UlTTrRa SiK pRoDuCtIoNs pReSeNtZ:

LoVe'S bUrN

By: UlTtrrAa ShAdDow

Disclaimer: I don't own any of Sega's characters...but I'd be a very happy guy if I did!

-A fan of the story brought up an interesting idea to me a couple of days ago, " Hi UltrrasShaddow! You're story is good and well written! And your characters are cool too! I like Daisy.

-If Daisy and Scythe had theme songs like the other Sonic characters, what would their songs be? Daisy's theme song would One thing by Amerie and Scythe's theme would be In the End by Linkin Park.

-And Love's Burn theme is The Sweetest Goodbye by Maroon 5. Yup, that's the newsflash for today kiddies! Keep up the reviews! I enjoy reading feedback!

"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to things you don't want to feel."

Third Person POV:

Sliver eyes seared as Scythe jetted towards the door. From the sounds of the loud poundings, clearly, someone on the other side of the door was not pleased by their company.

"Scythe!" Daisy cried, "Wh-what are you doing?"

With a hellish roar, Scythe gave the door a strong shoulder thrust, toppling over some of the electronic guards on the other side of the door like dominos. He quickly turned around, putting his back against the door.

The poundings and thrashings against the door resumed with Scythe being the barricade. Narrowed sliver eyes glared into cocoa browns, as the gentleness drained from his voice, "Wake him up now!"

Daisy quickly scampered over towards the capsule holding Shadow. She hurriedly scanned over the pulsing machinery, within seconds she found herself lost in all its functions as lights blinked and glowed, turbines turned and engines purred.

An uneasy sensation churned inside Daisy's stomach, how would she know which button to press? She wiped imaginary perspiration from her forehead and began to tinkle with the keys on the machinery.

'I hope this works,' Daisy sighed to herself.

She looked up from the button panels to the translucent capsule holding Shadow. With her every dabble on the control panels, the capsule would respond in different ways such as changing the water's color, and even having the addition of stronger or softer bubbles in the water.

Daisy's brow furrowed as she continued pressing buttons and pulling levers, "Woooooork…Now! Now! Now!...please work?"

Scythe's attention set upon the struggling yellow hedgehog. The scene before him would have finished off a victim of high blood pressure.

…She still hadn't opened the capsule…

Gray irises constricted to the size of dots. …She hadn't opened the stupid contraption yet ?

He didn't know whether to die from laughter or repeatedly beat her senseless with a chair to the skull. All he could guarantee in his next response, however, was that there would be a lot of shouting and anger…

"What the hell are you doing?" Scythe barked, pinpoint irises giving their owner's eyes a feral gleam, "Why have you not opened the damn thing!?"

Daisy blinked in response; if possible she believed Scythe would have started to foam at the mouth. The rest of his loud howling went ignored, only when he stopped talking did she say, "Because, I don't know how to open the thing!"

Scythe muttered under his breath, the only words audible to the yellow hedgehog were 'stupid yellow pixie powder-puff' and 'razors and knives.' When a metallic fist broke through the titanium door, Scythe scowled then turned to face Daisy with an indigestible expression, "Think of something!"

Daisy scrambled across the room and retrieved a chair from one of the chrome tables. She quickly returned to the control panels and threatened to bash the panels in as she hoisted the chair above her head. Scythe glared at her, "Think of something smart, you idiot!"

Daisy sniffled, blinking back tears as she turned to cut Scythe with a death glare of her own, "You don't have to yell at me, you jerk!"

"Then here's what you do, don't act like a bimbo, blondie."

Daisy shook with anger as her grip on the chair increased, "Oh yeah? Well eat this!"

Releasing an icy, eerie shriek that would have shamed a banshee, Daisy threw the chair in Scythe's direction, but the chair would have hit the midnight-colored hedgehog if the capsule wasn't in its path. The airborne chair busted through the capsule as one would crunch through the candy shell of a tootsie pop.

Glass shattered and the newly chartreuse-hued water poured on the ground. Scythe and Daisy stared at each other disbelieving until the male hedgehog spoke, "…That'll work!"

Both the hedgehogs turned their heads towards the direction of the capsule as they heard a loud thump. They both turned just in the nick of time to witness an unconscious Shadow flop to the ground un-ceremonially. Both hedgehogs released roars of laughter as Shadow scowled and slipped around the room trying to find his footing.

So far, all he knew was this: He had been awoken abruptly and painfully, and for only being conscious for less than a minute, his mood was already foul.

