The reason why this took so long is because I typed up about the first half of it, saved it, then turned off the computer. When I got back on to finish it the whole thing was somehow deleted. So I had to start all over again. My spirit was crushed at first but then I said, "Ah well, it's really not that big a deal." I'm going to try and make this one a long one.

Chapter 23: The war has begun!

The scared two-tailed toddler flew across the blood red sky in a terrifying rush. The vortex had taken out a large sum of Combustion's destroyed base camp and was now headed for the perimeter. Tails knew he had to save all the kids. If he didn't he would not only have let Scorch and Citrus down but he would've let Sonic down as well.

Tails looked down at the half-conscious hedgehog hanging in between his armpit. He looked as if he knew what was going on but didn't have the strength to speak up. Rouge had already fainted during flight. Tails had no thoughts about her yet.

Eventually Tails made it to the perimeter and stopped in mid-flight. The fox was so scared of the upcoming doom he had thought of skipping the perimeter and getting himself to safety for a second. It was a second that seemed last a minute long, however. The fox would've cursed himself for thinking this way if he knew any curse words or if he was mean enough to use them.

"Hey!" Tails shouted at the kids putting the finish blows on the most likely unconscious guards. They all acted as if they had not heard him. They didn't.

"We have to get out of here!" Tails shouted in another wasted attempt. It was no use. His voice was too small and immature to be heard from a distance. He had thought of going down there and telling them face-to-face but there were simply too many people making a large amount of noise. Their noise almost matched that of the vortex.

"Awe man! They can't hear me! What am I going to do!?" Tails shouted while getting ready to clutch his head in frustration when he remembered he was still holding onto Sonic and Rouge. Instead the fox began to pout and whimper in tear jerking frustration.

That's when he heard that awful voice again.

"Well, well, well. It seems you have incased yourself in a dilemma." Came the voice.

"…D-Darkness?" Tails recognized that voice from his dream. The dream where he was made to kill all those innocent people for the sake of playful satisfaction. The dream where he caught a glimpse of his incredibly bleak future. The dream where he saw his best friend Sonic take the form of a rotting corpse.

The dream when he woke up with blood on his hands.

"The very same." Darkness answered Tails. He wasn't in clear sight but instead was only heard in Tails' head.

"W-what d you want?"

"I simply want what the creature stationed within you wants. Why do you choose to hold it back Miles? If you would just gave in to your true nature than you wouldn't be caught in a situation such as this. You have a perfect opportunity to escape but you refuse to for the sake of those who will eventually die. How foolish indeed."

"B-but I can't leave." Tails was afraid. He was afraid more than before. "They-they're all my friends."

"Pitiful. As the future kitsune and might I add the strongest to date you cannot let yourself by taken on by such unnecessary emotions. If so, it will surly mean your demise."

"…Unnecessary emotions? I don't get it?"

"Your good side doesn't get it. However, the kitsune side sees it as an important lifelong rule one is born with. Throughout life you cannot rely on your emotions. Doing what you want by them is not only weak but if jeopardizes your life as well. Take the situation your in for example."

"…" Tails didn't want to admit it but he had a point.

"Your emotions are weak. They are misguided and misleading tools one most not use. Protect no one but yourself. Love no one but yourself. Respect no one but yourself. Fore, if you care for anyone but yourself you will be mislead to the point of death. This is why emotions are unnecessary."

Throughout the whole time they were talking the vortex was advancing closer. Tails, however, was thinking about the words Darkness had said. They rung in his ear back and forth and side to side before finally Tails snapped out of it.

"…I…I don't believe you." He said in a clearly unsure voice. "I'm going to save my friends no matter what! I'll even use my kitsune power if I have too!"

"Well, if you think you can…"

"Give me my kitsune power now!" Tails shouted shockingly. Tails couldn't see it but Darkness was taken a back. Tails grew worried when the realization of what he just said sunk in. There was a short moment of silence before Darkness responded.

"Powerful words Miles. Very well…" Darkness merely said then vacated himself from Tails' head. Tails felt nothing at first but then he saw a purple aurora slowly begin to form around his body. He looked down and to his surprise but eternal relief he saw all the kids leaving. They looked as if they had all seen a terrifying monster. It wasn't a monster but it was close. Instead they had all caught a glimpse of the vortex as it burst through the perimeter sucking everything insight into its endless pit.

