Little late, but that's ok since it's up. First off, anyone who can't recognize sarcasm, the whole summary of this story is COMPLETELY sarcastic. What that means is when I said this story is a brand new idea and no one has thought of it, OBVIOUSLY everyone and their mother has used this idea several times. I know I'm not the first one to think of something liek this, it was a joke people. With that said and done, let's move onto the story because I gotta go to work.

Disclaimer: Sega owns anything Sonic related, not me.

What a Strange Coincidence! Ch 2

"Ok Tails, first thing you gotta know is badniks are called that for a reason. They're bad and will stop at nothing and do whatever it takes to make sure you go down. Fortunately, with True Blue as your mentor, you'll be smashing bots like a pro in no time!" Sonic explained as he and Tails ran at an even pace toward the Emerald Hill Zone. "So, why is this 'Robotnik' person attacking Emerald Hill Zone anyways? What's he trying to gain or prove?" Tails asked innocently. "Now isn't that the million dollar question? All I know is this guy is no good, plus it's pretty fun to smash up his bots" Sonic said chuckling.

After a few hundred yards, they came across two badniks: another BuzzBomber and this time a Coconuts. The Mobians skidded to a halt as the robots turned in their approaching direction. "Look what we have here? A hedgehog and a fox! Surrender under the might of Robotnik or be destroyed!" the Coconuts announced as he got a cocoanut bomb ready and the BuzzBomber charged up a laser sting. "Ok Tails, watch and learn...literally, this might get dirty and you're still new to this" Sonic said holding his comrade back who was itching to scrap. After glancing at Sonic and noticing his intensely serious expression, the young fox nodded and backed down. "Listen up metal heads! You tell that Robotnik creep that his old buddy Sonic is in town and he isn't gonna stand by and watch him tear apart a few zones and get what he wants!" Sonic announced taking a few steps forward. "Very well, if you won't come quietly, then we'll annihilate you!" the BuzzBomber said.

Sonic broke off to the left as the BuzzBomber shot his laser sting at the spot Sonic had been less than a second ago previously. Coconuts hurled several bombs in Sonic's direction, but each falling short as Sonic sped by. In an instant, Sonic changed direction and headed straight towards Coconuts, sending the monkey in a panic as he unleashed several bombs in a blind desperate attempt. As he approached his target, Sonic leaped high in the air as all the bombs went under him. While in midair, Sonic curled into a ball and landed directly on top of Coconuts, his sharp spines puncturing the robot and the impact crushing several main servos and parts, overall severely damaging the unit. The initial force of the impact and the momentum imputed and distributed sent Sonic bouncing off the Coconuts and back into the air. Sonic then used his velocity to crash into the BuzzBomber, which in turn smashed it to bits. Sonic uncurled from a ball and landed perfectly on his feet, like he had done so many times before, several yards from the wreckage. A few seconds later, the Coconuts fell to the ground and a small explosion erupted from the hunk of junk.

Sonic made his way back over to his cheering companion with a smirk on his face. "And that is your first lesson" Sonic said as he walked up to the kit. "Wait, m-my first lesson?" Tails asked confused. "Yes, your first lesson is to master the art of rolling into a ball. It is the perfect offensive and defensive tactic, and your training begins now" Sonic said as he turned around and started forward. Tails took a few seconds to realize Sonic had started walking away, but quickly ran to catch up when he did. "Ok, so what's step one?" Tails said as he walked along at Sonic's side. "Step one, my young padawan, is to learn to roll into a ball, but not just any ball, if it's not perfect then you will leave yourself open and exposed. If there is one opening or one flaw in your ball form, your enemy will use that to their advantage and your greatest ability will become useless. You cannot give your opponent that chance!" Sonic said, stopping and looking directly into the kit's eyes with seriousness. "Okay okay, I get it! Just...stop looking at me like that...you're giving me the creeps! So how do I roll into the 'perfect ball'?" Tails asked.

"Well show me what you got first, roll into a ball!" Sonic announced. Tails quickly obliged and tucked into a perfect little ball of fuzz. Sonic walked around the kit and inspected him from every side. "Not bad not bad, I see you have some experience, only a few flaws. First, keep you ears tucked, they'll get in the way otherwise. Second, keep your feet facing forward, that will affect both rolling and your landing. Third, keep your back more curved, it's too straight here, that could cause injuries down the line. And finally..." Sonic said as he gave Tails a push forward, in which he rolled, lost grip and opened up flat on his back. "Focus more! If you do not pay attention and become the ball, then your are not the ball. If you are not the ball, then you are a defenseless Mobian and you will get killed!" Sonic yelled causing Tails to gulp audibly at the end. "The Ball Form will be your most basic ability. I want you to do it until it becomes second nature. The rest of the moves I teach you after this require you to have full knowledge of the Ball Form, so until you're able to roll into a perfect ball in the blink of an eye, your training cannot continue"

Tails looked at Sonic with a confused expression when he finished. "Wait, it can't continue? But I thought my training just began! This doesn't seem very effective, nor worthwhile in my opinion. How does-" Sonic put his hand over Tails' muzzle silencing him. "Listen kid, I'm the master, you're the student. I make the rules, you follow them. This training can be very simple if you do what I say, when I say, instead of questioning my motives at every turn. I developed this art of fighting and its proven very worthy against Robotnik and his gang. You saw it in action twice so you can't deny that it doesn't work. I'm bringing you along and teaching you all this because I know you got something, but I don't wanna teach you if you're gonna be all uppity about my style, understood?" Tails nodded slowly and Sonic removed his hand from the kit's mouth. "Sorry" Tails mumbled. "S'okay, kid. Now, along with learning to roll into a ball for combat, we're also going to be running A LOT. The main purpose of this is to have the agility to move quickly in and out of danger, and also to build stamina so you don't tire yourself out in a fight. The worst thing you can do is to be in a battle and halfway through you wanna call timeout so you can take a rest. So each day we'll be running and when we're not running, we'll be training on your ball form" at this Tails let out a groan, but quickly slapped his hands over his mouth at the look Sonic gave him.

