CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Sonic stared up at the big tree with all it's lights and decorations with such an intensity, Amy thought it would cause a hole to burn through it. They had decided to go shopping for Christmas (a holiday Amy was glad Sonic knew about) when Sonic found the town's Christmas tree and had been staring at it since they got there. Amy sipped her hot chocolate, beginning to get bored of the staring.

"Sonic, you should drink your hot chocolate before it gets cold." She said, an almost motherly tone in her voice.

Sonic blinked as if he realized what he was doing and quickly grabbed the cup before sipping it cautiously.

"Well if it isn't baby blue is his momma bird~" A voice said from behind them.

The two turned to see Rouge, Shadow and Omega standing behind them. Shadow seeming as if he didn't want to be there while Omega had several bags hooking onto him and Rouge simply stood with her hand on her hip. Neither of the males looked as if they wanted to be there.

"I see you're Christmas shopping as well." Amy said, smiling at the comment of her being the blue hedgehog's momma bird.

"Yeah. Omega volunteered to carry the bags and I just had to get Shadow out of the house before he began to turn into one of those books he keeps reading." Rouge explained.

Meanwhile, the blue hedgehog managed to get closer to his hero, obviously confused as to why he didn't have a coat or anything to keep him warm. Amy had made him wear a coat, hat, scarf and gloves. Not to mention the huge winter boots Sonya had bought him. When he had made a comment on how he wouldn't be able to run, the two girls simply told him he wouldn't be able to. If he had been the old Sonic, this would've been miserable.

"How come you're not wearing anything?" Sonic asked, catching Shadow's attention. "You're not cold at all?"

Shadow glanced at Sonic and was taken aback by the appearance of the blue hedgehog. The only parts that were visible were his legs, his quills and his eyes. Shadow looked away, feeling his cheeks burn slightly at how cute the blue hedgehog looked.

"No," He answered, noticing the silence between them. "I was created with a higher resistance to weather conditions. Cold doesn't bother me. It's the same with heat or other weather conditions."

Sonic looked down at Shadow's chest.

"I guess it's pretty fun being the Ultimate Lifeform-" Sonic started before being cut off by the arm of the white bat wrapping around him and snuggling him, as she smirked at Shadow.

"Baby blue here was reading about you yesterday." She interrupted. "I saw him sitting in Robotnik's library with a bunch of books. More specifically, ol' Gerald's journals."

Shadow was taken aback for a second before hiding it easily. Sonic, however, was red under his scarf.

"I-It's not like that!" Sonic exclaimed. "I just wanted to know more about my mom and I found Shadow in the journals..."

Shadow simply stared at the nervous male as he looked down at his hands, Rouge's arm still around his shoulder.

"Well, Sonic and I were just Christmas shopping." Amy said through the silence. "Have you guys finished all your shopping?"

"I have." Rouge said, finally taking her arm off of Sonic. "But I don't think Shadow has, is it alright if he joins you guys?"

It was clear that Rouge was ignoring the piercing eyes of her companion next to her.

"I don't see a problem with it if Sonic doesn't." Amy smiled, holding Sonic's hand gently.

Sonic was silent before whispering into Amy's ear. Shadow and Rouge exchanged a look as he did. Amy smiled at Shadow.

"Alright, Shadow can come with us."

Sonic nodded in agreement.

Later, Shadow was standing by Sonic as he and Amy were looking for something for Blaze. Sonic seemed so comfortable around the pink hedgehog, especially in comparison to the black hedgehog. They eventually finished getting what they needed and left the store with Shadow trailing behind them.

"Hey Amy" Sonic asked, coyly. "What'd you get me for Christmas?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Amy replied, smiling. "You'll have to find out when everyone else does. On Christmas morning."

Sonic's ears drooped and he pouted.

"Aww come on! Please!"

Amy giggled but didn't say anything. The blue hedgehog pouted for a little while before giving up. As he was looking at clothes in a store, Amy pulled Shadow to the side and out of the blue hedgehog's hearing.

"Shadow, can you take Sonic to get some hot chocolate or something? Just distract him while I pick up his christmas present."

Shadow nodded and walked over to Sonic. He was oblivious to the glint in the pink hedgehog's eyes that was a little more devious than it should've been.

"Are you done here?" He asked.

"Yeah... I was thinking Omega would like a scarf or something but then I realized he was a robot so it probably wouldn't do him any good." Sonic said, turning dejectedly from the shelf of folded scarves.

"You won't have to worry about Omega. He doesn't really like this holiday." Shadow said, crossing his arms. "Let's take a break and go get something to eat."

