The sounds of the airport, the hustle and bustle of Heathrow. It was time for the four of them to go to Japan, since their showdown not too long ago, Nine has had time to calm himself down, he never thought in a million years he'd hear himself call Sonic and Tails his family. While Sonic is at the check-in desk talking to the attendant there, Tails and Nine hold hands while Mangey just stands with Sonic, curious to see what he's doing.

"How are ya?" Tails asks Nine.

Nine grumbles, "Better..."

"You sure?"

"Mm"

"Alright"

"I-I still have goosebumps from what I said last night"

Tails looks at Nine who briefly makes eye contact with him, a smile appears on Tails face and he embraces him.

"I love you too... Little bro"

"Stop it, that's embarrassing"

Tails giggles and squeezes him tighter, Nine without hesitating embraces Tails back.

"Say it" Tails says.

"Say what?" Nine responds, not understanding what he wants him to do.

"You love me too" Tails responds, nudging him with his elbow.

Nine wants to punch him, but he can't deny he does indeed care about Tails too, so he sighs and...

"I love you too-"

Tails shouts excitedly and kisses his cheek, funny enough it makes Nine smile and he moans calmly.

"Hey, Cuddly and Snuggly! Let's go, we got a plane!" Sonic shouts.

"Shut up!" Nine and Tails shout in unison, separating from eachother when they hear Sonic call them that.

Sonic and Mangey start laughing, the two fire exasperated glares at them and grumble as the two pick fun at them for getting mushy with eachother. Even though Sonic and Mangey continue to laugh at them, Tails and Nine continue to hold hands... Just a bit tighter too.

When it was just Sonic and Tails at Dulles Airport in Washington DC they didn't have much of an issue getting passed security, but now that they had Nine and Mangey however...

"Why can't we go through security again" Nine grumbles.

"We can't because Tails' stuff could get taken, and we need his stuff," Sonic says.

All four of them are huddled under the blanket, the same one Tails used to sneak him and Sonic passed security back over in DC... And let's say... It wasn't big enough to cover all four of them, because they were all crammed together and were trying to go through a turned-off metal detector, and the fact they had bags wasn't making the situation any more comfortable at all. No one can see them thanks to the nanotech stitched into the fabric, but it is not comfortable for any of them as they stumble around and whisper and shout at each other.

"Gah! Come on! Take it easy back there!" Tails shouts.

"Hot" Mangey moans, visibly uncomfortable.

"Are we threw yet?" Nine grumbles.

"A-Almost" Tails responds.

Though they keep teetering around and bumping into piles of containers, they eventually make it through the metal detector and once they're far enough, Tails whips the blanket off and all take a moment to catch some fresh air.

"You need to find a better way to do that," Nine says.

"I'll work on it..." Tails answers with a sigh.

When the four of them reach their gate, their troubles do not end... Because of course, people are interested in them, they cannot help but record and take pictures of them. Now Sonic, Tails and Nine can handle this, but Mangey who's still not used to this starts to whimper and wraps himself around Sonic seeking his protection and comfort.

"It's okay buddy, just don't pay them any mind, look away from them," Sonic says patting his head.

Mangey sniffles and cries which makes Sonic flinch, "Or uh maybe we'll just find somewhere to go hide..."

Nine snarls and looks up at the onlookers, firing the most intense death stare he can at them, and it's effective enough to terrify everyone near them and make them back away from them.

"Fuck off! ALL OF YOU, GO FUCK YOURSELVES! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF I WAS RECORDING ALL OF YOU?! FUCK OFF ALREADY!" Nine shouts, continuing to fire that aggressive rabid wolf stare at them.

Some people shout and push to get away from Nine as his head darts around at them, once all the unwanted attention is gone he sighs and sits down back next to Tails who's awestruck by what he just saw, Nine can see the sparkles in his eyes.

"That was awesome!" Tails shouts.

Nine blushes timidly and scratches the back of his head, "I-I try"

Tails takes his hand and grins at him, Nine shifts closer to him and the two start laughing with eachother. Mangey starts to calm down once he realises he's not being surrounded by multiple pairs of eyes from almost every direction, he licks Sonic's cheek as a thank you for trying to comfort him.

"Aw," Sonic says, "I know it was scary-"

"Too much" Mangey whimpers.

"Mangey... Do you want to go back to your wor-"

Mangey shakes his head swiftly, squeezing Sonic tighter.

Sonic stays dead silent for a few seconds before finally saying, "...Are you sure?"

"Mmm," He goes, rubbing his face on Sonic's chest.

Mangey hears Sonic sniffling and looks up at him to see him crying, "C-Crying?!"

