The Date

Rivalry

Sorry for the long wait, I hope you guys like it.

PAIRING:KNUXADOW AND SONADOW

Knuckles and Shadow ran through the forest, searching for the hidden lair of the nutorious Dr. Eggman.  Shadow’s pace was slower than his usual speed because of Knuckles not so quick pace. They went past trees, getting farther and farther away from the city. Shadow could hardly sense the Chaos Emerald. For some reason something was preventing him to sense the Emerald clearly.Shadow’s face hardened, trying to concentrate on the power of the Emerald. He could feel it getting closer and closer.

Meanwhile with Knuckles, he was trying to figure out what to say to the hedgehog. Thinking on how to start a conversation. “ So umm…how are you?” Knuckles asked.

“What kind of question is that?” Shadow looked at Knuckles confusedly. 

“Um.Well, I was wondering how you’ve been these past few days. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.” Knuckles  answered. The Guardian waited for an answer.

“Does it really matter?” Shadow asked, looking a bit annoyed. Would the echidna stop talking? He was trying to concentrate. For some reason the energy of the Emerald keeps disappearing and reappearing repeatedly. Shadow rubbed his temple in confusion. That wasn’t normal. Something’s  wrong here.

“I was thinking that maybe we should get to know each other. Y’know ,like… What’s your favorite color? Basic stuff.”  the echidna suggested. He wanted to know more about the hedgehog. Maybe they have something in common, or not. All that matters was that he could now spend more time with his long-time crush.

“I do not have a certain favorite. But I have a liking to the color of blue.” Shadow answered back.

“Oh really? Why is that?” Knuckles smiled, happy to have the hedgehog go with the conversation.

“Well….” Shadow casts down onto the grassy field, remembering Maria and her blue dress and headband. Her smiling face looks at him in happiness. “Let’s just say the color reminds me of the past.”

“Oh…I see. That’s nice.”Knuckles picked up his pace so he walk beside Shadow. The said hedgehog seems to be in conflict with himself. Maybe he should shut up for a moment.

Ugh. The energy disappeared again. Blast it! Shadow scanned around the forest. If only he knew where the scientist was hiding his secret HQ.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew past them. A streak of blue circled around them. Knuckles and Shadow covered their eyes to avoid dust entering their eyes. Uncovering their eyes, they look up to see the great hero himself, Sonic the Hedgehog standing in front of them with a smirk on his face.

“Hey there,Faker. Miss me?” Sonic greeted walking closer to the pair.

“Hardly.” Shadow’s face scrunched up in annoyance at the sight of his look-alike. Great, now he’s here.

“Ooh now come on, Shaz. You know you miss me.” Sonic slings his arm around Shadow which made him roll his eyes. He really doesn’t need this right now. He already has a hard time concentrating on the Emerald’s energy and now he has to deal with the annoying blue hedgehog. If only the one called Amy was here. She could chase the hedgehog up the hills.

“Soo.. What’re you doing here with the Knucklehead in the middle of the forest together?” while saying this, Sonic glances at the said echidna questionably. What Knuckles doesn’t know is that Sonic has also had his eyes on the black hedgehog. And in such great coincidence, they both picked the same day to ask for  Shadow’s hand.

“Well, me and Shadow are finding an emerald. Now if you’ll excuse us.” Knuckles got in between Sonic and Shadow. He didn’t like the way Sonic looked at Shadow. It was the same look Rouge gives to her precious jewels and emeralds. The look of interest and mesmerization. A look he didn't like. Something tells him that he should keep a very close eye on Sonic.

Knuckles grabbed Shadow’s arm and started leading ahead. But before they could leave, Sonic quickly blocked their path. ”Oh! Can I come? I’ll be a good addition for the team!” Sonic insisted.

“I don’t think we’ll need any help. Especially from you.”Knuckles refused to have to deal with Sonic when he finally had some time alone with Shadow.

“Wasn’t asking you, knucklehead” Sonic shot back.

The two glared at each other heatedly. Shadow stares blankly at the two morons. “Let him come.”

“What?!””Really?” Knuckles looks at Shadow in disbelief while Sonic looks at him in glee. Shadow only crosses him arms and says,“As annoying as Sonic may be, he can still be useful in retrieving the Emerald. I also don’t have time having you two quarrel over whether the Faker’s coming or not.”

“Ha! I knew you missed me!”again, Sonic slings his arm around the once again annoyed Shadow.

Knuckles seethes behind the two. If only he could just grab Sonic’s head and throw him far far away. The very thought of it makes him chuckle evilly. 

Sonic looks at Knuckles skeptically. Why did he laugh while looking at him as if he was gonna do something really nasty. Sonic picked up his pace farther away from the red weirdo.

Shadow’s eyes widened as he felt the energy reappear again, but this time stronger. It was very close!Only three hundred meters away!

“It’s up ahead!” Shadow’s hover shoes activates and he speeds away from the two, towards the source of energy. Before Knuckles could come along, Sonic stops him.“Hey. Can I talk to you for a sec?” Sonic asks.

“Uh. Sure. What is it?” Knuckles looks back at Sonic. Instead of his same old playful expression, it was replaced with a serious one.“Do you like Shadow?”Sonic asks.

For a moment, Knuckles stares at Sonic in shocked silence. He blinks once.Twice. Knuckles opened his mouth to answer but was cut off by a loud explosion, resounded throughout the forest. They look ahead to see smoke coming from where Shadow went to.

“SHADOW!”  Knuckles and Sonic shouted in unison.

Both ran towards the source of the explosion. The same thing was thought by two of the mobians, was that they hoped that Shadow was okay.

How was that? Still too short? This is the longest chapter I’ve ever posted. I’ll try to do longer though.I hope you guys like it.