Size Does Not Matter - Coming down

Many would say that an abnormal couple only leads to broken hearts as things that are completely different to what people would call 'normal' lead to fear, distrust and many things that would make the end of the couple. Of course, not everything is black as there are also those kind of people, those people that will lend a hand to those people that normally will be rejected by others, and even arriving to the point that the trust between them will become an unbreakable bond. Even when everything seems to go against them, the trust that grew by the pass of the time between them would not change at the end.

This is how the story between them starts!

- 15^th July, 2016; 12:00 AM, Tri’s bunker -

Toni was laying down on a quite big couch as he was reading a videogame magazine, having a bit of curiosity as he kept reading the pages, his eyes seeing the announcement of different games that were published on the magazine. Even though he was an adventurer, that did not mean that he did not had his moments where he stayed still on his house, or more specifically, in the team's house; as he still remembered the times when he played videogames with his older brother Dani when he was younger... He never actually beat him once, and it was bad enough that he will never had a chance again, but now, the red hedgehog would not really think more of that, as he knew that the past could not be changed. Besides, he had people to play with, as for example, Icicle, who had always lose against him, except in intelligent and logical games; or sometimes Kasai, although this was a bit rare, but still, it was fun the three play together.

"(Heh, I wonder if we could buy some of the games here... Although we would need to do some job to do to gain some more money... I don't want Kasai kicking my ass again...)" He though as he chuckled nervously, as Kasai could be dead serious when it comes to the economical part, although he couldn't blame him, it wouldn't be a good thing if they start living on the streets. Kasai was more the one that took care of those things, besides the cooking and dishes, alongside Icicle who helped with the housework, while Toni... took care of searching job for the team outside of the house and also buying some things as ingredients and food because... he was not very good with housework as Kasai said that he actually did more messes, although they tried sometimes to make Toni do some housework to make him learn.

All of the sudden, a shadow would cover him, and he then felt like if something had given him a lick on the back of his head, although he knew very well who was. He would turn around and he saw the big face of a dark-blue female feline watching him with her golden eyes and slit pupils. She had two fangs that could be seen from her mouth, even if it was closed and she also had dark purple, long, messy hair. "Hey, my little hedgie" She said with a playful smile as she would do a little jump from behind the couch to sit on it, although it made Toni jump a bit, due to an obvious reason: this tigress was more taller than him, of 3 meters more or less. From his point of view, it was like seeing an amazoness actually, and this tigress was actually his girlfriend!

“You sure like to sneak behind me Tri.” He would comment with a smile on his face, as this was not the first time that the giant feline did this.

“Well, first, you are in my house and also you are like a doll in a big couch from my point of view.” She said giggling as she put one of her fingers below the hedgehog’s chin and would stroke it a bit. “Second, we felines tend to approach our ‘prey’ in silence and then...” she would then seemly pounce at him and catch him in her hands, catching him off guard. “catch them when they less expect it!” She said, smirking playfully although she would put her hands away of him afterwards, and of course, like she expect from him... he did not look afraid, as he had a big smile on his face.

“Well, I guess your points are understandable, but you should understand that I do also know something about felines...” He said while he had a playful smirk and would then start stroking the giant tigress belly... which made that she fall to the ground while moving her paws like a kitty. “And what I know I it’s also your weak point!” He declared as he kept stroking her belly, making her purred and kept moving her paws as a kitty.

“Prrrrrrww... Daaanrww youuurww... I... I shouldn’t... Pprrw... Have told...” She said while purring, although there was some laughs coming from her mouth as well, and Toni could not help but laugh a bit after seeing how she was purring just because of some stroking at her belly. After some time, the red hedgehog let the tigress rest from all that purring by stopping stroking her belly, as the tigress was trying to catch her breath.

“I have known you for quite the time Tri, so it was obvious that I-“ Toni would say laughing at first , although he would find himself with his mouth closed when he felt being lifted by Tri’s fingers grabbing his coat, with the other hand’s finger on his mouth, not letting him to continue, and he could see already that she had a mischievous and playful grin.