"Sorry," Sonic responds wiping his face and sniffling, "First Nine and now you... Heh, I love you guys"

Mangey lights up like a Christmas tree, and the happiest smile appears on his face as he hugs Sonic tightly and laughs, Sonic returns his embrace and kisses him on the face. Tails and Nine stare at them, both of them grinning smug smiles.

"Hey Nine, don't they look cute together!?" Tails shouts, pointing at Sonic and Mangey.

When Mangey and Sonic hear Tails call them they start sweating nervously.

"They do... What do you think their names are?" Nine responds.

The two look at each other and then back at the two sweating lovebirds, "Snuggly..."

"No!" Sonic and Mangey shout.

"...And Cuddly"

When Sonic and Mangey hear that they both start dying inside, having his remark get thrown back at them was embarrassing enough, but actually being noticed hugging Mangey the way he did was even more awkward.

After some more waiting and goofing around, it is time for them to finally fly off to the land of the rising sun. For the most part, everything was fine... At least from taxiing to take off, poor Mangey, still not used to this world and it's much more complicated technology, holds onto Sonic tighter than ever as the plane starts to pick up speed while it flies down the runway.

Sonic tries to comfort him by gently messaging his back.

"I know it's nerve-racking, but you'll get used to it," Sonic says.

Mangey looks up at him showing Sonic just how frightened he was, Sonic looks around and sees a pack of headphones in the complementary basket the flight crew gave the business class passengers, Sonic tears it open and puts the headphones on his head. Slowly but surely, Mangey starts to relax.

"Better?"

He nods and smiles at Sonic, appreciating his kindness.

Nine and Tails sit by eachother, sharing headphones as they watch a movie on the entertainment system, they both share earphones as they gaze at the screen. Nine looks at Tails and sees him writing things down on his notepad periodically.

"Wh-What are you doing?" Nine asks.

"Taking notes"

"On a movie?"

"Mhm, human movies are a whole lot different from Mobian films"

Nine sighs and snatches the notebook from Tails, "H-Hey!"

"Why don't you just enjoy the film?" Nine asks Tails.

"B-But-"

"B-But my ass, relax and just enjoy it" Nine responds.

Tails tries to take the book back but Nine moves it away from him, he tries again and Nine moves the book away from him again, the process repeats itself for about a minute. Tails whimpers and whines as he desperately tries to get the journal back from Nine, but Nine clever as a snake finds ways to keep the book from Tails.

"Nine come on!... Give it back!" Tails whines.

"Relax and enjoy the movie and I just might" Nine responds, waving the book in front of Tails' face.

Tails tries to snatch it while Nine hangs it in front of his face, Nine recoils his hand back and puts a finger on his nose.

"Three days, nothing but relaxation, and then I'll give it back" Nine goes.

"Three days?!"

"Yep"

"There's no way I can do that for three days!"

"Sure you can... Big bro"

Nine flicks his nose lightly and presses Tails against his arm, Tails moans in defeat.

"Fine... Three days" Tails responds, deciding to give into Nine so he could get his journal back.

They both sit through the movie, which, of course, has a ton of violence since Nine is choosing it. Tails covers his eyes during the moments Nine stares at it with a big excited grin on his face, the bloody over-the-top violence clearly being his thing.

"Yeah! Rip is head off!" Nine says.

"How does this not give you nightmares-" Tails asks, visibly uncomfortable.

"I live for stuff like this" Nine responds, eyes still glued to the screen as he watches a character get their arms ripped off their body, it satisfies him so much that he giggles.

Tails can't really deny he also got a kick out of watching it as well, after all, he was a tad bit... Insane. But seeing him smile like that made him wonder if Nine was just as out of it as him to some extent. After the film ends, the flight crew dims the lights and all the passengers start to go to sleep. Nine pulls out a blanket from a plastic package and covers himself and Tails with it.

"I know you liked it," Nine says, eyes closed and smiling a know-it-all grin.

"Wha?... No, I didn't" Tails fires back.

"You're a terrible liar" Nine responds, trying to not laugh at Tails.

Tails grumbles frustratedly, "Okay... It was satisfying, just a bit"

Nine chuckles and lays his head on Tails' shoulder, "Did it hurt to be honest?"

"No" Tails responds, looking away from Nine.

"Let's get some shut-eye, we're gonna need a lot of energy tomorrow"

Tails turns off the light and rolls over, his back facing towards Nine who's already asleep. Not even a few seconds later, he looks back at Nine and smiles before turning back over to close his eyes.