"Awe man. I need to hurry and get Sonic and this bat lady to safety." Tails had been scared the whole time. This was too much responsibility for one 4-year-old to take. He needed to save everyone though and he needed to do it before he turned into a complete kitsune.

Tails spun his tails even faster then jetted across the sky toward the hill where Scorch and the still unconscious Citrus were. Tails flew past all the fleeing kids and eventually made it to Scorch's location.

Scorch sat there with Citrus wondering how long his friend would be out until he saw something coming at him from a distance. The figure stopped and hovered over his head before coming down quickly.

"T-Tails?" the raccoon asked. He was getting a bad vibe from Tails. This was an unusually uncomfortable one as well.

The fox landed, his fur flickering from orange to black slowly, and dropped Sonic and Rouge on the ground. He didn't even bother to set them down gently. Scorch was about to tap Tails' shoulder to see if he was okay when without warning the fox bolted around to face him himself.

"S-Scorch. The others…they're down there…please save them…" Tails pleaded as the last shred off his original form withered away. The fox shot himself up from the ground and clutched his head, as if he were struggling. It wasn't good enough though. His fur turned black, his eyes turned blood red, and the violet aurora grew strong around his body.

"...Heh heh heh...it's time to end this." Kitsune Tails said with an evil grin. Without even the slightest hesitation Tails took off straight for the vortex.

Scorch watched in amazement as Tails flew off, not even noticing the large blue cat with a fishing pole strapped to his back and a frog on his shoulder sneak up from behind and make off with Rouge. Scorch eventually shook himself out of it and jumped off the hill to help the others make it to safety.

Meanwhile, Tails chuckled horrendously as he flew toward the vortex and stopped only a few feet away from it. Large towers and enormous debris were all being sucked into the vortex without much trouble. Tails, however, stayed in his stationary position.

"Bring it on! I'm game for some excitement." Tails clenched his fists and let his huge power erupt throughout his body. Then he drew himself back and lunged forward, straight into the vortex.

It was as if he were a speeding bullet flying 100 times faster than usual as he made his way inside. Tails knew there was no end to it so he stopped at a location he saw fit and then raised his hands.

"Let's see what you've got." Tails smirked as he let the power surge take place once again. This time it flew throughout the vortex and even caused it to become disrupted.

Scorch had gotten everyone up the hill by now but he was still worried about the vortex and Tails for that matter. All of a sudden he saw a purple outline form around the vortex as it began to twitch. It started to look as if the vortex was collapsing in on itself.

It was.

Soon the vortex enclosed completely leaving nothing but a small violet light. The light soon started moving and forming into something. It soon reshaped itself into the still hyperactive and grinning kistune.

Tails floated there with a slightly disappointed look on his face.

"Shoot. Was that it? That was one weak vortex." Tails then redirected his attention to the kids standing on the hill. "Looks like there is still some business to be taken care of." He said as he was readying himself to charge at the kids. All of a sudden he felt an invisible force hold him back.

"No." He said in his original voice. "I can't…not to them…" With that Tails reverted back to normal and fell toward the ground and landed with a thud.

"Huh? Tails?" Came Sonic's reforming voice. The blue hedgehog had picked himself up, with Scorch's help, and saw Tails spiral into the dry dirt. Sonic and Scorch immediately ran toward the fox to see if he had been injured. Scorch rolled Tails onto his back then sat him up right. Tails was awake.

"Are you alright Tails?" Sonic asked in a worried tone.

"…Sonic…yeah…I'm alright…" Tails hesitated. Sonic noticed this.

"Hey! Scorch! Sonic! Tails! Come see!" shouted one of the kids on the hill. All three of them looked up and saw him point toward the sky. The three got up and ran up the hill for a better look. They were amazed at what was taking place.

The sky opened up and the blood red color it had was dissipating. Everyone stared in awe, as that weren't the only thing changing. The ground grew moist again and the grass began growing back to its original state.

The first sunlight some of these kids haven't seen in years or even at all in their lifetime shot beautiful rays down at the island.

The trees all became alive again and the leaves all reformed. All traces of Combustion's presence withered away. The perimeter walls, the broken debris, everything that belonged to that horrid half-robot vanished.

Soon the blue sky was visible again. Not only that but they were now all surrounded by the beautiful and luminous blue-green ocean once again.

"Whoa! I-I can't believe it! Our island…it's back to it' original state!" Scorch said excitedly.

