Yes, I live again, and I'm sorry to tell anyone of my readers from my old stories, but I just don't think I'm going to continue any of them. My interests have greatly changed since I wrote them, and I no longer remember any of the plots or what I was going to have happen. I give full permission for anyone who wants to to adopt them as their own story and take over and do whatever they want with them, I'd really like to see them finished, I just wouldn't be the one to do it.

And yes, I have also discovered the joy that it Sonic the Hedgehog after a very long time without it in my life, and also my newest favorite joy: Sonadow! So, with this in mind I've decided to write another story, which of course will be Sonadow. That's enough talking from me, after the disclaimer (Which obviously I have to have or else I could get this story kicked off ffnet) go right ahead to reading the fic.

Disclaimer: I just got into Sonic the Hedgehog over the summer, so obviously I couldn't own it since it's been around for like, what, eighteen years? Geez, I'm not even that old, and that's the only hint you'll get on my age!!

It was a lonely, rainy day in Central City. Traffic was being backed up all over the city, with folks honking their horns and leaning out their windows to yell for the line to move forward, for they had to get to work quickly and the line was making them late. A melody of people yelping as a sudden rush of wind flashing by forced those leaning out their windows to quickly jerk their heads back inside if they wanted to keep them. One woman could have sworn she heard the wind laughing at the antics of those getting out of the way.

Unseen to any of these people, two flashes of light were speeding through the city, sometimes when free of cars they would clash, but otherwise they remained straight next to each other, as though racing to an unseen destination. The one that forced the clashing most was a yellowish color, with the other a kind of cobalt blue. Behind the lights, in the aftermath of the less bright trails of yellow and blue, there were two shapes left in the rain, for just half a second before the falling drops filled up the empty spaces again.

Both lights jetted out of the city, for miles and miles they continued on, as though they would never stop no matter how long or how far they went. Suddenly several smaller yellow flashes of light appeared, and shot towards the cobalt light, knocking it off course and forcing it to seemingly roll in the dirt, where the glow of blue faded around the hedgehog who had been running. The shock of the impact from the sudden attack had the blue hedgehog dazed for a short while, before he recovered and frowned. Ears twitched, just barely, and a soft groan issued forth from his throat. Having gotten himself back to full awareness, he glared after the yellow flash that continued on miles ahead of him.

Muttering something about cheaters, the hedgehog sped off after the yellow flash, coming up beside it close enough to see the inky black hedgehog with red-streaked quills, whose speed was causing the yellow light. Surprise sparked in burning coal eyes when they flicked over to meet smug emerald green before they narrowed.

Fangs bared in frustrated annoyance, lips sliping downward to show off a scowl, the inky hedgehog growled, "Thought I left you behind in the dirt where you belong, hedgehog."

Cobalt tried to inch ahead, but obsidian kept the lead, and a cocky smirk spread over blue's muzzle. "Of course not Shadow, can't keep the fastest thing alive in the dirt! Besides, you've got it all wrong, in the dirt is where you belong," he added as an afterthought, eyes slipping back over to meet the inky one's fiery ones. The challenge had been issued, it was up to inky black to decide whether to take it or not.

"Fastest thing alive?" Shadow purred lowly, each word seemingly dipped in vats of contempt and mockery, and oozed the emotions into the air around the two hedgehogs. "Let's see how 'fast' you truly are then!"

With that, the inky one let out a sudden unsuspected burst of speed, right foot coming down once during a powerful skating motion to kick up some dirt from the ground, which danced on the air behind him until the cobalt hedgehog ran straight into the dirt cloud, effectively getting much into his eyes.

Soft, cold laughter skittered about on the wind, brought back from the hedgehog now completely in the lead, mockingly being called back at him for a reason. "Hope you like dirt Sonic!"

A low, dangerous growl thrummed deep in Sonic's throat, knowing just from Shadow's words that he'd done it on purpose, let alone that Shadow didn't have to touch the ground to move about.

