Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Megamorph ❯ Chapter 19

Tails and Shadow were walking through the city, heading towards Twinkle Park. Shadow was already lost for words it seemed. Crap... He thought.
"So...uh...what's your usual favourite thing in Twinkle Park?" Shadow asked.

"I can't do it." Tails answered.

"Taken down to what you can do, then."

"Not sure...."

"Hmm, we'll find out I guess." Shadow said. "Thanks, by the way. I didn't think you'd want to go with me."

"Well, at least you finally let your balls drop and decided to ask me." and Tails sticks out her tongue.

"Comes with it's benefits." Shadow grinned at Tails. "I just hope I don't screw up. I can be as fun as the next hedgehog; I just haven't tried it before. Might make an interesting change."

"And what about those benefits?"

"I'm more confident with myself."

"So you have self benefits?"

"If I have others, I'm not aware of them yet." Shadow said. "I want to make you happy, and I'll do my best to do that."

"Even if it means, riding me like a horse?"

Shadow then nearly fell over. "Excuse me?" He questioned.

"Answer the question." and Tails stuck out her tongue.

"My honest answer, if it would make you happy...yes." Shadow said, he did blush though.

"So what's the answer that makes you happy?"

"The same." Shadow scratched his head. I hope honesty is not a bad idea... He thought.

Vanilla was right, I should tease him. thought Tails.

"So, uh...Where is Twinkle Park? As you know, I've not exactly been there." Shadow asked.

"It's across the street from the Emerald Coast Hotel." Tails answered.  "We stand on the short elevator, walk through the tunnels and into the door."

"Fare enough." Shadow said. "So, what would you like to do first?"

"I'm not sure..."

"Hmm...Well, we could check out the games first, and go from there." Shadow suggested.

"To the games."

 

After a short while, the two get into Twinkle Park and have the look around.  The ever youthful and joyous expression on Tails' eyes are priceless as Shadow walks with his date around the park.

The two were getting a few looks from people however. "Isn't that Shadow the hedgehog?" Someone asked.
"It can't be, that uptight bastard would never come here, it goes against his nature." His friend replied.
"Yeah, that's the cos-player Miley Inari, isn't it?" Another spoke.
"That hedgehog must be another cos-player too."
"Well, he certainly does resemble Shadow a lot." Were some comments flying around.

"Looks like we have a decent greeting." said Tails.

"Oddly enough, I don't have the urge to punch that guy in the face." Shadow said, talking about the one who indirectly insulted him.

"No fighting."

"I've no intention." Shadow smiled. "Would it be easier for you if everyone called you Tails?" He whispered to her.

"I'm pretty well as Miley." Tails whispered back.  "So make sure you use a cosplay name if you're asked."

"Any ideas?"

"Fly one like I did."

"Hm...I'll think of something I guess." Shadow said. "So, Miley. Where do we go first?"

"Games...  Wow, lost in wonder already." Tails said, and then giggled.

"I've never been here before." Shadow said.

 

The two entered the main games part of the park and Shadow looks around. "Plenty of things to do it seems. Any favourites?" He asked.

"Tic tag toe." said Tails.

"Isn't that a board game?"

"Fine, let's play darts." and Tails rolled her eyes.

"Sorry, I didn't mean anything by it. We'll play whatever you like." Shadow apologised.

"Let's play darts."

"Okay." And the two walked up to the Darts game.

"Hey you two..." said the game vendor.  "Well, look at you, Miley.  How are you coming along?"
"Pretty well, we're doing things fine."
"And how's that baby in there?"
"She's fine."
"A girl huh?  Congratulations."
"Thanks."
"So anyway, three darts for a dollar.  Pop a balloon and win a prize..."

"Popping balloons, huh? Sounds easy enough." And Shadow takes the cash and pays up, getting 9 darts. "So, how many darts do you want to throw?" He asked Tails.

"I'm good." Tails answered.  "You throw the darts."

"Are you sure?"

"You sound scared..."

"No, I just don't want to hog all the fun." Shadow said, taking a dart. "Does a specific colour get a specific prize or how does it work?" He asked the game vendor.

"Pop one balloon wins a small for three dart rounds." the vendor answered."Two balloons wins a medium and three balloons wins large." the vendor answered.  "That's the system of the game."

Shadow then divides the 9 darts into sets of 3 each. "First three darts then." And he took a dart, threw it and popped a balloon, took a 2nd, threw it and popped another balloon and took the 3rd dart, threw it and with that the 3rd balloon was popped.

"I believe that would be a large, am I wrong?"

"Got a big one." said the vendor.

"My date can choose." Shadow smiled.

"So many to choose..." said Tails.  "I want that one." and Tails points to a big red chao.
"Nice choice." said the vendor and grabbed the chao for Tails.

Shadow looked at Tails. "Anything else in particular you'd like to have?" He asked. "Big, medium or small?"

"You can pick the next prize for yourself." Tails answered.

"Nothing really come of..." And Shadow looked at the prizes and saw one in particular.

"Hmm..." He uttered, took another set of darks and threw them towards the balloons, popping two, but the 3rd dart hit where a previous balloon was popped, clearly this was done on purpose. "I'll have the medium which looks like Tails." He said.

"Looks like you're both enjoying yourself." said the vendor and got the prize for Shadow.

"It's quite fun, yes." Shadow said, then looked at Tails again. "Last prize is yours, what size?"

"Oh, just throw the darts." Tails answered.

Shadow shrugged, took the darts into his hand and threw them all into the barrage of balloons. He'd managed to clear 3 balloons again.

 

"I guess this gift is for the baby?" asked the vendor.

"Hmm...Sure, why not." Shadow said. "Do you want to choose or shall I?" He asked Tails.

