Me: Hey bitches! Guess what I got?
Tails: The sequel to A Spy's Day Off?
Me: Ha ha! No. I got chapter ten.
Sonic: And there's no doubt about it, AK. The previous chapter far from sucked. So says the reviewers.
Me: I know. It's just so awesome.
Tails: When are you going to get to the sequel to A Spy's Day Off, AK?
Me: I don't know, Tails. It might be a while.
Silver: He just wants you to start it because it's about him and Cream.
Me: Relax, Tails. And it's not like I haven't written about you and Cream before.
Tails: That doesn't really count. Just chapters five and nine in A Spy's Day off and in the epilogue in Of Chao and Hedgehogs.
Me: Ah. Of Chao and Hedgehogs. The only Sonamy story I have right now. Actually, that story had a bit of everything if I recall. Knouge, Silvaze, other stuff…
Sonic: Why don't you write more Sonamy, AK?
Amy: Yeah. Why is that?
Me: Because I'm too busy with everything else right now. Speaking of which, who's doing the disclaimer? NOT IT!
Everyone: NOT IT!
Blaze: Oh. Alright then. AK does not own Shadow, Tikal, or anyone else here. We're all owned by SEGA. AK only owns the plot.
Me: So enjoy chapter ten and remember to review.
Amy: AND READ OF CHAO AND HEDGEHOGS! PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!
Me: Shut up, Amy!
Shadikal: How is it Possible?
Chapter 10: Holy….
(Two and a half weeks later; 2:30 PM)
Two and a half weeks passed by. And in every day in those weeks, Shadow and Tikal saw each other. Each of them were now fully comfortable around the other. And their dates were being spied on now by the Chaotix. Tails hired them to spy on the two with a video camera linked right to his computer. No more hassling with multiple hidden cameras in separate locations. Just one camera held by one person. It was a lot easier.
Tikal was very happy both with herself, AND with Shadow. She was happy for herself because she was enjoying life now in ways she never even thought were possible back in her own time with her tribe. It was nice being around other females, and other animal species for that matter. The reason she was happy for Shadow was because ever since that second date, he had been much more open with her than he had been with anyone else.
But Shadow felt differently. Sure she was happy and enjoyed Tikal's company. But there was still that question that had yet to be answered. Why? Why did he feel like this? Two and a half weeks. That's seventeen to eighteen days. He had seen her every one of those days and he still had no clue as to why she was making him act and feel like this. It was driving him up the wall. Sure he was fine when he was with her. But when he wasn't, he just got more and more annoyed at himself because he couldn't find that stupid answer. It was like he was trying to discover his past all over again. Trying to answer questions that seem nearly impossible to answer and whatnot.
Today, Shadow had taken the girl out of town, away from Station Square. There was this restaurant built into an old lighthouse. It had been run down for a time, but someone who had zero time on their hands bought it and made it run again. Then that guy built a restaurant inside of it. It's now one of the most popular places in the world. A restaurant lighthouse that overlooks the ocean. It's not exactly the most original idea. It's been done plenty of times. But this one was located on its own little private island right offshore the beach of Westopolis. It took a boat ride to get out there, and then you can either go to the lighthouse, or you could simply take a walk through the forest of the island, which was very beautiful if you had the patience to look at it.
In the bushes, right on the edge of the entrance to the forest, the three members of the Chaotix, Vector, Espio, and Charmy. The croc had Tails yellow camera in his hand and he had the thing recording and on full zoom. He saw the dark hedgehog and the girl echidna sitting across from each other with forks in their hands. Vector couldn't believe it.
"Man. I don't get it. How come I can't get a girl, but Shadow, the darkest guy I've ever met, get one of the cutest echidnas I've ever seen?" he said.
Espio sweatdropped.
"Uh Vector?"
"Yeah what?"
"You do know there are only two echidnas in this world counting her. With the other one being Knuckles. You know that right?" the chameleon asked with general concern.
Vector fell flat on his face when he realized what he said.
"You know what I mean." He corrected. "But still. I don't get it. How did he do it?"
Vector continued to look through the camera.
"Maybe it's because he listens to a girl when she talks. Something you should learn to do." Espio said simply.
Vector glared at the purple one.
"What's THAT supposed to mean?" he asked a bit offended.
"You went on one date in the past, Vector." Espio started. "I seem to remember the events of it very clearly."
"Hey! Henrietta was a mistake!" the croc shouted. "She just wouldn't shut up."
"All you did was stare at her chest while she talked. And when she finally realized what you were doing, she splashed her drink in your face and storm out."
Charmy began to laugh.
