Hey guys, I've just finished chapter 7 and have been working on another one shot at the same time. It would help if you guys took a minute or two after you finish a chapter to post up a review, that way I know that people are actually reading my story. Please? Well then here's the seventh chapter!

Rise of the Chosen One

Chapter 7: Eggman strike again

Ruby Village: Restaurant: Shadow's POV

I had just finished in the bathroom and had sat down when Rouge literally pulled me out of my seat. "Hey! What's the big idea?" I asked her. "You and Heart are going to spend a little quality time together" Soul said as he pulled Heart out of her seat. "What do you mean Soul?" Heart asked looking at her brother. He only chuckled as a response. "Uh…I…think…I'll…" I went to finish with pass, but Rouge yanked me toward the door. "Let me go you crazy woman!" I yelled at her as she threw me out the door. Soul was gentler with Heart as she didn't resist. As soon as we were both outside Soul said, "Have a nice afternoon you two!" And then he closed the doors. I growled under my breath as I picked myself off the ground, "When I get my hands on those two…" "Um…Shadow? So, what do you want to do?" Heart asked with possible the most innocent voice I have ever heard.

It broke any resolve I had to kill Soul into a million pieces. "I…Uh…" I continued to think as I held one hand behind my head. "How about we go window shopping?" Heart suggested. "Did you guys break a window or something? They all seemed fine when I was there." Was my brilliant reply. Heart giggled a little bit, "You're funny Shadow, let's go!" She yelled as she grabbed my hand, making me blush a deep crimson.

I soon figured out that what she meant by 'window shopping' was to go up to any of the villages stores and look inside the windows to see if she wanted anything. I could already feel the money in my gloves emptying. But I still was enjoying myself even if I was losing money by the second, just because I was with her. But everything changed when we spotted that mad scientist.

"Shadow…" Was all that Eggman said. He didn't sound happy as he saw me and Heart round the corner to see him preparing to tear the village apart. "What are you doing here Doctor? I thought I told you to leave this place!" I yelled at him. He had just ruined one of the best moments of my life and he wasn't going to get away with it. He just sighed and without another word pressed the big red button on his machine. Out of nowhere the cloaking device on his giant warship dispersed to reveal the Egg Destroyer right above our heads. "Uh oh…" I said as thousands of robots rained down on the village. Eggman pulled out his blaster, "I'm only going to say this once Shadow, give me the Chaos Emerald and I'll spare this pathetic village. Otherwise…I'll make sure it is burned to the ground!" Eggman yelled as he pointed his blaster toward me and Heart.

I responded with two words, "Chaos Control." Before Eggman could even blink I had teleported me and Heart back to the restaurant, "You go warn the others about Eggman, I'll defend the village." I told Heart as I held her by her shoulders. "O-Okay!" She replied. I let go of her and raced toward the village. "Shadow!" Heart yelled at me, I stopped and turned around to look at her. "Be careful." She said before she ran into the restaurant. "I will Heart…I will…" I said to myself as I ran toward the closest Eggman robots.

Play All Hail Shadow

I ran at the robots and cut them in half with his Spin Dash. I then continued to destroy robots by throwing Chaos Spears at them. I stopped and got in the middle of a group of 10 robots. "CHAOS…BLAST!" I said as the robots around me were obliterated into dust. I continued to run through the town and punched and kicked robots so that they exploded. Weaklings…I jumped into the air and looked at 15 robots, "Chaos Arrows!" I yelled as I launched hundreds of arrows toward the robots, skewering them and causing them to explode. "This is way too easy." I said as I destroyed 3 more robots.

Heart's POV

I had to hurry and tell the others about Eggman. I couldn't let Shadow down. I ran into the restaurant and yelled at Soul, "Eggman's attacking!" I yelled. Soul turned his head faster then I knew he could, "What?"

Soul's POV

That fat bastard is already back! "Damn it!" I yelled as I looked at Rouge and Shento, "Could you two go help Shadow? I need to get Heart somewhere safe." I asked them. "No problem, we've got it covered." Rouge replied, Shento looked at me, "Be careful Soul, Eggman is tricky when he wants to be." "Don't worry Shento, I've got this covered." I said as I looked at Heart. I had not time to wait for her to follow so I ran up to her and picked her up bridal style. "Wha-Wow!" She yelped as I picked her up and ran at a speed matching Sonic the Hedgehog. I jumped up the sides of the buildings until I was running on the roofs.

"Cou-Could you-Slo-Slow down a litt-little bit?" Heart said as we ran. "No can do little sis, we have to find you somewhere safe so I can-Oh shit!" The last part I said due to Eggman's mech's shooting missiles at us. "Oh yeah? Eat this!" I yelled as I threw some of my soul knives at the mech's. Each knife that made contact with a mech caused it to explode. "Take that you buckets of bolts!" I yelled as I continued to run.

Shento's POV

I continued to fly and destroy the robots as I came across them. That's when I caught up with Shadow. "Shadow!" I yelled as I flew up next to him. "Is Heart safe?" Shadow asked me as he destroyed another mech. "She's fine, Soul's bringing her to a safe place. You and I need to focus on destroying all of Eggman's mech's." I replied as I cleaved another of Eggman's robots in two. "Right, this is easy anyway. It won't take long to take care of all of these small fry." Shadow replied destroying more robots with some Chaos Spears.

Shadow and I continued to destroy Eggman's robots until only Eggman himself remained. "Damn it! One of these days Shadow I will catch you and so help me…When I do, I'm going to rip you limb from limb!" Eggman yelled as he floated away. "Whatever, where's Heart?" Shadow said as he walked away. I sighed, that girl is all he thinks about now.

Shadow's POV

I walked around the town a little bit until I saw the brother and sister. Heart and Soul were walking toward me when he turned the corner. "You guys okay?" I yelled as they walked toward me. "We're fine Shadow!" Heart said as they finally were face to face with me. "Have any trouble with the robots Soul?" I asked him. "They were weak; they couldn't harm me in my sleep if they wanted to." Soul boasted. He seemed overconfident to me, but that's just my opinion.

We all walked back to the rest of the group. Rouge was the first to speak up, "So what now? The longer we stay in this village the more Eggman is going to attack." We all thought about this for a little while. Heart answered first, "Well it's obvious that you guys are going to leave…So, would it be okay if we joined the party?" She asked. "Is it okay with you Soul?" I asked. "It was my idea Shadow." Soul said, chuckling a little bit. That's strange, why would he suggest it? Oh well whatever the case I guess that Heart and Soul are going to join us on our quest.

"Well considering we should be leaving soon, we should get our supplies and stock up while we're in the village." Shento said. "Alright then, let's hurry up and go." I responded as I walked back to the hotel. We had a long night ahead of us.

Road to the Blue Chaos Temple: Sonic's POV

We were all walking down the road. After everybody got tried from the last time we were running I decided to slow down quite a bit to keep at the same pace as everybody else. "Well, it looks like we have a long way to go before we reach that temple…" Sonic commented as they continued to walk down the road.

Road to the Yellow Chaos Temple: Zaos POV

It was nearly nightfall. "I think we should set up camp Jewel." I said turning around to face my younger sister. "If that's what you think we should do then okay!" Jewel said rushing over to a nearby field and began to set up her tent. Sometimes I wonder about how much energy that girl has. I walked over to set up my own tent.

Unknown Location: ? POV

All of the pieces were falling into place. My three minions were posing as Chosen One candidates while the rest are slowly getting closer to their own respective goals. It was all going according to plan. When the true Chosen One is revealed, I will kill him! I will become the supreme ruler of the universe!

I will destroy everything!

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