"No complaint from me." Tails answered.

Shadow looked up at the larger prizes and spotted one in particular, which was seemingly hiding behind the others. "That white giant Chao, isn't that an Angel Chao or am I mistaken?" He asked.

"You want that one?" asked the vendor.

"I do."

 

The vendor grabbed the prize and true to the guess, it was the chaos angel chao.  "I'm sure the daughter will be happy to have this one."

Shadow smiled and took the prize. "I hope so."

"Have fun you two."

And the two take their prizes and walk off. "That was surprisingly fun." Shadow said.

Tails asked. "It's not so bad, huh?"

"Do you like your prize?"

"Stiglin is a good chao."

"Stiglin?"

"Forgot about Stiglin already?"

“Stiglin...Stiglin...Oh yeah, I remember now." Shadow said.

"And what did Stiglin do?"

"It floated behind whoever bonded with it." Shadow replied.

"Is that a 'no'?"

"I'm not sure I get where you're going with this..." Shadow said, “I vaguely remember Stiglin, but probably because you gave me the name and knowing he's a red chao. But not much else, sorry."

"See and I was gonna let you play with me too..."

Shadow sighed. "Sorry. So where to now then?"

"I'm hungry."

"Well, let's head for some eats then."

"Hee hee..." and Tails giggled.

"Oooh, wait a moment, wasn't Stiglin one of the chao that You and Sonic picked up during the Nocturnus incident?" Shadow asked.

"It was one of the forty regular ones." Tails answered.

"I see." Shadow said. "So, what would you like to eat?"

"Not picky, but don't make it spicy." Tails answered

"Hmm..." Shadow thought. And the two headed off out of the games section and headed for eats, finding a nice little quiet place. Upon entering the two got a few more looks, both the admiration in the sense of not just cosplayers, but one was pregnant and the odd look that Shadow was here. "Looks like they make Pizza in here, could always get one of those, if you want." Shadow suggested.

"As long as it isn't spicy." said Tails.

"Could always get a meaty BBQ and ask to hold the pepperoni."

"Or just get regular pepperoni."

"Isn't pepperoni spicy in a sense?"

"Fine, get mushrooms instead of pepperoni."

"Okay." Shadow said. "I'll grab the order and you can get us some seats, okay?"

"Already see a table."

"Okay, I'll see you over there." Shadow said, smiling at Tails.

 

Tails walks over to take the table and Shadow gets in the 2 person line for the order. As he waited, he went into thought. Damn it...This has barely started and I already feel like I'm screwing up...I'm not any good at this sort of thing, I just hope I'm not boring her or annoying her... He thought. Shadow finally got to the counter and since the staff was currently busy with orders he simply leaned on the side and side, whilst he was waiting.

 

Shadow finally got served, made the order and then went to wait with Tails. After taking his seat he looked at Tails. "I'm not boring you, am I?" He asked.

"No, but you need work on dating skills." Tails answered.

"That's true. I guess I should have done that before."

"Uh huh."

"Sorry." Shadow said. "I've never done this before, so I don't know exactly what it is I'm supposed to do. I figured that if I could make a fun day everything would work out. But I guess there's more to it than that, huh?"

"Dating is funny." Tails told Shadow.  "Having fun is part of your date, but the point is to make sure you and your date are enjoying yourself without making either of you feel uncomfortable.  Listen to your partner... they'll tell you what is going on."

"I heard that you tend to get cake from here at some point before leaving." Shadow said. "I am enjoying myself, I just feel I'm letting you down a bit."

"Do more listening to me then.  Go on."

"Do you mind if I got to know you a little better? I've never really spoken to you about yourself really. I know only basic knowledge that everyone knows."

"Good point." said Tails.  "Well, start with what you do know about me."

 

"I know you're a scientific genius who can, as far as I am now concerned, invent anything. I'm also now aware of your love for Twinkle Park and having been here even only a short time, I can see why." Shadow said. "Let's see...." Shadow thought for a minute. And whilst he was thinking, he briefly hummed the theme Merry Merry unbirthday. After about 30 seconds though he stopped. "That's all I know." He said.

"Maybe we should have a tea party." joked Tails.

"I think we'd get strange looks even more so if we started singing that song." Shadow laughed a bit, scratching his head. "It'd liven the place up though."

"I see."

"So, those are the interests I already know." Shadow said, returning to the previous topic.

"I like to swim." Tails said.

"Ironic, since Sonic can't stand the water." Shadow said.

"He doesn't like water, but will tolerate it if he has to."

"We could always go swimming if you'd like. I don't mind water at all."

"My Lamaze teacher probably wouldn't mind me doing a bit of swimming."

"How were those classes, anyway?" Shadow asked.

"Not so bad.  There's someone in there that reminds me of you... except he's a fox."

"In the sense of arrogant prick?"

"In the sense of not giving a damn and being stubborn."

"I see." Shadow said. "Sounds like if I were to meet him, we'd have an ego competition."

"Or manage to go out for drinks."

"Hmm..." And Shadow shrugged. "Who knows."

 

By this time, the pizza had arrived, the waitress bowed and left the two to their meal.

Shadow smiled and passed the desired object over, taking his own plate; he took a slice of the pizza and took a bite, before putting it on the plate. "Not bad." He said.

Tails shook the cheese on the rest of the pizza and placed the shaker on the table.  Then took her own slice of the pizza.  "I wanna ask how you can enjoy destruction and being a lone wolf so much?"

"I don't necessarily enjoy destruction, I just end up destroying. And I'm not necessarily fond of being a lone wolf. I explained it earlier, out of my own selfish reasons, I didn't want to get attached to anyone." Shadow said, before taking another bite.

