I have returned! Yeah, I know I've been gone for a while. But that's because I had to do so much chores and my mom had a birthday party last night. Although her birthday was the 30th of December. Still, I was stuck in my room all night. Unfortunately my computer's in the basement. But hey, I can update again! Enjoy the chapter! Oh, and Happy New Year!

Chapter 21

"Babysitting again?" Shadow complained as Rouge was leading him to a different section of the Mystic Ruins.

"Ah, quit being a baby", the bat shrugged. "Besides, you're only going to do it for one night."

"It better not be another sugar-hyperactive, annoying little brat."

'Sigh'.

Before long, they've reached to a small cream colored house. There was a small flower garden in the front yard. For some reason, Shadow felt like he's been here before. Though, he wasn't able to figure out why. Rouge knocked on the door.

"Hello there!" Vanilla opened the door.

"Oh, dear God, don't tell me", Shadow sweatdropped.

"Welp, here's the babysitter", Rouge presented the black hedgehog. He took a step back. "Don't be rude, Shadow", she pulled him forward. "Anyway, ready to go gambling?"

"Of course!" Vanilla pulled out her purse full of cash.

"…What?" Shadow raised an eyebrow

"Yeah, we're going gambling for tonight", his close friend replied. "But rest assured, it's only for tonight. And Cream shouldn't be a problem. She has manners."

"Still…"

"To Casinopolis and away!" the adult rabbit grabbed Rouge and took off speedily.

The dark hedgehog watched the two disappear within the trees. He has never thought that Cream's mom liked to gamble. Of course, he knows Rouge likes to gamble at times. Netherless, he went inside and closed the door behind him. The place was too darn colorful for him! He gulped, wishing for a miracle right now. He went to the living room and saw Cream and Cheese watching TV.

"Yo."

"Oh, hi-Shadow?" Cream looked back.

"Grrrrrrr!!" Cheese growled like a lion once he saw the hedgehog.

"Yeah, nice to see you too", Shadow said sarcastically.

"Are you going to be our babysitter for tonight?" the child asked.

"Just this once and never again."

"Oh…You're just in time for Barney!" Cream turned the channel.

"I love you, you love me", the purple dinosaur sang to the children around him.

"Walking away", Shadow left the living room.

After the show was over, Cream and Cheese went outside in the backyard. Their babysitter was sitting in a chair asleep. The rabbit did the honor by shaking him softly. Shadow opened his eyes and looked at them.

"What?"

"We're bored."

"You're kidding me, right?"

"Let's play frisbee!" Cream pulled out a red frisbee toy.

"…Fine", the hedgehog stood up.

To start the game, the three spread out in order to make some room. Cream threw the frisbee to Shadow and he then threw it to Cheese. The chao threw it back to Cream and she threw it again to Shadow. They repeated this for five minutes. As soon as Cheese caught the frisbee again, he came up with an evil idea. He flew up a little higher and threw the frisbee to Shadow strongly. The Ultimate Life Form tried to catch it, but he got hit in the right eye.

"Gah! Why is it always my goddamn eye!?" he yelled angrily as he rubbed his eye.

"Chao", Cheese crossed his arms with a smirk.

"Bad, Cheese, bad", Cream pointed at him. "Tell him you're sorry."

At that moment, Cheese slapped his forehead. He didn't want to apologize to the dark hedgehog. In fact, he could careless about his eye injury. Although, he came up with another idea. With a fake sad face, he flew to Shadow, who had his arms crossed. He held out a hand to shake. The black and red hedgehog didn't want to shake it at first, but he had to so that way Cream wouldn't school him. Therefore, he shook the chao's hand. Right on time, Cheese bit his hand aggressively.

"Why you little…!" Shadow growled as he tried to get the chao off of him. He wiggled his hand around, but received no luck.

"Cheese, stop it", the rabbit commanded her pet.

"I swear, if I get rabies, I'm gonna sue you all", Shadow said warningly.

Soon enough, Cheese stopped biting him and Shadow got a bandage for his hand. This was his second time getting bit by a chao. Seriously, what was up with that? Heck, he didn't even do anything to Cheese yet. Putting that aside, the three continued to game. Cheese caught the frisbee and looked over at Shadow. The hedgehog was standing in front of the cactus garden. With another evil smirk, Cheese looked up and pointed to the sky with fright. Falling for it, the two other creatures looked up. After that, Cheese charged at Shadow. Before he could've reacted, he got pushed back and fell in a lot of cactus plants.

"OWW!!" the hedgehog yelled in pain. "WHY THE HELL DO YOU GUYS HAVE A CACTUS GARDEN!?"

"Ask my mother", Cream shrugged her shoulders.

"GRRR!!" Shadow looked at Cheese.

"Chao", the light blue creature said and stuck his tongue out. After that he went inside the house.

"I swear…One day", Shadow clenched his needle filled fists. "Ouch!" he flinched.

An hour later, he was in the living room with bandages all over his body. Cream and Cheese were playing a card game. Once they got done, they got bored and looked back at the hedgehog.

"What?" he narrowed his eyebrows.

"We're bored again", the rabbit responded.

"Look. I'm in pain, I can barely move, and I don't feel like playing another game. And another thing, your chao is a little monster", Shadow pointed at Cheese.

"Chao!" the light blue troublemaker bit his finger.

"Oww! Stop biting me, you asshole!" Shadow tried to get the chao off of him.

"Mr. Shadow!" Cream gasped.

"What?!"

"You said a bad word!"

"Well, I'm sorry you had to hear that. But right now, your chao is pissing me off."

"Let him go, Cheese."

"Grr", the chao released the hedgehog's finger and flew to his owner.

"Well, Mr. Shadow. We're gonna have some rules around here", the rabbit placed her hands on her hips.

"Hold on, I'M the one who should make the rules here!" Shadow yelled back.

"Rule #1: No cussing. Rule #2: Clean up after yourself. Rule #3: Do not be mean to Cheese. Rule #4: Do not clog up the toilet. Rule #5: No parties allowed. And rule #6: No music, movies, or anything else that is above PG rated."

"…" Shadow blinked twice. "This…freaking…sucks", he thinks to himself.

LOL, poor Shadow! Wow, Cheese is really mean to him! And LOL, Cream has her rules for him XD. And Cream's mom likes to gamble? How odd! And ouch, cactus plants hurt badly! What will happen next? Find out next time!