AN: Hello fellow readers and sorry for the long wait for the final chapter of Defender of the Blazing Flame!

Blaze: Are you sure you should be posting this with out proof reading first?

AN: I would blaze, but even if I did I will stop midway and say screw it. Besides I can always do it later.

Knight: He's right you know.

AN: Knight? What are you doing here?

Knight: No reason, just felt like appearing for a brief moment.

AN: Oh okay. Since your here would you like to answer the two reviews and say the disclaimer for me?

Knight: *shrugs* I guess.

Zero D. Inifinite: Thanks for like the last chapter, but just an fyi Saiyakitsune here hated that chapter himself.

Moogiuh: same as above. and Saiyakitsune says thank you for the compliment.

Disclaimer: Saiyakitsune does not own Sega, Sonic Team, Sonic the Hedgehog or Archie Comics. He does own me Knight Distortion, Nali, and this dimension which the story you are reading takes place.

AN: Thanks Knight. Now I would like to ask you, the readers, to tell me what you think. I can't tell if any of you guys like it or not so I don't really know if this story is a success or not. Now that begging for reviews is over, READ THE FINAL CHAPTER!

~Defender of the Blazing Flame~

Chapter 5:

Distortion of the Sol

"31 minutes and 44 seconds in counting"

"Will you just shut the hell up!"

Punch, kick, dodge, counter, and repeat. Almost 2 hours this match has been going on and it didn't look as if it will slow down any time soon. Every now and then Metal Blaze would announce how much time is left until Blaze is no more and it is really pissing off Metaru.

"I do not understand your comment, please elaborate Metaru." Metal Blazes monotone voice was enough to send the mechanical guardian over the wall if he wasn't already pushed to his limits.

"You know danm well what I mean!" Metaru did not try to hide the anger in his voice. He also has not made an attempt to hide any animosity towards the robotic counter part of Blaze. His attacks were proof that no matter how much it can look like her, sound like her, and think like her, it will never be Blaze in his eyes. As much as Metaru hated to admit it, he was losing the fight. Why he was losing was beyond him.

"29 minutes and 57 seconds."

"Oh come on!" sure Metaru can understand Metal Blaze stating how much time is left to motivate him, but to announce it every 2 minutes was crazy! It's like she wants him to explode from insanity, which doesn't sound to far off from the real Blaze. 'Focus Metaru, you've got to end this fight and soon, but how?' The whole match has been repetitive since the beginning so it was alright for him to zone out like he is doing now. With a super computer for a brain, it didn't take Metaru long to come up with a plan to finish off Metal Blaze.

'Eggman Nega said that a Sol Emerald is being used to power her up. While it does explain why I begin to feel woozy whenever I stand around her for too long, it also gives me an idea.' Smiling on the inside, Metaru made his move by moving so fast that he literally disappeared in front of Metal Blaze then reappeared behind her, surprising her as well. In one swift motion he put her in a full nelson. As Metal Blaze struggled in Metaru's stron grip he changed the setting in his eyes to allow them to see through solid objects. This enabled him to see where exactly the Sol Emerald was.

"Release me this instant Metaru!" the urgency and uneasiness in Metal Blazes voice sounded so foreign that Metaru almost lost his grip.

"As you wish, Metal Blaze." As soon as he let her go, Metaru turned her around punched a hole through her chest, and pulled out the purple Sol Emerald slowly encasing it in a black sphere. During this whole process Metal Blazes eyes were as wide as they can be.

"Wha-what did you do to me?" the pain in her raspy voice almost made Metaru feel sorry for her, almost.

"When I had you in that full nelson, I scanned your body to locate the Sol Emerald. When I found the Sol Emerald, I retrieved via punching a hole in you and grabbed the Sol Emerald. With that done I activated my black shield to wrap around the Sol Emerald so it won't cause any harm to me, but I can't keep it up for that long not that I need to any way." Metaru walked out of the room they were in and went off to find Eggman Nega, leaving Metal Blaze on the floor struggling to stay active. Before he was out of ear shot, Metal Blaze had one more thing to say.

"You may have defeated me, but have found the answered to my question? Do you understand your feelings for my counter part? These are questions that need solutions Metaru." Metal Blazes body stayed motionless on the floor. With the little energy she could muster she said one last thing before forcibly powered down. "There is only about 24 minutes left. Find… the answer.. and… save… " and just like that the robotic cat held no more power. Knowing that standing there would only waste time, Metaru took off as fast as he can with the purple Sol Emerald in hand in search for her. However, the last few words from his late opponent kept ringing in his head over and over again.

