Chapter One: Freezing

Hey guys! So, I'm supposed to be writing TDU right now, but I've got writer's block on chapter eight, so I figured I'd write a short story. This'll probably be two or three chapters long, so be sure to follow, favorite, and review! I got inspired by razor budgie's Tails' Anger story, so this plot bunny fell in my lap. Enjoy!

It was cold. Too cold to bear. Tails trudged through the deep snow, trying to find his way back to Icirrus City…what was left of it, anyway. His body hurt all over, his arms covered with cuts and scrapes that dropped crimson drops of blood in the white snow. His chest hurt the most, each rib feeling like it would snap at any second. If one did, he wouldn't be able to tell…the cold had deadened his nerves. Tears formed in his eyes, but they froze before they could fall to the ground. His fur was ruffled, freezing in the cold icy air. He took a ragged breath as he moved forward, only having one goal in his cold, numb, mind…to find her.

One Hour Ago

"Tails, I don't think we should be here," Angel said as she adjusted her hat. The icy blue hedgehog followed him through the snowy woods near the city, using her spear to shift a low branch out of the way. "You do remember what happened the last time we came here, right?"

"Trust me, I remember," Tails said as he looked down at his Miles Electric. "We need to find that Chaos Emerald, though. Do you really want to see Eggman get it?"

"Eggman's dead," Angel reminded him.

"Metal Sonic then," Tails replied.

Angel sighed. "Look, I just don't want to lose you," she said. "We all were almost killed by the clones…I mean, Ash and I both lost an eye, you got hypothermia-"

"Hey, it's okay," Tails said, putting his arm around her. "We'll just grab the emerald, then get out of here really fast. How's the Cyan one doing?"

Angel looked down at her arm, the small half of the emerald glowing. "We're getting close," she answered. "Where're Sonic and the others?"

"Sonic and Shadow are out at a race, Rouge is looking for the rest of the emeralds, Amy took Cream to an amusement park, and Knuckles is buying a guard dog for the Master Emerald."

"It's so weird that he never thought once about leaving it there on Angel Island unprotected," Angel said as she kicked a small pebble at a tree.

"Yeah, well, Knuckles never thinking isn't really that unusual," Tails said with a laugh.

Angel smiled. "Guess you're right." She looked up at the sky, which was getting darker and darker by the second. "Something's not right here…" she turned to Tails. "The air doesn't feel right. I like the cold, but it feels weird right now."

"We're almost there," Tails said. "Then-"

Angel gasped. "Tails…look behind you…"

Tails whipped around and saw it: a giant Pokemon standing before him, an enormous dragon with its body covered in ice. It was only standing about ten yards away, its eyes locked on the fox and his girlfriend.

"It's…it's Kyurem," Angel whispered. "It's a legendary Pokemon. One of the strongest in all of Unova…it could kill anything it wanted to." The wind then picked up its pace, the snow on the ground and in the sky whipping around them. The Pokemon took a step closer, making the two of them back up even further. The dark clouds began to fill the air with snow and hail, then eventually thunder. Kyurem roared as loudly as it could, shaking the ground.

"What do we do?!" Tails asked frantically. Without thinking, Angel grabbed his hand and began running away from the dragon, which had just shot a Hyper Beam at them. The two took off in to the air, the ice and snow pelting at them.

"We've got to get out of here," Angel said, a determined look on her face. Kyurem shot another Hyper Beam at them, just barely missing. Angel swung around and formed her spear in to a gun, shooting at the Pokemon. It shook the icy bullets off and flew in to the air, determined to catch them.

Tails let go of her hand. "Leave us alone!" he shouted. He flew as quickly as he could toward the Pokemon, slashing its face with his tails. It shook its head, then began to form a violet pulse in its throat. It quickly unleashed it and hit Tails in the chest, knocking him in to the snowy ground below.

"Tails!" Angel exclaimed. She flew down to the ground, trying to help him up. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," he said as he rose to his feet. "Why is it attacking us?"

"I don't know," Angel said. He broke away from her grip yet again, then tried to Homing Attack the giant Pokemon. It rammed in to him head-on in to a tree, crushing his ribs. Tails suddenly felt very light headed, his vision fading in and out of focus as he became less and less aware of what was going on. He crumpled to the ground in a heap, feeling extremely drowsy. Sleep seemed remarkably compelling at the moment…yes, sleep was good…

"Tails!" Angel yelled again. His eyes shot open when he heard his name. Still disoriented, he peered through the fast falling snow, only to see Kyurem backing her in to a tree. She was trying to kick and punch it away, but she was failing.

Slowly and painfully, Tails stood up and tried to fly over to her, but his injuries were unbearable. He crashed in to the snow, semi-conscious.

Seeing Tails in pain set Angel off the edge. Heart and mind filled with anger, she absorbed the icy aura surrounding her and focused it all in to one orb in her hands. She flung it at Kyurem, sending it crashing in to the ground. She took her chance and made a full on assault against it, blindly kicking and punching the gigantic dragon. It shot another Hyper Beam that sent her flying in to the snow and ice that continued to fall from the sky. Feeling that its point had made clear, Kyurem flew off in to the sky.

Angel growled as she stood up. She scanned the area, trying to find any sign, of the small fox. She flew in to the air to try to get a better view. Nothing.

She stared to fly back down to the ground, but stopped in midair when she heard a roaring sound from above her. She looked up to see Kyurem floating above her, another Hyper Beam forming in its mouth. She tried to fly out of the way, but it was too late, and the attack hit her square in the back. She crashed in to the ground again and tried to stand up, but couldn't. She fell back in to the snow, blacked out.

Dimly aware of anything at this point, Tails heard a sudden crash coming from a few yards away. He wanted to stand up, but he was in too much pain. A sickening feeling came over him as his legs, fingers, and tails went numb. His eyes slid closed as he passed out in the snow, and the ice on top of him began to freeze.

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