A/N: Alright, so this is my super awesome (not) story about Sonic! Yay! lol…

But before I begin, I just want to say that I promise to make this story the best I can, and to put my best effort. I also promise that I'm going to finish this, even if it means dragging out the story to the bitter and messy end. Now, I don't want to spoil anything, but there are going to be quite a few OC's. But there should be new enemies to fight against, right?

Anyways, here I present to you….

CHAPTER 1:

MOBIUS: 1 day after episode 78 of Sonic X
10:31 pm

Mobius…

Home of the Legendary Sonic the hedgehog and his valiant friends… A day after the brave heroes had returned from their intergalactic conquest and victory against the alien Meterex, returning home victorious with their planet egg…

The past day had been a joyful one, spent partying and spending time together with each other. But the faint memories of the day slowly faded as the last rays of sunshine vanished over the horizon and the clear, blue sky retreated into the depths of space. Now, late at night, when everyone had retired to their respective houses, peace and tranquility reigned as an unbroken spell of calmness and quietness…

Overhead in the glassy atmosphere, a silver full moon shines brightly upon the tranquil landscape, casting its unearthly radiance and revealing the midsummer night to be a pleasant, warm, and quiet one. The only sound that breaks the peaceful evening is the leaves rustling in the gentle breeze, and the crickets softly chirping nearby. Everywhere; cities, towns, houses, countryside… all quiet. All seems like it should be all peaceful and well and good, yet…

In one specific house however, that's not the case. It has only been a day after the defeat of the Meterex, and yet, a lonely, two-tailed, yellow fox is curled up in a tight ball on his bed with an aching in his heart. He's sobbing, shaking uncontrollably, the moonlight filtering through the window, making a spotlight around him. Occasionally, he whimpers and cries out loud, but mainly he's quietly crying, still unbelieving of the past few events of his life.

"B-But why C-Cosmo..? W-Why did y-you have to die..?" The kitsune pitifully sniffs as he continues his tirade.

"W-Why did I have to shoot you? Why c-couldn't you have lived?" Tails quietly mumbled to himself, tears pouring down his face like rain on a cloudy day. . .

"I…. I …. l-loved y-you… C-Cosmo…. I wanted to live with you f-forever…" He confessed as burning hot tears leaked out of his eyes, closing them in vain.

"IT'S NOT FAIR!" Tails suddenly shouted in rage, eyes wide open. He clenches his teeth shut, balling his hands into fists. Tails then proceeds to pound the pillow he's laying on repeatedly, trying to take out all of his anger and frustration and sadness in one blow.

"IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!" Tails yells out loud, his frustrated voice echoing throughout the night…

Finally, after a minute of beating the stuffing out of the pillow, he tires out and stops. Defeated, Tails remains curled up, hugging his two tails next to his face.

"I…I… you… we… should have been together….". Tails collapses on his bed, sobbing. Near his bed is an open window, a cool breeze wafting through it. A single ray of moonlight pierces through the window, casting its unearthly glow upon a single seed planted in a flower pot. The seed: the last remains of Tails' love, Cosmo, after she heroically sacrificed herself in order to save the galaxy…

Outside the house in the surrounding tall grass to the side of Tails' house, a dark figure is crouched, looking through the window with binoculars. He is taking note of Tails' grief while hiding under the dark cover of night and the outcroppings of the forest. He remains almost invisible in the overreaching branches and leaves above him, the tall grass that surrounds him concealing most of his body.

Finally, after remaining quiet for so long, he quietly speaks to himself in a distance, forlorn voice.

"Two lovers, destined to be together forever, yet separated in the end by war and suffering. A valiant sacrifice to save everyone, yet in exchange for such a young and innocent life. A truly depressing end to what should have been, yet never will be... It really shouldn't have to be this way…" The figure thinks to himself, depressed, still seemingly lost in a forgotten trance. "…then again, life is a vicious game that isn't played fairly. Unless…."

The figure puts the binoculars down, but continues to look at the window. Finally, he runs off, disappearing into the dark foliage of the surrounding forest. The tall grass makes a swishing sound as he breaks through it with a determined stride.

"….perhaps it's time to break the rules"

The next day:
8:44 am

Sunlight shines through the open window, signaling the beginning of a brand new day. Outside, birds start to chirp cheerfully while a few insects fly around lazily, dancing in the gentle breeze. The morning weather happens to be cool and humid, unusual for normal summertime weather.