~DBF~

"Me…ta…ru…" sweat poured down her face, short dry gasps came out every now and then, her temperature going down by the minute. Blaze is in the worse state she has ever been, and yet even now all she can think about is her newest friend and fellow guardian Metaru .

Sonic, who has been watching over Blaze and monitoring her state of health (or lack of health), smirked an out of character smirk. He only three days to work with and his plan were already turning into a huge success . With Blaze whispering Metaru's name every minute and the machine himself fighting for his life to save Blaze Sonic had no doubt that his plan will continue to flow flawlessly.

"He's coming."

The blue blur quirked and eyebrow at his temporary friend. "Is that so?"

Nega merely nodded, his eyes never leaving the screen in front of him. "Metal Blaze has just been shut down and Metaru is heading our way and fast."

"When is he getting here then?"

"NEGA! SONIC!" Metaru burst through the door separating him and Blaze like a wet tissue paper

"In about -2 seconds." Sonic rolled his eyes at the man's lame attempt at a joke. That was just weak. The room that all present were currently in was an examination room. This is where Eggman Nega would perform cruel tests on mobians that were unlucky in crossing his path. All around the room there were beakers, test tube, chemicals, strange and menacing looking devices, and computer monitors everywhere. The color scheme of the room was a dull grey with very little lighting. The room was also made of two floors. The top floor was basically a dozen platforms floating idly while the bottom floor looked like a typical mad scientist lab. Eggman Nega sat on a chair on a platform to the right of Metaru with a large computer by his side. Sonic was to Metaru's left on a different platform. All the platforms, save for the one Eggman Nega was on, were bare. The first thing Metaru saw was Blaze on top of a table. It took everything he had to restrain himself from sprinting to her side, he needed to play it smart.

Sonic turned his attention to the vengeful robot. His cruel out of character grin making itself known on his face. " 'Bout time you got here. Another 5 minutes and time would have been up." The blue blur can just feel the anger coming off of Metaru, threatening to crush him for reminding him how dire the situation is.

Metaru attempted to ignore the blue blurs comment by turning his attention to Eggman Nega, he failed miserably with his killer intent leeching out. "The cure. Now." The insane doctor gave a dark chuckle in response to Metaru's blunt demand.

"Hehehe of course or course the cure. Just hand over the Sol Emerald and I'll give it to you." Metaru bit back a growl. There was no time to argue, he had to listen to him for now.

"Hand me the cure and I'll let you borrow the Sol Emerald." There may be no time to argue, but there was definitely enough time to act like a little kid. The deranged scientist merely shrugged and began searching for something in his black coat. From his coat he pulled out a test tube filled with translucent red fluids corked down by a stopper. Eggman Nega tossed the tube towards Metaru who caught it with ease and Metaru in return tossed the Sol Emerald to Eggman Nega whom also caught the gem without difficulty. Not wanting to waste time, Metaru immediately was beside Blaze.

"Me… ta… ru…" Blazes cracked voice broke the machines metaphorical heart. Her fur is disheveled and an all around mess. She is currently wearing a hospital gown, which made Metaru increasingly nervous and warm. Every now and then her hands will latch on to the table until either her knuckles turn white or her fingers start to bleed. What scared Metaru the most though was that he couldn't feel any heat from Blaze, she was instead freezing and getting colder by the second.

'Is this what the Kintobor Virus does?' The Kintobor Virus is a man made virus created on accident by Ivo Kintobor, Dr. Eggman when he was still in allegiance with the Acorn Family. During that time, Ivo had no cure for the disease so he locked it up for further studying. What the virus does is that it 'eats' the heat from the body it is in. It is invisible to the immune system so detecting it is impossible. As it 'eats' the heat from the body the victim will lose consciousnesses and will fall into a coma. For a normal Mobian it would take 2 weeks for the virus to finish 'eating' and leave the body to die. By 'eating' the heat, the virus drops the temperature in the victim freezing them to death. Since Blaze has Pyrokenisis, the process is sped up instead to 10 hours.