When the sun rises, the plane is just over China. Sonic opens the window shade slightly so he can look outside, the sun is blinding, stinging, but at the same time also refreshing. He yawns and wipes his eyes, Mangey is awakened by the sound of Sonic yawning and yawns too, he looks Sonic's way and smiles at him.

"Morning," Sonic says, scratching the back of Mangey's ear.

Mangey purrs and licks Sonic's face, his tails wagging energetically as Sonic wraps an arm around him and lets him continue to lick and kiss him.

"You're really happy this morning... Did you have a good dream or something?" Sonic says as Mangey rubs his face and Sonic's.

Mangey nods, "Flowers"

"Sounds pretty cool-"

"-And you"

"O-Oh"

Mangey presses his lips on Sonic's and laughs quietly, Sonic laughs too and gives him a hug.

"Wow, you're in a good mood" Sonic whispers.

"Food" Mangey goes.

"F-Food? What?" Sonic responds, confused by what he just said.

Mangey nods, "Food"

"Oh... You're hungry, alrighty then"

Sonic looks over his seat and sees the flight attendants coming down the aisle handing out menus.

"Well that's convenient," Sonic says.

Mangey licks his lips, the thought of something delicious to eat for breakfast was making him feel even more hungry if anything.

When Nine and Tails wake up, the first thing Nine does is look at Tails who's wiping his eyes and looking over at Nine too.

"Wow, who knew I'd get some of the best sleep of my life in this thing," Nine says.

"Mm," Tails goes as he stretches his arms.

"Right!" Nine goes, wrapping an arm around his shoulder, "So Day 1 of relaxation, what are you gonna do?"

Tails grumbles and glares at Nine who just continues giving him that smug lazy smile.

"Walk around Tokyo when we land I guess" Tails responds, still a bit irled that Nine took his notepad.

"Good choice, me and sticks over there will come with, it's gonna be a blast" Nine responds, he leans close to him and flicks him in the head before jumping off his seat, he wanted to go see how Sonic and Mangey were doing.

Tails believing he has an opportunity to get his notepad, slowly crawls over to Nine's bag and starts to zip it open, he sees the notepad in Nine's bag and smiles brightly, maybe he wouldn't have to do Nine's three days of relaxation after all, he starts to reach for it but one of Nine's mechanical tails picks Tails up and hangs him upside down in the air.

"Ahhh Nine put me down!" Tails shouts.

"Nice try dumbass," Nine says.

"So close" Tails whines.

Nine drops him on the floor and helps him to his feet, taking hold of his hand so he wouldn't try and get the notepad again. Tails tries to shimmy his hand away from Nine, but he's holding on tight. Nine, in a split second, releases his hand from Tails and wraps his arm around his waist, then he pulls him close and squeezes him.

"Ah come on! Let go of me!" Tails shouts, his face turning into a red apple.

"Come on loser, let's not keep Sonic waiting" Nine teases, as he pulls Tails over to Sonic and Mangey's seat across from them.

When they get to Sonic and Mangey's seat, Sonic grins and waves at them while Mangey eats like a messy child with the chopsticks.

"Did you guys eat yet?" Sonic asks.

"Not yet" Tails says, still blushing as Nine holds onto him.

"You gotta try the spinach omelette! Man is it good" Sonic says, rubbing his stomach.

"Noted" Nine responds, looking Sonic in the eyes, doing his best to keep his Tails from wagging.

"You okay?" Sonic asks.

"Y-Yeah, when you said spinach it reminded me of your eyes" Nine responds, blushing slightly.

Sonic's face reddens slightly, "O-Oh, don't they now"

Tails grumbles and pinches Nine's side, "Hey!"

"Seriously?!"

"I was just speaking my mind!"

"Hmph" Tails responds, turning away from Nine.

"Look at you being overprotective" Sonic says.

"Shut up!" Tails shouts, his face turning into a tomato.

Sonic laughs and kisses his face, Tails moans quietly when Sonic does that, Sonic pinches his cheeks and squeezes his face.

"Awnd pwetty cute too" He says, holding back his laughter.

"I'm gonna punch you" Tails says as Sonic plays around with his face.

Nine and Mangey start to laugh too as Sonic continues to tease him.

Eventually, they all settle down and Tails and Nine have breakfast in the form of omurice, both of them enjoyed it a lot and begged Sonic to get them another one but Sonic knows that if he did they'd probably beg him for another one after that... So he refused, much to the dismay of both of them.

An hour goes by and soon, they find themselves nearing Tokyo Mangey looks down at the lights below, his eyes practically glued to them as the plane starts to descend slowly into Tokyo Narita, when they arrive it's still dark out. Sonic looks over Mangey's head and sees the lights too, it gets him so excited he stares with Mangey at the colourful lights below.