Tails is still lying curled up in bed, his face damp with tears, eyes shut asleep. As the sound of birds chirping merrily ring out in the morning, he slowly becomes conscious; the rays of light just barely touching his face and eyelids. Finally after a while, Tails slowly opens one blue eye, then the other. He yawns, and stretches his arms out, sitting up in bed, his blanket in a messy pile by his feet. As he is sitting up, Tails slouches his head over, remembering his depressed state about Cosmo's death.

"Ugggghh…" Tails moans pitifully as he gets out of bed, taking care not to fall over. His fur is all damp and matted down in most places, and he had a horrible feeling on the inside, his stomach knotted up in dread and his mind barely acknowledging the fact that he is awake. Tails swung his leg over the side of the bed, and grudgingly rested his head on his hands.

"Cosmo…" he started to say before he broke down emotionally, sobbing. He covered his face with both hands, tears trickling through the gaps between his fingers. After a few heart wrenching moments, he quickly composed himself, and shook his head. The pain was tearing at him inside, and he didn't feel like doing anything. With the death of Cosmo, he had just lost all motivation for everything that used to seem fun and interesting. After washing himself up and taking a quick shower, he sauntered downstairs right when the doorbell rang.

"Coming…" Tails said weakly as he stumbled towards the door. The doorbell rang several more times in succession, until Tails grabbed the doorknob weakly, and pulled. As he swung the door wide open, he found none other than a blue colored hedgehog standing on his front step, waiting impatiently.

"Heya there little buddy!" Sonic flashed his trademark grin and "thumbs up" sign, no trace of the previous bright morning sun behind him as clouds were starting to build up in the light gray sky. "How are you doing?"

"Not too well, really" Tails mumbled, his eyes downcast, depressed. "Can we talk some other time?"

"Look…." Sonic started, a frown tugging on the edges of his lips. "I know…"

"No see, that's the problem," Tails suddenly snapped his head up and stated, annoyed, arms crossed with a frown on his face. "You don't know what it's like to lose someone close to you. Look…"

Tails motioned outside with a wide, sweeping motion.

"Just stop trying to make me feel better, alright? I – I just need to be alone for some time, alright?" Tails looked pointedly at Sonic, deliberately tapping one foot, impatient for a response.

Sonic also frowned, concerned. "Alright, if it makes you feel better… But you can always talk to me if you need to, okay?" Sonic shrugged, gave Tails a pat on the shoulder, and sped past him, rushing into the open, leaving behind a long, blue streak.

Tails sighed, and slammed the door shut. He didn't know how he could go on with his building depression. On top of that, it was all cloudy and looked as if it was going to rain soon. Today was not going to be a good day.

A few minutes later, and Tails was still wandering around the house, trying to think of something to do. Being as depressed as he was, he couldn't think of anything to do that would cheer him up or at least take his mind off of his misery.

"I guess I should probably eat some breakfast…" Tails muttered quietly to himself, though he didn't feel very hungry at all. Tails slowly ambled to the kitchen where he got out a bowl and milk and made a quick breakfast of cereal. As he was crunching on a bowl of frosted flakes, he thought unhappily to himself.

"Why Cosmo…? Just why did you have to die…?" Tails sighed, melancholy. He was only able to down a few scoops of cereal before he didn't feel like eating anymore. Tails got up, dumped the remaining contents into the trash can and sink, and sat back down on the kitchen table. He remained there, his head tilted and resting on one hand. The other hand was lazily toying with the tip of one of his tails.

"I mean I know you told us all that it was your 'destiny' and that you had to do this for your clan, but what about me? I know I should feel happy that you were able to fulfill your 'purpose' and also do something that would stop making you feel worthless…" Tails sighed sadly. "You know, I never thought you were worthless… Even if you didn't do anything when we were fighting… You did enough by being kind to everyone, especially me…"

Tails continued to think about Cosmo, a few tears dripping on the wooden table. "You shouldn't have felt like that Cosmo… You shouldn't have sacrificed yourself just because you finally wanted to show that you wanted to help us out instead of being a hindrance… I loved you the way you were, Cosmo… I loved you Cosmo…" Tails trailed off in thought. Sighing, he slowly got up, and started to pace around the room.

"And now you're gone, Cosmo… gone… gone forever…" Tails started to cry again, but immediately stopped and wiped the tears off of his face.

"I can't just sit here and mope all day, I should at least do SOMETHING. I can't spend the rest of my life doing nothing…" Tails decided after a while. He was just about to go to his workshop to fix up some loose ends of the Blue Typhoon when the doorbell rang again.

