Chapter 14
Shadows (POV)
X 1 week later X
"Ow ow okay dad I think that's enough, I give." Shad groaned in pain from a little sparring section we were having.
"How many times have I told you that right now isn't the best time to start challenging me. I looked down on him. "You should wait in a few years so you can further develop your skills."
"But how am my suppose to get stronger if you don't help me out a bit? Its not like there is anybody else I can train with."
"Why don't you ask Omega, he's been feeling kind of useless and could use the company."
"I've asked hi already and every time I do he immediately shuts himself off. So can you see you're the only one who can really help me."
Just seeing him plead like that I really didn't have a choice. "Fine I guest there is no other choice." Finally giving in to him. "Now we should end this sparing section for now. Your mom wants us to make sure that we get back home on time so we can get ready."
"Oh yeah I forgot about that. So what is it that we gotta get ready for?"
"We're going to have a little get together that your mother and Amy had been planning out all week so everyone can get together and enjoy themselves. I answered Enough of that lets get going now."
"Right lets get going then."
Today we planed to go to Sonics house as with everybody else also going to be there. This wasn't like a special occasion or anything, it was just a cookout in the outdoors of Emerald Hill so we can enjoy the nice weather that we been having lately and so the kids can run around freely in the open space where they wont be much of a disturbance. I really didn't mind doing this, it was a nice change of phase of being stuck at home and work also with Tikal making me go whether I wanted to or not.
"Good you two are finally back." Tikal seeing us walking in the living room. "Now why don't you wash up before we leave, you do look a bit dirty from playing outside."
"We weren't playing mom; dad was helping me train there is a big difference."
"Okay you were training, so can you go upstairs now and clean yourself so we wont waste time and end up being late."
"Fine I'll do it now." He said in a annoyed tone as we saw him heading up the stairs.
"Oh and be sure to bring your sister down when your done. She should wake up from her nap pretty soon." She yelled out. "After him you can go next Shadow."
"Please its not like I'm that dirty."
"Really then would you care to explain all that dirt over your quills and on your shoes."
I examined myself very quickly realizing that she was right, which I hate when she is. "You got me."
"We're in a agreement then, after Shad is done your next."
"Even if I still refused you would end having your way either way."
"I'm afraid so but at least I told you nicely didn't I?" She said innocently as she wrapped her arms around me. "I guest, now why don't you let me try to be nice to you." I pulled her in making our lips touch each others. After a few seconds I broke the kiss to see her reaction. "I gotta say I still got it." I said cockily. "Don't get to full of yourself Shadow, I have ways too.
"Choa choa choa." Lucas sounding perverted seeing him wave at us behind a couple of sofa cushions.
"Seriously I haven't been gone that long and I see the living room being turned into a love hotel. Shad appeared unknowingly with Maria in his arms and Dawn flying on top of him. "What a way to set an example for your kids."
Dawn and Maria just giggled at the whole situation
"Be quiet you all of you, its not like I knew all of you were here." Feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Now now lets not start getting into a conflict you two." Tikal stepped in. " This is not something I want Maria to see; a father and son starting something."
She goes up and picks Maria up from her older brother's arms. "How is my precious little princes doing, good I hope."
She simply replied back with a few giggles and shaking her arms with excitement.
"She looks happy, now I'll just wash up so we can start heading out."
"Good idea sooner the better."
After finally cleaning myself off like Tikal wanted we immediately started heading our way to Sonic's at Emerald Hill. Getting there wasn't really much trouble since I can instantly teleport all of us there. We made it with so much time to spare I don't know why Tikal was so worried that we might end being late.
"I think we're the first ones here," Shad guessed. "and you were worried of getting here late mom."
"Actually there is a reason why we're here early." Tikal mentioned innocently.
"Would you care to explain?" I raised an eye brow out of curiosity.
"Amy needed help to set up everything, so I said we would be glad to help them out which is why we're here early."
Everyone but Tikal gave off a annoyed groan. "Geez mom you could of told us first."
"It must of slipped out my mind."
"What's done is done now let just….."
All of sudden a quick blue flash of light appeared out of nowhere, running around and surrounding us.
"Eido you can stop now I'm really not that impressed." Shad said coldly.
