Just like me

Chapter 2

Sorry I taken longer than I should've on this chapter. I had originally planned to get this done for Saturday but now I'm doing this a day later. I honestly I don't even have an excuse, I just had no motivation to do anything yesterday, so sorry about that.

-Monday (First day of school)

-Shadow's home

Shadow was just sleeping, recuperating and recovering from his weekend. His body was littered with bruises from the weekend. Basically Gerald had a genius idea to take Shadow and Maria out ice skating in the hopes that Shadow would learn to be better at using the air shoes. It was nice to spend time out with family but at first Shadow was hopeless at ice skating, constantly falling, crashing and on more than one occasion, starting fights.

One fight had been particularly bad when he stumbled and grabbed on to someone to try and stay upright. Unfortunately, that person was an echidna, and they aren't none for having great temper control, that and he may have grabbed her chest.

Normally Shadow would've wiped the floor or well ice rink with her but he was at a slight disadvantage, not even being able to walk much less fight. He lasted an impressive amount of time blocking before he fell, his ass on the floor and her foot on his throat.

She seemed to be close to finishing him off before a pink hedgehog, orange echidna, chipmunk and white bat managed to pull her back.

That was most humiliating for Shadow but at least he'd never have to see her again and if he did, it would be on his own terms.

When they had arrived home Shadow trained with renewed vigour, determined to learn how to use the shoes to prevent a repeat of the days accident. He had also hoped to forget but Maria was kind enough to record a video for "research purposes".

The next day Gerald and Maria had been pleasantly surprised to learn that not only could Shadow skate well, he could also jump, flip, stop, turn and grind with great ease. Guess being the ultimate lifeform meant he learnt fast.

One such skill that wasn't so great that he learnt was the ability to kick and fight while hovering and he also managed to implement the flame jets into his fighting style, much to the weird albatross and green hawk's dismay. Maria was slightly surprised and amused by this and if you looked closely you could notice a tear of pride in Gerald's eye. "He truly is my greatest creation." He had said Maria nodding her head as Shadow proceeded to beat the hawk and albatross.

Shadow's peaceful slumber was interrupted by Maria throwing his air shoes at him. This woke Shadow up and he held the shoes up, glaring at Maria. "What is the meaning of this?" he demanded.

"Shadow you're gonna be late to your first day, get up you lazy hedgehog." Maria said. Shadow groaned at this and sunk back into bed.

"Can't I sleep a little longer?" he begged, pulling a pillow over his face.

"Shadow you're gonna be late, now go eat." Maria commanded, trying to pull the pillow from his face but he gripped on tighter.

"Shadow, you will get up now or that video of you and the echidna is going to your school." She smirked. She knew she had him beat as the pillow slowly fallen to reveal the uncharacteristically scared face of Shadow.

"You wouldn't..." He said hesitantly.

"Oh yeah? Try me." Maria said in response. Shadow didn't like his chances so he bolted out of bed to get his breakfast. Maria laughed at his efforts to get ready as he struggled into his shoes while inhaling a piece of toast. After he completed both actions he made for the door before Gerald called out to him. "Forgetting something Shadow?" he said presenting a red backpack to him. "Well you need to carry your stuff somehow."

Shadow taken the bag and rummaged around inside. Spare inhibitor rings and stationary. Good that Shadow knew it was stationary. When he first saw a pen he thought it was a knife, same for the ruler. Gerald only hoped he never got his hands on a compass.

Shadow said his thanks and left the house, skating towards the school slightly apprehensive.

On his way there he noticed three figures on hover boards, seeming to be going in the same direction as him. He skated faster to get a closer look, he thought for sure he recognised the figures. He got side by side with them and recognised them as the green hawk and grey albatross he bumped into yesterday. Damn it.

They turned their heads and noticed Shadow.

"Hey Jet, isn't that the crazy hedgehog who tried to kill us yesterday?" the albatross asked. Jet squinted at Shadow.

"Yep, same emo punk." Jet turned to Shadow "You may have beat us yesterday on the rink but the roads, on our boards? That's our domain. Get him boys."

The swallow cleared her throat looking pointedly at the now named Jet.

"And girl, sorry Wave." He said weirdly sheepishly given his previous actions. Wave and Storm closed in on Shadow from both sides to try and trip him up and give Jet an opening. Shadow scoffed arrogantly and teleported behind Jet.

"Gonna knock you off the board hawk." Shadow threatened before punching Jet.

"Cheap one hedgehog." Jet cried before smirking "Guess you'll be okay with this." Shadow seemed confused but this was quickly clarified when a stack of dynamite hit Shadow and detonated. The rouges stopped to admire their handiwork. The smoke cleared to reveal that Shadow wasn't there.

He walked up cooly next to Wave. "Damn I'd hate to be that guy." He said as the rouges stared at him in shock. "But you know who I'd hate to be more?" He asked. He was met with expressions of rage, as he continued, "Being the idiot who pissed that guy off, good luck." He yelled, pulling out a chaos emerald and casting chaos control to escape the blast zone as he just stuck Wave's dynamite on the big one, Storm.

