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*sniff* "Why did I become like this? How did I end up like this?! WHY?!" Tails asked himself rather harshly as he continued crying to himself, while sitting among the top of a hill by the shore. He had been coping with his emotions for a few hours already since he arrived there after his enraging encounter with Eggman.

Sticks on the other hand, was searching for him for a very long time, running desperately just to find Tails, which made her worry a lot since his disappearance in Eggman's base. She trembled in fear and sadness, making her think that she won't be able to see him ever again. She was at the brink of tears when she started to arrive at the shoreline, and started to cry as she desperately gave up in finding Tails, which she completely lost hope and plummeted against the soft sand by the lake.

Crying and crying, Sticks was very emotional and felt heartbroken that she lost Tails for good. Little did she know, Tails was nearby, hearing her cries of emotional pain, and he approached her to soothe her into a calmer state.

Sticks was in shock as to seeing Tails by her side, but with her being too upset at the time, she pinned him down to the ground, which made sand spread in their surroundings.

"WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!" A devastated Sticks said while shaking him aggressively. "WHY TAILS?!"

"I DIDN'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY MORE PROBLEMS WHEN I'M AROUND!"

"AT LEAST YOU COULD'VE SAID SOMETHING! ANYTHING!"

Dealing with her emotions in a terrible manner, Sticks began to collapse to the ground and cry again, but approached Tails' shoulder to keep crying. At the same time, it made Tails to start crying as well, regretting to what he had done to Sticks that made her this way.

"I'm so sorry…" Tails whispered in a coarse, upsetting voice.

The were both crying their eyes out because they had to deal with the most emotional thing in their relationship: separation. They never wanted to separate from each other, especially in this matter after Tails had to deal with an emotional burst against Eggman. They couldn't let go of each other; they needed their company in order to maintain mental stasis, or else Sticks will deal with her usual paranoia and emotional pain, and Tails dealing with the exact same thing as he did before threatening Eggman.

An hour had passed and their crying had slowed down to whimpers as they continue to hold each other's presence. Sticks was emotionally calm while Tails tried to maintain mental sanity since he encountered Eggman in an aggressive way.

"I'm so sorry for all this trouble, Sticks…" Tails said in a raggedy voice.

Sticks, still terrified of losing Tails again, grasped him in a tighter embrace, never wanting to let him go. She was slowly crying in reassurance that Tails would stay by her side the whole time, as she was making an attempt to relax with Tails on her side.

"You left me scared…. Why…? Why did you do this to me…?" Sticks stuttered.

"You know that I didn't mean to do this to you… it was for the best during the time…"

"But what about now?"

"…", Tails kept silent.

"You just left me by myself dealing with fear, Tails…" Sticks said as she held him closer.

"I'm sorry…" Tails said as he leaned back in the sand.

At least they are making up unintentionally under the beautiful full moon rising from the sunset. They sat there for some time relaxing after too many fears circulating their mental system and emotional pains they dealt for the first half of the day. They even forgot that they promised to go out someday other than the concert they had this morning. Sticks was just relaxing on Tails' side while they cooled down, kept their smiles on, and were happy in each other's presence.

"Hey Sticks, how about we go in for a swim?"

"How? We don't even have the right clothes!"

"You're actually forgetting something…"

Tails used his Enerwatch and rung Sonic, which he told him if he can get Tails' and Sticks' swim clothes and a pair of towels. Right after 30 seconds of ringing in, Sonic arrived within the premises and handed Tails everything.

"SONIC! DID YOU GO THROUGH MY DRAWERS?!" An embarrassed Sticks exclaimed.

"Hey Sticks, relax! I brought Amy to your burrow for the moment and I told her to fetch your clothes while I got the rest of the things from Tails' room."

Sticks blushed in embarrassment as she realized that the fastest thing alive can be completely honest, especially when it comes to a girl's privacy.

"Sorry for the trouble…"

"Cheer up Sticks, it's fine... I understand. Well… see ya guys later!" Sonic said as he dashed off into the open fields of the forest and back to the hospital.

Both Tails and Sticks individually went to a "changing room", which they stood behind rocks that are out of sight from each other. Tails had red shorts, which is the same shade of red as his brother D.T., and some extra goggles, but orange. Sticks changed into a brown and orange polka-dotted bikini, but wore an extra pair of yellow shorts because she is still a bit ashamed for being too "revealing" of herself, especially in front of Tails.