"Have a nice nap? Or a better fall? " Scythe said with a venomous smile.

Before Shadow could tell Scythe exactly where he could go, the dented, crushed poor-excuse of a door was broken in. With reflexes as quick as a cat, Scythe slid across the damp floor to idle beside Shadow. Daisy took a couple of reflex steps backwards as the android guards seeped into the room. Her toffee-eyed gaze fell upon the two ebony hedgehogs, "Um fellas?"

"Good, it's been awhile since I gave a good ass-kickin' session," Shadow said with ruby eyes aglow.

Shadow cracked his knuckles, rolled his stiff neck and gingerly popped his back then sprang into action. Scythe arched an eyebrow as the dark hedgehog jetted into action. Every strike Shadow made was accurate and swift, his dodges were timed and his finishes were lethal. Scythe didn't follow his dark counterpart, but merely watched him with an expression blended with amusement and confusion.

"Scythe, what are you doing?" Daisy asked glaring at his strange behavior.

"…What in the hell is wrong with his joints? I thought that stupid juice box was supposed to make him feel better!"

In the Aqueducts...

Eminent danger approached with a haughty air as Metal Sonic strolled through a dank alley, gingerly knocking aside any trashcans or dumpsters he saw.

Why should he rush to capture his prey? His target had conveniently cornered herself in a dead end. It was only a matter of time before he found and captured her.

Sonic glanced over his shoulder as he saw numerous trashcans and dumpsters becoming airborne. This scene could only make the blue hedgehog grimace.

'Freakin' Metal-ass is enjoying this! This crap is a game to that moron…I hope he didn't hurt Rouge too badly…'

Lime eyes softened as the azure hero took a knee and stooped next to Rouge to take a closer look, "Hey, are you okay? Don't worry, I'm here for you."

Rouge cuddled her head into the hedgehog's tan belly. Unexpectedly, tears dribbled from her eyes as she clenched him into a tight hug. Finally, she wasn't alone again. Rouge gazed into deep, kind twin emeralds. The small smile on his face blossomed; something about him did remind her of Shadow. Maybe it was his gentle mannerism, or the bold unresolved confidence.

Rouge wiped away her tears and began giggling almost childishly. Sonic frowned slightly, 'Oh crap…she's lost her marbles…'

Rouge smiled, still giggling "Sonic, you're so much like Shadow, it's crazy!"

The blue hedgehog's frown deepened even more; now he was sure she had went off the deep end. What he really wanted to ask Rouge was, "You've gone off the deep end! How long has he been smackin' ya around?" But what he did ask was, "How do you get that?"

Rouge smiled, "More than you know: your kindness, your confidence, and even your stupid smirk."

Sonic blinked, "…Are you falling for me, Rougey? You're hot, but you're just not my flavor--"

"…But he is much more mature than you are…and smarter…That's a major difference between you two," Rouge finished, intentionally sounding deflated.

"Hey! I come all the way here to save you and then you--"

Rouge pressed a finger against the blue hedgehog's lips, "Sonic, we're running out of time, so I must ask you, how did you get here?"

"Ta-da!" Sonic presented the seven chaos emeralds before Rouge, "I used the chaos emeralds, but thanks to an upgrade Tails gave me, I can lock on to a specific individual's location. In this case I locked onto your location."

Rouge's eyes widened, "That's amazing!"

"I know," Sonic gave Rouge a slow, side-long look, "You know Shadow is here, right?"

Rouge almost choked, "He's what?"

"You heard me, that's why I hafta to take you back, pronto, before Metal-what's-his-face, gets back here."

A loud, nearby crash motivated Rouge to speak much faster, "And what? You're going to take me back to Shadow?"

"That's the plan."

"You can't! Metal Sonic might alert Eggman and the others that I've escaped!" Rouge cried holding a desperate note in her voice.

Sonic's face dropped, his 'perfect plan' had been ruined. The worst part was that it was a plan originally thought up by the blue hero, with no references from his intelligent little fox friend. Tails was always the one to come up with the plans, and his ideas always seemed to work.

But now, the one time the azure hero comes up with a plan, and a mighty good plan without the help of Tails, it seemed that Sonic's only good plan he thought of would fail…again.

A dark grimace spread upon his face; the azure hero was devastatingly hurt that his plan would bomb, "Damn! Damn! Damn! Screw Eggman! And all his freakin' robots! One day, I am going to stomp his ass good! Well, what now? That was my only plan!"

