Chapter 1: Shinigami and Chain
I sat on the building roof looking out over the stars that night. The stars were bright that night. As I thought to myself of the new life I had started here on Earth, I noticed a black blur flash past me. I turned to see what it was, but I saw nothing. I began to turn back in my seat when a heard something hit the roof behind me. I jumped to my feet and kicked something in the darkness. I looked over the roof and noticed a small black book sitting in the middle of the roof. I calmed over and picked it up, flipping it over to read the cover.
"Death Note…" I read. I opened the book and found a set of rules on the first page. "A person's name that's written in this note book will die…" I paused and then chuckled to myself. "Ya right, so if I wrote Sonic's name in here I'd never have to look at his ugly face again" he joked. I took the book to my seat at the edge of the roof and continued reading through the rules. "Pretty elaborate to be a prank…" I murmured.
"It is no prank" announced a voice from behind me. I jumped, almost dropping the book and turned to look behind me. My eyes shot wide open when I saw what stood before me. A black hedgehog, like me, but with violet streaks, no mouth, no nose, clawed hands, blood-shot emerald eyes and shrouded in a purplish fire.
"Who are you?!" I demanded, positioning myself for combat.
"I am Mephiles the dark, Shadow the hedgehog" he replied calmly.
"How do you know my name?" I exclaimed. He chuckled, though I saw no indication of a moving mouth.
"I can see your name floating above your head, along with your life span" he explained "I am a god of death, or Shinigami, as some call us and that note you are carrying is mine, but now that I dropped it here, it is yours until you die or choose to give it back to me." I swallowed hard and looked at him, then back at the book.
"So, you're not here to fight me?" I asked, putting don my guard. He nodded.
"I am merely here until you die or give me back my notebook; however, you should be warned" he cackled quietly "any human who uses the Death Note can not-" I shook my hand at him.
"Yes, yes, I can't go to heaven or hell, I read the rules" I sighed "so this thing works, eh?" I smirked "Well, maybe I should go try this little puppy out." Mephiles chuckled.
"Who will be the first person to die at your hands?" he asked. I shrugged and looked down over the city.
"Well, I guess it would have to be someone unimportant incase it does work." I bit my lip and thought and snapped my fingers "I know!" I sat back down and looked back at Mephi "You got a pen?" I asked. He handed me a pen that was shaped like a bone with a skull on the opposite end of the point. I nodded and returned to the book.
"Don't forget to think of their face" he snickered. I nodded and took a deep breath. I pictured the face of my land lord; black hair, green eyes, pale skin and a large scar across his forehead. Peter Nicolson. I took a deep breath again and closed the book, pocketing it and the skull pen and stood up.
"Now, to see if it works" I muttered. I shut my eyes and activated teleported myself to my front yard using Chaos Control.
I noticed Mephiles was still behind me as I walked down the road to Peter's house. "You can use Chaos Control?" I whispered. He shook his head.
"No, however, whenever you use it, I can choose to go with you if I so desire" he explained "and I'm quite impressed you remembered you're the only one who can see or hear me" he chuckled. I rolled my eyes and walked up the pathway to his house when I heard a scream. I paused and looked through the open window. I stepped back when I saw Peter lying limp on his armchair with his wife at his side, screaming into the phone.
"I think my husband just had a heart attack!!" she cried. I took a few deep breaths as Mephiles chuckled behind me.
"I told you it was real" he snickered. I swallowed hard and walked back to my house thinking over in my head of what I had just done. When I reached for the door, if was pulled open and Rouge stood in the doorway with her house coat on.
"Oh, Shadow, I heard someone scream down the road, so I was going to go check it out" she explained, her white fur slightly dripping.
"You heard her from the shower?" I asked puzzled. Rouge put a hand on her hip and smirked at me.
"I'm a bat remember, honey?" she teased. I shook my head and nodded.
"Right, right, well, it was Peter's wife" I explained "He just died of a heart attack" I told her. Rouge tilted her head and looked down the road. "Or at least, that's what I heard her say when I passed the house" I added. Rouge shrugged.
"Well, if it's only them I won't bother, never did like that pair" she sighed and looked at me. "So, you ready to come in then?" she asked, stepping out of the way. I nodded and walked past her, kicking my shoes off by the door. She wrapped her arms around me and pecked my cheek. "So, where'd you go this time?" she asked sweetly.
"Nowhere special, just sat around, looking over the city" admitted. She released me and sighed, heading into the living room.
"Looking over the city, you sound like bat-man" she teased, dropping onto the couch. I smirked and stood in the hall, leaning on the doorway to the living room.
"Well, batgirl, what did you do all night?" I smirked. She grinned back at me and stretched.
"Oh not much, took a shower, watched CSI, the usual" she yawned. I snickered and sat down beside her.
