Bunnie. It's just that sometimes I enjoy time to
myself."
"Ah understand," she said giggling. "Ah'm just pickin' on you."
She kissed him and he returned it gladly.
Their moment was interrupted by a loud yell and a loud crash that
shook the hut. They both stood up to look out the window. There they
could see Amy chasing Sonic and Sally with her hammer, a look of
righteous anger across her face. The curses coming out her mouth made
the two of them blush so much you would think their fur was red.
"You think we should help sugarhog and Sally-girl?" Bunnie asked
still watching the spectacle.
"I am thinking, no," Antoine said smiling. "The hedgehog got
himself into this mess, it should be being very funny to see how he is
getting out of it."
Bunnie stared at Antoine slack jawed. "Oh mah stars Ant," she
said, "that's just evil." She then smiled and turned back to the
window. "Although I have to say that Ah agree with you. This should be
funny."
Sonic and Sally dove into a hut and quickly closed the door behind
them. They heard Amy running by still yelling at them and breathed a
sigh of relief when they couldn't hear her anymore.
"That was way too close," Sally said panting.
"Agreed Sal," Sonic said nodding trying to catch his breath. "But
man, can that girl run!"
"And who might this be?" an elderly voice said. "And I might also
ask what you two are doing on my floor this early in the morning."
"Sorry Rosie," Sally apologized as she and Sonic stood up. "Amy's
been chasing us for almost two hours now."
"I think I understand why she's after Sonic," Rosie said calmly.
"But why you Princess?"
"Jealousy," Sonic said quickly. "And I thought that was supposed
to be my gig."
Sonic snapped his fingers and started rooting around in his pack.
Sally was about to ask what was up when he pulled out Nicole and handed
it to her.
"You dropped Nicole earlier," he said. "You must have dropped her
when, umm, you and Amy started fighting earlier this morning."
Sally blushed, glad that Sonic had left out the part about her
tackling the younger hedgehog. "Thanks Sonic," she said clipping Nicole
to her boot.
"I am still quite confused as to what's going on," Rosie said
sitting down. "I'm more concerned as to what you're going to do when
you plan raids out Princess. Amy will want to go wherever Sonic is and
her young emotions may jeopardize everyone's safety."
"I actually have a plan that may solve two problems at once,"
Sally said smiling. "But if it works I'm going to need your help
Rosie."
"I am here to help child," the badger replied. "Just let me know
what needs done and I'll do what I can."
"This have anything to do with the way Tails was watching you two
fight yesterday?" Sonic asked sitting on the floor.
Sally nodded. "I found him by the pool earlier with a lovesick
look on his face. When I put him in bed he said, 'thanks Amy'. My
guess is that Tails has a thing for Amy."
"Poor guy," Sonic muttered. "I wouldn't wish that on anyone."
Sally and Rosie laughed. "Perhaps it is karma coming to visit
Sonic," Rosie said. "All those years chasing Sally are coming back to
haunt you."
Sonic almost said, "Yeah, but it finally paid off," but chose not
to and just sighed. "You got me there Rosie," he finally said.
"Your part in this Rosie," Sally continued, "is very important if
this works. I'll give Tails the 'talk' if you can do the same for Amy."
Rosie raised an eyebrow at this and Sonic gave her a curious look
as well. "Exactly why Princess?" she asked. "She's only twelve years
old, what should we really be worried about."
Sally then recounted what she had heard Amy dreaming about. Pure
surprise and shock was written on Rosie's face and Sonic's jaw was
slack.
"You have got to be kidding me," Sonic said snapping out of it.
"There is no way a kid that young said something like that."
"I heard it straight from her mouth," Sally replied shaking her
head.
Rosie cleared her throat still somewhat in shock. "I...see why
you wanted to have the 'talk' with her," she said. "I can only imagine
what she might do to poor innocent Tails. But what makes you think
she'll listen to me?"
"I'm hoping once she's interested in Tails and not Sonic she'll
calm down," Sally answered. "If not, well, you did raise Sonic so I
imagine most of the same tactics should work with her."
"Thanks for the reminder," Sonic grumbled rubbing his backside.
"I was just starting to forget about those 'tactics'."
Rosie shook her head. "I don't think I'll need to," she said.
"From what you said yesterday Sonic the only reason she's like this is
because you saved her. Perhaps if she were to realize that your
interests lie elsewhere she will return to her normal self. It may
simply be that she needs a motherly figure in her life."
"I hope you're right Rosie," Sonic said shaking his head. "I
don't know how long I could keep my sanity if this is how she always
is."
"Hopefully your plan will work Sally," Rosie continued.
"So do I Rosie," Sally said sitting down next to Sonic. "I
already got hit once with that hammer of hers and I would prefer that
doesn't happen again."