"So what suddenly had you attach yourself to me?"

"That I....I just don't know." Shadow said. "It started that night we went looking for Sonic and I carted you around. I had fun for the first time since my last epic race with Sonic. Then we spoke and I took you back, then you teased me in front of everyone and I felt this odd feeling, at the time I thought it was simply some form of anger or feeling of mockery and tried to ignore it. Then it just kept coming back and I gradually became more protective of you. Then everyone began throwing suspicions that I had a crush on you. Despite my wanting to convince myself it wasn't true. In the end, I figured out that...I love you. And now, I just want to keep loving you. I'm not sure how else to explain it."

"Oh."  Tails was at a loss for words.

"It's a weird feeling for me, not having a similar one since Maria, and I'm sure when it was Maria it was simply a feeling of siblings than true love. I'm not sure, but I think the feeling is stronger with you. So, I decided that even if you never felt the same way for me, I'd always watch over you."

"So this is a brother/sister love deal then?"

"No." Shadow said. "Like I said, when i had a feeling similar to the one with Maria, it was probably more a brother/sister love. For you, well...In all honesty, when I kissed you in town, I just wanted to do it again. I loved it, and loved you. I've never had an urge to hold someone so much than with you that it's almost like an ache that isn't going to go away until I hold you, kiss you....love you." Shadow scratched his head, beginning to become embarrassed to what he was saying. "For a long while, I thought I simply wanted to protect you, so despite the fact people were already looking after you, I kept watch from a distance. I only realised later that i didn't want to just protect you...I wanted to be near you, to be loved by you."

"Ok..."

Shadow shook his head slightly. "I'm sorry; I guess I am making you uncomfortable." He said.

"I see."

Perhaps I said too much... Shadow thought. "Let's just finish our meal and continue the day." And Shadow finished the slice of pizza. Way to go, making a fool of yourself again. He mentally cursed himself.

"Yup, you're nervous." said Tails and grabbed another slice of pizza.

 

Shadow and Tails finished their food and Shadow gave a stretch. "That was a nice meal." He said. "Did you enjoy it?"

"Somewhat." Tails answered.

"Well, how about we head back to the games and play around some more?" Shadow suggested. "I am curious to try that Slam Bell game."

"Let's." said a happy Tails.  "Um... little help here?"

Shadow smiled, stood up and walked around the table and offered Tails a hand, helping her up. He looks at her face after doing so. "You know, you're really cute this close." He said. "I never took the time to notice, but your eyes make you picture perfect, did anyone ever tell you that?"

"Well, not like that." Tails said, somewhat embarrassed.

"Come, let's go." And Shadow led Tails to the counter, paid for the meal and the two left and headed back to the games section.

 

The two entered the games section again and Shadow looked around. "Where's that hammer game..?" He questioned himself. Then saw it. "Looks like the line is lacking over there. Shall we hit it early to avoid longer lines later?"

"Why not, but I can't go too fast." Tails answered.

"Naturally, but it's not too far away." And the two head over. "We never finished our conversation I don't think. You like to swim, but do you have any other interests?"

"You mean besides machinery?" asked Tails. Shadow nods.

"I like to fly, but pregnancy prohibits that.  Swimming is pretty much one of the things I can do.  Everything else is compromised."

"I see." Shadow said. "Well, I guess we'll have to see if we can swim sometime." And the two arrived at the game, only 4 customers arrived before them, but it wasn't a long wait and no one was able to hit the bell.

I bet I know someone who could hit the bell. Thought Tails.

 

The two approached. "Uh, sorry, pregnant women can't use this game." The vendor said.
"What makes you think she's the one playing?" Shadow asked.

Tails' ears drooped.  "You don't have to be mean about it." said Tails.  "I know I'm pregnant and pregnant mothers can't do anything, but I don't need you to remind me about feeling like crap." and Tails starts to cry.  "I thought all of the vendors would be nice and be supportive... but I didn't think you could be so mean." and Tails burst into tears.

 

Shadow then glared at the vendor who sweat dropped. "Uhh...I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything mean, I just..." He stuttered. Shadow hugged Tails a little.
"I'm sorry." He said. "Look, perhaps we can arrange something if you want to use it, I could support you or something, cheer up, okay?" He tried to sooth the unhappy fox.

"No, I don't wanna'." Tails answered through her tears.  "I wanna go to another game." and Tails continued to cry.

 

"Okay, we'll do that. Just a moment." And Shadow walked over to the vendor, gave him a small bag of money and took the hammer.
"Hey, you paid too much." The vendor said.
"Actually that should cover it." Shadow said, he lifted the hammer above his head and slammed it down as hard as he could, the knock went up, slammed into the bell and then knocked it off, flying into the air, luckily though, they both went for Shadow and he caught both pieces and no one was hurt. He took the bell and the knock to the vendor, gave them to him and took Tails hand and walked off.

 

Shadow and Tails walked through the not quite so busy crowds and Shadow wrapped his arm around Tails and gently rubbed her shoulder. He looked around for another game, before looking at Tails.

"I hope he gets fired..." said Tails, still shedding her tears.

"He can't make much business with his game broken." Shadow replied, rubbing Tails shoulder still. "I feel bad for the other customers who wanted to play the game though."

"Well, let's try something else, I don't wanna do any games at the moment.  Can we catch a show?"

"Absolutely." Shadow said. "Which way do we find one?"

"Choose one, please..."

 

And Shadow looked around. Hmm...signs most likely will show me the way. He thought. Then, as if on cue he noticed a 'You are here' sign and followed it to the media section, and there were plenty of shows about. After going past 4 types of shows, one caught his eye. "Hey Tails, check this out. Chao in Space: The ARK Incident... You think they reinacted what happened during the ARK incident?"

