Meeting the Purple Flame Cat

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I hope you all enjoy my story; the cover image is Sonic and Blaze in Sonic Boom designs by Sonicluver16 – PLEASE go and check out their stuff on DeviantArt. I saw this picture and thought, "Oh wow, this is absolutely perfect!" So this is my story on how they met. Also this story is a testament to my comical side. Please review and tell me how I did on my "funny" lol. I don't consider myself a humorous writer but I wanted to take a stab at it and see what come out. This is Sonic Boom.

I don't own Sonic or the cover image.

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"Another pile of molten metal found offshore near the jungle to the east." Amy recited as she read the headline of the morning newspaper.

"That's peculiar, that's the third one this week. Before we would only see one or two every now and then." Tails chimed in as he made breakfast for his friends.

Sticks' eyes lit up as she heard the headline, "I'm telling you there's a flame cat out there shooting flames from her bare hands!" Sticks exclaimed jumping from the couch and demonstrating shooting flames from her hand at Tails.

Tails, Amy and Knuckles stared at Sticks with a deadpan expression. Sticks looked back at them pausing her demonstration, her eyebrows furrowed when she realized they didn't believe her. "I'm serious you guys!" Sticks shouted, poking her lip out and putting her hands on her hips.

"Riiiight, and I'm shooting lasers out of my eyes." Tails joked. He then looked surprised at his statement, "Actually that would be pretty cool…" he brought out a notepad behind his back, "…you're going on my to-do list…"

Sticks pouted, "You guys never take me seriously!"

Amy chuckled, "Sticks it's not like that-"

Sonic who was lying on the couch next to Amy, napping as usual, pulled a throw pillow over his head to shield his ears with its cottony goodness, but as it proved to be defenseless against Sticks' shrill tone he then popped up with an annoyed expression in his face. "What are you guys yelling about?" He yawned and stretched before looking back at Amy with half-lidded eyes expecting an answer.

"There has been another sighting of a pile of molten metal found in the jungle towards the east-" Amy began.

"It was by the flame cat!" Sticks finished yelling out.

Sonic cringed at her outburst, "Okay the first thing I believe, the second… mehhh, not so much."

Sticks shook her small fists in irritation and jumped over the coffee table to Sonic, but thanks to Knuckles he caught her just in time midair, and to much surprise to Sticks. Sonic grinned cheekily, "Thanks Knuckles, I rather not get mauled today."

"Oh you're gonna get mauled today! Let me at him!" Sticks struggled in Knuckles strong grip but Knuckles held fast.

"Don't let me get your cage!" Knuckles threatened, holding her away from him to not get hit by her flailing limbs.

She turned around and viciously hissed at Knuckles and in return Knuckles screamed a surprisingly high-pitched cry of fear and dropped her like a potato.

Amy shook her head then put her attention back to Sonic, "So what are you going to do today?" She smiled at him and rested her head against her hand. She began to get lost in his half lidded eyes… he looked so cool, and so uncaring, and so bored… siiiigh

Sonic scratched his head behind the ear and thought for a second. "Uhhh, I have to go see Perci and apologize about wrecking her porch and some other things around town." Sonic sighed lazily.

"She's still upset about that? That was like three weeks ago, and it wasn't even your fault, Eggman was the one who shot those heat-seeking missiles at you." Tails commented as he fixed five plates of eggs, toast, hash browns and sausage.

"I know right!" Sonic agreed.

"I don't like her." Amy said simply. Sonic chuckled at her then smiled a big grin when Tails gave him a plate of delicious smelling food.

"Thanks Tails!" Sonic exclaimed and began to chow down.

The friends ate and chatted amongst each other for the entirety of the meal. They talked about the molten metal piles being found randomly in the jungle and the repetitive false alarms of Eggman attacking every now and then. Funny thing was that this week they've receive an alarm that Eggman was attacking but every time they got ready to handle the situation there would be no sign of him anywhere. Matter of fact the alarm would be completely gone and all traces of his robots were gone.

They then talked about how if Sonic doesn't go and help and apologize to Perci that she just might come down here and take him back to her place and force him to help. At that Sonic shivered, it was bad enough that Amy was as strong as she is when he gets on her bad side, but Perci was on a whole different level. That girl is just brutal.