Shaking with fear and anticipation, Metaru opened the test tube holding the 'cure'. He then opened Blazes mouth and poured the contents of the test tube into her mouth slowly as to not choke her. One gulp, two gulps, three gulps, four, the test tube in Metaru's hand now empty, he waited to see if the cure actually worked. Slowly, but surely, Blazes ragged breathing calmed down and her temperature began to rise. Metaru began to relax, but his anticipation did not waver as he continued to wait for her eyes to open. After a minute or two, two half-open golden eyes made themselves known. Their unfocused gaze was set on Metaru. For a brief moment (which felt like an eternity for Metaru) Blaze just stared into his neon red eyes until,

"Metaru?"

"Blaze!"

Without a second thought, the metallic hedgehog hugged the dazed cat full force. Oh how Metaru wishes he can cry because right now tears of joy would be spilling out. Blaze, who had just woken up, was unsure of what was going or what has happened when she was knocked out. But seeing Metaru holding on to her so tight that he was afraid she would disappear, Blaze felt sympathetic and returned the hug.

"I thought I almost lost you."

"But you didn't lose me, I am right here." The two stayed in each other embrace, not wanting let go. Metaru in fear of actually losing her, and Blaze in fear of this being another dream.

"Well isn't that touching." The sound of his voice ruined the moment and the two guardians faced the direction of the voice. Metaru let out a growl while Blaze gasped at seeing the man before her.

"Eggman Nega? What are you doing here?"

"Hehehe, Why you are in my base of course!"

"Wha?"

Blazes confusion became more and more apparent as she frantically scanned her surroundings. What she saw only proved that the man's words were true. For some reason, she also felt a light breeze. She looked down and noticed that she was in nothing but her under wear and a hospital gown. Letting out an eep, Blaze tried to cover herself up in vain. During this process Blaze momentary forgot that there were other people present.

"What's going on? Why am I in Nega's base? Why am I on a table? And why am I only in a hospital gown?"

Eggman Nega chuckled darkly at how disoriented his nemesis is right now. Sonic, who has been feeling left out, answered Blaze to make his presence known.

"In order? You have been cured by a fatal disease thanks to Metaru there, I brought you here from the local hospital in Gunther, and I also put you on that table. And the hospital gown, well the staff from the hospital put that on you if you couldn't figure that out." Sonic finished with a creepy smile aimed at Metaru and Blaze. His smile grew at the reaction Blaze was giving him, one of shock and betrayal.

"Sonic? What are you doing here?" her simple question was met with a simple answer by the robot beside her.

"He and Eggman Nega are… partners." Metaru snarled out the last word with so much venom, Blaze gazed at him with shock. She was about to ask how that happened, but after seeing the look on Metaru's face Blaze knew he didn't know either. Judging by the cruel smiles on both Nega and Sonic they were not going to share that information either. Blaze decided to ask a different question.

"What happened to me?" When she said this, the partners Laughed a creepy laugh. Metaru growled at the two, but restrained himself from lashing out at them and instead went to shed some light for Blaze.

"Do you remember those water balloons?"

Blaze stared at him blankly until her memory returned on what happened just 10 hours ago. She glared at Metaru. "How could I forget."

Metaru winced at the hostility in Blazes voice. "Inside those water balloons was a fatal virus meant to kill you." Blazes glare soften and her face held a look of astonishment. "The one who planted those water balloons was Eggman Nega." Metaru's voice grew a harsh tone when he said that man's name.

"Hehehe Indeed I did inject the Kintobor Virus in those water balloons, but it was Sonic who set up the trap." Hearing his name being mentioned, Sonic cut off Eggman Nega.

"Yes I did and let me tell you it wasn't easy. Anyways, after Metaru here figure that out and left the castle, I went inside and ´borrowed´ a Sol Emerald." He paused in his monologue to laugh out loud.

"I don't see what is so funny hedgehog." Metaru recoiled in shock. He did not expect so much animosity from Blaze.

"That's because that isn't the funny part!" The blue blur continued his laugh until he was out of breath. "Ha… the funny part is that Metaru gave us the rest of the Sol Emeralds!" This time when Sonic went on a laughing fest, Eggman Nega joined in. Blaze, not believing what she just heard, faced Metaru, waiting for him to tell her that what he said wasn't true. Metaru's look of shame confirmed that what Sonic had just said was the truth. In this sudden realization Blaze backed away from Metaru.

"You-you gave him the Sol Emeralds?"