"Which incident?" asked Tails.

"The Biolizard." Shadow said. "My awakening."

"Oh, I see.  I figured as much..."

"It'd be interesting to see what the people on earth think really happened, it could be fun." Shadow said. "So, how about we check this one out. If you don't like it, we'll simply find another."

"Well, it is in regards to Chao....  Okay, let's see it."

The two enter the place and look around, it appeared this event was mildly popular as there were people all over. Shadow and Tails walked over to an empty stall.
"Hello and welcome to Chao in Space: The Ark Incident. This is a live re-enactment with specially trained Chao. Would you like some tickets?" The woman behind the desk smiled.
"It's done live?" Shadow questioned.
"Yes sir."
"I see. I thought the Chao In Space was a movie series."
"Only the original concepts, but here at Twinkle Park, the performances are live."
"Hmm, two tickets then please."
"Yes sir."

Live action, this should be interesting. Thought Tails.

 

Shadow took the tickets and paid up, then gave one ticket to Tails. "Let's pick up some snacks for the show." He said. "It's all on me, so have whatever you want, okay?"

"I'm not hungry." Tails said.

"Hm, okay, not even a drink?"

Tails sighed.  "I guess I could get a bottled water."

"Sure." Shadow said. He wondered over, got himself a soda and Tails a bottled water, and then returned, the two got into the show, the lights were still on, but the two had assigned seats. Luckily for them the seats were close up, but still had a good view on the stage. "This will be interesting." Shadow said. Hopefully it'll be cute or funny enough to cheer Tails up.Tails gave no reply, but rubbed her belly.  She was clearly bummed out from the vendor and decided to place her Stiglin Chao doll in front of her.

 

After waiting for 13 minutes, the place had packed up and the lights dimmed, the only lights on at the time were the ones on the stage. "Looks like it's about to begin." said Shadow.
"About time." Said Tails.

 

The crowd quietened and some Chao garden music began to play. On stage came out a yellow mongoose with long purple hair and she was in a big blue Chao outfit. She took her microphone and began talking.
"Hello and welcome to Chao in Space: The Ark Incident. My name is Mina Mongoose. Before I begin, I would like to assure you that this performance is indeed performed by Chao and that we cannot guarantee the same show every time. These cute little fella's are adorable even when they decide to 'alter' their parts a little. I was the one who personally raised and trained many of the Chao you'll see today. I wish you all a great show, please enjoy Chao In Space: The Ark Incident!" And she bowed and walked off, with applause.

 

With that, music began to play and the curtain's closed momentarily, motion could be seen behind the curtains, and it was only 2 minutes before the curtain's opened, the background had changed to a City and before long a well shaped, well designed cardboard helicopter came onto stage from the side, it was small and at the base the little Chao feet could be seen moving it. The copter stopped and some lines were spoken over a microphone. Clearly it was someone from G.U.N reporting, but not much was too apparent. Then came the moment the G.U.N member began panicking about the 'cargo' and soon after, the door on the helicopter opened and out ran a pure blue bred Sonic Chao, which came on stage eagerly and threw his arms into the air.
"CHAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOO!!!" He called.

 

The Sonic Chao received aww's and applause and then proceeded to use his speed to run around in circles. Before long, more Chao came on stage, these ones were all dressed up in cute little suits to resemble the G.U.N forces and chased the Sonic Chao.
"Chao! Chao! Chao!" all the Chao called as they enjoyed their game of chase. Eventually, another Chao appeared, in a cardboard made suit and the Sonic Chao pushed it over. The Chao was okay however and stayed on the ground. From the side came a pure breed black Shadow Chao with perfect quills which were red in colour. He leaped up onto the 'robot' Chao and called to the Sonic Chao.
"Chaaooo." He called. This made Shadow sweat drop.

 

Some dialogue was spoken to re-enact the scene where Sonic first met Shadow, and the Chaos then 'used' Chaos Control, which was just lights and him speeding away. At this point, the Sonic Chao was caught by the G.U.N Chao and the curtains closed. More motion behind the curtains.
"Interesting..." Shadow said. "They actually did a good job on the Chao raising." Tails nods.

 

The curtains opened up and on stage came a rare Chao model. It was a pure bred Tails Chao which had all the features, though the tails were questionable on whether they were real or not. The background was that of an island, Prison Island to be exact and the Tails Chao ran forth. It wasn't long before the Tails Chao ran off stage and 3 more Chao, including the Shadow Chao, came onto the stage. One was a white Chao, costumed to look like Rouge and an orange Chao costumed to look like Dr Eggman, which looked hilarious.

"Wait a minute, that part wasn't right." Tails whispered to Shadow.

"Hm, indeed. If I'm not mistaken, I should have been glomped by Amy and then you came in." Shadow whispered back. And as if on cue, in came a pink Chao in a cute red dress which glomped the Shadow Chao and the ball above her head turned into a heart.
"Chaaaooo!" She said as she snuggled Shadow Chao. However, the Shadow Chao was much more violent than it should have been as it forcefully shoved the Amy Chao to the ground, but she was okay. It was at this point more dialogue, which was actually accurate, so clearly someone who had been there knew what was said and remembered must have told them. The Shadow and Rouge Chao leave and the Eggman Chao chases Amy Chao a little, then Tails Chao comes into the mix again and engages in Chao karate with the Eggman Chao.

 

Tails giggled at this sight.  How cute.... she thought.

