I'm so sorry this is late!

"And the excuse this time is?" Shadow asked dryly.

LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL! It's so sad!

"Why? Leaving that hell hole sounds good to me." exclaimed Sonic.

But leaving all my great teachers… I LOVE ALL OF YOU GUYS! Thanks for opening me up to the world!

"Right…" said Shadow.

But there is a dunk tank with teachers on the last day, too bad the mean ones don't go in.

"Here's a tissue for your issue," said Shadow.

Thank you…Anyway, this chapter is all fluff.

"What?" shouted Sonic.

Yep, all fluff, between Lisa and Shadow.

"Woo" Sonic wipes the sweat of his face.

Yeah so, ENJOY!

NekoGuyFan: Will Shadow remember Lisa? YOU WILL FIND OUT! And between 1to 5 I get a 100? Where did you learn math? Cause you flatter me! Thank you so much! And again, yes, soon Lisa will meet Team Sonic, and the others, but as for Team Rose, I hate them, so they won't play an important part. Plus, that Shadow thing is hilarious, and he looks so hot when he does his smirk before beating the shit out of Sonic.

"I don't know if I should be flattered or disgusted." pondered Shadow.

Be flattered.

"You ain't the boss of me!" said Shadow.

Narisha-Is-Here: Thank you!……Not much to say here.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shadow the Hedgehog, but I plan on owning a copy of the new game "Shadow the Hedgehog" coming out this winter! Other than that, I don't even own socks.

"Gotcha, my darling Sonic!" Amy cried, her arms crossed.

"Amy, what are you going here!" Sonic stepped back in surprise.

Amy shook her finger at him playfully, "Sonic, now there's no way out of marrying me!"

Sonic stepped forward and held out his hands, "Look Amy, we don't have time for this, Eggman is-"

Amy exploded, her arms were flaying and she was screaming at the top of her lungs, even though she was angry, tears were coming down her cheeks.

"You know what? I'm sick of hearing that! Eggman this! Eggman that! Why won't you go on a date with me!" she wailed.

"I can't take this!" Sonic yelled and started to run past her.

A fluffy purple arm stuck itself into Sonic's path and made him stop with a bump. The hedgehog looked up slowly to see Big looking down on him with an unusual smile on his face.

"Amy wants you to stay." Big said.

"But I don't-" Sonic was cut off when Big threw him back, where he landed with a skid in front of Tails and Knuckles.

"Alright Sonic! You don't go out on a date with me, I'll make you!" Amy cried and charged at full speed.

"Gah!" The hedgehog barely rolled out of the way of the girls attack and hastily climbed to his feet. Behind him, Tails and Knuckles got into their fighting positions while Cream and Big stood behind Amy.

For a moment, no one moved, and the tension in the air was so thick, you could cut it with a butter knife. Mmm…suspense! Both teams were staring each other off, until it all started like a dam bursting. Man, I like similes!

Amy and Sonic rushed at each other, but being the over obsessed fan that she is, Amy couldn't bring herself to hurt Sonic, so she leaped right over him and went straight for Tails. The boy froze and got a Piko Piko Hammer straight to his face, causing him to fly backwards and land on his back.

"That's it!" Knuckles cried and ran straight at Amy.

The echidna held his fists in front of him and dodged the mallet aimed at his head and sent a punch straight into the girl's shoulder, making her shriek in pain. When she landed on the ground, Cream and Big ran over to her and Big placed her gently on his shoulder. Cream looked at her then puffed up her chest and cried out in a not-so-menacing voice.

"You leave Amy alone!"

"She started it!" all three members of Team Sonic yelled and accusingly pointed at the female hedgehog.

"Well, I'm finishing it!" the little bunny concluded and flapped her ears and took flight.

Amy, who was feeling better, jumped off of Big's shoulder and grabbed a hold of Cream's shoes. The purple cat bounded up and barely gripped onto Amy's boots as Cream lowered a bit from the weight.

"Take this!" She yelled.

The rabbit kick Amy with all of her might and sent her flying at full force into Team Sonic, spraying them in all different directions.

Tails took flight into the air by twirling his tails around like helicopter blades and dodged the oncoming threats flying at him. He nodded at Sonic and Knuckles as he flew closer and swerved every which way to dodge Team Rose's attack.

Cream now had her full attention concentrated at Tails, and on several occasions, hit him in the shoulder, chest and legs. This made him fall down close to the ground and slowly rise back up again, panting heavily.

While Cream was busy with Tails, Knuckles and Sonic snuck around and faced her backside and looked up at her.