Sonic quickly ate his food and headed out to avoid Perci coming down to where he stayed to apprehend him herself; because Sonic loves his life and rather not have a hammer wielding echidna to snuff it out. Sonic said his goodbyes and rocketed out of the house then bolted in town.

Sonic sped through the streets avoiding pedestrians and fruit and vegetable stands alike as he headed towards Perci's place that resided deeper inland. He slowed down as he reached her residence and looked around nervously for the strong female.

Sonic's eyes darted left and right looking for the lavender colored lady but when he didn't see her he wiped his forehead in relief and decided to get out of there and "come back" later. He tiptoed away but before he could get far he heard a shout.

"Hey! Blue hedgehog!"

Sonic stopped in his tracks, "Er… no, no blue hedgehog here. Me is erizo azul, I no speak your language…"

He heard footsteps behind him and he slowly turned around seeing the shorter, pastel purple bandicoot stalking over to him. She wore baggy work pants, boots, a tank top that showed her flat tummy and a red bandanna wrapping her hair up. Perci is bold, Perci is tough, and Perci is as fine as they come. Her blue eyes were narrowed at the blue hero, but if Sonic tried his hardest to ignore the harden look in her eyes then perhaps he could see the beauty in her… but since Sonic is too busy looking down at the ground beneath his feet, he could care less about how gorgeous she is.

"Azure is blue you do-do (doe-doe?)." She held a carpenter's hammer threateningly to the side, but held a somewhat kind face. "If you weren't so cute I'd give you a good whacking… with this hammer." She winked at him then turned back around. "Come on Blue, you're three weeks late, let's get those muscles working."

Sonic let out a breath of relief that she didn't use force on him, this time. He smirked then followed her to the porch to help rebuild it.

/Break/

The two worked for a sedulous hour and half and have basically gotten all of the broken pieces of wood out and rebuilt the whole structure of the porch including putting in new chairs and a new table for it as well.

Perci smiled at Sonic for he done most of the hard work in building the porch and doing the heavy lifting for her. She admired his notable ability to fix things quite quickly and his accuracy with his craftsmanship. "Who would have known the laziest chump in town was such a handyman." She playfully pushed him as they leaned against the new railing they installed for the porch. Sonic smiled and shook his head and shrugged. "Would you like a snack?" she smiled at him.

Sonic wiped his forehead and took of his gloves and wiped his hands on his chest, "Yeah, I can go for a bite- whatcha got?" he replied.

"I dunno how bout you come in and find out for yourself." She smiled and entered her house leaving the screen open for him to enter.

Sonic looked off to the side, Oh gosh. I knew I wouldn't just be over here for work. But Sonic smirked and followed her inside, leaving his gloves on the banister.

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"Blast! Foiled again!" Eggman shook in rage as he found out his group of small recon robots have been molten to a puddle. This is the third time this week! "And the worst thing about it is that it's not even that meddling Sonic and his musketeers are the ones that are foiling my plans!" The mad doctor banged his fists on the computer module.

"Are you referring to the fiery holocaust of our brothers out there?" asked Decoe sadly.

"Hush, you don't have a family." Eggman replied frankly, Decoe and Bocoe stared at him horrified.

Eggman ignored their expressions and turned around and started pacing around the room thinking to himself. "What could it be, what could it be? Surely that little boy Tails haven't built some type of flame thrower…?" Eggman stopped pacing to ponder that thought. "Nahhh. He builds mediocre little machines…" Eggman resumed his pacing around the room.

"Could Amy or that dog have developed flame hammers and boomerangs?" Eggman stopped again to ponder. "Nahhh, if anything Amy would be more likely trying to understand her hammer's "feelings"." Eggman rolled his eyes and paced some more.

He gasped and his eyes grew big and round. "Could it be? Sonic actually evolved to breathe fire!?" Eggman thought about that horrid thought in fear, playing out a scenario in his mind of Sonic running across the waves towards his evil lair with his arms up like a football field goal with fire fuming out his mouth.

"I'm coming to get you Eggman! Raaahhhhh!"