However, it appeared that there was a fatal mistake as Eggman Chao hit Tails Chao hard, knocking him over and made him cry. Mina Mongoose then appeared on stage in her Chao suit, gave the Tails Chao a pat on the head, then gave him a coconut to eat. She walked up on stage and took a mic again.
"I do apologise for the confusion, it seems Lil' Eggy got carried away. The actual result of this match I believe resolved in Tails not backing down, eventually driving Eggman to the point of retreat. Thank you for your understanding." and off she walked.

"Yeah, Eggman got the win come round two." said Tails and then pouts, sticking out her bottom lip.

"He did?" Shadow asked. "You mean on the ARK?"

"That's how he got the yellow emerald." and Tails folded her arms.  "I won't ruin it for you though..."

"Hm, I was fighting Sonic at the time, I believe." Shadow said.

And the Tails Chao finally recovered, but went to sleep, causing a laugh. Mina came on stage again. "Oh noo...Silly Tea, come on, wake up. You're performing..." She said to the Chao, shaking him slightly. This got more giggles from the crowd.

That's funny. Tails thought and finally cracked a smile.

 

Eventually, Mina woke the Tails Chao up and the performance continued. Tails Chao ran off stage with Amy Chao and the curtain closed, the backdrop was changed and the curtains opened, Tails Chao and Amy Chao ran in and Sonic Chao was in a cage. More inaccurate dialogue and incorrect events happened, considering Tails wasn't actually at the prison cell at the time. Sonic Chao was released and ran off. The backdrop was changed after another curtain call and the next scene was a forest, Sonic Chao ran in and then Shadow Chao ran in, the two engaged in the 2nd Chao karate bout. However, the Chao were just as stubborn as their original counterparts as they refused to give in to each other.

"Good to know they captured my stubborn side too." Shadow chuckled.

"This performance has one plot hole so far." said Tails.

"Go on."

"Tails got a hug from Amy."

"I see."

"Rouge's part is the plot hole."

"Is that so? Because she was sent to find the Chaos Emeralds, right?"

Tails nods, and nearby people shushed the two.

 

Eventually, the two Chao were so exhausted that the fell over. After a few minutes, they got up and ran off. The crowd were given more dialogue and the curtains closed. This time however a small white Chao resembling no one came out in the front of the curtains, and pulled up a cardboard which had drawings on them. The pictures were projected onto the curtains as well and were reasonably clear. It told the tale of what happened on Prison Island, that Shadow had rescued Rouge with the Chaos Emeralds and Sonic, Tails and Amy escaped before the explosion took Prison Island down under. It then showed the reminiscence, with dialogue, the Eggman ploy to use the Chaos Emeralds to destroy the planet if his demands were not met, then the Chao walked off and the curtains opened. The backdrop was the city again, and Tails Chao ran in, chased by G.U.N Chao. After this comical run around, the Chao ran off, and the show continued.

The next part of interest was when the story of the heroes were at Eggman's pyramid base and it showed a pure bred Knuckle Chao and the Rouge Chao running around trying to pick up more cardboard keys bigger than they were than the other, which brought some comical moments when they crashed into each other and scattered the 'keys', then engaged in a pre-mature fight, which had to be broken up by Mina.

"They actually do match the way Knuckles and Rouge really are." Shadow chuckled again. "It's kind of cute, really."

"I had a funny thought, but I won't say now." said Tails as she squeezed her Stiglin Chao doll.

"I'll ask later." Shadow said.

The show continued after Mina cooled the Chao down. Sonic Chao, Tails Chao and Amy Chao appeared as Rouge Chao left. Then a Chao ran in wearing a blanket with cute black eye holes, but the amusing thing is, the ghost Chao made Knuckles Chao cry in terror.

"Boo!" Tails cried. Tails got a few glances, but the others thought it worked with the legless ghost Chao and made Boo sounds.  Tails shook her head.  Knuckles didn't run from the ghost, this is a plot hole. She thought to herself.

The Ghost Chao ran up to Knuckles Chao, which only frightened him more, making him flee off stage in terror. This of course was a major problem in the performance as the other Chao got all confused and the lot of them started crying. Mina had to come back on stage, bowed to the audience and the curtain closed. She then shuffled around in the back and walked out. "I am sorry again for the confusion. This doesn't happen often. We will be taking a 5 minute break, so please use the bathroom, pick up some refreshments or anything you wish and we will return in 5 minutes. Thank you for your co-operation." and she returned back behind the curtains, the wailing of the Chao can still be heard.

 

"I'm actually amused. The fact it's not a perfect performance makes it all the more enjoyable." Shadow said.

"Y-yeah...  I'm gonna need a bit of help." said Tails.

Shadow stood up and helped Tails out of the chair. "So, are you feeling better now?" He asked.

"Gotta use the can."

"Of course." And Shadow took Tails by the hand and led her out of the show-room and toward the main halls, the toilets were in sight and Shadow looked at Tails. "So, want me to pick you up anything?" He asked.

"You're not going anywhere." said Tails.  "I'm gonna need help for this one."

Shadow blushed slightly. "Uh...okay?" He said, his tone changed as he sweat dropped.

"Come on."  Tails took Shadow by the hand and into the halls.  The two stood in front of the "family" restroom and Tails knocked on the door.  There was no response, and after a ten second wait, the two went inside.

 

Three minutes afterwards, Tails and Shadow exit the "family" restroom holding their stuff.  "I feel better now." said Tails.  "Thanks for helping me out in there."

"Uh...Not a problem." Shadow smiled, scratching his head. "Anyway, would you like anything to eat yet, a snack or something?"

"Three corndogs." Tails answered.

Shadow nodded and the two walked over to the counter and got the order, Shadow got 2 himself, and the two went back into the show room and reclaimed their seats, it was another minute or so before the show was to continue.
"I'm enjoying this time with you." Shadow said to Tails.