“If we are going to play with weak points... I can play as well that game!” She told him with a grin on her face as she would then use the finger that was closing his mouth to then removes his shoes. “And I know something as well... something that you cannot resist!”

“Wait don’t tell me that...!” He exclaimed, and would try to get away, although it was too late as he would then feel something at the sole of his foot... and it seemed that he was trying to resist something as he was trying to hold his breath and making some rare moves on the air while being hold by Tri, and he then started to laugh without stopping. “HAHAHAHAHAHA! Tri, please... Hah... Stop it!” He tried to said between laughs although he still felt the tickling and kept laughing.

“No, no, no my little ‘prey’, it’s payback time!” She said playfully, although she did not really mean the word prey as if she was going to eat him or something like that. She would keep using her finger to rub the sole of her foot, thus making some tickling on the hedgehog, although she would notice that the other foot was left aside... and having an idea, she started licking the sole of the other foot, as she wag her tail from one side to another slowly, sure enjoying the suffering of the little red hedgehog.

The sound of laughter filled the room for some minutes, until Tri decided that the hedgehog had enough and would stop rubbing the sole of his feet with her finger and tongue and stop holding him by the coat and let him rest and catch his breath. “So, have learn something now, my little one?” She asked him, as her tail was still waving from one side to another slowly.

The hedgehog was trying to regain his breath, as tears were also coming out a bit due to all that laughter and hardly had had any moment to breath. “Well...” He started as he was finally starting to breath normally. “That you can be veeeryyyy mischievous, my giant feline!” He said with a little laugh as he would stood up.

“Come on, Toni, I though you already knew that about me!” Tri said while putting her tongue out playfully. “I can be quite playful, since being here underground can be quite boring...” She said while putting her tongue inside her mouth again and looking away a bit as she remember some people being afraid of her or things alike.

Toni nodded at her statement as he knew quite well what she meant by that. “Yeah, I understand Tri. It can be a bit boring to be a lot of time here alone... We should go to the beach someday that it’s nearby here, and if people are the problem, we will just go really early so there would not be any people bothering us.” He said with a smile on his face and giving her a thumb up.

“It’s really that the reason or it’s just that you want to see me with a bikini or swimsuit?” She said with a teasing smirk as she poked his chest with her finger a bit. This made Toni blushed a bit as he had admitted that Tri’s figure was sure beautiful and sexy, thanks to her well-built and athletic body, adding her curves and also bosom. He even saw her once naked when she was taken a shower when he was trying to give her a towel and... well, what he saw really gave him quite an image that even his red fur gain a color of pink due to the great blush that he had on his face back then.

“W-what are you saying, Tri? I was just thinking on having some fun together out there...” He said while blushing slightly while crossing his arms and looking away a bit. The tigress giggled to his reaction as she had expected a bit. He was always like this: simple-minded, straight-forward, cheerful and loyal and she liked those traits of his personality.

“Ok, ok, little boy, stop blushing before your whole face turns the same color as your fur” She commented as she giggled. “Although you are right, being stock here underground is quite boring and it could be good to feel some fresh air and also...” She would then approach to him, to the point that her mouth was very close to his ear. “Maybe this night, we could have some... private fun together... if you know what I mean...” She said in a sensual tone as her hot breath was felt on the hedgehog’s ear, which made him blushed and laugh nervously as he knew quite well what she meant. This made the tigress laugh a bit as well. “So, control yourself before the night arrives, ‘tiger’.” She teased him.

Toni tried to stop blushing as he tried to control himself not to think on certain... images that came to his mind. I guess that still being a male with a beautiful giant girlfriend can made him have quite an imagination.”Y-yeah, I will try... I guess...” He said chuckling sheepishly while he rub the back of his neck. “Although if this was some years ago, it would be rare that you actually accept going out to have fun without caring if others could spot you or anything like that.” Toni commented, thinking of the time that had passed since they met each other.

“Well, I guess that I know now that things could be fun out there... Although it’s true that when I arrived here first here from my home planet by accident, this place was completely unknown to me since my species never had any information of this planet or your species...” She said as she would then give a big kiss to the little hedgehog on the face. “Although maybe that accident was not bad as I thought.” She said with a little smile on her face.

