disclaimer, disclaimer, blah, blah, blah.
I was re-reading my Zatch Bell manga (vol. 2) the other day and I noticed what happens between Kolulu and Lori at the beginning, is allot like what happens between Tails and Sonic. But it was unintentional, I swear :P
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WHA!?!? Tails thought. "No, she's not!" Sonic whined. He sighed and looked back at Amy, she was pouting sadly at him. He grinned nervously, hoping she wouldn't start crying.
"Why are you here anyway?" he asked the girl. She giggled sweetly and then smiled in a way that made Sonic uneasy.
She quickly took his hand and said "I came here to see you, silly!" and giggled again. Sonic groaned and yanked his hand free. Amy pouted again out of annoyance this time. "Well will you at least introduce me to your new friend!?" she exclaimed pointing to Tails. The blue one scoffed lightly. "This is my new little brother, Miles Prower."
Amy looked at the fox then gave Sonic a strange look. "Adopted." he added.
"Oh!" she said "Well, it's nice to meet you, Miles!" and bowed slightly. "Nice to meet you too, Amy." Tails said, returning the bow. Tails looked the hedgehog over, she looked young, about 8-years-old, and wore a green shirt, an orange skirt, and a red headband.
"I've been callin' him 'Tails'." Sonic told her. She gave the hedgehog another look. "Tails?" She questioned "Why would you call him tha-" she gasped slightly as she noticed for the fist time his twin tail. "O-Oh! I...I'm sorry. I didn't notice!" she stuttered.
"It's alright." Tails said with a smile.
The three jumped slightly as thunder crashed and heavy rain began to fall. "Let's go inside, Tails." Sonic said and opened the front door. Tails ran in and Sonic followed after.
"AHEM!!!". Sonic looked back to see Amy standing with her arms crossed and tapping her foot while glaring at him. Sonic turned himself around fully and did a very exaggerated bow.
"Do excuse me madam, would you be so kind as to grace us with your divine presence?" Sonic joked. Amy giggled and did a low curtsied while saying "Thank you, it would be my honor." before walking in. He closed the door behind her and walked over to the couch where Tails was sitting, he was a little damp, and Amy was drenched. "I'll get some towels." he told them and ran off.
"He's really fast, huh?" Tails said.
"He sure is. The fastest thing alive." Amy said dreamily.
Sonic came back with two towels and tossed them to the kitsune and hedgehog. "Thanks, Sonic." said Tails. Amy nodded as she wrapped herself in the towel, trying to get dry.
Sonic walked over and flopped on the couch and Amy followed him. She picked up the remote to the TV and pressed a button, the TV flicked on to cartoons.
"Well at least the power is still working." she said.
"Why wouldn't it be?" the fox asked.
"The power in this area usually goes out when it rains this hard." Sonic explained to him.
"Didn't you have a TV where you used to live?" Amy asked. Tails smiled uneasily "Y-Yeah, I guess you could say I didn't have much of any thing."
"Excuse me I have to use the potty." the kitsune said as he got off the couch and walked up the stairs to the bathroom. As soon as Amy heard the door close she asked Sonic "What did he mean by that?"
After a second Sonic smirked. "He meant he has to pee." he told he. She growled "No, not that!" she said loudly. "You know what I mean." Sonic was silent for a moment and then sighed. "Well...Tails was....homeless, when I found him."
Now it was Amy's turn to be silent.
"What!?" she said suddenly and sharply "You brought a homeless kid home to be your brother!?"
"C'mon Ames, I felt sorry for him. He was all alone and lived in the park, and there were kids that would beat him up, all because he's a kitsune."
Amy said nothing.
"They're pretty tough too. I know that first hand." he said but mumbled the last part.
Amy snapped out of her silence "So that's why you're all scratched up." Sonic didn't answer. She sighed and reached her had under the couch. She pulled out a first aid kit and opened it up on her lap.
"How'd you know that was there?" he asked, a little surprised. "It was there when you picked a fight with that echidna, remember?" she said. "Eh, he had it comin'." Sonic muttered to himself. Amy took out the bandages out of the metal box.
