It's time for chapter four!
*See, I've been having serious writer's block with this story...so...*
And, I've been working on another story at the same time, but I can finally work on this again ^^
School ended early that day because of the wall, So Silver, Sonic, Shadow, Blaze, Rouge, Amy and I all walked to the mall. Shadow didn't say anything the entire trip.
Amy, Rouge and Blaze went shopping. Sonic and Silver went to the arcade. Shadow refused to go with them, and I decided that now would be the perfect time to annoy him into giving me some answers. And that's JUST what i did!
I quietly sat down next to Shadow. First at a distance, then I started slowly sliding next to him. I think he knew I was coming, but was just deciding to ignore me.
When I was close enough, I stopped sliding and put my hands in my lap. "Hi Shadow!" I said as cheerfully and innocently as I could. Shadow didn't even glance at me. Ah well. I was pretty used to it. "So..." I said after a few minutes of awkward silence. "...Nice weather huh?" Plain and overused, but the only good conversation starter I could think of. Once again, he didn't even look at me. Well, don't get mad at me! I thought. I don't even know what happened back there! You could at least tell me, THEN be mad at me, or whatever you're doing.
"Okay, what the heck happened with the wall." I demanded, turning myself at an angle to face him. "I command that you tell me!" Shadow looked at me from the corner of his eye, but that was pretty much it. Hey, making progress! I thought. "Shadow T Hedgehog!" I said, trying not to make myself laugh. "Don't you ignore me!" Not a glance. Fine! You wanna play hard ball eh? "Fine." I said. "If YOU won't tell me, maybe Ryu will." I pulled out my cell phone. THAT seemed to get Shadow's attention.
He glared at the cell phone like he could make it explode if he stared at it long enough. Since he wasn't talking to me, (and it was clear that he didn't like Ryu) I decided to go a little further. "Oh, no need to call him, he's right there!" I said, waving to an imaginary Ryu. Shadow looked at the spot I was waving at and sat up a little. "He didn't see me..." I said, putting down my cell phone and getting up. "Where are you going...?" Shadow asked. "To say hi!" I said, jumpping up and turning a corner. "Hey, Fury!" Shadow called after me. I kept running, pretending I didn't hear him.
Once I'd had enough running, I stopped. Shadow came about five seconds after I'd stopped, and to his surprise, there was no Ryu. "So," I said, taking advanage of his shock. "Now that I know you can talk, you wanna tell me what happened with the wall?"
"So after I left, he started bashing you verbally, then he started bashing you physically?" I said after I'd gotten all the talk out of Shadow that I could get. Shadow glared at the floor. "And how did that relate to the wall?" "Isn't it obvious?" "No, not really. Did you punch Ryu through the wall?" "You think he would fling himself through a wall?" Now that he'd said it, it DID sound pretty funny. But that's not possible, Shadow isn't that strong!
...
Is he?
"You want me to believe that YOU punched a kid through a cement wall?" "Yes." Shadow said flatly. "Well, I guess if Ryu hit you first then I can't be too mad at you." I said, recling on the bench we were sitting on and looking at the ceiling. "So, what did he say to you?" "That's none of your concern." Shadow said. "...Fine...But I still need Ryu's part of the story." I said, crossing my arms and leaning against the bench. "Why? Are you gonna tell the principal?" "Nooo." I said. "I think I deserve to know the cause of the fight that's prolonging my use of the auditorium's stage."
I wasn't sure, but I think Shadow smirked. (To me, that's like a smile. Only an angle away from a smile right?)
Blaze and Amy came running out of the store they'd gone into. They were holding like ten bags each. "Hey!" Amy said. "Where's Rouge?" I asked. "Oh, she's...well...she met this guy." Blaze said. "But anyway, what're you guys up to?" "Just...talking." I said, looking at Shadow, who's smirk had disappeared and was now glaring at the ground.
