Chapter One: The Power of Commitment

Chapter One: The Power of Commitment

Shadow was asleep at a desk, snoring softly, with half-written invitations to his wedding scattered across the table.

He and Rouge had been working hard for the past few weeks, and the wedding was in four days from that day. Over 100 people (most were friends/relatives of Rouge, but some were people Shadow had worked with in his G.U.N. career) had to be invited, and Shadow was only done with seventy of them.

When he was about 30 invitations through about an hour ago, Rouge called and asked his opinion on tablecloths for the wedding, which took a long, stressful fifteen minutes as Rouge listed the varieties. Rouge and he just randomly agreed on one.

"Jeez, just so long as it's not floral!" Shadow had said with a heavy sigh.

Rouge had sighed on the other end as well. "Okay, the ivory white one is okay with you?" she had asked. "I really don't care that much anymore..."

"Yeah, that's fine" Shadow replied, and thought with a smirk how it would match Rouge's soft, beautiful fur.

"Okay... thanks hon" Rouge had said. "Love you!"

"Love you too" Shadow had replied, and the conversation ended.

It was now about 1:00 in the afternoon.

Shadow had been quickly trying to finish the invitations, as it was their last chance to get them out. But he'd grown sick of it, and fallen asleep, dreaming of Rouge laying before him, clad in revealing, silky clothes, and he bent down to snuggle her, kiss her, and love her, he never wanted to wake up, the dream was so real...

Rouge came back into the house, and threw her keys to Shadow's motorcycle on a table (as it went faster than her car, and it gave her more of a sense of freedom to drive).

Rouge glanced over at Shadow's sleeping form, and smirked.

She finished about ten more invitations, and ruffled Shadow's quills.

"Wake up, Mr. Shady" she said with a giggle.

Shadow mumbled, and awoke. He yawned widely, but while his mouth was open, Rouge stuck her tongue in, giggling.

Shadow chuckled and played with her tongue, enjoying the taste as part of his recent dream/fantasy came true.

Rouge giggled and stroked his white fur, and broke it after a good two minutes. "Sleepy?" she asked, resting her head on Shadow's chest.

"Yeah... all these damn invitations" Shadow replied, nuzzling Rouge's cheek.

Rouge smiled and chuckled cutely, and gently nibbled his ear. "Here, let me give you a hand there..." she said.

Shadow smiled in thanks, and they quickly finished the invitations together.

"Is that all?" Shadow asked.

Rouge thought for a moment, and nodded. "Yeah... I think it is" she replied. Rouge breathed in deeply. "We're ready to get married!"

They let that thought linger awhile, trying to let the reality of it sink in.

Shadow cleared his throat and gathered the invitations. "I'm going to go mail these" he told her.

Rouge smiled at him and caressed his fur. "Hurry back..." she said with a giggle. "I have a surprise for you when you get back..."

Shadow chuckled, and stood up. "I'll be back soon" he said, and kissed Rouge on the cheek.

Rouge giggled again and lightly kissed Shadow's lips. "See ya" she said with a tiny wave as Shadow left the house.

Shadow chuckled to himself, mounted his motorcycle, and departed to the post office.

Meanwhile

Sonic and Amy walked down the busy street of the city, arms entwined.

Amy nuzzled Sonic's cheek and the blue hedgehog stroked her cheek lovingly.

The two had grown very close over the weeks, and Sonic was now just as deep into the relationship as Amy.

They had each changed, too. Amy wasn't so hot-tempered anymore and while she was still the hyperactive girl she always had been, Amy had come to have more and more peaceful, calm moments. And some of Sonic's arrogance had eroded a bit, and he thought things through a little more thoroughly.

Amy kissed Sonic on the cheek, and Sonic smiled and nuzzled her hair.

"What do you wanna do?" Amy asked.

"I dunno... hang out at the park, go back to your place, or go adventuring through a jungle or something..." Sonic suggested.

Amy sighed happily, but then frowned. "You know, we haven't gotten an invitation to Shadow and Rouge's wedding... and it's just next week!" she said, suddenly nervous.

"Hey, hey, don't worry!" Sonic said with his typical grin. "Maybe Shadow just got his tongue stuck to a stamp, or he forgot where the post office is, or if Rouge was going to send them out, she got her wings caught in a-"

"Caught in a WHAT, Sonic?" a dark voice said from behind.

Sonic and Amy turned to see Shadow walking behind them, carrying a large amount of envelopes in a rubber band.