The blue flash suddenly stopped at it tracks. "You know your no fun Shad." Eido complained "Oh well its nice to see all of you, I was getting kind…..hey is that the new baby." He got amazed at Maria from Tikal's arms. "it's a girl this time, so what did you end up naming her?"
"Well shadow named her, and decided on Maria, which I agreed to." Tikal answered. "So Eido, where are your parents at, I'm sure they would like to see Maria in person as well."
"Oh they're at the backyard, come fallow me; I'll take you to them."
We fallowed him going around their house to get to the backyard. Upon getting there I saw Sonic trying to set a grill which he was really having a lot of trouble setting up, Amy setting everything on the tables, and Rosa sitting down watching her parents. We were really the first ones to arrive which I really did hate which I wasn't the only one who thought that.
"Hey mom, dad; Shadow and his family are here." Eido announced.
"Perfect timing I could really use some help Shadow." Sonic sounded like he was having a hard time. " This grill is such a pain to set you have no idea how evil it is and its manual."
"Wow and sometimes I wonder how you can beat Eggman so easily but have a hard time putting that thing together. Are you sure your as great as everyone be saying." I said teasingly.
"Why don't you come here and see how hard it is then since you think you know to do it?"
"Maybe later."
"Oh my is that the cutie I've been seeing pictures of?" Amy squealed like a loud fan girl while approached towards us with her daughter right next to her. "She's so adorable in person. Please Tikal can I hold her for a bit?"
"Sure you can Amy, here you go." She carefully handed Maria over to Amy.
She looked at her with such gaze and couldn't help but squeal every time when Maria gives a slight yawn or blink. "She's so adorable Tikal. Now this is making want to have another baby."
"Don't push your luck Amy." Said Sonic
"Alright mom calm down for a bit. I'm pretty sure you already have your hands full with another baby A.K.A Rosa." Pointing fingures at his sister. "How am I the baby if I'm oldest out of both of us." Rosa retaliated. "True but you are since you're the one who does sleep with a night light on so you wont be taken away by the boogyman." "You promised you wouldn't say that in front anyone else." She felt embarrassed. "OOPS I forgot." "MOMMY." Rosa cried.
"Eido quit messing with your sister." Amy telling him.
"Fine."
"I didn't know you believed I that sort of stuff." Shad asked.
She didn't say anything back. All she did was cross her arms and look the other way almost as if she was mad about something.
"Are you okay Rosa?"
"You left without saying bye." She finally spoke. "What?" Shad was confused. "Last week you left without say bye to me." She added further detail. "You mean that. I just thought it didn't matter that much if I left unknowingly. I really wanted to be with my parents which is why I left at the first place." "It mattered to me; you could of at least told me first you were going to leave. Since you didn't I'm not going to speak to you."
"I cant believe at this age she's already starting to like boys; but most importantly to my son, she really is Amy's daughter." I said in my head.
"Quit being such a bay sis, that's no reason to be mad at him for. Especially for something as stupid as that."
"Eido watch your language." Amy said angrily.
"Sorry mom."
"Hmp." Rosa pouted just walking away from everyone and heading inside the house.
"She looks really upset." Said Tikal. "Maybe we should do something."
"Don't worry about it Tikal, she tends to get angry quickly but she doesn't stay like that for long. She'll get over it soon." Amy explained. "Now lets start setting things up before everybody else gets here."
"Then lets get to work." I spoke. "I'll help out Sonic. Why don't you four go around and do something while we take care of everything?" Telling both Shad and Eido and the choas also.
"Works for me." Eido agreed.
"If you say so dad." Said Shad.
"Choa choa." Dawn and Lucas said happily doing summer saults while in the air.
"I'll keep an eye on Maria while everyone puts things together." Said Tikal
Amy simply handed her over back to Tikal. "Right so lets get to work everyone."
It was taking a lot work setting up everything: the grill, tables, readying the meats and with an addition of caring for Maria; we all were finally able to finish. After finishing it wasn't long after everyone else came; tails was the first fallowed by knuckles and his family and so on and so on. Not surprisingly it seemed everyone was having a good time , the kids were running around within our sight having fun while me and the others were discussing what's been going on our lives lately.
