Luna and Shadow trade insults and threats back and forth for a while.

What does she want from him?

Shadow stood locked in the one straightforward position, facing the thing that was trying desperately to swallow him up. He knew that he wasn't going to be defeated by someone who was from another planet. "Alien or not, it doesn't matter. Not even a disgusting alien creature like you can stop me. I follow my own beliefs. I don't listen to anyone but myself," he said, addressing himself.

All Luna could do was point and laugh at him for saying such a stupid thing. "What makes you think that you can beat me? It isn't as if you have any less of a chance trying to hurt me. If you think that you're more powerful than me, you're sadly mistaken," she said. She began to make provocative movements with her body, referring to her glowing. "Look at me, Shadow," she said, rubbing her body. "Do you see what you're up against? You are up against someone who is most reliable during the night. Look at my body. Look at how it beams in the night. Do you know what that means, my little hedgehog?"

"No," he chuckled.

"It means that my powers are overly inundated. They are raised to levels that you couldn't even dream to imagine. My hearing increases; my sight and senses all increase; my speed, health, and power increases; all of my naturally God-gifted talents is raised to a certain degree," she said. She stopped her little showgirl routine and got back to being serious. "That means that you are nothing but a bug compared to me, Shadow. I suggest that you give up before things get nasty."

Shadow didn't have to think about what this girl wanted to do. "You know what? I don't care about your little monarchy that you think you're going to have, but I do know this. It's not going to work. I'll make sure of it," he said. He paused for a second. "If you have ever had any torture or pain in the past, I suggest that you put it all behind you, because you're not helping yourself by holding onto the past and feeding off it. Must you be so pitiful?"

Luna stared at him with ambiguity. "What do you mean by that? Are you trying to say that I'm anemic; faint-hearted; weak?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying."

"How dare you."

"Really?"

"I've had my intelligence tested and insulted on this planet one too many times," she said, aggravated. At this point, she wanted to really destroy something. She was fully perturbed and she was at the brink of breaking down, until she realized that she could take this place – this void, empty place – and make it their battlefield. She giggled at the idea of a one-on-one match. "I have an idea. How about we settle this like civilized people? A one-on-one match between you and me to determine who will come out on top," Luna suggested, rubbing her chin.

"What are you suggesting? Are you suggesting a duel?" Shadow said, interested.

"Exactly. A duel. Are you up for it?"

Shadow was optimistic to test his strength a new opponent from a distant planet. Despite the fact she looked pretty fearsome, that didn't even stop his confidence from winning this fight. He smiled and said, "Of course."

Luna smiled as well, but this conjured smile was filled with evil and hate. "Oh, good! That's great," she said, gleefully. Then, she lowered her head and deepened her voice, "Oh, the fun we'll have together."

Just then, there was immediate silence over the area. The wind suddenly ceased. All of the animals and creatures halted to a stop. Even the smallest insects stopped crawling and ran back into the holes of the forest trees. The giant moon pressed against the sky, providing them with the most suitable light that they needed to start their battle. It's as if time had suddenly stopped just for them. It was like everything had completely stood still, just long enough for them to fight. It was so quiet that they could hear each other's individual breaths. Was this really happening? Did everything fall into place like this? Did the universe all of a sudden stop moving for a split second just for their entertainment? Shadow creased his hands, confident of his victory in this duel. Luna did the same, emulating the same emotion: victory. She needed to catch him off guard in order to gain the advantage, because she could tell that this wasn't going to be an easy fight. "One more thing before we proceed."

"What is it? Make it quick," he pushed.

"I suggest that you make your amends and say your goodbyes right now, because once I get done with you, you won't get another chance."

"Of course not," he said, scornfully.

She chuckled, as if to indicate she didn't care. "That's funny. You make me laugh. HA!" With that, she immediately and quickly went on the offensive. She dashed towards him at her fastest speed, eyes locked on her target, ready to deliver the first strike. She was closing in fast, while Shadow stood unmoving. Yes, I have him now! she shouted in her head. She jerked quickly to the left, disappearing away from Shadow. Shadow still stood, completely silent, with the same old stare that he had; angry and depressed. She reappeared behind him and prepared to attack him with her leg. She quickly attacked, but he reacted by reaching his hand out and blocking the attack with his arm. Luna was impressed with how fast he reacted to that. She jumped over his head, executing several acrobatic flips, and landing with complete accuracy. She laughed, still glowing bright white. "I must say, Shadow, you thoroughly impress me. When I'm powered up like this, most people usually aren't able to see my attacks. You are the very first, and because of that, I salute you Shadow," she said.

"Heh. Yeah, right," he chuckled. "Spare me this melodramatic nonsense."

"Really. You don't believe me, do you? Let me tell you a little tale about a planet by the name of 'Talia,' or the Mutant Planet. Since it is always dark in space, I am always energized in the glowing form you see standing before you. This planet was supposed to be destroyed, but it wasn't. A group of crazed, insane mutated freaks called 'Deviants' inhabit that planet. That's their home and they wouldn't dare let anything happen to it. However, when I came along, I decided to challenge the master Deviant of the planet. He was large, ugly, and very fast for someone so large. In fact, I do believe that he was faster than you were. I thought that I was going to be expecting a fairly challenging fight, but no. I was able to defeat him in less than one minute – I counted. Then I destroyed the planet by planting a bomb within the planet's core. The Deviants weren't able to save themselves, so they cried in shame as they died. It was all completely effortless," she said.

