Okay! Here's chapter 3! It's been like six days, but it's back! I probably should've included earlier that Fury and Ryu are mine and made up. Everyone else was created by someone other then me!

I wonder what's wrong with Shadow today? I bet someone touched that picture of Maria again. Yeah! That must be it! I thought. After shrugging the idea off, I raced back to the foyer with my cell phone in hand. Ryu was still standing there, looking at the apartment entrance. "Got it!" I said. Ryu instantly turned around. "Oh, okay." He said. After we exchanged phone numbers, we went our seperate ways.

Amy was back upstairs washing the dishes. "Hiya!" She said when I came in. "Hiya! Hey, I saw you already!" I said. "Ha ha. That was too funny." She replied. I jumped into the couch and picked up the remote. "What'd you think of today's practice?" Amy asked. "It was awesome sauce!" I said, mindlessly flipping channels. "Aren't you gonna ask the principal to use the stage soon? With the talent show coming up, it might be a good idea to ask early..." Amy said. "Oh! I didn't even think about it! I'll- *yawn* ask...tomo-" And then I fell asleep.

*tap tap tap*

I turned around. Shadow was standing there, glaring down at me. "Hiya Shadow!" I said, turning around to wave at him. Shadow didn't say anything, he continued to stare blankly at me. "Shadow? Yoo hoo! SHHHHAAAAADOOOOW?" I waved my hand in front of his face. It wasn't there for more then a second before he slapped my hand away from him. "ITAI!" I said, clutching my hand.

"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM HIM." Shadow said roughly. "Wh-what? Stay away from who? Why're you so violent?" "You know very well who. It's because of YOU that I'm like this."

"Like what?"

"Stop being such a-"

"Such a WHAT. Say it, I dare you!"

It was silent for a few seconds before I finally heard Shadow say:

"Fury, I hate you."

BAM! I woke up and hit my head on my headboard. "Itai..." I said, rubbing my head. Why always the head? I couldn't help thinking. Then I thought about the dream I'd just had. For some reason, I began to feel worried. I don't usually worry about people, (since I feel very safe in this world compared to Earth), but I was wondering if I'd mistakenly hurt Shadow's feelings. I started to think back. The only thing I could think of was the scene in the play.

He hates me because of THAT? I thought. Wait, no, nobody said that. It was just a dream...but maybe it's trying to tell me something...He said that it was "my fault that he'd become like this." But what the heck is THIS?" But eventually, I ended up thinking myself to sleep.

I woke up the next morning to find Amy not in the house. She'd probably gotten a headstart in walking to school. Then i remembered: SCHOOL!

I threw on my uniform (which was under my bed which I think has something living under there and I don't think it's a bug), then yanked some food out of the refrigerator and threw it in a plastic bag. Then I ran for my shoes and put them on while I was leaving. Good thing I didn't have any homework to do!...or did I?

Gotta go faster! faster! faster! Faster! Faster! I thought as I ran at godspeed through the streets. I didn't know why I was running so fast. Maybe it was because the teachers had caught on to my detention skipping. And I had a feeling that if I screwed up even I one more time-, I would be toast.

SMACK!

"ITAI!" I cried, grabbing my head. I'd just slammed (at what seemed like 30 miles an hour) into someone or something. "Ooooooooh...Owieeeeeee..." I said, swirls in my eyes and stars dancing around me. "Oh, sorry...again." I snapped out of my confusion and looked at Ryu. (again.) "Hm...this seems a bit like deja vu...did I wake up this morning?" I thought aloud. Ryu smirked. "Need a hand?" He asked, holding out his hand. I took it and stood up. "What is your head MADE of." I asked Ryu.

"Oh the usual." He replied. "I keep bumping into you. Anyway, how are you on this beautiful, sunshiny day?" I asked. I think I saw Ryu cringe at the word sunshiny. "Fine." He said. "And you?" "I'm fine. Let's see, I was doing something, but I can't remember what...I'm in my school uniform, so that means- uh oh! If I don't hurry up, I'm gonna be-

"Late AGAIN, miss Fury." My teacher Sandstorm the mouse said to me as I came into class that day. "I know, I know, just gimme the detention." I said sourly. "So you can skip it again? I don't think so miss Fury. You have a lot of responsibility to learn. You're such a flamboyant, irresponsible student, and I think that you-

BLAH BLAH BLAH

My attention was steered away by a peice of cotton that had fallen from the ceiling. It floated onto some kid's desk. I only stared as I watched it fly across the room. I was snapped back into reality by a harsh: "FURY! HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME! GET TO YOUR SEAT NOW!" I scurried to my seat.