"Finally! God this flight was so long" Sonic says.

Mangey, excited to see Sonic's joy, gets happy too and hugs him, the two embrace and Sonic kisses Mangey's forehead. The feral little Mangey gets excited, his heart beats faster growing ever more warmer, he touches noses with Sonic and smiles warmly.

"Aw, I love you too," Sonic says, petting him gently.

Tails growls audibly and the two scoot away from eachother, grinning like they were innocent children hiding something. When the plane touches down and they're officially in Japan the boys are now faced with a new dilemma.

"Tails," Sonic says, staring at his phone screen.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Look how far we are from the city," Sonic says to him while showing him Google Maps.

"O-Oh, sorry, this airport was cheaper to fly into" Tails responds, scratching the back of his head.

"So how are we gonna get to the city?" Nine asks.

"Let me see" Tails says, while typing on his phone.

Mangey, feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the crowds of humans walking around, squeezes Sonic, the hedgehog soothes him by petting him and laying his head on his shoulder.

"Mangey, are you sure you don't want to-"

Mangey shakes his head rapidly and whimpers, squeezing Sonic tighter.

"You sure little dude? You seem really uncomfortable" Sonic says.

"Stay!" He shouts.

"Okay! Alright! I'm just worried about you okay?" Sonic responds, surprised by Mangey shouting the way does.

"He doesn't want to be alone again Sonic, can you blame him for wanting to stay with you" Nine says.

Sonic sighs, Nine did have a point, "Yeah, you're right"

Sonic lays Mangey's head on his chest, Mangey whimpers and refuses to let go of Sonic.

"As long as I'm hear you're good... Right?" Sonic says, looking down at him with a grin.

Mangey smiles and nods his head.

"Don't worry, one day this stuff won't scare you anymore" Sonic says.

Mangey licks his face, a show of appreciation for him being supportive.

"Sonic, I found a way to get to the city!" Tails shouts.

"How?"

"Train"

"A-Again? We can't like try a bus or something?"

"The train is cheaper, and there's four of us"

"O-Oh right," Sonic responds.

"Well, what are we waiting for? I wanna go already!" Nine says.

Mangey barks excitedly.

"Man, I cannot wait to see how fast I can run around the entire city," Sonic says, punching the air.

"Why would you wanna do that?" Tails asks.

"I read this cool news article about the biggest cities on Earth and Tokyo's one of them!" Sonic explains.

"I mean, at your top speed maybe an hour or so" Tails responds.

"I mean, I can carry you if you want Tails," Sonic says, getting close to his face.

The fox's heart jumps at the thought of being in Sonic's arms as he runs through the neon lights of Tokyo. When Tails realises he's blushing he covers his face, "I-I mean... If you think you can carry me around-"

Sonic chuckles and rubs his head, "If you're happy, I'm happy"

Tails looks away shyly.

"Think about it" Sonic responds.

Tails nods and Sonic brings him close, he looks Nine's way and sees he's simmering in jealousy. Sonic gulps nervously and continues to look at Nine as he pouts.

"Uh... Wanna join in?" Sonic asks, sort of awkwardly, while trying to smile at him.

Mangey and Tails look over towards Nine too as they enjoy Sonic's embrace.

"N-No" Nine responds, he picks up his bag and starts to walk off presumably towards to train station.

Sonic notices he's walking towards the taxi rank, however.

"Uh, Nine, that's where the taxis, are not the trains" Sonic says.

Nine stops and turns back going in the other direction, still stewing with jealousy. Jealousy which soon would transform into warmth and comfort, because the moment they finally got on the train for Tokyo, the first thing Sonic did was give him a loving hug.

Nine wants to shout at him, but with his melting heart, can't find the strength to.

"Do you feel better?" Sonic asks.

"Mmf" Nine goes, resting his head on his chest, and smiling a satisfied smile.

Mangey whimpers wishing Sonic could show him more love, and Tails on the other hand stands there staring at them with so much intensity and rage it actually starts to make Sonic and Nine feel like they're in genuine danger, Mamgey sensing Tails' frustration boiling over starts to back away from him.

"Oh come on Tails, I gave you a hug already!" Sonic says.

Throughout the entire train ride, all three of the foxes stay huddled near Sonic. They're so close Sonic can smell them, feel their warmth, and notice the details on them that he never noticed previously, soon it was starting to overwhelm him.

"Sonic are you okay?" Tails asks, looking up from his Japan travel guide.

"Y-Yeah" Sonic responds, clearing his throat.