Rouge sighed; go figure, why should she be surprised that Sonic would rush head-first into a situation like this with only a plan A? She bit her lip in contemplation, running thoughts through her mind in hopes of formulating a plot.

Her eyes drifted upon the chaos emeralds, "Sonic? You said you can lock onto people's locations, correct?"

"Yeah…and?"

"And nothing! You can be the distraction! You're going to warp away in a bright array of light, distracting Metal Sonic. You're going to warp and find Shadow and bring him here, if I don't finish Metal Sonic off in time. Did you get all that?"

"Yeah," the blue hedgehog said casually, "But when I'm gone, what are you going to be doing?"

Once delicate blue eyes iced over, "I'm going to take that bastard down! You see this?"

Rouge pointed to a gash on her face, "This will NOT go unpunished!"

Sonic rolled his eyes, before he could retort, the dumpster they sought refuge behind was elevated into the air. Both Sonic and Rouge turned to glance at Metal Sonic who gazed at both them. Single-handedly the android held the dumpster above his head as if it weighted little.

Scowling, Sonic turned to Rouge, "Oh, by the way…This is the guy you plan to take on."

The android lobbed the dumpster in Sonic's direction as if he was playing softball. Both the azure hedgehog and the white bat more than happily scrambled out of the flying dumpster's path.

"Sonic, now would be a good time as any to execute our plan!" Rouge called, refusing to take her eyes off of the metallic menace.

Sonic nodded his head, "Be careful Rougey, I'll be back in no time flat! All right then, it's time to put on a lightshow!"

As the seven chaos emeralds began to glow, Sonic closed his eyes, enjoying the warmth of the emeralds' light, "Chaos control, locate Shadow!"

The dark alley was illuminated in a vivid wash of pale, jade light. The metallic hedgehog shielded his optics from the sheer intensity of the light. Rouge chose this moment to fly into the android with a savage kick. The indigo-colored android flew backwards, landing in knee-deep water.

Releasing a war cry reminiscent of an Amazon, Rouge charged the metallic hedgehog. Metal Sonic felt himself begin to short circuit as water began filling his systems. Although sparks were beginning to fly and his vision was beginning to haze, he managed to face Rouge and crouched on his knees, locking his arm cannons upon his approaching target.

Flaming red eyes darkened a hue as Metal Sonic set his sights upon his target. He launched fiery missiles which soared towards the white bat. Before the missiles exploded, Rouge's eyes flickered momentarily.

Metal Sonic waited silently as the rolling smoke began to clear. Once the field cleared he saw a large hole were water began to pour in. There was no sign of the bat, but his sensors were picking up her vital signs.

He twisted his head left and right to locate the white bat, but he couldn't. He halted his search when he saw something dangling inches above his head. It was a shoe. The metal hedgehog elevated his gaze skyward to see Rouge hanging from a slender, steel bar. Icy blue eyes glared into blazing reds.

For a moment neither person moved, they simply glared at each other. However, the moment of silence was broken when Metal Sonic raised his arm cannon, powering up another shot.

Another rocket was launched just as Rouge swung herself from the bar and propelled at Metal Sonic. The missiles conflagrated behind her, alighting her fur with shades of crimson and ginger.

Using gravity as her power boost, Rouge crunched her leg into Metal Sonic's skull, sending him crashing down into the water. Rouge landed ungracefully as well, as she fell rear-first in the water with a shriek, "Ah!"

Sparks flew from the malfunctioning android. As more and more water seeped into its systems, complete system failure became more prominent. Metal Sonic's once clear visuals became hazy and filled with static. Seconds before his system fully failed he told Rouge, "…M-m.iss…io.n …fa..il…ure."

Burning red embers disappeared into a dark abyss and the cobalt hedgehog collapsed into the water. A bright green wisp of light blared, signifying the usage of chaos control.

"Where is she, hedgehog?"

"Hey, wouldn't a 'Thank you Sonic,' be a little nice, Shadow?"

"Your sensitive feelings are not important at this moment, where's Rouge?"

"Look! There she is!"

The scene that unfolded before the four hedgehogs was reminiscent of a male fantasy. Rouge rose out of the water, completely drenched from head to toe. As droplets of water were showered, Rouge threw her head back flipping curls out of her face, all the while giving her bosom a healthy bounce.

