Hey everybody here's chappy 5! I might not be able to update again for awhile because I have to do a lot of stuff for school! Plus, my book report's due on March 20 which isn't very far away if you think about it! Thank you Shanequa and HikariStar77 for replying. Here's the disclaimer!

Disclaimer- I don't own any Sonic characters except MJ. Kilala belongs to my best friend Jena who is obsessed with Card Captor Sakura.

"Chibi Love"

Chapter 5
Kindred Spirits

The wind was flowing through Sonic's quills as he chased after Knuckles. Chibi MJ was riding on Sonic's back looking for the certain red echidna. They were following him to see where he had to go so soon. They came upon the Master Emerald shrine which Knuckles was pacing around nervously.

"She said she'd be here by now…" Knuckles mumbled as he looked at his watch and continued pacing in circles. He was waiting for Rouge the Bat to stop by because he had plans with her tonight. Sonic ducked behind a bush and Chibi MJ climbed off his back.

"What's Knuckles doing?" Chibi MJ asked as she curiously looked at the pacing echidna.

"Looks like he has a date with Rouge." Sonic whispered as he smiled to himself thinking of what to do when the bat came flying in. Rouge flew down onto the scene and Knuckles stopped pacing.

"What took you so long? You said you'd be here by 3 and it's 3:10." Knuckles questioned as Rouge just looked at him with a confused look on her face.

"I should be asking you that question mister! I came by promptly at 3 and you weren't here!" Rouge complained as Knuckles began to mumble something. "And just what're you mumbling about?"

"Sorry I was helping everyone else with something." Knuckles apologized as he kicked a rock with his foot.

"What were you helping them with exactly?"

"Looks like they're going to get in a fight huh MJ?" Sonic said as he looked toward where Chibi MJ was sitting. "Oh crud where'd she go!" Sonic just realized that Chibi MJ was gone from their hiding spot behind the bush.

"Hey Knuckles who's this lady?" Sonic turned around saw Chibi MJ standing right in front of Knuckles pointing at Rouge.

"KNUCKLES? WHO'S THIS KID!" Rouge shouted with rage as she pointed an accusing finger at Chibi MJ.

"Uh Rouge…meet the new and smaller MJ…" Knuckles announced as he introduced Chibi MJ who just looked up and smiled.

"HOW'D SHE TURN INTO A LITTLE KID!" Rouge screamed as she flew up in the air.

"That's what we've been trying to figure out…" Knuckles exclaimed and Rouge flew back down to Earth.

"OOOOHHHH SO YOU'RE ROUGE THE GIRL KNUCKLES TALKS ABOUT ALL THE TIME!" Chibi MJ exclaimed as she pointed at Rouge yet again.

"MJ I TOLD YOU NOT TO SAY THAT!" Knuckles shouted as his cheeks turned pink with embarrassment. Rouge just smiled sweetly at him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Do you really talk about me that much?" Rouge questioned as Knuckles stood there shocked. He replied with a short nod and Rouge just smiled even wider.

"So MJ how'd you get here anyway?" Rouge asked as she batted her eyeslashes at Knuckles who turned red.

"Well Sonic asked if I wanted to help him see what Knuckles was doing. I said yes and we sped off through the woods! We hid behind every bush as much as possible so Knuckles wouldn't find us. Then when we saw him pacing around here we hid in that bush over there!" Chibi MJ explained as she pointed to the bush were Sonic was hiding. Sonic came out from behind the bush and just grinned like an idiot.

"You never told me you were going out with Rouge Knuckles. You shouldn't keep secrets from your friends." Sonic said as he smirked at the red echidna.

"SHUT UP! AT LEAST I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE!" Knuckles shouted as Sonic got an annoyed look on his face. "EVEN MJ HAS A BOYFRIEND!"

"Not really Shadow still hasn't asked her out yet."

"So? At least he has the guts to HUG HER unlike SOME PERSON I KNOW!"

"Knuckles c'mon let's leave." Rouge suggested and the two walked off Knuckles giving Sonic an angry glare.

"Sonic can we go back to everyone else now?" Chibi MJ asked as Sonic just clenched his fists.

"Yeah sure kid let's go." Chibi MJ jumped onto Sonic's back and they sped off.

Later

Sonic and Chibi MJ went to Cream's house and Chibi MJ went inside after biding Sonic goodbye. Cream, Cheese, and Chibi MJ ran upstairs into Cream's room and began to talk.

"How about this?" Cream asked as she held up a pair of sunglasses for Cheese. She noticed Chibi MJ was looking out the window in her dark blue pajamas. Cream walked over and sat next to her with Cheese following close behind.

