Er me really sorry for the lack of updates. ^_^;

Had a few probs with the chapter….OOC probs to be exact. The first version, Sonic was real OOC….then it was Shadow in the second….so there might still be some OOC

I'm real sorry about it

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Shadow watched as Sonic looked at him warily. So Shadow decided to just the same, fair was fair after all. Sonic didn't look like someone who had been vacationing for a few weeks. In fact he looked worse then the last time Shadow had seen him on the ARK. Shadow wondered why Sonic had allowed himself to get into such a condition. Sonic had said that he had been worried about him though…

'But that just doesn't make sense! Why would someone be worried about me?!' Shadow thought to himself.

"Fine, but it's just because I want to. It's not because you ordered me to." Sonic broke into Shadow's tumbled thoughts. He walked over and stiffly sat down next to Shadow.

"Whatever you say Sonic." Shadow chuckled a little. While Sonic might not have been up to his best at the moment, his sprit was just fine.

"…So you've been here ever since that thing on the ARK?" Sonic asked after a moment of peaceful silence.

"Uh huh." Shadow replied, this was something Sonic had already asked him before. Maybe the blue hedgehog was just trying to gather his thoughts though.

"Why?" Sonic asked softly.

"Why what?" Shadow glanced over and saw Sonic was struggling to keep his emotions in check.

"Why did you sacrifice yourself up on the ARK?" Sonic's thoughts were in a million places.

Just what in the hell am I doing?!

"Oh….that…." Shadow's eyes narrowed in silent anger. He paused a moment before going on.

"Because I realized that Eggman was just using me….he took advantage of my anger and tried to control me without me realizing it." Shadow went on.

He clenched his hands in anger as he still remembered it. 'Damn that Eggman…." Shadow bitterly thought.

"But I thought you two were partners!" Sonic sounded shocked.

"So did I." Shadow replied quietly, he started to calm down again.

A few minutes passed as Sonic absorbed this new information. He had truly thought that Shadow and Eggman were in the world domination thing together. In reality Eggman had used Shadow as a tool to get what he wanted, just liked he used the small animals in his robots!

"Why didn't you just come to us?" Sonic tilted his head a little. He recalled that he had asked Shadow something close earlier during his outburst.

"Come off it Sonic. What would you all had done if I had came crawlin to you all for help after the things I did. Particularly to you! Think a little!" Shadow snapped, he still hadn't got full control of his anger.

That was a good point. Things had been deadly between them during that time a few weeks ago. Had Shadow come to them for help they probably would've thought that the black hedgehog was up to something and probably they would've fought.

"I am thinking!" Sonic felt his own temper raising.

"So you say Sonic…so you say." Shadow replied with an even tone. When Sonic looked at him he saw a smirk on Shadow's face.

"Thanks Shadow…" Sonic stood up and stretched. It felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of his chest now that he had gotten some answers. He just wished that he could have told Shadow how he felt…he hated to cower behind his emotions.

"Yeah no problem. I think that you would've talked anyways, whether or not I wanted to hear it. Don't let yourself get into a condition like that again Sonic." Shadow got up himself and looked at Sonic in a critical manner. He did look better as it was, he was holding his himself higher now.

"You're probably right on that…..and..ah I won't. I think I'm gonna have that vacation that I've been putting off for a couple of weeks now." Sonic started to smirk as an idea graced his mind.

"Good. I'll see you later I guess then." Shadow turned to go. Really it hadn't been bad at all to talk with Sonic. Hell he had even enjoyed it a little…..but it had been ok to be around Sonic anyways…he held something that intrigued Shadow. He was starting to get absorbed into his thoughts so he never saw Sonic's smirk.

"Not so fast Shadow. You're coming with." Sonic grabbed Shadow and pulled him towards the little base that he was at.

"I am?!" Shadow asked bewildered.

"Yep. The area's called Station Square, it's a huge city with a nice beach. Emerald Coast is it's name I believe." Sonic went on happily. Something told him that Shadow wasn't minding this any.

"Oh..but there's one thing you should be worried about." Sonic stopped and sounded very serious real quick.

"And that is?" by now Shadow didn't know what to expect from Sonic so he just raised an eyebrow.

"You should be aware that you have the Hedgehog Curse."

"The what?!" The bewildered feeling came back full force to Shadow. It seemed fitting that this was coming from Sonic.

"Allow me to expline. Remember Amy?" Sonic allowed himself a smile.

"You mean that brainless pink hedgehog whose's color blind?" Shadow asked in distaste.

"Yea….she has a thing for hedgehogs….and she lives in the city that we're going to…." Sonic pulled into the base where Sonic and the others usually were. But Tails and Knuckles weren't there anymore. They do had gone on to do their own thing.

"Lovely" Shadow rolled his eyes.    

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Yesh, I'm gonna do a combined thing here with Sonic Adventures 2: Battle! and Sonic Adventures DX Director's Cut! So….RnR pwease and I'll get another chapter up soon!