"Now let me see your head." she said tenderly. She got up on her knees on the couch, so she could get to his head easily. Sonic didn't bother pulling away, knowing she would get her way eventually. As she started to wrap the bandages around his open wounds the bathroom door opened.
Tails walked down the stairs and saw the two. "...Wachya doin'?" he asked.
"Treating his wounds," Amy explained "this way they won't get infected."
"Oh." he said simply.
Tails sat down on the couch and watched the cartoons as Sonic was cared for by Amy. He would laugh at the cat getting hurt in multiple ways by the mouse on screen.
About ten minutes into the show a question occurred to Amy. "Hey, Tails?"
"Yeah?" he answered only half paying attention. "How do you have a last name if you were homeless?"
He took no heed as to how she knew that and simply grabbed the large book he had set on the table. He opened it up to page twenty-three and pointed to the print that said "miles per hour"
"I read that when I first found this book and thought Prower was my last name since my first name is Miles."
"Hmm..." she said nodding and then went back to her work with the blue one.
The show ended about the same time she was done with Sonic. "There, all done." she said, satisfied with her work.
To Sonic's surprise, he was not wrapped up like a mummy like the last time she "healed" him. "Wow, Amy, you've gotten allot better! " he complemented.
"W-Well I really wanted to be useful to you is all." she said blushing slightly. Amy then snatched the remote from the kitsune's hands. "Hey!" he said.
"The cartoon is over, let's find something intelligent to watch." she puffed.
"Since when are you into intelligent stuff? You're 8 years old!" Sonic chuckled.
Amy scoffed and started to flip through the channels.
"C'mon, buddy. Let's grab somethin' to eat." Sonic said to Tails. "Okay!" Tails said happily. They hopped off the couch and headed to the kitchen. Tails opened the refrigerator and pulled out a plastic container. He opened it and found it was full of hot dogs. He closed the box and glared at Sonic.
"Does your whole diet consist of chili dogs?" he asked. Sonic chuckled nervously at the comment and blushed slightly. The kitsune sighed and took a few of the hot dogs out, put them on a paper plate and placed it in the microwave.
He heard slow gentle taps, of sneakers on tile, enter the room.
Miles turned and saw the pink hedgehog standing in the doorway of the room. She was white as a sheet.
"What's up, Amy?" Sonic asked "You look like you've seen a ghost." Amy remained silent.
"Amy?" Tails said. Amy seemed to jump at the sound of his voice. "S...S-Sonic?" Amy said, finally finding her voice. "C-C-Can I see you in the other room, p-please?" her voice was shaking and sounded very scared.
"Uh...sure, Ames." Sonic said and followed her out of the room. Tails began to follow after but Amy stopped him by saying "N-No! Just stay here, okay Tails?" She sounded even more nervous now.
Tails was taken aback, but reluctantly nodded his head.
Sonic looked back at his brother sadly, but halfheartedly followed the young girl around the corner into the living room.
Once they were out of sight Tails creped up as close as he could get to them without being seen. He then perked up his ears and eavesdropped on the conversation.
"Alright Amy, what's up?" said a serious Sonic.
"Look at this." Amy said sharply at him. Tails peeked around the corner and saw Amy pointing at the TV. On the TV was the news channel, Tails could make out the words at the bottom that read "NEW DEVELOPMENT ON SERIAL KILLER CASE!"
"Our top story tonight," began the yellow female dog on the screen "the murderer, that has taken the lives of seven children in the past 6 months, has been captured on camera. This photo was taken by the brave Stella the Pigeon, just seconds before she was brutally killed."
The image that came on the screen, horrified Tails, to put it mildly.
On the TV was the image of what appeared to be a yellow-orange fox. But didn't seem to have fur, it almost looked like it had...fabric in place of fur. From it's head spouted a long rod with a red diamond at the end. But most terrifying of all, it had dark, beady, pitch black eyes that seemed to look right though you.