"First, let's see how fast you are. Run to that tree and back" Sonic said pointing to a tree about a hundred yards away. Tails got in a running stance and took off, however, as he dashed by Sonic, one of his tails smacked into Sonic and knocked him back about five yards. Tails hadn't noticed and continued his sprint while Sonic lay on the ground coughing and spluttering from having the wind knocked out of him. After a few seconds, Sonic regained his composure and got back up just as Tails came racing back. "How...was...that?" Tails said a little out of breath. "I...I don't know...when you took off...one of your tails hit me...what the heck are those things made of, bricks?" Sonic said having a little trouble breathing. Tails looked at the ground sheepishly. "No...they're just...I don't know, strong I guess?" Sonic stared at Tails incredulously. "How can you not know? At first glance they don't look much, but those powder-puffs sure can pack a wallop. Let me see something, come here a second, will ya?" Tails was a little hesitant, but regardless, made his way over to Sonic.

Sonic spun Tails around and grabbed both his namesakes, one in each hand, and inspected them a little more detailed than his first attempt. "Hey what are you...ahahaha! Stop that tickles! Ouch! Hey don't-OW! Would you please...ahahaha! Cut it out! Hahahahah! No more! No more! I'm gonna pee! Ahhhh ahhhh" Tails' breathing returned to normal after calming down. "Hmmm, they don't look like much...let's test a few things. I'll toss this cocoanut...don't worry it's not one of that badniks bombs, anyways I'll toss it at you and you smack it with your tails as hard as you can" Sonic said holding a cocoanut from one of the many palm trees that littered Emerald Hill. Tails nodded and got in position as Sonic gently tossed the fruit at his buddy. Then Tails did two things that struck Sonic as unbelievable. Just before Tails went to hit the cocoanut, he revved his namesakes up, spinning them incredibly fast. After that small feat, Tails turned and snapped his body around, his tails slicing through the air and not only making contact with the fruit, but slicing it cleanly in half sending the two pieces flying.

"Wh-what in Mobius was that!" Sonic shouted after regaining his senses. "What do you mean? Did I do something wrong?" Tails said looking at Sonic confused. "Not in the literal cense, Tails those things you got there are incredible!" Sonic said walking back up to the kit. "They are? How so?" Tails asked, still lost in finding what was so fascinating. "Well for starters, they're way more powerful than they look. I wanna test something else now after seeing that. Tails, spin those bad boys as fast as you can!" Tails looked at Sonic strangely for a moment before he realized he'd been given an order. Tails looked behind him and wagged his namesakes a few times before rotating them in a clockwise fashion at a slow speed. He did this until they were so wound up, he couldn't twist them anymore in that direction. Then he untwisted and spun them in the opposite direction very fast until he wound them up in the other direction, even twisting a little too far and pinching himself causing him to yelp. "Hmmm, that's weird, seems like you spun them easier the last time" Sonic said a little disappointed. Tails stopped rubbing his backside and looked at his namesakes. He swished them around a little before flexing them roughly, eliciting a CLICK! Tails gasped as he felt at the base of his tails, feeling for what made that mystery noise. "What happened?" Sonic asked after hearing the sound. "I-I don't know, it felt like I dislocated my tail bones or something, but everything seems to be ok" Tails said wagging his namesakes around a little.

Tails flexed his tails again, and sure enough another loud CLICK! resounded just like before. Tails grabbed at the base of his tails again looking a little scared, but calmed down when everything seemed alright. "Hmmm, this is weird, I've never felt or heard that before. I wonder..." Tails said trailing off. Tails looked behind him at his namesakes as he flexed them just like before. Instead of relaxing the muscles after he heard the loud CLICK!, Tails started spinning his tails around, and to his great surprise, found them spinning a lot easier and smoother. Tails suddenly noticed that not only were his namesakes spinning incredibly fast, they weren't winding up! With a little more effort, Tails clenched his eyes shut and spun his tails as fast as he could. After a few strenuous moments, Tails suddenly realized he couldn't feel the ground under his feet. He peeked an eye open and saw he was about eight feet off the ground and steadily rising, unfortunately, the initial shock of weightlessness startled the kit and made him lose his focus on spinning his appendages, causing him to crash to the ground. Sonic was at the young Mobian's side in moments. "Tails! Are you alright? Can you hear me? Because if you can, THAT WAS AMAZING! How did you do that? Did you know you could do that? I mean...for Chaos sake, YOU FLEW!" Sonic yelled causing the fox the flinch at the level of the noise. Tails sat up exhausted and slowly waited for the world to come back in focus. "That...was...tiring...can I...take a break...from training?" Tails said forcing his way through the words. "Oh yeah, of course buddy, I was just gonna suggest the same thing. How do your tails feel after that?" Tails looked up and glared at Sonic for a second while continuing to pant. "Like...lead...bricks" Sonic chuckled a little at Tails' remark. "Alright buddy, you just rest for a while, we'll talk some more later" And with that, Sonic left Tails to lie back down and relax.