Author's Note: I did a minor update on my Fancharacter profiles and changed one of their ages since it will be incorrect for my fanfic's plot.

Chapter Eleven

Fights on the Beach

A Chao fight on the beach can be a battle of egos or bragging rights, but when tempers flare; things can turn nasty. Especially when one beats a Chao senseless and while the opponent stands up for that Chao. Currently, there is a fight of tempers on the beach.

On one side, an arrogant porcupine believes in Darwin's theory of "only the strong shall survive," while his opponent is a fox known as Miles or Tails to his friends. Miles' point of view for Chao fighting is just for sport and shouldn't escalate into bloodshed.

The Chao stood a few feet apart from each other without blinking as they waited for the other to make the first move and as a slight breeze passed over the sands. The porcupine's Chao kicks up sand and into its opponent's eyes causing it to go blind. It then jumps onto its opponent and starts fighting tooth and nail against its opponent.

"Pathetic!" the porcupine shouted at Miles and with a laugh on the end.

However, the fox-like Chao was able to remove the opponent from its body then tried to counterattack but only hit the sands. The porcupine Chao then sends out its own counterattack but only go a swift kick in the head by its opponent. The kick sends it across the ring as it spun in the air before it hits the sands with a soft thud. The Chao gets up with a loud growl before it charged at its opponent, but only ends up getting hit on its already bruised nose.

"You will pay for that, freak!" the porcupine yelled.

"You clearly like playing dirty and are afraid that you will lose if you don't fight your own way; which is unfair. You don't have to be a sore loser," Miles replied as the Chao were now locked in a grapple, "and no one calls me a freak. Besides, that insult means nothing to me."

"I'm no sore loser! Spike, show him your Spike Ball!" the porcupine yelled and his Chao, Spike, jumped into the air before it made itself into a ball.

However, several more Chao had appeared and they held the fox-like Chao in place as Spike came down for its attack.

"That's cheating!" Miles yelled.

"Anyone who tells me how a fight should be; loses their Chao!"

Spike was closing in on its opponent, but its opponent was able to send one of the other Chao against Spike. They both hit and the attack was stopped. Now the fight had become extremely unfair with ten porcupine-like Chao against a lone fox-like Chao.

"Like I said, no one tells me what to do," the porcupine said with a laugh at the end with the rest of his gang at the current situation while Miles let out a low growl.

"Ace, contact and get ready for a mission to hit targets of opportunity!" Miles commanded and his Chao took off into the air while it lowered its goggles over its eyes as the porcupine-like Chao tried to dive onto it.

The fox-like Chao named Ace did one circle above them before it dove towards the ground. They were too busy fighting since they thought they had their opponent pinned to notice that they were about to be under attack. Ace bowled over them sending them away from the center from where they stood. When Ace came out of his dive, he came up with one of the Chao in his hands.

"Ace, put it down… gently!" Miles ordered the Chao.

Ace proceeded to obey the command but just before they reached the ground which was only inches; Ace threw the Chao onto another Chao as it laid on the ground. Ace remained in the air as he looked over the scene as Miles just shook his head at what just happened.

"You are cheating!" the porcupine shouted as his Chao got up off the ground while it rubbed the spot where he had landed.

"You're the one who just had to cheat and I'm not cheating. There is nothing in the rules against having a Chao fly in the air," Miles replied.

"That's still cheating!"

"We didn't agree on the rules to be used and besides… you just want this fight in your favor."

The porcupine-like Chao tried to get Ace and force him to the ground but they couldn't since he was out of reach. He would lower himself just enough for him to be in range of their reach before he would climb back into the air. He seemed to be having fun with it as he gloated at them.

"Don't get too cocky, Ace," Miles warned his Chao as it continued to play his little cat-and-mouse game.

"You are still cheating!" the porcupine yelled.

"Spike started the fight unfairly and I didn't necessarily wanted to fight you. You just forced my Chao into the fight," Miles simply replied but with some anger. "Why don't you tell your friends to call off their Chao and fight fair. This is just showing that you can't take a loss like others and this just makes you look weak."

"Weak!"

"Yes, since you can't take a loss… like a man."

"That does it! Just you and me! Call off your Chao!"

The porcupine's gang obeyed his command and their Chao returned to them leaving only two in the ring. Ace landed on the ground where they were just a few feet from each other since they had started the fight.

"Spike, Spike Ball Attack!" the porcupine commanded and his Chao jumped into the air again as it made another attack.

