Authors Note: I know its been a while and i'm sorry for taking so long. I guess lack of inspiration will do that to you. Anyway here is the next chapter. Hope you guys like it.
A Time For Two Chapter 9
I Need You
Tails walked along the sidewalk in the city as the rain fell down on him. He sniffled weakly as he looked up at the sky growling. The images of what had happen coming to hid mind. How could Shadow take up for that jerk He thought to himself. As he walked a car flew past bringing up water with him soaking the fox even more. He whimpered out in anger and felt tears come his eyes as he wanted to cry. He shook his head pushing the idea out of his mind. He didn't want to cry and he was not going to go running back to Shadow or Sonic just so they could prove a point to him.
Shadow sat in the small car for a while and watched as the clouds came in and the sky darkened from blue to grey and then a yellowish black. It was not really a nice sight to see as if the sky itself was sick as well. The black hedgehog sighed softly as he gripped the steering wheel. It had only been an hour and a half and would have assumed that the kitsune would have come back to the car.
"Come on Miles come back." He looked out seeing the rain come down even harder and faster from when it had first started and it made him even more worried. He then went and turned the car on and pulled off to go and look for the kit. As he drove he could see many people running for shelter and going into their homes. He just wanted to take Tails home and make him feel better.
Tails was walking on the better side of town Tails soon found himself at a familiar apartment building. He ran inside soak and wet and headed up to the third floor and knocked on the door that said 3F.
The door opened and a pink hedgehog looked at the fox and gasped softly.
"Tails? What happened to you?" Tails shivered softly and sneezed loudly as he was gestured inside by Amy Rose. She went and quickly got a few towels and came back in and started to dry the fox off. The kitsune just whimpered and sniffled softly as he allowed the pink hedgehog to dry him off. He did not feel much like talking to her about what had happened between his two closest friends. He just hoped that she would not annoy him about it so much that she is forced to tell him.
"I really don't feel like talking about it right now Amy." He sighed softly as he closed his eyes and tries to fight back tears. The worse part of it was that Shadow did not even bother looking for him. He had been gone for over two hours now and it did not look as if the black hedgehog cared as much as thought he did.
"Come on Tails you can tell me. I won't tell anyone I swear." Tails shook his head no as he held onto one of the towels on his head.
"I said I don't want to talk about it Amy." The pink hedgehog looked at the kit a bit worried. It wasn't like him to push her away like this because she was his best female friend. Whatever had happen it was bad and she knew it had something to do with Sonic. She then sighed as she decided to not bother the kit about it anymore not wishing to make him angry at her.
"Alright then Tails. Well if you are tired you know where the guestroom is for you. I was about to make some tea to go with the cake I made would you like some?" Tails looked up at Amy and nodded softly.
"I would just like some tea if you don't mind Amy." She smiled softly and then turned and walked into the kitchen putting a pink teapot on her small white stove. Tails looked around the apartment. It had been a while since he had been in here and forgot how pink and white it was. It was annoying but he could deal with it he had gotten used to it after a while. His mind then slipped back to Sonic and Shadow. How could they treat him like that? It was like both of them were in it together to make him feel hurt. He just wanted to go home now but he was not going to give Shadow the benefit of the doubt he refused to. He turned and looked out of the window that was near him. The dark sky loomed over the city as the rain fell harder and faster. At least he had found some place to go and was not outside running around in that mess. He would have gotten sick for sure he knew.
Shadow was walking down the street no umbrella and being pushed against the wind. There was only but so much searching he could do while he was in the car and he needed to go down some of the street. He did not have an umbrella but he really didn't care. All he wanted to do now was find Tails and take him home. For some strange reason beyond him he went and stopped at Rouge's house to see if the kit had gone there of course he was no where in sight. From there he went to visit Cream and her mother and they too said they had not seen the orange. As he walked through the pouring rain grumbling to his self he wondered now why he didn't go to Amy Rose home first. She was tails' best female friend and he always ran to her if he needed someone to talk or comfort him. He guessed that maybe the kit would not travel so far in the rain to get to her home from where he had ran away. He hoped that was the case and would find the kit safe and sound at her house. The bad thing was that her apartment building was set off from the road and you had to walk a block in a half to get there unless you had a parking ticket to park in the small parking lot. Of course that was only reserved for the residence that lived there of which he was not.
He slumped into the apartment building soaked. The weight of the rain had even pushed his ears down. He walked over to the main desk and looked at the man that was sitting there. The man just blinked as he went into the back and got Shadow a towel.
"You know sir this is how you can get sick if that is what you are trying to do."
"Forget me. Is Amy Rose in her apartment? I need to see her and tell her it is Shadow. "The man nodded as he walked over to a phone and looked up Amy's name and apartment number. He then dialed it.
Amy walked over to Tails with the pot. The kit had gotten up and helped Amy set up her little tea area with cups, saucers and plates since she was having cake herself. She walked over with the hot teapot and her pink oven mitt as she went about pouring the tea into the cups. The fox nodded in gratitude. Amy herself then walked over t her cup and poured some hot water into it and then made her way back into the kitchen to put it back on the burner.
