Hello, everyone!

This is my first Sonic fanfiction and it's a Shadouge. I really hope you like it. Both chapters are based on songs. This one is "Nothing is fair in love and war" and also "Tell me why" by Three Days Grace. And nope, they're not songfics. I just decided to inspire myself with them.

And I think it's all I have to say.

DISCLAIMER: Sonic the Hedgehog and its characters belong to SEGA. I do this for mere fun.

Darkness is just a word to describe the mess I'm in. My whole life has been a road full of obstacles and lethal enemies. Being immortal is not a synonym of being happy. Not even calm. I've seen a lot of people die, most of them because of me. But that's the way wars work. You cannot decide what you could do; every time you are in a battle, you have to kill in order to be alive.

Today is one of these days. Even if I know I'm far more powerful than the others, I never take anything for granted. I hate to be arrogant as Faker. Sometimes power and strength are not the key to win. You need strategy. I can see the hordes of aliens coming through. I see Faker and his friends getting ready to fight. I also see Rouge by my side; she is, as always, thinking of something else to distract her attention of the imminent massacre we're facing.

"Don't overdo yourself" She says. I look at her, she smirks; "let us do something. It is boring when you do all by yourself".

I grin as I hear her words. I nod and we run to them. I immediately attack and start tearing apart some aliens. I just hate them. Last time we were close to annihilation and this time I won't let them destroy this place. I keep doing this without thinking. They hit me once, I hit them twice. Blood comes out from my lip, but it's just a simple wound.

Suddenly, the place starts to get filled with more robots and soldiers. I can see the ship getting closer. The ones we were fighting were just mere peons. A blast in my left arm makes me realize they were trying to tire us and kill us in the next attack. All of us attack and the number of wounds in our bodies increases. I look for the captain or their leader; he's nowhere to be seen. I can feel my arm go limp. I can hear the screams of my partners, I need to do something.

"Hey, what's going on, Shads?" Rouge asked me when I dropped the glass of water I had in my hand.

"Nothing, I was just… thinking" I said trying to remain expressionless. The less we needed in that moment was panic. "I think we should get going now" I paid for everything and we left.

It was one of those days when you feel like doing nothing. We had already finished our mission and Rouge wanted to celebrate. I'm not fond of going out, specially to crowded places. But she convinced me, as she always do. However, I felt a tingle sensation in my head. It was like feeling Black doom coming back. But I had killed him, right?

"Are you having a bad feeling?" She finally asked grabbing my arm, I looked at her. Since when she was able to read my mind?

"I think Black Doom is coming back. Or at least, the Black Arms. I can feel it" I answered and she nodded as she was understanding what I was saying. "I think we should be prepared".

"Yeah, we should. I hope it just remains as a bad feeling. Maybe you just need to sleep a little" Rouge looked at me and smiled. I have to admit that her smiles make me feel better.

Unfortunately, I was right and everything became a mess. Now I'm trying to defeat these aliens and make everything good again. I hate this whole situation. I hate that world never remains at peace. It seems like my whole past is always chasing me and I'd never be able to get away with it.

Silence spreads. No one is yelling, no one is laughing. I have to find out why. This is not a good signal. I look everywhere and find nothing. The whole world seems paralyzed. And as I thought, I find a being resembling Black Doom.

"Shadow the Hedgehog, this is the first time you and I met, but I know about you" he said with an arrogant tone. "You had your chance to rule the world with us. But now, you'll watch it burn and then you'll die with your precious friends".

I say nothing, I just attack. I have no time nor the mood to waste it in useless conversations. He defends himself very well. I feel blood coming out of my wounded arm. I use several attacks, and I see how I hurt him. I'm close to defeating him.

I feel power running through my veins. That means there's a chaos emerald near. I throw him a chaos spear and run away looking for it. I can see it, Rouge has it. She is fighting some robots.

"I thought you'd never come for it" She said grinning. She jumped and landed by my side. "Take, don't say I never help you"

"I've never said that" I respond not knowing what she means with that.

"Forget it. It's time to finish this" Rouge says as she runs to continue fighting. She doesn't seem much wounded, but there's something odd about her behavior.

