One lazy day in Station Square, everyone's favorite two-tailed fox, Miles "Tails" Prower, came walking out of his house. It was a beautiful day, and he decided that he would head for the mall for some new clothes, and maybe even stop by the hardware store for a look at the newest screwdrivers.

As Tails walked off, the bushes in front of his house rustled, and Cream Rabbit popped out. She snickered all girly to herself as she jotted down something in a pink book.

Dear Diary,

Today I watched Tails come out of his house. He is sooooo cute! I will follow him and see where he's going.

Cream put the diary away and scuttled after the fox, hiding behind trees, bushes, etc. so as to not be seen.

Tails (and Cream, secretly) passed by a mailbox. After the two had passed completely, the mailbox opened, and another head popped out: Marine Raccoon. Marine smiled cheekily at Tails as he began to whistle a random song. Marine took out a blue book and started to write in it:

Dear Diary,

Today I watched that yellow-bellied rascal Tails pass by me secret hideout, Mr. Berry's mailbox. He's not bad, fer not bein' a pirate and all. I will follow him and see where he's going.

She stuck the diary back in her pocket and launched out of the mailbox. Following a similar pattern with Cream, she slid behind bushes, trees, and anything else she could hide behind.

Tails paused a moment and looked around. He knew it seemed silly, but he had a feeling that he was being watched. Or stalked. Or something. He shrugged it off, though, and continued his walk to the mall.

After Tails passed another tree (and Marine slipped behind the tree, watching him), a head poked out of the branches. It was Cosmo, the alien that Sonic and co. rescued from outer space. Cosmo sighed dreamily at the two tailed fox. She grabbed her own yellow diary.

Dear Diary,

Today I watched Tails pass by a tree close to my house. His hair is always in perfect position! I will pursue him further and observe his destination.

So, Cosmo placed the diary back in her dress and started to leap from tree-top to tree-top.

As Tails got ever so close to the mall, he passed through a food court. Fiona Fox was sitting at one of the tables, drinking a blue slushie. She stopped dead as she watched Tails walked by her, too oblivious to notice the fox. Fiona's eyes turned into hearts as she fished out her black diary.

Dear Diary,

Today I watched Tails pass through the food court. He is too hot! He's going to the mall, so I'll follow him in there.

Not thinking about anything but the two-tailed fox, Cream, Marine, Cosmo, and Fiona all walked side-by-side into the mall.

Meanwhile, Tails still had that strange feeling.

The mall was packed, as usual. Tails shoved his way through the crowd, noticing that there were a lot less people in the hardware store than in the clothing store that he wanted to go to. He sighed drearily. Why couldn't people find the beauty in invention and building things?

Marine happened to be the fastest of the group, and she scurried into the hardware store. Cosmo looked suspiciously at the little raccoon, wondering what her motives were. Next was Fiona, and then came Cream.

Tails was busy looking at drills and didn't notice the girl behind him. Suddenly, a voice spoke out: "Hey there, cutie."

The fox spun around and saw Cosmo wearing a tool belt. She was holding a drill in her hand. The drill whirred as she pressed the trigger, and spoke again. "This the model that you were looking for?"

Tails looked confused for a second, but then smiled and grabbed the drill out of Cosmo's hands. "Thanks, Cosmo. That's exactly the drill I was looking for."

Cosmo fumed at Tails' oblivious nature as he strode away to the screwdrivers, humming a tune.

As the fox scanned the screwdrivers, another figure appeared behind him. "Hey there, mate!" Tails looked over his shoulder to see Marine.

"Oh, hey there, Marine," he replied with a beam. "What brings you here?"

"Well, y'know that m'ship, the S.S. Marine, was destroyed 'fore I met ya, roight?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I was hopin' that y'd help me fix it. How 'bout it?"

"So you came to the hardware store to get parts?" Tails asked.

"Yep."

"Hm…" The fox pondered a moment. "Well…OK. But I'd need to inspect the damages. Later, OK? I'm trying to pick out a screwdriver."

Tails turned back to the shelf that was full of screwdrivers. "Hm…now which one did I see in the catalogue?..."

Marine crossed her arms and gritted her teeth. "Yer askin' fer s'me hurtin', mate," she muttered.

Once Tails had finally gotten the screwdriver he wanted, he looked over the list. "Alright, the next thing I need to look for is some…bolts!" The two-tailed fox headed for the screwdrivers. Just then, Fiona popped out of a small cove in the store.

"Hey, Tails!" she waved. Tails paused and looked over in her direction.

"Oh, uh, Fiona! This is a, um, surprise…where's Scourge and the Suppression Squad?" Fiona rolled her eyes.

"That dork! He abandoned me, and he dumped the rest of the SS for money! I'm supposed to be working for Mammoth Mogul, but I quit before I was actually sold to him. So here I am." Tails smiled.

"That's a wonderful surprise!" he announced. "You're finally on the good side again. So, what brings you to the hardware store?"

Fiona blushed. "Well, I was kind of hoping that you would help me pick out the best kind of metal to make more chains for my outfit. Will you?"

Tails rubbed the back of his head. "C-clothes…? Sorry, Fi, but I'm really only good at finding materials to build. I'd have to know the properties of the cotton, the amount of cloth on the material…it's just not for me." Fiona hung her head in disappointment.

"Oh…I understand." Tails felt bad for making Fiona disappointed, especially since she was just recently abandoned.

"But, uh, maybe later I could help you pick out a shirt that could hold all the chains you want! How's that sound?"

"OK!" The fox perked up, but her face turned grim as Tails walked away to the bolts. "Dangit…I'm gonna need something to allure him further."

When Tails arrived at the bolts, he finally began to load up the kind he needed into bags. A short figure appeared next to him, though, which caused him to stop his work. Cream smiled innocently up at the fox, her eyes wide and sparkly.

"E-excuse me, Tails?" she asked. Tails blinked once, trying to escape that rabbit's hypnotic eyes.

"Yes?"

"Well, I wanted to make my mother a gift for her birthday, so I decided to build a birdhouse. But I don't have a clue on how to make it…would you help me…please?"

Tails waved her off. "Later, but not right now. I've got everything I need, so I'm going to do some more shopping."

"Oh…" Cream's face was a picture of sadness. A tear began to slip down her cheek. "Are you sure?"

"Cream, I'll help you. But right now I need to pick up some things at Station Fashions. I'll drop by your place later, OK?"

"OK…" Cream sighed and trudged off, disappointed. Tails whistled as he walked out of the store with a bag in hand. All four girls hovered behind him with an angry look. All of them thought the same thing:

Miles Prower WILL be mine!!