AN: I'm very sorry for accidentally punctuating wrong and putting comas everywhere. This chapter will be better punctuated, longer, and be spelled better. Enjoy! And if you played Sonic Adventure then you'd know about the waterfall I was talking about, just checking, that's all! Woo!

Chap.2: Awkward Reunion

(Mystic Ruins) 10:20 pm

At first, Amy wondered if this was really the 'Ultimate Life Form'; since she remembered the last time she thought she saw Shadow; it was just a clone of him…

However, clone or not, Amy couldn't, in good conscience, leave the poor hedgehog lying there with the waterfall thrashing at him. So she went inside the lake near the waterfall falling in the water a few times, not minding since she was wet to begin with from the wave that splashed her earlier.

As Amy tried to enter inside the waterfall, she could already feel the strong pressure pulling her down from contact with the rushing water. However, it didn't stop her as she was not the kind of person to give up that easily, especially when someone she knew, well sort of: is in danger. After strong determination, and protection from her arms covering her head, she finally made it to Shadow's unconscious body.

'Now, how do I get him out?' Amy pondered, trying hard to think and keep herself and Shadow from drowning in the waterfall. Amy then snapped her fingers as she gave Shadow a small tug from his spot, but like her bad luck; miscalculated her plan and he fell on top of her, causing both of them topple over and let the waterfall pull them under the lake nearly drowning them; if the lake wasn't a bit shallow.

Amy, luckily, still was conscious as she swam up and dragged Shadow, trying to swim to dry land. She then threw Shadow up unto the ground very carefully when it was close for Shadow to be easily thrown safely. Amy quickly dragged herself out of the water and lay down on the muddy grass gasping for oxygen with a smile plastered on her face.

'I hope he thanks me after this' Amy thought to herself as she tilted her head towards Shadow, but he looked a bit pale than his normal toned skin. That's when it finally hit her; he must've had water in his lungs from the waterfall!

She looked around for any help or a lifeguard, but mentally slapped herself knowing that it was night and she was at a lake, not a local community pool! Fortunately, she luckily remembered the time when she stalked her "Boyfriend" in his swimming class to learn how to , obviously, swim, but the blue hedgehog quitted just as they moved on to the lesson on to float on water.

"CPR…", Amy said to herself as she moved her gloved hands to her lips. "But, my first kiss was supposed to be with my Sonic, not Shadow!" Amy whined, but stopped as Shadow's skin color started turning paler each passing second.

"Shadow… please don't be mad with me, but I don't want to see you dead so...", Amy muttered under her breath; drawing her lips closer to Shadow's a bit slowly. 'It's for a good cause, a good cause, a good cause...' but stopped thinking as her lips finally locked onto Shadow's, breathing in his mouth to give him air, while also starting to feel a bit flushed at this at the same time.

After what seemed like hours, she then quickly let her lips move away as she started to see Shadow's skin color turn back to normal; he started coughing out water but was still unconscious.

"Why am I blushing?" Amy stated, and touching her face, but couldn't tell if it was that she was sick or very flustered from 'kissing' Shadow. 'Why do I feel so weird? I only felt this way for Sonic not… Shadow.' Glaring at the dark hedgehog lying there, asleep, mainly mad for stealing one of the biggest highlights of her lifetime.

"Well, he does look like Sonic-kun in a strange way…"

She violently then shook her head getting the comment out of her thoughts.

"No! I only like SSSOOOONNNNIIIIIIKKKKKUUUUNNN!" Yelling, she made practically all the birds start to caw and move to a deeper part of the jungle so they wouldn't hear her obsessive screaming.

Just then, a gold kitsune came out of a workshop yawning in his polka-dotted PJs, "Amy, is that you?" looking half asleep and rubbing his heavy eyelids. "Tails, am I glad to see you!" Amy said cheerfully, running to the fox, but suddenly dropping to the ground!

"Amy!" Tails immediately woke up immediately from concern for his friend as he rushed to her. 'Why is my sight getting blurry and my legs starting to feel like jell-o?' Amy thought, but then remembered the fact she'd gotten sick from rescuing the Ultimate Life Form.

She didn't care and only went to tell Tails…

"Tails... You won't believe who I saved, it's…!" but just when Amy was going to finish her sentence, she collapsed in an instant…

(Tails' Workshop) 9:54 am

"Hhhhmmmmm…" was the sound Amy made as she slowly started to stir from her slumber.

"What happened?" she mumbled, trying to stand up, but couldn't as she flopped down on whatever she was laying on; which was Tails' own bed.

