I've decided to post this chapter early for going dark a while. Honestly, I meant to upload this yesterday, but I forgot. So today.

Christian Ape99: Yes. I do like the idea of having fan characters of my readers join this universe. I've decided the story I was on the fence about will have fan characters as well. I haven't gotten any guesses as to what game it will be based on, though.

Song: Every Dog Has His Day - School Rumble

"Hey sexy! Why don't you leave quiet and grumpy and come hang out with me?" A mobian in the hallway yelled as Shadow and Rouge were moving along.

"Are you sure I shouldn't just skip gym? Or at least get Knuckles?" Shadow asked, adding the last part as a joke.

"What does Knuckles have to do with anything?" Rouge blushed.

Shadow chuckled. "Your face disagrees with your wording." Rouge huffed and stared forwards. "In all seriousness, are you sure you don't want me to stay with you?"

"You can't cut class. Especially not on your first day here."

Amy and Jasmine caught up with them. "The boys here have no respect for a lady." Amy said.

Shadow turned to her and said "Lady? I see a child."

"Oh ha ha." Amy replied dryly. "The odd thing is that it's not just mobians. Some of the humans tried flirting with us too.

Shadow and Rouge shrugged. "It happens. Deal with it." They said in unison. Rouge continued. "What I'm curious about is why his majesty would allow Jasmine to leave the safety of town to come with us to school?"

Jasmine shrugged. "Maybe he's coming to terms with the fact that I'm growing up, or he knows that I'll need to know how to speak with more than just a few Sun-Walkers."

"This is where we part ways, ladies." Shadow said. He turned down a hallway to where Sonic, Knuckles, Mighty, and Espio most likely were.

Amy giggled. "TO FASHION!"

Cosmo was lagging behind the class in gym. They were running around the track, but she wasn't at everyone elses speed.

She almost stopped running completely, but she saw Tails behind the crowd. "Why are you back here?"

Tails blushed. "I thought I'd keep you company. Besides, being ahead of everyone's no fun."

"Are you the fastest in the class?"

"Yup."

They spent the rest of class talking.

"So what did you have first block?" Blaze asked as she and Silver sat down in History.

"I had Math. You?"

"Science."

There was a short pause in their conversation, then Blaze continued. "I'm glad to have met you and your friends when I got here."

"And we're glad to have met you."

Tails walked in a little while later.

"I thought you were a grade below us." Silver said.

"I am." Tails replied.

Jasmine left her Science class once the bell rang. She caught up with Samuel. "Hey there mister smarty pants." Samuel gave her a confused look. "You just came out of Biology. That's at least two levels above our grade!"

"Oh." He laughed. "I guess math and science were always my stronger subjects."

"Math too? That's so cool!"

Samuel laughed. "I thought you were a princess. You should be more composed."

Jasmine blushed. "You think so?"

"I'm kidding! It was a joke!" Samuel and Jasmine began to laugh.

Shadow left his Science class as well. He looked around and saw Maria. He walked over to her to check up on her.

"You feeling alright?"

"Yeah." She held up her hand. "This ring works wonders."

Shadow looked at it with some doubt. "We have to remember that Blyxil gave you the ring. He's the one who hurt you in the first place."

"Samuel seems to trust him." Maria replied.

"What does he know?" Shadow looked up at Maria. "I promise, no harm will come to you while I'm around."

"Thank you, Shadow."

Song: Soleanna Forest - Sonic 06

The group was walking through the woods.

"I'm telling you, this place is perfect!" Sonic said.

"We'll believe it when we see it." Amy replied.

"I'm hungry." Samuel said.

"You said that already, silly." Jasmine said.

"That I did." Samuel stopped walking and jumped backwards just in time to see a scythe land where he was standing.

Song: Boss - Heavy Dog

"Today's the day you lose, Samuel!"

"Who are you!?"

She gave no answer, and continued her assault. Samuel bolted.

"Jennifer?" Jasmine asked. The girl was a green bat, about Rouge's height.

She turned from where Samuel ran and smiled. "That was a close one."

Jasmine frowned. "Why did you attack my friend?"

Jennifer frowned as well. "Friend? That boy is not your friend. He's a friend of Blyxil's!" Those two are Boteracs! They'd sooner eat you than be your friend!"

"What?" Jasmine asked.

Cream stood next to her. "There's no way Samuel could be one of those monsters. He's too kind."

"I heard my name a few seconds ago."

