Sorry it took me so long to update. I went away on vacation for Thanksgiving. lol. Anyways, enjoy.

Chapter 4: He's back!

Shadow clinched his fists tight. He walked over to another tree and punched it as hard as he could. His hand ached. The force of the punch tore off a little bark from the tree. Cosmo started to tear up. Shadow saw her tearing up, but didn't care. He was more focused on that message. Tails stood up, and helped up Cosmo. "It's impossible!" he shouted. "You killed him last time Shadow!"

"Ya," Shadow responded. "He told me that he'd be back for revenge. Looks like he's not bluffing."

"No biggy," Sonic commented.

"What?"

"You beat him all by yourself Shadow. Now, there's four of us. Me, you, Silver, Spyro, and Tails." Tails got butterflies in his stomach when Sonic said his name. Sonic gave everyone a thumbs up. Shadow shook his head in disappointment. "Ha. You can deny it as long as you want Shadow. You know it's true."

"We can't beat him! So just shut up!"

"Geez dude. What's up?"

"Did you see the power he had last time I fought him? Who knows how powerful he is now!"

"We might not know how much more power he's got, but what we do know is that I'm not gonna give up!" Tails finally jumped up and got rid of the butterflies in his stomach.

"I wont either!" he shouted. Cosmo felt a little sick when Tails added that. Shadow laughed.

"You know you're gonna die if you go out and fight Black Doom kid?" Tails felt sad. Sonic pushed Shadow.

"Shut up Shadow! You're not helping."

"Who said I was?"

"We don't need you! We can do this all on our own."

"You wont be saying that when he's taring your face out with a spoon."

"What's wrong with you?"

"I'm just being truthful."

"Well, you're still not helping."

"Whatever. I don't need this." Shadow turned around and dashed away. Tails had his head down. Sonic walked over to him.

"Hey. You okay?"

"Ya, I'm fine," he responded.

"You sure?"

"Yes." Sonic gave him a thumbs up."

"That's great. Hey, I've got to go get everyone to a safe place. I'll be right back."

"Okay." Now, Tails' front yard only contained Tails and Cosmo. Cosmo walked over to Tails, who was on one knee, examining the broken tree. She put a hand on his shoulder.

"Are you really okay Tails?" she asked.

"Ummm...*sigh*...No. I'm not. I'm really scared. Scared of Black Doom. Scared that the world will end. Scared that..."

"What?"

"That...I'll never see you again. And that...I'll..." Tails started to tear up so he put his head down. "die."

"Oh Tails." She bent over and hugged him. Her head was hanging over his left shoulder and her arms were around his neck. Tails was actually crying now. Cosmo kissed his cheek. His eyes opened. He started to blush, which warmed his face up a little. "Feeling better?" Tails shook his head. "How about this?" She put a hand on his right cheek and turned his head around. She leaned in and kissed him. When her lips met his, Tails felt really warm inside. There eyes closed. He felt something new. Sure, they've kissed before, but this one was different. Tails was still shy. Should his tongue meet hers? Suddenly, he felt Cosmo's mouth open a little. This was his chance! He gently slipped his tongue into Cosmo's mouth. Cosmo, at the same time, did the same with Tails' mouth. There tongues met in the middle. Cosmo's wrapped around Tails'. Cosmo was feeling really good inside. This was her first, true love kiss. This was Tails' first too. They both were glad they could have there first true love kiss with each other. Cosmo gently moved her head back. Tails opened his eyes, and looked into Cosmo's. Cosmo giggled. Tails couldn't help but join her. "Feeling better now?" Tails nodded.

"Wow," he said.

"I know."

"That was..."

"Magical."

"Ya. That's the word." Suddenly, Sonic, Spyro, and Silver came running to them.

"Tails?" Sonic started.

"Y...*gulp*...yes."

"It's time." Tails got up.

"I'll meet up with you in a sec."

"Okay." Sonic, Silver and Spyro ran to Tails' house. Tails turned around to Cosmo. There eyes met. He hugged her. She hugged back. They both started to tear. Cosmo put her hand on the top of his head and rubbed the back of his head, up and down, repeatedly. Tails rubbed Cosmo's back. They finally broke the hug. Tails wiped his eyes. Cosmo still had tears coming down. Tails wiped away her tears with his thumb. "Hey, cheer up. I promise, I'll be back. I'd never leave you like this. I'll be back, I promise."

"I know you will." She kissed his cheek and Tails slowly walked away. They both waved at each other. Tails met up with the three heroes.

"Were's Shadow?"

"He's not coming," Spyro responded, a little mad.

"Like I said," Sonic started. "We can do it without Shadow."

"I hope you're right."

"Tails?"

"Ya Sonic."

"We need your Chaos Emerald."

"Okay. I'll be right back. Tails ran in his house and got out a safe that was under his bed. He dialed 9,12,5,6,12 and it opened up. He saw his yellow Chaos Emerald. Tails grabbed and met outside with the others. "Here." Silver got out a bag and opened it. The other Chaos Emeralds came floating out. They circled the group. Silver and Sonic turned to there super forms. Spyro's whole body turned a lighter purple and his wings glowed bright orange. His claws sparkled in the light. His horns got harder and harder to break. Tails' body turned to a lighter yellow and his tails got a little bigger. "Were's Knuckles?"

"He's guarding the master emerald. He doesn't want to take any chances." Sonic responded. They all took off in the sky. Cosmo sat down, wondering.

I can't just stay here and do nothing, she thought. I have to at least try to help. Mother said I have a new ability, but I do not know what it is. Cosmo closed her eyes and focused. She tried her hardest to find out this new power. She focused harder, harder, harder. Finally, something happened. She gasped. "This is it!"

The guys all arrived at Lava Reef. It was a place with mini volcanoes and lava everywhere. They floated in mid-air, looking around. "Okay Black Doom!" Sonic shouted. "We're here! Were are you?" No response. "Show yourself!" Still no response.

"Looks like he chickened out," Spyro joked.

"That'd be great," Tails added. Tails looked down. He gently floated down to a platform floating on the lava. When his feet met the platform, he studied the lava.

"What's up?" Sonic asked. Tails looked down at the lava more. He saw it...shaking?

"Look Sonic." Sonic floated down to the platform with Tails. Tails pointed at the lava. Sonic looked down at it. It was shaking. Suddenly, they herd Spyro and Silver shouting.

"Sonic! Tails!" They both hurried up to them.

"Ya?" Sonic responded. They pointed in front of them. They both looked over. They were pointing at a giant wall. Sonic and Tails were shocked at what they saw.