Chapter 6: Crystal Clear
Sonic is on his second battle, trying to gain his next Chaos Stone, the Clear Emerald (if I called it something else, I'm calling it this now). The blue hedgehog curled up into a Spin Dash and was about to hit Isis, the white dragon. But she let Sonic get close, and then she slapped him with one of her two tails. Sonic flew backwards, crashing into a wall, injured.

But he refused to give up, so he stood up shakily and wiped some blood from his mouth. He aimed his hand at his opponent. "Sonic Wind!" The blue tornado blades surrounded Isis and closed in on her, squeezing her. The white dragon struggled, roaring, but it finally spread her arms out and Sonic's attack vanished.

Scrapes of blood were seen on the spots where the blades cut Isis, but she telepathically yelled, "Don't think I'm going down that easy!" She roared and belched a hot white flame. Sonic's eyes went wide as he jumped out of the way of the fire. Isis continued spewing fire at her enemy hedgehog, but he kept jumped out of the way.

Sonic watched Isis's moves as she belched flame and he dodged. He got an idea, and shouted, "I'm gonna close that inconsiderate mouth of yours!" Isis roared again as she began to charge up a power flame blast. "Sonic Wind!" This time, the attack went vertically and closed the white dragon's mouth shut as her was about to shoot her attack.

The blades closed in and scratched Isis's mouth badly. She screeched out in pain and glared at Sonic. Sonic smirked and shot another Sonic Wind at her. He kept repeating the process of when Isis would shoot a flame, and he'd do Sonic Wind until Isis's mouth was damaged badly, but much energy was drained from Sonic.

Sonic panted heavily, staring his enemy down. Isis did the same, but panted with her mouth closed, for her jaw was really messed up. The blue hedgehog's idea proved successful, but in the process, most of his energy was drained. Isis was about to launch another attack, when suddenly, the mystery hedgehog appeared in a green flash. Sonic shielded his eyes, and then looked at the hedgehog.

"Who are you?" Sonic asked the hedgehog.

The black hedgehog slightly turned his head, only his red eyes looking at Sonic. "I can't tell you... Yet."

Sonic shook his head," What-what do you mean 'I can't tell you'?!"

The red eyes of the hedgehog hadn't blinked, nor moved from Sonic. "Don't you know the element of surprise? I can tell you can be really impatient about things you truly want to know." He spun a green jewel in his hand. The Chaos Emerald. The hedgehog looked away from Sonic, knowing he wouldn't reply. He shot his hand up into the air, and shouted, "Chaos Spear!"

Suddenly, yellow spear bolts shot from the emerald and stabbed Isis, around the belly, her tails, and finally, her head. She shrieked loudly in pain and dissolved from being. Sonic the hedgehog stared in awe at the hedgehog in front of him. He didn't want to believe it, but there was something inside him telling him who it really was.

He tried to speak, but no words came out. He finally found his voice.

"Shadow?"

The dark hedgehog turned and gave a slight smile. He lowered his hand, the emerald vanishing in his dimensional pocket. He turned around completely, and walked until he was right in front of Sonic. Now, the cobalt hedgehog could see all his features without the shades.

The black hedgehog had everything Shadow had: a patch of fur on his chest, streaks of red on his quills, and crimson-ish red eyes. "'s about time you figured out who I am."

Sonic felt like he was close to tears; Shadow was alive. "But--But I thought you disintegrated into the atmosphere after we battled the Biolizard..." He said with slight difficulty.

"I survived. After all, I AM the Ultimate Life form. I could tell you were doing something for Tails, so I decided to tag along. You can't take ALL the credit for saving the kid." Shadow replied.

Sonic smiled, and then hugged Shadow. The dark hedgehog didn't know what to do, so he just stood there as Sonic cried on him. He finally said, "Oh, stoppit with the mushy stuff."

Sonic let go, but he was still happy that this friend was alive. He then remembered what he was doing, and he gazed at where Isis once stood. In her place, was a heart-shaped gem. It was clear in color, and you were able to see the dark ground.

Suddenly, Sonic felt himself be knocked out, and he fell into Shadow's arms. Shadow disappeared from the place, and reappeared outside the invisible maze after picking up the Clear Emerald. Shadow placed it on Sonic, and then ran off, disappearing into the night. When Sonic awoke, he looked around for Shadow, but didn't find him. He also wondered where he went off to. But then, he remembered that he must get his next Chaos Stone, so he ran off the black colored mountain, Shadow on his mind.

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Well, that's it! I was thinking that I can take a little break on this, and I'll do this for the next two Chaos Stones, too. But when the fifth one comes, I'm just gonna keep going until the end. I was hoping that I'd have Shadow reveal himself on the final stone, but I had one of those stupid urges.

Anyway, I just made an idea that would be Sonic in the future (ex. Sonic's son and stuff). I'm probably gonna make a few chappies of that and then come back to this. Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I assure you, I'll come back to this in no time! For now, I bid you good-bye, readers!