Here you go guys! One horribly written chapter that I typed up super quickly because I forgot it was Saturday and I needed to put up a chapter. You are all seriously way too nice to me for the amount of lack-luster 'work' I put into these chapters. Either way, I try to make these at the highest quality I can with the amount of time I left for myself ^^;

I've decided to start doing updating every other weekend. This choice is because of school and the fact that it is just easier for me to write higher quality and longer chapters this way. If I won't have a chapter up that weekend, I will let you know why in the author's note I will probably put up. Thank you for understanding :D

AND NOW FOR LE CHAPTER~

"Tails! Oh Tails please wake up!" Despite the throbbing pain in her entire body, Cosmo was at Tails' side in an instant, sitting on her knees and pulling his head onto her lap. Her head ached and it hurt to sit down or move too quickly. She hadn't been expecting the door to open so quickly or so forcefully, she couldn't blame Tails though. She was an intruder in his own home and he couldn't have known it was her. Cosmo felt absolutely horrible about the entire situation that she had made. She'd only been back a few hours and she was already causing problems.

Back. That was an odd way of putting it. Cosmo had been dead. Dead! It wasn't like she had just left to visit an old friend or anything. She had been absolutely gone, her life whisked away from her on display for everyone to see in a giant explosion. Her last memory was of Sonic and Shadow hitting the planet, if you could call Dark Oak's transformation that. Cosmo didn't remember anything after that. She thought about this. The memory loss was probably to be expected. If there was an afterlife, whoever created or 'ruled' would probably be opposed of someone remembering or knowing of its existence. Why would they let them live again though? Death is usually permanent from what Cosmo believed. She had never heard of someone coming back from the dead before, or at least, not until now.

Wringing her hands together, the Seedrian looked down at her beloved fox and sighed a deep, exasperated breath. She hadn't wanted their reunion to be like this at all. Before she got hit by that door, Cosmo was thinking about how to go about announcing her unplanned return from the dead. She couldn't just jump out of a closet yelling "Ta-da!" even though she sort of just did that. "What an idiot, I am," Cosmo mumbled to herself. She didn't look up from her hands for a long while, only stopping her mope fest when Tails started to stir.

"Ugh…" He squinted his eyes and attempted to sit up. The attempt failed miserably because he just ended up knocking his forehead into Cosmo's nose. "Ahh! Dogonnit!" He yelped and fell back onto Cosmo's lap.

Cosmo gasped, holding her now hurt nose. "I'm so sorry, Tails!" Tails went rigid at the sound of her voice. Cosmo raised her hands up in front of her, scared that he was going to faint again. "Oh no! Please don't faint aga-" She was cut off when Tails grabbed her hand gently but firmly. Cosmo's hand went limp while Tails observed it. He seemed to be checking to make sure she was solid and not just some apparition. Even when he seemed satisfied that she was real, Cosmo still wasn't so sure.

"C-Cosmo," Tails said her name softly, sending waves of electricity running down her spine. "I-is it really you? Really truly?" He blinked back the water that was forming in his eyes.

She knew it was bad that she didn't know how to answer. It was a simple question but was also so complex. She felt like herself, but could she really be sure? She could be being controlled by someone or something. She could have a spy chip inside of her again with someone watching and listening to her every move. From what she and her friends went through, the possibilities were endless. However, the look on Tails' face urged her to say just a simple, "Yes."

Tails sat up onto his knees in front of her, dropping her hand. He wiped at his eyes and held his while staring at the floor between them. Had she said the wrong thing? Tails refused to meet her eyes anymore; in fact, he wouldn't even look at her now. She reached out to touch his arm and Tails surprised and saddened her when he recoiled. However, he did look up at her with a fire in his eyes.

"You were dead, Cosmo!" He stated the words she already knew and feared were coming. "I… I mourned you. Everyone had a funeral for you. I mean, we didn't have a body… but Chris brought up the idea before he left," he seemed to choke on the last statement. Cosmo would have to ask about Chris later… if Tails or anyone would even want to talk to her later. Tails went on despite her confusion. "Everyone agreed on it, so it happened. I didn't want to go, you know. I was going crazy enough as it was… is. Having the blunt force of absolutely knowing that you were and everyone thought you were gone did even worse things for me." He covered his face with his hands and finally whispered. "I hurt you, Cosmo, and I am so sorry."

