Konnichiwa, and welcome to The Shadow of Truth, my first Sonic FanFiction.
Starring: Shadow the Hedgehog
Costarring: Mercury and the Emerald Chao
Co-costarring: Rouge the Bat
And, of course, the rest of your favorites (I hope)!
Disclaimer: I, KiumuRo-Ku-Bee, do not own these Sega Sonic characters. I do own Mercury and the Emerald Chao specifically, but not the overall idea.
Shadow: Wow…a serious disclaimer…
Me: Shadow! You just ruined it!
Shadow: Oops…
Takes place after/at end of SA2:B for GameCube…on with the 'fic!
Chapter I: The Beginning of the End
Shadow, in his super-form, fell backwards down to Earth, his red-striped quills sweeping up around his face and his arms and legs blowing upwards. He was squinting, trying to stay conscious as he fell to his impending doom.
The silvery-white Super-Hedgehog had fallen out of the Chaos Control he and Super-Sonic had executed less than a minute earlier, and was now on a crash course for Earth.
"Ma-Maria . . . this is what you wanted, right? This is my promise I made to you. . . ." Shadow muttered. Then, in his last breath, he uttered the words, "Ch-Chaos. . . Control. . ."
He gripped the red Chaos Emerald in his weak right hand- the one Emerald he managed to hold on to in the midst of battle against the newly named 'Final-Hazard'.
With a brilliant white flash, Shadow teleported.
One of Shadow's yellow rings, which he wore on the cuff of his glove, slipped off his hand and was propelled by the force of the Chaos energy straight up straight up to the golden Super-hedgehog, who caught it with great ease as he, himself, teleported back on to the Ark, which was now safely back in space.
"SHADOW!" he cried, for he thought Shadow to be dead, and the bright flash was his hedgehog buddy burning up in the atmosphere of Earth, like a meteor.
Super-Sonic's cry bounced off the Chaos Energy and echoed throughout the empty space, and Super-Sonic disappeared.
"Uhhh-uh," Shadow gasped, appearing somewhere in one of Eggman's newest, well hidden ground bases.
He landed, battle torn and mentally weakened from using his Super-Form. The ring that was supposed to be on Shadow's left-hand cuff was missing, but he didn't care.
The Chaos Emerald slipped through his fingers, landed with the loud, sharp sound of metal-on-metal, and rolled over to his left, stopping abruptly when it hit the wall.
Shadow's Super-Form blinked and then faded back to his normal black and red color, weakening him severely; his tired legs buckled underneath him, sending him falling face down on the floor. He was unconscious by the time he hit.
He didn't even notice the hundreds of empty bio-tanks lining the walls and pathways of the room, making the room… into a maze.
Rouge, the white and tan bat, stood in front of Eggman's desert ground base, prepared to break in and steal any and, hopefully, all, Chaos Emeralds Eggman still had stashed somewhere.
Her Emerald Detector began beeping in her front right pocket, confirming her suspicion. There was an emerald nearby.
She dug down in the pocket for her Emerald Detector, thinking, 'Hmm, soon, I won't need this annoying little pest to find my Emeralds for me! I'll develop a built-in detector, just like Knuckles, that red, punching echidna!'
She hit something in her pocket, grabbed it, and yanked it out. She had grabbed Shadow's yellow ring, which was hooked on her detector.
"Oops!" Her detector flew out of her pocket, landed on the ground with a CLANK, and the beeping died.
She bent down and picked it up, turned it over and looked at the sparking, cracked screen. 'Guess it was mad at me for calling it an 'annoying little pest'! Ha!' she thought sarcastically. 'Oh, well. I'll just find it by myself. My built-in detector should develop faster that way, anyhow.' She stuffed the dead detector back in her pocket and noticed the ring in her hand. A single crack had recently developed on the outer rim of the ring.
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Amy, Knuckles, Eggman, Tails, and Rouge were standing in a semi-circle, gathered around the entrance, waiting patiently. The tension was so thick you could've cut it with a knife.
The automatic sliding door swooshed open, revealing Sonic the Hedgehog, a serious frown on his face.
Rouge looked hopefully at him as he entered the room. "Where's Shadow?" she asked quietly.
Sonic walked over to her. She held up her hand. Sonic placed Shadow's ring in her hand, and all Rouge could do was stare.
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'And to think, that's all that's left of poor Shadow. . . Well, that and maybe a few ashes!' she thought. She figured it was no use thinking about him now, so she rushed off to break into Eggman's base and steal the stolen Emeralds.
And that's the first chappie! Hope you like, and please R&R! I will post chap-two soon! Arigatou to ja ne!