"Same here," Sonic added rubbing his chest where Amy had hit him
earlier.
Rosie stood up and went to her stove where a pot of water had
begun to boil. She poured the boiling water into three cups and put tea
bags in them. She gave two cups to Sonic and Sally and sat down with
the third. Sally watched as Sonic carefully drank it, knowing how much
he hated tea. In front of Rosie Sonic wouldn't dare to be so rude as to
turn it away.
"Now that we have that matter settled," Rosie said taking a sip,
"it still leaves the small matter as to why Amy is chasing you as well
Princess."
Sally and Sonic both blushed and looked down into their cups as if
there was something interesting in them.
"Umm, well, that would be, uh," Sally said nervously. "I think
it's just jealousy like Sonic said earlier."
"I'm not entirely sure you're telling me everything," Rosie
questioned them smiling. "If only there was some way to know..."
Nicole began beeping and Sally quickly pulled the computer off her
boot. "What is it Nicole?" she asked.
"I believe that I can help there Sally," Nicole said. "Beginning
playback."
"You know," Sonic's voice said, "I thought I was supposed to be
the jealous possessive one in this relationship."
"That's what I was thinking too," said a voice that could only be
Osaka's. "I must ask though, how do you do it?"
"Doc if I knew why would I put myself through this?"
"Well, you always were a bit of an attention hog. The way I
figure there's nothing better than two beautiful women fighting over
you."
Here Sonic's voice took a more serious tone. "One, Amy is
twelve, though I will say she is cute. Two, Sally is the only gal for
me no matter what."
"Glad to hear it Sonic. Although you have to admit this is still
entertaining."
Pause. "Yeah I guess."
"End of recording Sally," Nicole said as both Sally's and Rosie's
eyes turned on Sonic. He was blushing so bad it had spread through his
entire body.
"Thanks a lot Nicole," he muttered at the computer. "I thought
you were on my side here."
"I would start explaining if I were you Sonic," Rosie said smiling
brightly.
"Indeed Sonic Hedgehog," Sally said a playful look in her eyes.
Sonic began to sweat. "Well, you see, umm," he stuttered. "It's
not what it sounded like."
"Oh, then what was it?" Sally asked.
"Umm," Sonic looked around for a way out of this. "I, uh, think I
hear Tails calling. Gotta juice!"
With that Sonic took off out the door blowing the loose papers in
the hut all over. Sally watched him run off and smiled.
"Nicole, save that recording," she said an evil smile on her face.
"File saved Sally," Nicole replied. "File saved as 'Sonic's in
trouble'."
"Very nice touch," Rosie said as Sally returned Nicole to her
boot. "You still haven't answered my question Sally."
Now it was Sally's turn to find a way out of this. "Umm, I should
probably go make sure that Amy leaves Sonic alone," she said quickly and
ran off almost as fast as Sonic. Rosie fixed her hair and laughed
lightly.
"Adrian you are an evil, evil lynx," she said smiling.
Sonic managed to make it through the rest of the morning without
Amy finding him and he was finally able to relax in his hut. That girl
was nuts! It reminded him slightly of when he and Sally had been
younger.
He shook his head trying to get rid of the thought. No, that was
then, this was now. He was with Sally now and that was all that
mattered. He laid down on his bed and looked at the ceiling.
>Who am I kidding?< he thought. >If I hadn't been such a screw up
back then maybe I would've had a better chance with Sally. Heck, maybe
we would've been able to finish Robotnik and Snively off with the Deep
Power Stones. If I hadn't doubted what Sally had meant to me then we
wouldn't be in any of this mess right now.<
Sonic smiled as he remembered the brief flight back to Knothole
after taking out Doomsday. Even if it had been for a few minutes he had
been able to fly like Sally still could. It had been more exhilarating
than his first time using a power ring. The power hadn't lasted the
night but he could still remember the feeling like it had been
yesterday. He had been depressed at first but quickly got over it. His
speed had increased tenfold so who was he to complain. And now on top
of that he could harness the power of the wind. If anything they stood
a better chance against Robotnik now than they had before. But still...
>I don't know how she couldn't blame me,< he thought. >If I
hadn't frozen up when that SWATbot showed up she never would have gotten
hurt. To top it off there wasn't anything I could do when Robotnik got
a hold of Lezar's spellbook and took control of her and Bunnie. Plus I
couldn't do anything to help her father escape the Void either time I
was there. I really don't know how she can still love me for all the
mistakes that I've made.<
Though he couldn't have known it Sally sat in her hut thinking
similar but opposite thoughts.
>Why did it take so long for him to come around?< she thought.
