Hey guys here's Chapter 13 already ready! Anyway's on with the story!

Shadow's P.O.V.

"Rouge!" I exclaimed as I approached the albino bat. She turned suddenly and jumped in surprise when I stopped directly in front of her. A smirk formed on her face, she must've known what I was coming for. "Oh hey Shadow, long time no see?" She says as she moved away from me. I grabbed her arm to stop her from slipping away easily, "You know what I came for Rouge." I had practically growled the sentence at her as she slipped her arm out of my grip. She shrugged her shoulders then replied, "I don't have them hun."

I look at her puzzled, she did something with them? A trade or sold them? "What do you mean you don't have them?" I said a tad angrily as she explains, "You saw my battle with Knucky?" I nodded my head in understanding of what happened. He must not have trusted her with them and took them by force- no chance Rouge can chaos-control to the master emerald island. The albino bat stared at me since I ran here in shorts I didn't have time to change. "Uh... What's with the get-up?" Rouge questioned me as she was still pondering what I was doing outside in my shorts.

"I'm staying with a friend since you took my only transportation home." I told her coldly as she flinched from a bit of guilt from taking the emeralds. Then it sunk into her head, "Friend?" she looked at me almost about to burst out laughing, "You? Mr. Loner? Made a friend?"

I stared at her coldly and replied, "Yeah. I did."

"Oh," Rouge started as she stopped laughing, "You're serious?" She said it almost like it came out like a question. I nodded then continued to say, "I gotta go, she may be up by now." In a flash- faster than Sonic if I do say so myself- and was gone, but not without hearing Rouge exclaim "HER?!"

I arrived back at Rose's in no-time flat. I swiftly ran up the steps and opened the front door. As I entered I saw Rose sitting on the couch eating some food. She turned her head towards me when I walked up. "So where'd you go?" She asked in-between bites. "Just out. Nothing much, just like a run." I replied sitting next to her. She was eating some kind of roll filled with chicken and some brown sauce. She must've seen me looking at it then offered it to me. "Want some Shadow?" She asked handing the roll towards me.

"What is it?" I asked taking it and examining it closer.

"It's called siopao, (showpow- it's my favorite food :P) it's an asian food and it's really good!" The rose colored hedgehog said smiling as she gestured me to eat it. I took a bite of it- it was so tasty! I've never had anything like it before. I handed it back to Rose and she continued to ask me questions.

"How'd you like it?" She said smiling as she took another bite of it.

"It's pretty good." I said smiling back at her as she handed me another one, "Did you make these?"

"Yeah.." She started as she turned red from embarrassment, "I'm good at making these- plus they remind me of the past years I've lived alone."

I was going to ask her what she meant, but I didn't want to pick at a wound- if it even was a wound in her life. We sat there eating siopao in silence, enjoying the taste...

TBC...

Thanks for reading! As I grew up I've always loved siopao, so I wanted to put it into this story. My mom is from the Philippines so I grew up eating it. Although I don't understand the language (tagalog) she had friends who made it for me every once in a while.

Anyways enough about me, (I'm pretty boring :P) until next time, see ya later!