ScareS 4, Sonadow, Fleetourge, Mephilver (Part 3)

But instead, he felt something wet on his cheek. Peeking an eye open, he realized, that the werehog had licked his cheek.

"Hi there, Shads. Are you done trying to avenge me?," the creature above him asked and Shadow's jaw dropped.

"S-Sonic?," he whispered. "No, whatever gave the idea?," the werehog replied smugly, lowering himself, so that he still lay on his mate, but their noses touched now. "Hi.," he smirked. "B-but...w-what was...?" Shadow had trouble to understand that.

Sonic frowned and looked away. "Yeah, sorry about that. I should've known, that you wouldn't give up so fast. It would have spared you a lot, if I had just stuck around, to make sure, that you are staying home." His ears pressed to his head in shame.

"Why didn't you tell me, that there are more of you?," Shadow asked. "To make you feel more like crap, than I already do, by telling you, that there are more than me, that you won't see for maybe a long while? I felt, as if I was rubbing it in, you know?," he sighed. Shadow smiled. That was so Sonic.

"Then why did this other werehog attack me? I thought, you are harmless!," he added. "Oh, usually, we are. But around this time, well..." Sonic blushed, though it was hardly noticeable through his thick fur.

"...well – what?," Shadow pried. "We...the werehogs...are having mating season right now.," he admitted.

Shadow turned a little pale. "This thing wanted to MATE ME!?," he screamed. "Oh, nononono, Shads, calm down, he didn't plan to, promise!," Sonic quickly calmed his distressed mate, gently licking and nuzzling his face, until he had recovered.

"Then...what did it want from me?," he asked, not convinced, yet. "He...wanted to kill you and bring you to his potential mate, to show him, that he can feed a family."

Shadow slowly relaxed. "Oh. Good, I guess. As long as it didn't want to do THAT." "Nah, you're a little too scrawny for our tastes." "Hey!"

"Just saying. Anyway, care for some fresh air? We've been here all night, I would like to stretch my legs."

"Sure." Sonic climbed off his mate and sat next to him. "I doubt, that there will be another attack, but climb on my back, for good measure."

"Huh?" "Carrying the 'prey' with yourself is our way of saying 'Mine! Keep away, or else!'. Besides, without it you won't be able to come out of here.," he added with a smirk.

Shadow rolled his eyes, stood up and climbed on Sonic's back, taking fistfuls of his fur to stay there. "Hold on tight!"

With a look of awe, Shadow watched, how Sonic's right arm stretched much longer, than it was, the sharp claws digging in the rock, before he got pulled towards them, until his arm was as long, as it used to be. Sonic did the same with his other arm, pulling them a lot higher up the wall, next to a curtain of ivy, through that he simply slipped, running down a short tunnel, until he reached daylight. He rammed his claws into the rock next to him and proceeded to climb up the tall rock to its tip. His fur glittered in the sunlight.

"Wait a second – Sonic, it's day! Why are you still a werehog?," Shadow asked, just realizing this fact.

"Give me a sec, Shads.," Sonic grunted and pushed himself up, to skip the last two meters with a jump.

He landed gracefully on the flat tip of the rock, over his shoulder, Shadow could see a small clearing, half surrounded by the rock they were on and half by trees. On it, he saw several werehogs, some in pairs, others alone, obviously all asleep.

"As I said, we are having mating season right now, lasting a full week. We aren't able to transform back until then." "And when had you planned to tell me that?," Shadow asked annoyed.

"Well... usually, you have been on a mission, so I never thought you needed to know it, and I had asked Scourge and Silver to come by today morning and explain it to you, so you wouldn't worry."

Meanwhile, Sonic's and Shadow's house

Silver and Scourge both looked confused, when they returned from their walk around the house to look through the windows for the dark agent.

"So?," Mephiles, who had waited with Fleetway for their ukes. "Not there.," Scourge shrugged. "Great. Can we have sex now?," Fleetway asked. Scourge just rolled his eyes.

Shadow's maybe out to get something, or to look for Sonic. Let's just wait for a bit.," Silver suggested.

"Fine by me. Anything fancy you wanna talk about, while we wait?," Scourge asked plopping on the sidewalk, ignoring his mate's groan of displeasure. "Oh, how about the movie I watched yesterday?," Silver said, sitting down next to him, while the other two remained standing.

"Sure, why not? What was it about?" "Let's see, in the first scene, there were a man and a woman and they..."

"They know about this?," Shadow asked astounded. "Sure. They're often here, when I transform, so are Knuckles and Tails. Outside of mating season, it's perfectly safe, they're only seen as prey during this week."

"So, which one of those is your mate?," Shadow asked, trying to sound casual, but he was failing epicly. "Sorry, he's not among those down there. And I'm afraid, there isn't any way you can see him – we aren't having mirrors here, you know?" "Huh?" Shadow's jaw dropped again.
Sonic smiled, gently shook himself, making Shadow slide down, and turned around to him, licking his face. "Shads, my heart belongs to you and you alone and not even three more transformations could ever change that. I don't feel desire towards any of them, you are my only mate.," he explained, enjoying the rare blush he was rewarded with on his mate's face.

"Oh.," was all the flustered hedgehog managed. "W-was this, why you were killing the other?"

"I haven't killed him. Werehogs are hard to kill. He'll have some scars, so he won't ever think again about attack what is wearing my scent."

"Your scent?" "Yeah. This guy probably thought, that I had tried to catch you before and failed, and that he should finish the job to impress me."

"Impress you? But didn't you say, that you aren't interested!?," Shadow asked. "I'm not, but they keep trying."

Shadow smirked and flipped them over, which was easy, before the werehog wasn't expecting it. "Hmmm...maybe I should stake my claim then, huh? And punish my mate for attacking me, too.," he grinned down on the other.

"Attacking you? Oh no, I wouldn't dream of it. You attacked me, I just dodged. Besides, I had to punish YOU for not staying put."

He rolled them around and grinned wolfishly down on his mate. "And I'm finally in the dominant position, why not using this while it lasts, huh?" Shadow smirked. "Bring it on!"

Title: My love, the Werehog