I was the first kid out of the class when the bell rang for break time.

When I was running I saw Shadow walking out of the bathroom. "Hiya Shadow!" I said, racing up to him. "Hi." Shadow said more flat and emotionless then usual. Then I remembered the issue with the cell phone.

"Um...did you...nevermind." Shadow didn't say anything. He didn't even look at me, and I felt pretty stupid, and I got mad. "WHAT'S YOUR FREAKIN PROBLEM TODAY?" I asked. Shadow looked at me as if I'd just slapped him. "What's MY problem? What's YOUR problem? If you haven't noticed, I still need my ears." And I felt stupid again! "SONIC-I MEAN SHADOW!...oh forget it. Are you coming to practice today?" I asked. "I don't know. I might." "Shadow, you're a main character. We need you more then anyone else...except Rouge." "I said I might." Shadow said. "Okay. Let me rephrase what I just said. You're coming to practice today, no need to inform me, I already knew! It's going to be in the auditorium today if the principal lets me, or at my house. Any objections? Of course not!" I said in a perky voice.

"Did I ever tell you you were annoying?" Shadow asked. "Yup. About 50 times actually. I've been counting. So it doesn't bother me anymore." Shadow didn't say anything. Neither did I. It was so quiet, I was starting to make music from the sound the sound of Shadow's and my shoes. I came up with the beat for a rhianna song.

Then I remembered. "Oh sweat! I've gotta ask the principal to use the stage!" I said. "Fury I-" "I already did." Ryu came out of nowhere and was standing behind me. "Whoa! When'd you get there?" I asked. "I was looking for you." Ryu said with a smirk. "Oh! Cool! But I coulda asked the principal." I said. "Yeah, but no offense, I kinda figured you would need some help with teachers after seeing you with your homeroom teacher." Ryu said. "You were there?" I asked. "Stalker." Shadow said. Ryu glanced at Shadow.

Shadow's P.O.V

I glared back.

"Where were you headed?" Fury asked Ryu. Fury kissing up to this guy made me pretty mad. I wanted to say: "Would you stop sucking up to him? It's making my stomach hurt." But I didn't say anything.

"I was gonna go to the library." Ryu said, still looking at me. "That's a good idea." I said. Get the heck out of here. I thought. Ryu's eyes flashed, as if he'd just read my mind or something. "But if you don't mind, I would like to stick around for a while." Ryu said to Fury. "Okay!" Fury said. "I have somewhere else to go." I said. "You mean back in your hole." I heard Ryu mumble. "What?" "Huh?" Ryu asked me, with a pathetic smirk on his face.

"Shadow? Can I talk to you?" Fury demanded, dragging me away from Ryu. "Ryu, you can stay there, this won't take long!" She said.

Fury dragged me into the girl's bathroom. "Fury! What the crap?" I asked wildly. She grabbed my hand before I could run for the door. "Don't mind this bathroom, no smart girl comes here. There's something wrong with this place, but that's not why I dragged you in here! It's about-" "Ryu." I finished. "Y-yeah." She said. "I just don't like him. There's something about him that I don't like. That's all I'm gonna say to you." I said.

"WELL I DON'T CARE! GET ALONG DANG IT!" She yelled. "Don't scream at me." I said. "Well, sorry DADDY." She said sarcastically. I rolled my eyes. It's because of this dumb kid stuff that makes her hard to stand sometimes. "Just let go of my hand so i can get out of the bathroom." I said, snatching my hand back. "You're such a meanie..." Fury said.

Ryu was standing where we left him. He really is a stalker! I thought. Fury came out of the bathroom after I did. "Oh! You stayed." She said. "Yeah. And next period starts in about five minutes." Ryu said. "Oh joy. More school!" Fury said. "We have the same class next, we can both walk if you want." Ryu said to Fury. "Really? You have grammar class next?" Fury asked incredulously. "Yup." "Cool!...how'd you know that was my next subject anyway?" "Lucky guess." "Yeah, I'm sure. Stalker." I said.

"Shadow!" Fury said. "Fury don't even say anything, okay? I'm not in the mood." "Stop talking to me like I'm your little sister or something! Dagnabit Shadow, I hate it when you do that! You're NEVER in the mood cuz you're always acting like a j-"

The bell rang just then, shutting Fury up. She took off in a sprint down the hallway yelling: "OOOOOOOH NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

Ryu stayed behind a little longer, and he turned around to look at me. Can't you just go fall in a ditch somewhere? I thought. "Oh Shut up." Ryu said aloud.

"What?" I asked, knowing very well what Ryu said.

