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Chapter Nine

Shadow came to a halt on the same cliff that he used to clear his mind. When he got to his favourite sitting spot he saw a grey hedgehog in his place. He frowned. No one stole his place. Shadow walked up to the dozing hedgehog and looked down at him with distaste. The grey hedgehog's eyebrows lowered in irritation before he opened one grey eye to see who was annoying him. Grey eyes met crimson ones. The grey hedgehog rolled away.

"Hey, Man!" He complained. "This is my spot" Shadow's frown deepened.

"You're spot?" He said almost growling. The grey hedgehog nodded. "Since?"

"Forever" He folded his arms. Shadow took in his appearance, black leather boots, black trousers, black top with a white skull on it, his nose crumpled up when he saw the other hedgehogs piercings. The grey hedgehog also looked Shadow up and down. "Dude, what's with the colouring?" Shadow's frown turned into a scowl at the mention of his unique colouring.

"Well it's black and red. Unless you're colour blind" Shadow smirked. The other hedgehog stiffened at Shadow's cold remark. He unfolded his arms and looked at Shadow.

"I know you from somewhere" the grey hedgehog stated. Shadow shrugged and turned to walk away. He only got a few steps when the other hedgehog said something quietly "Shadow the Hedgehog" Shadow turned at the mention of his name. The other hedgehog watched Shadow turn "Woooo! I got it right!" He danced. Shadow raised an eyebrow at the weird creature infront of him. Shadow gave the hedgehog a frown before he started walking. Shadow only got a few steps when he heard footsteps behind him. Shadow paused and looked around; he saw the grey hedgehog duck behind some bushes. Shadow wasn't familiar with being followed, but he knew it was a bad thing. Shadow decided running would be a good thing to do to shake this hedgehog off his tail. He ran til the cliff was a dot in the distance, he saw a figure standing on it, standing still, obviously too shocked to speak. Shadow laughed in victory before he concentrated on where he was headed.

The grey hedgehog watched in awe as he watched Shadow run. He sure was fast. Draith slowly started walking the way Shadow went, making sure he wasn't spotted this time.

Knuckles and Rouge had visited Amy as soon as Shadow had left. Rouge didn't particularly like the rose hedgehog, but she was the only one close enough to Knuckles to get some juicy gossip about her little echidna. Knuckles was very uncomfortable sitting in a room with two females, when he knew that sooner or later they'd start talking about him or Sonic.

"Any new gossip?" Rouge asked the pink hedgehog. Amy stared at the bat, not knowing if she should tell her and Knuckles about Shadow. After all it was only one kiss. That doesn't mean she owned him or anything.

"Not really" Amy replied. "Although Shadow did stay here last night" She added. Rouge and Knuckles mouths hung open at the little innocent hedgehogs' statement.

"He WHAT?" Rouge yelled

"He stayed here. Have you seen the conditions he used to live in?" Amy frowned and folded her arms

"Is it safe?" Knuckles said worriedly, Rouge nodded agreeing with him for the first time in their relationship.

"Of course it is" Amy stated. Not letting Rouge or Knuckles say anything more on the subject. Rouge shrugged.

"How did you first meet Knuckles" Rouge asked and the echidna groaned in unhappiness.

Shadow ran back into Westopolis, determined to shake the grey hedgehog that had been following him for quite sometime. It annoyed him to some extent, but the hedgehog was keeping a distance from him, at least Shadow had that and not like that faker Sonic who would get as close to him as possible. He ran to his block of flats and stood infront of the door. Should he stay here or go back to Amy? His mind wandered back to the kiss she had given him. It had been sweet and innocent. Shadow could feel feelings behind it, no matter what she thought of the blue faker she obviously liked himself more. So Sonic could be free to go with the chipmunk. Shadow faltered at the door, sighed and ran back out of Westopolis. He past the grey hedgehog that had been trailing him and Shadow made sure he glared at him as he ran by. Draith blinked a couple of times before noticing Shadow run in the opposite direction. He sighed, turned and began to walk back the way he had just come still keeping an eye on the streamline figure of Shadow.

As Shadow reached Amy's house, he stopped. Should he knock? Or should he do what he did last time? He sighed and walked into the house via the front door. Rouge and Knuckles looked round as he walked through, he silently cursed his actions. He looked at Amy who smiled warmly at him.

"Welcome back Shadow" Amy said softly, which made Knuckles and Rouge switch their gaze to Amy. Rouge looked back at Shadow and a smile lit up on her face.

"Aww. Young love" She murmured. Amy and Shadow's jaws dropped, but neither denied it. Knuckles laughed at Rouge

"You're kidding me" He managed to say though laughter. "Amy and… and Shadow… Together?" and he fell about laughing again. Shadow looked down at his rivals' friend and scowled. Amy blushed and stayed silent. Rouge stood, bent her knee back and sent a kick into Knuckles' midsection. The echidna was taken aback

"Well I think its lovely" Rouge smiled despite of now being glared at by one red echidna. Shadow walked by the spectacle that had just unravelled infront of him and walked into Amy's kitchen. Amy looked after him and Rouge put her arm around the hedgehogs shoulder. "Be careful around him. I've known him longer he can be hostile" She winked at the hedgehog. Amy gave her a puzzled look before nodding. Rouge smiled, got Knuckles by the wrist and dragged him out of Amy's house. With a wave to her new found friend she managed to get Knuckles up and walking with her. Amy shook her head in disbelief.

Amy walked into the kitchen where Shadow was looking out of the back window. She came up to him and resisted the urge to hug him. He turned his head to look at her. Amy looked up at him and smiled. Shadow looked away again, without a smile back

"I was followed today" He broke the silence Amy raised an eyebrow

"By whom?" She asked. Shadow shrugged.

"Some Grey hedgehog, with a gothic dress sense" Shadow murmured. He looked at Amy again. He didn't know why he came back here. He was drawn to her like a moth to a flame. Like he was to Maria. He was shocked out of his thoughts by Amy's hand on his cheek. She slowly caressed his fur under her fingers. He closed his eyes, allowing the contact with the little creature that had captured his interest.

"Did you get his name?" Amy asked still stroking his fur; Shadow slowly shook his head, making sure not to break contact with the female hedgehog.

"No, but he might of followed me here" He said reluctantly Amy's strokes paused suddenly.

"He might have followed you here!" She sounded scared. Shadow nodded. Amy quickly squeezed herself into the space between Shadow and the kitchen counter. Shadow looked down at her with a raised eyebrow. She just smiled up at him before she went back on alert. Shadow shook his head and pushed himself away from the counter. He looked down at Amy once more before he walked into the front room. Amy scuttled after the black hedgehog, not wanting to be alone now that she knew that Shadow had been followed home. As Shadow sat on the sofa, Amy climbed ontop of him, put her arms around his neck and was practically straddling the poor hedgehog. Shadow sat there for a few minutes before he slowly moved into a more comfortable position. Amy flinched and buried her head into his neck. Shadow led down with Amy still atop of him. She raised her head from his neck and looked at the closed eyes of Shadow. Shadow felt like he was being watched, he opened one crimson eye to see Amy staring at him. He frowned and reclosed his eye. Amy was about to get off and go to bed when Shadow's arm wound round her waist, which kept her secure where she was. Amy looked at the closed eyes of the hedgehog and a smirk passed over his face. Amy smiled. He'd done it on purpose, he was actually holding her! She drifted into a safe sleep with Shadow holding securely onto her.

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I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make him out like a stalker -slaps wrist-. Thanks for reading. Chapter 10 out soon.