"MJ are you okay?" Cream questioned at Chibi MJ who had a depressed look on her face.

"Chao?" Cheese piped up from behind Cream.

"Cream…do you think I'll ever remember anything again? Or get back to my normal size?" Chibi MJ turned to Cream with tears in her eyes. She desperately wanted to know about her past and about Shadow.

"Sure you will MJ! Tails is already working on a device to change you back and Shadow will search night and day to find out what happened to you!" Cream exclaimed as she tried to comfort her friend.

"Do…do you think that…Shadow will ever…ask me out...?" Cream blinked at Chibi MJ and began to smile.

"Of course you two make the cutest couple! I bet someday, when this is all over, he'll propose to you!"

"But…how come when I kissed Shadow…he didn't kiss me back or anything like that?"

"Well, Shadow doesn't really like to show his feelings."

"Why not did Sonic and Knuckles do something to him!"

"No nothing like that…he doesn't remember anything about his past either... You two are kindred spirits."

"What's a kindred spirit?"

"It's an expression used for when two people are very much alike."

"So…we're kindred spirits…but what will happen when I get my memories back? What'll Shadow and I be called then?" Chibi MJ thought as she turned away from the window. The two went to sleep hours later with Chibi MJ still thinking about Shadow and herself.

July 12th 9:00am. Somewhere in the Green Hill Zone woods.

"MJ I will get you back to normal no matter how long it takes." Shadow promised to himself as he ran through the forest. He never would admit it but deep down he cared for her, but that got out after Sonic and Knuckles saw him hug her. "Eggman must have something to do with this, but I can't find his stupid base! If only it could be like the old days…when I first met you…"

Flashback

Shadow had just been sent out on an assignment by Eggman to retrieve a Chaos Emerald that was buried deep in a cave nearby. He sped through the white jungle and found the cave quickly. He reached inside his backpack, pulled out a flashlight, and began to journey into the cave.

"Where's that Emerald?" Shadow wondered as he walked deeper into the damp, cold cave. All of a sudden the cave began to shake uncontrollably. "I better find that Chaos Emerald before I get buried alive with it." Shadow rushed through the cave at the speed of sound. He turned a corner and saw a seal girl who's foot was trapped under a rock, and holding the Chaos Emerald. She looked over to Shadow and began to speak.

"PLEASE HELP ME! My foot got caught under this rock when I found this Chaos Emerald!" The girl pleaded as she struggled to get her foot out. Shadow considered her offer and ran up to her.

"You promise me that Emerald, and I'll save you." Shadow offered and the girl quickly nodded. Shadow Chaos Controlled them out of the cave just as it collapsed.

"Thank you!" the girl exclaimed as she gave Shadow the emerald. "By the way my name is MJ, what's your name?"

"My name is Shadow." Shadow mumbled as he put the Chaos Emerald into his backpack. He was about to run off when MJ grabbed his arm.

"Please Shadow can I come with you? I don't have anywhere to go…" Shadow turned around and looked at her begging ice blue eyes. He knew the doctor would yell at him for bringing an outsider to the space colony, but he couldn't stand to leave her in the woods.

"Okay grab my hand." MJ did as Shadow told her and they sped off into the distance.

End Flashback

Shadow was running deeper into the forest, the memory etched into his brain. In the clearing he saw a small shine from some metal object. He ran even faster and discovered what it was.

"Finally, I found you Eggman." Shadow thought as he examined the base for an opening.

"HEY SHADOW!" Shadow looked over his shoulder and saw Knuckles running towards him. "LOOK OUT THERE'S A-" Knuckles was cut off as Shadow fell through a trap door tumbling into the darkness. "Trap door…I better go tell everyone else what happened, right away!" Knuckles sped off towards the others in a blaze of worry for not just Shadow, but how Chibi MJ was going to take it.

"WHAT!" Cream screamed as she was talking to Kilala on the phone.

"Yeah I know! Knuckles said he just fell through a trap door where he found Eggman's base. Do you think we should tell MJ?" Kilala asked with concern for Chibi MJ.

"I'll get Sonic to tell her…see you there…" Cream hung up the phone as Chibi MJ walked into the room.

"Who were you talking to?" Chibi MJ asked with a confused look on her face.

"It was Kilala. We're all going to meet at the Master Emerald shrine today." Cream replied as Cheese popped up behind Chibi MJ's shoulder.

"Chao Chao?" Cheese questioned as he flew over to Cream.

"Well let's go c'mon MJ!" Cream said putting on a fake smile and Chibi MJ followed her out the front door.

OOOOHHHHH I left you on a cliffy. How do you think Chibi MJ's going to take the news about Shadow? Read the next chappy and find out! As always please R&R!