Chapter One: Part Three: We are waiting for change!
April 23, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Although the candies were small, and for the huge nagas they were the smallest, nevertheless, with their tongues they still felt the sweet taste of these crumbs.
β And sweets are even tastier than vegetables. I've never eaten anything tastier before. β the scorpion says to himself, after which he takes a huge mug, which was ordinary for him, and washes down the sweetness with tea.
Shadow also picks up a similar mug and also drinks tea. Tails at this time was drinking tea from her small mug of her own size and sitting on her fifth point on the stone table itself. For him, the candies, although small, were a little larger than for the nagas.
β How are the other nagas doing by the way? β Tails asked and Shadow was the first to answer him:
β And I was just returning from them. You wonβt believe it, Tails, but most of the nagas decided this time to move out of the caves to live outside, like me, to make new houses for themselves from trees or stones, like people do, and to make a new village outside for themselves to live next door to people. They also discussed the idea of making a common monument for you and me.
The fox almost choked on his tea from what he heard.
β Monument? For us?
β Certainly. Moreover, it is made of stone and in full height. And whatβs interesting is that you will be huge on the monument and your height will be the same as mine.
β And today I was visiting the king. Even though the people and Mobians, as well as the guards and most of the naga hunters, were suspicious of me, the king still accepted me into his throne room and shared with me that he would soon marry one stepdaughter, who lives at home completely alone and without money. Because he has wanted a wife and children for a long time. True, I havenβt thought about heirs to the throne yet, but perhaps in five or six years he will decide this issue. Moreover, thanks to friendship and alliance with other nagas, politics... β he was interrupted by the signal cough of Shadow, who looked sternly at Luz, hinting that he did not want to listen about politics. β Um... I wanted to say that the lives of many people and Mobians began to improve. More new types of fresh meat without any chemicals appeared in the markets in any town and village, and more metal, copper, bronze, silver and gold appeared. Food prices fell to mere pennies, workers and slaves began to receive twice as much for their good work, and besides, people and Mobians themselves allowed the nagas to sometimes crawl to them and get something if they also needed it. In general, the union of three races really made our country better. Even the king himself is a little afraid to imagine how they will live like this all over our globe if the whole world is in an alliance between three races.
β Well, Luz, you once wanted to exterminate them all. And in doing so, he would probably only make things worse for the whole world. β says Tails and was just about to take a sip when he suddenly realized that he had mentioned it in vain. β Oh! No offense, Luz!
Bucket sighs heavily and answers:
β Everything is fine! I'm not offended. β he lied so as not to worry his friends. Shadow put his right palm on the shoulder of his large and purple friend.
Tails, looking at both nagas and somewhere to the side, thought about something and making a couple of signal coughs, he turned to the scorpion:
β Luz, could you quickly crawl to Fiona and tell her not to worry and not to wait for me for dinner, because Iβll come home later.
β Sure, not a problem! β Bucket answers and, putting aside his finished tea, he left the cave and hit the road.
β Why couldnβt you offer me this? β asks the striped one.
β I specially escorted Luz so that you and I could be alone. β the two-tailed man answers, and at that moment someone flew into their house. It was a butterfly with wings of seven colors of the rainbow, it flew up and sat on the table between them. Tails and Shadow, looking at her, realized that this was apparently a signal. Tails pulled out a red box with a surprise inside from his head and, putting his mug on the floor to the side, sat down on his knees.
β What are you doing? β the striped naga did not understand, and the fox decided to ask his question to prepare:
β My friend, do you remember how the two of us, while chasing Luz, had a fight with you and went our separate ways in the world where we met those five children, one of whom was young and unprepared me?
Shadow nodded, although he did not understand why such a question. Tails continued to say:
β So here it is! When your evil counterpart from that world pretended to be you, helped me defeat Luz, and then tried to eat me, but I got stuck in his throat and almost killed him, preventing him from breathing, after which we spent the night with those children and their two nagas, who were their adoptive parents... In general, while you were playing with the kids and even juggling with them, I told their parents about how you were truly in love with me, like a guy with a girl. They themselves then asked how I easily guessed that that impostor was not you. They listened to me and gave me one piece of advice.
β Which? β the snake hedgehog asked, although he still didnβt understand.
Still being modest, he did not dare to get down to business yet, but decided to stall for more time and tell him what they advised him then:
β To begin with, Sally told me this: "If someone is in love with you, and it doesnβt matter whether itβs a person, a Mobian or even a naked one, and it doesnβt matter what gender they are, man or woman, you donβt blame him or her for it. This is their choice. Of course, you can consider them just friends, but they will always like you, and they will always love you, even if you find someone you fall in love with. Iβm telling you this for a reason, but so that you donβt repeat my mistake, when I used to love my Shadow, and then left him for Sonic." And then Sonic finished these words to me: "But even if you are unlucky with love, you can always trust someone who truly loves you, as no one else will possibly ever love. Your Shadow is a good naga who will never betray you, deceive you or abandon you. The main thing is that at least he doesnβt pester you with his love, as Amy does, trying to force it on me, but only hides behind friendship and doesnβt want to force it on you. Therefore, be more polite with him and do not offend him! Shadow, the naga you deserve." That's what they told me. β after this long retelling of the two-tailed one, the striped one froze in place, his heart stopped for a second, and a blush appeared on his cheeks. Tails at this moment extends his hands with the box forward. β In general... Shadow, for me you are still just my best friend, but... I donβt want you to be offended by me... And so I decided... Since you want me to become your soulmate , then... Shadow, will you be my naked? - at this question, Tails opens his red box and showed inside it a small ring with a red ruby, which, although it was small for a naga, could be put on the tip of a finger claw.
