Ch 8: Rebel Force

It's a hazy late afternoon and the sky is orange. Tails is training with his new sword. He was forced by Kaida because he broke a vase with the sword. Her grandfather Zuyen is teaching his skills to him. He is a wise old man,he appears to be 65, but he is really 120 years old.

"Hey, watch it. You almost hit me with that log!" Tails whined.

"You must learn to expect anything, now try again!" He threw another at Tails and hit him in the head. May and Kaida were watching him train from the kitchen. May was really worried about him.

"Lets stop this, he's hurting him!" May lunged for the door but Kaida grabbed her tail. "Hey!"

"It's for his own good, besides he owes me that vase." She lets go of her. May looks out the window some more.

"Why does he have to be so hard on him?" She is still upset about the whole thing.

"Hey! I know you like him, but just cool off, sheesh." said Kaida. May looked at her.

"How do you know I like him?" she asked.

"I can see it in your eyes and the way you act around him. Your always brushing your hair and the rest of your fur. He won't care if one strand of hair is out of place. I already know he likes you, he's just good at not showing it. Every ten seconds he looks at you when your in the room." Kaida really did it now. May has tears running down her face.

"Why doesn't he tell me then? If he likes me then he should show it!" May puts her head down on the table. Kaida sits next to her for comfort.

"Well, he's not from this planet and he is probably worried about his friend more than love right now. Maybe if he finds out what happened to Sonic he will want to be with you." Kaida put her hand on May's shoulder. May looked up at her with a shocked look, like she has an idea. "What?"

"I know, the Rebel Force!" Kaida looked confused.

"What do they got to do with anything?", said Kaida.

"They have computer records of every thing that has entered the atmosphere. They might know where his friend is."

"Your right, but Tails goes nowhere until he finishes basic training." Kaida grabs May and they go to her room. Tails is getting thwacked by logs still. He just isn't focusing.

"Stop getting hit, boy!" Zuyen keeps at it.

'This is stupid. Why can't I hit those logs. Sonic, you would be able to move a lot faster than me. I can't do anything right. I'm stupid for letting us get warped like that. I can't believe I didn't kill Eggman when I had the chance, but no, even he's stronger than me! I can't even beat this old man!', thought Tails.

Tails is really mad now. "Damn logs, Can you stop for a second, sensei?"

"NO! You must learn to attack the logs quickly!"

"I'm...so tired of people being stronger than me!" Tails is about to explode in anger. "I WILL NOT BE WEAK ANYMORE! Tails starts to glow a reddish aura. The next log is coming right at him. He cuts it into two pieces. One after another he destroys more logs. Zuyen start throwing rocks, but Tails cuts right through them. He stops throwing things now.

"Great job, boy!"

"I...I did it!" Tails is very excited he passed the first test.

"Our next lesson is based on technique, I will teach you some tricks with the sword." It was about noon and Tails passed all the tests except the final one.

"Your last test will be the hardest of them all, you will have to fight me and win." Zuyen pulls out a katana and charges at Tails. He is about to hit Tails with his sword but he is blocked. Tails steps back.

"I can't fight you, I'm afraid I might hurt you." Tails is still backing away from his attacks.

"Don't worry about me, I had Kaida put a seal on me that prevents anything from harming me, so unleash your power on me." Tails now charged in to attack. He slashed at Zuyen and hit his sword. He kept it up until he knocked the sword out of his hand. Zuyen got some Chinese stars at chucked them at Tails. Tails was running and hitting the stars away. Tails stops in front of Zuyen and grabs him and tosses him into a tree. The tree has cracks left over. Zuyen gets up and starts chanting something and then aims his hand at Tails. A ball of energy flies right at Tails and explodes. The dust clears and Tails is nowhere in sight. He comes crashing down like a meteor and plows right into Zuyen. There is a huge explosion of dirt and wood chips. It rocks the whole area for a moment.

"What the hell was that?" said Ace. He, May, and Kaida ran outside to see a huge smoke cloud. After a few minutes Tails and Zuyen appear out of the smoke as it dissipates into the air. "I thought the house was gonna fall!"

