Chapter Four

Deciding to skip the train, Sonic ran all the way to the Mystic Ruins, where his best friend Tails lived. Once he reached his workshop, he knocked on the door. It swung open, unlocked. Hesitant, he called to his friend. "Tails!? You in here? I've got something important to tell you about."

Sonic looked around the living room and the kitchen. No one was there. Deciding that he must be in his basement working on some new project, he ventured down there. Tails was not there either. Now, Sonic began to worry. He took a trip up to the second floor of his house, finally deciding that Tails must be asleep. He slowly opened the door. "Tails?" he said quietly.

Tails was sitting on his bed, smiling weirdly. "Hello, Sonic."

Sonic breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't scare me like that buddy. Didn't you hear me calling you?"

Tails made no reply.

"Anyway, something bad happened," Sonic said seriously. "When I was fighting Eggman earlier, I-."

Tails rose and walked to his dresser. "That's nice, Sonic." He ruffled through the top drawer.

"Wait a minute, Tails," sonic said, disturbed that Tails was not listening to him. "This is important! Please listen for a second."

Tails removed a gun from the drawer and pointed it directly at Shadow. "This is important, too, hedgehog," Tails said menacingly.

Sonic's eyes widened. "What the hell are you doing Tails!?"

"Remember this, Sonic," Tails said, lowering the gun away from Sonic and pointing it at himself. "This world belongs to me."

"Tails, wait!!" Sonic cried, racing towards the fox.

It was too late. Tails pulled the trigger, silencing himself forever. He fell to the ground, a lifeless heap.

Sonic stood over his friend, tears falling his face. "…T-t-tails…why…?" He fell to the ground, crying into his knees.

"That's a lot of writing you're doing there," Ryuk commented, watching Shadow write.

Shadow looked up. "I can control a time of death with this thing along with a cause, correct?"

"Of course," Ryuk confirmed.

"Well it also seems I exact some brief control of the person before they die as well," Shadow realized.

"That's also true," Ryuk nodded.

"I imagine that Miles Prower would be the first person he'd run to," Shadow explained. "I also know around what time he would get there as well. With the right timing, I can make it look like he committed suicide while Sonic is there."

"Pretty clever, Shadow," Ryuk complimented. "But why not just kill Sonic?"

Shadow looked directly into Ryuk's eyes. "Because I want to kill him myself."

Ryuk felt almost uneasy at Shadow's glare. "That will be a interesting fight."

"I also know exactly where he will go next," Shadow said, and resumed writing.

E/N: Shadow is my all time favorite game character. Death Note is my second/third favorite anime. Do the math. REVIEW!!!