"Who's this?" Mephiles asked from beside me. I almost jumped, having forgotten he was following me. I shifted a glance at him, and then back at Rouge. She tilted her head and looked at me.
"You okay hun?" she asked. I bit my lip and decided thought over the rules in the book. I took it out of my pocket and looked down at it. "What's that?" she asked, leaning over my shoulder to get a look at it. I held it up to her and she took it gently, sitting back down. She opened it and skimmed the pages.
"Well?" I asked. She looked back at me, but as she opened her mouth to answer, she jumped back in shock, dropping the book.
"What… What's that?!" she exclaimed. I took her hand in an attempt to comfort her.
"Don't worry babe, he won't hurt you" I assured her. After she calmed down I explained to her about the book and what Mephiles was, leaving out the fact that I had written Peter's name in the book.
"Well, this could be a pretty interesting toy" she smirked, picking the book up. She opened it and looked at the first page. She looked over at me and held the open page me. "Well, I guess I know how Peter got a heart attack" she teased. I looked away grimly. She giggled and patted my shoulder. "It's okay, I couldn't think of anyone better to try it out on" she admitted, smiling sweetly. He looked back at her smiled.
"I'm glad, you aren't going to rat me out are you?" I joked. She gasped and scolded at me.
"Shadow, we've been dating for two years, you think I'd go and do something like that?" she exclaimed. I shook my head.
"No, of course not" I assured her, wrapping my arms around her "I don't know why I asked, I'm sorry." She smiled at me and pulled me on top of her.
"Better be" she teased, kissing me softly. I broke the kiss and sat back up. She looked over at me with disappointment "What's wrong?" she asked. I looked at her and nudged my head in Mephiles' direction.
"What, me?" he asked, pointing at himself "Oh, don't stop on my account, if it gets to, umm, what's the word you people use, kinky, I'll be gone puking in a waste basket" he assured us. Rouge giggled.
"And how are you going to do that, you don't have a mouth, big guy" she pointed out smirking. He shrugged.
"I'll find a way" he snickered. The three of us laughed and were interrupted by a knock at the door. I got up as Rouge tightened her robe and walked over to the door. I opened it and sighed, as I saw Jenn, a purple furred hedgehog wearing pink pajamas.
"What is it Jenn?" I asked.
"I'm looking for my kitty cat" she said, her eyes watering "did you see him?!" she begged. I shook my head.
"No Jenn, I haven't seen Mr. Fluffy…" I sighed. She looked down and rubbed her eyes, sniffling. I sighed and looked back at Rouge, who rolled her eyes and gestured for me to go. "Alright Jenn, I'll help you find your cat" I groaned.
"YAY!!" she cheered, hugging my leg "Thank you so much Mr. Shadow, I loves you Mr. Shadow!!" she exclaimed looking up at me hopingly. I sighed and started walking, Jenn hugged tightly around my leg and started down the sidewalk.
"Here Mr. Fluffy…" I called out.
After two hours of searching, we finally found the cat hiding in my backyard.
"There, you go here's your…" I grumbled, holding up the cat, as I saw Jenn, still clinged to my leg, now fast asleep. I sighed and picked her up over my shoulder and started off towards her house with the two of them.
"Having fun?" Mephiles chuckled evilly. I looked around and once I noticed no one was around I flipped him off. Once we got to Jenn's doorstep I rang the doorbell. The door was answered by a black hedgehog with blue tips on two of quills, wearing a large blue night shirt, rubbing his eyes.
"Ya, what is it?" James asked. I handed him Jenn and Mr. Fluffy.
"I believe these are yours…" I grumbled. He blinked then called back into the house.
"Mom, Jenn snuck out again!" He turned to me and took Jenn, the cat running past him into the house. "Thanks Shadow, I guess we forgot to lock her window from the outside too…" he sighed "Sorry if she kept you up."
"It's fine" I sighed. He nodded.
"Hey, can I still expect you and Rouge to be at the poker tournament tomorrow at Espio's?" he asked. I nodded.
"Ya we'll be there" I assured him as I turned to leave. I headed back to my house and let myself in. I looked around and saw Rouge sleeping on the couch with a book in her hands.
"Looks like your girlfriend fell asleep on you" he chuckled. I grumbled at him and picked up Rouge, taking her upstairs. I laid her down on the bed and crawled in on my side of the bed. "So, watcha wanna do now?" he asked.
"Sleep…" I grumbled.
"Sleeping's boring, let's go do some-" Rouge threw her pillow at him, knocking him over.
"I'm trying to sleep!" she exclaimed. He grumbled as he got back up and sat on the floor.
"Fine, I'll wait…" he grumbled. I smirked, looking over at Rouge.
"Nice shot" I complimented.
"You shut up too" she grumbled. I snickered quietly and shut my eyes, drifting off to sleep.