"Oh, hey Shad-Shad!" Sonic greeted.

"Only Rouge can call me that" Shadow growled. "And don't talk about us behind our backs! I gotta get these invitations out today or the wedding's ruined..."

"Is ours in there?" Amy asked.

Shadow quickly flipped through the envelopes, found it, and tossed it to them carelessly.

"You should be grateful I agreed to invite you" Shadow told them as he passed on to the nearby post office. "Maybe you can practice good behavior there... but that's wishful thinking on my part. Farewell."

Shadow just passed on and entered the post office.

Amy 'hmphed'. "What a rude hedgehog" she said.

"Remind me; why are we going to their wedding anyway?" Sonic asked.

"BECAUSE, Sonic, maybe we can see the sweet side of them!" Amy pointed out with a smile. "You know I don't like them, but it'd be nice to see them in a nice romantic spot for once. Plus, weddings are always so beautiful! And we can go there, and use the experience for our wedding!!"

Sonic couldn't help but smile; the idea of marriage was strong on their minds as well, but they both wanted to see how Shadow and Rouge got along as husband and wife before going into it much more.

Sonic and Amy sighed happily in unison, and walked on.

The two of them decided to go to the theaters to see a movie that had been based on the adventure they'd gone on over a year ago when they'd attacked Mephiles' fortress on the mountain (In Ultimate Darkness, as you may recall).

Sonic heard from Knuckles that the movie was pretty accurate, only the actors sounded nothing like them.

Back to Shadow

The angst hedgehog removed the rubber band off the envelopes, and dumped them all into the send-out box.

Luckily, all the guests were fairly local, so they should all get their invitations in time.

Shadow walked out of the building and over to his motorcycle.

Suddenly, he kinda stiffened.

"Whoa... I'm getting married..." he muttered to himself, and the reality finally sank in, and he felt weak.

Shadow couldn't believe it; Rouge, his partner, his friend, and then his lover, and now his fiancé, and soon-to-be-bride?!

Unbelievable; The Ultimate Life Form had gone Ultimately Soft.

Shadow regained himself, and drove off.

With Sonic and Amy

They were at the point in the movie where Shadow, Rouge, Sonic, Knuckles and Amy battled Mephiles near his altar.

The special effects were amazing, the music and sound effects were dramatic, but Sonic and Amy were a little irritated on how inaccurate the voices were.

"I sound like I'm going through puberty!!" Sonic hissed to Amy.

Amy nodded. "And I sound 8 years older than I was!" she pointed out.

Sonic nodded. "Still, this is pretty good..." he admitted.

"Yeah... they made my dress pretty cute!" Amy said with a laugh.

Sonic chuckled, and Amy leaned her head onto his shoulder. Sonic tightened his grasp a little, but kept it gentle.

Amy kissed his neck, and breathed on it in passion...

Sonic, knowing they kinda had the section of the room to themselves, locked lips with her in great passion.

Their tongues tasted each other, and Amy moaned softly in pleasure.

They ended the kiss, and Amy got up, and plopped down on Sonic's lap, and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Sonic grinned, and put an arm around her waist, and they watched the movie.

Back at Shadow and Rouge's

Shadow put the keys down, shut the door behind him and locked it. It was getting a bit dark out, and it was getting darker earlier as autumn started to close in. Summer's warmth still lingered on a little, but air conditioners and fans were on quite a bit less often.

Shadow went into the bedroom, wondering what Rouge's surprise would be...

When Shadow came in, he saw Rouge sitting on the bed, wearing a robe.

She grinned broadly. "Hey, Shad-Shad" she said cutely.

Shadow smiled back. "Hello" he said, approaching her.

Rouge giggled, undid her robe, and let it fall off of her.

She wore only a tiny hot-pink bra that covered little more than the nipples, and a thong.

Shadow's eyes widened, and then he smirked.

Rouge walked towards him, and pushed him on the bed and pounced on top of Shadow.

They locked lips in a passionate kiss, Shadow licking the inside of Rouge's mouth and caressing her.

Rouge giggled and licked the inside of Shadow's ear, and then locked lips again.

Shadow went on top of Rouge and kissed her neck, making her moan a little.

Rouge stopped for a second, and reached over to the bedside table, and grabbed a dark bottle.

"What's that?" Shadow asked.

Rouge smirked. "Chocolate syrup" she replied deviously.

