Chapter 4: He Returns


Tails and Cosmo were sleeping on the couch. His alarm went off and it gave Cosmo a shot of adrenaline. "Tails!" Cosmo blurted out as she woke up. She sighed in relief. "It's just the alarm clock.." She chuckled to herself. "Tails, it's time to get up." She shook him awake, he was a very heavy sleeper.

"Mmh, will you marry me...?" He mumbled in his sleep, Cosmo blushed a bit and shook him awake again. "Tails!" She shouted playfully to wake him up. "COSMOTAKECAREOFTHEKIDS!" He woke up. "Oh, morning, Cosmo!" He yawned.

"Today's the big day, Tails!" Cosmo reminded him. "Huh? Oh, right!" Tails remembered and rushed to get his clothes on. It was "Best Friends Day", basically the day that was meant for the two.

"So, what did you want to do today?" He realized they didn't really have anything planned. "I dunno, go to the mall or something?" Cosmo asked. "Alright, we'll walk there." He said. "Okay." Cosmo answered. Tails locked the door and started walking while holding hands.


"Oh, y'thought I was done with'ya, huh? We'll see about that." A voice said behind the bushes. Tails heard rustling. "What was that?" Tails said. "What?" Cosmo asked. The person jumped out, it was the bully. He attacked Tails, gave him a sucker punch.

"Aah!" Tails screamed. "Yeah, how's it feel, freak!?" The bully said. "Hey, you leave him alone!" Cosmo yelled at him. He got up and started walking towards her, he picked her up and threw her to the ground. She cried, and Tails heard her. He got up and he walked towards the bully. "You didn't learn, huh?" He said in almost a deadly voice. He went for a punch, but the bully blocked it and kicked him in the shin. He fell.

"The name's Diablo, and ya think you're so strong? Meet me at front of the Mobius Elementary School, tonight at 6 o'clock." The bully stood on top of him. "I'll be there." Tails stood back up. "Good. And make sure to bring your pathetic girly friend with'cha!" Diablo said as he pointed at the poor seedrian, still crying.

"No! Never!" Tails yelled at him. Diablo picked him up by the neck and lifted him upwards. "Bring her, with you, or I'll tell everyone that you're nothing but a pathetic two-tailed fox freak with a weird flower girl that you walk around with!" He said threateningly and threw him on the ground.

"Grr! I'll fight you right now! COME ON! PUT UP YOUR DUKES!" Tails yelled, charging at him for a punch. Diablo dodged it and kicked him upwards and punched him 2 feet away. "Yeah, right." He looked at him pathetically. "Tonight, 6 o'clock, Mobius Elementary School." He reminded Tails and walked away. "Ha, this is gonna be so easy!" Diablo laughed at himself.

Tails immediately ran for Cosmo. "Cosmo, are you okay?" He panicked. She clinged on to Tails and cried hard. "Shhh..." Tails caressed his arm on her. "It's okay..." He said quietly. He picked her up bridal style and ran back to the house. He didn't bother flying because his house was only a block away and he wanted to make Cosmo feel safe as possible.


When they got back...

Cosmo had a bandage on her forehead, it had a little kissy mark on it. "Cosmo, are you feeling better?" He asked her worryingly. "Inside or Outside?" She answered while starting to cry a bit. "What do you mean?" He asked again. "I-I don't want you to fight against him! I don't want you to lose!" She started crying again. Tails thought of an idea. "Don't you worry, Cosmo. I just thought of something!" He announced. "What?" She said. Tails pulled out his arm cannon blueprint.

"With this cannon, to him it will be like a thousand punches all at once. Then, he'll leave us alone forever!" Tails answered. She started crying harder. "Wh-what's wrong, now?" He asked. "Don't shoot him, Tails!" Cosmo yelled, she didn't believe in violence. "Cosmo, would you rather let me defend myself and protect ourselves from that bully or risk him not learning his lesson and try to KILL US!?" He accidentally shouted at her. "Why are you yelling at me!?" She cried even harder.

"Oh, uh-I-I didn't mean to say it like that-uh!" Tails stuttered. "Tails, you idiot." He mumbled to himself. Then he sat on the couch with her to calm her down again. "Shh, shh, shh...I didn't mean it like that..." He caressed her once more and explained everything in a tone she would understand.

"Yeah, I- I, wouldn't really shoot the guy, I mean, sure, he's, not a nice guy, but, I-it's just a way for me to tell him to leave us alone, and never bother us again. Okay?" He said. She sniffled, but understood. "Okay..." Cosmo answered. "Here," Tails got a blanket for her. "you should take a nap for a while, just to calm down." He said.

"Alright, I'm sorry I got upset earlier..." She apologized. "No! No no no, you had every right to be upset. I mean, I'd be the same way about you, if you got into a fight." Tails replied as he blushed. "Thank you, Tails..." She said as she fell asleep. He kissed her on the forehead, exactly where the bandage was. "You're welcome, Cosmo." He flew out to his workshop to build his protection contraption.


A few hours later...

