Hey new chappy's is here today! I don't really have anything else to say so…here's the disclaimer!
Disclaimer- I don't own any Sonic characters except MJ and Chibi Star. Kilala belongs to Jena who called me when I was watching the pink panther!
"5 Years Without You…"
By MJ the Seal
Chapter 3
The Location of the First Key
Shadow was running through the Green Hill Zone to try and find one of those 3 robots that MJ mentioned on her last tape. The waves from the ocean crashed upon Emerald beach as he sped by. He skidded to a stop when he came upon a small house. The house belonged to MJ…and hadn't been used in 5 years. Shadow opened the door which was never locked and walked inside.
"Might as well get one last look before I leave…" Shadow thought as he looked around the living room. The white carpet which now looked dirty, the furniture covered in dust. Shadow walked over to MJ's room and found it looking dusty, but clean enough to move around in. Her small ice blue bed hadn't been touched in years, the books on the shelves read only once in 5 years, and the small box on the floor hadn't been looked at for a long time. Wait…small box?
"What's in here…?" Shadow wondered as he opened the box labeled 'Treasures' and began to search through it. Shadow found a movie ticket, a necklace, a drawing, a picture, and last a rose. A small but beautiful red rose.
"I remember this…" Shadow said as he began to remember a day 6 years ago.
Flashback
"SHADOW! WHERE ARE YOU!" MJ shouted as she continued to run around the streets of Station Square. People stopped and stared as MJ ran past them screaming Shadow's name. It was Valentine's Day and she hadn't seen Shadow all morning. It began to get late so MJ decided to go to Emerald Beach, where she was told to go in a letter. The letter was from a secret admirer, but she thought that someone that wasn't Shadow sent it. She walked upon Emerald Beach and looked around to try and find somebody.
"OOO KNUCKLES IF THIS IS ANOTHER PRANK I'LL-" MJ felt something grab her shoulder. She turned around and saw Shadow standing right behind her.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND YOU ALL DAY!" MJ shouted as she clenched her fists. She had been worried about Shadow all day because he didn't make his usually morning chore of visiting her.
"I was getting something for you." Shadow replied as he looked around for Sonic or Knuckles. The area seemed to be secure and he pulled out a small red rose.
"S-Shadow uh I um…" MJ stuttered as she began to blush as red as the rose. Shadow put the rose in her white hair and she blushed even more.
"Shadow-chan thank you! I got something for you too…" MJ moved her hands in front of here revealing a box of chocolate. She knew Shadow LOVED chocolate because he went nuts the first time he had a piece.
"Thanks…" Shadow said as he took the box from her. MJ looked down at the sand still blushing a crimson red. She always felt a little awkward when she was alone with Shadow. She looked up to where Shadow was standing to find that he was gone.
"Not again…Shadow where a-" MJ was cut off as Shadow appeared from no where and kissed her full on the lips. Shadow wrapped her arms around her and she did the same. The kiss must've lasted a few seconds, but to them it felt like forever. They pulled away and began to blush as red as the little red rose.
End Flashback
Meanwhile
MJ was sitting in her prison cell hoping that Chibi Star would come and see her soon. It had been a few hours since she left to find Shadow and hand over the tape, and MJ began to get worried.
"Oh Chibi Star…I hope Eggman didn't find out what we have been doing." MJ whispered as she looked around the prison once again. She saw all the others that had been captured, mostly harmless civilians who had spotted Eggman's base.
"Hey you, that's right you with the long white hair! Want me to tell you your future?" MJ turned to see a brown boy monkey who appeared to be about…70 to 80 years old. He had thick gray eyebrows that covered his eyes and a dirty turban sitting on his head with a purple jewel inside. He was sitting in the cell next to her and at his feet were tarot cards, a crystal ball, and other fortune telling objects.
"What's the catch?" MJ asked eyeing the old monkey suspiciously.
"No catch I do this for pleasure…all I need is a trinket of yours in order to predict your future."
"Well what kind of trinket?"
"A strand of hair, a piece of jewelry, a picture of someone you name it. But, of course you'll get the object back when your fortune is told so no need to worry." The old fortune teller smiled as he began to shuffle his tarot cards.