>We were so close as kids, everyone thought that we would be together
forever. It was so sudden that Sonic just seemed to give up on winning
me over. Sure he had been kind of overbearing when we first met Griff
but he made up for that. There are just so many things out of his power
that he's blamed himself for. He really tried to help my father out of
the Void but there's no way he could have known his life force would be
tied to it.<
She thought back to when they had used the Deep Power Stones
against Robotnik. Something had felt off to her the whole time. She
had felt like Sonic wasn't opening himself to her completely. But there
was no way something like that had allowed Robotnik and Snively to make
it out of that wreckage. She remembered the look on his face when they
had gotten news from one of their spies that Robotnik was still alive.
They had been inches from kissing when it had come. Sonic's face had
had the look that said he was blaming himself for it. And after that he
had distanced himself from her again.
>One way or the other I'll get the answer from him,< she thought
with determination. >I have to know why he waited until now to tell me
he loves me.<
Knothole had finally opened up as the fight between Sally, Sonic
and Amy came to a close. Antoine immediately went to the dining hut to
prepare lunch. None of the villagers had complained about missing
breakfast since Amy would spare no one if they got in her way. It had
just been healthier to avoid going out at all until she had calmed down.
Amy had gone back to the hut she was sharing with Dulcy, even though
Dulcy only used the large branch outside the hut. A couple of hours
went by and the village began heading towards the dining hut. Sally
stopped by Sonic's hut and knocked on the door. He opened the door
yawning.
"You ready to give my plan a shot?" she asked.
"Ready when you are Sal," he said blinking.
"Good, now what I need you to do is just let Amy hang on you like
she wants to."
Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Okay," he said slowly. "I assume I
don't have to worry about you flying into a craze about this then."
"Just don't kiss her," Sally warned narrowing her eyes. "I'm
gonna go get Tails and see if he wants to help."
Sonic followed her out and went towards the dining hut as Sally
went towards Tails' hut. Ever since he had become an official Freedom
Fighter he had been begging for his own place. Sally had finally caved
and Sonic had helped the fox build it. Sally watched as Amy came
running up from her hut and latched onto Sonic's back. She held back
her jealousy at Sonic calmly conversing with the young hedgehog.
"Yo' Ant! Dozen chili dogs right here," Sonic said.
Antoine nodded and started pulling out cans.. "One dozen chili
dogs coming up Sonic," he said cheerfully.
This whole time Amy hadn't let go of Sonic's back and was talking
his ear off. >I wonder if I can get Rotor to make one of those
earpieces that blocks out Amy's voice,< he thought. He grabbed the
plate Antoine handed him and took a deep whiff.
"Perfect Ant!" he said giving the unusually energetic fox a thumbs
up. Antoine smiled and continued about his normal routine.
Amy briefly unlatched from Sonic to grab something eat. She ate
almost as much as Sonic and he had hardly noticed when she had let go.
Though running around with a hammer like that would keep anyone in
pretty good shape.
Sonic sat down and Amy sat as close to him as she could while
still being able to eat. Sonic only commented lightly on what she was
saying. Normally he would have eaten all of his chili dogs by now but
was simply worn out by the chase from earlier. It had only been a few
minutes and she had finished everything she had gotten. After awhile
Tails came up and tapped Amy on the shoulder.
"Hey Amy, wanna play tag?" he asked.
"Sure!" Amy said. "Bye Sonic!" She gave him a kiss on the cheek
and ran out of the hut with Tails. When Sonic was sure she was gone he
sighed and let his head fall to the table.
"Ack, gross!" he said when he realized he had just plopped his
head in his plate of chili dogs. He looked around. No one was staring
at him, just probably glad that Amy was gone. Sonic pulled one of the
dogs that had stuck to him and popped it in his mouth and then grabbed
some napkins.
"Now _that_ was gross," a feminine voice said behind him.
Sally sat down next to Sonic as he cleaned the chili out his hair
quills.
"Hey, it was still good," he said defensively. "When you look
this good nothing is bad."
Sally sighed. "You are still so full of yourself," she said
shaking her head. She then leaned next to his ear. "But I still love
you."
Sonic smiled and turned to her. "And even if you never try one I
still love you."
"Who said I wouldn't try one?" Sally asked with a smirk. "I just
don't want to."
"Oh come on Sal," Sonic pushed. "Just try one, it ain't gonna
kill you. If you do, I'll try a salad."
Sally's eyes widened playfully at the challenge. "This I gotta
see," she said and got up.
Sonic watched as she got a small salad and returned to her seat.
The other villagers had heard Sonic's little bet and were turning to
watch the two of them. Sally handed the salad to Sonic who looked at it
warily.
"You do realize you have to go first," he said still looking at
the leafy dish. Sally's face fell.
"But this is something I think we all want to see," she replied.
"I know there's no way you'd ever eat a salad and this may be the only
time we get to see this."
Sonic smiled. "Sorry, but the deal was if YOU eat a chili dog I
will eat a salad."