Eggman shook his head to clear that scary thought. "Egad! I need to stop having late night snacks…"

Eggman turned around and dramatically pointed his finger at Decoe and Bocoe, "Replay the last surveillance footage of Renaissance Squadron Delta before they were destroyed!" The hench-robots bumped into each other in surprise at Eggman's sudden outburst before they projected a hologram of the footage in front of them.

Eggman put his finger on his chin studying the footage.

/- On Screen -/

The recon robots drove silently under the calm; early morning waves of the ocean. Sea life drifted around the robots aimlessly. The sounds of the sucking ocean were the only sounds admitted. Soon the robots drove across the beach sand, the sounds of very quiet whirring permeated through the silent beach as the robots scanned the beach for any signs of life. Upon finding the coast was clear the group of robots rolled quickly to the jungle.

Nimbly through the jungle the robots treaded, their scanners scouring the surrounding area the whole time as they headed through the thick thickets and vegetation. Their mission was to post silently throughout the island to gather information and to spy on Sonic and his gang.

They then came across a large clearing that looked as though someone was camping there. There was a tent, a smoldering pile of timber in the center surrounded by a couple of pots and an archery bow, and a sleeping bag with someone in it. To remain completely silent, since their scanners emitted a high frequency whirl, the robots disabled their scanners and silently snuck around the camp and off into the forest again.

The robots then came across another clearing this time opening up to a lake with plenty of sand around. Suddenly in the darkness an orange glow came from behind them. The robots instantly turned around and aimed their high-voltage tasers at the sudden glow, but when they their optical cameras spotted a slender, lavender colored cat with piercing golden eyes that glared down at them with animosity. The most shocking attribute of all though was that she held a live ball of fire in her left hand.

"Pests." The lavender cat growled before snapping its fingers and engulfing the robots in a brilliant, harsh flame. Immediately the robots disengaged and started to melt, and in a couple of seconds the video feed went blank.

"Video feed terminated." Decoe recited.

"So a flame wielding cat huh?" Eggman quickly imagined her running across the waves to his evil lair with fire coming out of her fists and mouth. Eggman shook his head to clear the thought "Ughhh…" The mad doctor rubbed his temples as he thought of ways to perhaps defeat this hotheaded obstacle.

"What are you going to do about it Sir?" Bocoe asked.

"What am I gonna do about it? I'll tell you what I'm going to do! I am going to march up that beach and confront her head on and we will duke it out old fashioned villain v. vigilante style!" Eggman proclaimed with his fists on his hips.

"I need my most evil robot for this one." Eggman chuckled sinisterly, throwing his hands into the air.

Decoe and Bocoe smiled at each other by the doctor's happiness and decided to laugh as well.

Eggman then stared down angrily at them. "What did I tell you about that?"

The two robots looked down sadly, "You said not to laugh while you're laughing because it ruins it… plus our laughing sucks…"

"Exactly."

/- Back with Sonic and Perci -/

"Mhmmm…"

"MhmmMmmm…"

"How does it taste?" Perci asked as she lightly played with Sonic's left ear as he moaned in pleasure.

"The best thing I ate ever!" Sonic exclaimed, his mouth savoring the intense flavors.

"Care for some more?"

"Yes, please!" Sonic exclaimed.

Perci prepared him another chili dog with extra chili and brought it to him. He took the hot dog off the plate and wolfed it down in a few bites; the chili dogs never had a chance when the Blue Blur was around.

Upon finishing the chilidog Sonic laid back on Perci's couch rubbing his belly in bliss. "Thanks for the grub Perci, how did you know I loved chili dogs? I haven't had any in forever." Sonic asked, looking up at her through pleased eyes.

"Well at the last town cookout no one even had a chance to get any chilidogs since you were out there practically inhaling the chili dogs!" She laughed at him remembering how every single time she saw him at the town cookout he had a chilidog in his hand.

Sonic scratched behind his ear in slight embarrassment. "Heh, well, a hedgehog gotta do what a hedgehog gotta do."

"What? Gorge on chilidogs?"

"Exactly." Sonic and Perci laughed together.

After a couple of minutes of just sitting around idly talking Perci got up and yanked the hedgehog off the couch, "Alright Big Blue, let's get back to work, we got a whole list of things to get done by today."

"Can I just take a nap?" Sonic asked jokingly.

