Hey everyone! Galexia the Chao here! I would just like to say that I have finally figured out the ending for this story so, it is not gonna be that much longer…(that means no more filler chapters!:D)
Disclaimer: I own Galexia the Chao(though I don't think that she'll be appearing in this chapter), Starvix owns Zombie the Mixed Breed Chao, Sega own Sonic, Amy, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, and Cosmo (I think but I'm not sure).
Thanks to: Keiji the Coyote, Starfreak, DragonsCresent3,Sonicathehedgehog, Crystal Moon 4, SydeneytheCat, Storm337,elblakeo, and ChaoTiC-iak for reviewing!
On with the story!
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On the X-Tornado to Angel Island …
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Cosmo's POV
"Tails, why did you take that chao with us?" I shouted over the roar of the wind around the X- Tornado. Tails kept on flying the plane; he probably didn't hear me over the air around the aircraft. Cream was drawing with Cheese and Sonic, Amy and that creepy chao Zombie were all playing together with Sonic's new and improved chao car.
We were on our way to Angel Island to ask Knuckles for a chaos emerald, after Tails said something about that Zombie chao being the 'missing ingredient' or something. I tried to pay attention but I was distracted by Tails' bangs, they looked so cute on him and- Stop it Cosmo! Tails doesn't even like you like that!-
Now the only thing left to finish his antidote for Sonic and Amy was to use a chaos emerald. He said that it would speed up their natural aging process as chao so that they would reincarnate into their normal selves.
Despite most people I actually listen to what Tails says, and he's so smart! I love it when he talks to me; it makes me feel like I'm not being a burden to everyone.
Anyway, now we are at Angel Island. As we trekked through the woods on the island, Tails pointed out all types of plants and bugs to me. I said hi to a few of the sunflowers and they waved back, while Tails gave me some strange looks. Cream and the chao were playing around with…what did Tails call it? Butterflies? Yeah that's it! They were playing with the butterflies that were flying around us. I took this opportunity to ask him my question again.
"Tails why did you take that chao with us? Doesn't he belong at the garden?" I asked him.
"The chao garden can be used as a vacation spot for chao as well as an adoption center. That chao Zombie was found at once of Eggman's old bases, so naturally they couldn't find any information about him, and he was put up for adoption." Tails started to say, while picking up a blue rose,
"I've never seen any chao like him before…so I adopted him so I could scan him for more information, turns out…" Tails chuckled and handed the rose to me which I accepted graciously, "That chao has a special chemical inside of its blood that can change Sonic and Amy back to normal. I guess that's why it was at Eggman's base. If he was holding onto that chao we would never get Sonic and Amy back to normal."
"Oh," I whispered while taking in the flower's scent. "This flower is really nice Tails." I said to him with a smile.
"Just like you…" he muttered. I blushed. Did he say what I thought he said? "C-could you repeat that please?" I asked the two tailed kitsune.
"Oh, I said n-nothing, Cosmo." Tails stuttered. I giggled. Tails was so cute when he was flustered. We continued the trek through the woods with some small talk and Tails occasionally picking out pretty flowers for me. Finally we made our way to the Master Emerald shrine where Knuckles was sitting on the steps, staring out into the sky.
"Wow…" I gasped. I had only seen the Master Emerald a couple of times on board the Typhoon but now it was in its proper place in the Master Emerald shrine and it looked amazing. I started to walk up the steps, Tails and Cream following me.
"Hi Mr. Knuckles." Cream said with a little wave.
"Cream why are you here? Are you here to give me another 'Get off your island' pie from Sonic again?" Knuckles asked,
"No, Mr. Sonic still has to come up with a new flavor of Get off your island pie for the Get off your Island week contest. But he said that he'll bring you a sample once he gets around to it! Anyway, we wanted to ask you something. And it's about Mr. Sonic." Cream said happily. She showed Zombie to Knuckles.
"See, this little chao? Well you see Mr. Sonic and Amy were-" Cream said before she was cut off.
"AHH! What's wrong with that thing?" Knuckles shouted and ran to his emerald. "Get that thing away from the Master Emerald!" He then held his hands out in protection.