Sally frowned knowing he was right. She picked up one of the dogs
on his plate making sure to get one that hadn't been stuck on his head
and stared at it. Sonic was beaming and most of the village was as
well. They knew if she ate it Sonic would be stuck. Sally took a deep
breath inhaling the odor of the sauce. She did have to admit it smelled
really good. She glanced at Sonic who was still grinning. She closed
her eyes and took a bite. It was as if the chili dog was a bomb of
flavor that went off in her mouth. She tried not to let Sonic see how
much she was enjoying this. She swallowed and opened her eyes to look
at him.
"There, I tried it," she said defiantly. "Your turn."
"Not so fast Sal," Sonic said wagging his finger. "I said eat a
chili dog, not try. You gotta finish that one."
Sally stared at the dog. She so much just wanted to scarf it down
like she had seen Sonic do so many times. She ate the dog slowly,
savoring it and trying to make it look like she was disgusted by it.
Sonic watched her face carefully seeing all the signs of a faker. He
chose not to say anything right now to her though he would remember this
moment. She finally swallowed the last bit and looked at Sonic. She
was trying not to look at his plate.
"One chili dog," she said pointing at herself, "one salad." At
this last bit she pointed at Sonic who gulped and looked at the salad
before him. He had never told Sally but he had tried to eat a salad
once at Rosie's insistence. It really had tasted awful to him and he
swore to never again eat them. He just told everyone that if it wasn't
a chili dog he wouldn't eat it and yet here he was now facing down the
green menace. He slowly picked up a fork and took a deep breath. Out
of the corner of his eye he could see that Tails and Amy had taken a
break from their game and were watching him.
"What's going on?" Amy asked turning to Tails.
"I'd have to say that Sonic lost a bet to Aunt Sally," Tails said
as Sonic took his first bite. The hedgehog's look was pained as he
swallowed and Tails giggled. "He probably bet Aunt Sally that she
wouldn't eat a chili dog."
"What's wrong with chili dogs?" Amy said. "I love 'em. Almost as
much as him." She sighed and stared dreamily at Sonic as he forced down
another bite.
Sally was thoroughly enjoying this. She had to make sure that it
looked like she was watching Sonic and not his plate of dogs so no one
would get suspicious. Sonic lifted the last bit of salad off the plate
and into his mouth. He chewed a couple times and then swallowed. The
entire hut burst into applause with some people patting Sonic on the
shoulder. Amy ran up and latched onto Sonic's neck as tight as she
could.
"Oh Sonic, I knew you could do it!" she exclaimed.
Sonic meanwhile was beginning to turn green the tighter Amy
squeezed him. Sally briefly thought about not telling the young
hedgehog and then told herself that no one, not even Amy, deserved that.
"Amy, you may want to let go," Sally said calmly.
"And why would I do that old geezer?" Amy snapped at Sally.
Sally's temper flared briefly but then returned to the matter at
hand. "If you don't let go of Sonic," she said, "you're going to be
covered in lettuce."
"But Sonic ate all of it," Amy said looking at the plate. "See?
All gone!"
"That's not...what I meant," Sally warned backing up slowly.
Amy let go enough that she could see Sonic's face. "Ewww, gross!"
she yelled and ran out the door followed closely by Tails.
Sonic's face almost immediately returned to its normal color and
he took a deep breath. Some of the villagers gave additional applause
and then they all returned to their meals. Sally smiled at Sonic who
was staring at the ceiling.
"I hate you," he said. "But I owe you for getting rid of her
twice now."
"You did that to yourself," Sally said picking up their plates.
"Well, let's put Phase Two of my plan into motion."
She deposited the plates near the dishwasher and turned to Antoine
who was now daydreaming. "Hey Antoine, can you make a plate of chili
dogs?" she asked him.
Antoine jumped out of his daze and looked at her. "But I thought
you greatly disliked them Princess," he asked.
"They're not for me," Sally said thinking quickly. "They're for
Dr. Osaka."
"Then it is no problem," Antoine said handing her a plate.
"Thanks Antoine," Sally said and hurried out the door and off to
her hut. Sonic was too busy trying to keep the salad down to notice any
of this. Antoine watched Sally curiously as she left.
"I thought those were for the doctor," he said scratching his
head. "Ah, I must be seeing things."
Sonic walked back to his hut finally feeling normal. Sally hadn't
told him what Phase Two involved so he figured he'd just go into his
regular routine. He grabbed his sword from the closet and strapped it
around his waist. He adjusted it so the sword rested on his left leg
and went towards the ring pool. There Rotor had taken the liberty of
setting up a number of test dummies. He was almost sorry he had when he
saw Amy and Tails sitting on the bank talking. Amy had changed out of
her regular outfit and into a red one-piece bathing suit with matching
sandals. Sonic pulled a couple dummies from the bushes trying not to
listen to their conversation. He set them up about 20 feet apart and
stood back about the same distance. Amy had turned around to see Sonic.
