CHAPTER 8

Later on that evening after Vector's funeral, both Shadow and Rouge had gotten back to Shadow's house. They both felt drained from all the excitement that happened at the funeral as they stepped into the kitchen.

Shadow sat down in a chair at the table in exhaustion. He watched as Rouge lazily leaned on the door of the refrigerator.

She sighed tiredly as she rubbed her forehead, "God I hate funerals." She turned to Shadow who was looking down at the surface of the table. It looked like he had a lot on his mind. "Shadow", she spoke. "Is this really it?"

He slowly looked away from the table and back at her, "…It seems that way, hun."

She slowly shook her head as she didn't want to believe that the Chaotix team had split up for good. "But this can't be. This city needs us."

"They have the military and the TCPD."

She sighed heavily, "It's not the same."

"The agency is destroyed, Rouge. What do you want me to do?" Shadow watched as she sat across from him and placed her hand on top of his.

"I'm talking about us…the team. This can't be the thing that separates us."

"What can I do about it?"

"Shadow", her eyes had looked into his. "They're completely lost without you. They need a leader."

He looked away from her and looked down. "…I can't."

"What are you saying? Of course you can. You're the only one who can…" Her words got cut off as Shadow spoke.

"Rouge, this isn't as easy as you're making it sound. We're talking about money here…lots of fucking money to restart and rebuild another agency."

"Well Vector had insurance didn't he?"

"Oh yeah he definitely signed up for tank insurance", he spoke in a sarcastic tone.

She sighed heavily after his sarcastic remark, "Shadow, that's not…"

"I know…but yeah even if we did have the money and time to rebuild, it's still a shit ton of work. Everything will be officially in my hands."

"But that shouldn't be a problem for you." She formed a small smile. "After all, you used to run that place backwards and forwards anyway."

He sighed heavily as he thought about what she had said to him. "I'm not saying that we'll do this but I think we should discuss this with everyone openly and see what they think."

Her smile widened with relief. She was glad that he finally at least put more thought into getting everyone back together. She lightly kissed his hand, "Thank you, baby." She stood up from the chair she was sitting in and began to walk over to the refrigerator until Shadow had called out to her.

"Hey, Rouge?"

When she spun around, she saw him get out of the chair and suddenly pushed her back against the refrigerator gently.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her body close to his. "You've done so much for me to help me get through this shit storm. I kinda would like you to do something else for me."

She was taken by surprise by Shadow's sudden actions. "What do you need, hun?" She suddenly felt his lips brush upon her neck gently.

"I need this…I need you." He took his lips from her neck and leaned close to her until their lips were locked in a slow and passionate kiss.

While they kissed, she felt his hand sliding down to her bare thigh and moving back up inside of her black skirt. She took her lips away from his and gave him a lustful look, "…I need you too, Shadow." A small gasp escaped her when she felt him stroking her with his fingers.

He pulled her into another heated kiss while he continued to stroke her moist opening. He had then shoved his fingers inside of her slowly.

Small moans escaped her as she felt him push his fingers in and out of her.

He broke their kiss and practically threw her onto the table.

Her body was placed on top of the small table, knocking some of the things to the floor as well. She formed a seductive look when she saw him kneeling down to the floor. She felt her black lace thong slipping down her legs slowly. She then saw him spreading her legs apart from each other. Her head leaned back in pleasure when she suddenly felt his moist tongue starting to flicker against her clit.

As he sucked and licked her moist opening, he could hear her small pleasurable moans throughout the quiet kitchen.

Her hand traveled to her heaving chest. She started to slowly unbutton her black blazer and then her white collared shirt underneath it. Afterwards, she had begun to squeeze her huge perky breasts through her red lace bra. Her moans had gotten louder when she felt him shoving his fingers inside of her while he licked her soak and wet entrance.

As he placed his fingers in and out of her quicker, he suckled her opening harder.

She cried out in a loud and unbelievable orgasm, "Oh God! Shadow!" When she thought she couldn't take anymore of Shadow's teasing, she saw him stand from the floor. She pulled him closer to her as he continued to shove his fingers inside of her

He leaned over to her and pulled her into another passionate kiss. While they kissed, he took his free hand to start undoing the zipper to his pants. He took one of her hands and forced her to stroke his hard member. While she stroked him, he kissed her down to her chest. As he massaged her breasts with his tongue, he felt himself getting harder and harder.

She suddenly felt her hand being taken away from his hard erection. A gasp escaped her as she felt him stroking against her.

He kissed her forehead lightly and whispered lovingly into her ear, "I love you so much, babe."

She had then felt him slowly placing himself inside of her. She gasped as he went deeper and deeper inside of her.