“Well, it sure must have been unexpected what you experience back then, but you sure were a bit mean as well, I mean, you almost stomp me in that moment!” He said, although it was clear that he was just messing around a bit due to the little laugh that he was holding.

“Hey, that was just an accident!” She replied, blushing a bit embarrassed, although she would growl annoyed after seeing that the hedgehog was just messing around with her. “Come on Toni, don’t laugh about that!” She exclaimed to him.

“Ok, ok, sorry Tri.” He apologized as he gave out the last traces of his laughter, although the next thing that was in his face was a little smile. “But I sure have to  say that I was a bit surprised back then... Although it sure a surprise than a year and half more or less has passed already since then.” He said cheerfully.

“Yeah... and I still remember it as if it was yesterday.” She said with a smile as she then look at the ceiling. “And it all happened with just a crashing that brought your attention...”  

“True… it all happened back then… in that day of November.” Toni said as he closed his eyes as the memories of that day came to the surface of his mind.

- 7^th November, 2014; 3:00 AM, Tri-Elemental Team’s house -

Toni was walking through the halls of the house’s team during the night, as he was like half-sleep and he was feeling like he needed to go to the bathroom for, you know, do the natural needs. Although there was a little problem... the bathroom was in the lower floor and the bedrooms were in the first floor and he had to go down the stairs and it was pretty dark and he could not find the light’s switch, and considering that they had quite problems with the stairs being too slippery sometimes. “(Great... Now I have to dealt with the stairs again... specially in the dark.)” He thought as he had his bad times with stairs in the past. The hedgehog would breathe deeply as he tried to grab the railing and would try to go down slowly as he remembered how he almost broke his leg when he almost fell, and he did not want to spend time with a broken leg. True, the hedgehog can be reckless, but that does not mean that he was stupid actually and do not think on the consequences... sometimes.

Although it seems that luck was not in the red hedgehog’s side, as when he almost got down the stairs, and the last second he slipped at grab one of the rails, although the sudden force would make some cracks on the wooden rail, but still, it stop his fall. The hedgehog breathed in relief, but not for too long as more cracks started to appeared on the rail until it broke completely and he felt on the ground.

He moaned in pain, although he was glad that he did not fall exactly from the first floor or it would have been worse. “Dang... I hope that Kasai does not get mad with me... Although I think that the wood that this was made of was a bit old, from what Icicle deduced...” Toni murmured to himself as he stood up and he will go first to the room that he was planning to go before it was too late! 

After some minutes, the sound of flushing could be heard from the bathroom as Toni came out of it, and breathed deeply in relief, as if he had stopped having a weight resting on his shoulders... or more literally, on his belly. "Uf, it sure feels well to pour away what you have accumulated in the insides~..." The hedgehog said with a smile as he then heard some steps coming fast at him, and being alert and acting though his fighter's instincts as it did not feel like it was Icicle or Kasai's footsteps. He spotted a short figure coming at him, although he would find himself in relief as it was only Shira. "Heh, was it you, Shira, my little girl?" He said with a low tone as the non-anthro white wolfess wag his tail and jump at him to lick his face, sure being happy. "Come on, Shira, stop, it's not the time to play around!" He laughed a bit as he rub the side of her body as he calmed her down and she sit on the ground.

The wolfess have grown a bit through the months that she has been on the team, not acting exactly as a pet, as she was treated as if she was their partner as well. After that incident that biological lab where the team got involved somehow, this wolfess has been following them to everywhere, and even though she was still very young, she was quite intelligent as it felt as if he could understand the words that were said to her or understand what's going around her, adding as well that she was a fierce wolf if someone dare to threat any of her allies. Well, that was something that Toni could expect from a extinct species, a Fenrir Wolf, although 
what did surprise them back then is that she was quite sociable with everyone, something that was very rare on her species... Guess that there is always exceptions.