"You saved Shadow Amy!" as Tails popped up with a grin on his face, causing her to almost topple over Tails' bed. However, Amy froze before she fell just when she saw Tails next to Shadow; looking very alive now and breathing, but was looking in another direction looking flustered?

"Morning Shadow!" Amy waved to him with a cheerful smile, hiding the fact she was really surprised to see him here, Shadow wasn't a mind reader, but quickly turned himself away from her showing only Amy his black, red-striped quills in back of him.

"Amy, tell me all about it! You were just like Sonic! I want to hear how you saved the 'Ultimate life form' from the diabolical water; hehehe, sounds more like Sonic to me since he doesn't like water more than him." Tails said in a sarcastic way as Shadow gave Tails a cold glare.

That's when Amy finally realized what felt a bit strange other than Shadow's reappearance, or sleeping in such a hard bed.

"Oh no Sonic! I almost forgot about him!" Amy yelled as she quickly tried to stand up and walk, but immediately fell on the floor crashing down, shaking the workshop a little. Shadow hearing the vibration, hurriedly turned around with surprise in his eyes and smirked a little. 'Amy's still got spunk in her body after going through so much to save me, what a nuisance.' Shadow thought wondering, and almost completely forgot she was still on the floor.

Tails giggled as he helped the pink hedgehog up to her knees, yet accidentally dropped her to his bed with Tail being dragged with her.

Shadow couldn't hold it in anymore, it was too good; he started to give a soft chuckle at the two stepping backward with his hands covering his mouth to not laugh, not noticing a wrench under him until it was too late. He suddenly tripped and landed hard on his back; making the other two laugh at Shadow's self-carelessness. The next thing they knew they were all laughing at each other, but knowing Shadow he quickly stopped and went back to his normal state of being the quiet, scowling hedgehog he was.

Tails and Amy then stopped right after Shadow halted his laughter; knowing that he felt embarrassed from acting like a different person in front of someone he's barely met.

There was silence for a couple of minutes.

"Amy you're sick! You can't chase Sonic in this condition!" Tails said, trying to lighten the mood of the situation, and touching Amy's forehead, feeling her boiling temperature. "It's no wonder you've been blushing so much when you were sleeping."

Being a smart fox; he then informed Amy, "Amy you can't stay here, my workshop here is too cold, which will only make you even sicker, why don't you go to your house and rest there?" "Oh fine, I'll leave then." She responded, feeling disappointed she wouldn't see her beloved Sonic on such a lovely day for love.

Amy stood up; feeling a bit dizzy and weak, but told Tails that she'd be fine. "Why don't you take Shadow with you too?"

Amy as well as Shadow felt their ears twitch strangely, but Amy still kept her cool. She then asked, "Why? I'll be fine by myself!" giving a thumbs-up; making her feel a bit more nauseous than she already was.

Tails didn't buy it.

"No, as a friend; I recommend that you take Shadow along since I have to modify some features on my X-Tornado, and Sonic isn't here to take you to your apartment either. Secondly, it's not safe to walk around with a fever alone either. You also won't mind Shadow living in your house? I only have a bed for myself, that's why I always never let Sonic sleep here. "

Amy wanted to argue to at least not take Shadow with her, but she knew her friend had a really good point.

"Okay... Shadow'll come." As she put her head down in defeat. Now it was Shadow's turn to be surprised, if he already wasn't.

(Mystic Ruins Train Station) 6:25 pm

"Alright Tails, sayonara! Achoo!" Amy spoke, sneezed, and waved good-bye to Tails as she and Shadow were getting inside the train. Tails waved back as the doors started closing and the train started moving.

"So Shadow, this is some awkward reunion huh? Me saving you, getting unconscious, and now moving in with me?" She spoke, glancing towards Shadow; seeing him stare out of the train windows.

He closed his eyes for a second, then opened them and suddenly replied in his neutral, cool tone , "Yeah, some things are better left unsaid." as he stared at Amy with his crimson eyes at her emerald ones.

Shadow quickly turned back to looking out at the window. She also stared out the window looking at the scenery; seeing the sunset going down blending with the city as the train moved closer and closer to it.

Amy then thought, 'I guess that some things are really best left unsaid…' she shrugged the thought away with another one now occupying her mind, 'but still...,' she moved her gloved hands to her lips.

Amy glanced at Shadow once more and quickly turned away; making her face feel warm. 'If only Sonic-kun was this caring towards me!' sighing lightly.

AN: I hope this second chapter turned out better than the first one! I also tried to correct as much as possible. Also sorry for the lag in updating too, I should probably work on it now. Whoops…? Anyway, plz R&R!