She almost got up to run to him but seeing he had his sword made her
stop. Tails looked at her noticing her hesitation.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Sonic's...not really himself when he wears his sword," she
explained. "It's like he's a different person."
Tails was about to say otherwise when he saw the hard glint in
Sonic's eyes. Tails shivered impulsively. He had never seen that look
in his friend's eyes and it scared him.
"Yeah, I see what you mean," he said trying to comfort her.
"I just wish he never had to fight like that," Amy said a tear
running down her cheek.
Tails looked at her and did the only thing that cheered him up
when he was like this: he kissed her on the cheek. Amy's face turned
red and then Tails' did as well. They both just sat there looking at
each other not saying anything until they heard Sonic move. They both
turned their faces back to normal.
Sonic knelt into a ready position and then leapt at the right
dummy. He drew his sword and in the same movement let loose two quick
slashes. He landed a few feet behind the dummy as he listened to the
wind blowing. He stood up when he heard the rustling of straw on the
ground. Tails was amazed.
"I didn't even see him draw his sword," he said. "I've never seen
anyone, let alone Sonic, move that fast."
"I've seen him do better," Amy said smiling. "When he saved me he
took out nine SWATbots in one pass."
"Wow," Tails said staring at her. He caught himself looking at
her a little too long and looked back towards Sonic. "Aunt Sally didn't
let me go Robotropolis when Sonic showed back up. Everyone said that
the fight between him and Soul Child was awesome."
"It really was," Amy said sighing. "I knew from the start that he
would make it out."
Tails felt a twinge of jealousy but ignored it. He didn't really
like Amy did he? Sonic couldn't stand her so that should mean he
shouldn't like her right? He'd have to ask Sonic about it later.
Sonic jumped onto the remnants of the first dummy and launched
himself into the air. He brought his sword over his head and made one
cut straight through the dummy splitting it into two perfect vertical
pieces. He sheathed his sword and sighed.
>If Daryl was still here I'd have the perfect training partner,<
he thought.
He started walking back to his hut so dissatisfied that he was
going to cut his training short. Tails leapt to his feet and grabbed
his sneakers.
"Hey Amy, I'll be back in a little bit," he said running off.
"Maybe we can go swimming later!"
"Sure thing Tails," she said waving at him. She looked back into
the water of the pool at her reflection. Sure, Sonic had saved her life
but she could tell that he didn't feel the same way about her that she
did about him. Tails had really been the only person she had connected
with since she had been here. Everyone just saw her as a menace or an
annoyance. She sniffed as a tear rolled down her face into the pool.
"You really like him don't you?" a voice said beside her slipping
her feet into the pool.
Amy looked over as Sally sat down next to her. She wiped away her
tears.
"Tails? Well he's a really cool guy," she said quickly. "My
heart will always belong to Sonic."
"Stop kidding yourself," Sally said calmly. "I'm not blind Amy.
You know that Sonic doesn't love you but you just don't want to accept
it. Tails is really trying his hardest to impress you."
Amy looked back in the water. She knew it was true but she wasn't
about to give Sally the upper hand here.
"You're just trying to get me to give up you old grandma," she
retorted. "No way am I letting some old lady have my Sonic!"
"Old lady? Grandma?" Sally said angrily. "Now wait a second
here. Sonic's the same age as I am, wouldn't that make him an old man?"
"Nope," Amy said shaking her head. "Just you."
Sally growled. "At least I have some common sense about me,"
Sally yelled. "I can take a hint at least."
"Nope," Amy said childishly still shaking her head.
"Why you little...!"
"Hey Sonic wait up!" Tails yelled running behind Sonic. Sonic
turned around and smiled when he saw the fox.
"What's up bro?" he asked continuing to walk when Tails had caught
up.
"I, umm, wanted to ask you something," Tails said nervously.
"No prob big guy," Sonic said mussing his hair. Tails fixed it
and muttered something Sonic couldn't understand. They got to his hut
and Sonic put the sword back in his closet. He and Tails at on the edge
of his bed.
"So what's up?" Sonic asked. "You seemed kinda tense earlier."
Tails looked at Sonic's eyes. They were still grey with a weird
swirl to them but behind them was the same hedgehog who had found him
out in the Great Forest all those years ago.
"I kinda wanted to ask you something about Amy," he said twiddling
his thumbs.
>Ah crap!< Sonic thought. >Sally was supposed to do this. Well,
maybe it's better if I do it. He looks up to me like a brother anyway.<
"Fire away."
"Well it's kinda hard to explain," Tails started. "I didn't think
much about her when she first showed up but when she and Aunt Sally
started fighting, I just felt like something 'clicked'."
