Chapter 2: A Party

At this point we know pretty much nothing about the relationship, but it has a beginning. Blaze doesn't seem to know anything about Shadow, and Shadow doesn't seem to care about Blaze. So let's continue.


Blaze doesn't see why everyone is so excited about this party or even having it. Just because is part of the "family" now doesn't mean she needs to be treated as a baby. She doesn't need gifts or even a welcome party. Rouge came over to meet with Amy and her to discuss the party.

" This is going to be the absolute best!" yelled Amy when Rouge arrived.

"I know! We are going to stop at no limit to make this great." said Rouge.

Blaze tried to say something, but before she knew it she was being dragged to the mall. This was going to be a long day. Blaze was into purple and when she let that information out, she was dragged off again. They went to about every store searching for anything purple. At least they let her pick things and have a voice in how the party should go. Her favorite part was the atmosphere of the mall. It was filled with the smells of the food court, the rush of people, and the sounds of checkout counters.

" Blaze come on!" Amy said bringing her out of her daydreaming.

" We are taking forever anyways. It's not like we only have a couple more minutes."

They finally found a decent looking dress and a couple of decorations and decided to return home.

Once she was at home she had to get ready, being the party is in 4 hours. She really didn't want to do this, but it was too late now. She put on her makeup, got dressed, the whole ordeal. When she walked down the stairs everyone was already here and talking and enjoying themselves.

Except for Shadow, but was that really a surprise?

She decided to talk to Cream. Cream seemed nice, but quite talkative. Her Chao, Cheese, was even worse. She kept a smile and then noticed Shadow in the corner and decided to avoid him. He would probably taunt her or grab her again, but she still wanted to make him feel acknowledged.

"Do you want some punch? It's grape."

"No."

She was kind of angry, but kept a straight face. She expected him not to have any, that wasn't Shadow. He just never seemed to have any joy, or emotion, for that matter. He just stood there for the rest of the night just staring forward. Well the punch was good and it his loss if he didn't want any. She decided to just go meet a few of the others. She got to meet Knuckles. He was nice, but probably the most defensive person she has ever met. Everyone decided to leave about an hour later and, to be honest it wasn't that bad.

Shadow did not have a bad time at the party. Did he have a good time? No. He had a neutral time. That was who he was, a emotionless being who did whatever he wanted to do. Everyone was having a good time and that was fine with him. He did participate. He denied the choice of grape punch. He didn't know why Blaze would even come up to him. He was actually stunned that she did. He expected her to ignore him and just go about her own things. So she was either clueless and stupid or had some serious confidence. He caught himself thinking about her and immediately snapped himself out of it. She was just an ordinary cat, nothing else. She did seem to be hiding something about her, though. She was always had this heat around her or wherever she went. Maybe there is more than what she tells people. Well, there is no need to think about it, just don't even care, don't even care.

The Next Day…

Shadow woke up the next morning and decided to go for a run. He would go down his usual trail, down the hill, through the city, and finally through the park. He did this pretty much everyday. His favorite part is the park. It had many trees, a bench or two, and not many people visited the park.

So he set off on his run.

Of course, this usually would only take ten minutes max. But today he felt like slowing down a bit. He had a lot to think about. Now that Eggman's empire was destroyed what would he do? He would still probably do some mercenary work, but what else could he do? Also, what was that Blaze girl hiding?

Blaze decided to explore this new home of hers. She was relatively fast and just wanted to experience this new place. The city of Station Square was huge and confusing. She decided to check out the river. The river that went out of Station Square was not a man made river, it had existed for about, well, a long time. It was really a beautiful place. It seemed so pure and just innocent. She didn't like the downtown area. It was a harsh place, the opposite of the river banks.

Then she decided to walk into the park. She then saw an all too familiar face, but she hasn't met him in person.

It was Scourge.

She was warned about him. Sonic had said that he is trouble. She turned around to walk out of the park, but it was too late.

"Hey, Ms. Kitty."

"Go away."

"No, I think I want to learn a little more about you."

She started to walk a little faster.

"Hey-" But she was already speeding off. That was not a smart move.

Scourge loved a good chase.

He was catching up. " I can't get away from him!" she thought to herself. Then she tripped.

Then, right as she was about to hit the ground, she was grabbed and sped away.

It was Shadow.

He was going full speed, but Scourge was still in the chase. "Are you all right?" he asked.

"Y-Yeah." she managed.

" Come on, Shads," Scourge was yelling. " Let me take her to a movie, and maybe a nice kiss, afterwards?"

" In you dreams!" Blaze yelled back. Now she was angry. Nobody talks about a queen like that!

She jumped out of Shadow's arms and turned and faced Scourge. She then let out her secret, her flames. Without delay, she started launching her fire at Scourge. This battle continued for about fifteen minutes. Blaze almost had no control over herself she just knew that Scourge was going to get burned!

"Blaze, let's go! Chaos Control!"

Suddenly, Blaze was back at Rouge's apartment. " What happened? I wanted to kill him!"

"Hmph." said Shadow with a smirk. Blaze was astonished, how could he be laughing at me.

" What?" she screamed at him.

" So that's why your name is Blaze. I knew there was some secret about you."

At this point Blaze's flames had died out, but she was getting hot again.

"You think this is a joke? You have never had anything stripped away from you! My flames are a burden, not a joy or talent!"

And with that she sped off.


Wow! I am very happy with this chapter. It had a little party, a little action, and a few secrets let out. Well please review and suggest, I am always open!