He approached the ground where Ace stood but he missed. He came up off the ground after his miss only to be hit on his bruised nose by Ace as he punched him again. Spike was sent backwards like a spiked ball towards its master. He got up off the ground and he was wobbling where he stood as he tried to stay standing. Spike recovered from his dizziness before he charged at Ace but Ace dodged the attack before he counterattacked with a hit to Spike's face. Spike was knocked backwards towards his master. He got up off the sands and he looked more enraged than he looked before.

"I'll show you who is the better fighter, you wannabe hero!" the porcupine yell as Spike made another attack toward Ace, however; Ace made another counterattack that sent Spike back towards its master.

"You are just using head-on attacks and that may work if your opponent isn't ready or if it is not quick enough to dodge. Besides, this is getting rather boring," Miles said after a sigh.

The porcupine let out a growl as his Chao continued its head-on attack on Ace but only ends up getting sent backwards towards its master.

Behind Miles, a beige colored rabbit with long ears that came to the back of her head and wearing a blue sundress was watching the fight as she held onto her unconscious Chao. Near her was her older cousin and they watched the fight which now had Ace dodging Spike's attacks without a counterattack. Also near them were an amber colored vixen and twin five year old fox and vixen.

"I've never seem him so angry over a Chao fight," the beige rabbit said as she stroked her Chao.

"I've seem him angry at times but never like this," her cousin replied. "You know Miles, Cream?"

"I know him only as Tails and I didn't know that he had a Chao," the rabbit named Cream replied.

The twin five year olds near them started to cheer for Ace but only ended up being silenced by the older amber colored vixen.

"Knock it off you two!" she warned them.

"I thought you would have stopped Miles from continuing the fight, Amber," Cream's older cousin asked the amber colored vixen.

"You know how Ace can get, Bunnie, he can't stand it when others are hurt or being hurt," the vixen named Amber replied.

"Where did he get that Chao?" the beige rabbit named Cream asked.

"He had him since he was four, but he only had him for about a year before he ended up missing," Amber replied.

There was a groan from the crowd and they turned their attention back to the fight to see both combatants rolling backwards. Apparently, they had hit each other in the face and the force of their punches knocked them backwards a few feet. They were both breathing rather hard and were dirtied with sand all over their body.

Miles approached his Chao as it stood with his eyes focused on his opponent, "That's enough Ace, stand down," as he bent over and picked up his Chao and loosened the scarf around its neck.

"You're giving up?" the porcupine asked surprised.

"No," Miles replied as he pulled his Chao close to him, "I just don't want to overheat my Chao and have him a heatstroke in this heat. I'm not giving up; it's just commonsense."

"You're just a coward and think I am going to win this fight!"

"Have a look at your Chao," just then Spike collapsed onto the sands of the beach.

"What did you do?" he asked as he stormy approached his downed Chao, although; he did pick up his Chao as gently as a kitten.

"Nothing, but you did overheat your Chao since you had a previous fight with one of my friends," his voice seemed to be unheard by the porcupine since he stormed off with Chao in hand and with his gang following him.

"You will pay for this you hero wannabe freak!" were the porcupine's last words before he was out of earshot.

Later, Ace had recovered from the heat but he had to remove his pilot's gear so that he could continue to cool off more efficiently. He was cared for under the constant eye of Miles as he helped Ace continue to cool off. Cream's Chao had slowly began to regain consciousness but he had some slight contusions around his body from were Spike and his owner had hit him.

"How's Cheese doing, Cream?" Miles asked as he gave Ace some more water in a small cup.

"He should be find until the swelling is gone," she replied as she used a moist rag quell the swelling on her Chao's, Cheese, body. "Why didn't you tell me that you had a Chao, Tails."

"I just forgot I had one and I've been through a lot of trauma since I became separated by my parents," he let out a short laugh then something hit him in the face.

"Sorry about that," a voice said and Miles knew who that voice belonged to.

Just before he could turn to the source of the voice; he was knocked from where he sat. A dark brown fox with a dark leather jacket and dark shaded glasses over his eyes took Miles' seat.

"What's your name pretty lady?" he asked Amber.

"None of your business! I suggest that you apologize to my friend that you knocked over!" she was very enraged at what the fox had just done to Miles.

Before the fox could even reply; he was hit in the face. He was knocked to the ground and he turned to see that it was the same fox that he had knocked over earlier.

"That," Miles started sounding more enraged than Amber, "was for all those insults you gave me over the years and," he was now face-to-face with the fox and he hit him with one of his tails that gave him a scar on the side of his face, "this is for knocking me over!"

"Why would anyone be your friend, Miles?" the fox replied as casual as he could but he still had hints of anger.

"You'd be surprised the number of friends I can make, Julian."

"Really?" the fox named Julian asked before he snapped of fingers and two more foxes dressed similar to Julian appeared besides Miles. "You will pay for what you did to us at that contest."