Smiling, Sonic gave a whistle, "Good golly, Miss Molly!"

Daisy blinked, "I wish I looked like that every time I got out of water!"

Wisely, Scythe chose to remain silent. With an arch smirk, Sonic slowly turned his gaze to Shadow. Judging from the awed expression on the black hedgehog's face, Sonic could tell that Shadow had fallen in love with her all over again. Smiling, Sonic nudged Shadow in the arm, "Go to her, man!"

Slowly, Rouge's soft blue eyes turned to fall upon the ebony and crimson hedgehog who returned her gaze. She hungrily scanned his physique, enjoying the sight of his strong anatomy. Unconsciously she licked her lips.

There she stood, some twenty yards away, gazing at him with that soft, heavenly blue-eyed gaze. Some how the aqueducts had made her even lovelier; her newly wet hair had begun to curl from the waters' touch and strands of hair partially hid away one of her beautiful twin sapphires.

And not mention her recently soaked body. Shadow struggled very hard to keep his eyes above hyoid-level. Although occasionally he couldn't help but let curious eyes wander…

"Shadow!" Rouge cried.

She tore through dark water towards the ebony hedgehog who was approaching her as well. They met with a sanguine reunion of hugs and kisses.

"Aww! Lovers united at last!" Daisy cooed, she turned and looked up at Sonic, "Aren't they just perfect for each other?"

Sonic blinked, they were total opposites; one was black-furred, the other white. One had searing red eyes while the other had cool, icy blue eyes. But they both had that fiery passion in everything they did, they both loved the thrill of the hunt and lastly, they both shared that undying confidence in themselves.

Sonic smiled, opposites they may be, but they were perfect for each other, "Yeah, I think they are."

Then the cobalt hero frowned, they had still been going at it for what seemed like ages!

"Dang! I better stop this! 'Cause if I don't do something then their little meeting might turned R-rated!" Sonic said rushing over towards the couple.

Shadow broke a passionate kiss as he held Rouge's face within his palms, "What were you thinking Rouge? Running off to answer Eggman's challenge and then trying to impersonate me?"

"I'm sorry Shadow, you've just been through so much….I wanted to protect you," Rouge said staring into questioning garnet eyes.

Rouge hugged Shadow once more until she looked up at the two other hedgehogs watching her. The first she identified was a small, adorable yellow hedgehog girl, clad in a violet dress.

The next one was a tall dark male hedgehog with eerie, silver piercing eyes that seemed almost alien and stood out quite well on such a dark face. Somehow he seemed very familiar to her. If he didn't have that awful scar over one of his eyes, then she might have mistaken him for…

Rouge's eyes widened, "Sc-scythe?"

His familiar, demonic toothy grin appeared. Rouge momentarily discarded Shadow and sprinted to the other dark hedgehog. Daisy sidestepped Rouge as she dove into Scythe, almost knocking the tall hedgehog off of his feet.

Shadow blinked, trying to register what just happened, but more importantly wondering why Rouge wasn't in his hands. Sonic looked from Scythe to Shadow, "Where I come from, that's what we called 'getting dismissed.'"

"Scythe how? I thought you were dead?" Rouge asked, blinking away tears.

"I couldn't die just yet, I'm one headstrong bastard," Scythe replied, smirking.

Scythe gazed over Rouge's head to see a not-so-happy Shadow gazing back at him. Scythe smirked; since when was he the type to back down from anyone? He tightened his hug around Rouge and began tickling her while he elevated the bat into the air, causing her to giggle and kick her legs wildly.

Shadow was beside Scythe in a minute, glaring daggers at the hedgehog, just before Shadow could put his hands upon the hedgehog, Scythe lowered Rouge to the ground.

"Okay, okay," Sonic said stepping in the middle of the two hedgehogs, "As much as I like water, I think it's time to get the heck outta here! Tails, Amy and Cream are waiting for us. It's chaos control time, people!"

"Then do it," Shadow said curtly, holding Rouge by the waist, away from Scythe. Smiling Scythe looked down at the little yellow hedgehog, who's face was a shade of carnation, " …What?"

"Don't 'what' me you jerk! You had your hands all over her! Look at her since you obliviously like her so much!" Daisy crossed her arms over her chest and turned her head away from him.

Smiling, Sonic warped out of the base, "Chaos control! Locate Tails!"

And in a flare of green light, they were all gone.

-To be continued!

Chapter Twenty One Theme:'When I saw you'-Mariah Carey