"This is great isn't it?" Sonic spoke with his mouth full of chili dogs. "I enjoy doing this, we don't do stuff like this that often anymore like back in the good old days when we still be going on adventures."
"I know but I guest that's what we decided on, quitting on those adventures to do our own things. That's part of life I guest managing your own life." Knuckles said. "Lets also not forget about raising kids hon." Rouge added. "That's our number one priority right there am I right?"
"No kidding me and Blaze have a hard time keeping an I out for Blair to make sure she doesn't accidentally set anything on fire or moving stuff around. She doesn't know how to control our powers very well." Silver explained.
"Please at least your kid isn't trying to beat you in a fight." I brought up. " He is so determine to beat me so he can call himself the Ultimate Life Form."
"Hey try taking care of two lightning fast arguing hedgehogs who always try to out wit one another then we'll talk about how bad you got it." Said Amy. " Its not always that Amy, remember at our anniversary they made us breakfast and brought it up to us in bed." Sonic reminded. "Oh how could I forget." She squealed. " Even though they cause trouble sometimes they are still my precious little angels."
"The only time Cloud did something nice like for us when me and Knuckles went out for dinner and he offered to guard the emerald at that night." Rouge said. " But he does have a knack on getting himself into slight predicaments."
"Mom, dad, I feel awful." We see Cloud approaching while holding his stomach seeming like he was about to cough out everything that he ate today.
"What happened sweety?" Rouge sounded worried.
"I was having a chili dog eating contest with Eido and I guest ate a little more than I should have. Now my stomach hurts really bad." He mound in such pain.
"You shouldn't have done that Cloud; he and Sonic are pros when it involves eating chili dogs. You would just end up getting youself sick if you keep challenging him on a chili dog contest." Tails said.
"I think its already to late for that." He sounded drowsy and landed on his face from fainting.
Seeing him lye there we also happen to notice that his tail right on the tip looked like it got kind of burned, almost as if it just happened recently.
"Why id Cloud's tail a charted." Cream asked.
"Care to tell us son.?" Knuckles added.
"Don't blame me it was Blair." He mange to mumble out. "She started talking to me about friends liking friends more than friends but I didn't have any idea what she was talking about and as soon as I told her that she set my tail on flames."
"The next time I see that girl she's surely going to get it." Blaze said threatenly.
"Hey everybody there are plenty of chili dogs left so who wants to help me eat them?" Vector said as he arrived with a tray stacked of chili dogs. "You look weak Cloud, you need some food in you how about a chili dog?"
Hearing the chili dog and being offered one he couldn't help but wanting to barf. "MOM!"
"That's my cue. Come on I'll take you to the bathroom." Rouge offered. "I'm sure there's some medicine in the bathroom cupboards to calm down that upset stomach of yours."
"Rouge helped him up and grabbed him by his shoulder as we see her take her son inside the house.
"I hope he's going to be alright." Said Tikal
"He will, he is my son after all. I'm sure he's going to manage just fine." Knuckles said confidently.
"Would someone care to explain to me what just happened." Vector asked.
"He wasn't low on energy he got himself a stomach ache for eating to much chili dogs."
"I told him he should of stopped but he didn't listen to me. A young child like female voice was heard. "And you remember what me and your father told you about using your powers." Blaze said strictly. Blair pretended not to show any fear of her mothers current strict stature. "He got me upset mom, so it isn't really my fault."
Blaze just sighed from exhaustion. "What am I going to do with you young lady?"
"Somebody help me!" Eido crying out on fear as we see him coming straight towards us. "Shad and Rosa have gone crazy and are trying to hurt me.".
We saw the both of them chasing him furiously trying to go in their max speed just trying to get near him. Shad was sending dozens amount of chaos spears and Rosa was trying to whack him with her own piko piko hammer.
"Stop them mom." He hid behind his mom upon arriving.
"Would someone care to explain to me what is going on?" Amy yelled. "Let me just whach him just once mom, please just once. Rosa pleaded immediately after she and Shad caught up.
"I'm so going to enjoy this." Shad said as he started cracking his knuckles. "Lets get it over with, you know you cant hide hehind your mom forever."