"Hmmm…a picture huh?" MJ reached into her pocket and pulled out an old picture of her and Shadow at a Twinkle Park photo booth. She handed the picture to the fortune teller and he set it on the ground and stared at it.
"Ah… I see you wish to have a love fortune yes?"
"Uh okay…" The fortune teller nodded and spread his tarot cards on the floor. He began to chant a small spell as he moved his hands this way and that.
"All mighty tarot cards hear this secret spell. Give the girl a fortune and make it turn out well!" a tarot card began to float in the air and the monkey grabbed it. He looked at it and showed it to MJ. "This is the star card, it predicts that you shall have your wish come true, good health, and hope. This card also shows that you have doubts about something. Now we shall move on to my crystal ball." The fortune teller grabbed a crystal ball sitting next to him and MJ watched.
"Do you wish to tell you your love future or the future of your love?"
"Shadow's future please!" the monkey nodded and continued to work the crystal ball.
"My crystal ball shows this Shadow person fighting a huge monster in a tower. The tower is located near the Green Hill Zone Mountains in a small village."
"Does it show anything about him beating the monster? Or perhaps, a key of some sort?"
"It shows a key encrested in the monster itself, but the outcome of the battle is unclear." The fortune teller stopped looking into the crystal ball and handed MJ back the picture. "I hope you have a good future. Sometimes life is clear and sometimes it isn't."
"Sir…why did you need the picture?"
"That picture helps me see into your soul for the tarot card readings, and it also shows me who you care for most. Now if you'll excuse me this fortune teller needs his rest." the old monkey laid down on the floor and began to go to sleep as Chibi Star flew into MJ's cell.
"Sorry I took so long MJ I uh…forgot where the base was!" Chibi Star explained as she flew over to a distant looking MJ. "Uh MJ are you paying attention?"
"HUH! Oh hello Chibi Star. Sorry about that I just got my fortune told and I was thinking…" MJ replied as she stretched her arms.
"Well I got the tape so let's get recording!"
"Okay!"
Later
Shadow began to leave MJ's house and walk back outside to the grassy meadow of the Green Hill Zone.
"I hope MJ's okay…I wonder when I'm going to get another tape from her." Shadow thought as he sat down on the grass in front of a tree. He really wanted to know where the first key was so he could actually begin to save MJ instead of sitting around doing nothing. "WHAT THE-" Shadow was cut off when Chibi Star slammed right into his face holding a video tape and camera.
"Oopsies…sorry about that Shadow I was thinking about something instead of watching where I was going." Chibi Star explained as she got off of Shadow's angry looking face. "Anyways I've got another message for you!" Chibi Star turned on the video camera and opened up a little screen on the side. She handed the camera to Shadow as the two began to watch.
"Hello Shadow! I hope you're doing okay instead of worrying about me all the time. I have some information of where a key is so listen closely! I got my fortune told and it showed that the first key is in a tower somewhere over the Green Hill Zone Mountains. It also showed that it was located in a small village, and that the key was located inside of the monster. Punch the monster once for me okay? Bye Shadow I'll see you later!" the tape ended and Chibi Star closed the little screen.
"Okay now MJ had another thing in mind she told me before she left." Chibi Star said as she began to push a button on the camera. "She wants me to get a message from you to her!"
"WHAT!" Shadow exclaimed as he stared at the camera.
"C'mon I don't even have to tape you! You can do it yourself…but make sure you send something full of love!"
"NO WAY! Not as long as you can watch the tape, which I KNOW you will, I'm not sending a message!"
"B-b-but MJ was in tears when she told me to do this! SHE REALLY WANTS TO SEE YOU!" Chibi Star began to cry as Shadow just signed.
"FINE BUT YOU BETTER NOT WATCH!" Shadow shouted while blushing a bit.
"I promise…"Chibi Star said as she crossed her fingers behind her back. Shadow swiped the camera from her and Chibi Star flew behind a bush waiting for Shadow to hand the tape to her.
Yay end of chappy 3! Please r&r and hope that my email starts working again! I know chao don't have fingers but...just pretend.