And now, for the end of this story! The sequel might come soon, but I want to have at least one other story done before I start writing it.

Also, hints towards the sequel will be in this chapter. Upon looking over the hints, I found that they alluded to more than one game, so I've decided to refine them, and have the ending for each version focus on a different hint, as opposed to using the same hint in different forms.

Sonic stood there with a grin on his face, as his quills rose up, as though they were defying gravity. His fur changed from blue to yellow, and his eyes from green to red. A yellow aura formed around him. He was now charged with the power of the Master Emerald.

"Too bad I can't just absorb it, like I do with the Chaos Emeralds." He said. "How long do I have?"

Knuckles looked up at him. "I'd say 5 minutes."

"We'll try to restore the power of the Chaos Emeralds while you're fighting Chaos." Tikal said.

Sonic chuckled. "So you don't think I can finish this in that time?" And he flew off.

Song: Duel - Date a Live

The group on the building was met by Eggman Nega.

"I regret to inform you that you are not allowed to restore power to any Emeralds. I will take care of that myself!"

Samuel, Silver, and Blaze stood in front of everyone. "Not gonna happen!"

Nega laughed. "What could any of you hope to accomplish?"

"This!" Samuel transformed into his beast form and jumped on Nega's transport.

"Hey! Get off! We'll crash!" Samuel bit down on the controls to make sure Nega couldn't get back up. "We'll fall into the water!

"Silver. Help him." Shadow said.

Silver nodded and followed after Samuel. When Nega escaped, he opted to save Samuel from drowning. "Up we go."

They reached the top of the building, and saw the Chaos Emeralds restored to their usual glow.

Samuel returned to mobian form. "Now what?" He asked.

"Someone has to absorb the Emeralds, and then take over for Sonic." Knuckles said.

"Why? Can't we have two super warriors?" Samuel asked.

"How will that work?" Tikal asked. "Sonic's 5 minutes are almost up."

"They can just transfer their power to Sonic, while keeping enough for themselves." Samuel said.

"Ok, but who? Sonic's the only one who's ever transformed before." Knuckles said.

Samuel laughed. "Who better than our friendly neighborhood Chaos Master."

"Don't touch me." Shadow replied when Samuel was about to pat him on the head. He walked up to Tikal and Knuckles. "Do the Chaos Emeralds have a time limit?"

"No." Tikal said. "You aren't simply absorbing their power, you're absorbing the Emeralds themselves. When you get to Sonic, you'll know how to restore his power."

"Alright." He stood in the circle of Emeralds, channeling his power, but he didn't feel any different. "Am I yellow?"

"Nah." Silver said. "You're still black."

"Why isn't it working?" Rouge asked.

Tikal answered, "Shadow's thinking of power, but that's not it. To absorb the Emeralds, you must be thinking positive thoughts. Let your positive emotions take control."

Shadow closed his eyes. He thought of the other Soreans, and the Sun-Walkers. He thought of the towns. He thought of Chaos. He thought of saving them all. He thought of saving Maria. When he opened his eyes, he saw that his fur had changed to yellow, like Sonic's.

"I'm ready." And he flew off.

Song: Live and Learn - Crush 40

Shadow arrived on the scene to see Sonic in close combat with the beast. Shadow noticed some of Sonic's energy was flowing into Chaos.

"You're resilient." Sonic said. "I wish I could've finished this sooner, but it seems as though I'm at the edge of my ropes."

Shadow flew next to Sonic. "Chaos… LASER!" Chaos was shot through it's head by a large beam.

"Hey, Shad's."

"You're a fool." Shadow said.

"Whaddaya mean?" Sonic asked.

"You're too close to it. It's using your energy to restore it's own. You should expect as much when fighting a beast that's being controlled by a super genius." Shadow lectured him. All the while, he was barraging Chaos with his own attacks to keep him at bay.

"And your Chaos attacks won't have the same effect?" Sonic asked.

Shadow scoffed. "He's getting trace amounts of Chaos Energy. It's not as much as he would gain from getting the source."

"So how do we stop him?" Sonic asked.

"I don't have all the answers."

Then, Shadow gifted Sonic with some of his own Chaos Energy. "I'm surprised you lasted more than five minutes with your energy being drained. I think you survived on pure willpower alone."

Sonic was interrupted in his reply. "You guys look so cool out there!"

"Samuel?"

"Super Sonic, and Super Shadow. A sight to behold." Rouge said that time.

