Renegade
Chapter 1: Falling Inside the Black
Tails could see her, suspended in the darkness about 150 feet up. He began flying to her not even trying to contain his excitement. "Cosmo! Cosmo!"
She didn't seem to notice him until he was about20 feet from her. Then she began moving higher, away from him. "Tails, stay back. I don't want to cause you any trouble."
"I think I can choose if I want that trouble or not." Tails chased after her. "Just stop and we can go home."
"I'm sorry, Tails. As long as I'm with you, you will never know an end to your suffering."
"I'm only suffering because you aren't with me. Please, come back!" Tails began to cry. "Cosmo, don't you know me? I love you, no matter what. Though the Metarex ravaged Mobius, I love you. Though you informed them of our every move, I love you. Nothing will ever make me love you less."
"Tails, please understand. I love you too, which is why I can't be with you. The pain I would cause you would be too large a burden for me to bear. Please don't make me go through that." She continued her ascent.
"What about me? What about my pain? Doesn't that matter to you? Don't you care how I feel?"
"Of course I do." She sighed. "Tails, maybe we weren't meant to be together."
At that, Tails froze up, stunned. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. In his shock he forgot to fly, and he began to fall down to the ground. He didn't even care to catch himself. He just fell, considering what Cosmo had just said. He didn't want to believe her, but it made total sense. He couldn't live without her, and she couldn't live with her. To him, she was everything he had ever wanted; to her, she was everything she ever hated. Tails enjoyed being able to encourage her, to lift her spirits; she felt guilty that he had to. Maybe they just weren't meant to be. Then he remembered that day in the caves, and he knew that he was supposed to be with her. Love was about sacrifice. He sacrificed himself for what he expected to be thirty seconds more of her life when Shadow attacked her. He loved her, and no matter what she said, she loved him as well. Tails found solace in this thought as he hit the floor.