He let out a small moan as he felt her wet and warm walls against his throbbing member. He pushed her body down onto the table and began to thrust himself in and out of her drenched opening.

Her moans got louder with each and every thrust. She wrapped her legs and arms around his body. She bit her lip as he went faster. "Oh God, baby!" She panted heavily, "Fuck me harder!"

He did exactly as she wanted and began to thrust even harder.

Before she knew it, she felt a sudden warm rush splashing inside of her. A warm smile formed on her face as she panted in exhaustion.

They both laid there in each other's arms not wanting to let go of each other.

A few days later, it was early that morning at Rouge's house.

Rouge was in the living room sitting on the sofa watching the news. As she listened to the news reporter, she heard the news woman discussing multiple robberies that had been happening within Tech City. She took her mind away from the television when she saw Shadow coming downstairs and into the living room.

The hedgehog glanced over to the television and then back to Rouge. "Another robbery?"

She made a small nod, "Yup." She picked the remote off of the small table that was setting in front of her and used it to turn off the television. "That's like the fourth one this week."

Shadow placed his finger to his chin, "The cops will handle it."

Rouge slowly shifted her eyes away from him. It appeared that Shadow wasn't at all concerned with the increased robberies that had picked up since the agency was destroyed. "…Yeah."

"Hey, babe? Can I talk to you for a bit?"

"Sure, hun." She watched as he sat down on the sofa beside her. "What's up?"

He bit his lip before he began to tell her what was on his mind. "I've been thinking a lot since the funeral and all."

"What about?"

"Everything. About the team, what we're going to do to get everyone back together, our future…"

She saw him reach out to her and held her hand. She looked up at him and looked into his eyes.

"…About us."

Her heart raced and her hand began to slightly shake. What was going on? Why was he suddenly saying all of these things? "…Us?"

By the way he was hesitating, he seemed more nervous than her. "We've been through so much together, Rouge. I wouldn't be where I am without you."

Her nervous look had calmed a bit as he confessed his feelings for her.

"Even when we first met, you were stubborn. You put up with me and my bullshit on a daily so much and for so long. You never gave up on me and I love you so much. "

Her warm smile had widened on her face, "…Me too, Shadow."

"But…"

Her heart raced once again with a bad and nervous feeling.

"I know you want to have children someday but because of what I am…I can't give you a family if we ended up together."

She was aware that Shadow had demon blood flowing inside of him. She knew that demons couldn't get sick or even conceive. Shadow was a half demon and now in his thirties, the chances of having a baby with him were little to none. She made a small nod, "…I know. We've had this conversation before."

He felt like he couldn't look her in the eyes because it had hurt the both of them knowing that they might could never have their own child.

"…It's all right though. We can just adopt."

"But you don't want that. I know you don't."

What he was saying to her was true. She didn't truly want to adopt. If she had a child, she wanted it to be her flesh and blood.

"…I could never make you truly happy."

"Shadow", she spoke. "Like you said, we've been through so much crazy shit together, but we'll get through it like we've always had." She gently placed her hand on his cheek and made him face her. "If it's one thing I know I'm sure about, it's that I don't want to live a life without you being apart of it."

He made a small and warm smile before he began to search around in the pocket of his black jacket.

Rouge's eyes widened as she caught sight of a small black box he had held in the palm of his hand. She watched him open the box to reveal a silver ring with a huge diamond setting at the top of it. The ring was so beautiful, just looking at it brought tears to her eyes. "…Oh my God", she sniffed softly as she tried to fight back her tears.

He began to take the ring out of the box, "Rouge The Bat…"

A tear fell down her cheek as he began to propose to her.

He looked into her eyes that was swollen in tears, "I want to wake up with you every morning. I want to provide for you and to always keep you safe. I want to spend every waking moment with you for the rest of my life."

She never thought that this moment would ever happen between them.

He kissed her hand lovingly, "I want to reunite the Chaotix team just like before but this time, I want you closer to me." He looked back into her watery eyes, "Rouge, will you marry me?"

With more tears streaming down her face, she nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Yes I'll marry you!" She watched as he took the ring and slid it onto her finger. She pulled him into a tight embrace with tears running down her face in happiness.

Author's Note: Yay! The story's first lemon scene! I was quite proud of this one! I didn't do bad for not writing one in awhile. Anyway, I hope you guys are enjoying the story! I'm loving all of your support! You guys rock!

In The Next Chapter…

Margaret: Shadow said what?

Charmy: He wants everyone together for a mandatory meet up...

Margaret: Are you going?

Charmy:…

Zena: Hey no fair! These nerds got here first!

Nack: Who the hell are these guys?