Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Fanfic Series)

Chapter 15: The Wallflower Ninja ~ Part 3

It's been a few weeks since Espio and Destinee retrieved the Golden Dragon artifact. The Chaotix had showed her their Detective Agency Office and even gave her a tour. A guest bedroom available was given to Destinee since she told them that apart from her own shelter which had nothing except her katana and the book of Ninjutsu, she had nowhere else to go.

Since then, Destinee started becoming more extroverted. Bit by bit. But she'll only do so around her fully trusted friends. Especially Espio and the rest of the Chaotix. Both chameleons had their free time to train to prepare to face the dark lord, though they never knew when it's time.

Right now, the Restoration, Sonic, Destinee, the Chaotix and the rest of the whole gang were preparing for the one event. Thanksgiving. It was Jewel who mostly organized the plan when it comes to preparation.

Runa, Amy, Destinee, the chao, Cream, Vanilla and Gemerl were in charge of food while the rest were in charge of the decorations and the party setup. And so, they all went to do their roles.

The girls, the chao and Gemerl went to Cream's house to help cook food for Thanksgiving, including the main part of the celebration: "the roasted turkey." Destinee helped with cutting vegetables, which led to helping Runa make salad. Cream and Amy were making homemade apple pie. Vanilla was cooking roasted turkey while Gemerl made the rest of the food needed for Thanksgiving. As for the chao, they helped them when needed.

With Destinee, though she's cutting vegetables, she kept thinking about Espio and how they both got along. Ever since they retrieved the Golden Dragon, she wondered if she had feelings for him or if he's like a brother to her. Somehow, she felt like it was more than just a brother-friend and her guardian.

Without thinking, she asked Amy,"What about Espio?"

"Oh, him? He's just helping the others with decorations and table settings, which are held in a place where we could actually celebrate Thanksgiving. Who knows? Maybe they'll tell us when we're done," answered Amy.

She chuckled and blushed slightly,"Yeah. They will."

Meanwhile, the boys, Tangle, Belle, Whisper, Omega and the Wisps were at the park decorating the Thanksgiving event, setting the table and doing the rest of the plans. Vector was in charge of music. Tails was in charge with all the technology and he was helping Vector whenever there's a problem.

Shadow was trying to help with the table setting, but Sonic used his speed to set the table quickly and got it done causing him to be annoyed, but he didn't show it. To the audience, he sighed a little frustratingly as he headed off to help with decorations.

Then, he was seen balancing the bottom of the ladder leading Knuckles to decorate the lights properly. Somehow, Whisper did the same thing with Shadow except that she was balancing the bottom of the ladder for Belle to decorate it. Charmy did his best to help others, but somehow ended up messing up with Espio's banner decorating. He sighed, but he didn't show how annoyed he felt. As for Tangle, she was just putting the lanterns up on a few trees surrounding it and even on a hook put on each pole that stood between the light bulb banners. With her tail. Rouge was also helping with the lanterns, but only on higher places. You can also see Jewel checking if everything goes as planned. She was seen flying in mid-air holding a clipboard on her left hand and a black ballpen in her right hand.

What about Omega? Well, let's just say he helped others when needed and making sure it goes as planned.

While they're all preparing, Sonic spoke to Vector,"Sounds like it was your idea to celebrate Thanksgiving in the park. Do you mind telling us a reason?"

"Actually, it was Espio's idea," answered Vector,"We asked him for a reason, but he's so nervous he couldn't talk."

Just then, Charmy swooped in finishing his answer,"And I could tell there's a reason by the blush on his cheeks."