Chapter 1 – Much Remorse.
----
Rune EX: This isn't the story I promised you MSL, but still this one is dedicated to both you and Icekitty. While technically this is my second romance story, this is the first one to be posted. This chapter sets the stage for oncoming chapters.
Dark Falcon: Wow, you have a sensitive side…I never knew that, you pussy.
Rune EX: Shut it. Your just piss I took down the MMX story. It'll go up eventually. I do not own any of the Sonic Characters. Sega does.
----
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
----
It was, stormy night in Station Square. The normally bustling streets where empty, which suited, Shadow just well. He never cared for the rain or people. But it didn't matter anyways. The less people that saw what he was going to do and doing at the moment, the better. He was crying. Maria. That was who was on his mind, at the moment. He couldn't seem to get rid of that thought. It was driving him insane. He squeezed his eyes tight, and gripped the crimson Chaos Emerald tightly. "Chaos…Control." He said softly and sadly. He disappeared from the streets, and reappeared on top of one of Station Squares highest buildings. He walked to the edge of it and looked around at the city, the rain beating down at his fur, and the random bolts of lightning highlighting his features. Maria...Don't worry, I'll be with you soon. So very soon. With that though, he let the emerald he was holding, fall down to the ground. "I was an experiment, made to save the world, yet I went deadly wrong. I have killed just as many people as I have saved. I am a demon in an angels form. This is who I am. And this is my penance." And with that he stepped off the ledge, with his eyes closed, fully excepting to die. He thought he heard someone scream. Somewhere in the beginning of the fall he passed out.
----
On that same night, Rouge was walking through the city. She loved being out in a storm. She didn't know why, but the feeling was exhilarating. She was spinning and smiling and almost dancing. Her thoughts though, where always drifting to a certain red and black Hedgehog. "Shady...Why is it that I can face life threatening missions, but I can't tell you my true feelings. I LOVE YOU SHADOW!" She said to the city. She kept spinning until her sensitive ears heard a clinking noise. She snapped her head towards it and gasped at what she saw. "This, this is Shadow's!" She said as she picked up and pocketed it. It was than that her ears picked up a very faint voice. Near the end she recognized it, it was Shadow's. She looked up and her
"And this is my penance." She heard him say and screamed as she watched him step off the ledge.
"SHADOW!" She yelled again. Normally she isn't one to panic. It took her about a minute to remember she can fly. She shot up in the air, and caught him. She placed one of her ears to his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. His heart was still beating, which was the most important thing at the moment. "You damn fool. Trying to die on me, before I can even tell you my feelings." She said before she gentle kissed him on the forehead and flew to her apartment. She would be able to make a decision on what to do with Shadow, there."
----
Rune EX: Well that's the first part of the story. Little bit angsty I guess, but the angst should disappear soon. Bear with me, it should get better soon. R&R but no flames please.
