Memory Lane

First Stop: Remembering

Tails had decided to clean up his workshop a bit, he was looking through some boxes and came across something he had completely forgotten he still had. He sat down in his chair feeling slightly sick, how could he have forgotten about her? He covered his mouth with a hand as he stared at the object in his hand, his eyes slightly began to burn as tears formed in his eyes. He held the object close to his chest, quiet sobs escaped him as he clutched the object tightly as if it was going to be taken from him.

How could I ever forget about you...? I'm so sorry...

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  "Leave him alone!" Y/N shouted loudly, she stood before Tails with her arms spread out in a protective manner as she shielded him from the many bullies that had surrounded him.

"What are you gonna do about it, huh?" One of them sneered as they swung a fist at her, Y/N ducked quickly while she delivered a blow straight to his stomach. The others eyes widened slightly but their expressions quickly changed to glares, the one Y/N had knocked down was coughing slightly before he pointed at her with a shaking finger. "Get her!" He shouted weakly. The others all lunged at Y/N with what seemed like the intent to kill, she turned around giving Tails a small smile to reassure him everything was going to be okay. For some reason he found it hard to believe it...

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 They knocked Y/N down on the ground, the leader walked forward and bent down, pulling her hair yanking her head up. She struggled against their grip on her but to no avail, she glared at the leader with a hard gaze. "I have to ask, why?" He said suddenly ask in her ear. Y/N gave him a confused glare then quickly glanced at Tails who was crying on the ground about five feet away for her, she looked back at the boy and glared at him again.

"What do you mean? Do me a favor and be more specific idiot!." She snapped, her remark was met with punch in the face. Y/N felt blood drip from her nose and down her muzzle, she noticed Tails was watching with a horrified expression on his poor face.

"Why do you bother protecting that freak?!" He shouted in her face, though Y/N didn't even bother to flinch. She couldn't take her eyes off of Tails, he looked so afraid.

"I protect him because he's my younger brother, and because no one else will!" She shouted throwing him off her back. She turned to face him, and kicked him in the chest knocking the air out of him. He landed on the ground and she confronted him with a scary glare and delivered another punch to his face. "And if I were you, I'd treat him better or so help me I'll give everything you've ever done to him times a hundred!" She growled kicking him in the gut, he coughed and looked up at her with wide eyes.

"This isn't over..." He whispered weakly. Y/N only sighed and turned her back to him, she walked up to Tails and helped him up while wiping away his tears. She took his hand in hers and began to lead him away from the boys.

"You won't ever learn will you?" She said without turning to face them, then she smiled down at Tails and picked him up as they continued to walk away deeper into the forest.

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"Okay, come here little bro. I need to clean you up." Y/N said softly to Tails. They had found a hot spring in the forest after walking for about half the entire day. Y/N carefully pulled off Tails shoes and socks, he had been quiet ever since the fight. He kept looking at the ground not meeting her gaze, she lifted his face so he could look into her eyes. "What's the matter, you still a little upset about earlier?" He looked down and nodded. Y/N frowned, "Hey don't worry about them, as long as I'm here I'll make sure nobody even touches a hair on you head!" She declared proudly. He looked at her a managed a small smile, "Now you need to get cleaned up come on," She picked him up and waded into the warm water, Tails let out a content sigh. Y/N giggled, then let him go as she went to swim out further, Tails had been quick to learn anything she had ever thought to teach him so naturally he knew how to swim just fine. He swam around her as she tried to splash at him, he laughed and instantly her her heart warmed at the sound. Only he could make Y/N feel happy, though she would never tell him the other big reason she protected him was because she saw it as her purpose in life and without Tails for her to look after what would she do; what was she supposed to do without him...?

"Hey, sis?" Tails called Y/N softly breaking her train of thought, she turned to him and saw him looking at her with his bright blue eyes. She smiled st him.

"What's up?" She asked ruffling his damp fur playfully, he continued to gaze at her with with his big eyes.

"What you said back there...." He whispered softly looking down. Y/N waited for him to continue but he stayed quiet for a while. Then he looked up at her looking a bit afraid of something.

"Yes...?" She asked slowly.

"...." He hesitated for a moment before continuing again. "Did you really mean what you back there...?" He asked meekly afraid of what her answer was going to be. Y/N couldn't answer right away, she was shocked that he would doubt her and how she really did care about him.

"Of course I do! How could you think otherwise!?" Y/N cried, she quickly pulled him into a hug pressing his face lightly into her chest. She began to swim back to the shore while holding him. He looked up at her and smiled brightly catching her off guard, but she beamed down at him anyways.

"Darn it! Why do you have to be so cute!?" She playfully cried spinning him round causing him to giggle.