"Likewise." said Tails.  "So, about those corndogs..."

Shadow takes the three corndogs of Tails and passes them over to her. "Enjoy." he said.

Tails takes her corndogs.  "These aren't for me, I'm still full from the pizza." and bites the first one.

"I see." Shadow said.

 

Mina came back onto stage. "Welcome back everyone, sorry about the problems. We'd like to continue the show, i hope you had a nice break, so let the show continue!" and off she walked. The curtains opened and on screen was a space ship, most likely the colony ark. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy Chao had some dialogue and Knuckles Chao ran off, then Sonic and Tails Chao ran off the other side, the curtains closed with Amy Chao still there. The next opened to see Knuckles and Rouge Chao repeating the same thing from before, only this time it was master emerald cardboard cut outs. The two ended up crashing into each other and getting into round two. This lasted until Knuckles Chao hurt Rouge Chao, making her cry, but gave her a hug which cheered her right up.

 

This got some coos from the audience and a long echo of aww. The curtain's closed and opened to the next scene, Tails, Amy and Eggman Chao were in a room, then Sonic Chao came in and ran up to the front of the stage, lifted his hands in the air yelling.
"Chaaaaaaaoooooo!!!" Then he turned around, ran back and stood next to Tails Chao. More dialogue came and Sonic Chao walked into the middle of the room. Amy Chao then smiled happily, her bob turned into a heart and she walked over to Sonic Chao and sat in front of him, oddly enough, flowers bloomed around her, but Sonic Chao backed away.

"Now that... aside from the forward invite is typical Amy and Sonic." Tails said, then giggled. Shadow burst out laughing, quickly being hushed by people and had to restrain himself, but his chuckles, though minimal weren't to stop any time soon.

 

After Mina had to intervene again to stop the 'mating season' of Amy Chao, the show continued. Eggman Chao ran off stage and came back in with a plastic tube with holes, big enough to cover Sonic Chao and slammed him into it, and then Sonic Chao was carefully lowered into the stage. After this, Amy Chao ran off crying, (probably due to the fact she was denied her mating season, but it fit) and Tails and Eggman Chao engaged into battle number two. This time the both of them ended up on their little bums crying. Tails folded her arms.  Well, I can't complain about this outcome. she thought.

 

After another quite intervention, the next scene appeared, Sonic and Shadow Chao in their second bout, but Shadow Chao got violent and beat Sonic Chao up, where he had to be removed from stage.
"That Chao makes me look like a total asshole..." Shadow sweat dropped.

"But you did lose that match... right?" asked Tails.

"Perhaps so." Shadow said. "Sonic just got enough leverage on me to get away."

"Oh."

“Me and Sonic have never really had a time where there was a real deciding winner."

And the show continued. The curtains closed and another spotlight picture show dictated the last major event, Dr Gerald's Message, the ARK's fall and the curtains opened once more to show Shadow Chao with a Chao that looked like he was dressed up like a Chinese dragon, which got giggles. Shadow Chao knocked him over and then the curtains closed for the semi-last time. The next time they opened, Sonic Chao and Shadow Chao had been replaced by a golden and silver Chao counterpart to represent their super forms. They had a karate moment each with the 'Dragon' Chao and then the curtains closed. The story mentioned about Shadow falling to the planet after the ARK was put back into orbit and the curtains closed and opened, the Chao Music playing again, Mina appeared in her Chao suit, and all the Chao that too part came on stage and started bowing and then dancing and doing normal Chao things.
"Thank you so much for watching our show! We hope you enjoyed it, please come again! Thank you!" And with one final bow, and the applause, the curtains closed to end the show.

 

"The Amy chao seemed a lot happier at the end if you asked me." said Tails.  "But that was about 35% accurate."

"Well, what can you expect?" Shadow asked. "The general public don't know the full story, but it was still very amusing." He stood up, then offer Tails a hand to help her get up as well.

"It would've been funny to see some Chao porn.  The Chao dressed up like the bad doctor nailing the Amy Chao, that would've been priceless."

"That would have been funny." Shadow said. "Then again, Amy Chao wanting to mate with Sonic Chao in the middle of the performance was pretty funny in itself."

"Amy Chao has more guts towards Sonic Chao then Amy does with Sonic."

"Really? I thought it was pretty accurate until recently." Shadow replied. After helping Tails up, he took her by the hand and the two headed out of the show room.

"At least I feel better now."

"Good." Shadow said. "I prefer it when you're happier." He then leaned over and brushed his nose on her cheek gently, a little tease.

"I was thinking about how funny it would've been if the Chao dressed up as Rouge got nailed by the Knuckle Chao..."

"I see." Shadow said. "Hmm...that would have been funny, yes." Shadow chuckled.

"Well, let's go enjoy some more stuff.  And you pick this time."

"Sure." Shadow said. And the two wondered off into the park.

 

After a good 5 minutes of walking, the two stumbled across a Chao Garden, it had its own vendor where you could 'hire' a Chao to play with. Shadow and Tails didn't do that right away though, they just wondered into the big open garden. "So, let's relax here, okay?" Shadow suggested.

"Sure, I could use a break." Tails agreed

Shadow led Tails over to a bench and the two had a seat, Shadow stretched slightly and looked over the garden. "So, how's Lavender doing right now?" He asked.

"She's content with the three corndogs." Tails answered.

"That's good. It's nice to see her so healthy." Shadow said, before giving Tails belly a gentle pat, before keeping his hands to himself afterwards. "This is nice."

"Yeah."

"It's good to know you fixed things with Cream too. She looks happier now."