While leaning on the door jamb, Perci looked at him from the side with a smirk. "Why don't you just come back tonight and we can "nap" then." She grabbed her toolbox and work gloves and walked out of the house chuckling to herself.

Sonic sat there with a goofy look on his face. Heh, heh heh.

"Hurry up! Before I drag you by your teeth!" Perci shouted from outside. Sonic jumped and snatched his gloves up and joined her before she got physical, and not in the most favorable of ways.

"Coming, coming!"

/- 6 hours later of fixing and apologizing to townsfolk -/

Sonic laid his head on the picnic table once Perci and he finished all of the work needed to be done for the day. Sonic whined, "I wish I stayed in bed."

Perci sat down beside him with a meal of two burgers and a large fry on a lunch tray. "Then I guess you fancy being dragged out of bed by your feet then, because that's what I would have done if I had to get you today." She started to stuff her face with fries.

"I hate work. My muscles hurt. I'm tired of looking at nails and wood today. The sun is hot. I feel like I'm about to melt." Sonic complained in the ultimate lazy voice. Perci rolled her eyes, but she thought about something when Sonic mentioned melting.

"Oh by the way, did you hear about the strange findings of molten piles of metal around the jungle and on the beaches?" Perci asked Sonic.

Sonic lazily nodded his head and took a fry from her plate and munched on it. "Yeah, what about it?"

Perci narrowed her eyes as Sonic started to take fry after fry from her tray. "…I was wondering what you were gonna do about it." He took two more fries before answering.

"I don't know, probably nothing. I don't see the point in it." Sonic said in between munching.

"Why not, this could be Eggman's doing." Perci slapped his hand as he tried to take his 20th fry.

"Nope, Tails said that Eggman haven't been here, all we've been getting was an alarm, then it'll go away and repeat." Sonic retried to capture another fry, but was intercepted by Perci again.

"But doesn't that sound suspicious though? Eggman showing up on alert then mysteriously disappearing again? He could be teleporting from here to that rock he calls a lair every time he goes on alert."

Sonic thought about it, if he was doing that then he must be planting something… maybe spy bots or mines or jack-in-a-boxes- either one doesn't sound too fun to have surprise you. "Yeah I guess… I'll check it out when we're done."

"Well, fixing up old man Jenkins windmill was the last thing on our list so, we're done."

Sonic popped his head up, "Really? Thank goodness! I thought I was about to die from forced labor!" Sonic got up and jogged in place for a couple seconds. "Thanks for the chili dogs from earlier; I'll catch ya on the flip."

Perci rolled her eyes, "Well I'll see you later then and no problem, come back anytime you fancy a chilidog… or anything else." She winked at him as he sprinted off. "Finally…" She then took a huge bite out of her burger and finished it in ten seconds flat. But going for her second burger she found that it has gone missing.

With a growl she stood up from the table, "SONIIIIC!"

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Sonic chuckled to himself as he bit into the burger he snatched from Perci. He dashed down towards the beach heading east until he reached the clearing where the most recently found molten pile of metal was found.

Sonic gulped down the last of the burger and stepped into a narrow clearing. A narrow stream about the width of a car snaked through the forest and off into the ocean. The tree canopy shielded a lot of the setting sunlight making the clearing feel cool. Sounds of insects and various other species of animals could be heard deeper in the forest as Sonic ventured in deeper. He kept his ears pricked for the slightest sound that may be out of the ordinary, like perhaps a mechanical sound of robot parts or the space-time-sounding-ringy-thingy that teleporters on the sci-fi shows make. Alright teleportation device, where you be?

As he treaded into the thickets Sonic's foot finally stepped upon something that wasn't the soft sand and he looked down to see a molten heap of metal. Sonic looked down closely on it to get a closer look. Well it was certainly burned with high intensity, the surrounding sand is glassy. And it does bare Eggman's insignia and design. Sonic then stooped down further and pried the pile of metal form the glassy ground and flipped it upside down.

Suddenly Sonic brows furrowed. Wait a minute; this is Eggman's machines, why would Eggman do this to his own machines? So if it wasn't Eggman then who melted them? To my knowledge only I and my friends are the ones who go against Eggman, have someone new joined the fight? If so then who?