"Oh yeah! That was SO funny!" the bee rolled over clutching his stomach as he laughed hard remembering the subject.
Vector growled.
"HEY! AT LEAST I HAVE ENOUGH CLASS TO GO ON A DATE!"
Espio shoved his head down to the ground.
"Will you two keep quiet? Shadow might hear us." He whispered.
"Fine." Vector leaned back up and focused the camera again.
Shadow and Tikal were still eating and thinking about the same things. But then Tikal brought up something that she had been wanting to ask the dark one, but kept forgetting to.
"So tell me. What else can you do with a Chaos Emerald besides teleporting?" she asked.
Shadow swallowed some of his meal. It was a fair question.
"Mainly all the abilities I have come from the Chaos Emeralds, my most common one being Chaos Control. I can also do others like Chaos Spear and Chaos Blast."
That made Tikal a bit puzzled. Those last two she had never heard of.
"You have no idea what I'm talking about do you?" Shadow looked at her face and saw that.
Yes. She was that obvious. She nodded her head.
"Well…Chaos Spear pretty much speaks for itself. I just shoot a couple of spears made of raw Chaos Energy at an enemy."
Tikal nodded again. That was simple to understand.
"But Chaos Blast is something different." He looked away from her. "Chaos Blast is a very devastating attack."
Tikal narrowed her eyes. "How devastating?"
Shadow immediately cursed himself. He knew she hated violence, and Chaos Blast was one of the most violent attacks out there.
"Chaos Blast is an explosion of one hundred percent negative energy." He said to her. "Whatever or WHOever is caught in its blast radius is immediately destroyed."
And he was right. Tikal wasn't thrilled about that at all.
"Do you use it often?" she needed to be sure.
"I've used it very rarely and only as a last resort."
That was enough for her. As long has he didn't LIKE to do it, it was okay. She told him that and he took a sigh of relief.
The two of them were able to carry out their meal in peace. When they were finished, Shadow paid the check, and the two of them walked into the forest to have a look around.
That was a good idea. Tikal loved it. She loved the scenery, the flowers, their smell, pretty much anything you name, she liked it. There was a bush full of completely bloomed red roses on their path. Shadow picked the one he thought looked the best. And he gently put the flower in between Tikal's dreadlocks.
Tikal smiled at him and he smiled back. When she giggled, Shadow smiled even more. Even her laugh made him happy. How often does that happen with someone? Then it came time for Shadow to take Tikal back to the mainland. But before he did, he wanted this date to have a big finish.
"I guess we should head back to the boat." Tikal said.
Shadow smirked at her.
"Yeah. We could do that. I could take you back myself." He said.
Tikal thought she knew what he meant. Chaos Control.
"Alright then."
She expected for Shadow to bring out his Chaos Emerald and say the magic words, but she gave a small yelp when the hedgehog picked her up and held her bridal style.
"Shadow?"
He smiled at her again.
"Hang on."
Shadow took off running as fast as he could. And then the rockets on the soles of his shoes turned on and he began to skate like he always did. But this was the first time Tikal had ever seen him skate. He was going much faster than the common running speed in normal Mobians. But then again, he wasn't really running.
Tikal held on tight to Shadow as she wrapped her arms around him. But when she saw that he was heading right for the ocean, she started to feel a bit unsure.
"Uuuhhhh….Shadow?"
"Just trust me." Was all he said.
He kept his course for the water. She shut her eyes and prepared to get wet.
But she didn't. She was dry.
She opened up her eyes and saw that she was right above the water of the open ocean and Shadow's feet were hovering inches above it. Once she saw that, she relaxed herself. Then Shadow picked up speed. She couldn't tell exactly how fast he was going. But if she had to put a number on it, she would've guessed somewhere around 500 miles an hour. Which was plenty fast for her.
She smiled wide once again and looked at her friend. He had already given so much over these past few weeks, and this wasn't even the end of it. She held out one of her arms and let her fingers lightly brush over the water. The drips that clung to her fingers were soon dried away by the wind from the speed they were going at. She put that arm around his neck again and he smiled. Her hands had no gloves on them today. And they felt so warm and comforting. Very soon, they got to the beach on the mainland and Shadow stopped to put Tikal down. When her feet touched the ground, she was kinda sad that it was over so quickly.
"So? What did you think?" Shadow asked.
Tikal gave a small giggle and smiled at him.
"That was incredible." She replied. "I've never gone that fast before."
The ebony one nodded and then he said the two words that he had probably said the most in his life.
"Chaos Control!"
