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Playstation14: Well, seeing as Shadow almost destroyed the world...twice, I thought I'd put him in the 'destructive' category. He's so cute when he's sticking a pistol to someone's head :)
Maverick87: Yay, new reviewers! Don't get me wrong, I still luff my old reviewers. I've went on a sugar-free diet. Fwee! It should last two hours.
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Chap. 5-Secrets
Our heroes found themselves crossing a dense forest in the dead of night with the pale moonlight as their only guide. Sonic and Shadow again were bickering over something.
"Why do you always have to be so dark, Shadow? Can't you feel at all?" Sonic questioned as they ducked under some low lying branches.
"I did but not anymore." Shadow shot back, tired of the blue hedgehog's constant talking. Sonic was fed up with Shadow being such an 'emo' that he didn't realize what he said next.
"Yeah, who could care for a girl who couldn't get out of the way." Sonic said and instantly regretted what he just said. Shadow's fist erupted in blue flame and he threw his fist forward but it did not hit Sonic. No, Sonic ducked in the nick of time but Luna, who turned to see what the commotion was, was met by a punch on her right cheek. There was no blood or burned flesh but hard metal. Luna looked at her cheek and put her hands to it. She shakily got up and ran off into the forest, trying to hold back tears.
"Terra, I...What happened?" Shadow asked, astounded by what he saw. Terra gave a heavy sigh.
"I promised Luna I would never tell anybody this but...Luna is a half-android. See, Luna lived with her family in the city until Black Doom bombed it in one of his seiges. Luna lost her parents that day. She was found among the ashes of the city, badly burned and barely alive. G.U.N. was able to bring her back but at a very high cost." She paused for a moment, letting what she had just said sink in, "Luna has no emotions. Most are stimulated impulses like crying. She was brought up in the military and she was considered a...killing machine. One mission went deadly wrong, a contagious alien disease was caught in an orphanage. And..." Terra's voice trailed. She knew that everyone knew what happened. "Since then, Luna resigned from the military and fights the aliens, hoping one day to atone for her sins. That's when she met me and Demi and we've been friends ever since." She turned around to face the moon. "I think you should talk to her." Shadow nodded and followed the white hedgehog.
(In a clearing with a glimmering river...)
Luna leaned over the river, her face glimmering with tears.
'Fake tears...' Luna thought and splashed her reflection in the river, letting the drops of water run on her face. It left streaks of metal on her right side as the drops rolled of her cheek. Her whole right of her body had to be replaced by metal. She could feel it runs in her veins; it was a part of her.
"Luna?" Shadow asked and Luna quickly turned to the black and red hedgehog, wiping her tears away.
"I'm sorry I ran off." She said quietly and Shadow sat beside her.
"I'm the one who should be sorry. I guess I let my anger get the best of me...again." Shadow said and he turned to Luna. He took off his glove and dunked his hand into the cold water. He then took his hand and put it to to Luna's cheek and washed off the white on her mechanical half. When he was done, Luna's whole mechanical half was visible in the moonlight. "You're the most beautiful when you're yourself." (A/N: Awwwwwwww!) Luna couldn't help but smile. "I got you to smile." He said in a creamy voice that would've made any fangirl swoon.
"That one didn't count." Luna joked, folding her arms across her chest, looking just as stubborn as Shadow. She then did something he didn't expect her to do. She gave him a hug. (A/N: Had you going there, didn't I?) "Thanks, Shadow." She said softly. Shadow blushed slightly and hoped Luna wouldn't notice.
"I think that's enough hugging and stuff for one night. Let's get back to the group before Sonic eats all of the Rice Balls." Shadow said and Luna let him go. The two walked to the group and decided to make camp for the night. Luna and Terra ate some Ramen noodles, Demi was the look-out, and Shadow was beating the shit out of Sonic for having eaten all the Rice Balls...again. Everybody took turns as look-out as they tried to get some sleep for the exhausting day ahead of them.
(In the morning...)
'Mmmmmm...something smells like Chili-Dogs...' Sonic thought as he woke up aching from sleeping on the groung. Terra was cooking something over a hot fire. Everyone else was too stirring to see what the delicious smell was. Luna's face was repaired and she looked just as she had the first time they met.
"What is that?" Shadow asked.
"I went hunting in the night while Luna was on look-out. The moonlight was perfect to catch prey." Terra said and raised the cooking Chocobo thigh. (A/N: This is what happens when you eat fried chicken for dinner. You get sick thoughts. I shall avenge you Chocobo!)
"You're going to eat that?" Sonic asked, feeling sick to the stomach.
"God, no." Terra said and the two hedgehogs breathed a sigh of relief. "I like my meat raw, unlike Demi and Luna." Terra bounded up to the remains of the unlucky Chocobo and sank her teeth into it, letting the blood drip from her jaw. Needless to say, both hedgehogs lost their appetites and their lunch at that moment. After that episode, they exited the forest and saw the ocean on the horizon.
"I guess the next element is water." Demi said and they walked off to the beach.
(At the City of Docks...)
The town the group found themselves in was a very small and crudely made fishing village. There was a bar, a couple of small wooden houses and a dock where a wooden boat was docked. The boat however clashed with the simpleness of the village; it was rather large with many sails and a wooden serpent gracing the bow. The five creatures walked into the village and overheard a conversation.
"I ain't going into those god-forsaken waters. Those monsters will tear my boat apart." A druken alligator said, slurring the words heavily.
"We need to cross Angel Sea. I am willing to pay extra!" A weasel said with a raspy voices. Luna approached the two quarreling animals.
"You need protection, right? If you get us to sea, then we shall fend off any monsters." Luna said.
"It seems a bit out of reach for such a little lady." The alligator said. Luna fought the urge to call him a stupid drunk which he was but they needed his boat.
"I am not alone. I have my friends." Luna said and gestured for the rest of the group. The alligator looked at each of them with a druken stagger and after a tedious evaluation, nodded.
"Right, we set sail..." The alligator started to say but passed out.
"Once he isn't so drunk." Sonic said and helped lug the alligator agaisnt the wall. "Isn't it our luck"
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A new element and new freindships are formed but many conflicts face them on their perilous adventure! Tune in for the next chap. )
Mecha out.