Shadow stood silent. He put his head down and shook. "That's a funny tale. In fact, I strongly disagree that it's even true," he said. "In fact, that story makes me want to fall asleep. It's just so irksome and boring, it's just not even worth my time," he laughed. "Neither are you."

"You know, Shadow, I have something to say to you. Once in a blue moon, do you find the one thing that bestows upon you infinite happiness; and guess what? That one thing is standing in front of me," she smirked. "I'm not worth your time? Now that just hurts, Shadow. Don't worry. Once I have you, all will be well."

With that, the duel began.

Luna made the first move again. She ran towards him again, claws outstretched, hand above her head, ready to strike a second time. Shadow prepared to counter. When she was but a mere inch away from his face, she took a strong right swing at him, but missed. This gave him a chance to retaliate. He performed a full 360-degree flip kick, almost hitting Luna hard in the chin. She jumped back, landed squarely on her feet, and dashed forward again. This time, Shadow did the same. They both were charging towards each other, with perspiration flying from their foreheads and their hands clammy and wet. Both of them collided with incredible force. They were taking hits back and forth like ballistic madmen. They exchanged and rehashed each other's blows, punch after punch, kick after kick, and throw after throw. The night was set ablaze by the intensity of their duel. No longer was there a serene environment in the night. Now, there was nothing but total commotion and anger. Animals were being driven from their homes, and the wind began to pick back up. Both of them flew back, landing on their feet. Shadow shifted much of his energy to his body and prepared to attack with the Chaos Spear. Luna watched from a distance as he charged his attack.

What's he doing? Luna thought.

"Chaos…SPEAR!"

He launched a series of yellow energy beams at her. As Luna analyzed them, she realized that the streams of energy were much more powerful than she thought. She widened her eyes exponentially and the energy blasts completely disintegrated.

"Chaos...CONTROL!"

He immediately vanished and quickly reappeared in front of her, crouched down and prepared to strike. Luna had no idea that he was going to execute that kind of move. She stood with a shell-shocked expression on her face. He's good. He caught me off guard like that. That does it. It's time to finish this and claim my prize! She caught her attention back to the foot soon to smack her in the face. She just barely dodged the arced kick, as it swiped across the top of her head, removing some of her hair. She jumped back to her position by the still waters. Shadow jumped back to his position near the railroad tracks. Both of them were exceptionally winded.

Luna called out to him. "Alright, Shadow! I've had it with you! It's time to end this little façade right now! Are you ready?"

"Bring it on," Shadow taunted.

Luna built up all of the energy within her before she began to notice that twilight was approaching. It was definitely time to end this before it was too late. She was still glowing as bright as she was, and she was still as powerful. She needed to end this duel with Shadow right now. Shadow also prepared to charge his energy for Chaos Control. Shadow knew that this was going to work.

Somehow.

Luna leaped forward and ran at her fastest possible speed, which was about as fast as Sonic runs normally, charging Shadow prepared to strike a blow that will surely make him hers. Shadow took only a few seconds to prepare his energy for his attack. He shouted, "Chaos...CONTROL!" and let everything else go. Everything was resting on this final clash. Who was going to win the duel? Would it be Luna or Shadow? From the trees, yellow and red eyes were just watching the fight with anticipation. What were all of those eyes just staring at them and what did they want? All of these questions were irrelevant as they closed in on each other now. Luna was thinking about what the future holds if she successfully captured Shadow. All of the prizes were amazing, but universal domination sounded good enough for her. All she had to do was bring him down, and she could go home. Just then, a breaking point! They had collided! They both struck each other with a fearsome strike that couldn't be perceived by the naked eye.

Wait! I still need to get that trigger device on him somehow from here. How to do that? She had it! Upon their collision, she quickly reacted by pulling one out, making a long stretch that seemed too far away, but she just barely chipped it onto the end of Shadow's spikes. Luna's hunt was complete. Her mission was almost complete. Both of them landed squarely on the ground, kneeling down as if to experience something as savory as victory. They both proceeded to get up. They turned and faced each other. They were ready to decide who won the duel and who didn't. Shadow spoke first.

"It seems like I won," he chuckled.

Since Luna's mission was almost done and she had the most important aspect of her army, she decided to let him have the crown. "You're right, Shadow. You have bested me. It has proven to me that I have much to learn about being a superior fighter like yourself. Therefore, I have failed to taste victory, and you have done so."

"Yeah. That's right."

"Yeah, that's right," she repeated. "It's game over."She laughed silently. What he doesn't understand is that...the sweet, sweet taste of vindication, it all becomes a pool of ashes within his mouth and spikes on his tongue. It makes me laugh.

This chapter was a bit late. Sorry. My writer's block almost screwed me over again. Anyway, Chapter 14 is in progress.

NOTE: This story will be going on an unknown hiatus. I don't know how it will go on, but as long as it takes to fix what's wrong. See you all later.