In less than a second, the two of them found themselves back on Angel Island in front of the giant staircase to the Master Emerald shrine. Knuckles was there looking at them.
"Hi Knckles!" Tikal waved to him.
Knuckles smiled and waved back at the girl. Then she looked back at Shadow.
"So…when do you want to do this again?" she asked.
Shadow thought about that for a second. He had taken her on a lot of dates now. He was running out of ideas. What else was there? He had taken her to dinner, lunch, breakfast, movies, hell he even took her to see a few musicals. Which he very much despised, but it was a recommendation by Amy. There had to be something else he hadn't thought of yet. Then…as if it were some form of magic, he thought of something.
"Tomorrow morning. Before sunrise." He said.
Tikal was puzzled by that.
"Before sunrise? I don't understand."
Shadow gave off that smiled of his again to reassure her.
"Trust me. You'll love it."
Hearing him say that was enough to satisfy her. She smiled, and then she tried something else instead of their regular hug. She gave him a kiss on his cheek. At first Shadow showed absolutely no emotion. But when a shadow of red appeared on his muzzle, Tikal couldn't help but giggle again.
"See you tomorrow." She waved and headed to Knuckles' house.
Shadow waved back slightly and then with the same hand, touched his cheek in the exact spot where she kissed him. That was entirely new for him. He had never been kissed before. Not even Maria did that. He turned to leave, but then Knuckles stopped him.
"Well well well. I think someone's falling in love." He said with a smirk.
That's when Shadow's original behavior came back up again for the first time in weeks. He turned around with a familiar frown.
"What makes you think that?" he said in his normal dark and ominous tone.
"Well." Knuckles had a list. "You've been seeing Tikal every day now for two and a half weeks, you're smiling which isn't normal for you, and when she gave you that kiss…" Knuckles liked this part the most. "…your face turned as red as my fur."
Shadow looked away. He hated that Knuckles was right. He immediately tried to deny it.
"I wasn't blushing." He said a bit louder than necessary. "It was probably a burn from the sunlight on that island."
Knuckles kept on smirking.
"Well it seems to be gone now. Explain that."
Shadow froze up. And Knuckles' grin spread from ear to ear.
"Oh come on Shadow. You like Tikal. Just tell me why exactly."
Shadow finally looked back at him.
"That's just it. I don't know why I feel this way towards her. But I have to find out."
Knuckles' grin became a frown after he heard that.
"Wait." He was smarter than he let on. "Is that what this whole thing is, Shadow? Some kind of experiment?"
That offended Shadow a bit.
"No! This isn't an experiment!" he shouted.
"Well then why exactly are you dating her?"
"Because I need to be sure of my feelings before I confess them to her!"
A long pause overtook the general area. And the two Mobians were having a stare down.
"Look." Shadow went on. "To be honest, I'm not sure what I've got going on in my head regarding Tikal. I know there's something there, but I want to be absolutely positive what I'm feeling for her is real. Is that too much to ask for?"
Now it was Knuckles turn to look away. He didn't really like the way that sounded. It was as if Shadow was only doing this for himself and not for Tikal at all.
"Alright, fine. Do what you have to do." He said. "But I swear, if you hurt her…"
Shadow pulled out his Emerald.
"I won't."
Shadow teleported himself away and back to that cliff side where he told Tikal all about his past. But then he started to think about that past. He reminisced from time to time about his old life on Space Colony ARK with Maria. He reached behind his back and out of nowhere, a picture frame appeared in his hand. It was an eight by ten picture of him and Maria. Maria had her pretty smile, and Shadow had his usual flat mouth.
Shadow chuckled a little. Life for him had changed so much. He had a great friend in his life who he was starting to fall for. That was his main focus. She was kind, gentle, loving, hated violence, and she always looked for the best in people. In fact, Tikal was almost exactly like…like….
HOLD UP!
Shadow went into a wide eyed expression. He looked at the picture, then up at Angel Island. Then back at the picture, then the island. The picture, the island. The picture, the island.
"Oh. My. God."
It finally happened. The answer Shadow had been looking for had finally been bestowed upon him.
Amy: Wow AK. I've never seen you put so much devotion into a story before.
Me: Thank you Amy. But whether it's god or not is up to the readers.
Tails: Do you honestly think this chapter sucked AK?
Me: Not really. All the reviews I got from last chapter gave me some encouragement that I really needed.
Sonic: So no more doubting yourself?
Me: Probably not. But I gotta go now. Please review everyone and if you're at all interested, check out all my other storied. I promise you won't be disappointed. Especially with A Spy's Day Off.
I'll get chapter eleven up ASAP. Until then, peace bitches.