What's up guys? Just finished the new chapter not too long ago and am posting it up now. This is my longest one yet. Just so you know I'm switching the names of the Chaos Shrines to Chaos Temples. Without further ado, here is chapter 6!
Rise of the Chosen One
Chapter 6: True Love
Road to the Red Chaos Temple: Shadow's POV
I walked down the path quickly and quietly. I had to find the Chaos Emerald before anybody else did. I really didn't understand why myself, almost as if I felt I must be better then the rest of those pompous…I'm not going to finish that thought. I continued to walk down the path until I saw smoke rising up ahead…Smoke from a large fire. "What the hell?" I said out loud as I continued toward the smoke, faster this time. "Shadow wait up!" Rouge yelled as ran to keep up with me.
Ruby Village
I arrived at the village to see a certain evil madman destroying everything. "Why hello Shadow! Good of you to join us!" Eggman yelled as he was in his Egg-Walked (From Sonic Adventure 2) and had his blaster pointed at the head of a fallen silver hedgehog with grey stripes, his quills spiked up like mine. He had grey gloves and shoes like Sonic's only grey as well. "No…Stop…You monster…" The hedgehog spoke and then he coughed up blood. "Oh you…You just don't give up do you?" Eggman said to the hedgehog. "Doctor! Let him go!" I yelled at Eggman. "Let me think…No." Eggman said as he shot the hedgehog in the head. "No!" A fox off to the left yelled. She was being held by Eggman's robots. She was a fox who was scarlet red. She wore a red t-shirts and red jeans. She had white gloves and white shoes. She had sea green eyes. "You're next girl." Eggman said as he pointed his gun at the fox. He never got the chance to shoot.
"Ugh!" Eggman yelled as I slammed into his Egg-Walker. I then proceeded to destroy the robots guarding the fox one by one until they were all gone. When I was finished Eggman had recovered and was pointing the launcher at me. "I'm warning you Shadow…This has nothing to do with you so just leave!" Eggman yelled, it was strange, I have never seen the doctor get this angry. "Sorry Doctor, but I can't let you do that." Immediately after I said that I used Chaos Control to avoid a gunshot from Eggman. "Damn that hedgehog! He's ruins my plans just like Sonic!" Eggman yelled as he searched the village looking for me.
I watched him on a high branch on a tree. The fox I was holding was shivering with fear. "Are you okay?" I asked what a stupid question of course she wasn't okay. She just saw her brother get shot right in front of her. How do I know it's her brother? "I'm…I'm…okay…" She replied slowly while still shivering. The silver hedgehog on the ground moved slightly. "No way…" I said as I looked at him. The fox looked over at him as well, "Soul…He's still alive…" She said, some of the shivering gone as she saw him alive. Unfortunately Eggman saw this as well. "You have to be kidding me. I shot in the head for Pete's sake! Why can't you just die?" Eggman yelled as he approached the hedgehog. "Wait here." I told the fox as I teleported, I had to reach Soul before Eggman did, or he was going to die for sure this time.
Eggman pointed the gun at his head again. "This time I'll shoot until I'm sure you're dead." He said. But before he could pull the trigger I teleported Soul away from that spot, making Eggman shoot nothing but dirt. "Damn it Shadow! Quit interfering with my plans!" Eggman yelled in frustration. "Sorry Doctor, but I can't do that." I said as I approached Eggman slowly. I don't know what it is that compels me to help these people but I won't let Eggman hurt another soul in this village, no pun intended.
"…You know what Shadow? None of this is worth the trouble, I'm leaving." Eggman said as the legs retracted into his Egg-Walker and he floated back to his flying fortress. "By the way Shadow! Me and my Egg Destroyer will be back to kill you one day!" Eggman yelled as he floated back to his Egg Destroyer. "Dream on Doctor!" I yelled, the day Eggman kills me is the day that idiot Sonic regains his brain.
"Um…Thank you uh…." I turned around to find the same fox I had saved thanking me. "Shadow, the names Shadow the Hedgehog." I told her, she shuffled her feet a little before saying, "My name's Heart the Fox, pleased to meet you!" Wow, her attitude changed very dramatically after she learned my name. I wonder why? Rouge chose this perfect time to catch up with us. "Why did you have to run on ahead Shadow?" She said panting. "If I hadn't these two would be dead now." I replied plainly to Rouge.
"Huh?" She turned toward Heart, "Oh I didn't see you there, hi!" Rouge said to Heart, and then her eyes drifted toward Soul, who was still groaning in the dirt. "Oh my gosh!" She yelled as she laid eyes one Soul. Right, I forgot about him for a second. "I got him." I said as I teleported next to him. I noticed that there still were people in all of the village houses. "Would it kill any of you to find a doctor?" I asked them and a man in a white coat ran forward toward us. "Are you okay Soul?" I asked him. Man it felt weird using a name I had never said before. "I've been better…" He replied still holding his bleeding head. I picked him up and followed the doctor into one of the huts.
