What's up? Finally got another review, again from The Cheeseburger. Just to say that if you think Heart really didn't love Shadow then you're in for one hell of a surprise in this chapter. And to answer your question, no I would never kill Shadow…Or would I? You'll just have to read and find out! Just as a side note Sonic, Knuckles, and Rouge are all 19 in this story. Shadow 19…I guess, nobody really knows his age. Tails is 12 I thinks and Amy should be 16.

Rise of the Chosen One

Chapter 11: The truth revealed

Westopolis: Grand River Bridge: Soul's POV

I had got there just in time to see Heart shoot Shadow and dump him into the river. At first I was shocked to see her actually do it, but then I remembered why we even considered doing this in the first place. I jumped out of my hiding place and landed next to Heart, which made her jump. "It's okay…It's just me." I said to her. That by far had to be one of the hardest things she ever had to do in her life. She turned to look and me and began to bawl on my shoulder.

"It's okay Heart…It'll be okay." I said trying to calm my sister. She was heartbroken and I knew it. "Why Soul…why d-did it ha-have to be hi-him?" My sister asked me as she continued to cry. I lowered my head and looked her in the eyes, "I know that this is a terrible loss for you. But had we not done it the entire village would have been burned down…"

Flashback

It was about the time we stopped to take a break before reaching Westopolis…We had wandered away from the group to explore, telling them to not follow us. Looking back on it, it was a really stupid move on our part. But never the less we did and we came into contact with the evil madman Dr. Eggman.

"Hello Soul, Heart." The doctor said as I glared at him, I lunged to kill him but it turned out to be just a hologram. "Now Soul, do you think I would be stupid enough to come to you without any robots if it were really me?" He asked as I turned around and growled at him. "What the hell do you want fatso?" I said with a dangerously angry tone. He laughed a little before continuing. "Now maybe I should just burn that village to the ground without giving you a choice in the matter." Eggman said as our eyes widened. That stupid bastard had just sunken to a new low.

"You stupid- I started but Eggman cut me off. "Here's the deal. You have 24 hours to lure Shadow into Westopolis and steal his Chaos Emerald then bring it to me. Or the village burns." Eggman told us. I was so angry; I knew that if anyone did make it outside of their houses then he would just kill them. "Oh and by the way, I have a radar that tells me where you all are. If you tell Shadow about this and he begins to head back to the village I'll kill everyone." Eggman said as we just stood there. We couldn't do anything, I looked up into the madman's eyes, "Fine we'll steal the damn-" Eggman cut me off with one last part of the deal.

"Also, kill the hedgehog."

End Flashback

I growled as I remembered the memory. Heart had been bawling her brains out then. I was even more shocked when she told me that she had to be the one to do it. If she didn't she was afraid that she might blame me for Shadow's death instead of Eggman. I knew better though, even though I let her do it I knew she would just blame herself. I hugged my sister close before speaking again, "We need to head to his base Heart." I said to the scarlet colored vixen. She looked up at me and nodded as we headed off to confront the evil madman.

Grand River: Shadow's POV

Pain, that's what I remember. I was struggling for my life as I was being drug under the water. I burst to the surface as the river continued to drag me further down. Up ahead was a walkway and if I missed that I would be thrown into the sewers. I wouldn't survive if I ended up down there. I struggled but I blacked out right before reaching the point of the walkway.

5 minutes later

I awoke and coughed up water on reflex. I lifted my head and looked around, the top half of me was heaved onto the walkway I had seen earlier. I put two and two together and realized that my reflexes must have kicked in after I passed out. I struggled to pull the bottom half of myself out of the water and I collapsed on the walkway. I was breathing heavily; I had lost too much blood. The odds of someone finding me down here were slim to none. Just as I finished that thought I heard the sound of metal hitting the walkway. I also heard heavy footsteps approaching me, I slightly lifted my head to see who it was, and was surprised when I saw him.

'O-Omega…" That was the last thing I said before I passed out from the blood loss.

Blue Chaos Shrine: Sonic's POV

My ears perked up as I felt that strange feeling. It was the same one I felt all those all those years ago when me and Shadow were fighting the Final Hazard outside in space next to the ARK. "Shadow…" I said before looking off into the distance. I closed my eyes to feel his Chaos Energy and my eyes shot open. I could barely feel it, not because of the distance we were from each other but because he was…he was…

He was almost dead.

I didn't think another thought as I ran toward his location, my friends yelling at me to stop from behind. I had no time!

Westopolis: Hospital: Sonic's POV

I burst into the hospital within the next 2 minutes and wasted no time in running past the receptionist up to the room where Shadow was. I burst through the door as the doctors were preparing to do emergency surgery. "What the? Sonic the Hedgehog?" The doctor was surprised as I moved toward Shadow. I looked at my ebony friend; he had been shot six times. I immediately pulled out the blue Chaos Emerald from my quills. "What do you think you're doing?" One of the doctors yelled as he advanced to stop me. I looked in his direction and growled at him, causing him to back off.

I looked back down at Shadow and held the emerald over him. I was never good at this sort of thing but I had to try. I was the only way he would survive. I concentrated on him as the energy flowed from the emerald to Shadow. Slowly, the bullets began to float of the points that they had entered Shadow's body; the doctors looked on in shock as after that, every bullet wound closed up and Shadow was completely healed. I sighed in relief before falling to my knees, healing Shadow had taken a lot out of me. Some of the doctors rushed forward to help me but I held my hand up, "I'll be fine, but I think Shadow needs to be in a room now…" I said as I stood back up.