"I don't want to do this, but if they won't get out of our way, I guess we have no choice." Knuckles said, crossing his arms.

"I feel the same Knux, but we don't really have a choice. Now let's do this before Tails is a rag doll." Sonic said and braced himself.

"Fine."

Knuckles grabbed onto one of Sonic's arms and one of his legs and began to spin in a circle. He kept spinning and gaining speed and power until at the right moment, he threw in all of his weight and launched Sonic into the air. The hedgehog flew in a blur straight into Cream, causing all of Team Rose to fall to the ground hard.

"Quick! Let's get out of here before they get up!" Sonic exclaimed and turned around, starting to jog.

"Right!"

The two hastily ran away while Tails slowly flew after them, before he landed with a plop, exhausted from his battle. As he sat panting, Knuckles turned around and held the fox on his back so the boy could rest and continued running after Sonic.

After they were far out from the city, the team stopped for a much-needed rest and camped for the night. The three sat around a blazing fire, munching on some snacks they had found in the metropolis.

"Sonic, what do you think Eggman's up to?" Tails asked, biting into a chip.

"I don't know, but whatever it is, we'll stop him." The hedgehog replied, taking a sip of pop.

"I wonder if anyone else knows what's going on?" Knuckles wondered while ripping off a piece of beef jerky.

"Yeah, Do they know that Eggman's up to no good again?" Sonic pondered.

On that last note, the group finished up their snacks and lie down on the warm earth to sleep. The day, and Team Rose definitely wore them out and they accepted a very welcome night of sweet dreams.

Lisa sat on a rock with her hands on her temples, gently rubbing them with Rouge sitting beside her. There was a roaring fire burning in front of them with a few fish cooking on sticks placed in it. Over a bit, away from the fire sat Omega and Shadow. The black hedgehog was deep in thought and Omega was sitting beside him obediently.

Rouge glanced at Shadow and looked back at Lisa, who was staring at the hedgehog longingly. The treasure hunter sighed and opened her mouth to say something, but the hedgehog beat her to it.

"He doesn't remember me, does he?"

Rouge shook her head, massaging her forehead a bit. Lowering her hand, she watched Shadow in the distance as well.

"He doesn't remember anything. You, Sonic, me or even the ARK, both times you were up there. I don't know why, but I can tell you one thing…" Rouge looked up at her, "When he saw you, he remembered something."

Lisa blinked and looked down at Rouge, "How do you know?"

"That's easy!" Rouge smiled, "How could anyone forget you?"

"Thanks for the sarcasm, but I know I'm not a top priority in anyone's lives but my own. I haven't seen Sonic for a while, or any of the others, and after the way he acted, I don't want to see him either." Lisa said bluntly.

"Are you still angry from that fight?"

Lisa exploded, her fists clenched and steam poured out of her ears, "Of course I'm still mad at him! He always says shit like 'Never give up on your dreams!' and 'We'll find a way together!' yet he thinks that the one thing I want in the whole cosmos it stupid! That no matter how I try that I'll never get it!"

Rouge sighed and closed her eyes, leaning back on her palms. After Lisa's outburst was over and the hedgehog was panting hard with rage, the bat opened one eye, slyly.

"But you got it back, didn't you?"

The hedgehog jerked and instantly calmed down and lay down on her back, placing her hands behind her head. She sighed and closed her eyes, only opening them after a good solid minute rolled by.

"Yeah, but it'll never be the same again."

"Nothing is ever the same more than once, but things will work out, just you watch." Rouge replied.

"I sure hope you're right Rouge," Lisa said, looking up at the stars, "I've waited 50 years, a few more days couldn't hurt, right?"

"Maybe, or because you're this close, it may hurt the most of all." She spoke like a wise man.

"Oh thanks."

"No problem!" Rouge laughed.

From the other side of the camp, Shadow was listening into the girls' conversation, with his ears twitching ever so slightly from the noise. After he analyzed what he had eavesdropped, he realized that how the two talked to each other, they were good friends, or at least knew each other very well. What he couldn't understand is what all of this had to do with him.

"What don't you ask them?" a robotic voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Humph," Shadow closed his eyes and folded his arms, "It probably has nothing to do with me anyway, I just heard wrong."

"The chances that you heard wrong are… 99.9. Besides, Rouge has talked about that woman, Lisa, before. From the way there is calmness and trusting in their voices, they know each other quite well." Omega spoke.

"…" Shadow didn't answer; he just looked up at the stars and smiled. He heard the voices of the other two stop, and he looked over to see what was going on. Looking over, he saw that strange hedgehog tracing something with her finger in the air up in the sky. He quickly turned away from her and the stars above with a small hint of pink on his cheeks.