"Yeah, we had to save what we have going."

"Of course." Shadow said. Let's see if she notices. "Hey Tails." Shadow started. "If I said you had a nice body, would you hold it against me?" He smiled teasingly at her.

"What's so nice about my body to you?" Tails' expression turned intrigued.

"Everything about you is nice, it's difficult to explain. I think you're a very beautiful girl." Shadow replied. "And you're soft as well, one of my favourite features."

"Wow!  I really don't know what to say..."

"I feel for you, Tails. And I'm going to make sure you know just how beautiful and lovely you are." Shadow told the fox.

"Awww....." Tails was close to melting.

"You're a very beautiful girl, Tails. And as far as I am concerned, it doesn't matter what you're wearing, or what you're doing, you'll always be the prettiest thing I'll ever see." Shadow added. "Never let anyone tell you otherwise, because you are crystal, full of beauty."

"So it doesn't matter what I do, I'm still the prettiest thing you'll ever see?" Shadow simply nods. "Seriously?"

"Seriously." Shadow said.

It's times like these I wish I had a good fart ready. Tails thought.

She's not going to try and prove me wrong, i hope. Not that it matters, I won't change my mind. Shadow thought.

Dammit, I can't fart even if I tried.  I can't even belch. Shadow smiled at Tails.

"So, where to next?"

"I'm happy here for now, but if you want to go somewhere else, we could go back to the games." Shadow replied.

"Not picky."

"Well, let's stay here just a bit longer, and then we'll go see what other games they have." Shadow said. "After that, if you're hungry, we can always go for cake. How does that sound?"

"Sure that can..."  Then Tails noticed some familiar faces.  "Hey!  Muri!  Kirika!  Over Here!" and Tails called out to them.

 

Kirika looked over and was patting Muri down, who appeared to be lying curled up, as she had said previously. After some help, Muri was on her feet and the two walked over.
"Good morning, Miley. How nice to see you." Kirika said, and then noticed Shadow. "Is this your child's father? Or is he just your boyfriend?" She asked Tails.

"We're dating." Tails answered.  "Is she doing okay?"

"I...I'm fine." Muri said. She bowed to Shadow. "I-It's nice to meet you, Mr." Muri said.
"Likewise." Shadow replied.
"So, having a fun little date in twinkle park, how cute. You two are picture perfect." Kirika smiled.

"Thanks.  It's nice to see you at peace, Muri.  We have to be brave, you know?"

"I-I know." Muri said. "I got...worried...a lot."

"Look at it this way, we can give each other strength."

"Yeah, that's true." Muri said.
"So, how has the date been so far?" Kirika asked, curious.
"It's had its ups and downs, but overall, I've been enjoying myself." Shadow replied.

"That Chao in Space 4 show cheered me up after a bad experience." Tails added.

"Ooohh, what happened?" Kirika asked.

"We saw you earlier and you were crying..." Muri said.
"We knew it was that vendor, what did he do?" Kirika asked. "I know a lot of people were yelling at him. One guy even punched him in the face."
"Then security came though..." Muri added.

"He made fun of me for being pregnant." Tails answered.

"That's just not on..." Kirika said.
"Yeah. Um, Kirika, why did you lie?" Muri asked. This had Shadow lifting an eye brow. "You were the one who punched him and if it wasn't for everyone explaining, we would have been escorted off the premises." Kirika then scratched her head and let out a nervous laugh.
"Oh yeah..." She chuckled.

"Oh...." said Tails.

"So, what was the Chao movie like?" Kirika asked.
"It looked so cute, but we weren't sure it was any good, so we didn't go." Muri said.

"Funny." Tails answered.

"The fact that it was live made it all the more amusing." Shadow said.
"It was live?" Kirika asked.
"That means we can't see it now?" Muri questioned Kirika.
"It might be on frequently, you might still have a chance to see it." Shadow said.

 

"Hm, we'll we better go and see then. Oh! That reminds me, there's a special offer on the couples cake today. 50% off if you are judged a cute couple." Kirika said. "I think you'd both fit perfectly."

"Thanks." Shadow smiled.

"See you two next class." said Tails.

"Oh, absolutely." Kirika said. "Be safe now, and excuse me...Mr...." Kirika dragged, not knowing Shadow's 'name'.
"Daichi." Shadow said.
"Daichi. Go easy on her, okay? All ladies must be treated with the up most respect."
"You don't have to worry about that." Shadow said. "I promise to take good care of Miley."
"Farewell for now."
"See you later, Miley." And Muri bowed, and the girls left the two.

Tails took a look at her pregnant friend.  Wow, Muri looks like she can barely waddle. She thought.

"Something on your mind?" Shadow asked.

"Muri looks really big for 22 days pregnant." Tails answered.

"22 days?" Shadow questioned. "You're joking, right? I'd say she was near enough at her pregnancy peek from her size, but maybe it is her size that is what makes it seem that way. She is a small girl."

"Vanilla said that rabbits only gestate for a month."

"Poor girl, not much time to prepare at all really." Shadow said.

"That's why when Cream gets pregnant; we'll be as supportive as possible."

"Indeed." Shadow nodded. "So, shall we head onto the games? Or does cake sound better?"

"Cake." Tails answered.

Shadow stood up, then offered a hand to Tails. "Let's go then." He smiled. He helped Tails up, and the two headed off in search of the cake shop.

After finding it, the two looked at the sign, and it said the same thing as Kirika. '50% off the Couples cake for cute couples.'
"Shall we get that cake then?" Shadow asked Tails.

"Yeah." Tails nods.

