Watashi Wa Dai
"HOW DARE THEY INSULT MY POWER!" The demon half-god screamed, then calmed almost instantly. "I may not have to kill them all…yes, he'll do it for me. It's only a matter of time before his love gets the better of him. And he'll destroy them all." The demon half-god giggled, watching the festivities play out.
This world was far from over.
3 June 2020
Shadow the Hedgehog, the ultimate lifeform, was staring blank-faced at the headline of today's paper. All around him, everyone was dressed in black, heading towards the funeral. People came from thousands of miles around just to see it.
They came to mourn, because everyone had their regrets. Shadow himself was trying to hold back his own emotions. Tears he had never before had to fight, he fought now with all his black heart.
"Pity, isn't it?" A mourner, one of thousands today, in a black top hat and a high-necked jacket—both which helped to obscure his face, had stopped for a moment to read the headline. His black gloved hands held the newspaper in front of his eyes, keeping Shadow from identifying him. "Pity the sun's out, too, eh, lad?" He chuckled. "Doesn't suit the day."
"Shut up," Shadow growled in his throat, clenching his fists. "SHUT UP! I'll kill the sun! I'll kill anyone who defiles Sonic's grave! I'll kill everyone who ever brought him away from home! ALL OF THEM WILL DIE!" He sniffled, feeling hot tears in the corner of his eyes. The mourners were all at the service now, save for himself and the mysterious man.
The man chuckled, rustling his paper. "Could it be," he began, "you have so many regrets, so much anger…because you loved him?"
Shadow turned in wrath. "How…how did you know that?"
The gentleman laughed manically, and Shadow saw a flash of eerie green eyes that looked like stone amongst the shadows hiding his identity. "Go ahead, Shadow!" The man shouted, still laughing as he turned and reached his arms to the sky, letting the newspaper fall into the streets. "Let them die! Kill them all! Show them what happens when they break your heart!" That last sentence was said most mockingly, and Shadow got his first glimpse of the face of his taunter.
It looked much like his own, except for the green eyes, and a muzzle with no lips with which to speak. This…man…had a look of madness about him.
"Maybe one day," the madman added, "you'll take your revenge…even on the one you love."
Shadow could no longer hide his tears, or his grief. "No…" He struggled with his emotions, so much that he didn't even notice when the gentleman he'd just been speaking to melted into an oil-like substance and crawled away. "NOOOO!"
Using the last of his power, Shadow performed an internal Chaos Blast, meant to destroy only himself. However, he underestimated his own power.
During the Blast, his inhibitor rings had been incinerated, causing the Blast to go off like a bomb.
Everything burned.
The front page of the newspaper blew up into the sky, quickly turning red from the flames:
Sonic the Hedgehog Found Drowned in Soleana Canal.
Beware, my dears,
For I promise you,
My jests are far from over.