As Tails predicted, babysitting Knuckles turned out to be pretty difficult, mainly due to his strength and bad temper.
Every time Sonic teased the baby echidna, Knuckles would always attempt to punch Sonic, only to end up missing, due to Sonic's naturally fast dodging abilities.
A nervous smile appeared across Sonic's face as he, once again, placed the little infant onto the ground.
"Hey, come on little buddy... you don't wanna beat up your uncle Sonic, do you?"
When Sonic wouldn't give him the opportunity to punch him, Knuckles instead crawled over to Tails and grabbed his twin tails, refusing to let go, forcing Tails to waddle around awkwardly as they continued to make their way through the jungle.
"Okay, we better find some material for clothing and diapers, as well as some food for him."
As Sonic followed behind, he chuckled at Tails' struggle to walk, with baby Knuckles still gripping onto his appendages.
"No problem, Tails, I heard somewhere before that echidnas apparently like the taste of coconut milk. So, we've just gotta find a coconut tree!"
After a few seconds of searching, Sonic successfully found a coconut tree and spin-dashed into it, causing a few odd coconuts to fall to the ground.
He then grabbed one and hit it against a nearby rock, causing the shell to break in half.
"Here we go! Looks like we got plenty of milk for him here."
As Sonic held the coconut, Knuckles curiously crawled over to him and reached up for it, causing Sonic to grin.
"Aww, looks like the widdle guy is hungry now~"
Knuckles pouted as Sonic picked him up before holding him in his arms, once again treating him like a newborn, much to his dismay.
As Sonic held the tiny echidna in his arms, he held the open shell near his mouth and slowly began to pour the milk.
Knuckles held onto the shell with his tiny hands as he drank, not even noticing that his little tail was now wagging happily behind him.
Tails smiled and sat on a nearby rock, gently rubbing his tails in his hands, still feeling a bit of discomfort from when Knuckles was pulling on them.
"Okay, that's food sorted. Now, what about clothes? I'm surprised that he hasn't had any accidents yet."
Sonic shrugged as he continued to feed the tiny puggle.
"I guess when you have to spend all day guarding the emerald, you need a bladder of steel."
Tails pondered to himself for a moment before heading towards a nearby cave. As he entered he found a few pieces of cloth and picked them up before bringing them back outside.
"Maybe we could use these to create some make-shift diapers?"
Sonic smiled and nodded as he threw the empty coconut shell away before patting Knuckles' back.
"Good thinking, bud! I think we better make it quick though, his bladder's probably not gonna hold out for long after drinking all that milk."
As Tails began folding the material into a diaper-like shape, a loud burp soon filled the air and Tails' ears perked up.
Sonic looked down at the puggle in shock before letting out a small chuckle.
"Whoa! That was a good one, bud!"
Once he was finished with his surprisingly loud belching, Knuckles cooed as Tails took him from Sonic and laid him on the ground, before folding some cloth around his lower body.
"Okay, this looks like the right sort of size. And... done!"
Sonic smiled and gave Tails a thumbs up before crouching down beside the little puggle.
"Great job, Tails! Now we can make as many diapers as we need in no time!"
As Tails was about to perform the last fold however, he soon froze with a small sigh of defeat.
"You okay, buddy?"
Tails cringed as he kept a hand over the cloth diaper and turned to face Sonic.
"It... ugh... feels wet. I think he's already using it..."
Sonic cringed also, but soon let out a small chuckle as he noticed a small blush appear across the puggle's muzzle.
His big brother blushing wasn't something he saw everyday, so he just HAD to take this opportunity for more teasing.
"Aww, is the widdle baby embarrassed because he went potty~?"
Knuckles let out a small grunt and held his tiny fists up in the air, in a failed attempt to try and scare Sonic.
Tails simply sighed in defeat as he grabbed another piece of cloth beside him and began to change the little puggle.