Suddenly a mighty crash and loud thumps that sounded much like something huge was hitting the ground. The earth rumbled around him, and Sonic knows the only thing that would make such a racket, Eggman!

Sonic ran towards the noise and soon found a large robot that resembled a large squid loomed over the beach like an ugly shadow. The massive robot spewed thick smoke into the air and leaked oil into the ocean. The squid's tentacles were large segmented arms that seemed to be made of plastic… matter of fact as Sonic got closer the whole thing looked as though it was made of plastic.

"Okay… What?" Sonic murmured, slightly tickled by the sight.

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"Behold my most diabolical robot ever! It is a smoke spewing, oil leaking robot that is entirely made of plastic! Go ahead and check the CO2 emissions from the central engine… it is off the charts! The hippie's worst nightmare!" Eggman, who was secluded in his lair and controlling the robot remoted, shouted into the microphone that resembled a plastic water bottle. "You have destroyed my robots you pyro, and I do not like when my things are melted! They create messes that are very hard to clean up! Do you not understand how hard it is to clean up a molten crayon from the carpet!?"

Before Eggman's squid-monster-robot-thing stood a lavender cat that stared up at the creation in disgust and confusion. She had her head slightly cocked and her battle stance poised venomously.

"For destroying my robots I shall make you pay!" Eggman shouted some more, "Squid Bot, attack!"

The squid bot instantly did as was told and started to swing its long tentacles at the feline. The lavender cat jumped and rolled and dodged each attack with finesse, her body swerving this way and that, weaving right and left until she stopped her evasive tactics and stared up at the squid.

"Had enough yet you feline?!" The tentacles were raised above her and wriggled with the eagerness to smite her.

The cat held up its hand in the form of how one would when they are about to snap.

"This battle is pointless." She snapped her fingers with a loud snap and swung her hand towards the squid bot. The Squid bot ignited and exploded as the incredibly intense flames consumed it.

The squid shook as the fire burned it.

"Oh no! You destroyed my squid bot!" Eggman said, "Psyche, do you think I am that dumb to not reinforce it after finding out what your power is? Squid bot, attack! Again!"

Blaze looked bewildered as the Squid started to swing its arms wildly at her again, this time dripping searing, molten plastic that showed that the plastic was only the outer shell of the squidbot. Under its "plastic armor" was a shiny metal plating.

"Yes, the plastic was merely a façade! Under it is metal and guess what… I am not recycling it afterwards!" Eggman laughed a hearty laugh as the squid bot attacked the lavender feline faster.

The cat growled in annoyance and shot repetitive fireballs at the robot sending it rearing back, but not defeated.

Come on, burn already, BURN!

The lavender cat conjured a long rope of fire that twisted around her; she then swung it at the arms of the squid monster and actually managed to sheer off an arm with a single strike. From Eggman's lair he looked surprised.

"Squish her squidbot!" Eggman roared into the microphone.

Three thick tentacles rose up high into the air and then without missing a beat swung down towards the shocked cat.

Suddenly a flash of blue popped into her peripheral vision and then like a slash from God the three arms fell to the ground harmlessly and in pieces.

The lavender cat looked around in question and quickly turned around in all directions trying to locate the flash of blue that destroyed the tentacles. Moments later Sonic darted back and stood beside the lavender cat.

Sonic glanced at her for a quick second, hiding his awe for later. So Sticks was right. There is a purple flame cat and I am standing right beside her… Sonic turned to her, "Looks like you need help." He smirked at her and threw up thumbs up.

The cat was staring at him in awe at his intense speed and how he just saved her, but when he mentioned that she needed help she growled at him. "I don't need help!" she jumped out of the way of another attack and exploded another arm off with her fire attacks.

"Rude with two zeros…" (r00d) Sonic commented under his breath as he watched as she dodged another attack then fought back.

"Oh no not you too, get out of here Sonic, I don't need two vigilantes ruining my day!"

"Oh no can do Eggbreath, I love a good party! And from the looks of it it's a bonfire too!" Sonic commented pointing out that this mysterious cat had Eggman's creation bubbling from the boiling metal on top of the squid's head.

"I am just getting warmed up Sonic!"