"I had to! It was the only way to get the cure!" Metaru tried to close the distance between him and her, but Blaze kept backing up. "Blaze, please try to under-"

"SHUT UP!"

SLAP!

The sound of Blaze's hand smacking Metaru's check could be heard through out the entire base. In her frustration, Blaze actually left a red mark on Metaru's face from the heat of her hand. Seeing what she did, blaze immediately felt guilty for what she had done.

"No, Metaru I-I didn't mean to…"

"HAHAHAHA! That is even funnier than I imagined!" Sonic couldn't help himself. He knew Blaze would be mad at Metaru, but to actually slap him? That was beyond hilarious. "haha, man I gotta stop laughing so hard or else I might lose my voice."

"Believe me Sonic, You would be doing the world a favor by losing your voice." The glare that Sonic sent to Eggman Nega had little to no effect on the man. "Now if we are done with all this drama then it is time to get down to business."

Sonic's glare turned to a look of confusion. "Business?" The maniacal scientist merely grinned as he pulled out a small metallic box with a single blue button, which he pressed. All of a sudden, then room shook and the floor began to move, half to the left, half to the right. Instinctively, Metaru grabbed Blaze by the waist (which had her blushing like mad) and jumped onto a platform near Sonic. The room continued shaking until a large, menacing machine rose from the disappearing floor.

The mechanical behemoth stood about 14 feet high and was dark blue in color. Its feet were long and thin with three drill looking toes, two in the front and one in the back. Its hands were the same length as its legs and had strong crab-like claws. The main body was circular in shape with the cockpit in the middle of it. It sort of resembled a light bulb in shape. Two sets of spikes were on top of the machine with a distance as wide as the cockpit. The spikes went all the way to the middle of the back. A powerful tail was the finishing touch to the dangerous robot. Laughing like the nutcase that he is, Eggman Nega made his way to the cockpit of the machine and got inside.

"Behold my most prized work and most powerful machine to date, The NEGATIO!" the mad man resumed his craze laughing fit. He and Sonic seemed to be doing that a lot, speaking of Sonic…

"Nega? I thought we had a deal!" the blue hedgehog seemed to look betrayed if his face was any indication.

"Deal?" Faster than either Mobian present (Metaru included) Eggman Nega's NEGATIO stretched its left arm, grabbed Sonic in a vice grip, and brought him to Nega. A hatch opened on NEGATIO'S chest revealing a large cannon. The cannon began to glow with energy and Sonic, in the face of danger could only look up at Eggman Nega with wide, frightful eyes. The Doctor's cruel grin ever so present on his face. Softly, he whispered to Sonic, "What deal?"

BOOM!

The cannon launched a heavy amount of sol energy to Sonic, seemingly obliterating his entire body. No scream was heard as Blaze and Metaru could only watch in horror as their friend turned villain was evaporated right before their eyes. The sol energy subsided and the cannon was once again was hidden, no trace of Sonic could be seen. Done with the first annoyance, Eggman Nega placed his attention to his next two victims and rushed after them, not giving them a chance to retaliate. Metaru however, was able to grab Blaze and evade Eggman Nega just in time and landed on another platform. The NEGATIO destroyed the platform Metaru and Blaze were previously on and quickly advanced towards them. Cursing his luck, Metaru continued to evade the NEGATIO still holding on to Blaze who was to shocked to do anything after what happened to Sonic.

Evade, land, crash, repeat. There were only so many platforms Metaru can go on and with the bottom floor totally gone, he had very little options. Jumping one last time, Metaru and Blaze were now on the only platform left standing. Eggman Nega took his time floating over to the two guardians, prepping up his cannon for another fire.

"No where to run now. What are you going to do hmm?" Metaru could only stand on the final platform in frustration. Without thinking he let go of Blaze and pushed her behind him, acting as a shield for her. Blaze finally regained her senses and seeing the sight before her tried to move Metaru out of the way. The metallic blue hedgehog retaliated by placing his black shield over Blaze, restraining her movement. Her muffled cries fell on death ears as Metaru faced his ultimate demise.

'I only got one shot at this, I got to make it count.' Metaru looked head on at the cannon, awaiting his demise. 'I'm sorry Blaze.'

Eggman Nega chuckled at what Metaru was attempting to do. "My, my how chivalrous of you. If you think you can save Blaze than you are more foolish than I first thought. Say goodbye!" Blazing continued to cry out to Metaru for him to get out of range of the cannon, to save himself, but her words were in vain.