"You heard me. Oh, do I need to say it slower?"

"Don't tell me to shut up."

"Or what're you gonna do about it."

I glared at Ryu, but he just smirked and tilted his head to to side. "You're a real jerk you know? I was wondering when you'd show your real colors. Oh, and for the record, I don't like you either. You can go and rot somewhere for all I care."

I could'nt believe what I'd just heard.

"Okay, number one. Don't, and I mean DON'T call me a jerk. And number two, I don't have any real colors to show. I'm just being me. The one who's a REAL jerk and showing his true colors, would be you. You don't talk that way around everyone else do you?" I said.

"And by everyone, you mean Fury right?"

"I MEAN what I SAID."

"Oh yeah, your precious little FURY. I'm gonna enjoy that play." Ryu said, turning and walking away.

"Stay the heck away from her you freakin stalker! Why are you so into her anyway? What'd she do to you?" I asked, getting ready to explode. "Why? You jealous?" Ryu asked, looking at me from over his shoulder. "NO." "Then you don't need to know." Ryu said, walking away.

That peice of -bad word-. If he goes near Fury one more time, I'm gonna tear him to peices.

"You wanna hit me so bad? Go ahead. I DARE you." Ryu said. "No thanks. I wouldn't want you to cry." I said, continuing to walk away. Suddenly-

BAM!

I'd flown five feet into someones locker, and broken it. When I'd recooperated from the shock, I was so mad, I couldn't describe my anger. Ryu was standing against the wall, smirking at me, with his arms folded. Staring at him made me realize that there was no possible way he could know what I'd intended to do unless he'd read my mind. "I think YOU'RE the one that needs to stay away from Fury." he said.

He really WAS a stalker!

And besides that, what was his problem anyway? He pushed me so hard, I almost flew THROUGH the wall. The fact that he'd attacked me from behind made me clench my fist. "Fine. I've been dying to beat the crap out of you since day one." I said, standing up.

Ryu just smirked at me.

Fury's P.O.V

Grammar class sucks donkey noodles. It's about a useless as literature class. I was playing with the back of my pencil and falling asleep at the same time. New Record!

The teacher just seemed to talk forever. He had a monotonous voice. If you can't sleep at night because of one reason or the other, then listening to this guy will be like drinking a sleeping potion.

I am SO done with this! I thought. "Mr. Turtle! (teacher= Slow the Turtle) May I please use the bathroom?" I asked. "Hm? Oh, yes, but don't stay too long. Come back fast." I nodded and ran out of the classroom. HA! I thought. That guy wouldn't know speed if it slapped him in the face!

Then I remembered I hadn't seen Ryu since I'd left him in the hallway with-

Uh oh.

!

It turns out I was just in time to see Ryu go flying through a wall- from the lower floor. (We were on the second floor when I'd left them) I gasped.

Shadow jumpped out of the wall and ran for Ryu.

I knew leaving them behind was a mistake.

I ran downstairs and outside at breakneck speed and came just in time to see Shadow getting ready to punch Ryu. "FLAAAAME! WALL!" I yelled. A line of fire seperated Ryu and Shadow and stopped Shadow dead in his tracks. Both boys looked at me, who was kind of fascinated by the fight.

"SHADOW! WHAT'RE YOU DOING TO RYU?" I yelled. Okay, big mistake.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT AM I DOING TO RYU? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?" Shadow yelled back.

I didn't feel very offended, because I knew that there were two sides to every story. And based on all the animes I'd watched back on Earth, it was usually the innocent one who started it. That gave me reason to blame Ryu, who was actually less beaten up the Shadow was! (and Shadow was pretty badly beaten up)

Ryu stood up and glared at Shadow. Shadow glared back. I let the wall of fire down and walked over to Shadow. "Wow, you're actually bleeding a quite a few places..." I said, wiping some blood off of a cut he'd gotten on his arm. "I don't care." Shadow said. "Well, I do! And you know why? BECAUSE I FAINT WHEN I SEE BLOOD, SO YOU'RE GOING TO THE NURSE RIGHT NOW! And Ryu...you come too." I said.

Both boys glared at each other before they got up and followed me inside.

By this time, kids were flooding outside to see the gargantuan hole in the wall. One of them was Sonic.

"Whoa, Fury! Did you- were you- what happened?" I asked. "Don't say anything." Ryu whispered to me. "Don't say anything." I said. Whoa. "Huh?" SOnic asked. "O-okay..."

I turned around to look at Ryu, but he wasn't even there.

That's it for chapter three! Please rate, and tell me how it's going so far ^_-