When they were done changing, they both started running as to see who had the most endurance to reach the lake the fastest. Little did they know, the lake is cold and both of them are cold sensitive. At the moment they jumped in, they were both in "agony" and suffering with the sudden drop of temperature at the surface of their skin.

"AH! It's so cold! Tails, help me out!"

Tails quickly approached to Sticks as best he can, fidgeting due to a sudden drop of temperature, which made him struggle a bit. Once he reached Sticks, he didn't clearly think of what to do, and he just got her into an embrace, which made both of them blush, but smile as they enjoyed each other's company once more.

"You know… I like to admit… It's really fun hanging out with you Tails…" Sticks said.

"Do you mean it?"

"I do… want me to prove it?"

"Sure, why not?" Tails said.

At that moment, Tails had NO clue as to what he was getting himself into. Sticks had an evil, but passionate grin, as she shoved him into the water. She had the mentality of a movie actor, which she followed every move that she seen from a romance movie way back. Once both of them were submerged underwater, Sticks approached to a surprised Tails and kissed him right at the spot. As to his surprise, Tails blushed to the extreme, approximately about a mix of 50 shades of red. Luckily, they just depended on each other for air, but they are slowly losing oxygen and slowly intoxicating their lungs, so they took off from underwater and resurfaced back into the open fresh air. Tails remained surprised as to what the jungle badger has done.

"... I'm… I'm speechless Sticks… why?"

"That is to actually show how much I love you… silly fox…" an embarrassed, blushing Sticks said while giggling in return.

"But at least show it another way… not like this…"

"Don't like it I see... " Sticks said as she approached to give the kitsune yet another kiss, but this time Tails gave in without blushing, which is kinda of a good thing… They had stayed for at least another hour, until the moonlight kicked in and started to cover the sky in darkness. But at the same time, storm clouds are forming too quickly and started to emit booming thunder, which startled the two. Sticks being too jumpy because of her paranoia, she knocked down Tails to the ground on accident.

"Tails… you know that I'm terrified of this…"

"Then stay with me for the night... " And embarrassed Tails suggested.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure… now come with me before the storm starts a lot more worse…"

Keeping their wet clothes on, Tails sprinted for their dry clothes, grabbed them, and handed them to Sticks.

"Why are you giving these to me? Not gentleman enough?" Sticks leered.

Tails eventually lifted Sticks off the ground and carried her bridal style and ran propelling himself with his wings. At the same time, they were drying off by the air resistance the strong winds were blowing into them.

-30 MINUTES LATER AT THE HOSPITAL-

D.T has been under intensive care for several hours and Sonic was still standing by his side, desperate for the medics to save his life for good. D.T. has lost a TON of blood and the disorienting side effects started to kick into him.

"*groans* S-Sonic…." D.T. painfully started…

"What is it dude? Anything!..."

"I'm not going… to…"

"Oh no… D.T.!"

The heart monitor remained at a bone-chilling zero as D.T. went into cardiac arrest because of the loss of blood he had. The emergency revival team stormed in with more pouches of donated blood and the defibrillator to revive D.T. in an instant. D.T. laid on the medical bed, dead and cold as the team attempts to revive him, as they only have 3 chances to do it…

"Charge ready…. CLEAR!"

ZAP!

"No response…"

"Come on D.T., hang on…"

"Charge ready…. CLEAR!"

ZAP!

"No response…"

"Please D.T., don't leave Tails alone here…"

"Final charge ready…. CLEAR!"

-5 MINUTES EARLIER AT TAILS' HOME-

"Thank you Tails…" Sticks said as she approached to kiss Tails in return.

"No problem Sticks… goodnight dear…"

"Goodnight Tails…"

Sticks and Tails shared a bed for the night because Sticks needed help sleeping and need Tails' presence because of her fear of loud, booming sounds of thunder. Tails on the other hand, was still awake, thinking as to what will happen to D.T. at the hospital.

"Goodnight D.T…. I hope you're alright bro…"

As he was going to fall asleep, he saw a very bright light emitting from the doorway of the room, in which the weird thing is that it's not disturbing Sticks at all while she's already fast asleep. When the bright light had vanished, what Tails saw was a remarkable response from his facial expression that he may not be able to see this ever again, especially something he knows about. He got off from his bed gently as to not disturb Sticks and approached to the direction where the light came from. He stood there at awe and emotional happiness as to what was right in front of him that very instant.

"Hello Tails… nice to see you again!..."

A/N: Will D.T. make it through alive? Who is the mysterious person that returned? FIND OUT on the FINAL entry to the marvelous story, which is coming soon...