My adventure with Shadow the hedgehog.

Chapter 7; Sword training.

Me; I don't own sonic x.

Kim :D...

Me; Why are you so happy. It's scary.

Kim; Mark is in this chapter. : 3

Me; (rolls my eyes) This isn't a love story, Kim.

Kim; (glares at me) Party pooper. (Puts on a strained smile.) Read and review.

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Shadow pov

Kim was really tired so she was taken up to her room to rest. After that I told Mary what happened. She sat on the couch letting it sink in. Her best friend had powers and there was a chance that meant she would be in more danger than ever before. "We will really have to watch our step from here on out." she said after a moment of awkward silence. I nodded that was plain as day. As long as the freak was out there he was not going to stop till he got what he wanted. Even Sonic, who if my memory serves is carefree and cocky, was worried about Kim. Because according to him this Eggman guy was crazy and lord only knew what he would do to her. "We need to train her to fight back. Find out what she can do and train her in what she excels at." said Sonic. He turned to Mary "You are her best friend right? Well, have you notice any certain skills she is good at? Something no one else your age can do." Mary nodded "She knows a lot of martial arts and she is good with a sword." Sonic sat bolt upright "How good?" he asked. Mary thought about how best to describe her friend's skill "Really if someone saw her while she is training they would think her parents were sword masters." Sonic suddenly looked excited "That's it. Her special skill. That also explains why there have been no signs of chaos energy before. She has been channeling her powers through sword fighting." I blinked in surprise that did explain why no one, not even herself, knew about her powers. "But, if she has been using her powers then why was she so drained after she threw that knife?" I asked out loud. "That's easy. She has never used that much power before. She only uses little spurts of power every now and then when she wanted to swing really hard. It takes a lot of energy to change the course of an object in mid-air." I nodded understanding. Then, I thought 'How did I know that the energy Kim used was chaos?' I asked Sonic this. "Oh, that's right, you forgot. Well you are like Kim; you have chaos powers, too. One of your special abilities is to sense chaos energy." I looked out the window "What else don't I remember?" I asked "Well, I don't know every much. All I know is that a long time ago you lost a friend, Maria, and that made you angry at humanity. Then, you met my friend Chris and he convinced you to forgive and forget. You help me save the earth. But, after ward, we couldn't find you so we thought you were dead. You should have seen Chris. He was torn up for days." when Sonic mentioned Chris I had a memory about a young boy. He was trying to tell me something. I wouldn't listen. "I hurt him. Why would he be upset?" I said. "You remember?" asked Sonic, surprised; I nodded "Only a little. He was talking to me but I wouldn't listen. I hurt him." I felt a tug at my heart when I thought about it. Sonic walked up to me and put his hand on my shoulder. "You thought you were doing the right thing. Eggman tricked you." I nodded and thanked him for the reassurance. "I'm going to check on Kim." I said, and left the room.

Mark pov

I was running as fast as I could toward the safe house. I stopped at the sight. There was a man cuffed to a tree. I ran up to him and recognized him as one of the caretakers from the orphanage. He had a note tucked into his jacket. I pulled it out and read it. After a moment I smiled at Kim's sassy attitude and tuck the note back into the still unconscious man. I turned and ran toward the second safe house. If they weren't here they were there. I had overheard the caretakers discussing a plan to follow them the next time Kim and the others went to the safe house. They didn't know where it was located you see, and they have been searching for ages. I never thought they would follow through with their plan until today when Luda came running up to me at the orphanage and tried to drag me to the house. (A/N: Luda escaped and went to find help when Shadow was shot.) I ran until I saw the house up ahead. When I got to the door I knocked three times. There was a shuffle from behind the door. Then, it opened revealing Mary. She looked realized "Mark, thank god, we were worried they got to you." I smiled Mary was always worried about one thing or the other. If it wasn't Kim then it was me, and if it wasn't me then it was the twins. Like I said always worried.

Kim pov

I woke up a few hours after being brought in. Lewis told me everything I missed as I slept. So far Shadow had remembered a little bit of his past, Mark was here and worried, and the caretakers were searching for us again. "Tell the others I'll be outside sword training." I told Lewis. He nodded and left the room. "Oh, and Lewis," he turned "tell Mary to go home and get her new blow torch. We will need it." Mary was a pyromaniac and her parents, lord only knows why, bought her a blow torch for Christmas. Lewis grinned and ran out of the room with new hope shining in his eyes. He knew that I only called for the blow torch when we were about to go into battle with the caretakers. I forced myself out of bed and walked over to my night stand. Opening the drawer I pulled out my short sword. It was well crafted with the head of Medusa on one side of the hilt and a Pegasus on the other. The blade was sharp and ready for battle. There were full moons carved into the handle. I held out the blade in front of me. "This is going to be close." I said putting the blade in it's sheath. I walked down the stairs to the training grounds "Very close."