"Of coarse…with Combustion gone…our freedom now returns…" Came a familiar voice below him.

"Citrus?" Scorch asked surprised. "Your awake? Your awake!"

"Of coarse I'm awake. Did you think I was dead or something? I feel insulted." Citrus said not getting up, for he was still in pain.

"…Of coarse I knew you'd wake up!" Scorch said turning toward the ocean. He didn't even try to hide the tears flowing down his resentful face. "Damn it." He muttered not wiping them away for fear of being noticed. A few people had noticed, but not everyone.

"Wow. This place is so beautiful now!" Sonic said as he looked around the resurfaced original form of the island.

"What are you guys going to call it now that it's back to normal?" Asked a curious Tails.

"What it used to be called before Combustion invaded." Citrus said in a happy tone. Scorch finally summoned up the courage to wipe his tears and turn to Citrus.

"You still remember what it was called before Combustion invaded?" He asked.

"Of coarse. The island shall be called…Corolla Isle… once again." Citrus said in a satisfied voice.

"Wait, I remember that now." Scorch said truthfully.

"Well that's great," Sonic began. "But how are me and Tails going to get off this island?" Sonic asked.

"Hey, Sonic! Look!" Tails shouted pointed in a direction opposite of the ocean. There, sitting still in the grass was their biplane. It looked extremely well polished and it looked as if it was literally brand new. Sonic's jaw hung open.

"The Tornado!" Sonic shouted with excitement.

"The Tornado II!" Corrected Tails.

"Oh, right, after all you did give it that suit new paint job." Sonic said as he watched Tails make his way toward the biplane and jump inside. He figured it must have been fixed up during the island's rebirth.

"You're leaving? Already?" Citrus asked.

"Yeah, we kinda need to get going. Sorry." Sonic explained.

"Don't apologize, just say goodbye." Citrus smiled. Sonic nodded, rushed to the plane and jumped inside.

"Goodbye everyone!" Both Sonic and Tails shouted then started up the biplane using the keys that were already in the socket. Once the plane was up and running they moved across the grass and took off into the sky. The looked back and saw everyone waving and saying goodbye. They waved back then continued flying toward the next area.

"Go…try to hide from your destiny…but by tonight…regardless of how much you care for that hedgehog or anyone else…you will be a full fledge kitsune…and you will kill him for me…just like all the others…" Darkness muttered and headed for Eggman's fortress.

At Eggman's flying fortress

"Dr. Eggman! Dr. Eggman! I've got urgent news from that scary Darkness guy!" Bokkun shouted as he made his way into Eggman's control room.

"Yeah, what is it?" Eggman looked bored.

"You're not going to believe this but…"

Later in the discussion room

"Alright everyone listen up!" Eggman shouted from across the table where everyone sat at. The first commander Igneous Rock sat at the far end of the table. The second commander Karst Ice sat on the left. Hang Nail, the newest commander, sat on the right and next to him was a quiet Metal Sonic, a commander as well. Bocoe and Decoe stood in the corner and listened in on their conversation.

"What's this all about Eggman?" Karst asked curiously.

"Well, it seems from recently acquired information that the 3rd commander Combustion Fire has been eliminated from our ranks. Apparently he was killed." Eggman explained.

The room was silent.

"I don't understand." Igneous spoke up. "Combustion was a lazy fool who never fought much. I guess he decided he wasn't going to do anything when those two twerps challenged him and got killed off." Igneous suggested.

"Sorry, but your wrong…" Eggman started.

"As always." Karst said referring to Igneous.

"No, he was killed in a full scale battle with Sonic and the fox. Right, Bokkun?" Eggman asked.

"Uh-huh. That's what Darkness told me." Bokkun answered.

"Now, I suppose you all realize how big of a dent is put into our plan." Eggman stated.

"Oh please, we don't need a lazy fool like him when you've got a half-robot with large muscles like me!" Igneous shouted.

"Shut up Igneous!" Karst said quickly and to the point.

"Don't call me Igneous. You shall refer to me, as 'He who smoke's bitches'."

"…What?!"

"You heard me!" Igneous shouted. "WHAAA!" The golden robot yelled then shot a blast at the wall. "WHOOO HOOOO!!! Smoked that bitch!" He yelled in excitement as the small hole in the small sent out a trail of smoke.