"Are you sure you don't want any cake Tails? Itss really good." Tails shook his head no again as he went about fixing the tea to his liking. He only needed a little bit of sugar because he always found the stuff to be way too sweet if it was more then told. As Amy was making her way back into the living room her small phone rang. She went over and picked it up to hear the reception at the main desk tell her she had a guest. "Who is it?" She asked the man. She heard the reply of it being Shadow and she looked at the phone for a moment. She knew over the past few months Tails had gotten every close to the ebony hedgehog and wondered if maybe the both of them had gotten into a fight and that is why he ended up like this. She knew that Shadow would never do this to Tails. She then thought back to a while ago when Tails had called her talking about all of the dreams he had been having of Sonic and some of Shadow. Something was really going on between the three of them but she was not going to let the kit bottle him self up and try to force all of this away. Tails liked trying to do that a lot she noticed and all it did was really hurt him in the end. She sighed softly as she put the receiver back up to her ear. "You can send him up." She said softly as she soon hung up the phone and then walked over to Tails. She then wondered how the kit would respond if he was having a fight with him. It didn't matter she would fix it and make things right between them again.
"Who was that?" The kit asked as the female walked over and sat down on the love seat on the opposite side of him.
"Just the man at the front guest telling me I had a package. I'll get it later though it's nothing special I'm sure just stuff I buy from online."
"You know you really should stop doing that. Your not going to have any money soon if you spend it buying stuff online."
"Hey I like to shop online. It wouldn't hurt you to do it once in a while and change our outfits." The kit growled at Amy as she smirked softly. He hated when she started to go on her little rant about the way the kit dressed.
Shadow turned and looked at the man and nodded as he was told what room number Amy was in and that he could go upstairs. He was just hoping that Tails was up there as well so he could take him home. He sneezed softly as he shook off some of the remaining water. He couldn't be catching a cold that soon could he? He wasn't one to get sick much though it did happen once in a while. He climbed the steps and soon was outside of the female's door. He knocked on it softly.
Inside both Amy and Tails turned and looked at the door. Amy then calmly went over and opened it to see Shadow. Not in as bad shape as Tails was when he had first arrived but she knew that he had been running out in the rain as well. They were so silly she thought as she invited him in. Shadow eyes fell onto the kit sitting on the small love seat who was turned from him. He could see that he was still very much angry at him but he was glad that he was safe. It was all he wanted.
"What are you ding here Shadow." Tails said finally when Amy closed the door and walked off to get Shadow a new towel to dry off with.
"I was looking for you Miles." He said softly as he sneezed again. Tails turned and looked at him. He could tell he had been out in the rain but was it long enough for him to get sick. He started to get a bit worried and was going to comment on it when he stopped himself. Not until he apologizes for how he treated me .He told his self. Amy walked in and passed Shadow the dry towel and he thanked her softly as he went to finish drying himself off.
"You weren't looking for me. You just wanted me to learn a lesson." Amy blinked. The two must have gotten into a fight she guessed as she went and poured a cup of tea for Shadow. The hedgehog seamed a bit calmer then he normally was and very quiet.
"That is not true Miles and you know it. I just want you to make your mends with Sonic that is all. I do not wish for you to be fighting with him because it makes you upset." Amy blinked her eyes going wide eyed. So the kit was in fights with both of them. He must be torn apart between the both of them; a long time friendship with Sonic and a new growling friendship with Shadow.
Tails turned away from Shadow feeling his tears coming to his eyes. He told himself he would not cry but seeing him now it made him hurt. Shadow looked at him seeing this and turned to Amy. As much as she wanted to stay in the room and see what was going to happen she knew it was not her place nd that Shadow would never allow it. So she got up and headed into bedroom and proceeded to call Cream knowing that she was wondering what was going on.
When Amy left the room Shadow turned and looked over at the kit. He was shaking from what could have been anger and sorrow and anger. Shadow then walked over to him and sat down beside him. The fox still didn't look at him but soon felt the hedgehog arms wrap around him softly as he whispered.
"Miles I'm sorry alright. I did not mean you were going to be so sensitive about what I was going to say about you and Sonic. I just want you to be happy and I know that Sonic makes you happy." The fox turned and looked at Shadow his eyes filed with tears. His sapphire eyes burned into his.
"Shadow, you make me happy!" He shouted softly at him as he started to cry in his arms. Shadow looked a bit surprised but smiled as he held the kit back. It was strange because he missed this; having him in his arms and feeling him purr happily.
"I make you happy Miles?" Shadow repeated the words of the kit. Tails then looked up at him still with tear stained eyes. Shadow softly wiped them away. The fox blushed softly as she looked at him. He could not understand the feeling he was getting. He was just so happy being with the ebony hedgehog. He snuggled happily into him softly.
"Yes Shadow, and I need you. I really do. You make me feel needed" Shadow blinked softly and smiled softly.
"You are needed Miles. I need you too." Amy smiled softly watching the two. Thought it didn't last long as he phone rang again. This time it was a very alarmed Cream screaming and crying.
"Turn on your TV AMY!" Amy just blinked a bit as she walked over to the TV and turned it on. As soon as she did she found the laughing Eggamn in her face.
"Greetings world! I have taken over all of the channels to show you and once and a lifetime event! The DEATH of Sonic The Hedgehog!" Amy gasped as she and everyone around the world saw Sonic Strapped into a table. Metal kept his arms and legs still and a metal plate was over his mouth. Eggman laughed again as Amy screamed and ran out to the two.
"Sonic is in trouble!! Eggman is going to kill him! On live TV!" Sonic and Tails ran into the bedroom and looked at the TV. Above the hedgehog was of course a timer. It read 12:50:27 and the timer was going down quickly.