Before Shadow could reply, Rouge poured some onto Shadow's stomach, and licked it off, moaning.

Shadow laid back and relaxed as Rouge put chocolate syrup on his face, nose, legs and so forth and licked it off, making Shadow snicker and smirk widely as he enjoyed the sensation.

Then, Rouge poured a little on Shadow's abs, and licked it up and kissed the abs as she passed them, and then poured it on Shadow's lower stomach, making Shadow squirm.

Finally, Shadow couldn't control himself, and he went back on top of Rouge, kissing and licking her and making Rouge's moans increasingly louder.

Shadow kissed the exposed, lower portion of Rouge's breasts, and then he poured the chocolate syrup inbetween them, making Rouge gasp and then moan softly.

Shadow removed the bra, and licked the syrup off. Then Shadow put just a little bit more syrup on each nipple, the oozy liquid making Rouge's nipples erect.

She moaned louder as Shadow licked the chocolate off her and then suckled gently on each.

"Oh Shadow... OH!" Rouge moaned louder.

Shadow snickered, and just poured the chocolate all over Rouge, making her gasp.

Shadow frowned as the bottle was now empty and Rouge was covered in chocolate syrup.

"Sorry..." Shadow said, but Rouge just shook her head and licked some from her fingers.

"Clean up the mess you made, you naughty hedgehog" Rouge giggled devilishly.

Shadow chuckled, and licked up all the syrup, kissed Rouge's stomach, cleaned her breasts and suckled on them and caressed them gently.

Rouge moaned even louder.

Shadow licked her legs clean, making Rouge tremble in pleasure.

"Uh-Oh... your thong's stained" Shadow chuckled. "Better get it off so we can clean it later..."

Rouge giggled. "Oh Shadow!" she laughed. "Now you're just acting stupid!"

Shadow blushed. "Well... hey, I'm still new to this talk!" he pointed out.

Shadow shook his head, and bit down on the rim of Rouge's chocolate-stained thong, and used his mouth to slowly peel it off.

When it was gone, Shadow found them wet with something other than syrup...

Shadow lay back on top of Rouge. They smiled at each other, and kissed.

Rouge giggled again, and removed Shadow's gloves and kicked off Shadow's fire-skates.

Rouge put one of her long, smooth legs over Shadow, and she used the other to tickle the bottom of Shadow's left foot.

Shadow snickered, and when Rouge was done, he gently caressed her breasts and gave them each a gentle squeeze, and pinched the nipples, making Rouge gasp again.

Then, Shadow lowered his face down to Rouge's legs, whom spread them open for him. Shadow slowly eased the tip of his tongue to Rouge's opening, and tasted her fluids.

Rouge gasped sharply. "Oh God..." she whimpered in pleasure.

Shadow pushed his tongue in deeper, drinking deeply from Rouge's sweet, sweet juice.

Rouge's body trembled from the pleasure, and then Shadow slowly eased up, and penetrated Rouge's opening.

Rouge screamed out Shadow's name, and Shadow gritted his teeth and shut his eyes tight from the intense pleasure.

"ROUGE!!" Shadow called, and started thrusting harder and faster.

Rouge squealed, and tightened her legs around Shadow, bringing him in even deeper.

Rouge screamed out again, and tears welled up in her eyes, the pleasure was so great.

Shadow opened his eyes, breathing heavily. "I love you..." he said, practically sounding like a different person, the voice was so heavy with passion.

"I... UNH! I... love you too... Shadow..." Rouge gasped, managing a smile before the powerful, wondrous climax hit.

They both cried out at the top of their lungs as the pleasure hit its highest point, and their perception was thrown off, it was so intense.

Shadow collapsed onto Rouge, and realized she had passed out from the experience.

Shadow gave her a gentle shake, and Rouge's eyes opened wearily.

She smiled at him. "That was... Jesus, that was unbelievable..." Rouge whispered. "You were amazing..."

Shadow snuggled up to her, and kissed her again. "This was the best surprise yet..." he chuckled.

Rouge picked up the empty syrup bottle, and managed to get a little more out, and licked it up.

Shadow put a little more on Rouge's lips, and kissed them again.

"Mmm... chocolate cherry" Shadow chuckled softly.

Rouge chuckled again, and they embraced each other.

"I love you, Shadow..." Rouge whispered.

"And I love you..." Shadow replied sleepily.

Then, they fell asleep in another loving embrace.

And further commitment was yet to come.