"Igneous! Settle down now!" Eggman shouted. The robot slumped in his chair. "We need to focus here! Now, the main point of my plan is to get the fox to coordinates 000 as quickly as possible." Eggman stated.

"As quickly as possible?" asked Karst.

"Yes, our allotted time is varied to say the least." Eggman said.

"How varied we talk' in?" Hang Nail asked.

"…We have until tonight."

Everyone almost fell out of their seat except Metal Sonic.

"To-to-to-to-to-to-to-to-tonight! You want us to get him their tonight!" Igneous shouted surprised.

"I know it's not much time but that's when the 'fate rising' begins." Eggman reasoned. "I also wish to start a war with G.U.N and get them out of my way before it begins." Eggman stated. "Bokkun! My map!"

The hovering child gave Eggman a map that was clutched in his hands. Eggman then set the map over the table and began putting red markers on key areas.

"Now, Sonic and Tails, by what Darkness told Bokkun, are headed east. East of the island they just left is a large zone known as 3-way villa. 3-way villa is a triple climate zone that holds coordinates 000 at the far end of it. The first climate there is the desert region. The next is the ice cap region. And the final one is the green hill region." Eggman explained.

Everyone leaned in closer for a better look.

"Now for the plan. Bokkun, I want you to go to the G.U.N base in the leaf forest and tell Smokestack that if he wants revenge on the fox then he should head to coordinate 000 by tonight, understood." Eggman directed.

"Understood." Bokkun said while saluting.

"Very good. Next, after Smokestack leaves, Igneous, I want you to take 1/3 of my entire fleet and destroy all the surrounding G.U.N bases and base camps."

"Cool! I get to blow stuff up!" Igneous cheered.

"Karst, I want you to take another 1/3 of my fleet and head for the green hill region of 3-way villa where Sonic and Tails are sure to be headed. Do not attack the village, instead ride down and capture the fox then bring him and the ships to the ice cap zone of 3-way villa."

"Yes sir." Karst answered.

"Hang Nail, You will take the last remaining 1/3 of my fleet and attack the village in the green hill zone. There, you will meet up with the 4th commander and destroy everything in sight. Got it."

"Sweet! Wait a minute, you said Karst is going to capture Tails?" Hang Nail asked.

"Yes, is this a problem?"

"…No." Hang Nail said disappointingly. 'Damn! I was hoping I'd get to have a rematch with ol' two-tail again. Oh well, I'm sure we'll meet again, and the next time we do I'll be sure to tear him apart just for Slips and Silt.' Hang Nail thought.

"Slips…Silt…" Hang Nail said silently. It should've pained him to be working for the man who had killed his comrades but it didn't. Eggman told Hang Nail he attacked the island because of Tails. So, in light of this news, Hang Nail decided to take out all his anger against Tails instead of Eggman.

"Wait another minute!" Igneous shouted. "Did you say the 4th commander? The 4th commander as in Strobe lightning! As in the do nothing bad at all, goodie two shoes! That 4th commander! HA!"

"Yes he may not like being evil, Igneous, but I have control over his will. He'll do whatever I want despite how strong his will is." Eggman reassured. "Anywho, back to business. Igneous, once all the surrounding G.U.N bases have been destroied head as fast as you can toward the desert region of 3-way villa. If anyone should survive Hang Nail and Strobe's attack on the village I want you to stop them in their tracks and kill them, since that's the only way they can go if they somehow manage to escape."

"It is?" Igneous asked.

"Yes, any other direction leads to a dead end or the water. Now, as for Karst, I want you to wait there with the fox until Metal Sonic comes there and gives you the signal." Eggman explained.

Metal Sonic perked his head slightly up at the mention of his name.

"What's the signal?" Karst asked.

"Metal Sonic is the signal himself. Once he gets there you and him will take the fox to coordinate 000 where I will be headed. Then contact Igneous, Hang Nail, and Strobe and tell them to join you there. Then all we have to do is wait for the 'fate rising' to take place. I'll implant a chip in the fox before he transforms completely, which will make him recognize me as his master. Then we go on and concur the rest of the world!"

Everyone stayed silent for a minute or two until Karst spoke up.

"Pardon my asking Eggman but isn't this plan a bit far fetched. Most of this plan is purely based on chance. Having it go the exact way you plan will be difficult." Karst said.

Eggman sat there thinking.

"It's just too hard!" Karst shouted.

