Chapter 3

Shadow never liked to waste his time with this kind of things, but this time THIS was something important.

Shadow sighed and faced his torment, "The matter is that I'm immortal" more simple that couldn't be said.

Sonic just smiled like a nonbeliever and say "Ok, ok, if you don't want to talk it's ok for me"

Shadow was so upset, that he just wanted to embrace a chaos blast and destroy this planet. It was so hard for him to say that and Sonic didn't take it seriously. I'm was wasting my time, he thought.

But Sonic realized by seeing stoic Shadow face, that he wasn't joking, he actually wanted to talk and what he just say was true?

"Wait, really?" Sonic said a little confused and surprised.

"Do I look like am kidding?" still upset Shadow said.

"So you are immortal and all that?" Sonic said still surprised for the new.

"Do you even know what imply that?" this was said trying to continue the topic, Shadow wanted to know if he wasn't wasting time.

"Well… hmm… that you can't die?" Sonic said with some tone of joking, thinking well it's quite obvious what it means, isn't it?

"NO!" Shadow shouted at Sonic face.

"It means that everyone is going to die before me!" sadness and frustration were in his voice.

"Yea, the same" Sonic answered lightly.

Shadow just turned his face into a shocking and desperation face.

"Come on Shads" and he still calling me like that after all, Shads, Shadow thought while Sonic continued talking. "What's the big deal?" Sonic ended his talk with that lightly comment, like trying to have fun running instead of this drama talk.

Shadow were about to break, yea bout to break Sonic neck. He passed to sadness to anger and that lead him to say things without thinking.

"You haven't lost anyone, you don't know what's like or even more you don't know what it FEELS like!" Shadow shouted aloud.

That make Shadow feel lighter, he didn't knew why… but he felt better by saying that.

Sonic got shocked "…are you afraid of losing…us?" Sonic answered worried of what were the true feelings of Shadow, he really cared about them, He break through and now he know what's inside Shadow heart?

"I'm afraid of the pain that cause" slowly the words came out of Shadow mouth, that was the true, all and pure true, finally he could get rid of this. He shake this myth of being brave mean to be locked and cold. But actually he needed to be brave to talk about this trouble.

"You never get over, it was that bad?" both knew what Sonic was talking about, Maria was the first friend of Shadow, and the first to lose so horrible.

"I don't want to have bond to anyone, anymore…" Shadow concluded, with pain in his heart.

Sonic were some disappointed after what Shadow said, how he can think like that?

Shadow continued "Every time I sleep, I dream about the last time I saw her, it's quite painful, and I think I won't resist anymore like this. It's a pain that follows you all your life." He ended with his head down and closed eyes.

"But that would lead you to a wrong way, Shads" Sonic said worried of what were going to happen.

"I can live alone, but I can't live with painful memories…"

"…" Sonic were speechless for the first time, Shadow really needed to throw this out and start again, but how Sonic could encourage him to leave it behind and give another chance to friendship?

Shadow turn around and started to leave, he was serious about this.

When Sonic stop him by saying "Would you rather not have bond to Maria than the years you had with… her?", it was the perfect and clever answer for Shadow, how Sonic could think about that, I don't know, but somehow he bring it.

And then Sonic ran away, he knew what would be the answer and he felt happy after that, so he went away so his friend "Shadow" could think about that.

Shadow felt like if something hit him, like a train or something bigger, he stumble and fall over his kneels, Sonic were right, how he dare to think about cutting bonds when he were made by a bond of friendship and love, if wasn't for that, he would become a real threat for everyone.

And then he answered to the wind "No…"

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After that Shadow didn't worried about that anymore. He went back to his "normal" life as we can say. Any of both bring this topic again; Sonic knew the answer and Shadow felt lighter every time he spent filling his mind with better memories.

And of course they finally had the race, Shadow defeated Sonic just for a chaos emerald of distant.

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We need friend, real friends, close friends, so even if we are alone in a certain time, we would never be alone in our life.

FIN

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Well that's the end.

My first fanfic, Yay! ;P