"We shall go to sleep before we awake the 'fearsome dragon'..." He said chuckling a bit while using his fingers to emulate the horns of that certain dragon that was sleeping in the first floor, and Shira understood quite well what he meant as she nod to him. "Let's go Shira." He said as he then started to walked to the stairs, but he would then look at the window as Shira looked at him with doubt as she tilted her had, wondering why the hedgehog had stopped all the sudden. Toni was looking at the dark sky of the night as he did spot a strange light that was very far away that seem that was going down to the ground. "A shooting star...?" He would murmur as he then yawned again which make him close his eyes for some seconds and when he opened again, he could see that the light had disappeared. "(Maybe it was just my imaginations...?)" He thought as he would then shrug, as if it had disappeared, he could not do much, and being far away, he would not go outside in the middle of the night. Besides, his sleep is sacred as well! Petting Shira a bit, he went through the stairs to go to the first floor, although he went VERY carefully... although there were still sometimes when he felt again the slippery of the stairs.

"(Stairs.... as always, you sure a tough opponent!!)" He thought in frustration. "(But I am not going to lose to the likes of you!)" He continue to think again as it would be kind of lame if he could not even go up stairs. As rare as it sound, it always seems that he himself was the only one that felt the stairs slippery while Icicle and Kasai said that he was just not putting his foot right on the stairs or that it was just that he had very bad luck with... Guess which one of the sentences was the one that Icicle and Kasai said. Nevertheless, he was not going to lose to some stairs that were not going to let him rest in a warm bed! The wolfess was watching how the hedgehog was.... struggling, to say it in a way, and she could not even understand the absurdity that was going and she would just walk to the living room and lay her body on the ground as she closed her eyes. She may be kind, but... she did not really know how to help Toni in the situation that he was in.

After sometime having the tough struggle against the stairs, the hedgehog would finally have his way to the room as he laid down on the warm blankets of the bed, not really bothering to put them on top of him, as the only thing that he needed now was go to the dreaming world and rest for the rest of the night and even morning when it arrives, although he could not help but think a bit on that light that he saw on the dark sky before, and was having doubts about it as why it just disappeared? It was just some hallucination? Toni let out a deep sight and would put his head on the cold side of the pillow and he started to snore some seconds afterwards already.

- 7^th November, 2014; 3:02 AM, Fithen Forest, Unknown Area -

Far away from the little town where Toni’s team was living, there was a forest called the Fithen Forest, whose name came from the mysteries that went around it, as for example, strange beasts that were lurking around, strange lights as if they were ghosts, etc, etc. The trees that made the forest were quite big, which made the forest quite deep and could made anyone get lose easily, adding more things of why people does not want to get near of it. But it seems that a new rare fact will be add to the list as at some point of the forest, there was smoke coming out as trees were on the ground as if something impacted strongly against them. When the smoke started to clear out, something could be seen in the mess. The object seem like a sphere-like vehicle, which seemly was like if it was not from this world from the purple material that it seemly was made, and some lights that surrounded it, as well that there was a symbol on the right side of it.

Then, a rectangular opening would appear on the sphere’s surface as a big figure, if we compare to a normal person of the planet, adding as well that it was more taller than the trees that were nearby. It was difficult to tell the figure’s exactly description thanks to the lack of light, but it could be seen that it had two eyes were glowing red as well as a creepy smile that was glowing with that same color, adding as well that it had a fluffy tail also. The figure seemly look around and then move its hand to press something on the side of its face, like if it was pressing a button or something, and stay still for some seconds, until it then seemly gave out a deep sight, showing a deep and a little scary voice.

“Just fucking great...” The figure said to itself, the voice that it had made it quite difficult to know if it was a male or a female as it sound a bit mechanical as well. “There is no data on the database either... and the ship need to malfunction now thanks to a dang asteroid...” The figure continued as it sigh again and then looked around, specially at the trees at the things that could be seen on the horizon. “From what it seems, the living beings must be quite small if the vegetation only grows this far... I guess. Although depending on the materials and the level of technology, I may be able to repair the ship or not... Good thing that there is something I can use to stay in without drawing any suspicious attention.”  The figure looked at its ship, as if it knew what it had said was inside the ship. Although there was a question that still bother it.                             

“Where am I exactly?”