"Clearly." Sonic chuckled. The lavender cat shot an amused look at him briefly, but soon it disappeared as another attack came her way. She blasted yet another arm off sending the squid bot rearing back further into the ocean.

"Hey Egg head!" Sonic shouted out.

"What!?"

"Do you know what Return to Sender means?"

"I- I suppose, why?"

"No reason, just want to make sure you know what's coming back to yah!" (bad joke is bad)

Sonic curled into a ball and spun into the air at an incomprehensible velocity before shooting off and slamming into the squid bot and sending it straight back to Eggman's lair.

Sonic and the mysterious lavender cat watched as the destroyed squid bot flew like a football straight through Eggman's lair.

Sonic held his hand to his ear and listened out for an explosion, and when he did receive what he was waiting for he fist pumped the air. "And it's good!" Sonic celebrated with his hands raised to the heavens. He ran over to the mysterious cat with one hand in the air, "Uh! Gimme some!" The cat looked at him bewildered beyond normal comprehension, but put up a hand for him to high-five. Sonic smiled and smacked her hand hard, "Yeah!"

She blinked a couple of times as she looked at him, the flames of her attack still burning on the ground around them. She couldn't figure out the words to say to him, she was baffled by the blatant friendship that seemed to flow from him, and his indefatigable enthusiasm was slightly off putting… but mainly because she is so introverted. Sonic put his hands on his hips and looked at her curiously, "That's quite the power… What's your name stranger?" Sonic asked completely interested in the mysterious feline.

"My name is Blaze…" She took a step back from him, distancing herself. "You… you do not fear my flames, blue hedgehog?" She asked slowly as she conjured a small fireball within her hand, its flames licking into the air gracefully. She watched the hedgehog curiously; certainly when someone meets someone who can wield fire at will is someone you'd be wary of- confused at the very least, but not this hedgehog, he actually looked impressed beyond belief.

"Should I be?" Sonic asked with a smirk on his face as he stepped closer. Now that there's no battle to fight he began to get a good look at her. She shorter than he was maybe by a few inches. Her hair had the texture as the indigenous, yet, in Sonic's eyes, she wore the best hair he had seen in ages. Her gleamed in the sunlight, it was as golden as the finest gold jewelry. Her face seemed stern, and cautious, and she had a few scratches and scars from previous battles that shown between her fur. For tops she sported a red tube top that was wrapped in sports tape.

As Sonic's eyes scoured lower he began to blush slightly nervously. He rubbed his nose. She had a flat, rather attractive tummy, and a nice set of hips. Her hips… her … wow … hips. Sonic felt slightly funny and admired the beautiful garment that she wore on her wide, rather sexy hips. Under that she wore purple leggings and heeled shoes.

"I- uh, Yes- I mean, No- Sonic was it?" she asked as she looked Sonic up and down.

Is she shy? Or guarded as if she doesn't fully trust me. "Yeap that's me, Sonic the Hedgehog is my name, defeating baddies is my game!" Sonic smiled at her, "So I'm guessing it has been you that have been melting all these robots around here. Good work certainly lets me sleep in during the day." Sonic joked.

"Thank you- oh, and thank you for saving me from that attack- I didn't see it coming." She blushed as she studied Sonic as well. His handsome features froze her on the spot, that coupled with his nice demeanor and fun air around him made him someone she wouldn't mind spending time to get to know him.

"Don't mention it. Oh hey, do you have a place to stay?" Sonic asked. "I know a friend that can give you a place to stay if you don't have one- you do look foreign, and I patrol these mean streets every day and I've never seen the likes of you before."

Blaze shook her head, "No- Yes I mean yes, matter of fact I got to get going. It's good meeting you Sonic." She started to back away, she nodded farewell to him before dashing off into the jungle to her camp. Sonic felt the urge to chase, but he thought against it, he did want to get to know her more… next time then.

"Well hope to see you again next time!" Sonic yelled out as she disappeared through the thick brush of the jungle.

Sonic smiled and started to jog away before dashing back to his house.

Today was pretty eventful, fun really. Finally met the person guilty of the molten piles of metal. So she's a firebender? Sonic chuckled to himself as he ran through the town. I never met anyone like her before, I hope I run into her some more- I think we'll make a great team!

"My name is Blaze…"

Blaze huh? Cool lady…