"Well, while we wait for Rouge, should we...you know, go buy a pretzel or something?" "PRETZEL?" I shrieked, jumpping out of my seat. "OOOOOHHH! YES! YES! YES!" "Calm down Fury!" Blaze said. "And while we're there," Amy started, "Maybe Shadow here can tell us what happened to the wall?" "How do you know I was involved?" Shadow asked crossly. "Oh please!" Amy said. "Like the entire school didn't see you and Ryu standing right in front of a giant hole in the wall." Shadow didn't say anything. He continued to glare at the floor.
Amy, Blaze, Shadow and I bought a pretzel for everyone. Rouge didn't eat hers. "Are you trying to make me fat or kill me? Which one? Do you know what they put in those things?" She'd said. Sonic and I ended up splitting Rouge's pretzel in half. I didn't want to.
While everyone was sitting around a table in the food court talking, Shadow continued to be emo and silent and stare at the table. The only thing I really noticed was that his pretzel had remained untouched. "Hey, are you gonna eat your pretzel?" Sonic and I asked at the same time. I glared at him and he glared back. "No." Shadow said, sliding the pretzel in the middle of the table. Sonic and I dived for it at the same time. "I saw it first!" Sonic said. "Did NOT!" I yelled back.
While Sonic and I were fighting over the pretzel, it slid out of our hands and slid down the table all the way to Silver. Silver picked up the pretzel and split it in two. "Thank you Silver!" I said, holding out my hand. "Yeah, thanks." Sonic said, also holding out his hand. Silver gave one half of the pretzel to Amy. "Oh...was that for you two?" he asked, taking a huge bite of pretzel.
Soft...
juicy...
warm...
pretzel...
"NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I cried, burying my face in the table. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" I yelled to Sonic. "ME?" Sonic shrieked. "Can you two calm the heck DOWN?" Rouge asked, not the least bit amused. "BEfore security kicks us out of the mall? AGAIN?" Sonic and I slowly sat down in our seats, recalling the memory. "Okay." We said. "I'll be good." Rouge nodded. "Anyway," She continued. "What happened today with the wall?" Rouge asked Shadow, getting straight to the subject. Shadow didn't look up from the table.
"Shadow, you have to tell us what happened eventually." Silver said, annoyed by his silence. "It's not like you won't have a bunch of people asking you anyway." "I don't have to give them an answer." Shadow said. "Well." I said. "I know I'm not supposed to tell anyone's buisness, but Shadow got in a fight with Ryu. Ryu said some things and Shadow said some things, and then BAM! Shadow's eating dirt, and then BAM! Ryu's eating dirt and then, POW! Big hole in the wall." The table was quiet. "Very...descriptive?" Sonic said. Me: -.-
"What'd he say?" Silver asked. "Tried that." I said. "He won't tell." "Can you give us a hint?" Amy asked. "Can we drop the freakin SUBJECT?" Shadow said. Everyone was taken back. "Shadow I-" Rouge started. "I don't care. What's done is done. Can you forget the damn wall and stop bugging me?"
Silence.
"W-why don't we just..." Blaze started. "Go home?" Sonic finished. Blaze nodded. "Yeah, um, I'll be waiting at the entrance!" I said, jumpping up and running away from the table. That silence was so awkward, I just HAD to get outta there!
I stood outside of the mall and waited for the rest to come out. Hopefully they would come before the bus arrived. I sighed.
5 minutes
10 minutes
20 minutes
25 minutes
30 minutes...
By 30 minutes, I was beginning to wonder what was taking them so long. They probably cornered Shadow and are forcing him to talk. I thought. Yeah, that must be it... Well, that idea wasn't too smart. In fact, it wasn't very likely. But then what was taking them so long?
"Fury?"
I looked up at to see Ryu standing next to me. He was coming out of the mall holding an umbrella. "Oh," I said. "Hi." "What're you doing just standing here? Are you waiting for someone?" "Yeah." I said, looking at the ground. "Oh," Ryu said. "I am too. Mind if I wait here with you?" I shook my head. "
"So, whatcha been up to?" He asked, leaning against the wall. "Nothing." I said, not sure if it was really okay to be talking to Ryu when everyone would be coming out of the mall sooner or later. "Um..." I said after a few moments of silence. "Hey, Fury..." Ryu started, "Yeah?" "What do you think of me?" I stared at Ryu in unbelief. "What do I think of you?" I repeated. Ryu nodded.