Nine shifts closer to Sonic as he watches a video on his phone. Mangey who just wants to hug and kiss Sonic is sitting next to him, tails wagging excitedly as he rubs his face on Sonic's shoulder.

Am I lucky, or am I cursed...

A few hours later they finally arrive in the city. Lots of lights, hustle and bustle, unusual noises and smells... And a language barrier, a problem which could be solved by Nine since he read a book in Japanese while on the plane.

"Let me get this straight, you picked up an entire language... In 13 hours" Tails says, not believing Nine at all.

"What? Jealous?" Nine says, giving him a smug grin.

Tails glares at him and Nine sticks his tongue out at him.

Meanwhile Sonic is having his own issues, nothing wrong with Japan or speaking, but there were two small, soft, unique and loving versions of his boyfriend, and his boyfriend himself. One of them, Mangey had not let go of Sonic's hand since they got off the plane.

Mangey tugs on Sonic's bandana, trying to get his attention, whimpering and whining, he was worried about Sonic since he looked uncomfortable.

"I'm okay Mangey... Don't worry, I just uh-- I'm wondering how I got here. Having Tails was already good enough, but now I got you and Nine too, makes me wonder if I'll somehow run into another Tails or something... Or if I'm just extremely lucky"

Mangey kisses Sonic's cheek and purrs, Sonic kisses him back on the forehead.

"You know what though, it's not a bad thing, meeting you and Nine. You're both amazing, unique and adorable too" Sonic adds.

The compliment makes Mangey smile a big happy smile and jump on top of him and start kissing him repeatedly on the face, Nine hears Sonic's compliment and scratches the back of his head while blushing slightly.

"H-Hey! Stop! Awww" Sonic shouts through laughter.

Mangey howls like a wolf under a full moon and nuzzles Sonic's face.

Tails smiles, for he too is glad to have met Mangey and Nine both of them brothers to him, allies even.

Finally, they reach the place they are staying at, in the form of a "hotel" with a huge view of Tokyo.

"Whoa, this is quite the hotel," Sonic says.

"It's not a hotel it's a high-rise flat" Tails says as he opens his bag.

"What?!" Sonic shouts, turning back to him.

"Who needs to pay hundreds for a hotel when you can just find a huge technologically advanced high-rise like this and hack into it" Tails says as he plugs the Miles Electric into an access point in the wall.

"Dude but you said we wouldn't break into anyone's house again!" Sonic shouts, hands on his head in disbelief.

"I lied~" Tails says, giving him a wink and a bleep face.

Sonic just stares at Tails for a moment before something else eventually grabs his attention, the sound of Mangey and Nine jumping on the bed and laughing eachother to death like children.

"This is fun!" Nine shouts.

"Fun!" Mangey screams.

"Will you stop doing that!" Tails shouts, annoyed at their child-like behaviour.

Nine and Mangey do indeed stop, Nine lands on his back and Mangey lands on his face, in a rather comedic fashion.

"Yes, dad" Nine grumbles.

Mangey sighs, but it's muffled by his face in the mattress.

Nine jumps off the bed and runs over to Tails, taking him by the hands and spinning him around, eventually pulling him close enough for him and Tails to touch noses.

"Let's go out" Nine says to him, Tails grumbles and looks away from Nine.

"W-Where-" Tails says.

"I know a cool spot, and I know you'll love it too" Nine responds, with that, he takes Tails by the hand and pulls him to the door.

"See ya later" Sonic says, waving them goodbye.

"B-But I was gonna take you out!" Tails shouts, reaching his hand out towards Sonic while holding Nine's hand.

"We can always go tomorrow! No biggie" Sonic responds.

"Aw man" Tails responds, looking sort of downtrodden.

"Come on loser! Let's go have some fun!" Nine says pulling Tails down the hallway.

Sonic waves them goodbye and closes the door, sighing audibly, the hedgehog couldn't wait to kick back on the balcony outside and drink something while admiring the view of the city.

But before he could, a hand grabs him and pulls him into the bedroom, pushing him onto the bed... It's Mangey, and he's practically begging for action as he licks his lips and crawls on the bed towards Sonic whose face turns cherry red.

"O-Oh, M-Mangey are you sure we can't do this later" Sonic says, sweating profusely.

Mangey kisses him passionately on the lips and takes his jumper off, and then his shorts until he's only in his underwear. Sonic can see he's definitely not gonna get out of this until he gives Mangey what he wants.

"Fun" Mangey whispers, running his hands all over Sonic's chest, which at that moment was beating as fast as a jet engine.

"Ohhhhh fu-"