In the hut the doctor immediately began working on Soul. In a matter of minutes he had the bullet out of Soul's head. "The strange thing is that the bullet never reached Soul's skull." The doctor told us. Soul had just woken up and decided to tell us why. "I didn't want to warn the guy that I was still protecting myself so I formed a Chaos Shield in my head, right at the point that the bullet would've made contact with my skull. It entered my head but was stopped by the shield." Soul explained to us. "I see, so that explains why you didn't die immediately when the bullet entered your head, nice thinking." I told him. "But enough about me, who are you people? It seems unlikely that the same day that mad scientist finds our village you people show up as well." Soul said seeming suspicious of us. Hell, I would be suspicious in his position too. "I can explain why." Shento said speaking up for the first time since we had arrived. "My name is Shento Shanato, to my right is the Ultimate Life Form, Shadow the Hedgehog and to my left is the infamous jewel thief Rouge the Bat. Don't be alarmed that she steals jewels, I make sure she doesn't for now." He said looking at Rouge. "Like I would steal jewels from a small village, give me some credit." Rouge replied to Shento.
"As I was saying we three were heading to the Red Chaos Temple." Shento said, but Soul cut him off there. "Why do you need to go to the Temple?" Soul asked Shento. "Because I am a guardian of myself in fact, yes I noticed Soul. You and Heart here are the guardians of the Red Chaos Temple. My family and I have been waiting for years for a certain prophecy to happen. In this prophecy there are seven individuals that have the chance to be the legendary Chosen One. This Chosen One is supposed to defeat the evil that is known as Darkness. He wants nothing more than to destroy the world and my job along with the rest of my family is to guide my respective candidate to each Chaos Shrine to complete its trial. When each candidate completes six of the seven trials and heads for the seventh, only the true Chosen One will be able to attempt the final trial while the rest will be prevented from attempting it." Shento took a deep breath after the long explanation.
"Well that explains what I wanted to know and so much more." Was all Soul could say. I stood there thinking about what I had heard. A world destroying evil named Darkness was coming to kill us all and only one of the seven candidates was going to try and stop him? Why doesn't everybody just fight? Well whatever, I shouldn't worry about it right now. "So where exactly is the Red Chaos Temple?" I asked wanting to get the show on the road. "Relax Shadow; remember that we will need the Red Chaos Emerald to gain access to the Temple." Shento told me. "Well that won't be much of a problem. It's right here with me." Heart said as she held up the Red Chaos Emerald. I was speechless, "No wonder the Doctor was after you two! You had the emerald and he tried to protect you!" I yelled as I pointed at the Chaos Emerald.
Heart's POV
He looks so cute when he's surprised. Wait, did I just think that. No I must be imagining things. But gosh he is cute, with his deep red eyes and his soft black fur…Uh oh…
Shadow's POV
I regained my composure just in time to see Heart gazing into my eyes. "Uh, are you okay?" I asked her and she snapped out of her trance. "Sorry just thinking about something" She replied. That was weird.
Soul's POV
Oh man I can't wait until me and Heart are alone! I'm going to tease her so much about having her first crush on this Shadow guy. He better not break her heart though, no pun intended, or I'll have to blast him to the end of the universe, super powerful Ultimate Life For or not.
Shadow's POV
Alright Shadow, what's wrong with you? After I saw that fox gazing into my eyes I can't seem to get my mind off of her. I mean ya! She's cute and her red fur sparkles like a blazing fire and her eyes shine like the sea on a beautiful afternoon and…Oh shit.
Rouge's POV
Does Shadow have a crush? No that can't be possible; he's Shadow the unemotional, non loving Ultimate Life Form for crying out loud! Then again he can't seem to keep his eyes off of that Heart girl. Hehehe, this should be good…
Shento's POV
Oh brother…
Shadow's POV
Calm down, calm down, calm down, her fur is like a million blazing infernos on a…Damn it! Why can't I stop thinking about her! It's driving me F*(#ing nuts! Calm down…You're the Ultimate Life Form, just say something involving you mission and you can get through this. "Uh…Anyone want to get dinner?" Oh yes Shadow that TOTALLY doesn't scream desperate person. "Well I am kinda hungry." Heart said. "Okay then let's' all go get something to eat!" I yelled eager to get out of that room. I dashed out the door before anyone could say anything else.
Shento's POV
Shadow is really acting like a dumbass. I sighed and turned to Soul, "Can you walk?" I asked. Soul answered this question by jumping onto his feet, "Yes I can Shento, thanks for asking though." Soul responded. "That's good, is there anywhere in town that we can eat?" I asked Heart. "The only real restaurant is down the road a little ways into the village, it shouldn't take long to reach." Heart responded. "Knowing Shadow he's probably already there…" I said as I walked toward the door.
