Ch 14: Vacation for a Day
Shadow was the first to reach the small island. He just stopped in the sand. The beach is pretty big so Tails won't have trouble landing. Ace and Tails were flying side by side. The wings are almost touching. Kaida and Zuyen are the next to hit the island. She parked the car in the woods. "Ace, you land first." Ace pulled in front of Tails and put his jet down pretty fast. He almost hit a tree at the end of the beach. Tails slowed down so he could land. He transformed it back to plane mode. He came to a stop and May jumped out and onto the beach.
"Man that was close. Who was that girl anyway?" Tails is pushing his plane into the forest. One of the wings gets caught on a tree. "Oops, I forgot to put it in car mode. Heh Heh." He quickly pushed the button. Now Tails could fit it in the forest.
"Tails, that girl was one of the Grand Cross Warriors. They are the most powerful knights of the Darlan Federation. I don't think they are as strong as they say they are. Just a bunch of pathetic fools." Shadow went into the tropical woods to search for anything.
"We'll have to lay low for awhile. So make the most of it." Kaida just said. She went back to the hovercar to get the survival kit. "What the hell is this. Whose suitcase is this? MAY! Tell me you didn't get rid of the survival kit!"
"I didn't" May said as she creeped over to Tails.
"WHERE IS IT THEN?" Kaida ran over to her and just stood over her.
"You told me not to tell you." May is in fear now. Kaida is super angry. May runs for it.
"Hey...can you guys-" Tails said softly.
"Don't even ask. When girls get crazy mad like that, you just leave them alone." Ace was hiding in the Tornado 3. Tails just sat in the shade under a palm tree. All of a sudden someone grabbed onto his shirt. It is May and she grabbed his shirt off and quickly put it on. Tails didn't realize that May was covering up her chest with one arm before she took his shirt.
"What happened to you?" Tails looked at her. She is terrified. Just then a suitcase flew right into Tails. He is now face-first in the sand with a suitcase on his back. May jumped inside the tornado to hide. Kaida came by and picked up the suitcase.
"Where is she, I'm not done with her." Kaida's eyes are glowing red. She looks like a demon.
"I don't know, your the one that hit me. I haven't seen her. Wait, she went in the woods to hide. Don't kill me." Tails was faking tears. Kaida ran into the woods. "Psst...May, you can come out now." Tails whispered.
"Thanks a lot. I love you." She jumped down. "When she fights, it gets dirty. I ran all the way to the edge of the island. I was trapped. She then put me in a head lock and said I was stupid. After I bit her hand, she pulled my shirt and started to drag me in the woods, but my shirt tore off. I ran as fast as I could all the way here."
"What did you pack anyway, it almost broke my back." Tails is still rubbing his back.
"Oh nothing much. Just the average things like my clothes, underwear, swimsuits, shoes, makeup..." It was 5 minutes later. "...Toothbrush, and a few bricks."
"What are the bricks for?" Tails picked one up, it was painted pink with flowers all over it.
"So the campfire will be pretty." Tails smacked his face.
"Do you know what packing the essentials means?" Tails looked at her.
"Oooh, that flower is pretty."
"I hate it when people ignore me." Tails sat back down. He picked up one of May's bikinis and a girly shirt. He put them in a ball and threw them at her.
"What are you doing?" May came back to Tails.
"Put on that shirt under mine so I can have it back." She did and tossed back Tails' shirt. "May?"
"Yes."
"I'm sorry that we couldn't go out last night. I want to spend the rest of the day with you alone to make up for it." Tails got up and gave her a kiss.
"Okay, what are we gonna do?" May grabbed his hand and they walked down the beach. Tails ran because he heard Kaida yelling May's name back at the Tornado. Up ahead there is a small lagoon. Tails jumped in first. He did a cannonball. May put her swimsuit on and jumped in. The water is sparkely and clear.
"Try to catch me May." Tails was swimming pretty slow, May jumped on him. Tails is swimming on his back with May hanging onto him. He stops suddenly. "What the hell!"
"Your shirt is caught on that branch." May tugs at the branch, but doesn't realize it has thorns. "OWW. Stupid branch...it cut me."
Tails puts his tails in full motion. He rips off of the branch, but it rips his shirt off. "Oops...heheheh. I guess I went too fast." May is holding her hand. It isn't bleeding anymore. She looks at Tails and laughs.
"You lost your shirt, haha." Tails swims over to her and splashes her. "Hey!" May starts splashing him back. Tails dives underwater. "No fair, cheater." Just then she is pulled down. Tails is swimming away. She starts going after him, but then rises up for air. "I can't hold my breath that long."
Tails jumps out of the water and on the beach. "May, over here." Tails has something in his hands. May swam to the shore and looked at his hand.
"It's another shard!" May looked at it closer. It is a dark blue shard. "I bet it is the water shard." May jumps back in the water. Tails puts the shard in his pocket.
Tails hears Kaida ranting and raving. "If I find that liar and his girlfriend I'm gonna give him and her a beating."
"Oh crap." Tails dives in the water and swims underwater to May. He pops up in front of May. "Kaida is coming, I saw a cave underwater. Quick, put your lips to mine. We can share our air." She put her lips up to his. They dove under. 'Wow, this is cool. I am having so much fun with her. This is why Amy is always chasing Sonic.' Tails starts spinning his tails and they are heading towards the cave.