That's it. With the chaos emerald in hand, I proceed to transform into my super form. The power makes me feel complete again. My wounds heal immediately. I'm ready to end this once for all.

"Hey, Shadow" Faker said as he arrived to Rouge's flat. I hate when he does that. I mean, it is my free time, I don't want to see him.

"Sonic" I simply said.

"You know, I wanted to ask you something" He started and sat somewhere near me. I looked at him and nodded; "After all this time, are you happy with your life?"

"What?"

"Yeah. You are immortal and that stuff. You have a "mysterious" power" he remarked with his fingers; "and you're always grumpy. Are you really happy?"

"You just came to ask me that?" I said standing up. He looked at me a little bit concerned.

"Well… sort of. I also wanted to ask you if you would come to the party Amy is making. But that's just odd"

"I'm ok with my life, happy? And no, I'm not going. You know I don't like that kind of events"

"Rouge is coming" He teased

"What about it?" I asked

"What do you think? You have to give yourself a chance to love" He said and grinned. I could feel hate flowing in my veins.

"I think you're not the right person to talk about it, you know? Besides, I've already told you. I don't want to go. Not even if she's going to be there." I said firmly and lead him to the door; "And please, never mention again that foolish idea about love."

"Hey! Shadow, give it a tr…" I closed the door on his face. Yeah, it was rude, but enough is enough.

I sat again and looked at the ceiling. She wasn't there. She must have been somewhere stealing jewels or pampering herself. I never asked her. It was getting into her life and we agreed not to do that. Or at least that was what I used to do.

After what looked like an eternity, and with Faker's help, I finally defeated the aliens. We are all wounded. Some have died, but I'm not sure who. I just overheard that. Maybe the soldiers that came with us. After all, humans are weak.

I think with this we would be at peace for some time. Back to the nothingness of life. Just going to boring missions with Rouge and Omega, Faker showing up in the flat. Amy chasing him… Just life. Calm life. Maybe, I should give a try to be more open. Maybe I'd try to be a friend. Or maybe I'd give a try to my feelings. I suddenly stop. I shouldn't. Life hates me. But this time would be different.

"Shadow, where are you?" Rouge called me. I was in my bedroom just lying on my bed. I could hear her footsteps coming closer. She entered into the room and I looked at her. She was wearing a black dress, it wasn't one of her sexy dresses, and it looked like a comfortable dress. "Hey, wanna do something? What about going out?"

"Not really, thanks" I muttered and rolled on the bed. I was feeling tired and the last thing I wanted was to go.

"Well, do you mind if I stay here with you?" She said with doubt. I looked at her again and noticed that she was not happy. She was moody. I rolled again and patted the bed. She laid next to me and started at the ceiling.

"What happened? Some of your boyfriends broke up with you?" I asked facing the wall, she grunted. "Really? Maybe Knuckles did something to bother you?"

I had to admit that I hated the whole Knuckles thing. For years it was something I heard a lot, but suddenly it stopped. Which was actually good. Somehow I felt like she was wasting her time with that. And none of her random boyfriends were good enough for her. I can't understand why she picked them. But it had been a while since she was single. That's why teasing her felt right. She was the only one I could feel free to do that.

"No, you know I'm not interested in him anymore" she said hoarsely; "I just don't feel in the mood. I wanted to spend a relaxing day. That's all. Maybe I wanted to go out, but you are, as always, a pain in the ass and don't want to go with me".

"Hey, you know that you are a grown up person. You can go outside by yourself."

"Forget it, Shadow. You wouldn't understand" She said and let out a sigh. "Do you mind if I take a nap here?"

"Not at all, I was thinking of doing the same" I answered and faced her. She was right in front of me. When she rolled to her side? Rouge looked at me right in the eyes. Her blue eyes peered inside of my soul. "Well, have a nice sleep" I said and rolled again feeling my hear thumping in my chest.

"You too, Shadow. You too." She whispered.

I walk around to look for everyone. They are quickly trying to heal the wounded. I look for Rouge and I can't find her. I ask all I'm meeting, but they don't know where she is. I hear a scream. It's her. I run to where I heard the scream and see her on the floor in a pool of blood.