Hero (Tails x Mina)
Requested by grimlock1997
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"I'm a singer! SINGER! What the hell am I supposed to-"
"Well I don't fucking know! Quit singing, maybe?!"
"I can't do that! Why the hell – you know I-!"
"You know what?!" Ash then shouted in such a manner that Mina flinched backwards for the first time since the argument started. "We're through! THROUGH!"
"ASH-" Mina began, but her sentence turned into a yelp as Ash then slapped her. For a second, they just stared at each other, wide-eyed. And then Mina shouted, "Y-you hit me! ASH! H-how-"
"And I'll do it again if you don't shut up!" He shouted back, cutting off her stumbling sentence. He stepped closer, Mina staggered backwards, and then the door slammed open. Both mongooses whipped around to stare at the door, as… Tails? then entered.
Ash glared, and Mina blurted out a, "Tails? W-what are you doing here?"
The fox ignored both of them, and as he then straightened his back and glared at Ash with almost silvery blue eyes, he looked as close to intimidating as Robotnik's mechs would. "Stay away from her," he then demanded in such a tone, which implied that he would remove your arms if you failed to obey.
And Ash had the gall to simply scoff and say, "Oh yeah? You and what army?"
It was at this point which several streaks of moonlight fell over the floor, the clouds outside parting. The door hung open still, and the wind tugged at it, more moonlight spilling in. And then Tails smirked with gleaming fangs suddenly growing longer, and replied, "Me and THIS army!"
And a shudder went through Tails' small form, his fur suddenly ruffling and turning grey in places. His namesakes fluffed up, becoming bigger, and then his gloves ripped apart, large claws growing out of his enlarged fingers. He seemed to become bigger, fur thicker and darker, ears more pointy and soles suddenly full of spikes…
…and Ash and Mina's eyes widened along with his transformation, and as Tails then stood up again, several inches taller, and howled at the moon like a wolf would, Ash seemed to almost shrink in fear.
And then Tails turned to Ash, and said matter-of-factly with a voice several tones gruffer than usual, "If you ever hurt Mina again – or go near her for that matter – then I will tear you to shreds." He smirked. "Got it?"
Ash backed away. "You – I – m-monster!" He shouted, but when Tails glared at him, he screamed. And then he darted towards the still open door, quite literally disappearing into the night. Which he could very much do, according to Tails, and get run over by a bus too.
-And Mina suddenly emerged from her corner, staring out into the night after Ash. And then she sighed and positively sagged with relief, turning to Tails. The Werefox happily noted that she didn't seem to weirded out by his appearance, but then his eyes went to her cheeks and all positive feelings died like a candle.
"Your face!" He exclaimed. "How could he? I- I can-"
"Wait!" Mina interrupted. She held a hand to her cheek, which flared red and bruised underneath her fingers. "Thank you f-for, getting r-rid of that c-creep." She swallowed, and wiped a hand over her moistening eyes.
"Don't thank me – anyone would've stepped in and stopped him," Tails replied. Or well, if they hadn't, then Tails would've had to hunt them down too. "I was actually just walking by, but then I heard your shouting s-so…"
Mina nodded, and sniffed. "But still – thank you, Tails. You're my hero."
She then seemed to hesitate, and Tails wondered if he should close the door, and then she walked up to him. In this form, it was him who was the taller one, but barely. She seemed to also notice this, and suddenly she had removed her hand from her reddening cheek and put it on Tails' shoulder instead.
He didn't even have time to ask what, when the next second Mina kissed him. Like, on the lips. Like, her lips are really soft and warm, kissing. Like, hell, shouldn't I kiss back? –kissing.
And Tails hesitantly kissed back, unsure of how to kiss in this form – or how to kiss Mina at all – and for a few seconds or a few hours, the only thing existing was how soft her lips felt and how kissing her felt a little bit like breathing, but more like home still. The moonlight made her hair glisten, and the tears in her eye, and Tails felt both sad and happy and surprised all at once.
She withdrew, hesitantly slumping against Tails' chest. "…I-I don't know. M-maybe if we, I-I just…"
"It's okay," Tails tried to say soothingly, but it probably just sounded like a really bad accent with this new voice. And Mina sniffed again.
"…I could walk you home," Tails then offered.
Mina looked up, blinking. "Really? W-wow, that's really- you're so nice."
Tails shrugged. "I'm trying my best."
And Mina smiled. She wiped her eyes one last time, and then she offered Tails her hand. Which he took. Gently, but protectively, and Mina sighed again, softly. They then left Ash's house, hand in hand, and Tails left the door wide open on purpose…