It took the doctors no time at all to admit Shadow to his own private room. The ultimate life form had not yet woke up as I sat by his bed, waiting for him to recover.

Shadow's POV

I slowly woke up to find a blue hedgehog sitting next to me as I lay in a hospital bed. I slowly focused and realized that it was none other then Sonic himself. "What the-What are you doing here Sonic? Also, what am I doing here?" I said, but as soon as I finished that sentence I remembered what had happened, I cursed as a single tear drop fell from my eye. I would not cry in front of Sonic. "I was wondering you could tell me that, I felt you Chaos Energy drop dangerously low so I ran over here to see what had happened. I found you here in critical condition." Sonic explained. He then went on to explain how he had healed me with his Chaos Emerald and has been waiting for me to wake up ever sense. "I see…Well Sonic, as I will thank you for saving my life I will also tell you that only I can solve this problem, me and me alone." I replied to the blue hedgehog. He nodded in reply, apparently after these years he finally learned when to stay out of my business, "I don't know what this about Shadow but next time…try not to get yourself killed." And with that Sonic was out the door with his Chaos Emerald.

At about the same time Rouge, Shento, and Omega had walked into the room. "Anything you want to tell us Shadow?" Rouge asked with her hands on her hips. I sighed, "It goes something like this…"

Jungle of Tears: Eggman's Base: Soul's POV

We had finally reached Eggman's base when we saw the mad doctor waiting outside to greet us. We walked over to him and I hoped this time he wasn't a hologram so I could kick his- "So did you bring my emerald?" Eggman asked us both. I growled as Heart pulled out the red Chaos Emerald and handed it to him. "Ah very good, however you still failed in half of you assignment." The doctor said with a bored tone. Heart and I both looked shocked as we knew what that meant.

"Yes it's true, Shadow is still very much alive and on his way here as we speak actually." The mad doctor told us both before going over to his hovercraft. "Wait a minute! You can't do it-""One more chance Soul, you get one more chance to kill Shadow in this jungle before I paint your little village red." Eggman replied, I snapped. I lunged to rip the doctor's throat out. Before I could however, a blue metal hedgehog kicked me out of the sky before landing on Eggman's hovercraft. "Ah, Metal Sonic. Perfect timing as always." The doctor said before looking down at us. "24 hours! That's all the time you have left!" That was the last thing he yelled at us before flying away.

Jungle of Tears: River of Sorrow: Third Person POV

Shadow was approaching a river, it had taken everything in his power to prevent Rouge and Omega from following him, in the end Shento was the one who told them that it was not their place to intervene. Rouge hadn't been happy about the situation but Omega seemed to more faith in the ebony hedgehog's power. Shadow had reached the river when he stopped. Across the river was the brother of his love. "Soul…" Shadow said looking at the silver and grey hedgehog on the other side of the river.

"I'm sorry Shadow, but this is as far as you go." Soul replied looking into Shadow's eyes. Shadow's eyes narrowed as he looked at Soul, "And how exactly are YOU going to stop ME?" Shadow asked in a dangerously low tone. "Like this." Soul threw some of his blades at Shadow, aiming for his heart. Shadow reacted as he jumped backwards to avoid the blades, looking at Soul again, "If that's how it is…" Shadow mumbled before using Chaos Control.

Shadow appeared behind Soul but the silver hedgehog ducked to avoid a high kick aimed for his head. Soul then pulled back a fist and shot it toward Shadow. The ebony hedgehog caught it without effort and tossed Soul over his shoulder. While he was in mid air Shadow charged up and attack, "Chaos…Lance!" Shadow hurled the crimson red projectile at Soul, who looked at it wide eyed. Years of training to be guardian of his village saved him, as he maneuvered in mid-air so that the lance only grazed him into of running him through. Soul landed on his feet and shot his own silver projectile at Shadow, "Soul Arrow!" The silver attack caught Shadow off guard as he just barely teleported out of the way. He reappeared high up in the air above Soul, charging up his most powerful attack.

"Chaos…CANNON!" Shadow released the huge blood red beam at Soul. The silver hedgehog looked up and barely rolled to the side to avoid the blast, however when the beam exploded Soul was sent flying into one of the trees, which caused him to cough up some blood on impact. Shadow landed on his feet as Soul regained his composure, looking the ebony hedgehog in the eyes. "I knew that this would happen…" Soul said looking at Shadow. "Then why? Why would you try to kill me?" Shadow asked the silver hedgehog. Soul chuckled before responding, "Because I have an ace in the hole, although I despise using it." And with that Soul was one all fours, as a massive power boast began to take place…along with a hideous transformation.

Soul's body increased to about three times its normal size, his quills now all but non existent. His fur was everywhere, as if he was a wild animal. His face and body transformed into that of an ogre. The worst part was when he looked at Shadow again he had a third eye on his forehead, this one's eye whites were black and the eye color itself was a evil looking purple. "WHAT THE HELL?" Shadow yelled as he watched the transformation take place.

"DIE!" Beast Soul screamed as he charged Shadow.