'I love him so much, he is so smart. I want to spend my whole life with him. This is like kissing without moving our lips.' May is a little pink in the face. They finally surface. "It...is so cold in here."
"You are wearing a bikini. I'll give you my pants." He gave her the grey pants. She shook them out before putting them on. Tails shook himself out and got May even more wet. "Sorry May." He walked over to her and hugged her.
"Tails...I love you so much. Even if I did just meet you, you make me feel so happy. Your not just a crush, I want to be with you always." May is just resting her head on his shoulder.
"I love you too May. At first I was scared of this new feeling. It was like a warmth in my heart. I realized I liked you when we were on that cliff. I just wanted to be near you. Are you warmed up now, because I want to see where this place leads. This cave is cool."
Before May let go she kissed him softly. "Lets go." The cave is very tropical looking. The rock is a peachy color. I has coral and other dried lifeforms. At the end of the cave is there are some crystals on the walls. After they got close to it, the air got extremely cold. May was shivering again. She grabbed his tails and wrapped them around her. Tails moves his tails so one covered her back and one on her front. Then all of a sudden the blue shard starts glowing and flies out of the pocket. It hovers in front of the crystallized walls. Tails reached for the shard but it moved.
"It's trying to show me something." The shard tapped the wall. Tails looked at the wall. There is a light blue shard on it. Tails touched it and it fell right into his hand. "WOW, two shards in one day. What are the chances of that? I'm guessing this one is Ice."
"It is a pretty color too." May looked at it. She took the shards again. The cave is a dead end though. As soon as they reached the end the floor broke apart and they are falling. The hole turned into a slide it was all wet with water. The hole lead to a ramp made of stone. They were launched into a pool of water. "That wasn't so bad. It was kinda fun."
"Where are we?" Tails looked around the room. The ceiling was out and sunlight came through the center. There is a small island in the pool. It is covered with grass and some kind of stone structure with vines all over it. "Whoa, that looks old." They swam over to the island to dry off. "It is really warm in here." Tails let out a big yawn. They are both really tired. Tails lays down by May and hugs her.
Elsewhere on the island, Shadow is exploring the jungle. He is just walking through it. It is already four and the sun is starting to set slightly. "Okay, I need to find one more piece of wood. There." Shadow ran back to the campsite with all the wood. He sets up a few wood chunks and shoots it with a small blast of energy and it burns.
"Well I guess we will be fine. I still get to smack Tails and May when they get back." Kaida gave up on trying to kill them. Zuyen is also the reason for her cease-fire. He talked to her and got her calm again.
"Good, because we need to have Tails to defeat Sonic." Shadow is leaning up on a tree. He closed his eyes. Shadow is still awake so he can protect them. Ace is in the hovercar watching the built in T.V.
"At the secret water pool Tails and May are sleeping on the grass together. It is already seven at night. Tails wakes up and looks around. There are fireflies all around the place. They are all glowing green. May wakes up now.
"This place is so pretty." May looks at Tails. "Don't you think this place is perfect."
"I guess, but lets go back to the camp. Kaida can't still be mad." Tails looks around for an exit.
"Tails, c'mere." Tails went over to May. She gave him a big kiss. They were kissing for ten minutes.
"Wow, that was nice. I love kissing you. There is no exit, so I will carry you out of here through the hole in the roof." Tails grabbed May around the waist and lifted her up and out of the hole. He took her to the place where her clothes were. Tails turned around while May got changed. "May, I thought you looked pretty in your swimsuit today."
"Well, I think your cute everyday." May grabbed his arm and they walked back to camp. It is really dark now, but Tails could see the fire at camp.
"Where were you two all day, hmm?" Shadow looked at them with a grin.
"They were probably playing kissy-face all day. They like to suck face." Ace was laughing at them.
"At least I can get a girl to kiss. You have to kiss trees all day." Tails and May are laughing now. Shadow joins the laughter. Kaida returns with food. The laughing stops right then.
"...hi..." Tails grabs May and flies up.
"I wont hurt you, I'm not mad anymore." Kaida was lying. Tails came back down with May. Kaida came over and punched Tails and Slapped May.
"Hey, what was that for?" Tails grumbled.
"Oww, that hurt!" May cried.
"That is your punishment, all is forgiven." Kaida handed everybody some roasted chicken. They all are talking and laughing. Ace steals one of Shadow's pieces of meat right before he bit into it. Now Shadow is chasing him. He caught him in 5 seconds because of his speed. He took the piece back and threw Ace into the forest.
All of a sudden Zuyen is acting weird. He is clutching his chest. He falls to the ground gasping for air. "Grandpa!" Kaida rushes over to Zuyen.
"Looks like he's having a heart attack." Shadow is over by Kaida and the others.
"No...please don't die, don't die!" Kaida has a stream of tears going down her cheeks.
"Be...strong...Kaida...I will always be...with you..." Kaida was holding his hand. Zuyen drops his head and goes unconscientious. He lies there motionless.
"He's dead..." Tails has his head down. "Goodbye...Master Zuyen."
"I love you grandpa..." Kaida is now crying more. May goes over to her and puts her arm around her shoulder. Everyone has their heads down.