Cosmo realized she had been biting her cheek the entire time when she tasted her own blood in her mouth. I mourned you. Everyone had a funeral for you. I was going crazy as it was… is. Tails' words flooded her mind as fast as the blood flooded her mouth. Had she really had that much of an impact on them? It sounded more like she had hurt Tails more than he had hurt her. She should be the one apologizing. Maybe there could have been another way, but no, she had to be the hero.

Noticing her lack of reply, Tails stood up and held a hand out for her. She took it and was pulled up in front of him. This was the first time she was really able to get a good look at him. Since she'd been gone, Tails was now a lot taller than her, like she hadn't grown at all. She stood about at his nose. Tufts of fur stuck out in all sorts of places from sleep. His sky blue eyes now lacked the fire they had before, he was worn out. He also wasn't wearing his usual shoes or gloves. Even after Tails' big speech, Cosmo had to use all her willpower not to giggle at him.

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She looked exactly as he remembered. She hadn't grown much, he had to look down just to see her eyes which were still blue and held that perceiving feel as if she was looking right into the very crevices of you being. They weren't patronizing, just observing and very clear about her surroundings. Tails took note that her previously short, green hair was now a little past her shoulders and she was also… 'more defined.' Wow, did he really have to think that? It was true, but still.

They were in the living room now. She was sitting on one side of the couch while he sat on the other. Both refused to look or talk to the other, leaving Tails with his thoughts.

Once he resolved to be a happier person, to forgive himself and try to forget what had happened, Cosmo had somehow managed to force her way back into the living world. He had watched her die, watched her explodebecause he had pushed the button that would end her life. Tails knew she didn't mean to, but she had just opened so many old wounds. Not between him and her, but between him and himself. After she had died, Tails had absolutely despised himself. Before he started seeing Willobee, Tails had attempted suicide a numerous number of times. He would usually stop himself, but the one time he managed to kick the chair, Sonic had burst into the room and 'saved' him. He had gone to the hospital and the doctor had prescribed him with anti-depressants for anthropomorphic animals and had told him to start seeing a therapist regularly. Despite himself, Tails felt as if all the trouble he had put on himself had just gone to waste. Life and death seemed to have a funny way of working. If there was anyone Tails needed to thank, he didn't care, because he still didn't know if this entire situation was a good thing or a bad thing.

Could he really accept this as reality? Science told him this should be impossible. Maybe he had finally lost it. Maybe his subconscious didn't want him to forgive himself for what he did. Just looking at Cosmo brought back so many feelings of love and longing, but there was so much regret and pain, it dulled the happy feelings. The only thing Tails could be certain of was that his heart ached.

There was some knocking at the door then, causing both Tails and Cosmo to jump up, snapping back into reality.

"Tails?" Cream's sweet voice sounded from behind the door, "I need to talk to you! I, uh, brought food if you're h-hungry!"

"One second, Cream!" Tails called before turning to Cosmo and whispering for her to go hide in his room and that it'll only be a minute. She nodded and left. Tails opened the door for Cream. She looked up at him and smiled a bashful smile, wringing her hands on the basket she was holding. Tails rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, hi, Cream. I'm a little busy. Do you think it could wait?"

She slid past him into the house. "No." Cream stated plainly, and then thinking better of it, she started to explain. "I-It's important… kind of. I k-know that if I d-don't say it now," she blushed. "I never will."

'She's doing this now?' Tails thought to himself. Now really wasn't the best time. He looked over Cream's shoulder to his bedroom door and sighed. This was important to Cream and she was one of his closest friends, hopefully Cosmo could wait a little while longer. "Uh, sure," Tails looked at the little rabbit. "W-What's on your mind?"

Short chapters are short! Lol sorry it isn't longer you guys, I wanted to leave you on a cliffy since I like seeing your guys' predictions. I wrote this chapter a little differently than my last chapters, trying to get back into the swing of things, so I hope you enjoyed. I apologize for the lack of other characters in this chapter, you'll get to see everyone else in the next ones though, I swear! I'll be back with chapter five on the 10th or 11th. Happy early Halloween :D Have fun and don't get too drugged up on candy!

Please R&R, it makes me want to keep putting these out there 3