It was 5:19pm, less than an hour until the big fight. Tails was still in his workshop practicing the arm cannon, and Cosmo was still sleeping. She woke up and looked for Tails, she went into the kitchen to get some cereal and looked at the clock. "Mmm, I hope poor Tails does okay out there..." She said to herself. And speaking of that little protective fox, she heard noises from the backyard. "Huh?" She went out there. "Tails?" She followed the noises.

He had a little plushie that he was practicing with. It was blue with purple spots on it. "You mess with me and my Cosmo, you're just asking for it." He charged up his arm cannon. "There you are, Tails!" Cosmo shouted, she scared Tails and he accidentally shot a tree, it fell down. "Well...now, at least I know it works...heh..." He said awkwardly.

"Are you okay, Cosmo? You slept for quite awhile in there!" He immediately went back to worrying about Cosmo. "Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better. I'm just so worried about you." She said. "There's no needing to worry about me, Cosmo. With this on my side, I'll win for sure! I'm gonna use it at the last minute when he leasts expects it." He said in a brave voice. "If you say so, Tails." Cosmo replied worryingly.


At the fight...

They were both in front of the school. "Alright, wish me luck!" Tails said as he was running. "I wish you the best of it..." Cosmo said to herself. "Wow, they even have a referee here! Should I be worried? Nah..." Tails thought to himself. "Well, well, well, look who showed up. To be honest, I really didn't think you were gonna show up!" Diablo said to him. "I'd do anything to protect my friends!" Tails said.

"Alright! In this corner, we have: Diablo H. Ell (a.k.a Mister Eann!)!" The referee shouted. "You're gonna go flat like a pancake." Diablo said as he pounded his fists together. "And in this corner, we have: Tails the Fox!" The referee shouted again. "Mess with me and my Cosmo, we'll see about that!" Tails said as he crack his knuckles.

"READY...GO!" The referee said. Diablo went for his usual attack, but Tails dodged it and punched him in the back. "FIRST HIT FOR TAILS THE FOX!" The referee stated. "C'mon, Tails! You can do it!" Cosmo shouted to him. "What!? Grr.." He went for his kick-punch attack, but Tails dodges it. "Too slow, Egghead!" Tails got some attitude from Sonic as he punches him multiple times just as fast as him. Diablo fell on the ground.

"1...2...3...4...5..." The referee said as he was counting with his fingers, but Diablo got up and he punched Tails. "FIRST ATTACK FOR DIABLO!" The referee stated. He put Tails in a headlock and kicked him continuously. "No! Tails!" Cosmo shouted. Diablo picked him up and threw him on the ground. " 1...2...3...4...5..." The referee counted, Cosmo looked like she was about to cry, and Diablo looked at him. " Tch, tch, tch, you're so pathetic." He said. "6...7...8...9..." The referee kept counting.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Tails got up and shouted. He kept doing every kind of attack. Punch, Kick, Shoulder Charge, Bodyslam, everything. Then, he charged up his cannon. "Kaaaameee, Haaaaaaameeee...HAAAAAAAAA!" He recited from "Dragon Ball Z" and shot the cannon. Diablo was 3 feet into the ground. Everyone was shocked, even the referee, but he counted. "1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10! KO!" He shouted. "Tails the Fox is the winner!" Everyone applauded.

Then, the principal of the school came out and saw what happened. "What is the meaning of this!?" He shouted. "Well, uh, Diablo challenged this fox kid to a fight, sir." The referee said. "And as you can see, he kinda won." He added. "Diablo, huh?" The principal knew the kind of student he was, but Tails took it as a threat.

"Look, sir! It's not what it looks like! He almost killed me and my waifu- I- I mean best friend. So I had to do what I had to do." Tails said. "Did you kill him!?" The principal asked. "No, sir, of course not. This weapon isn't lethal! Although, he's probably gonna be hurting for quite awhile." Tails replied. "Look, I'll handle everything, just go back home." The principal said. "Okay..." Tails wondered.

"You got rid of Diablo!" A little girl came up to him. "The king of mean," One kid said. "The ruler of violence," Another kid said. "And the biggest dunce at school." The principal added. The kids laughed.

"Diablo, you should be ashamed of yourself. Coming up to a kid you don't know and almost kill him. Quite frankly, I think you did deserve that. You are now expelled!" The principal said. "Good! I'd rather that! That kid's gotta gun!" The bully said. "Oh shut up! It's not like it killed you!" Tails added before he left. "Grr...Owww!" Diablo cried as he tried to get up.


When they left...

"Wow, I guess you were right, Tails. It really didn't kill him." Cosmo said while they were walking. "See, I told you. Now, he'll never bother us again!" Tails said proving his point. "Here, Tails, I- I think you deserve this." Cosmo said. "What?" He asked. Cosmo gave him a kiss on the lips. "That was very brave of you, Tails." She added. "Duh-huh!" Tails let out in a dummy voice.

"Now, let's start over this Best Friends Day!" Cosmo said. "Duh-yea-yea-go-mall!" Tails said, "mall" being the only word that was distinguishable. "Alright, then. Let's go to the mall!" Cosmo started walking while holding his hand. "I love you..." He said in somewhat of his normal voice. "I love you too, Tails." She said as they both nuzzled and then continued walking to the mall.


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