"Shadow, you body temperature is rising rapidly." Omega warned.

The male hedgehog clutched his fist in anger, almost ready to hit the embarrassing robot when he heard a giggle break the silence in the camp. He and Omega turned and saw the new comer holding her hand over her mouth and giggling without stop for air.

Rouge looked at her weird, but the female hedgehog just whispered in her ear and the treasure hunter started laughing. The two started chuckling at their inside joke so hard, they had trouble breathing and soon were gasping for air.

"What is so funny?" Shadow asked crossly.

"Oh nothing," Rouge replied mysteriously, "So, is your body temperature alright now, Shadow?"

He froze and there was a warm feeling in his cheeks, as the girls broke out into a giggling fit once more. Shadow coughed and regained his composure and folded his arms tightly across his chest.

"Rouge, you better check Omega's system. It's obvious that something is reading wrong." He said curtly.

"No, I think he's working fine." The bat replied with a grin.

"Well, I'll take a look."

Shadow narrowed his crimson eyes and the new girl walked over to Omega and started taking off his back plate, which protected his main CPU. Instantly, his hand grasped her wrist in a firm grip, making her flinch in pain.

"What do you think you're doing, touching him?" he hissed.

"Shadow…" she croaked.

"Shadow! Let go of her now!" Rouge commanded, grabbing his hand and breaking his death grip.

Lisa grabbed her wrist and held it, rubbing the skin and shaking it to get the blood flowing once more. A few tears clouded her vision and she felt like her wrist was broken.

"Shadow! You hurt her! Now apologize!" Rouge demanded.

"What? Why should I apologize? She was the one who was going to hurt Omega!" he retorted, spreading his arms out to keep her away from E-123.

"She was not! She knows how to handle robots and computers! I trust her with my life and I swear to you that she won't hurt Omega!"

"Wow Rouge," Lisa spoke up, startling the two, "I didn't know you thought so highly of me."

"Well, I'm just saying what I've seen you do!" Rouge laughed, scratching the backside of her head.

"I still don't trust her." Shadow snarled.

"Look," Lisa said with her head lowered, then she snapped it up with a smile, "If it makes you feel any better, you can watch every move I make and tell me to stop at any time. I just want to see what I can do to help your friend here."

Shadow stood tense for another minute, his passionate ruby eyes looking her up and down; so see any fault in her statement. Sighing, he dropped his arms and stepped to the side, letting Lisa walk up to the E series robot.

She gently traced around Omega's metal frame, looking at all the identification markings on him, his serial number, his code number and model number. Lisa took another glance at Shadow to make sure he wasn't going to get pissed at her, as she proceeded to take off his back panel.

She stuck her fingernails under the sheet of metal and pulled hard, yet tenderly at the same time, not wanting to ruin the metal. After one quick jerk, the metal ripped off and caused her to stumble back a few steps.

The female set the cover down leaning against the body of the robot. Standing up on her tiptoes, Lisa peered inside and professionally examined the wires. She touched a few buttons and inspected some motherboards while in deep thought.

"It seems that some of his wires are worn out, and dusty," she said, tracing a few wires and blowing off dirt that had gathered on her finger, "But, other than that, he's in perfect working condition."

"That's good!" Rouge sighed in relief and Shadow nodded.

"These repairs won't take long, I'll be done in a jiffy!" Lisa assured and ordered Omega to sit down so she could work on him comfortably.

Shadow and Rouge took their spots and relaxed by the fire and Lisa kept messing with wires and things inside Omega. She would often move some wires and asked him to say the alphabet, or other problems as such. She kept making sparks fly out of him, making Shadow very nervous and uneasy.

After about an hour's time, Lisa screwed back on Omega's back plate and leaned back, stretching her arms behind her head. She groaned and moaned as her bones cracked and stretched out before she leaned back on her palms and sighed.

"Well, all done!"

"Really? He doesn't look any different." Shadow observed.

"Maybe not on the outside," Lisa said, wagging her finger, "But on the inside he's been rewired, cleaned, dusted and upgraded. Now he has a ton less chance of crashing."

"Robots can crash?" Rouge asked amazed.

"Yeah, it's highly unlikely but possible. After all, they are just one giant computer. Newer models have almost no chance of crashing but some older models, like your friend here, can crash if not taken care of, upgraded and cleaned properly." Lisa said, tapping Omega's metal frame.

"Cool huh, Shadow?" The bat asked, nudging Shadow in the ribs.

All he did was grunt and avoid eye contact. Lisa's ears drooped and Rouge gave her a sympathetic look. The hedgehog shook her head and stood up, getting everyone's attention.