Sonic nodded, setting the scarf he'd been looking at and ran off to follow Shadow.

Sonic blew on the top of his hot chocolate, trying to cool it down. He assumed Shadow had gotten hot chocolate as well but unknown to him, Shadow got coffee.

"Shadow? Where's Amy?"

"She said she had to go get something."

Sonic nodded and returned to being silent. He watched as all the people walked around, large bags hanging from their arms and hands. Girls leading boys who looked indifferent to having to carry all the bags. Sonic's eyes eventually rested on Shadow, who looked bored as he took another sip from his cup.

"Ne, Shadow." He said. "Why did you decide to fight crime?"

Shadow looked confused at first, then he set down his cup and stood. He turned to Sonic and held out a hand. The blue hedgehog took it, as trusting as he was, before they disappeared from the mall. Shadow's cup still on the table.

Sonic found himself in a large room with a large window. Past the window was Mobius.

"Look at it all." Shadow said from beside him. "Don't you wonder exactly how many people are down there."

Sonic stared at the planet before shaking his head slightly.

"I save this planet because if I don't, it'll all disappear." Shadow explained.

Sonic nodded, fully understanding the black hedgehog.

"You told me you've read about me? What did you learn when you looked through Doctor Gerald's journals?"

Sonic turned to look at Shadow, rubbing the back of his neck shyly.

"What I found was that the idea for you was in 1938 when Marie was born with a cold. She was constantly sick and the idea for you was finalized when she was diagnosed with a serious disease. Your final completion was in 1945 and then you were trained for that portion of your life. Due to your accelerated aging process, you were shown to have fully matured after only 7 years. The incident was in 1952 when GUN discovered the dangers of having an ultimate lifeform and attempted to have it destroyed. Then, I can assume you were locked in your sleep tube in order to be locked away until you were needed. Ivo told me about the large funeral held on earth when it was discovered that all the agents and scientists were killed." Sonic paused, hoping he hadn't struck a nerve.

After a nod from Shadow, he continued.

"That's all I know about your history. I know you were biogenetically engineered to be able to handle several levels of extreme weather and that your body is able to produce antibodies within 20 minutes of a virus entering your body."

Sonic blushed slightly at the fact that he was talking about the body of his crush like it was a book. He looked down at his hands, signaling he'd finished talking.

"Do you really believe Maria was your mother?" Shadow asked.

Sonic chuckled.

"A hedgehog coming from a family of humans? I'm not bioengineered so I doubt it. I doubt I ever met her." Sonic said, turning away from the window to look over the interior of the room. "I was probably adopted by Ivo's parents or Ivo himself."

Shadow stared at the blue hedgehog, shocked. Sonic had seemed so sure when he told him about Maria.

"I read a lot so I was able to figure it out." Sonic explained, as if he knew what Shadow was thinking.

Shadow nodded before crossing his arms and watching the planet.

"Hey, Shadow." Sonic asked, turning toward the black hedgehog. "Doncha think we should get back to the mall? Amy must be worried by now."

Shadow chuckled and nodded.

"Alright." The black hedgehog said, before smirking.

The black hedgehog muttered his famous command before kissing the blue hedgie's cheek. Sonic blushed and didn't have any time to react before they found themselves back in the mall.

"Sonic! I was wondering where you had gone!" Amy exclaimed before hugging the blue hedgie.

Sonic nodded and smiled calmly, noticing the ultimate lifeform walking away from the two.

"Come on, Sonic. I'm done shopping so let's go home and wrap everything before everyone get's to the house for the party. Shadow!" Amy called, rushing to catch up with him and pulling Sonic with her.

He stopped and turned to the couple.

"You're coming to the party right?" Amy asked.

Shadow was silent before he met Sonic's curious eyes. He nodded and smirked.

"Of course." Shadow said, retrieving a big smile from his companions.

As they walked out of the mall, the two males walked behind the pink hedgehog. Amy was just talking, figuring out her plans for the evening and organizing everything in her head. She hadn't noticed the two behind her holding hands.

"Ne, Shadow." Sonic whispered.

"Hm?"

"Merry Christmas." The blue hedgehog smiled before kissing Shadow's cheek. "That was for earlier."

Shadow blushed slightly and nodded, a soft smirk on his face. He nodded.

"Don't worry. Remember, I'll see you at the party tonight." Shadow grinned. "And after."

The development of Sonadow had begun! XD I'm so excited! And for those of you with dirty minds, no they aren't gonna do anything after the party, get your mind out of the gutter. It'll be explained next chapter! Keep reading!