"Shad care to to tell us what happened?" Tikal asked.
"He pushed Rosa at me."
"Is that it, that's not a good reason to hurt Eido enless he did something more than that." Said Silver.
"He did, when he pushed towards Shad my…my…I…"Rosa felt emparased to finish her sentence. "I don't want to talk about it."
"Hey come on Rosa, you know you can tell us anything." Sonic wrapped his arms around her trying to make her feel comfortable.
She simply shook her head sidways meaning she didn't want to talk about it. "No its to embarrassing."
"Eido would you please tell us what happened?" Sonic asked.
"Tell us so we can settle this at once." I said.
"Its not like it was bad or anything." He said innocently. "After all she did get to kiss the boy of her dreams. He made little kissy faces. Now I don't know why she's mad, I know she always wanted to do that."
"W w what?" Shad stuttered.
"Your lying!" Rosa turned red.
"Then how come it was written all over your diary then. It was perfectly hand written."
""I hate you I cant believe you did that. That my privacy I will never forgive you."
We saw them say argue going on and on about how the other is worst than the other it going on like it was never going to end . It seemed like they were prepared to settle things thereon the spot. Even Shad decided to stay away from this now this only being to revolve on Eido and Rosa only. Things were really starting to get wild but luckily it was going to end soon.
"Kids kids calm down both of you." Tails yelled out. "A brother and sister shouldn't be fighting like this especially in front of company. Now if you two make up right now I'll take all of you on a nice ride on my plane."
Eido was taking a few seconds to think it over until he decided. "You got it uncle Tails." Rosa whipped the tears off her eyes and sniffled giving her answer. "Fine but Eido has to promise me he would quit picking on me."
"Oh alright I promise I will stop picking out you…..for now."
"Can I come too?" Blair asked.
"Sure you can the more the merrier." Tails replied. "Knuckles what about Cloud, wouldn't he like to come too?"
"He's still has an upset stomach. If he went on a ride on your plane right now then I'm afraid there is going to a nasty stench."
"Good point. And what about you Shad, your welcome to come along."
"No thanks I'll be fine here on land."
"Ok then we'll be back in a little while. I'll be sure to bring them back safely."
He started heading off to his plane along with the kids except Shad. But Rosa stopped for a bit to face Shad but didn't say anything to him, she must have felt a bit embarrassed being around him especially after what just happened between them. She continued to fallow Tails and the others until they finally hopped on inside the plane and getting ready to set off.
"Dad can I ask you something?" Shad asked quietly. "What is it you want to ask?" I kneeled down to his size. "So what should I do now I mean should I even be doing anything." I knew what he meant and all I can do is give him these advice. "All I got to say is that your still young and you shouldn't worry about anything like that. Just do what Sonic did in the past, ignore it for now and until you think your ready go for it."
"I guest that works thanks for the advice."
"Anytime so why don't you with them on the plane before they start flying. It'll be fun."
"Yeah I guest I should go, thanks again."
There he goes catching up to everybody before they left. He quickly got in and tighten himself up and I slowly see them rise up from the ground and now very high up in the sky.
"So what were you two talking about?" Tikal asked.
"You know something that only a dad can tell his son."
"Fine be that way. She pouted. "Just wait, until Maria gets older and she'll come talk to me and we wont tell you what we were talking about."
"Don't be like that, now let me hold her for a bit your arms must be tired for holding a long time." I reached over and got her from Tikal's arms.
"Thanks my arms were about to fall asleep." Tikal felt relieved. "It really has been a long day for the children hasn't it?"
"No kidding, I just hope Maria wont be as much trouble as them." I said hopefully.
I'm sure she wont if you don't mind a little crying and changing her diapers from time to time."
"I think I can deal with that."
I looked down on her in my arms and all I see is just a happy sleeping hedgehog. Hard to believe that all the commotion that's been going on she could sleep right through it. I guest she wont cause much trouble or at least I hope so.
I thought I wasnt going to upload this week but I did wooooo that was a close one. Now this is going to end at the next chapter and I know I've said that dozens of times but I do mean it this time I've already plan out everything out...thank god this going to end
So anyway until next I wish you all well and until next time.