Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Predator and Prey ❯ Home Coming: Part One ( Chapter 13 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: ViciousCerealKiller 
We're gunna party till the sun comes up! And when it does...We'LL PARTY SOME FUCKIN MORE!
Non Anime: Sonic Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.18.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 7.4K | Visits: 190 | Status: Completed
We're gunna party till the sun comes up! And when it does...We'LL PARTY SOME FUCKIN MORE!
Non Anime: Sonic Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.18.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 7.4K | Visits: 190 | Status: Completed
Miscreants addicted to this story! ARE YOU READY TO ROCK? Well look else where, this is a Latino fic filled with rave music and a variety of other things. We are approaching the final chapters. This particular one was so flippin long I had to break it up. Introducing inter city conflict, relationship problems and among other things…well I really can’t say. Just read!
*Blah blah blah, don’t own Shadow and any archie-sega chars, yada yada.*
Chapter 13: Home coming Part 1
Shadow clutched something soft in his arms, most of his muscles sore from the hell of the night before and…other activities. He was nothing short of exhausted even after the sleep he had gotten. His mind hung only on thoughts of the creature that stirred in his grip, someone he would never let go. She had everything he wanted in a girl and a heart that was too forgiving for her own good. This girl in a sense was trouble too. She fought for her family and made her own enemies but her company was a bigger worry. The center woman of a gang, you would have to be either insane or stupid to get involved with her. He smirked.
“Shadow…” murmured the red hedgehog lying in his arms. Silver eyes fluttered open to meet half-lidded rubies. Kylee smiled and it was returned then she closed her eyes and, if possible, snuggled closer to Shadow. “How long have you been awake?”
“A while,” he whispered, his baritone voice seemed to lull her into a deeper calm. “We should get up. It’s past noon.”
“I don’t want to.” She pulled a sheet over her head and Shadow laughed. There came a rather demanding knock at the door and Kylee growled. “GO AWAY!”
“Come on Ky wake up,” came that deep voice of Paco’s. “You too Shadow! I know ya in there!” He banged on the door once more. “I’ve got work for both of you so wake up.”
“NO!” Kylee whined and Shadow smirked.
“We’ll be out in ten,” he yelled out to Paco receiving quite a glare from his mate.
“Traitor!” she hissed and without even bothering to cover herself slipped out from under burgundy sheets and made to her bathroom slamming the door but not locking it. Shadow licked his lips at the show he was given and did not hesitate to follow her. He was amazed at how much of a pervert he had become but now did not care.
After an hour of waiting, the panther was quite agitated. Paco made towards Kylee’s room and was about to kick the door down when Shadow opened it fully dressed in black jeans with red stitching and a white shirt with “Curiosity” written in black. If it were not for the fact that Kylee was on his back you would see a picture of a cartoon cat with its eyes crossed out. The red hedgehog adorned blue, low-rise jeans and a black T-shirt.
Shadow gazed up into piercing yellow eyes and grinned from ear to ear. “Hi!” he said and Kylee giggled kicking her legs. His hands were placed under her ass holding her up and the black hedgehog just could not resist giving her a squeeze. “Um sorry it took us so long.” A deep growl resonated from Paco and Shadow’s ears flattened on his head as well as Kylee’s.
“Come on,” he growled and made towards the garage, an aura that almost suffocated anyone trailing behind him. The two hedgehogs followed continually flirting with each other, which angered the big cat even further.
“Oh lighten up Paco!” Kylee huffed sliding off Shadow’s back. She turned to her brother’s friend and was met with a sadistic grin that made her jump. “Why are you smiling like that?” All quills were on end.
Paco handed her an envelope. “José has something he wants you to do tomorrow.”
“This better not take long cause the block party is tomorrow!” she huffed folding her arms.
“As for you,” the cat said rounding on Shadow. He picked up a toolbox and pushed it into his hands. “You’re doing grunt work for the party.” He grinned that evil grin again and dragged a hedgehog that looked back at his mate, who was waving sheepishly to him. Outside the garage, things were already in motion for the next day’s festivities. Benches and picnic tables were being lined up in the middle of the street; some were even made on the spot. Shadow was placed on tarp duty with the wolf twins, Jordan and Roger, and Jaxon. High tension was an understatement. Through two hours worth of work, the otter never once made eye contact with the hedgehog. The twins seemed on edge working with two men that, if given the opportunity, would probably beat the life out of each other. When the fourth tarp was finished and tested Jordan and Roger found it wise to take a break leaving Jaxon and Shadow in a very awkward position at a picnic table sitting across from each other.
That brown otter looked up a good twenty times and glanced about like a crack head. “Damn it,” he groaned and received a very curious look from Shadow.
“What’s the matter?” Shadow asked with a grin on his face. “Forget to take your medication?”
Jaxon’s soft blue eyes snapped up at ruby reds and glared into them. “You know for a weapon you sure do talk a lot of bull shit.”
“Psycho!”
“Yeah, I am. What’s your point science fair reject?” The two growled at each other just as the wolf twins decided to return. Seeing this scene, they did a retreat to a different table far away from them. Jaxon was the first to back down as he crossed his arms. “I’m tryin’ to apologize but you’re makin’ it real hard,” he sighed.