Fighting to get the stinging dirt out of his eyes, Sonic slowly chased after him as best he could without potentially crashing into something, scoffing and preparing a teasing remark about Shadow's need to use tricks to get ahead and stay ahead.

It took longer than expected to catch up to the tricky hedgehog, for Shadow had made sure to leave behind fallen trees and smashed boulders to block the path. Since Sonic couldn't skate in the air like the other, he obviously had to be careful to not trip over these things, therefore slowing him down considerably. As soon as he caught sight of inky fur and black streaks, he realized they were both getting close to where the unspoken finish line was, and that if he didn't catch up to the other and overtake him soon, he would lose. And Sonic refused to lose.

With that in mind, Sonic put aside all his caution, joking, and care freeness, and just put on the speed, catching up to Shadow after just a few short minutes, only feet behind the other in their little race, with many important things at stake.

His full concentration was upon catching up to Shadow, and inch by inch he could see he was gaining on him. Perhaps the other was getting tired, for they had been running around the world for hours now without any break, perhaps not. But just a few more seconds and Sonic would be close enough to pull along side him, and just a few seconds after that he'd be able to pass him and win, for the finish line was so close now he could taste it. He just had to-

His heart skipped a few beats as his foot caught on an unseen rock, and his body pitched forward at superfast speed, falling into air it seemed, as though he was going to fall and fall and fall and never land. The landing would hurt like hell at this speed though, and instinctively he threw his arms out, hand flailing to grab onto something to keep him upright, to keep him from falling and crashing to the ground. Eyes closing in preparation, his mind wasn't processing things fast enough to feel his hand catch something and try to use it to keep himself up.

The next few moments were blacked out, only thing he could remember was a painful feeling of hitting the ground hard, rolling around and around and around, and of yelps that only half sounded like his own. It felt like an eternity of pain and loud noises, but finally everything seemed to still, and he was left lying on top of something that felt oddly… soft. However, Sonic really didn't feel like wondering about what he was lying on, all he cared about was finding out what hurt and what didn't.

After discovering every part of his body was intact, just some places bruised, he decided it was finally time to find out where he now was. The thought that he could have lost the race from the fall didn't once cross his mind, that was completely forgotten in the fall.

Slowly he opened his eyes, blinking confusedly at the fact that it was still all black, and so he closed them again and opened them once more, as though that would suddenly make him able to see things. A soft, confused sound trickled out of his vocal cords, and he didn't even bother to stop it.

Deciding now would be a good time to physically find out where he was since his eyes obviously couldn't be relied on, he tried to move his hands and found himself able to. Checking around on what he was laying on he couldn't help but notice that it was very… soft, just like he thought it was. Puzzlement echoed through him at this discovery, because he was extremely sure there had been nothing soft for him to fall on.

Vibrations from what he was laying on startled him and made him let out a yelp before his ears twitched reactively and picked up a furious growl from somewhere nearby, and his ears tried to swivle around to locate it. Problem was… they lowered since the noise was coming from below him. It was at this moment that Sonic's whole body froze and a dreadful chill raced down his spine as he realized what, or rather who, he was lying on.

Before he could comprehend it the black in his vision, which just a split-second earlier he'd realized were quills, suddenly had sharp points and frozen, biting pain tore through his front as millions of those sharp quills stabbed into him. A loud startled cry of pain escaped him as he was suddenly bucked off and more pain assaulted him as the furious hedgehog he'd been lying on slammed him into the ground by pouncing and pinning him. Murderous red eyes bit into his wide and frightened emerald ones.

"What made you grab my tail like that and then think you could use me as some kind of softening cushion you little shit?" Shadow spat at him, narrowing his eyes as his hands reflexively gripped the cobalt neck of the one beneath him, squeezing warningly.

So there Sonic was, pinned under an almost homicidal biohog, about to be shredded into pieces if he gave a wrong answer, and his mind had quit thinking all of a sudden. Of course he did the only thing his body could think of to perhaps shock the muderous biohog enough to make him let go so he could escape. He leaned up, despite the claws now pricking into his skin, and kissed him.