Shadow's POV
I ran around the town al least three times before I spotted the huge sign that said Restaurant. "You have got to be kidding me." I said to myself before calmly entering the establishment. It wasn't anything too fancy compared to the big city. To a small village however, this place was a five star restaurant. "Table for five please." I asked the man at the counter. He raised an eyebrow at first until I explained, "The other four are on there way, names are Rouge, Shento, Heart, and Soul." When I finished the man led me to a table with five chairs surrounding it. I sat down and checked my pack. I soon found what I was looking for, 10000 dollars all wadded up in my backpack. I pull out a thousand and hid it in my gloves, 500 for each glove. "Not the most comfortable place but it'll have to do." I said to myself. I waited for the others to arrive.
3 hours later: Soul's POV
Heart had just finished 'getting ready' so we headed out into the city. What do women do in the bathroom for that long? I swear I'll never understand why it takes three hours to prepare to go get something to eat. "I wonder if Shadow even found the restaurant." Heart commented as they walked down the road. "He couldn't be stupid enough to wander around town for 3 hours missing the huge restaurant sign. He's there by now, I'm sure of it." Rouge said as we continued to walk down the street. We arrived at the restaurant shortly afterwards. "I can't wait to see the look on Shadow's face…" I mumbled to myself. "Did you say something Soul?" Heart asked. "No nothing at all." I replied, this was going to be good.
Shadow's POV
Shadow's jaw dropped when they entered. Not to Shento or Soul, who were wearing the same thing as always. Not to Rouge who was wearing a black dress that came down below her heels. But to Heart, the fox had changed her old shoes for ruby colored high heels, the same old white gloves, and a scarlet red dress that came down just below her knees. She looked beaut-uh…stunning. Shadow quickly put his jaw back into place. He looked over to Soul who was snickering. What was up with him?
The four talked to the man at the counter and began walking over the table. Shadow was sweating like mad. As soon as the four sat down Shadow got up, "I've uh, been sitting here for a while and I'm going to the bathroom…" I said as I walked toward the bathrooms. Oh fantastic, I just made myself look like a total idiot.
Heart's POV
"Is Shadow okay?" Was the first thing I asked. "He should be fine, though I've never seen him act that way." Rouge said as she watched Shadow enter the bathroom. "I know exactly why he's acting this way." Soul said out loud, "Rouge, will you come with me for a second?" He said as he stood up. "Okay?" Rouge said as she followed Soul. "I wonder what's up?" I said as I looked at Shento. He replied with a shrug.
Soul's POV
I led Rouge over to the edge of the restaurant. "You see what's going on right?" I asked Rouge. "You mean Shadow being nervous or that Heart and Shadow like each other?" Rouge replied. "The latter, I think it's kinda funny, but I want to know more about this Shadow guy." I asked Rouge. Depending on who he was I was wondering if he should be around my sister at all. "Oh Shadow? Well this is going to be a long story but here goes. Shadow was created on the Space Colony ARK by Professor Gerald Robotnik." Rouge started, I cut her off. "He was created? By a guy with the same last name as Eggman?" I asked with confusion. "Yes, but Gerald Robotnik was not evil, he created Shadow in an attempt to find the secret of immortality so that he could cure his granddaughter, Maria. She had a life threatening illness and was the only friend Shadow had. I would dare go so far as to say he loved her." Rouge said. I was shocked, "So he loved this human? This Maria girl?" I asked. "Yes, but that all changed when GUN attacked the ARK fearing the research that the professor was doing and attempted to destroy Shadow and either kill or imprison everyone on the ARK who know about the research."
"That's horrible!" I exclaimed, how could such terrible human being's exist? It didn't make sense. "Maria and Shadow tried to escape, but in the end Maria gave up her life to help Shadow get off of the ARK." Rouge continued with the story. "Who killed her?" I asked. "One of the GUN soldiers." I couldn't stomach it, the further the story went on the more enraged I got at this 'GUN' for what they had done. "Shadow was captured by GUN when he landed on Earth and sealed away for 50 years. He was later released by Eggman se that he could help him conquer the Earth. Originally Shadow helped Eggman so that he could get revenge on the humans, but after Sonic stopped him and showed him that not all humans are evil, Shadow helped Sonic prevent the ARK from crashing into the Earth. However, this caused Shadow to plummet toward the Earth and on contact with it, lost all of his memories. He's helped us with many things after that like defeating Metal Sonic and stopping Black Doom from controlling the planet. He really is a good guy." Rouge said finally finished with her story. "I see…Well then, it's time to put operation 'get Shadow and Heart to love each other' into action! I yelled. Luckily nobody except Rouge heard me since we were in the corner of the restaurant.
"Whatever you say." Rouge said as she and I walked back toward the others.