Most of the picture was hidden in shadow. But it was clear "It" was lunging at the child taking the photo, ready to kill her.
Tails stood there, frozen.
W-What was that....was that me...no...it couldn't be...it couldn't be...
Tears were streaming down the young ones face, uncontrollably.
he began to tremble and took a few steps back. "Sonic" he said silently "Sonic will fear me now...he'll-he'll hate me.....he'll hate me!"
And with that, Tails ran out the back kitchen door as fast as he could. He ran across the yard and jumped, or more of flew, over the fence. The souls of his shoes slammed against the concrete one after the other. He raced down the streets, trying to escape the punishment that he was sure to come from his only friend.
But where do I go? The hollow tree? No! They'll check there. But where, then?
On an impulse, Tails dashed down the first alleyway he came to. He quickly looked around and spied a cardboard box, he quickly took cover under it. The poor, young, fox hugged his knees to his chest and sobbed a silently as he could.
...Stupid...you're so STUPID! he yelled in his head You thought some stranger could just take you in and everything would be smooth sailing!? When has anything in your life been that easy!? NEVER! You were stupid to hope...STUPID!
The small one's tears hit his knees like bullets and ran down his legs. "TAILS!" someone called. Tails flinched, he knew the owner of the voice. "Tails, come out! I'm not gonna hurt you! I promise." He's lying Tails thought. The kitsune dare not move an inch until he heard foot steps fading away very quickly.
......Maybe I am a killer...maybe I did massacre all those children, including Pluto's brother....I must've, it makes perfect sense as to why people fear me.
It is at this point that Miles ceased weeping, there was no point to it anymore. He knew what had to be done. He lifted the box off of himself and franticly searched the ground. He stopped when he saw a very large shard of glass lying on the alley floor.
Perfect...
The kitsune picked up the shard and examined it. Very sharp, it didn't look like it would break to easily. Tails thought over what he was doing very carefully. After a few moments he lifted it to his chest.
He held the pointed end up to his heart.
I deserve this. After all that I've done, I deserve to die. If I let Sonic have me, he might just take me to the police. Then what? I wait a few months in solitary confinement for a trial? Will I get the death sentence or just life imprisonment? No. This will be much quicker, and maybe even a little less pain full.
Before he was able to do the final plunge, there was a loud shout of protest. Then a sudden force at his side pushed him on to the pavement. The kitsune opened the eyes he didn't recall closing, and could only see one solid color. Blue.
Dang! I was so close!
Those same eyes looked upwards to the one sitting on this legs and were captured by emerald eyes. Surprisingly to him, they were filled not fear or anger or even the accomplishment of catching him. But with worry and sadness.
"Wh-Wha?" Sonic stuttered out, while catching his breath. "What were you trying to do!?"
"What did it look like!? I was trying to end my life." Tails said matter-of-factly.
Now the emeralds had confusion mixed in. "What!? Why would you want to kill your self!?"
Miles looked back at him as if he had asked a stupid question. "I'm a murder!" he yelled. "That thing on the television-"
"That wasn't you, Tails!" Sonic yelled back. Tails flinched. Sonic wasn't afraid?
"I know I haven't known you very long at all, Tails. But I know you're not a killer!" He insisted. "who-what ever that thing was on TV, it wasn't you! I know it wasn't you!"
Tails was speechless.
"I don't care what happens, your still my brother and I'll always stand up for you." The hedgehog said.
Sonic got off of the younger one and stood up. He looked back down at the fox to see tears silently streaming down his face. "Are you alright?" Sonic asked.
A large smile creped it's way on to the kitsune's face then he nodded. Sonic reached out a hand to help him up, and Tails took it. With a smile forming on the hedgehogs mouth as well, the two brother walked back to their home, together. Always.
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IT'S DONE IT'S FINALLY DONE!!!!!!!!!!!! After a year of procrastination...I've finally finished it! Well Ive decided, jus' because I get good reviews on a fanfiction, dosn't mean I continue it! Now if you'll exuse me it's...3 in the morning and I'm very, VERY tired. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz..........