Jet and Wave realised this and dived away from Storm, grabbing onto Shadow in the process.

-At the school

Everyone was just hanging around outside, waiting for school to start when the middle of the area was covered in a green light. Everyone was stunned by this and as the light faded they saw a strange black hedgehog with the school bullies, Jet and Wave clinging onto his ankles. That's one way to make an entrance. The school closed in around them as they got up, ready to make an early example of Shadow. Jet drawn his fan blades and Wave her wrench.

Shadow smirked, "Haven't had enough have you?" Assuming his fighting stance, he beckoned them over. Jet charged in first wildly swinging at Shadow who dodged with ease and grace, clearly enjoying himself. Wave saw an opening and hurled her wrench at Shadow's head who quickly grabbed Jet and spun round causing the wrench to hit Jet. With the newly stunned Jet, Shadow saw an opportunity and kicked him into Wave, knocking them both on the ground.

He walked slowly over to them until he heard heavy footsteps. He turned to see that Albatross, newly black and smoky from the dynamite.

"Still want to do this?" Shadow asked. Storm yelled defiantly at Shadow who chuckled to himself. This'll be fun. Shadow drew back his fist ready to throw a punch when a cyan energy enveloped Storm, stopping him from moving. Shadow groaned at this, who stopped his fun?

He whirled round to see a white pot headed hedgehog.

"I had him." Shadow grumbled.

"Oh sorry." The hedgehog stuttered, releasing Storm "all yours."

"Thanks." Shadow said quickly before skating at Storm and sliding, tripping him up. To add insult to injury, he picked Storm up and threw him at his recovering friends. This time he walked over to them, with no interruptions.

"That was almost too easy." Shadow started "I'd applaud your bravery against unfavourable odds but at the same time I feel you're to stupid to recognise your superior, that's me." He added, putting a foot on Jet's head. When he was satisfied he walked off towards the pot headed hedgehog.

"Dude that was amazing." The hedgehog exclaimed "how'd you do that?"

"I could say the same to you." Shadow remarked "Telekinesis?"

"Well psychokinesis actually." He corrected.

"The difference?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Well psychokinesis actually comes from the mind while telekinesis can be anything." The hedgehog eagerly explained.

"Noted." The black hedgehog nodded.

"So what'd they do to tick you off?" Silver asked "Not that you weren't completely in the right." Silver hurriedly clarified.

"They tried to blow me up on the way here." He said bluntly.

"So you never answered my question." Shadow raised an eyebrow again "How did you beat them like that." Silver asked again, clearly in awe of Shadow's abilities.

"I don't see why it's such a feat to you." Shadow said "With your abilities I can't see them being an issue."

"Well you see my powers require a lot of concentration and I'm not really an up close kinda guy."

"Hmmph, noted." Shadow said ominously. Before Silver could respond the bell went off, signalling the students to go to their house groups.

"Well see you around...wait I never get your name." Silver turned to see the black hedgehog was missing "typical." Silver said walking off.

A fair distance away from Silver, Shade was not having a fun time.

"Hey Shade, isn't that the same guy who you tried to kill two days ago?" Amy more stated than asked.

"Yes."

"And didn't you say that he couldn't fight for shit?" Rouge added.

"Yes."

"Didn't you say if you say him again he'd be dead meat?" Sally piled on.

"Yes."

"Didn't you also confess your love for him as he awoken the part of your heart that knew how to love?" Tikal mused.

"Yes." Shade groaned. Wait a minute.

"Hang on no!" Shade yelled while the other girls burst into hysterics, wishing they'd recorded that.

"But jokes aside, he's just as strong as Sonic, definitely as hot if not hotter." Sally pointed out absent-mindedly. She quickly turned to Amy who's eyes widened. "No that does not mean Sonic is yours." Amy groaned "You're no fun."

"Hey ladies." They heard and turned to see Sonic calling over, late as always. "Why are the babylon's on the floor, finally tick Shade off?" He grinned. Shade shook her head wishing that was the case.

"Well then who?" Sonic asked, confused.

"Oh just some new hedgehog, he made it seem easy, probably stronger than you." She teased. Sonic almost looked offended at these claims.

"I'll be the judge of that." He said before running off. Sally laughed at how easy he was to mess with.

"Okay so now for the important part." Sally said "Who gets first crack at the new hedgehog?"

Only Sally and Rouge put their hands up while Amy looked wildly conflicted and Tikal was too timid. As for Shade she probably wanted to be around him as little as possible.

"Okay we should probably head to the house group now." Shade said, trying to end this conversation. They all nodded and hugged each other for excessive amounts of time before they split up, Amy, Sally and Rouge heading to their house group and Shade and Tikal heading to their own.

Shade and Tikal's house group was called Omega and consisted of the two of them, Storm, Espio, Mighty, Knuckles, Big, Omochao, Sticks and Whisper.

