Usagi blinked. She was just walking down the stairs for breakfast, when suddenly, something hit her.
Well, not really like 'it hit her in the face' or something like that, but... she could have sworn something happened.
"Hey, you sleeping or what? Hurry up, meatball head, or you'll be late for school."
Usagi snarled. Shingo, her annoying little twit of a brother, with his annoying bushy tail that...
Wait a minute!
Bushy tail?
Usagi looked. And indeed, her brother had a long, bushy, black tail with a white stripe running down to its tip.
What the heck was going on?
Then, again, SOMETHING hit her, and she calmed down. Why wouldn't her brother have a skunk tail? He WAS a skunk! Sure, she and the rest of her family were hedgehogs, but it was common knowledge that one of her great-grandmothers was married to a skunk, and this gene made itself visible in her stinky little brother.
The blonde, female hedgehog giggled as she thought about that. Stinky! Why didn't she think of that before?
Shingo gulped down his cereals and grabbed his backpack. "I'm off, Mom," he shouted.
Ikuko Tsukino came out of the kitchen. The blue-furred, motherly hedgehog frowned. "Shingo Tsukino! What did I tell you about eating cereals while standing?"
"Sorry, Mom." He put the empty bowl into his mother's hands and left, his bushy tail bouncing with each step.
Ikuko shook her head. "Really, that boy... Usagi, honey, hurry up with your breakfast. You won't be late again when Sonic comes to fetch you, right?"
"Aaaah, Mrs. T, that wouldn't really matter," a cocky voice came from the door that Shingo had left open. "I can run pretty fast, you know?"
Ikuko giggled. "I know, Sonic, I know... good morning, by the way! Do you want some cereals?"
The blue hedgehog shook his head. "Nah, I already had lunch... got it? Lunch! Hee hee, that was a joke."
Usagi sweat-dropped. "Sonic, you better leave the jokes to Charmy..."
"Hey Usagi," he shouted. "Ready to jet to school?"
She giggled. "Well, I had no breakfast, so..." She looked at her watch. "GAH! I'm so late! Ohmygod, we're never gonna make it!"
"Relax," Sonic grinned. "There's no rush... Well, on the other hand... THIS will be a rush!" And he wound up his legs, quickly grabbed Usagi and her schoolbag and zoomed out of the door.
They zoomed over the streets, around the corners, through various gardens. Sonic even bounced off a flagpole once.
When they reached school, the blue blur skidded to a stop. He put the slightly dizzy Usagi back on her feet. "There! What did I tell ya? With me, you're never gonna be late again!"
Usagi looked at the school clock. "Wow! Five minutes until classes start. That's really a new record. Well done, Sonic!"
He smirked. "Anytime! See ya tomorrow, right?"
"Okay, bye!" She watched him as he ran past the corner.
Her human friend Naru stepped up next to her. "Wow, Usagi, your boyfriend really is speedy. Wish you met him earlier, right?"
Usagi blushed. "Naru, it's not like that... he's not my boyfriend. He... just helped me because he's a friend."
Naru nodded knowingly. "Yeah, right! Come on, or we'll be late after all."
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Sonic skidded to a stop when suddenly, a pink figure stepped into his way. "AH-HA! So here you are, mister! You know, that girl has two feet on her own, so why don't you let her walk to school for once?"
Sonic smiled nervously. "Hello, Amy! Why, what a surprise... are you mad?"
Amy Rose was downright steaming. "Sonic, stay away from that blonde little klutz, you hear me? She's clumsy, she's a crybaby, she's a glutton... and most important, you're MY Sonic!"
Sonic sweat-dropped. "Amy, I like you very much. Very, very much, really... But you are NOT, I repeat, you're NOT my girlfriend!"
"But Sonic," Amy whined. "We're destined to be together. Since you saved me from Metal Sonic, I dream only about you. And you deserve better than that little crybaby of a hedgehog."
Sonic smirked. "Amy..."
"What?"
"You're jealous..."
"Am not!"
"Suuuure you aren't!"
Amy crossed her arms. "Well, it's true."
Sonic shook his head. "Amy, honestly... I only help Usagi because she once helped Cream against some bullies, okay? She's a friend, nothing more. Now would you excuse me, I have a date with some chili-dogs. Later!" And he zoomed off.
Amy sighed. "I wish I could believe you, Sonic..."
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Deep inside his hidden base, the Final Egg, a self-proclaimed ultimate genius was starting his new plot against his arch-nemesis, a certain blue hedgehog...
"If these stone tablets are correct," Dr. Robotnik alias Eggman muttered. "The ancient god of destruction is called Chaos... and hides inside the Master Emerald. Well, if only Knuckles knew..." He snickered. "Metal Sonic, this will be my ultimate plan to defeat Sonic and build my own city, Robotnikland!"
"Only if he doesn't find the Chaos Emeralds first," the blue robot pointed out. Eggman angrily smacked him on the head. "Do you have to spoil my fun that early?"
Metal Sonic snickered as best as a robot could. "Well, you see, it's a hobby of mine..."
Eggman shook his head. "Go and take care of the new robot project."
Metal Sonic nodded and left the room.
Dr. Eggman went back to his calculations until, after some minutes, a door opened behind him. "Papa? Are you still up?"
The doctor jumped and turned around. "Hotaru, don't scare your father like that."
The violet-haired girl giggled. "Sorry, papa! But you know, you shouldn't stay up that late. It's not healthy. If you have hard work to do, your robots can handle it, right?"
Eggman sighed. "Look, sweetie... your papa has important things to take care of, and he has to concentrate hardly, you understand?"
Hotaru nodded. "You're not planning of defeating that nice Mr. Sonic again, do you?"
Eggman nearly chocked on his own mustache. Sometimes, he could swear that his little girl could read his mind. "W-what makes you think that, Hotaru? I know you're friends with that little fox-boy, right? So why wouldn't I want to do something to his best friend?"
"Because you always say he's going to pay for it, every time he defeats you?"
Dr. Eggman just groaned.
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