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Sorry for the long wait. Life gets in a way y'know. Without further ado... chapter 3!

Chapter Three: Lovers' Quarrel

The trio made it back to Tails' shop, each of them sitting in different chairs. Suki looked at the floor, swinging her legs back and forth. Sonic was balancing a pencil on his nose while Tails was looking at the map. A knock was heard at the door, then Sonic heard a familiar voice.

"Sonic! I know you're in there!"

"Oh… No…" Sonic groaned softly.

Suki tilted her head and raised a brow at him. "What's wrong?"

"You're about to find out…"

The door busted open from a pink boot. The girl ran in and hugged Sonic tightly, nuzzling her cheek against his. "Oh, Sonic! Where have you been? I missed you!"

Sonic stood there with an annoyed look on his face. "That's nice, Amy."

"Hm? Who's this?" Amy released Sonic and leaned towards to Suki's face, making Suki feel slightly uncomfortable.

"U-Uhm…"

"That's Suki. She's helping us find the chaos emeralds before Eggman does." Tails explained.

"You're so pretty, Suki!" Amy grabbed Suki's hands. "We should definitely become friends!"

"R-Right."

Sonic grabbed one of Suki's hands and pulled her away from Amy, pulling her close to him as he held her around her waist. "Sorry, Ames, but we need her right now."

"Sonic… What are you doing?" Amy glared at the two.

"What do you mean?"

"Why… are you holding her like that? Is there something I should know?"

"Wha?" Sonic finally realized what Amy was talking about. His face turned red as he quickly released Suki away from him. "It's not like that, you dummy!"

Amy then glared at Suki. "I got my eye on you. Sonic is mine, got it?"

"H-Huh? I-It's not… I-I'm not…"

"Hmph!" Amy stormed out of the shop as she slammed the door. Suki sighed softly and looked at the ground. Sonic patted her head gently as he smiled.

"Don't feel bad. She's like that all the time."

"She clearly likes you, Sonic. Don't you feel the same about her?"

"Huh? Well… I care for her like a sister."

"You should tell her that…"

"You saying that like I haven't tried that already.."

"Guys, can we get back on the objective?" Tails yelled out, trying to get their attention.

Sonic and the others looked at the map together. They decided to head to the next area they agreed on. Metropolis.

"How dare she? Especially when I was trying to be nice to her." Amy grabbed out her piko piko hammer and started to hit trees with it. After a while, she stopped, panting heavily as she dropped her hammer. She noticed someone at the top of one of the trees. It was Shadow. He was sleeping on one of the tree branches with his arms behind his head with his legs crossed.

"Shadow?"

Shadow opened one of his eyes. "Hm?"

"What are you doing?"

"Better question is, what are you doing?"

"Releasing anger."

Shadow closed his eye. "If it's about faker, I don't want to hear it."

"Ugh! That girl just moved in to Sonic like no problem. You know how hard it is to get him to even hold me?"

Shadow opened his eyes and raised a brow. "You mean Suki?"

"Yes! Wait… you know her?"

"She was at Chemical Plant, getting a chaos emerald. I think she can sense them. She found one rather quickly."

"That's why Tails said that… Did I really just overreacted?"

Shadow jumped down from the tree. "Do you know where she is?"

"She's at Tails' shop…" Amy pointed to the direction at where it was located.

"Hm." Shadow sped off in that direction, leaving Amy behind.

Suki was sitting outside on the grass, looking at the sunset. She never realized how beautiful the sunset looked, considering the fact that a lot has happened to her in the past few days. Suki has not been able to remember anything before the Eggman incident and the red emerald was already in Shadow's grasp. She sighed softly as she stood up, heading back to the shop. When she grabbed the door handle, Shadow appeared in front of her.

"Shad- umph!"

Shadow covered her mouth with his hand, his face close to hers. He picked her up bridal style and ran off with her.

"W-What are you doing?!"

As soon as they reached the mountains of Green Hill, he set her down. Suki was clinging onto his arm, her body shaking. Shadow glared down at her.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I… I am afraid of heights."

Shadow rolled his eyes. "Anyway, you're going to be with me from now on."

"Eh?"

"You can sense the emeralds, right? You're going to help me find the rest."

"But, Sonic and Tai-"

"I don't care about that faker. You're helping me."

Suki sighed once again and nodded. She still clinged onto Shadow's arm. "Why here though?"

"I am assuming you can sense them better if you're in a higher place."

"But, when I sensed the red emerald, I got a headache. I don't have a headache right now."

"Headaches, huh? A bit odd, but useful. Fine, we will go to different places and see if you can sense them." Shadow crouched down on one knee, holding his arms out from behind. "Hop on."

Suki blushed as she hopped on his back, gripping his shoulders tightly. Shadow sped off to the next place he could think of, which was Metropolis.

"So… let me get this straight. You told Shadow that Suki was here, and now you think Shadow took Suki with him?" Sonic was getting upset at the situation at hand, glaring at Amy.

Amy nodded. "He said that she is able to detect and locate the chaos emeralds."

"She can. In a way." Tails pointed out.

"Well, I'm going to find her." Sonic started to walk towards the door. Amy grabbed Sonic's arm and looked down.

"She's probably safe with him. There's no need for that."

Sonic shoved her hand away and looked back at her. "I promised I'd protect her, so I am going to find her." Sonic sped off from the shop. Tails and Amy looked at each other, worried about their blue friend.

"... Shadow."

"What?"

"You can put me down now."

"Why? We are almost there. We'll just slow down if I do."

"Yeah, but…"

Shadow's top speed was slowing down from exhaustion. He stopped in his tracks, catching his breath as Suki got off his back. She looked down at him with a worried look on her face.

"Maybe we should re-"

"No, we will keep going. I just need a small breather."

"You're exhausted… you need sleep." Suki grabbed his hand and started heading towards the nearest tree. She laid him against the tree and looked at him closely. His cheeks were red and he was breathing heavily. Suki then closed her eyes and placed her forehead against his.

"What are you doing?"

Suki then moved back slowly and glared at him as she grabbed a hold of one of his cheeks and pinched it hard.

"O-Ow!"

"You dummy! You have a fever!"

"Hmph. A fever won't slow me down."

Suki scoffed as she got up, heading back to the direction they came from.

"Where are you going?"

"Home."

"Why?"

"Why should I help you when you can't even take care of yourself?" Suki turned as she crossed her arms.

Shadow sighed softly. "Fine. I will rest… for a… few... " Shadow slowly closed his eyes, falling fast asleep. Suki lowered her arms as she went back to Shadow, sitting down in front of him. She pet his head gently, looking at him. She then lied down on the grass, closing her eyes.