The cannon fired at Metaru, engulfing him in sol energy. His cries of pain muted by the power of the NEGATIO'S cannon. Before the cannon ran out of power, Metaru was just able to put up another black shield in front of him which made the rest of the sol energy bounce off of him and hit the NEGATIO'S left shoulder disembodying the entire left arm. With the cannon finally dying down, Metaru fell to the floor with a thud, his body miraculously still intact after blasted full force with sol energy.

"I'm… I'm sorry Blaze. I… couldn't stay… with… you…" The black shield surrounding Blaze eroded away, allowing the purple feline to run over to the beaten robot.

"Metaru!" Blaze tried to grab a hold of the still machine before, but whenever she did a strong electric bolt would strike her and numb her hands. "Metaru…" She was coming close to tears. Metaru, someone she had briefly trusted, and got to know lay lifeless before her. Unable to hold the tears anymore, Blaze openly cried for Metaru. "Idiot, why did you have to take that blast? You knew you wouldn't survive didn't you?" The electric shocks subsided and Blaze was now crying on Metaru charred chest. Out of anger, Blaze pounded onto his chest. "Why did you have to leave? Why did you leave me alone! Why didn't you chase after me when I left? Why can't you be sitting next to me? Laughing wi me?" The pounding subsided and her voice started to crack. "Please Metaru don't be gone I.. I " 'I love you.'

"ARGH! Damn it! Looks like that blasted copy wanted to take something with him. That bastard." Eggman Nega continued to curse about the loss of his NEGATIO's arm, totally ignoring Blaze. The princess of Anima's sadness quickly turned to anger, and lots of it. She rose to her feet as an aura of flames surrounded her. The flames did no harm to her nor to Metaru as she stalked over to the one responsible for her grief.

"Doesn't matter whether he is dead or not, that bastard of a robot will forever be a pain in the ass."

"Shut up." Cut off in mid rant, Eggman Nega at last looked over at Blaze, not liking what he is seeing. The enraged feline was covered in flames that licked everything that it touched. In this state, the hospital gown she was wearing burnt away leaving Blaze in only her white bra and panties. The doctor paid no attention to that little detail (at least that is what he kept telling himself) but instead focused on Blaze head which was cast downward. Eggman Nega's felt fear course through his veins at seeing Blaze like this. He never saw her as angry she was right now and he had every right to be afraid of her. However, his fear died down and his old cockiness returned.

"Just because you finally decided to grow a back bone, doesn't mean that I will listen to yo-" Eggman Nega was once again cut off by Blaze, but this time by her disembodying his robot's right arm with her flames.

"I said," she raised her head to look at the bane of her existence. The snarl on her face was enough for Eggman Nega to piss his pants, but followed up with her glare it was like her eyes were literary on fire, and with her power that may not be to far from the truth. What had happened next left the mad doctor in pieces. "Shut up!"

POW!

BOOM!

CRASH!

Blaze jumped up to the NEGATIO's chest area, and with an enflamed fist, punched the robot so hard that the NEGATIO hit the other side of the room and fell downward to where it first appeared. A loud crash signified that the NEGATIO had reached to bottom. With no hesitation, Blaze followed the NEGATIO to the next room by jumping downwards and shooting off similar to a rocket thanks to her flame aura. It was now silent as Metaru's shell of a body laid motionless on the remaining platform of what is left of Eggman Nega lab. For a few seconds, no sound was made until from a busted door, which Metaru entered from, a shadowed figure came by, setting it's gaze on Metaru.

~DBF~

"Oh my head."

"That's not going to be the only thing hurting when I'm done with you Eggman Nega."

The room that Blaze and Nega were now in seemed to be an empty storage room. Wooden crates and metallic boxes were placed everywhere in the storage room. A few lights were placed on the wall to illuminate an otherwise dark room. Like the room above, the color scheme of the storage room was a dull grey. The NEGATIO crashed onto a pile of wooden crates, smashing them all to pieces of all kinds of sizes. Blaze on the other hand landed gracefully in the center of the room and was currently stalking to where Eggman Nega was. Once she reached were he was, Blaze grabbed a hold of the left leg of the NEGATIO and began spinning. Round and round they went until Blaze let go of the NEGATIO and sent it along with Eggman Nega flying.

CRASH!

