Normal P.O.V
"Has anyone seen Shadow?", Amy asked. "I saw Rouge dragging him to the side of the house", Tails replied to her. This statement made both her and Knuckles got up off the ground and start searching. Walking round the side of the house Amy heard a voices and suspecting who it was she rushed to the side of the house, but stopped short when she heard her name spoken. "This whole operation relies on her liking me enough to agree.", this statement started the cogs in Amy's head, with thoughts like 'what's going on? Why me? And what do I need to agree to?'
Unfortunately for her while trying to eavesdrop on more of the conversation, she accidentally stepped on a twig making a faint crunching sound, one however which that Rouge's sensitive ears picked up on at once. "Shhh someone's coming", she quickly said to Shadow, then, pulling a fake smile on her face she walked round the side of the building, Shadow right behind her.
"Oh there you guys are!", Amy said, also with a fake grin on her face. "We've been looking for you guys everywhere! What've you been doing?" "We've been catching up", Shadow answered. "G.U.N stuff", Rouge quickly added before Amy, or even worse, Knuckles could take that sentence the wrong way, though she couldn't help sending a short scowl in Shadow's direction.
"Well explain that to Knucklehead over there, he's been freaking out. You've been gone for almost half an hour!", she then added "that's an awful lot of catching up...", as an afterthought. "Look at that! It has been a long time." Rouge stated and then strolled off to Knuckles to tell him she was alright and Shadow hadn't harmed her.
"What were you to really doing?" Amy asked Shadow quietly on their way back to the gang. Although Shadow either didn't hear her or just ignored her, probably the latter, because the next minute he became extremely out of character rabbiting on about how much he missed the gang and how glad he was to see them.
"Yup, Tails has defiantly grown, you can tell that he's gotten cleverer just by looking at him! And why didn't you tell me that he finally got together with Cream? Who is looking even more adorable than ever, might I add. And did you see the way Knuckles was with Rouge? You'd think they were together by now-oh wait they are! Look at them hugging! Although I must say I'm Insulted that Sonic wasn't-" Shadows monologue/way to distract Amy from her previous statement, was cut short by a short whimper. He glanced at Amy and was surprised to see her eyes filling with tears.
"Rose? What's wrong?", he asked, though he had the idea that it was a lot to do with a certain speedster who was just mentioned. "I-it's nothing Shadow.", she replied quietly, drying her eyes an trying to get her act together. "Rose. I've comforted you enough to know that look. It's connected to Sonic." Amy looked him in the eyes and saw what she wanted to see-comfort. Shadow knew this was his chance to know, so he followed his task and brought Amy into a caring hug.
Amy was surprised, but excepted it. The truth was, Shadow had been there for her when Sonic hurt her, and more often than not he would comfort her after he ran away, but only because he was returning the favour. Amy had made the world see that Shadow wasn't a bad guy and deserved a second chance. If it wasn't for her Shadow would still be a monster in everyone else's eyes.
"What did he do?", Shadow repeated. "If he has been hurting you all this time he's looking for a serious butt kick, courtesy of me." How could she have ever stopped searching? Given up hope that he would return? He was Shadow the hedgehog. His loyalty to her could be put in comparison to Creams. But what was he talking to Rouge about? That question left the pink hedgehog stumped, and he seemed to avoid that at all costs judging by the way he acted just now.
"Rose, you can tell me!", Shadow urged. "Please, if he did anything to you I need to know". He was sure that if Amy had kept on chasing him Sonic would have cracked, unless he had a very serious reason to oppose her. It's not like Amy was an ugly hedgehog, far from it in fact. Puberty had done her good, her pink fur was brighter than ever, and he jade eyes sparkled brightly in the sun, though now they showed hurt and regret.
Deciding she could trust Shadow, she told him to tell the others they'd be gone for a bit, and then meet her in the park.
Shadow's P.O.V
I walked into the park looking for Rose, making sure to check every bench on my through. I suddenly heard my name being called from above. 'Maria!', was my first thought, but looking up I noticed pink sparkly shoes dangling off the side of a tree branch. I quickly climbed up the tree, wondering how the hell Rose did it in those ridiculous shoes.