"They can't both be called super. That's boring." Samuel said.

"What do you suggest then?" Tails asked.

"Before we continue this oh so important conversation, how are we talking?" Shadow asked.

"Tikal is using the Master Emerald as a medium to make contact with the Chaos Emeralds." Knuckles said.

"I can't think of one yet." Samuel said, ignoring the new conversation. "Oh! Guys! Chaos is being controlled by Eggman Nega, remember? Nega's calling the shots. I saw the device on Chaos while I was fighting him, but now it's buried under the body. Find the device and destroy it."

"It would be easier just to kill him." Shadow said.

"No!" Tikal said. "Chaos isn't at fault. It's the scientists that captured him!"

"She's right!" Sonic said. "You distract him! I'll handle the device!" Sonic flew off, not giving Shadow a chance to answer.

"You're all going to be the death of me." Shadow held a hand to his forehead, but he turned to Chaos anyway. "Let's play tag." He shot another Chaos Laser. "You're it."

Chaos turned towards Shadow and shot as many energy blasts at him as he could. Shadow avoided them, and continued shooting at him.

Shadow continued attacking Chaos while avoiding all his attacks, and tentacles when he used them.

Shadow began to huff. He noticed that his light began to flicker.

Shadow saw Sonic get booted from Chaos by a tentacle, and Chaos somehow sprouted armor. "CHAOS LASER!" It also had no effect.

Song: End Credits - Sonic Adventure 2

"What the hell!?" Shadow said with a wheeze.

Sonic flew back to Shadow. "The device is near Chaos's head. What do we do?"

Shadow didn't answer. He moved his right hand to his left wrist.

"Shadow?"

He took off his inhibitor ring, and then and then sloppily grabbed the other one. "Take care of everyone."

"Shadow, what are you doing!?" Sonic and Rouge said simultaneously.

Shadow removed the other one. "Saying goodbye."

"Shadow!" Rouge said.

Samuel looked on. "I don't get it. What's going on?"

Silver put a hand on Rouge's shoulder and looked back at Samuel. "Shadow has those rings on for a reason. The power they keep locked away could kill him."

Shadow began to glow, not yellow, but orange. He pushed Sonic back and flew right at Chaos. "Goodbye. Everyone!"

Maria pushed to the front of the group. "SHADOW!"

Sonic flew after him. "Shadow, wait!"

Shadow collided with the beast, and a great explosion formed on impact.

Song: Tenshi no Kunou - Fairy Tail

The king of the Soreans stood at the front of the group. They were on a mountain, staring at a makeshift grave. "I stand here to address the loss of Soreans and non Soreans alike. Two days ago, we lost a friend. A dear friend to some, a protector to others, and even a silent mentor to a few of us, but the feeling of loss we feel is the same. We lost someone important. A Chosen One. But something my father told me, long ago, when he was about to pass, was this. 'Do not linger on thought's of the past, which will only fill you with sorrow. Nor should you look to the future, which will bring you fear and uncertainty. Only think of the gift you have, here, and now. The present.' With these words of wisdom… I leave you to your own decisions."

Near the back, Rouge and Maria were sobbing. Knuckles tried to calm them down, but with little success. Silver was also letting tears down. Blaze tried to remain strong, but was failing in her battle.

Amy was with Sonic. Sonic was like everyone else. Grief overtook his usual personality.

"So your minds made up?" Jasmine asked.

Samuel nodded his head. "I still haven't done anything on my own. I have my own journey ahead of me. I won't drag anyone down with me."

He turned to go, but Jasmine grabbed his hand. "Please… don't go. I can't lose you too."

Samuel turned his head and smiled. "I have to go. I have to wake up my potential. There's a storm inside me. I have to calm it."

And that does it.

Edit: You just read an edited story. I replayed Last Story of Sonic Adventure 2, on an emulator… with the Keyboard. Needless to say, I sucked. But my suckiness allowed me to hear dialogue that only plays if you're low on rings with either character. When Sonic's low on rings, he asks Shadow how he's holding up and if he'll be okay. When Shadow's low on rings, he tells Sonic that he isn't doing so well. Sega really makes sure we know that Shadow's not used to using the Super Form, and I hope we all know how that went for him. So I decided that I would do the same, since Shadow just died in my story, and in similar ways. Shadow used too much power. In the game, he still had his inhibitor rings on, but… has anyone watched Sonic X?