The NEGATIO this time is stuck on one of the wall. Eggman Nega felt like throwing up than and there, but restrained from doing that. Instead, he opened up the cockpit of the NEGATIO to let in some fresh air. Bad move. In an instant, Blaze was right in front of the disoriented doctor. Still engulfed in her flame aura, Blaze grabbed him by the collar and threw him out of the NEGATIO. Next, Blaze stored as much fire into both of her hands and blasted the NEGATIO with her flames. After about 10 seconds of none stop fire, Blaze ceased her attack and left the NEGATIO, which is now hot liquid metal on the floor, and face Eggman Nega. Nega sat on the floor, nursing a broken left arm. He winced in pain every now an then. He did not expect Blaze to attack so viciously and with such power. Speaking of the enraged feline, Nega started to feel increasingly warmer. He looked up to see Blaze walking over to him. She appeared to be calm, but he knew, he knew that she was furious. It seemed she wasn't satisfied with just destroying his prized machine. No, she wanted to end his life as well. Fearing for his life, Eggman Nega backed away from a quickly approaching Blaze.

"N-no! Please! Spare me! I-I will never bother you again please just let me go!" the man was close to tears now. Blaze did not falter in her tracks as she stood right before the groveling man who was backed into a corner. "Have mercy on me!"

"Mercy?" There was no emotion detected in her voice and that sent a chill down Eggman Nega's spine. Her stone cold face changed to anger once more. "Did you show mercy to Sonic? Or how about myself?" By now Blaze had grabbed him by the collar once more, her eyes scaring the wits out of the man. "Did you show mercy to Metaru when you blasted him?"

"P-please! I'll change, just give me a chance!"

"No more chances!" Blaze raised her right fist ready to strike down Eggman Nega. "I'm going to finish you here and now." Nega closed his eyes, waiting for the impeding blow. Blaze lit her fist and was about to punch a hole through his head until.

"Blaze…" wide eyed, the cat in question let her grip on Eggman Nega falter and dropped him on the floor. The man gasped for breath as he clutched his neck.

'It can't be!' turning around ever so slowly, Blaze wanted oh so badly to believe that she heard correctly, that her mind was not playing tricks on her. Facing the direction of the voice, Blaze saw someone she thought she will never see standing again. Metaru, formally known as Metal Sonic, stood before her. He was still scorched and charred and his left leg seemed to be weak if that limp of his was any clue, but he was alive nonetheless.

"Stop it Blaze. This isn't like you."

"What do you mean?" tears were beginning to run down her face again. She just couldn't believe that he was really standing before her, not after what she saw. "He killed Sonic and would've killed me if he had the chance. Look what he did to You! I have every right to end him!" Blaze collapsed onto the floor, openly sobbing. A pair of strong arms draped over her, halting her from her crying.

"Please Blaze, stop this. You are not a killer so don't stoop down to his level." Metaru's words sobered Blaze down, but what he said next left her in momentary shock. "I didn't fall in love with a murderer."

"What did you say?" Did she just hear right? Did Metaru say what she thinks he said?

Metaru stared into Blazes golden eyes and said with as much sincerity as he can muster. "I said I love you Blaze."

Fresh tears fell down from Blazes face as she hugged Metaru with all her might. "I-I love you to… Metaru." The two continued embracing each other, not wishing to let the other go. The two faintly began to glow. The light around them grew brighter and brighter. Metaru and Blaze were to preoccupied in their blissful state to notice. They continued to shine brighter until the light engulfed the entire room. When the blinding flash subsided, both Metaru and Blaze were gone.

…

…

…

The storage room was deathly silent for a few seconds. Then, the same figure that appeared in the room above made itself known and walked towards where Eggman Nega Laid. Crouching down, the figure knocked on the man's head.

"Are you ok in there Tails?"

"Just peachy." Suddenly, Eggman Nega split open vertically from the waist up to reveal Miles 'Tails' Prower. The two-tailed fox seemed to be sitting in some sort of cockpit with his hands on two joy sticks. Bruises were seen all around the young mechanic showing that he did not have a safe ride.

"Glad to hear that buddy!" Tails glared at the newly revealed Sonic, who appeared to be unscathed. His cheesy grin unwavering from the foxes glare.

"Like you have anything to complain about. You're not the one that was thrown around like a rag doll." A little wobbly at first, Tails got off of the Eggman Nega robot, landing on his butt. "Man that hurt like hell."

