Soul Eater but it's Sonic

Chapter 10

Sonic exited the lecture hall and approached his friends who were waiting for him nearby. He brought a raincloud of dread along the way.

"Everything okay?" Tails asked. The rest of the group looked on for an answer as well.

"Not exactly. I'm gonna need a huge favor,"

"Sure, what is it?"

"I need you to help me study for the exam. A lot,"

The Sonic Squad looked back with varying levels of bewilderment.

"I thought you didn't care about scoring well," Amy said.

"Yeah, but Starline won't help me train my soul detection unless I score in the top 10 of our class," Sonic rubbed his face. He felt exhausted even though he hadn't even started studying yet.

"You want his help that badly?" Amy suddenly felt worried about her chances of beating Sonic's score.

"Yeah,"

Tails noticed Sonic's determined expression. "Of course I'll help. How far are you wanting to go with this?"

"I want to study every day after school until the exam, for as much time as you have the patience for,"

"Ha! I'm more worried about your patience. Will you really be able to sit still through that much studying?"

"We'll make it work. I owe you big time,"

"Then I want you to help me with combat training after the exam. Buy pizza for tonight because we're studying at your place,"

"Deal,"

"Hey, I want in on the studying too," Amy said.

"Okay then. Knuckles, you getting in on this?"

Knuckles laughed. "You guys can slave away all week if you want, but I've got my own plan for acing the test,"

"And what's that?" Tails didn't appear to have high hopes.

"Let's just say I'm going to beat your book smarts with my street smarts. I'll still have plenty of time for training too," Knuckles grinned, then waved on his way out.

"Mr. Sonic. I'm not allowed to take the test, but can I study too?" Cream asked.

"Sure thing, Cream. You can help keep Amy from getting grabby with Shadow again,"

"Okay!"

"Sonic!" Amy could feel herself blushing again.

"Last but not least..." Sonic turned to Shadow who shrugged.

"It's at our place so I don't have much choice. I don't care about my score, so I'll just keep you on track,"

"It's settled. Let's hit the books!," Sonic groaned. "It already sounds so lame!"

The group of five set out to study at Sonic and Shadow's place. It wasn't long before their kitchen table was overrun with textbooks and various papers. Cream sat at one end of the table doodling while the other four students filed through their material. Tails did most of the talking until they were nearing the end.

"Tails, what's the difference between soul resonance and just using a demon weapon? I've heard people call both 'resonating,' but they aren't the same are they?" Amy asked.

"Wielding a demon weapon requires a basic link that can have minor benefits depending on the souls involved. You're still technically resonating, but it's not much compared to what we call soul resonance. Weapon and meister fire each other's soul waves back and forth while amplifying them to become stronger. That's soul resonance,"