"Knuckles, we just came to ask you for a chaos emerald-" I started to say before he cut me off,
"If it will cure that freak of nature then take them all!" Knuckles said while running to his little house next to the shrine.
"Don't you want to know why we need the emerald?" Tails asked.
"NO! Just get out of here!" Knuckles shouted while throwing the purple chaos emerald at Tails.
"But Mr. Knuckles-" Cream started to say before she got hit in the head with the white chaos emerald.
"Go bother Sonic with that…thing!" Knuckles said as I made an attempt to catch the yellow chaos emerald that he threw at me, but I missed and it hit Sonic in the eye.
"Chao chao!" Sonic shouted.
"Sorry." I said to the blue chao.
"Knuckles look! Sonic and Amy are chao too!" Tails said while holding out Sonic and Amy to Knuckles. Knuckles stared at the chao for a minute before bursting out in laughter.
"Ahahahahahahaha! Oh boy! Hehehe! If that's Sonic and Amy then that ugly chao must be Eggman! Gwahahahahaha!" Knuckles chortled, while picking up Zombie by the scruff of his neck.
"Haha! Eggman's so ugly that they couldn't make a chao for him to turn into! Hahaha!" Zombie was now starting to glow an eerie red.
"Uh, Knuckles that chao…" Tails started to say, before Knuckles cut him off,
"Wait a sec Tails, this is too good of an opportunity to miss! You are so stupid! Everyone hates you and now you're a weak little chao! How do ya feel about that!" Knuckles said as he threw his head back and laughed some more,
"Knuckles…that's not Eggman…" Tails whispered now scared of what Knuckles was holding in his hand.
"Hahaha…wait what?" Knuckles asked. Zombie had turned a crimson red before Knuckle's eyes. The mixed breed chao's yellow eyes turned the same sickly pale white as his body (before it turned red). Zombie's teeth seemed to grow sharper and his wings became longer. Long, claw-like objects sprouted out of his ...paws?hands? lets go with hands.
"AHHHH!" Knuckles screamed, before throwing the chao into my arms. I dropped Zombie out of shock and he screeched in my arms too.
"AHHHHHH!" I screamed before throwing the chao to Cream and running to Tails. Cream screamed too before she dropped it and ran behind the Master Emerald. Zombie was now walking at a quicker than normal pace towards Sonic.
"Zombie stop it!" Tails said to the chao, now running in front of Sonic with his hands in a defensive pose. "I won't let you hurt Sonic!" Zombie mearly picked up Tails by his tails, spun him around a couple of times and threw him into the woods. Tails' screams echoed throughout the island.
"Tails!" I shouted as I ran to the edge of the shrine. Zombie then ran to Sonic. Amy was hiding behind Sonic in fear of all of the events that were taking place. Sonic, walked shakily up to the blood red chao and punched him in the stomach as a weak attempt to stop him from hurting Amy. Surprisingly that gesture was enough to turn Zombie back to normal. Zombie turned back to his 'normal' shade of white and a little heart appeared over his head. When that happened I fainted.
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After the Zombie Episode…
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After Zombie's 'out burst' Cream went out to find Tails in the woods, since I was still unconscious. Once I woke up, Knuckles and I watched the chao play together from the steps when he asked me a very peculiar question.
"So you like Tails right?" I blushed.
"W-what do you mean by that Knuckles? T-Tails and I are just friends!" I stuttered. Knuckles shook his head.
"I've seen the way that you look at him Cosmo." Knuckles said.
"Knuckles…" I said, now giving in to his persistence. "I just want to know if he likes me back…I mean…I just can't tell…one minute he's giving me pretty flowers and the next, his fur turns all red and he starts to stutter!" I said to him. Knuckles looked at me for a second before laughing.
"Knuckles! Why are you laughing! This is serious!" I said. Tears now pricked at my eyes; maybe the others see me as a burdon after all…
"Cosmo, I would like to tell you, I really would but you'll just have to watch. Tails 'ill tell you what he thinks all in due time…I'm sure of it." Knuckles said, while twitching his eye towards me (oxygen cookies to anyone that can figure out what Knuckles is trying to do^^).