"I did notice you were starin' pretty good there," Sonic said
smiling. "Not that I wasn't but that's a different story. Go on."
"Well, it's just that I think I really like Amy but I don't know
what to do," Tails said looking at his idol. "I mean, you don't like
her so why should I?"
"Tails it has nothing to do with whether-"
Sonic stopped when he heard muffled yelling coming from the ring
pool. He stood up and looked out his window and had to cover his mouth
so he wouldn't burst into laughter. Amy's face was bright red and she
had grabbed one of her sandals. She began slapping Sally across the
face with it rapidly. Sally, who for some reason couldn't defend
against a sandal, grabbed the shoe once Amy stopped and said something
Sonic couldn't hear from where he was. Whatever it was had made Amy
blush even more and began beating Sally with her other sandal.
"That's kinda what I mean," Tails said watching intently. "When
Amy beats up Aunt Sally I feel really, well, happy I guess. But when
it's the other way around I just wanna pounce Aunt Sally to make her
stop."
Sonic turned from the sight of Sally getting beat with a shoe to
put his hands on Tails' shoulders.
"Listen pal, that's perfectly normal," Sonic explained. "Well,
maybe not _normal_ but that's getting technical. You're getting to that
age when you're starting to notice girls a lot more." Sonic swallowed
trying to think of what to say next. "There are just some things that
you need to know about first."
"Like what?"
Sonic sat Tails down and explained how things were. He told him
what was okay, what wasn't okay (and with Amy being there he focused on
what wasn't okay) and that everything he was feeling was perfectly
normal. When they had finished Tails sat on the edge of the bed
quietly.
"I think...I get it, sort of," he said slowly. "But how do I get
her to notice me?"
"Just be yourself," Sonic said simply. "If nothing else works
just be direct about it."
"What do you mean?"
Sonic shook his head smiling. "That's something that you have to
figure out on your own bud," he said. "You'll know what to do when the
time comes."
Tails smiled and jumped down from the bed. "Thanks Sonic!" he
yelled as he ran from the hut. Sonic couldn't help smiling as the young
fox ran out of the hut.
>Poor kid,< he thought. >If he only knew what he was getting
himself into.<
Sally walked into his hut staring back at Tails. She was rubbing
her cheeks where Amy had hit her which were still bright red. She sat
down next to Sonic still looking out the door.
"I've never seen anyone get hit with a shoe before," Sonic
admitted looking at her.
Sally glared at Sonic who backed away quickly. "How about we make
it two in one day?" she threatened.
"Well," Sonic started but decided against it. "You know what,
never mind."
Sally smiled. "Thought so. So how did it go?" she asked.
"How did what go?"
"You know, your little talk with Tails," Sally asked still
smiling.
Sonic was about to tell her when it dawned on him. "You set me
up!" he exclaimed.
"I thought it be more meaningful coming from you," Sally said
giving him quick kiss.
Sonic almost let go of her when he tasted something familiar. He
pulled Sally closer and kissed her deeply. Sally was taken off guard
but still enjoyed it. When they parted Sonic had grin on his face.
"I thought that's what it was," he said. "I can still taste chili
dog."
Sally blushed and looked away. "It's just from lunch," she said
quickly.
"No, I know that taste," Sonic said wrapping his arms around her.
"I'd say you've eaten at least a dozen of them."
Sally smiled and fell back into his lap to look up at him.
"Guilty as charged," she said and kissed him again.
What these two had failed to realize was that the door was wide
open for all to see and both Antoine and Bunnie watched the spectacle.
"So that is their secret," Antoine realized. "I was wondering why
they were acting so differently around each other."
"Ah just didn't think they'd leave the door open," Bunnie
commented. "Still, looks kinda nice."
Antoine held Bunnie's hand tighter. "You know that I would give
you the world," he said kissing her cheek. Bunnie's face turned pink
and she used her ears to cover it up.
"Oh Antoine," she said giggling.
The afternoon came and went. By late afternoon most of Knothole
had forgotten about the day's earlier events. Some of the villagers,
led by Osaka and Rosie, had thrown together a celebration to commemorate
their victories against Robotnik. Amy had left Sonic and Sally alone
and the two cuddled in Sonic's hut, finally realizing they had left the
door open earlier. They joined the celebration once the large bonfire
had started to blaze. Sonic was the first to see Tails and Amy walking
up arm-in-arm talking and smiling. Sonic felt a well of relief in him.
Sally saw it too and smiled. Phase Three had gone off without a hitch.
Only one more to go.
