A/N : I don't want to make my readers to think that I'm actually going to wipe Cosmo out of existence, so… I'll just continue it a bit. But don't force me to do another update till 19th of April.

Disclaimer : Don't own 'em…

Day 2 : Collision between Brothers.

Ever since the yesterday, the golden-orange fox with twin-tails always looked at the pale plant which was once his dear friend. She had left him on that day…

…and she's going further away.

Every second passes painfully, Tails' eyes never left the plant, although he was aware that looking at it will only make it worse than before. It was all because of him, those words repeatedly echoing on his head. It was true that Levinski just wanted to help, but it was also true that it was his fault that Cosmo was d…

…dying…

…again…

Those two words, why is it so hard to just even mention it in his head? And at the same time why does it keep replaying in his head?

Perhaps someone can help me, Tails stood up, walking out to see his best friend. He's really going to need someone to cheer him up…

It's not every day Sonic sees his best friend's brother crying. Levinski was always silent, cranky and… he was certainly not a crybaby. But right now, he was kneeling on Sonic's feet, as if begging for mercy.

"Look, Lev. I don't know what's going on, but can you please just calm down and get up? There are plenty of people watching us…"

Levinski nodded and got up, wiping his tears as he did. A few minutes later, he finished explaining everything. Sonic stared at the fox, not with anger, but with shocked expression, "You… what?"

"I hurt her, Sonic. Now she's going to die… forever…"

"Look, buddy. There must be some way to reverse the effect. I mean you're a genius, Lev. There's gotta be…"

"There is none, Sonic."

"Well have you tried it?"

"Well, no but…"

"Are you sure that the effect is absolute?"

"Not really, but…"

"Then why did you say there's no way to cure Cosmo?"

"If I want to research for some cure, I'm gonna need the plant, Sonic. You know Tails is never going to show her to me anymore, hell, he'd beat me up to pulp if he ever saw me again!"

"Then we'll go together, see if he's still angry at you."

Actually, it was not necessary since the fox in question had just arrived, and just as Levinski would've expected, Tails did not like what he saw at all. The brother that ruined it all… Tails knew he couldn't hold it any longer.

He charged…

SLAM!

…and slammed his fist right on his brother's cheeks.

Sonic was surprised to see Tails suddenly came in front of him, and even more surprised that he actually acted like Levinski had feared. Speaking of him, the green fox got up looking at his brother with sadness in his face and… was it anger? Then Sonic remembered that Levinski does have bad temper. "Oh no…"

"Tails… I'm so…"

But before he could even finish it…

WHACK!

The grass green fox received another punch, now on the forehead. That did it, Levinski growled and punched Tails back on his face, returned by Tails with a kick on the abdomen. Levinski staggered to the nearest table and took an empty bottle. Without even thinking twice, he shattered it on Tails' face, causing the twin-tailed fox's cheek bleeding.

Sonic knew things will be really rough, he was about to step between them, just in time when Tails slammed a wooden chair right on Levinski's face. "Tails! Lev! Enough!"

Both foxes didn't hear him, and Sonic knew it because Levinski had already pushed Tails' head on the ground, returned by Tails slamming Levinski's own head to the wall. Not finished, he thunder-shoot him to the nearest chili dog stand. Sonic quickly grabbed Tails' arm as he was about to charge at Levinski again.

Levinski lied on the floor, his body painted with his own blood. His eyes… the anger was gone, replaced by sadness, tears dropping on his cheek. He screamed and ran away far from sight.

"Tails, what the hell?" Sonic shouted at his best friend.

"I… I don't know… when I saw him… I just… lost control…"

"Lost control? You two were trying to KILL each other!"

"Sonic… I'm so… sorry…"

"No, you better tell that to your brother, Tails, that is if he's still brave enough to look at you."

Tails got up and wiped the blood out of his face. "But, what if we…"

"I'll make sure that won't happen, Tails. But I think Lev has enough to take in for today. Let him have his time alone until tomorrow."

A/N : Oookay, I'm feeling really sorry for both of 'em. I don't which side I'll be in on this chapter.

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