Here, there is no LGBT propaganda at all. Itβs just that in the previous parts, Shadow was in love with Tails, and Tails always simply considered him his friend, and at one point they even quarreled because of this, and Shadow even got upset and went away alone to cry in one place with a broken heart, and Tails, in turn, thanks to his conscience, he realized that he was in vain to speak out to him like that and, having found him again, asked for forgiveness and they began to work together again. And Tails himself still sees Shadow as simply his best and faithful friend.
Shadow's eyes widened and he gasped at the gift Tails had prepared for him. Tails expected in advance that Shadow might have responded with agreement. The striped hedgehog snake himself also initially wanted to answer with agreement. However, remembering a previous incident when they quarreled in that world and realizing that he himself did not love him, but was only his friend, he decided to say:
β Tails... I... I donβt even... I donβt know what to say... β smiling with modesty, Shadow answers, still blushing. β Tails... I... I really love you, as you yourself long ago guessed, but... I guess... I'll refuse...
β What? β Tails did not expect such an answer. On the one hand, deep down in his soul he was glad that he received such an unexpected answer and that at least they would remain friends. On the other hand, he wondered why he changed his mind and gave such an answer? Maybe he was joking? β Why?
β Tails, itβs probably my own fault that we quarreled in that world where we became friends with those kids. You probably wanted to find a girl as a partner or just remain a bachelor? I donβt want you to change your mind in terms of relationships... β with the tip of his tail, he closes the foxβs box and lightly brings it to him. β You can give the ring to your future wife if you ever find her. I decided that it would be better for you and me to just remain friends. You still have nothing against friendship, do you? - asks the striped one, tilting his head to the left side.
Tails was also happy in his heart that he couldn't help but scream in joy, jumping in place and raising his fist in the air. Fortunately, he restrained himself and only answered with a smile:
β Of course, Shadow. You have always been my best friend and always will be. I donβt need anything else... β the fox turned his gaze somewhere to the side and, scratching his chin, thought out loud: β Unless, when I was still young, you almost replaced my father at that time. At first you were like a father to me. I probably even thought that you saw me more as a son than as a friend, until I grew up.
β Well... To be honest... I really saw a son in you back then, when you were still very little. Thanks to her by the way. If it weren't for her, we probably would never have met. β the snake-hedgehog said about the rainbow butterfly, which then decided not to disturb them and flew away into the street. β Listen, do you remember how I gave you that diamond from the underwater world in one of the worlds?
β Your gift? Yes. I saved it. β answered the two-tailed man and showed a diamond soldered on golden claws and a chain that can be worn around the neck. He showed it, also taking it out from behind his head, and then also hiding it. β Itβs true that Iβm still embarrassed to wear it myself.
β Maybe then you can give it to your mother Fiona? Let her at least wear it? β suggested Shadow.
The fox thought about his friend's proposal, scratching his chin and said:
β Perhaps you're right.
Having decided on this, he flies to the striped naga and they hug each other, closing their eyes. Suddenly this beautiful picture is interrupted by the sudden sound of some kind of explosion and someone's screams. Through the window of the cave, one could see some kind of smoking spaceship flying in the sky, from where two screams came. One is male, the other is female. The ship itself flew down and fell somewhere in the swamp.
β What was it? β asks the fox, pointing his finger at the place where the ship fell.
β Don't know. Let's go and find out. β says the snake hedgehog.
They left their cave and rushed to help.
