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[Title Pending] A fanfic loosely based on Yugioh Season "0" [rated pg-13 for language]


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This story does not have a title yet, suggestions are welcome. I thought I'd post this here and hopefully get some feedback before I put it on fanfiction.net The story is loosely inspired by https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4062231/1/Tales-of-Shadows which is based yugioh season 0. Also, this is a rough draft.

 

A figure sat at a desk with his brow furrowed in concentration and twin tails quivering in excitement. His fingers worked furiously at the controls of a handheld game system. “Just a little more” he thought to himself. On screen his avatar slashed away the last monster standing between him and his goal, he was about to rescue the princess when suddenly the game system was yanked out of his hands.

 

“What’s this?” a red echidna said as he looked at the screen, “another Legendary Celda?” The system’s owner replied, “It’s called Legend of Zelda, now please give it back.” The echidna replied, “maybe you should try playing basketball with the rest of us.” He started to walk off when both jumped at a shout of “Knuckles!” Knuckles turned to the rabbit who had just entered the room and said, “Cream, I was just trying to help Tails become more popular and-” he stopped from the glare she gave him, handed over the game system, and left the room. Cream handed the system to Tails and asked, “Everything ok?”. Tails replied, “Yes, the game’s fine”. Cream added, “That’s not what I meant: I’m worried about you.” Tails responded, “I’m fine.”

 

Later that same day, Tails was about to leave station square high when he was cornered by a green hedgehog with dark glasses. Standing behind the hedgehog were his cronies, two wolves. “May I help you with something?” Tails asked. “You haven’t payed your rent yet freak.” The hedgehog sneered. “Rent?” Tails asked. “Rent for your sorry ass taking up space in my school.” The hedgehog replied. Tails responded, “But Maurice, I don’t have any money.” The hedgehog punched him in the gut and said. “The name’s Scourge!” Before Tails could recover scourge’s two cronies pinned his arms behind him. Scourge put his face right up next to Tails’s and said, “You’d better have my rent next time, or you’ll wish you didn’t exist” before shoving Tails to the ground and walking away.

 

Once Tails got home he opened the door to his house and said, “Uncle Chuck I’m home.” An adult hedgehog walked into the room and said, “Great news, Sonic just called and said that he aced his midterms. I knew he was bright enough for Soleanna university- what happened to you?” Chuck said the last part upon seeing the state Tails was in. “I fell down”. Tails meekly replied and walked off to his room before Chuck could figure out a response. Tails went up to his room and took his mind off things by tinkering with electronics.

 

Over the next week, Tails settled into a depressing new routine. He’d help at his Uncle’s shop fixing people’s gadgets after school and hand over the money they paid him to Scourge the next morning. However, on Thursday Tails spent the whole time in the shop without getting a single customer. Over dinner Chuck noticed that Tails was awfully silent. Then Chuck remembered something. He got up and came back to the table with a letter. “Its to you from Sonic.” Tails opened the letter and read,

 

Hi Miles,

I hope you’re doing well. Amy bet me that I couldn’t beat her roommate at Super Smash Bros and he lost, now she has to go on a date with me after my race this weekend. I owe it all to you for making me practice so much. Anyway, I heard that Station Square’s Gamestop is having a sale this weekend. Enclosed is some money so you can enjoy it.

Best,

Sonic

 

Tails felt relieved and finished his food while Chuck read the letter. Just as Tails was about to leave the room Chuck asked, “What game are you going to get?”. Tails quickly left the room before Chuck could see that he was starting to cry. He went up to his room and closed the door. Mentally sighing, he tried to distract himself like usual, but he just could get himself to tinker the way he usually did. He looked around his room for another thing to do and his eyes fell on a box on a shelf. Inside the box was what looked like parts for something. Tails briefly recalled Chuck purchasing the box for him several years ago while they were traveling. He’d asked Chuck why he’d chosen it over the other items in the gift shop and said, “The symbol on the front looks like two tails, just like you have.” He’d also been told that the writing on the side was similar to carvings found in the mystic ruins.

 

He got the box out and started to work on re-assembling the device inside. Several hours passed but Tails hardly noticed. Shortly after the sun had set Tails attached the final piece to what looked to be a set of bracers. “Not what I was expecting” he thought to himself. He considered turning on the light to get a better look but instead slipped the bracers onto his arms first, and his expression went blank.

 

A two-tailed figure looked around the room without difficulty and his eyes fell on Sonic’s letter and the money next to it. “How dare he…” the figure said before vanishing in a flash of crimson light.

 

Meanwhile Scourge had just met up with his cronies for a night of fun. Each of them was carrying a can of spray-paint. They made their way to the local playground for a night of vandalism but stopped when a dark figure stepped in front of the entrance. “You’re in the way” Scourge stated. The figure calmly replied, “I have business with you Maurice”. Scourge scowled at someone using his real name, “Who the hell does this guy think he is?” he thought to himself. Then the clouds shifted, and moonlight shown, illuminating the stranger’s fox ears and two tails. “Tails?” he said disbelievingly. Then he caught himself and added, “You’d better have my rent after getting in my way again.”

 

The figure replied, “I have it, but if you want it, you’ll have to earn it”. Scourge was too surprised to speak so the figure continued, “Fight me one on one until one of us submits: The winner keeps the money and is never bothered by the loser again.” Scourge laughed maniacally and said: “Hear that? The fox kit thinks he can beat me up? He’s lost it!” The figure replied, “So, you accept then?”

 

Scourge smiled evilly and said, “I’d love to, but I think I’ll need a little help making sure you don’t run away screaming”. Scourge was so overconfident that he’d failed to notice that this fox’s fur was dark even in the moonlight and his eyes were red instead of the blue he should have expected. His cronies however picked up on the differences. Despite this they advanced forward however the figure vanished before they could grab him. “A pity” the figure’s voice replied from behind them, “You would have been harmed less if you’d fought me alone.” The figure stepped out of the shadows, raised his palm and blasted Scourge back with a burst of crimson light before advancing on the cornered trio.

 

Tails woke up the next morning feeling groggy. He got out of bed and walked towards the stairs leading to the kitchen. He noticed something on his arm and did a double take. After a moment he realized, “That’s right. I assembled these bracers last night.” Then he frowned, he couldn’t remember wearing them to bed. “Maybe Cream will think they’re cool looking”. He thought to himself. Then he remembered that he had to hand over Sonic’s gift money to Scourge and any thought of having a good day at school vanished. Later Tails walked to school, twin tails practically dragging since he was so depressed, that was until he saw a new report on a TV through the window of a café. The text said, “Station Square High Student Attacked”. Tails ran into the café and listened to the broadcast. “... baffled by the attack on Maurice Smith and two of his friends. A jogger found them in a state of complete shock early this morning and called an ambulance. However, the medical examination found only minor injuries…”

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