Just then Ace appeared in front of Miles as he hovered face-to-face with Julian. All three foxes laughed at the situation when the Chao appeared.

"Looks like the freak has a bodyguard to protect him!" he let out a laugh with the rest of his gang.

"Ace," the Chao's ears twitched and that showed that he heard his voice, "stand down and that's an order!"

"You two belong together since you two are freaks!" he let out another laugh that was harder than his previous one.

"Some Chao tend to take the appearance of their owners. Ace, I repeat, stand down!"

Ace reluctantly went towards Amber, who was standing with Bunnie, Cream, Austin, and Judy, a short distance from where the four foxes stood.

"I don't want to fight you, Julian."

"You have no choice and do you remember our little talk?"

Just then the two foxes near Miles made an attempt to hit Miles but only ended up hitting each other. One of them hunched over on the ground from a blow to the abdomen and the other was hit in the face. Julian then approached Miles until they were face-to-face. Julian then tried to punch Miles in the face but missed. He tried again but the attempt was the same as before. A small crowd gathered around them and started to chant "Fight, fight, fight." Julian then tried to punch Miles in the face but only ended up getting a counterattack in the chin by an uppercut. There was a groan from the crowd after the punch by Miles.

"What were you saying about clipping off my tails?" Miles asked.

"That was Tails I was talking about!" Julian angrily replied rubbing his chin from where Miles had hit him and the crowd's chanting stopped.

"By the way, that is also my epithet."

"Your what?"

"Hello! Nickname!"

"Yeah right!" sounding like he didn't believe what Miles had said.

"What is the one thing that makes Tails stand out and I'm not talking about his twin tails!"

"Nothing! He is just a freak of nature and he's just a… a… a wannabe hero!"

"Never mind! You are just an ignoramus!" Julian's friends had recovered from their self-inflicted damage.

"You will pay for that insult!" he charged at Miles and tried to punch him.

Miles dodged the attack but instead of landing a counterattack; he grabbed Julian's jacket and used his twin tails like a helicopter's rotor to gain altitude. Miles held onto Julian's jacket with one hand and Julian looked scared after he looked down to find out that they were no longer on the ground. They were hovering perpendicular to the ground.

"I'm called Tails because I have the ability to fly." Miles spoke to Julian in a calm manner while Julian had fear in his eyes. "I also decided not to drop you from a high altitude since I have a conscience and I am not like you."

Miles drops Julian, who lands on his backside, while Miles stayed in the air. Julian recovered from his fall and tried to force Miles to the ground but Miles just gained altitude until he was out of reach from Julian.

"Give it up. I'm too quick for you to get and 'he who has the high ground; has the advantage.' Don't even think about correcting me because it is true."

Julian and his friends left in a hurry without saying a word. The crowd slowly left the scene and went about their business before the fight.

"That could have been avoided, Miles," Bunnie said.

"True," Miles replied as he landed, " but they wouldn't relent from their actions until they had tired of beating on me or if they had lost me after a chase. Besides, I needed to teach them a lesson when it comes to treating others like equals."

The sun had started to set until they had left the beach for the nearby beach house. There was a note for them on the door stating that they were invited to a private party with the royal family at a private spot on another beach. Miles quickly dumped the picnic basket in the beach house and they all raced towards the beach where the party was.

They did meet Bunnie, Cream, and Cheese, who had made a full recovery after his fight with Spike, before they took the path that led to the party. It was a beautiful sight as they approached the spot of the party. There were lanterns hung from strings, a small band playing native instruments from the area, and a small buffet table. There were guards stationed around the perimeter of the party to keep out unauthorized guests. Miles had trouble getting through since the guards don't believe him.

"Lies, Miles Prower is said to be long since dead!"

"You have to believe us" Amber started but was cut off by a second guard.

"We have been given orders not to allow"

"What's going on here?" a stern voice spoke cutting off the second guard.

It was a light brown female squirrel-chipmunk hybrid wearing an aqua sundress. She wore elegant jewelry on her wrists and she wore a golden tiara on her head. She had the look that someone had done something wrong.

"Well?" she asked again when the guards failed to acknowledge her question.

"We seem to have an uninvited guest trying to enter the party, Princess," one of the guards answered and made a gesture towards Miles.

"I see no uninvited guest present," she simply replied.

"Sorry Princess," the guard said with a bow and allowed the guests to follow.

However the second guard, who seemed older, seemed reluctant to allow Miles to pass.

"Princess, I must protest. This young lad claims that he"

"Is Miles Prower?" she finished his sentence.

"Yes," he replied after a long silence before allowed Miles to pass and to return to his post.