"Where do you think you're going?" Rouge teased, putting her hands on her hips.

"I'm going for a walk." Lisa replied abruptly, surprising everyone and briskly walked away from the camp.

Rouge growled and turned to Shadow, shaking out of anger and pointing at him accusingly, "Look what you did now! You and your stupid attitude! Go talk to her now!"

Shadow grunted, "Why should I? I didn't do anything wrong."

"Oh, really? Well there's something you don't know Shadow! It's because you don't remember that she's…" Rouge quickly clamped her hand over her mouth before she said anything else accidentally.

"What was that?" He said, threateningly with an eyebrow raised.

"Nothing!" She turned away blushing and crossing her arms, "If you want to find out, you're going to have to ask her yourself!"

Rouge had meant to say it in a patronizing way, so he wouldn't be foolish enough to actually go ask her, but when she heard his answer, she fell on the ground in shock.

"Alright, I will."

The hedgehog calmed walked over to Lisa, ignoring all of Rouge's shouts and calls to come back. Lisa was sitting in a large grassy field, hugging her knees tightly to her chest, and looking up at the full moon in the night's sky.

His feet made little crunching noises on the gravel and grass as he slowly walked over to where she was sitting. A few little grasshoppers and fireflies where all that was noticeable, the little lights flying here and there and a soft chirping was in the background.

When Shadow was about 10 feet away, Lisa's ears twitched in his direction and she turned and looking at him, her quills flowing in the breeze. He ignored her look and walked right up to her and sat down beside her, sitting in a slightly more relaxed pose than her.

For a moment, neither of them spoke, they just looked at the giant moon above them, glowing in all of it's wonderful splendor.

"Who are you?" Shadow asked, making Lisa look at him in surprise.

"What do you mean? I'm Lisa the-"

"No," he cut her off, "You know me some how, and I want to know. When I first saw you, images came to my mind. Ones that I was sure I've never seen before, but they looked familiar."

Lisa gapped at him, then lowered her head and raised it once more, gazing at the night sky. Rouge was right, he didn't forget everything.

"I'm not sure I should tell you that right now, Shadow."

Shadow had wide eyes and looked at her in an intimidating manner, and demanded, "Why not!"

"Because," she continued, not fazed, "Once you meet someone, you never really forget them. It just takes time for your memories to return."

Shadow stared at her with his mouth agape, and then he closed his mouth and pondered her statement. He looked back out in the forest a head of them and sighed, rubbing his forehead.

All of a sudden, images flashed through his mind, making the world spin and tune out of focus. A human with blonde hair and a bright blue dress, a blue orb with green and white swirls in it, red, fire, and pain. All of them came and went as quick as lightning, moving in chronological order, until the seemingly more recent ones came.

A green flash, a mustache and laughter, a couple hugging, dark, dusty, terrorist, fear, blue, speed, rival. The last image was the longest; it was of a shining white figure, reaching out, almost grabbing his hand, and shouting his name…

"Shadow!"

Shadow blinked and looked at Lisa, who was sitting on her knees and holding tightly onto his right arm. A few beads of sweat were dripping down the side of her face and she want panting, eyes wide and not leaving Shadow.

"Shadow! Are you ok? You looked like you were in a trance and moaning," she said, sitting back down on her butt, but still not letting go.

"I'm…fine…" he replied, looking down at his hands.

Lisa loosened her grip on Shadow's arm and traced his arm down to his hand, where she slipped hers underneath his. On instinct, his fingers tightened around her hand and his thumb caressed the back of her hand.

"What did you see?" she whispered in his ear.

"A lot of things…" he narrowed his eyes, "I'm not sure…"

Lisa scooted closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder, and Shadow leaned his head on hers. She took a deep breath and nuzzled her head deeper into his soft fur, breathing in his scent.

"Well, you'll figure it out, in time."

Shadow glanced at her and sighed, looking out at the moonlight and all of the little creatures surrounding them. For a moment, he let his guard down; there was no past, no future, just now, with him and Lisa.

"Awww! That was so cute!" said Amy.

GET OUT OF HERE YOU! (kicks)

By the way, if any of you were wondering, that quote about memories that Lisa says, "It takes time for your memories to return." It's from one of my favorite movies by my favorite director, Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away".

"Great movie." said Sonic.

Yep…great movie, same with "Princess Mononoke" and "My Neighborhood Totoro", and we can't forget about "Kiki's Delivery Service" and "Naussica Of The Valley Of The Winds"!

"You are obsessed," said Shadow.

Tell me something I don't know. Please review!