 

The two enter the place and the staff bow and great them happily.
"My, my, another happy couple." Said one of the girls. "And parents-to-be to boot. Would you like to order the couples cake? If you get 2 out of 3 yes's or more from us voting as a cute couple, you get 50% off the cake."

"Okay, we can try for that." Shadow said.
"Well, I already think you're a cute couple, so I'm saying yes." The first girl said.
"I might say yes, if you kiss your boyfriend for us." The second girl said.
"Oooh, that sounds so cute. If you did that, I'd also guarantee a yes." The last girl giggled like a school girl.

Tails simply grabs Shadow and plants one on him.  No tongue, but a sweep gives bragging rights. thought the fox.

Shadow kisses Tails back and the girls all squeal with delight. "Wow, they actually did it. Well, you got our votes." The second girl said. "We'd demand more, but a deals a deal." And the first girl went out back and came out with a freshly baked couples cake. After paying for it, Shadow took it to a table with Tails.
"Wow, I hope that happens more often." Shadow chuckled.

"Kiss cam moments, or cake?" asked Tails.

"Kiss." Shadow replied with a smile.

"Oh."

"Cake's good too, but I enjoyed that." Shadow said.

"I see." and Tails forks a piece of cake.  "Now open wide." Shadow blinked for a moment, but obeyed. Tails ended up feeding Shadow the piece of cake, then giggled.  "So, what do you think?"

 

Shadow ate the cake somewhat slowly, almost savouring its taste and then swallowed. "Whoa, what's that made of?" he asked. "It's great." Shadow took a fork himself, put it into the cake. "My turn." He said, with a smile.

"Ah." And Shadow fed Tails the cake.

"It's like eating a piece of heaven, isn't it?" He said to her.

Tails swallowed her piece of couple's cake.  "I've eaten this before, Shadow.  So I'm accustomed to its flavour."

"That is true." Shadow said.

"And now, you're savvy on how to eat couple's cake."

Shadow opened up again, being fed the cake, and the two continue to do this for a while, just feeding the cake to each other.

I didn't think I'd enjoy this so much. I almost wish it would never end. I wish we could always be like this. Shadow thought, before feeding Tails another piece of cake.

It's good to know "Daichi" is enjoying himself. Thought Tails. Eventually the two had finished the cake.
"That was great." Shadow said, smiling happily. It was an odd sight to see Shadow so genuinely happy, but a nice one.

"We should eat more of this cake."

"We should do this again." Shadow replied.

"Yes, yes we should." and Tails nods.

 

It was at this point that the staff girls from before approached.
"Hello again." The first said. "We'd like to congratulate you."
"Yes, after watching you every now and then, we have decided to give you a secret prize." the 2nd said.
"This prize is handed out to only 3 of the top cutest couples a day." the last said. And an envelope was placed on the table. "Please, enjoy..."
"Thanks for coming." All three said before the left.

"What is all this about?”

."Open it." Shadow said. Tails takes the envelope and carefully opens it, she takes out the contents, being a card and things in the card. She opened the card and inside was a 2nd card, both cards had a photo each, once when they had kissed, and another during the time they were sharing the cake. Also, there were two coupons. One for a free couples cake, valid for 3 months, the other was to 'purchase' a free toy anywhere in the whole park, valid only until the end of the day. On the cards were titled 'Cutest Couple of the Day.'

"Um.... I guess we'll have to get another couple's cake then." said Tails.

Shadow takes the coupon momentarily. "It says valid for three months, we don't have to get it now." He said. "But, we could always bag it and you can take it home if you want?"

"There's already enough to carry." said Tails.

"Then save it for another day?" Shadow smiled. "We could even use it the next time we do this. Or are you up for a second helping?"

"Nah."

"Well, it's been a great day, so let's continue it." Shadow said, standing from his seat, and then going to assist Tails. "What would you like to do?" He asked.

"Actually, I'm somewhat worn." Tails said.

"Well, it has been a long day. Okay, we can go home, if you'd like." Shadow said.

"Well, let's leave here for today."

"Sure. Do you want to pick up that free prize?"

"Might as well."

And the two leave the place, and head to the game section, looking over the various prizes that each stall had to offer. "Anything you see in particular?" Shadow asked.

"Hmm..." Tails scanned the prizes. "Daichi, you pick out the prize." She decided.

"Hmm..." Shadow looked at all the prizes and then walked over to a stall, Tails following.
"Hello, would you like to play?" The Game Vendor asked.
"No thanks, actually, we have a coupon from the cake shop. We'd like to use it." Shadow said.
"Ah, I see. Well, pick a toy you like and it's all yours."
"That rabbit teddy." Shadow said. The Teddy in particular was a floppy eared bunny which was pure white, but it had pyjamas on with a sleeping hat and was quite cute. The vendor handed it over, but Shadow kept the coupon for now and showed the toy to Tails. "For Lavender?" He asked her.

"Yeah, why not." said Tails.  "You have to carry that though."

"Sure." Shadow said, passing the coupon over and took the prize. The two then headed to leave. "I figured, the Chao toy was a little big to fit in a cot, so this little rabbit fits well, at least she'll be able to cuddle it at night, right?"

"Yeah." and Tails had another smile on her face.  "We better go now."

 

So the two leave the park, Shadow makes sure to take Tails free hand into his own as they leave. "I really enjoyed myself today, Tails." He said.

"Me too.  Maybe you won't dread doing more fun stuff in the future."

"If I'm with you, I can do anything." Shadow smiled.

"That flattery won't get you anywhere."

"Hm, well. I'll see what happens in future. But yeah, I'll try to do more fun things."

“Ok."

The two took the elevator out. "So, to Vanilla's?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah, I can tell her about Muri and Kirika." Shadow nods and the two head off in the direction of Vanilla's place.