Song: Future Diary - Opening 1

The crowd looked to the trees and saw Blyxil.

"I'm not sure what a Boterac is, but if I'm one, so what?" He stared Jennifer down. I can beat you all the same."

"You're on, Mutt!"

Jennifer rushed at Blyxil and swung her scythe. Blyxil jumped on top of the scythe and whacked her on the head with his staff.

She shook her scythe and turned it as Blyxil jumped off of it. She swung at Blyxil again, but he blocked it with his staff.

"How does a wooden staff block a steel scythe and not break!?"

Blyxil pushed back and body slammed her. He jumped off and yelled, "MAGIC!" He let gravity bring him back down and spun around while swinging his staff for massive destructive power.

Jennifer barely managed to escape a direct hit, but the sheer force Blyxil hit the ground with knocked her over.

Blyxil was about to swing again when Jasmine rushed to Jennifer's side.

"Stop!"

Blyxil did as told.

"Don't hurt her anymore."

What Blyxil did next surprised the entire group.

He dematerialised his staff.

Song: Shukumei - Fairy Tail

"I don't want to hurt anyone." He said.

"Then why do you do it?" Shadow asked.

Blyxil shook his head. "That's just the way things turn out."

Shadow walked up to him, and punched him in the face. "That's just the way things turn out!? Tell that to all the people you've killed! Tell that to the people who lost their families! Tell that to the woman you raped!"

Blyxil didn't retaliate. "I didn't do any of that. The worst I've done is beat someone to an inch of death." He chuckled a bit. "That asshole had it coming."

"Blyxil…" Shadow warned.

Blyxil seemed to just notice the children around. "I don't know about this woman you mentioned, but I do know that there are people in this world who would do many terrible things. You might find them in many places, possibly Mazuri." And with that, Blyxil disappeared. "Next time we meet… I'll want a thank you for that ring. Sorry for blasting you."

Maria gasped.

Song: SAO opening 1

"He seems more like a misunderstood individual than a cold-hearted killer."

Jasmine looked towards the voice and saw Samuel holding a staff.

"Is someone going to keep her from killing me?" He added.

Jennifer picked up her scythe and ran at Samuel. Samuel evaporated, to everyone's surprise.

Jennifer stopped and looked around. Samuel reappeared behind her with his staff to her neck.

"Stand down." He warned in a low voice.

Shadow walked up to them. "Are you a boterac?"

"I am not your enemy." Samuel said.

"That doesn't answer his question." Rouge warned.

Samuel chuckled. "I never said it did. And I never said I knew."

"Sam… please tell us." Jasmine pleaded. She didn't know what else to say. Samuel… a Boterac? But why?

Samuel growled. His growl was suspiciously canine. "Why? Why should I tell any of you anything about me!? What good'll it do!?" He screamed.

"He's hostile!" Jennifer yelled. She swung her scythe at Samuel. He jumped to the side, but the scythe hit him on the cheek.

Samuel landed, then knelt down holding his cheek. "RWAYOURR!" He pounced at Jennifer and pinned her to the ground.

Jasmine and Cream gasped. Samuel growled at Jennifer again. Shadow was about to launch a Chaos Spear at him, and Silver was in the midst of using his telekinesis when Samuel grabbed the purple ring and left in an instant.

"After him, Sonic!" Shadow took off, and Sonic went with him.

Jennifer was still on the ground, panting. Her bright red eyes wide open in fear. She sat up and put a hand to her chest. "He could've tore my throat out with his teeth right there."

"But he didn't." Jasmine said. Her eyes were wide open as well.

Rouge stood by Knuckles, thinking about what just happened. "It seems like he actually is a Boterac, or at least descended from them, and Jennifer's attack awoke his primal urge."

"And what would that primal urge be?" Knuckles asked.

Rouge turned around with fear in her eyes. "Kill. Eat. Live. And the main dish at a Boterac's dinner is usually a Sorean bat."

Well… That's a chapter. It went from light-hearted fun to attempted murder in 5 lines. Well… including the ENTER's it's 8. Why? I dunno. I always thought I was bipolar. The first instance of someone (almost) dooing what their race is supposed to do with their teeth and it isn't the vampires. Don't lie, you want someone's neck to get bitten, don't you? Well… I noticed, and will put that in next chapter. Of course, you won't see it for a while because I'm typing this when I should've uploaded chapter 5, I think, but school got in the way. Oh well.