More Than Best Friends
"Hold on… what do you mean?" asked Rouge confused at what Shadow had said to her.
"I'm exactly like it… it's probably suffered as much as me."
Rouge was still confused at what Shadow meant, but then understood. "Oh… I get what you mean… even though it's a machine or whatever, you think that it has a heart like you and doesn't deserve to die. Well, it's not innocent… it is just a clone…."
"Think what you want to think."
Rouge just pulled Shadow's look alike back in the closet, locking the door.
"I think I'm gonna go for a quick walk."
"So your clone can wake up and kill me? No way! You're staying here."
"You can take care of him, can't you? I mean, pretend he's trying to steal some of your gems or something."
Rouge rolled her eyes. "Like that will work."
Before Rouge could blink, Shadow was already out of the door. Rouge sighed heavily to herself. "He's so stubborn…"
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Shadow felt drizzle come on his nose. He sighed, remembering he didn't bring an umbrella with him. Behind him, he heard several police sirens. As he kept walking he turned around, to see that the police were following him. "What do they want…?"
He then remembered what his framer had done, and came to realization. "Now I remember…" he said, stopping.
The police cars skidded to a stop, and one policeman came out of the police car and up to Shadow. He was holding handcuffs. "This is the killer…. Some kid?" the policeman mumbled, then said, "you are under arrest for killing 12 GUN officers," the policeman said, "and causing damages to it."
"I didn't do…"
"Are we going to have to take you by force?" one policeman yelled.
Shadow stared at the policemen for a while, and then smirked. "You'll have to catch me then…" he said, skating off.
The policeman ran into his car, putting his sirens on, and tailing Shadow. Shadow ducked under a fence to an alleyway, and then his behind a wall. He heard the sirens go far off, and sighed in relief. As soon as he was going to walk off, he was knocked in the face by a familiar figure. The figure dragged him into the darkness of the alleyway.
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Rouge opened her eyes and stretched. She then realized that Shadow had been gone… for the whole day. She went out of her room, and heard shuffling from the closet door. She ignored the sound and changed from her nightgown to her regular outfit, and grabbed her backpack, thinking that Shadow had already gotten to school.
"I guess he went earlier than me… must of came in while I was asleep…"
She went in her classroom, only to see that Shadow wasn't there. And neither was Sonic. "Maybe they got another day of ISS…." Rouge said to herself…
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"Hey, Sonic! He's waking up."
Shadow opened his eyes to see Amy, Tails, and Sonic looking right at him. He jumped back in surprise. After he relaxed, he asked, "What happened?"
"Sonic knocked you on the head, silly!" Amy said.
"Yeah, he said you were following him…" Tails said, a little afraid of Shadow.
"I wasn't following that faker," Shadow said.
"Yeah, right. You probably killed Rouge already," Sonic said.
"For the last time, I did not kill anyone!" Shadow protested.
"Why can't you just admit it?"
Amy and Tails started to exchange glances. "I think he's overdoing it…" Amy said, and Tails nodded is head.
Sonic ignored Amy and Tails remark. "Anyway, I think I'm going to get out of this," said Shadow walking off before Sonic could stop him. "Doesn't e ever give up?" he said to himself.
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Shadow finally got to school, but pretty late, which got him some glances from other people. "What?" he asked them, and they turned their heads.
"Why were you late?"
"Sonic ended up taking me to his house, blabbing about me following him…"
"That's why he's late too…"
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When Rouge and Shadow got home, the news about the recent murders had died down. Shadow didn't bring up any more topics about Sonic, and Sonic had decided to leave Shadow alone. Rouge was glad that the confusion had finally died down.
"Hey Shad. Think you'll be able to make any friends now?" Rouge asked him.
"I guess so. Why do you ask?"
"I know someone you could at least try and make friends with."
"Thanks, but no thanks."
"C'mon Shadow. It can't hurt you THAT much. Her name's Shade."
"Fine… I'll try…"
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Authors Note: Well, anyway, I'll try and update again tomorrow. Not for spoilers or anything, but Shadow finally confesses his love to Rouge! YAY!
~Kauzi~