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Two Of A Kind
Chapter 7 Love or Lust
A few days have past since our meetting at the lake. It felt a bit strange that a long time friend has become the love of my life. I was happy though. I love Tails with all my heart and no one could take his place.
One afternoon I was walking to the messhall to meet Tails. We were going to have lunch by the stream, and I was going to get him to play a game of tag with me, when I heard Sally speak out in her hut. I walked over and pressed my ear aginst the door.
Inside
the five ranked commanders were sitting around the Queen's table.
Sally looked at them. Her,Sonic,Bunnie,Rotor and Antione. They had a
serious mission comming up in witch most likely one person from that
team would not return.
"We have to send Tails with a team."
Bunnie said. "I mean he knows the area better than any of us."
Sally agreed. Tails knew the area of attack better than anyone for a
lot of his missions were there.
"Sal, we can't send Tails, what if he is killed." Sonic said looking at his mate. Sally aslo had that deep feeling of doubt. She didn't want anything to happend to him. Even if Tails was eighteen he still was a baby to her. She sighed louldy.
"Bezidez from this, thee kitsume is the best machinal officer we have. He iz thee best for thiz mission. We have a better chance of all the menbers of ze team comming back if he iz in charge." Sally turned tawords Antonie. He was right. Tails had become one of a most honored of commanders even though he was ranked six.
"Your right. I guess thats it. Well send Tails with a crew in the morning."
Outside I almost fell over."No! You can't!" I shouted. They turned to see me. I walked into the hut.
"Serenity. what are you doing here?" Sally asked. She had excused the two kitsumes from todays meeting.
"Please Sally. I beg you. Let me go in his place." I looked at her with tears in my eyes. Sally turned away.
"Serenity, we are chosing Tails for this mission because we know he will bring everyone back."
"How can you say that. That isn't true unless you saw it hapened." Sally looked at her. Serenity was deeply in love with Tails and didn't want him to get hurt. She knew this feeling since on many occasions she did it to protect Sonic. "Isn't that what you said when you let Sonic take that team into the city last month."
Sally remember saying that Sonic would bring everyone back when the reality of it was that Sonic had lost a teammate. Sally looked away from Serenity.
"Please Sally." Sally sighed and stood up.
"I'm sorry Serenity, my mind is made up. Tails will be leaving in the morning. Besides me and you have a mission the next day and the one Tails is going on he won't be back for a week." My eyes watered as my heart sanked into my stomach. I tried my best not to cry. Standing there with the high ranks I now knew that Tails had a one in fourth chance of comming back to me alive.
"Everything is going to be fine Serenity." Sally placed a conferting hand on my shoulder. Sonic looked at me and smiled.
"Don't worry sis. Tails will be back here sooner than you know it." I just took my leave.
Now
walking outside I didn't want to see Tails for I knew I would break
down in front of him, even though we are together I don't like to cry
in front of him.A tiger came running up to me. He smiled.
"Hey
Serenity." He said.
"Hi Tony." I replied. Tony was a strong fighter that wanted to become a commander. He had a slight crush on me. Actually ha claimed he loved me. At the begaining of mating season he would come by my hut every morning with some kind of gift. I mean Tony was a nice guy,but my heart belonged to Tails and he still didn't grasp that concept.
"Where are you heading off to." He asked. He looked so hopeful exspecting me to say "no where" I guess.
"I have to meet Tails. We have something to talk over." Tony lost all hope when I said that. He knew that I liked Tails, but he wanted to be the one that I came to. "I'll see you later I said as I made my way into the messhall.
"A-Alright Serenity." He waved back to me. I went into the messhall and Tails was sitting at our usual table with a basket. I sat down next to him.
"Took you long enough." He said.
"I'm sorry. " I looked away. He turned my face to him.
"Whats wrong Serenity?"
"I don't feel well Tails. I just feel a little sick thats all." He looked at me warmly.
"Well we don't have to go if you
don't feel up to it. We can lay around in your hut if you want."
I placed my head on the table covering it. I didn't want him to see
my tears. I felt his arms slip around me.
"Come on. I'm
raking you back to your hut." He helped me up and we walked out.
I kept my face covered by my bangs. I felt us stop.
"Hey Tails. What's wrong with Serenity?" It was Tony. I felt a hint of jealouscy in his voice. Tails knew that Tony loved me and he wasn't too happy about it,but he tried his best not to show it.
"She's not feeling well."
"Do you need any help?" I low growl came from Tails. It suprised me a bit. How could he get so jealous so quick?
"I'm fine."
"Oh and the Queen wants to see you." Tony said. I knew what for.
"Thanks Tony."We begain to walk again than we made it to my hut and he layed me on the bed. I turned from him. "Serenity, whats wrong?" I shook my head.
"I just feel bad thats all." He sat me up and I hung my head down for I was still crying.
"Why won't you look at me?"
"Because i'm having a bad fur day." He chuckled at the joke. He than lifted my face to meet his I tried my best to hold my tears, but it was too late. He already saw them.
"Serenity, why are you crying, and don't lie to me." I had a bad habbit of lieing if I didn't want him to know. I turned from him. Sonic knocked on the door.
"Can I come in?"
"Yeah." Tails said. Like this was his hut. Sonic walked in and automatically saw my face. "Oh, lil sis." He walked over and sat on the other side of me. He than looked at Tails."You gotta see Sally. You have a mission in th morning. Tails shook his head. He hugged me than stood up and left. I looked at Sonic.