Once I finally got up, Rose was staring into the sky, thoughts going through her head that I could only begin to imagine. "Where to start?", she began, "how about from when you left?", she asked herself. "Ok, here goes nothing... Before you left, I was head over heals in live with Sonic. I'm sure you know that, it doesn't take a genius to figure it out.", I lightly chuckled at that, it was true! And an understatement. "The thing is, after you left, you were the only thing I thought about. I was really upset, and I was starting to lose my care for Sonic. I still loved him, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't the same anymore."
"Instead of spending every free second I had chasing Sonic, I started looking for you. Going on searches that went between a few hours, to weeks at a time. The gang became worried and Sonic started chasing ME! But I didn't listen. And soon it got to him. He just didn't understand how his self proclaimed girlfriend could just forget about him for someone who had left, which he didn't really care about for that matter. He eventually started to come with me on my searches, if only to try and make me forget you and return home. But he didn't understand. You were like a brother to me. Sure I got on your nerves, but that just added to it. It pushed Sonic to the edge and eventually he did the only thing he thought would bring me back."
From here I could figure out what happened next. Obviously the only thing he thought would bring Amy back was- "He faked a note, supposedly by you, which was found on a tree explaining that you had to leave but would be back someday." What?! Does that idiot have absolutely no brains whatsoever?! He should have asked her out, the idiot.
"I believed him for a while, but eventually I became suspicious. I overheard him talking to Tails about it on day, and realized it was fake. There is now a reason people are scared to piss me off..." That complete and utter fool. Bad enough he faked a letter, but to talk about it in a place he could be overheard?
"I was fuming with him but I had stopped looking for you. Though he had annoyed me it made me think-maybe you didn't want to be found? The thought hurt but I accepted it." Ouch. Guilt building up here. "About a year passed since then and I was nowhere near over you. But, I had put on a smile for the gang. Anyway, I was walking through the hills one day when I noticed Sonic sitting there, looking lost. The way the breeze went through his quills reminded me of the old Sonic, the boy I had fallen in love with."
"He heard my footsteps and looked up at me. I noticed the hurt in his eyes and it touched my heart. I realized, Shadow, that this whole time he had been hurting and it was because of me. He felt bad for tricking me, an really guilty about it. Looking back, it can't have been easy for him to lose his love like that, and to his rival that wasn't even there!"
"You see, there is a reason I kept chasing Sonic, and it was because I knew he cared for me. When he would save anyone else, he would make sure they were safe on the side before returning to battle. But with me, he'd take me in his arms and carry me to safety, even if I could have easily gotten there myself."
"But anyway, we looked at each other and he knew I was still hurting. I wanted to relieve the pain off both of us, so I did what I though would do that. I ran up to him and hugged him with all my might. He was surprised but before he could react I ran away grinning."
"He got the hint and started chasing me." By now her eyes were staring into space, and it was more like she was telling herself the story. It was a bit strange but I needed to know where Sonic is, and if the is the only way, so be it.
"He could have easily caught up of course, but he went along with it and we were running around for ages. It felt like a piece of the world had been lifted off our shoulders. Eventually I became tired and we both collapsed on the grass giggling our heads off. We stopped laughing after a while and he confessed that he had fallen in love with me, and asked me on a date. It wasn't that straight forward but I'm giving you the basics." Wow. It took him that long to man up? Fearless hedgehog my a**!
"Story short, those were the best two years of my life. Than Sally arrived. She needed Sonic's help with the freedom fighters. They were in trouble and badly needed Sonic. It was the biggest and most painful decision he ever had to make, but in the end he put the people before his own happiness and left. We haven't seen him since." At this Amy's eyes overflowed with the tears she was holding in, and rolled silently down her face. 'Never mind. That hedgehog showed bravery I didn't know he could ever have. Ahh well I now know when Sonic left, hopefully I'll be able to find where he actually left too!'
A/N: dan daan daaaaaaan! Plz don't kill me! It's gunna end up a shadamy, but I think that the only way Amy would ever move on from Sonic is if she had something with him once, but the old flame died, know what I mean? Anyhoo, I kept true to my promise, and how was that for a chappie?! I'm pretty sure that was my best one yet :-)