"Hey guys, I finished my training completely!" Tails walked over to Kaida. She gave him the red shard. "Yeah sorry about breaking the vase."

"Your not off the hook that easy, I want you to pay for that vase!" Kaida had a paper in her hand. She gave it to tails.

"800 dollars! How am I gonna pay that I don't even have a job. If I did, I still couldn't pay because I'm not at my home planet." Tails was dreading what was about to come next.

"I'm sending you to work at the Rebel Force. You will find an apartment over in Genocide City to the west. It is a huge city split into sectors. I will give you my hovercar for transportation. Don't worry about the apartment, I own the whole place. You'll need clothing in the city because you can't walk around naked even if you have fur." Kaida went back inside and came out with some clothes. She gave the clothes to him. Tails has so much stuff in his arms that he falls over. He grabs the clothes and runs inside to change. He comes out wearing a sky blue t-shirt and some grey baggy pants. Zuyen gave Tails a sheath for his sword. Tails puts it on and goes over to his sword and puts it away. He puts the shard in his pocket.

"Hey Tails, I'm going back home, see ya." Ace puts on his jet belt and blasts off through the woods. May walks up to Kaida and grabs some car keys from her.

"You better pay me...or Else!" Kaida and Zuyen go back into the house.

"Tails, I'll take you to the Apartment in the car." May clicked a button on the key. A bush slid over and a door opened in the ground. May and Tails went in the hole and were in a garage. The light was dim and there was a sportscar in the center of the room. The car had no wheels, Instead there were metallic vents that were angled diagonally down. Tails looked under the car and saw 4 ski like landing gear. It had thrusters in the back. The whole car was red with blue seats. May got in first then Tails got in. Ahead of them was a dark tunnel. May pushed a button on the console and lights in the distance were heading in their direction until the garage was all lit up. May started the car and they started at over 60mph. Tails looked up ahead of them and saw a door opening and light was shining through. They were going about 90mph now and shot out of the tunnel. The sun was really bright since they just got out of a dark tunnel. Tails looked out the window as they were driving. They were out in a grassland area. The woods were now behind them. All Tails could see was a huge city ahead in the distance. It looked like it was going to be a long trip so Tails slid down in his chair and fell asleep.

After about an hour May stops the car. Tails woke up, he was still tired from all that training. May got out of the car and went up to the apartment building and buzzed in. The garage door opened on the other side of the building. May got back in the car and drove it around the block and into the garage. She parked it and got out. Tails finally got up and was more awake. He got out and looked around. The garage door was closed and he looked over and saw May waiting for him. "Hey, so this is the place huh?" Tails opened the trunk of the car and grabbed his stuff. May opened a door on the inside of the garage. Tails followed her into a hallway and to a room. The sign said 'ROOM 21'.

"Here we are Tails." May looked at him.

"Well, see ya later, May and thanks again for saving me," said Tails. May came into the room. "Huh? I thought I was living here."

"I'm tired of living in the forest, so I'm gonna live here with you." Tails was surprised. "You don't know where to go for your job anyway."

"Okay, but just don't be all weird on me." Tails went over to the window and looked outside. The city was a pretty bad looking city. The buildings were run down and the streets were full of holes. "Man, this city sucks!"

"Yeah I know, but just make the best of it." May went into one of the bedrooms.

"See ya, I'm going to check out the city." Tails went out of the room and left through the main entrance. Tails looked around the huge city. The sky was grey because of the smog. Tails walked across the street and started walking somewhere. The streets were bustling with many people. There weren't any humans among the crowds. It was mostly foxes, hedgehogs and echidnas. Tails went into a back alley and took off flying. It was much better than walking. He now had a larger view of the city. It wasn't as bad as he thought, Tails was only in the slums of Genocide City. He flew over the city for a while and just let his tails take him with the wind. He landed on a building just outside an airport. Tails lays on the building and watches the planes for the rest of the day.