Rouge, Amy and Sally's house (named Gamma), had: Sonic, Silver, Tails, Vector, Charmy, Jet, Wave and Tangle.

Gamma had originally been bigger but with two new additions (Shadow and Blaze) now Omega was bigger and even better, Shade and Tikal could work on Blaze, see if she was worth befriending although Shadow was here too, much to Shade's dismay.

"Okay class we have two new students." The teacher started "This is Shadow the Hedgehog (who crossed his arms and looked away) and Blaze the Cat (who clutched her elbow awkwardly) and I hope you will give them a warm welcome."

"Okay now you two I'm sorry." The teacher said turning to Shadow and Blaze "But we've not got too many spaces so one of you will have to sit on your own in the corner and the other can sit with Whisper, Espio and Mighty."

Much to the teacher's surprise, both made a move for the isolated seat in the corner. When they both made it to the seat they looked up to notice the other.

"You can sit with the others, I'll sit here." Shadow stated.

"Oh no it's fine, you can sit with them." Blaze replied courteously.

"I see you're mistaking this for courtesy so let me make this clear." Shadow said leaning in closer "I want to be alone."

The cat leaned in closer much to his dismay, inches from Shadow's face, "So do I and I would appreciate it if you would allow me to." They continued to try and stare each other down, Shadow with his cold, piercing gaze and Blaze with her amber fiery glare, both refusing to back down.

"Just kiss already." They turned to see the badger, Sticks standing up. They were both enraged by this, Blaze smoking and Shadow emanating red energy. The badger noticed this and sat back down, smiling awkwardly.

The teacher decided to break this up, "Fine I'll get another desk and you can both sit there."

Shadow glared at Blaze as if to say I'm sitting here whether you're here or not. Blaze sighed and said "That would be lovely thanks." Before turning to Shadow and shooting him a dirty look.

The rest of the period went by quickly. Sticks was going about explaining yet another conspiracy theory to Shade, Tikal and Knuckles who also occasionally cast glances over to Shadow and Blaze who were both asleep. Sociable. Storm was just about ready to rip his fur out as Omochao yapped at Big and finally, Espio and Mighty were talking while Whisper sat there, tinkering with her wispon, don't ask how she's able to take it into school.

The teacher noticed Shadow and Blaze both asleep "Weird, normally that doesn't happen for months." She thought to herself before coming up with an idea. "Shadow, Blaze." She called out. Both were alert and brought their heads up immediately, giving a questioning glance to the teacher.

"I think for everyone to get to know each other better, we should all tell each other three things about ourselves." The class murmured in agreement while Shadow and Blaze glanced at each other, sharing in each other's contempt for this. "Let's go through the tables, Espio you can start and we just keep going." She said moving her hand in a motion they guessed was meant to represent the table order.

"Very well, I'm a ninja, I can turn invisible, being a Chameleon and all that and I am part of a detective agency."

Mighty spoke next "I used to be home schooled, I have a sister named Matilda but she's still home schooled and I like travelling."

The class turned to Whisper next who shook her head. They accepted this, she normally doesn't speak, definitely not in front of a class.

Everyone turned to Storm but then Omochao started speaking. "Oh boy I love talking, animals, learning, driving- he would've continued but Storm knocked his chair over, much to everyone's relief, even the teacher decided to let it slide.

"I like extreme gear riding, my friends and I hate bullies." Storm said, staring at Shadow for his last point.

"I like fishing." Big said. There was a silence as everyone expected him to say more, it was probably a good thing he didn't.

Next it was the echidnas and Sticks.

"I come from a family of warriors, sworn to protect the master emerald and I like rap music." Knuckles said.

"I also come from a family of warriors but my family is sworn to protect the spirit of chaos instead and I'm more partial to jazz myself." Tikal said.

"My blades leech away your life, I always get even and I hate perverts." Shade said pointedly staring at Shadow who rolled his eyes.

"Technology can't be trusted, I'm the most likely to survive in the eventual zombie apocalypse and I like shiny things." Sticks all but screamed.

Now the part they were dreading as everyone turned to Shadow and Blaze. They glanced at each other, telling the other to go first with their eyes. Shadow rolled his eyes.

"Fine, I'm not a pervert or a bully and I don't want to be here." He said, glaring at Shade and Storm. Blaze taken a deep breath before starting. "I'm not from around here, I'm a pyrokinetic and it is my preference that I don't remain here for much longer." Blaze said.

"Okay...interesting shares class." The teacher said, she had no idea. "Okay now I want you all to try and compliment each other, it can be about anything so for this swap around and move tables."

Blaze reluctantly got up, dreading this even more than the last "activity". Before she got too far she felt a hand on her shoulder, it was Shadow. "You'll thank me later." And with that she blinked and they had teleported to the roof, away from that hell. She saw Shadow sitting on the edge and decided to join him, after all he had been kind enough to bust her out.

So again, sorry for taking a while, I made the chapter a little longer so I hope that makes up for it. Please review, it helps me a lot.