They joined the party and had the time of their lives. Rosie had
prepared all the food including chili dogs. Sonic held one up for Sally
who quickly turned it down. She in turn held a salad up for him and he
just glared at her. The villagers laughed at the exchange. Just before
midnight came a countdown had started up for no apparent reason. When
the count hit zero animals kissed each other on the cheek, except for
Bunnie who was kissing Antoine like there was no tomorrow. Sally kissed
Sonic on the cheek and he smiled.
"I TOLD YOU LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU GEEZER!" yelled a voice off to the
side.
Sally turned to see Amy running towards them with her hammer. She
also noticed Tails face first in the ground from where he had tried to
kiss Amy's cheek and missed. Sonic grabbed Sally's hand and ran off
into the Great Forest. Amy chased them and they could hear the
villagers laughing at the three of them. Sonic had gone about a mile
out of the village when he turned to see Amy still chasing them.
"I've had enough of this," he muttered and ran up the nearest
tree. He stopped at the first branch that looked sturdy enough to hold
him and Sally. He sat down and held Sally in his lap.
"I can wait here as long as needed you old hag!" Amy yelled up at
them.
Sally was about to yell something back but Sonic put a finger to
her lips and shook his head. "Let's just enjoy each other's company for
the time being," he said. "Something tells me we're going to be up here
for quite some time."
Sally sighed and leaned back into his chest. Amy watched all this
from the ground and sat down on the ground with her back to the trunk.
>Stay up there all you want,< she thought. >When you get down I'll be
right here waiting for you.<
They spent the next two hours just sitting there holding onto each
other. Sally looked at Sonic to catch him looking at the stars.
"Can I ask you something Sonic?" she asked.
"I don't see why not," he answered looking down at her.
Sally swallowed nervously. "Why did you wait so long?" she said
finally. "You know, to come back to me."
Sonic was about to ask her exactly what she meant when he realized
that she wasn't talking about physically. All the time he had spent
running away from _her_. He sighed and looked back up.
"I guess I, blamed myself for letting you down so much," he said.
"Sonic you have never let me down," she said putting her hand on
his cheek so he would look at her. "What on Mobius do you mean?"
He looked away and was silent for a moment. "Do you remember when
we were kids playing tag in the forest?" he asked.
Sally nodded. "Yeah, we used to play all the time," she answered.
"But what does that have to do with any of this?"
"There was one day we were playing and we must have gotten too
close to Robotropolis," he continued. "You were chasing me when we came
on a SWATbot patrolling the area. When the bot spotted you I was too
scared to move. Even with you screaming for help I just couldn't move.
When it fired and hit you I just...lost it. I used my Spin Attack and
took out the bot without thinking. Then I got you back to Knothole as
fast as I could."
"Why don't I remember any of this?" Sally asked. She remembered
everything else from that day but this particular part had always been a
blank. She just assumed it was nothing important and had forgotten
about it.
"Doc said that since you were so young you probably blocked out
the memory," Sonic said. "I stayed by your bed the whole time ignoring
everything else around me. I swore after that I would never be afraid
again. I...didn't want to lose you."
"Oh Sonic," Sally said resting her head on his chest and holding
him. "That's why you were so distant from me? I would never have
blamed you for that."
"I guess deep down I knew that," Sonic admitted. "I just didn't
want my emotions get the better of me."
"What about when we met Griff?" Sally asked. "I've never seen you
so jealous before."
Sonic shook his head. "My gut was telling me something was off
there," he said. "The way I figured it if I could get you to not like
Griff as much then we'd all be okay."
Sally hugged him as tight as she could. She was hoping it had
been more than that but was happy with what she got. "You blame
yourself for too much," she said finally. "There are some things that
you had no power over and you did your best. You can't blame yourself
every time something goes wrong."
Sonic was silent and just sat there holding her. He knew she was
referring to Lezar's spellbook and her father. He smiled and held her
tighter. "Thanks Sal, I needed that."
Amy looked up and sighed. After that there was no way she stood a
chance with Sonic. That didn't mean she was going to give up but what
was the point? If she couldn't have Sonic what was the point in staying
in Knothole? She had just started crying when she felt someone sit next
to her.
"What's wrong Amy?" Tails asked holding a plate of chili dogs.
Amy wiped her eyes and shook her head. "It's nothing," she said
sniffling. She eyed the plate as her stomach growled. "It's almost two
in the morning and you're making food?"
Tails shook his head smiling. "They're not for me," he said
handing her the plate. "I remembered you said you liked chili dogs. I
made a plate of 'em for you once I realized that you were still out here
chasing these two."
"But how did you find me?" she asked scarfing one down
immediately.
"Amy, you're pink," Tails said simply. "You stick out like a sore
thumb."
She blushed and threw a chili dog at him. Rather than moving out
of the way he caught the dog in his mouth and swallowed it. Amy's jaw
dropped as he licked his lips.
"How did...?"
"Sonic taught me," he said simply. "He's the one that got me
hooked on chili dogs."