"I'm sorry for causing all of this trouble on the two of you." Sonic and Tails looked towards the third occupant of the room who seemed sad.

Sonic put on a warm smile and shoulder hugged the third occupant to lift her spirits. "Hey now Nali don't go all Shadow on us, after all you got a brand new body!"

Nali smiled back at Sonic after hearing his corny joke. Well she would be smiling if she had a mouth. Nali's body looked exactly like Metal Blaze. In fact she is Metal Blaze! "Thanks Sonic, I needed that. Oh! And congrats to you both. Looks like your plan worked perfectly to the last letter!"

"Except for me getting my ass kicked." Sonic and 'Nali´ loled at what had Tails said. Soon enough, Tails sour mood melted away and he too laughed away.

Sonic, being the first one to control himself, asked Nali a question. "Hey Nali, now that you have a body of your own, what are you gonna do now?"

"Well Sonic, I think I'll travel through this world, and change my appearance. No offence Tails, but I don't want to look like a roboticized Blaze all the time."

"None taken Nali." Tails said. "But what are you going to do about your lost memory?"

Nali gave a shrug. "Don't know, but I think its high time to make some new ones. After all I am over a millennia old, I don't think my past is that much of importance." Both Sonic and Tails nodded at her answer, but Sonic wanted to ask one more thing.

"What about Metaru and Blaze? What happened to them?"

"I sent them along with the Sol Emeralds back to the shrine."

Tails quirked an eyebrow. "How'd you do that?"

"Don't know, but suddenly *yawn* I feel very tired." After letting out another yawn, Nali curled up on the floor and fell asleep. Sonic and Tails sweat dropped at Nali's actions. Seeing as how there was nothing left for them to do, the duo sped out of the 'base' and off to who knows where.

~DBF~

"Metaru."

" Blaze."

Just as Nali said, both Metaru and Blaze were back in the Sol Emerald Shrine with said gems back in their rightful place. Both guardians were curled up asleep in each others arms. Eventually, a set of golden eyes and a pair of neon red iris's opened. The two quickly realized their position and jumped out of each others embrace. They both now stood erect and were pointing at the other accusingly.

"What were you doing? Me? No You!" Metaru and Blaze had no idea what happened and were now flustered. Metaru finally noticed Blazes change in clothing, or lack there of and turned away, his face heating up.

"Um Blaze."

"What? You perverted robot." Metaru felt like he was going to get seriously hurt if he said what he was going to say, but if he doesn't say it now more pain could be in his future. He, however could not muster up the courage to say it out loud so instead made a gesture with his finger. Wondering what Metaru meant, Blaze looked down on herself. A shrill cry was heard all over Anima.

"What happened to my clothes!"

"How the hell should I know!"

"You were the one feeling me up!"

"Well who was the purring through the entire night!"

"You take that back!"

"Make me!"

The two guardians were now growling at each other. They were ready to rip each others throats until.

GROWL!

Hearing her stomach growling for food, Blaze blushed as she suddenly felt very weak. Seeing her in such a state, Metaru let out a sigh, picked her up bridal style and walked out of the Shrine.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"Taking you to your room so you can put on a fresh batch of clothes while I go and make breakfast for you." Blaze was about to protest, but her stomach beat her to the punch with another growl. Her blush bigger than before, the princess of Anima crossed her arms and huffed. Her blush deepened as memories of last night's 'dream´ replayed in her mind.

'Was it all just a dream?' Blaze looked at Metaru and saw that he was not damaged in the least. In fact, he seemed to have a heavenly glow. Her blush deepened even more at the last thought. 'Even if it was a dream, did what I say was true? Do I love Metaru?' Unbeknownst to Blaze, Metaru was having similar thoughts.

'It felt so real, but was it all just a figment of my imagination?' Casting his gaze on the feline in his arms, Metaru came to a conclusion. 'Real or not, my feelings for the girl in my arms are true. I love Blaze the Cat and there is nothing I can do about it.

Besides,' Blaze thought.

'I wouldn't have it any other way.'

The End

Since this is the last chapter, I would like anyone who is reading this to tell me what you think. Who knows I might do a sequal for this story. One thing is for sure I'm going to go back and fix all the little mistakes that are all over. So R&R and sing Happy Birthday cause mines in two days! Oh yeah, in less than two days I'm going to be 17! Good bye for now !