"Who could that be now!" Tails wondered, annoyed. He opened the door and…

"Hey Tails!" A pink hedgehog was standing outside, waving.

"Hi Amy…" Tails sighed dejectedly; it WAS going to be a long day.

Tails' Workshop
12:11 PM

Inside Tails' workshop, the clang of metal on metal and the sound of a drill being used echoed throughout the room. Tails was sitting on a stool, welding two pieces of metal together unsuccessfully. He had spent half an hour trying to get the thing to function correctly, but for some reason, it refused to work. Frustrated, Tails sighed, and threw the pieces of metal at the nearby wall. The clang resounded throughout the workshop as the metal pieces fell to the floor, bent from the impact.

He had been working on another of his inventions for the past few hours, but to no avail. Tails had decided that even though he really didn't feel like doing much, he had to at least do something to take his mind off all the depression he was dealing with. He was starting to create another airplane, one that could go superfast so he could keep up with Sonic whenever they went on an adventure.

"If we ever do go on another adventure…" Tails muttered to himself. The airplane was far from finished. Tails had only completed the basic structure of the cockpit and body of the plane.

"I give up…." Tails mumbled. Retrieving the two pieces of metal he had flung at the wall earlier, Tails carefully set them on the ground near the plane. Then, he put his welding mask down on a nearby table, and headed inside to make lunch. Outside, the sky was still very cloudy, and it was starting to drizzle. Small streaks of rain hit the windows on Tail's house, creating a pattering sound as he ate a sandwich.

"Man, it looks like there's going to be a big storm," Tails thought to himself between bites. "Hope it's not too bad. I HATE thunder and lightning…"

He had just finished his lunch when the doorbell rang again. Tails groaned, and slowly and painstakingly got up.

"Yeah yeah, I'm coming…" Tails stumbled to the door for the third time that day as if almost in a trance. He grabbed the doorknob and flung it wide open.

"Look, I don't want any of your sympa.." Tails started to say, and stopped. Standing in front of him was a dark reddish furred fox with two tails as well. The stranger was pretty tall and lean as well. His face and upper body was pretty cut up and scarred, and he looked as if he was some sort of fighter or something of the sort.

"I wasn't exactly going to offer you any, but thanks for asking," the red fox said, his mouth twitched in a smirk.

Tails scratched the back of his head in utter confusion. "Umm… I don't mean to be rude, but exactly who are you?" Tails asked the strange fox politely. Tails also noticed that the fox had two blades hanging from a sheath from his back, and some type of high-tech mechanical wristbands on both of his wrists.

"That's not exactly important now," the red fox began, cocking his head to one side.

"Then what do you want?" Tails crossed his arms and frowned.

"I'm here to help". The red fox explained.

Tails sighed, "Look if Sonic or Amy sent you here to help me…" Tails started to close the door. Swiftly, the red fox caught the door by sticking his foot in the open crack, and pushed it wide open.

"No," The red fox sighed forlornly. "Not that kind of help."

"Then what kind of help?" Tails asked, curious now. He raised one eyebrow.

"Well…" The red fox motioned inside. "Could we…. you know…. talk inside? I mean it's pretty cold and wet out here." There was a blinding, white streak of light in the sky, and a thunderclap sounded as if to emphasize his point. The rain was now starting to pour, drenching the land in cold water.

"Alright…." Tails sighed, "But I usually don't like strangers in my house."

The red fox grinned lopsidedly. "Who said I was a stranger?" The red fox asked, looking around carefully when he entered the house.

Tails' eyes widened considerably.

Later…

About half an hour later, both Tails and the red fox were seated at kitchen table, the storm still going strong outside. Even though it was still like 1:00 in the afternoon, it looked as dark as midnight because of the black storm clouds covering what once was a calm, clear blue sky. The extremely loud crash of thunder every minute or so resounded in the house as the two foxes covered their ears. The pouring rain drummed on the roof of the house as well as the windows, making it hard to hear the other person speak.

The red fox sipped a mug filled with coffee, and had a blanket covering his body. Across from him, Tails was resting his head on one hand, looking tired and depressed. He had just finished introducing himself to the red fox…

"Soo, your Mom and Dad are dead?" the red fox asked sadly.

"Yeah, a long time ago though," Tails sighed. "I still miss them a lot, but not as much as I miss…" Tails started to cry, remembering Cosmo's death again.

"Hey..." the red fox looked up."Don't cry, that's why I'm here to help"

"Whaa-… What do you mean?" Tails began, looking confused.

The red fox stood up and grinned. "I'm going to help bring back Cosmo."