Somewhere up in the tree they heard Sally mutter something like,
"You have got to stop teaching him these things," followed by Sonic's
laughter. Tails smiled but noticed the sad look on Amy's face. Before
he could say anything Amy wiped away another tear.
"C'mon, I know something's wrong," Tails insisted scooting closer
to her.
"It's just that...I know Sonic likes Sally," she finally said.
"And I know that no matter how hard I try that'll never change. If I
can't win Sonic over then there's no reason for me to stay."
"What does that mean?" Tails asked. "We could really use you
here."
Amy shook her head. "Everyone here sees me as nothing but a
little girl with a crush. I don't really mean anything to anyone."
"You do to me."
Tails quiet comment had surprised both of them. Amy looked at him
turning bright pink. She tried to say something but no words would come
to her. She had also realized their faces were very close right now.
Tails moved a little closer and closed his eyes. Amy did the same and
their lips met. She had never felt like this in her entire life. This
one moment with Tails blew whatever she had felt for Sonic out of the
water. She held the back of his neck and kissed him deeper. Tails
gladly returned the gesture. Up in the tree Sonic and Sally watched
smiling.
"That looks familiar," Sonic said.
"What does that mean?" Sally asked looking at him.
"You had the same look on your face the first time I kissed you."
Sally blushed and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Well then,"
she said a mischievous look in her eyes, "let's see if I can't get the
same look on your face."
The two couples sat by, and in, the tree the rest of the night
holding their loved one in their arms.
The shining sun woke Sonic up rather rudely. His back was killing
him. He would have to make himself a reminder to never sleep in trees.
He looked down to see that Tails and Amy were gone. A sigh of relief
escaped his lips and he looked over at Sally. She was still curled up
against his chest sleeping soundly. He had to smile at that. She
looked so content that he didn't want to wake her up. She fidgeted and
opened her eyes to look at him.
"Morning already?" she asked groggily.
Sonic nodded. "Yep," he answered. "Plus I think it should be
safe around here for the two of us from now on."
Sally smiled and snuggled back into his chest. "Good," she said
closing her eyes.
"Oh no you don't," Sonic said quickly sitting her up. "I'm sure
it'd be fun explaining why we're sleeping in a tree together but I'm not
ready for that. That and my back is killing me."
Sally gave a playful frown. "Aww," she said faking a pout. "Does
someone want a back rub?"
Sonic held his hands up and waved them quickly. "No, no. I'm
good," he said nervously.
Sally smiled and jumped from the branch. "Race you down!" she
said gliding downward.
"That's playing dirty!" he yelled back. "Wait a sec, I almost
forgot." He closed his eyes to concentrate and felt the wind pick up
around him. He vanished and reappeared on the ground a moment before
Sally touched down.
"Hey that's not fair," she said stomping.
"All's fair in love," he said kissing her nose and speeding off.
She sighed and shook her head.
"What am I gonna do with you Sonic Hedgehog?" she muttered and
walked off towards her hut.
She walked back into her hut and took off her vest and boots. She
felt so awful that she would worry about cleaning those up later. She
stepped into the bathroom and turned on the shower. She stepped under
it and sighed. This felt good. After being chased with a hammer,
getting beat with a sandal, and sleeping in a tree, she needed this.
She began washing up taking her time so the water would wash away her
exhaustion. When she was done she turned the water off and grabbed a
towel to dry off. After that she went out and opened her closet. She
grabbed another vest and boots and put them on. She took Nicole from
her old pair and put them in a hamper to get washed. She stepped
outside and breathed in the morning air.
>Wait a minute,< she thought suddenly. >Where did Tails and Amy
go this morning?<
Worry shot across her face and she ran toward Tails' hut. She
looked in the window and was relieved to see that he was in bed by
himself. Amy was nowhere to be seen which probably meant she was still
asleep. She ran towards the hut she and Dulcy shared and peeked in the
door. Amy was asleep in the bed with a smile across her face. Sally
sighed and closed the door. She would talk to Amy after she woke up.
She walked towards the dining hut and saw Bunnie and Antoine doing the
same. They saw Sally and waved at her.
"Hey there Sally-girl," Bunnie said hugging her friend. "You
know, I never saw you two come back last night."
"We had to sleep in a tree," Sally said vaguely. "Amy had been
chasing us and we were forced to take refuge on a branch."
"That is all fine," Antoine said smiling. "I would also be
suggesting that if you intend to kiss someone Princess that you close
the door first."
Sally was about to ask what he meant when she remembered. Her
face turned a bright shade of pink and she stammered trying to explain.
"Don't worry about it none girl," Bunnie said. "Sugarfox and I
won't say a word."
Sally smiled her blush fading. "Thanks guys," she said. "Shall
we get some breakfast?"
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