Awakening Pt. 4
"I told you Sonic, I don't know anything about my parents or my age. I thought you knew this!"
"Miles, I need to know if your lying to me! This could be important!"
Sense Tails woke up, he and Sonic had been arguing over his identity as a Kitsune.
"Miles, I know when somethings up, you've been acting strange sense you woke up. I need to know."
Tails sighed before finally admitting, "When I was unconscious I was visited by a spirit of sorts, he told me I was a kitsune, I didn't know about this before. He taught me about my abilities."
"What abilities?"
Tails focused for a moment, before too Sonics surprise, his eyes began to glow blue again, along with his palms. Suddenly, a projection of Tails appeared standing across the room. Sonic stood up in surprise, walking over to the projection and waving to it. The projection waved back. He attempted to place a hand on the projection, it simply phased through and the projection flickered blue before vanishing.
"Dude," Sonic spoke. "That's AWESOME!"
Tails chuckled before replying. "I just figured out I had them as well. Apparently, they activated when I touched that stone in the temple."
Tails thought for a second before asking something.
"Sonic, why were you asking about my age?"
"Because..." He paused for a second, thinking about how to deliver this, before deciding it would just be better to tell him. "Kitsune live for about eight hundred years."
Tails upon hearing this suddenly felt dizzy, he laid back down.
"So, you thought I was a couple hundred years old?" He asked after this dizzy spell wore off.
"I don't know Tails, we don't really know your age, we just guessed based on how you looked, so I thought because you live that long you could look like your eight when actually you're like a hundred!"
"I suppose your right, but, it's just a lot to take in."
Tails was silent for a second before he spoke again.
"I mean, I always thought I wouldn't live longer than you would, fox lifespans are shorter than hedgehogs after all. But, this changes a lot."
"I know, but think on the bright side, I mean, think of all the things you can do!"
"I get that but..." Tails looked down at the floor before continuing, "I never thought about what life would be like without you guys."
Tears started to form in Tails' eyes, Sonic sat down and put his arm around the fox.
"Miles, you're the smartest person I know, I have faith you'll figure something out."
Tails thought about it for a second. "I suppose your right, I mean, a lot of people would give anything for what I have. I just, need to look on the bright side."
"There's the Tails I know!"
They both laughed before Sonic continued.
"So, what else can you do, with your powers I mean?"
"Just illusions as far as I'm aware, watch this."
Tails' eyes glowed a familiar blue before the fox vanished from sight. He reappeared a few seconds later right where he was laying before. However this time he was panting slightly, almost like he was out of breath.
"That one took a lot out of me."
"What do you mean?"
"Whenever I use the Illusion it almost feels like they're draining my energy. The longer I hold them up, the more exhausted I feel."
"Alright, well just don't overdo it, we don't need you passing out a second time on us."
"Can do." Tails replied, "I'm going to get up now and test out my powers."
Tails stood up and walked out the door, heading to a small secluded area in the forest, he began to test out his power and find out exactly what he was capable of. First painting incoherent blobs to test how exactly his powers worked and as he went he tried doing more and more realistic illusions. As the illusions got more and more realistic he noticed they were taking a larger toll on him as he held up the illusions for longer and longer.
After a while Tails finally sat down to rest, he had been at it for a few hours now and felt exhausted, however, he had also never felt better. He felt like he finally belonged somewhere and was running through his mind all the uses for his newfound powers. However, all his thoughts could be summarized in a single sentence.
"This is going to be fun."
Alright guys! That's the end of the Awakening Arc. Don't be alarmed however, I'm still going to be updating this story with new stories involving Tails' powers. Hope to see you guys again soon!