"That's what-" Igneous began.

"If you say 'That's what she said' one more time I swear I'm going to kill you!" Karst referred to the fact that Igneous had said it 12 times before the conversation began. He was in no mood for Igneous' childish nature right now.

Igneous slumped in his chair, pulled out a beer, and chucked it down.

"…It's all in the prophecy Karst…it will happen." Eggman stated.

"But…"

"This discussion is over. The war must begin, now!" Eggman was getting impatient. Karst silently scuffed at Eggman, got up and left.

"Who does that groton retch think he is?" Karst huffed in anger. For a long time now he had wanted to get his hands around that man's neck. He, however, had no more chaos emeralds. He needed more. Karst had an even bigger grudge against Metal Sonic. He hated him ever since Eggman took him out of his pod. They way he acted was not only distrubing but it insulted his own nature. He was always so quiet. It sickened him. He had to make it his number one priority to kill that metal monstrosity.

Igneous got up next. "Well, if it's any consolation I believe this plan will work all the way. Bye bitches!" Igneous walked out of the room in order to prepare his 3rd of the fleet.

Hang Nail stood up next and walked out thinking about the situation. "Hmm…maybe when we're all heading to coordinates 000 I can fight two-tail." He also thought about that Smokestack guy Eggman mentioned. "Smokestack…is he that guy that used to collect money from Bear Mayor at Westside Island."

Hang Nail turned around to face Eggman. "Hey Eggman, is Smokestack the dude who killed Bear Mayor." Hang Nail asked.

"…Yes…I believe so." Eggman hesitated.

"Oh…okay thanks." Hang Nail turned back around and walked out. "That guy…he's the same one who asked me to lead him to homeless two tail. I remember how scary his face and the way he spoke to me was. I bet he's still looking for two-tail. Well, if he thinks he's gett'in to two tail before me he's dream' in." He stopped and thought for a second. "Slips…Silt…I promise I carve out that fox's heart."

Metal Sonic got up next. He said nothing as he left.

Bokkun stretched himself out, yawned, and scratched his backside. "I'll go deliver that Smoke guy the message."

"Be quick about it." Eggman said as he got up. All of a sudden he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Bocoe and Decoe with their hands in a pleading position.

"Hey, Eggman. Why don't you give us a mission to do." Asked Decoe.

"… Because I'm smarter than the average bear." Eggman said then walked out.

"Hmph! Who does he think he is?" Asked Bocoe.

"Yeah! We can do…stuff…like…uh…damn it!" Decoe said frustrated.

"We'd better hurry and catch up with Eggman." Bocoe said and they both left leaving the room completely empty.

At the Leaf forest base

"Ugh…w-what…where am I?" Rouge asked.

"Your awake!" Big shouted excitedly.

"Ribbit!" Froggy said excitedly.

"Hey…uh…" Rouge tried to recall what she was doing before she passed out. "Wait a minute! My emerald!" Rouge had the red chaos emerald in her hands then the blue hedgehog got in her way and ruined it all. She flung herself up in anger.

"What is it?" Big asked.

"…We still have the purple emerald, right?" Rouge asked. Big reached behind him and pulled out the emerald and showed it to her. Rouge sighed in relief. She knew Sonic had the red emerald now but at least she still had hers.

She looked around the area she was in and saw that she was back in Smokestack's commissioning room in the Leaf forest base. She got up from her chair and looked around for Smoke.

"Smokestack's outside if you want him." Big stated. Rouge nodded then flew out to meet him. When she looked around she saw him talking with his troops about the previous mission.

"Look, I don't care how dangerous it is! Someone is coming with me or they're fired!" Smoke shouted. Rouge flew over to meet up with him and the scared troops. There was also another person there that she didn't recognize. It was a little floating black kid with green eyes and a confused looking face.

"Hey Smoke! What's up?!" Rouge shouted.

"Shut up slut!" Smoke shouted angrily.

"I'm not old enough to be a slut yet." She protested while chuckling. "Who's this kid?" Rouge said referring to the hovering black kid.

"That's Bokkun. He said that Eggman says my revenge is waiting for me at coordinates 000. None of these losers want to go with me because it's one of the most dangerous and condemned places on the planet."

"…Okay…isn't that a reasonable reason not to go." Rouge asked.

"Yes, for a regular person. However, these are my solders. They'll go where I tell them!"

