Oh no...

Shadow: Hmm?

There's a slight sexual reference in this chapter. x.x

Shadow: ...Heh. Perv.

WHAT! I'm appalled Shadow!

Shadow: I'm sure your reviewers will be too. Then they'll stop coming to your story, and--

Shut it!

Tails: Aww...

What is it Tails?

Tails: Gahlik said you weren't going to be killed just yet.

Yes! Thanks Gahlik! .

Tails: Unless Shadow and Tikal aren't together at the end of the story. Then you'll die.

x.x

Sonic: Slayer Z does not own anything pertaining to Sega.

I'm pretty sure they all know by now...

Tails: Yes...but do you?

What?

Shadow stepped into the house, a timid and wet Cream behind him. Both were soaked to the bone, though Shadow had taken most of the hit. The darkness of the house confused both animals, so they silently stepped in and closed the door. Cream tilted her head in puzzlement, while Shadow simply scratched his ear.

"I wonder if they're all asleep." A loud yell from the bathroom proved Shadow wrong. Tails emerged, his fur damp and falling all about his face. "YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE BABY!" he cried out, dropping to his knees. Shadow and Cream stared on, eyes wide and mouths agape as Tails continued his 'routine'.

"YOU'RE GONNA DIE!" Tails sang in a raspy voice. He held up his fist, banging his head to the beat streaming from his own mouth. Suddenly, Amy ran from the bathroom and dumped a large bucket of water on Tails. "Tails, for the last time, SHUT UP WILL YA!"

Tails flushed. "Sorry Amy. I just got caught up in the moment." Shadow, thinking it had gone far enough, picked up the small rabbit in his arms and took her to the busy bathroom. "Excuse me fools, but I have a job to care of, and you are not going to get in my way," he mocked, his ruby eyes flashing, his cloak swaying from the wind blowing in through the open front door.

"Shadow! Cream!" Tails and Amy shouted together, startled from the sudden appearance of both. Tikal could then be seen bursting through Amy's room, her eyes shining. "Shadow's back?" She squealed in delight as she saw the dark hedgehog in front of Amy and Tails, Cream in his arms. "We thought you had run away Shadow!" she yelled, throwing her arms around him awkwardly, trying not to hit the rabbit in his arms.

"I thought I did run away," Shadow murmured to himself, rolling his eyes. It was then he realized that everyone was had their eyes on Shadow and Tikal, Amy and Cream giggling and Tails stifling laughter. Shadow immediately broke free of Tikal's grasp. "Uh…I need to put Cream in the bath…because she's covered in…stuff."

Amy's eyes went wide in terror. "You're going to give her a bath? YOU are going to? Ha, I think not Shadow!" Amy wrenched Cream from Shadow's grip, the bunny landing softly on her feet. Shadow kept himself from blushing; only stuttering in answer. "I-I…I didn't mean it like that…"

Tikal and Amy were on their knees, scrubbing the shampoo from off Cream's fur. "Gosh, what happened to you?" Amy asked, pouring water over the rabbit's head. Cream protected her eyes from the liquid. "Mr. Shadow was standing over me, shielding me from something, I think. It was a little blurry. Then I woke up with some white, gooey stuff on mybody and…"

A shout from the bathroom woke everyone for miles. "WHAT!"

"It's not like that Amy!" Shadow tried to explain, but to no avail. The pink hedgehog was furious, to say the least. "It was shampoo! Did you even let Cream finish her sentence?" he asked, desperate to get out of this situation with no bloodshed. Apparently it would come down to blows.

"Shadow the Hedgehog; you have done something that is unforgivable! You have rap--"

"Amy! I did nothing of the sort; you have to listen to me. Go ask Cream! She'll tell you that it was just shampoo! A truck tipped over and spilled on both of us! See?" he pointed to his own fur where the white shampoo had stained him. Amy snorted, crossing her arms.

"Fine…but if I hear of anything like this again, oh I'll do something that'll make your very spine tingle."

"You mean that wasn't it?"

Shadow stood in the shower. His head drooped, his ears following suit. He let out a sigh, his bloodshot eyes on the brink of twitching madly. It was 3 o' clock in the morning and he hadn't gotten a wink of sleep. Another sigh escaped his lips before the hot water suddenly turned cold.

"Argh!" he pounded the wall and another pound responded from the other side.

"Keep it down in there Shadow!"

Shadow grumbled, turning off the water tap. He stepped out, reaching for the towel when he spotted Tikal peaking through a small slit in the door. He could tell it was her mainly because of the shallow breathing, the uniquely colored eye, and the fact that there was a mirror showing her in the bathroom mirror.

"Tikal…please wait until I've clothed myself." Tikal gasped and her eye (as well as her image from the mirror) suddenly vanished. Scurrying was heard, and then the shut of a door. Shadow shook his head, grasping the towel and wrapping it around himself. He shook off the remaining water before throwing on his cloak, gloves, and shoes.

When he stepped out and read the clock, it was pointed at 4. Shadow twitched. In five hours, he had to take Cream back home.

"Where's daylight savings when you need it?"

Tikal sat next to Amy's sleeping form. She held a small flower, plucking its petals.

"He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not..." She sighed when it ended there. Depressed, she let the flower float to the floor. Her chin rested in her hands now.

"He'll never like me, will he?" A small noise broke Tikal from her trance. She curiously stepped off the bed and to the source of the noise. It was a rapping on the window. There seemed to be nothing out there, except...

"Tails? What are you doing out there?" Tails looked up and waved cheerily.

"Hi Tikal! I'm just out here going over the plans for the Tornado!"

"Why outside?"

"Oh...heh, no reason."

Tikal shrugged, "Oh, okay...um, goodnight."

"Yes, goodnight," Tails waved as she shut the window. He then pulled out an electric guitar from behind a nearby tree. He grinned, began to play the strings and bang his head.

"Welcome to the Jungle! We've got fun and games!"

Wow, I might have to move this up to T.

Cream: Um...

I know. Sorry 'bout that Cream. It wasn't really intended. But it worked in so perfectly.

Cream: ...

Tails: I'm not crazy.

Well, in this chapter you are! So stop complaining!

Tails: ...

Good. Read, review, and don't murder me!

Shadow: Burn him! BURN HIM!

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