***
When Luz Bucket found himself in the village, all its inhabitants were still calmly communicating with each other on the street. But when the scorpion naga appeared, they all turned their gaze to him at once and frowned. They were all very angry and looked at the scorpion with great suspicion. Luz clenched his teeth in excitement and bulged his eyes. He was very afraid that they would start attacking him again, since they still see the same monster in him. Creeping slowly and past every citizen, he tried not to hurt anyone or anything. The civilians continued to mistrust him and look at him suspiciously, what if he was again secretly plotting something bad against humanity? After walking through the entire village, he crawls to Fionaβs house. Bowing his head slightly in front of the door, he lightly knocks on the door with the claw of his little finger. A few seconds later, a red fox with a single tail opened the door. β Luz! I didn't expect to see you. β I came from your son. He asked me to tell you that he would stay at Shadowβs house until late and asked not to wait for him for dinner. β Really? Okay, for one thing Iβll go to bed early and get up early. β the fox answers and closes the door. Then she opens the kitchen window and then addresses the scorpion: β Luz, you really are a good friend and a very kind naga. I see this perfectly in you. Especially how hard you try to show yourself to everyone. I'm glad that you found a common language with Shadow and my Tails again. You do not need to be afraid and despair that many nagas, people and Mobians will never forgive you. If I myself forgave you a long time ago and accepted you as such, then what will, over time, prevent others from realizing in you the same thing as me. β I know, Miss Tweedy. I guess I'll go now. β Bucket says and is about to crawl away. β Really? It's a shame you're leaving so quickly. Maybe you can stay for a while? I have the whipped cream whipped and the butter cooked. I'm making a cake for our mayor's birthday tomorrow. I could give you a piece of myself and a glass of milk if you want. I even bake duck with apples. Luz thought for a moment, turned around and modestly, pressing his thumb and forefinger together, said: β Maybe one piece at a time. I'm just on a diet right now. β Wonderful. β she answers and closes the window. Scorpio began to lie near the door and wait. Suddenly, from somewhere in the distance, he heard a barely audible scream and an explosion. They were coming from the forest. It was suspicious, but he didn't want to leave Fiona alone. If he promised her to stay at least for dinner, then he shouldnβt offend her with a refusal. From time to time, Luz looked at Fiona's pets, from chickens to cows, who also looked at the naga suspiciously, like an angry dog at a stranger who had entered the territory of someone else's house. This embarrassed the scorpion and he sadly lay down on his hands folded on the ground. After some time, Fiona came out of the house through the door and brought a wooden stand that looked like a bread cutting board. On a stand she carried a piece of cake, a glass of milk and a wing with a couple of pieces of apples. β Bon appetit, guest. β she answers him and hands him the contents. Scorpio thanked her with a bow and first took the wing with apples with his tail, deciding to try it. Although he is trying to become a vegetarian, he still likes meat. It's hard to give it up. Still, there is a slight dependence on meat, although he is trying to fight it, as he promised Shadow himself. The duck meat was really tasty, especially with apples. Afterwards he snacks on a piece of cake and washes it down with milk. β Tasty? β asks Fiona. β Yes. β Thatβs because I cooked it with love. β Is that why you have so much harvest with vegetable gardens, warehouses and livestock? β Luz asked. β Yes. In general, all this was inherited from a huge family of relatives. And before that, I still lived with an evil and harmful hermit father, who wanted me to grow up the same way. β What happened to all of them? They died? β Unfortunately yes. Except for my father. I just moved here to live from him, and all my relatives disappeared. They say that the nagas ate them. True, others then started rumors that it was supposedly that I killed them all myself in order to appropriate all this inheritance to myself. Although I didnβt even have any thoughts about it. β So thatβs why everyone was afraid of you? β Yes, but it was to my advantage. I could have appeared at the wrong time and scared or deliberately intimidated someone. For example, the same hooligans, so that they donβt make fun of my Tails and donβt dare to offend him. Even the mayor himself was once afraid of me. β But why didnβt he expel you from the village long ago? Fiona laughed in response and said: β But there was no evidence or arguments that I did this to my relatives. No one simply could prove it and simply spread rumors. True, at first I didnβt live well with it and was completely alone. Until Tails himself appeared in my life. β she exhales with relief and smiles. β And for this I am primarily grateful to you, Bucket. If you had not then attacked that village with Miles's real parents, then he would not have appeared in the river next to me. That is, in part it was you who changed my life, Luz. You changed both of Tails' and my lives. Thank you for all this. β of course, she says all this here without sarcasm. At the same time, she hugs his face. - You know? But you and I are almost the same age. I would probably still like to kiss you. Luz Bucket's eyes widened at what he heard. β What?... Straight... On the lips? Fiona nodded. Not expecting such an answer, the scorpion naga gets a blush on his cheeks. At this moment, the fox already closes her eyes and makes her lips appear like a tube. Luzu was a little afraid, but he did not want to offend her by refusing. He closes his eyes and purses his lips in the same way. Huge lips and very small ones touch each other and gently draw towards each other. Luz almost pulled the fox into his mouth with his huge lips, but he did it very slowly, so only his head pulled forward slightly. The fox even cupped his cheeks with her palms. Then, as if by coincidence, they let each other go at the same time. β Now Iβm starting to understand Shadow when he fell in love with Tails. β Luz said to himself, smiling and keeping a blush on his cheeks. β Me too. β Fiona laughed to the side. β I really liked it. β Are you really in love with me too? But wouldn't Tails be outraged by this? Considering that we were enemies at first? β Scorpio became a little modest. β No. I'm sure he will understand everything. He loves me, and I love him. And besides, you more or less get along with him. He wonβt mind if you become my husband, and partly a father to him. In the sense: you deprived him of his parents and you yourself will eventually replace them with him and give him new ones. In gratitude, the scorpion wraps his arms around the fox and hugs him. Fiona also hugs Luz back. The livestock, looking at them, are moved and sigh in human voices. Looking at them, the fox and snake decided that it would be better for them to go out of the village into the forest together and be alone there for now.***
Somewhere in the same forest, a blue square-shaped portal appears and another Luz Bucket in an agent costume emerges from it. He looks around angrily and smirks at the halogram of Wander and Sylvia on his wristwatch. β I'm coming for you! β he hisses through a smile.