"Okay, okay, you know what, you don't need all of them, right?" Rouge asked while waving her hands around.

"No, just about two. However, none of these pussies want to go!"

"It's not a scheduled mission, though." One of the solders spoke up.

"This is your personal affair. Since there isn't any work to be done we think we should take a break." Another solder said.

"Ugh!" Smoke said even more frustrated.

"Hey, it's okay you guys, you have your little break." Rouge stated. "Me, Big, and Froggy will go with Smoke to this coordinates place, okay."

Smoke raised his eyebrow.

"Bokkie, you tell ol' Eggie we're on our way, okay?" Rouge said to Bokkun.

"Okay sure." Bokkun said taking off.

"Well Smoke?" Rouge said while Big and Froggy came up to them from behind.

"…Sure…why not." Smoke agreed.

Meanwhile

Eggman watched as all his fleet ships took off and smiled anxiously as his flying fortress headed for coordinates 000.

"Everything will go exactly according to plan. I know it will…" Eggman said under his breath.

"Are you sure doctor?" Decoe asked a bit worried.

"Things are really started to get tense." Bocoe said.

"…Hmmm." Eggman began thinking. 'Darkness, Bear Mayor, Smokestack, and me had an alliance once. It was all shattered when Bear Mayor was killed by Smoke. It's every man for himself now.'

At a local G.U.N base

Everyone screamed in terror and ran away in confusion as numerous missiles were fired at them. The ship hangers and escape routes were all destroyed so no one could get away or launch a counter attack.

"Sir! There is no way out! We're doomed!" A solder yelled frighteningly as he ran into the main cabin of the base.

"Damn it! How'd this happen! Quickly! We need to contact the other bases so we can-" The general began but never got to finish when a large bombardment of robots crashed through the roof, landed and shot at all the remaining solders.

"Hahahahaha! Your not going to contact anyone loser!" Igneous Rock said as he jumped down into the base. He then walked toward the phone the dead general was going to pick up and picked it up himself. He then turned to the other robots in the room.

"Hey guys, I'm going to prank call Hanna Verboom and scare the crap out of her." Igneous laughed. The other robots started to chuckle. Igneous dialed the number and waited for her to pick up. When she did he chuckled slightly then began speaking to her.

"Hello." She said.

"Helloooo." Igneous said in a ghost like voice. He knew this got her worried.

"…W-who is this?" she asked.

"Hey, I know a while a go you stared in a movie called Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. THAT WAS A PIECE OF CRAP!!! MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

"I'm hanging up!" She shouted in fear then hung up while Igneous and the robots continued laughing.

Meanwhile on a small boat toward the desert region in 3-way villa

Knuckles and Amy sailed toward the zone with caution. They had gathered information on the kitsune subject at numerous libraries and museums and were ready to take action.

"Are you sure Sonic's here?" Amy asked.

"If he gathered the right info than he should be." Knuckles tried to reassure.

"That's not good enough!" Amy shouted.

"Get off my damn back woman! If he's not here than that's a good thing!"

"Why is that?"

"Because the 'fate rising' begins tonight if what we, uh, I studied was correct. He's going to bring Tails with him wherever he goes so it would be a good idea to keep them away from that place."

"Oh…okay."

"However, that's not to say it can't still happen if he is away from there. We don't entirely know how this system works."

"…What do you mean what you studied? I helped too!"

"Oh please, let's not do this!" Knuckles protested.

"Come on Knuckles! Admit it! I helped!"

"Yeah, where would I be if you didn't spend half my money on new worthless pink boots your not even wearing? I'd probably be 50 bucks richer."

"Of coarse I'm not wearing them now. I don't want to get them dirty."

"Hmph! Women!"

"What was that!?"

"You owe me 50 bucks, bitch!" Knuckles said angrily earning him a whack on the head with Amy's hammer.

"Ah! Damn it! What's that thing made of, pieces of your thick skull?" Knuckles was hit again. "OW! Stop it! Damn! That hurts! Damn it!" He wined.

The desert region they were headed toward drew even closer. All of Darkness' pawns were in place.

"Now…let the fun begin." Darkness scowled as he sat alone

Tails will learn the truth about his past very soon. The story of how the first kitsune was created will be revealed. All of Eggman's commanders will take on their toughest missions. Darkness' plan will soon come together. We are entering the final battles. I will update soon everyone. Review please.