"Well-" I started.
Just then, it started to rain. It came lightly at first, but it started pouring really soon. Darn it! I thought. Fire doesn't mix with water. Not at all...
Ryu opened the umbrella and held it over both of our heads. I stared up at the umbrella. "Do you always carry an umbrella with you?" I asked. "Actually, yes." He said. "I hate rain." "Me too. I can't stand it." "Me neither." "I mean I REALLY can't stand it."
For a while, we were just standing there in silence. "I think you're a pretty good kid." I finally said. "What?" "I think you're a pretty good kid." I said a little louder. "I don't know you that well, But you're cool...I know you aren't as evil as they say you are...at least, not from what I'VE seen." I said. "Who's they?" Ryu asked with a little amusement in his voice. "Oh! Sorry, thinking aloud." I said.
A group of kids came out of the store. There were four of them, mostly girls, and they were sharing two umbrellas. I recognized one of them as the girl Ryu was talking to in the cafeteria a while back. "Nii-san," She said. "Are you ready to go?" Nii-san? Wow, I never thought that Ryu had siblings. She's very pretty. "Yeah, we can go now. Are you sure you bought everything?" Ryu said. The girl nodded. "Who's the girl?" She asked, looking at me. I waved. "Hi." I said, waving. "I'm Fury." "Hello." She said, bowing slightly. "I'm Midnight the Cat. Nii-san has been telling me all about an orange hedgehog that he met at school." She smiled a slight. "You should see him at home." The only boy in the group spoke up from the back. "Yeah, all day, he keeps talking about this girl he met at school." Another girl from the group said. I laughed awkwardkly. "Okay, everyone shut up." Ryu said.
"I'm Dark." The boy said. "Dark the wolf." "I'm Moonlight the wolf." The girl had said. "And next to me is my sister. She can't talk." The smaller sister was dressed like a lolita. "Her name is Mink the Porcupine." Dark said. Mink curtsied. "Hi." I waved shyly. I'm never good around strangers (or people that I haven't met five times.)
"Fury!"
Shadow was standing behind the group of emo kids in front of me. My eyes widened. "Shadow!" I said. "What took you so long?" "What took ME so long?" He repeated. "Fury?" Blaze ran up behind Shadow, and the rest of my friends follwed behind her. "Where WERE you?" Amy shrieked. "You had us running all over the mall looking for you!" "Looking for me? I though you guys knew where the bus stop was?" "WE do!" Sonic said. "But I guess YOU don't!" "What are you talking about?" "The bus stop is on the EAST wing. You're in the WEST wing." Rouge said. "...Oh."
Boy did I feel stupid!
"You probably should've told us you were planning on running away with your boyfriend." Shadow said flatly. "What? But Ryu's not-I didn't run- I-he-you-..." I sputtered. I noticed the emo kids' facial expressions had changed. They didn't look very happy.
"We were just talking." Ryu said calmly. "I'm sure." Shadow said. I could've sworn I heard Midnight hiss. "Okay, whatever, I don't even care why what happened, I'm outta here." Rouge said, walking away. "We should be going too." Dark said. Ryu and Shadow were in a staring contest. "Come on nii-san." Moolight said, turning to walk away. Shadow broke the contest by turning around and following Rouge. Everyone follwed him, except Amy. She was apparently waiting for me. "Fury," Moonlight said. "We should defenitely talk some more." I nodded. And with that, they were gone.
I ran to Amy. "Were those your new friends?" She asked. "Uh, I'm not sure WHAT that was back there." I said. "They're kinda creepy." She said, lowering her voice to a whisper. "Do you really think it's okay for you to be around them? I don't think Shadow would be very happy..." "Shadow's never happy." I said. "Well, he'll be less happiER." Amy said. "Stop taking your sweet time and hurry up before the bus leaves!" Blaze called over her shoulder to us as she stepped onto the bus. Amy and sped ahead and caught the bus just before the driver closed the door.
On the way back, I had a whole lot to think about.
