Not All Heroes Have Quills

Part 1

Young, humble, kind, and intelligent were some of the few words one would describe Tails the Fox, who was now sixteen years young boy was Sonic's number one sidekick, who was treated like a "little brother". Tails enjoyed his life over the years fixing machines and going on adventures, he was also a nice guy but he had one issue…

Girls...

Tails was always shy around girls, he felt like he didn't have the swag and confidence like Sonic did, making him feel insecure. Not only that, but Tails was also bullied when he was younger about his two tails before meeting Sonic. While Tails slowly started to get over it, the words would still haunt him.

The fox felt he couldn't compete with Sonic when it came to women, heck he couldn't compete to the other males he knew. Knuckles may be a gullible, but he had strength which many women valued. Shadow had a "bad boy" vibe that girls admired, and Silver had amazing powers that girls may feel intrigued by. While Tails felt proud of his smarts, he labeled himself as the uncool nerd.

Tails crushed on a few girls. First was Amy, but she had an obsessive crush on Sonic. Second being Cosmo, who returned the feelings but was no longer with him. He also had a small crush on Blaze and even Rouge before...but knew it could never work out with those two.

Sonic and Tails sat in the city park while eating chili dogs. Sonic ate his while Tails couldn't find himself to eat, which concerned the blue hedgehog.

"Hey Tails, what's up?" he asked. "Not feeling hungry?"

"Nah, you can have it." Tails replied sadly, handing Sonic the chilidog. Sonic shrugged, threw it in the air and caught it with one bite, eating the food before turning his attention Tails.

"So, what's up, buddy?" he asked.

"Well...you know about girls, right Sonic?" Tails asked.

Sonic's eyes widened, hoping that Tails wouldn't ask him about "the talk". "W-What do you mean?"

"Like...what they want in a guy." Tails added.

Sonic sighed and relief and chuckled. "Well buddy, believe it or not..girls have different tastes, but after my years of experience I can confirm that girls like to feel good...like they're a priority, they also like if you can protect him..like how a hero would."

Tails nodded. "But I'm no hero, Sonic." he denied.

Sonic stood up. "What? Of course you're a hero! You've done so much for the world and you don't even know it."

"Like what?"

"Well...let's just say not many people can design machines on their own." Sonic replied. "To be honest, I don't think I could ever save the world without ya." he admitted.

Tails gave a small smile, feeling better about his confidence. "Thanks, Sonic.."

"Hey no problem, you gotta have confidence in yourself...feel the hero in ya. Some lucky girl will see it." the blue blur suggested. Tails nodded in agreement which made Sonic smile in pride.

"Anyways, wanna run the fields with me? This city is too much" Sonic asked.

"Nah, I need to some spare parts for the Tornado." Tails replied.

"Fair enough. See ya." Sonic said before running off in a split second. Tails walked the busy streets alone, but was caught off guard at a crowd gathering outside a fancy restaurant known as "Chez Primo", as said on a red neon sign.

"What's going on.." Tails thought. The fox flew over to the front of the crowd. What the fox mainly focused on was the cream colored bunny girl holding a sign and a chao with a red bowtie next to her. The teenaged bunny had long flowy brown hair which matched her stunning eyes. She wore an orange spaghetti string tank top, dark blue jeans and red flats.

"Who is she..." Tails thought as he blushed, trying to get a closer look.

"You can't open this restaurant!" the bunny girl yelled. "The chao are not food!"

The snooty owner who she was talking to looked at her with disgust. "You again….how many times do I have to say that the chao are not considered our equals? This restaurant will be serving chao and that's that!"

"Please, I've been raising chao all my life, they should never be eaten!" the rabbit protested, before turning her attention from the owner to the Mayor of Station Square. "Please Mr. Mayor, you can't cut that ribbon and allow this to happen!"

The portly mayor felt conflicted, there's a sweet young lady protesting and the people wanting to open this new restaurant. "W-Who are you, young lady?" the city's leader asked.

"My name is Cream, sir..and this is my Chao friend Cheese." the bunny introduced.

Tails eyes widened at what he just heard...that cute bunny girl...was Cream.. The fox couldn't believe how her body matured. While she was still growing up, Tails noticed her figure forming and she was slightly taller. She also had more eye lashes like the other girls he knew.

Cream the Rabbit...she was a close friend of Tails and he developed a small crush here and there..but he was never sure about it. While he did like Cream and trusted her, Tails wasn't sure about his feelings for her.

"Well Miss, the people are desperately calling out for this restaurant." the mayor said. The owner smirked at the fact that the mayor was taking his side.

"But sir-"

"Nope, now run along before I get the police, young lady." the owner said. "But...before you go….I'll give you 50 rings for your chao there." he added, staring at a certain bowtied chao.

Cream grabbed Cheese and held him close. "You cannot have him!" she yelled before leaving. Tails decided to follow the two to comfort the girl.

"I'm sorry we couldn't save your friends, Cheese...:" Cream apologized sadly.

"Chao Chao…"

"Cream!" a voice called out. Cream and cheese turned around and saw Tails flying towards them Cream's eyes widened...seeing her friend after so long.

"Tails!" she replied. The rabbit hugged the fox after he landed on the ground, which caught him off guard. Tails hugged the rabbit back nervously, blushing even redder than before.

"She smells like cotton candy.." Tails though in bliss.

"Oh goodness..it's so good to see you…" she said, releasing him. Tails noticed that his arms were still around Cream, immediately releasing her to make sure things weren't awkward. Tails always thought Cream was cute..but now seeing her in a stunning light shocked him, it was incredible to him.

"Y-Yeah, how've you been?" he asked.

"Not so good...you see...I'm here to protest against this restaurant from opening..they're going to serve chao on the menu.." Cream explained.

Tails's eyes widened at the inhumane news. "T-They are?"

"Those awful people are trying to get people to come by serving chao, because no one else serves chao at the restaurants. " she replied. "I have to stop them, I just have to!"

"When does the ribbon get cut?" Tails asked.

"In ten minutes I think." Cream replied.

"Be right back…." the fox said, before flying away to carry out his plan.

To be continued…