"Knuckles is something wrong with your eye?" I asked him. The red echidna's face grew angry.
"I swear the one time that I act like that blue buffoon, and I get criticized! You won't ever see me giving advice to anyone any more…" Knuckles grumbled as he got up from the stairs to polish the Master Emerald. I think that I saw Sonic smirking from the corner of my eye, but I'm not sure.
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Meanwhile in the Woods…
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Tails POV
After being thrown into the woods by Zombie I made a mental note to scan him and hand cuff him. It was amazing that such a little chao can have so much power. Now I was walking around the forest, just thinking…as I saw a red rose I picked it up and blushed.
"Cosmo…" I whispered. What did I feel about Cosmo? She was pretty, and brave and smart and helpful and- Tails get a hold of yourself!-
Anyway, she was just perfect in every way! I really wanted to tell her how I felt about her but I was too shy…that and Cream would be crushed if she knew that I liked Cosmo. I mean she's always giving me flowers and she always hangs around me…even though that might be the result of myself being the only other person close to her age…
But still I am thinking about Cosmo now! I still can't get the courage to ask her out! I've liked her ever since I met her…and that feeling for her became even greater when we fell into that trap together-
As I was going through my thoughts, I heard rustling in the bushes around me.
"W-Whose there?" I whimpered, now picking up a branch that was close to me.
"Its just me Tails!" Cream said as she stepped out from the bushes.
"Cream? Why are you here? Did you get thrown in by Zombie too?" I asked my cream colored rabbit friend.
"No, I came in here to look for you, since Cosmo and Knuckles are watching the chao…." Cream said softly, "But I want to tell you something Tails…I really,..like you,…" Cream said as she blushed. I answered bluntly, not catching on.
"Well I like you too Cream, you know as friends."
"N-no that's not what I meant…I meant like like." Cream said, now forcing her gaze to the ground as her embarrassed blush grew bigger.
"O-oh…but Cream-" I started to say before she cut him off,
"Its okay. I know that you already like Cosmo…" Cream muttered.
"W-What!" I stammered now starting to blush, "That's not true!" I think Cream ignored my last statement and continued what she was saying.
"Tails, you have to tell Cosmo. Every time I see her look at you, she always looks so sad…she tells me that she thinks that you don't like her, but I know that you really do, right? " Cream asked Tails in a soft voice.
"…Cream…its just…its just that…fine you got me, I'll tell her…" I said now giving into her persistence. Cream smiled, happy that she had made Tails come out with his feelings; if she couldn't make Tails happy then she was sure that Cosmo would.
"Okey dokey, now let's get back to the Master Emerald shrine. Cosmo fainted before-" Cream started to say before I gasped.
"Cosmo fainted? Why didn't you tell me before? Come on we have to go see if she's okay!" I started to say before Cream giggled.
"…what?" I asked her. I had no clue why she was laughing.
"Tails I already said that she was watching the chao with Knuckles, you really do like her, if you get so worked up about her." Cream said as she started to fly out of the woods. I looked at the red rose in my hand before dropping it and flying off with Cream. I was going to tell her, I had too.
As always, I give you the answer to the Puzzle Master's last puzzle, which was Amy dressed Sonic, Cream dressed Tails and Blaze dressed Silver!
Here is another puzzle, from the Puzzle Master! Even I couldn't figure out this one!
Sonic found six chao eggs, colored red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. He distributed them to six people: Sonic himself, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, Eggman. (weird, but it's just a puzzle. XD ) All eggs hatched and the newly-born chao are colored the same as their eggs. Try to find out who owns which chao, cause I couldn't figure it out...XD
1. The red, yellow, green, and blue chao are in a Chao Karate competition yesterday.
2. The orange, yellow, and blue chao are in a Chao Race competition two days ago.
3. Sonic's chao lost (didn't win) its only competition.
4. Tails' chao was the winner of Chao Race, but came last in Chao Karate.
5. Red chao won the Chao Karate. Yellow chao won the Chao Race.
6. Knuckles' chao came second on both competition.
7. Rouge didn't want her chao to enter any competition.
8. Eggman said, "I'm genius! I won the competition!"
Chao for now,
-Galexia the Chao