Sorry for the short chapter, I've been really busy lately
Shadow and Amy watched together as Sonic stepped into the arena, ready to face his newest enemy. The ground shook violently, revealing a three headed lion. Mane and eyes were blood red, enormus in size, tusk like teeth, and mustard yellow fur. It roared loudly, earning small cries of fear from the audience. Sonic didn't look even the least bit frightened by the beast. "Cmon kitty! Let's see what you got!" He yelled. Some of the women swooned at his bravery. Amy rolled her eyes at the women. What he had was cockiness, not bravery. Shadow paid vey close attention to the fight.
He noticed Sonic touch a small pouch on his waist and some sort of powder came onto the cerulean prince's fingertips. Sonic jumped at the creature and swiped his fingers across the beasts three noses, scratching them in the process. The lion leaped a back a bit and meowed fearfully. Shadow's eyes narrowed at what he had just seen. Sonic has no honest bone in his body, does he? After the 'intense' battle, more people fought. The second round ended with minor casualties and many were soon disqualified. Sonic also set a new record on defeating time.
"Alrighty then! The last of our contenders for the third round will be, Knuckles the Echidna! Sonic the Hedgehog! Shadow the Hedgehog! Jack the Wolf!" The announcer kept announcing the last of the people until there were only twelve guys left. "The third competition, what you have all been waiting for... CHAOS BATTLES!" The whole crowd roared with excitement.
Shadow strapped on his black armor with Amy's help, her soft hands brushing against his semi rough skin made it tingle slightly. His tail wagged furiously. Amy giggled and massaged his ears, making a low purr emit from his throat and his tail wagged even more. "Heheh. I've never seen this side of you before..." She said as her finger continued to rub a sensitive spot behind his ear. Now his leg started to twitch. Then someone knocked on the door. Amy quickly stopped what she was doing and Shadow corrected himself.
The door opened to reveal Rouge and Knuckles. The red echidna plopped down onto the stool next to Shadow, and Rouge began to check a purpleish bruise on his side. He hissed in pain as she put antibiotics on it. Rouge didn't speak at all until she finish bandaging up his wounds. "Hey hon, how you holding up there?" She finally asked.
"I'm fine." He said, and started to move around a bit. He took his armor from behind a shelf and left. Amy huffed a bit.
"Well that was rude. He didn't have to act like that." She said. Rouge laughed a bit.
"Nah, I don't mind. I think he's a bit upset after seeing Sonic defeat that beast faster than he did. Wounded his pride." Rouge assured. Knuckles then got up and placed a hand on Rouge's shoulder.
"I don't think it's his pride..." He said, then grabbed his armor. "I'm gonna go suit up, you staying here?" He asked. Rouge nodded and she pecked him on the cheek.
"Go get em Knucklehead." She said. The echidna was speechless and he left, both princesses laughing. One of the maids watched curiously and gasped, two princesses were actually helping commoners like Shadow and Knuckles, doing actual labor. The maid left after her duties to start gossiping with the other maids.