"Do you think he's going to be oK?" Sonic smiles.
"Of course. Tails is one of the best, Just like you. and you need to stop crying. If he finds out that you was crying because of a mission that he finishes he's never going to let you hear the end of it." I smiled Sonic for some reason knew what to say. I hugged him.
"Thanks Sonic, your the best."
"Yeah I know."
The next day I saw Tails off. In his crew was a wolf named Waltar, a mouse Jammie and the tiger Tony was there. I just watched as Tails left. Walking slowly in the distance. Sally looked at me and smiled trying to confort me. I wouldn't have confort until he was back to me witch wasn't going to be for a week.
I had my own mission witch was only made up of me,Sally and Sonic. Now I know why she didn't want me to go on the one with Tails. The mission needed someone that was a exspert on fuel dinamics and that was me, this mission lasted over a week so hopefully Tails would be waiting for me.
We arrived back
in Knothole Village and Tails was standing there waiting for the
three of us. He looked angry. Sonic looked at him.
"What's
wrong Big Guy?"
"The problem is the three of you went on a mission so dangerious that all three of you could have been dead!" He snapped. Me and Sally looked worried. We had never seen him this angry before. Sally steped up.
"Were sorry,but we had to." Tails ears dropped than he hugged Sally.
"I'm glad the three of you are back safe and sound." I sighed. I relly thought that he was going to be mad. Sonic gave him a nuggie.
"Don't you ever scare us like that again Tails." He said. Tails laughed.
"I won't." He turned to me. I looked away with my nose pointed up. I didn't want him to see how happy I was to see him. He walked over and grabed me in a hug. His gloved hands slipping around my waist."I'm glad your back Serenity." I pulled away from him.
"Please. Your probley was making out with that mouse on your mission." Tails looked hurt and to me made me want to kiss him,but I kept myself. I just walked over and hugged him."I missed you too." Sonic and Sally smiled.
"You two have a unique way of showing your feelings." Sonic said. He and Sally took their leave. As did we. We had a lot to talk about.
We wore walking through the Village when the question came to my mind."Tails, how was your mission?" I smiled weakly.
"It was fine. We didn't get what we wanted done, but we made a little bit of progress."
"Oh." I looked around and now that I thought of it I hadn't seen Tony. He would always come greet me when I came from my missions."Um, Tails where is Tony?"
"He died." I covered my mouth. I woudn't have exspected to hear this."Oh, Tony. Tails what happened?"
"Tails sighed. "We were deep into combat and Tony had gotten serverily hurt and the Swatbots begain to crowd us so we..." I looked at him.
"You left him." Tails looked away."Tails, why did you?"
"I didn't have a choice. He was badly injured. Their wasn't much I could do." I looked him in his eyes.
"Your lieing. You could have saved him. Why did you leave him?"
"Because I- I was." I covered my mouth in suprise and anger.
"You wore jealous of him! That doesn't give you the right to leave him to die! How could you!"
"Serenity! I didn't have a choice!"
"Please! You just told me! If I was there instead of Tony would you have helped me?"
"Of corse I would have."
"You would save me,but you let him die! You let him die!" By this time Sonic and Sally along with Rotor,Bunnie and Antoine had come up. Sally walked up to me."Serenity calm down."
"Tails let him die! How can he call himself a commander! He left him! That's why I wanted the mission!" Tails looked at me.
"What are you talking about?"
"I wanted that mission! You weren't prepared to go"
"I was more than you were! You forget i'm ranked higher than you!"
"So what! It doesn't matter who gets where first! Its who better fit for the job, and it was me!"
"How could you say that!" At
this time Sonic and Bunnie was holing Tails back.
"Now calm
down sugah, you don't wanna say anything you'll regret later."
"You letf him to die!" I screamed with tears in my eyes.
"Well maybe I should have brought him back, than maybe he could have got a piece from you before he died since he loved you so much!" That stuck me like a hover car hitting me for the first time.
"Take it back! Why would he do that when he knew my sicuation!"
"Your in heat genuis! Every guy that comes your way wants you!" I felt my ears burn from embaressment and anger. Strike two Tails! I made a face at him asking the question "Does that include you?" He read my face lould and clear. "They would say anything and do anything to get you to bend over like I did!" My voice caught in my throat. In front of the High Commanders and about 10 villigers he just said that we had been intament and that he did it for lust not love. Before I knew it I had threw my gloves off pushed past Sally and jumped on Tails. We were rolling back in forth.
"Stop! You two stop it!" Sally pulled on me while Sonic and Bunnie pulled on Tails. Even though I was strong Tails was stronger. "How could you say that!" I screamed.
"Because I can say anything to get what I want! Even a piece of you!" I droped my guard long enought for a quick swipe ,and he threw me off him. I rolled into a tree and hit it hard. Everyone stopped.
I was shakem up. Their was a slight tingling on my right cheek. I lifted my hand up and touched my face. When I placed it down I found blood. Tails looked down at his own claws witch were soaked in blood. My blood from when he scrached me.
I was a storm of emotions,but I did not show not even one. I stood up and took to leave."Serenity wait!" Sally said. Their was nothing no one could say to keep me there. I had to cover my face so no one could see the tears screening down my face.