"That was a little awkward," Bunnie said after they had walked a short distance from the two guards.

"It will take them time to get use to having you back, Miles," she said directly to Miles.

"Yes, it will take some time even for me to readjust to time with family," Miles simply replied.

"I've miss you Miles," she said with tears in her eyes as she hugged him. Although it was a serious offence to touch anyone in the royal family unless they are allowed to. The princess actually initiated the hug but not Miles. "And this must be your cousin Bunnie?" she asked Bunnie after her hug with Tails.

"Yes, this is my cousin, Cream," she replied as she gently nudged Cream towards the princess.

Cream seemed very reluctant to move and Cheese had tried to hide himself in Cream's long ears but it seemed to fail.

"Come now Cream, I won't bite," the princess said holding out a hand which Cream didn't want to take. "Why don't you all enjoy the party?" she said when Cream wouldn't take her hand. "Miles, walk with me?"

They, with Ace on top of Miles' head, walked while the others had fun. She actually wanted to know what Miles had been through, but Miles didn't want to say anything since he would have to repeat himself later. She wasn't hurt but she did agree to what Miles had just said. Miles met up with Rotor and the coyote from the lake when they passed the buffet table.

"Bonjour, mon ami, Miles," the coyote said with a French accent.

Miles was just about to answer when a projectile hit the ground near them. Panic soon erupted as the crowd dispersed and guards left their post to approach the area the projectile hit. A drone of an engine is heard along with a laugh that would send a shiver down anyone's spine. It was a laugh that Miles thought he would never hear again. Ropes came from the figure, who was silhouetted against the moon, that grabbed the princess near Miles. It also grabbed three more figures and Miles recognized them to be the rest of the royal family.

"You thought you seen the last of me fox brat?" the figure said.

"I thought I destroyed your armor from our previous battle!" Miles replied to the figure.

"My armor is made up of nanobots and I cannot be defeated that easily. I will make you pay for sending me to prison." he snapped his finger and a figure dropped out of the sky.

It was a mechanical fox that looked strikingly like Miles. It had rockets on its back and feet, blasters on his hands, and eyes that glowed blood red.

"This is an improvement at my attempt to make a better robot than its predecessor. I present, Mecha Tails!"

"Your attempt at making another fake when you can't stop one, solitary hedgehog!"

Not long after Miles' remark, the robot charged at Miles. He only had less than a split second to dodge the attack and he successfully dodged the attack. Ace was airborne when Miles dodge and Ace charged after the robot as it stopped on the sands as it changed direction.

"Ace halt!" his cry was unheard.

The robot swatted Ace away before he even reached him. Ace let out a loud cry that seemed to echo. Everything seemed to be going in slow-motion as Ace was swatted away. He flew about twenty yards before he hit the ground and rolled backwards several more yards before he came to a rest on the ground unconscious.

"You will pay for that, you mechanical doppelganger!" Miles yelled.

He had his fist clenched, his teeth gritted, his eyelids lowered, and a vein could be seen near the center of his forehead. The robot stood there as if nothing had happened since he had swatted Ace away. Miles charged at the robot using his tails to propel him as he let out a battle cry. The robot charged at Miles with its rockets without a word.

This is troublesome for Tails. The royal family is held hostage, Ace is unconscious, a mechanical double, and Sonic is nowhere to be seen. Can Tails outfox (pun intended) this mechanical double like Sonic can with his? Can Tails prove that he is a hero to several unbelievers? The most important question is: WHERE'S SONIC?


Preview:

This is Tails! Just when I thought I had a quiet vacation with family and friends; Eggman show up with a mechanical double of me. Great! Not only do I have to destroy this robot; Eggman has captured the royal family! I must outwit this robot so that I can save the royal family from the clutches of Eggman. Where's Sonic when you need him? I must stop Eggman's plan and I hope that Sonic would still be around to help a friend in need! Find out if I prevail over my double!


Copyright: Tails, Cream, Cheese, and Robotnik (Eggman) are all copyrighted by Sega. Austin, Judy, Amber, Spike, and Julian and his friends are all copyrighted by me. The Chao named Ace is copyrithed by me but not his appearance. Bunnie and Rotor are both copyrighted by Archie comics.
Post Author's Note: There are some words you may not recognize since I used my computer's thesaurus to replace a common word with another (I believe that I am the first author to do so). I did this to show Tails' intellectual side. I don't know who first came up for the idea of Mecha Tails but I seen it in one issue of Archie comics over the internet because I feared that someone else has already done it before (correct me if I'm wrong). I may call Tails by his given name of Miles since he is now out of the presence of Sonic.