“Apologize for what?” the hedgehog asked looking off. “Hitting me or just being a jackass?”
“No, for shootin’ my mouth off like I did yesterday.” Jaxon looked down scratching behind his ear. “I shouldn’t have assumed that you hadn’t lost anyone too. It’s just that she’s so happy now, ya know?” Shadow’s eyes softened as his ears laid flat on his head. He felt like such a heel now hearing this from someone who had to let Kylee go. “You make her smile the way I used to. I hate to admit it, but I’m jealous and pissed off a little too.”
The black hedgehog looked up at the otter and asked, “Of what?”
Jaxon shook his head laughing a bit. “You hold her heart in your hands man. The same heart I guarded like a precious jewel.” The blonde otter looked at Kylee’s house. “Anything you say or do could either make her life brighter or bring it crashing down. So when I knew you were planning on leaving I had to say something to change your mind. I didn't want to see the tears that followed after her parents left and the day I got taken away.”
“She was there when they took you off to a psych-ward?” That otter held somewhat of a disturbing grin on his face that sent a chill down Shadow’s spine. He really is insane.
“I figured that by now you’d know everything but I guess some people still up hold a woman’s dignity. Remind me to kill Tweak later.” He stretched his arms a bit and yawned. “Yeah, she didn't take it too well the day I was sent away. I went quietly but Ky was a different story. I’ll never forget how she cried and the way she looked at me like I was a criminal but I knew I had to go. Believe me when you try to kill someone at thirteen you need help. Now don’t get me wrong. I’ve killed before and I’ll do it again if I have to.” They eyed each other.
“You are a strange one,” Shadow said finally with a smirk to rival Jaxon’s.
“Since we’re stating the obvious here, you’re old.” The black hedgehog laughed nodding. “Shame on you dating someone young enough to be your granddaughter. Cradle robber.”
“Whatever nutcase.”
“I think you’re crazier than me and that’s saying a lot. I mean who wakes up from a fifty-year long nap and decides to destroy the world? A psycho that’s who.”
Shadow sat back and stared Jaxon down as he tossed this back and forth in his mind. He grinned. “You’re right.” The two laughed and this caught the ear of a particular red hedgehog standing on her friend’s porch.
She turned to the interesting scene of her ex and her new love talking and smiled a bit. Kylee looked to Angel who was smiling as well and turned calling out, “Damien, get out here quick!” The grey echidna climbed out a window and leaned on the railing of the porch. Kylee pointed to the picnic table and Damien’s jaw dropped.
“Angel, get my shotgun,” he said rolling up his torn sleeves. “It’s time to put Gigit down.”
“Stop being such an idiot,” the red fox snapped. “Them talking like this is a good thing. It means they’ve made amends.”
“Yes but in a week or so they’ll be at each other’s throats!” He held his hands up to his neck and made gagging noises.
“You’re just mad you couldn’t talk like this with any of Angel’s exs,” Kylee said sticking out her tongue. Angel giggled nodding.
“Ha! That would have been easy to do if none of them were jerk offs.” The little hell fox smacked her boyfriend on the back of the head. “Hey, it’s true. That’s why you’re stuck with me now.” He grinned teasingly and watched the two who were supposed to be rivals for the same heart. The three sat silent for a while until Damien decided to speak. “You know what would be great,” he whispered, “if we could hear what they were talking about.”
“They’re probably talking about that little birthmark under Ky’s you-know-what,” Angel giggled.
“Shut up!” Kylee screamed.
“Oh, you mean the same one from the baby pictures,” the echidna rang in. “The one right under her left,”
“SHUT UP!”
“They probably saw the one of the back of her right thigh,” the little red fox said with a smirk on her face. Kylee slammed her head on the railing.
“But the only way you would even notice that one is if…Oh!” A devious grin curled on Damien’s lips. “You limber little hedgy you!”
“I hate you both,” she growled and stomped away.
“I thought only cats and foxes could bend like that!” he yelled after her and he received a bit of finger fury.
Jaxon and Shadow were shoed back to work by a not too happy panther yet they continued to talk. “So,” the otter began, “did you find her birthmark?”
“The one under her thigh?” Shadow asked.
“No the other one.” He grinned bearing fangs.
“How did you…”
“I was her first. Make a note of that.”
That night was quite hectic. Not only were Angel and Kylee preparing food for the block party the following day but also protecting it from the mouths of Kylee’s brothers, Paco and even Shadow. His more sinister side reared its ugly head as he did the following: told Kylee he loved her, kissed her causing her to look away from her cooking and stole a taste. Absolutely evil. He pulled this trick four times and even passed it on to his two minions, Enrique and Marcus, before Kylee finally caught on. Their quote for the night? “I regret nothing!” and this they said while nursing the whelps on their hands. The girls defended the kitchen savagely, especially against the panther, who was fed the line (I swear to you my mother used this on my brother every thanksgiving) “You’re too big to be in the way!” When the finally preparations were finished, the food was taken to Angel and Damien’s place to be kept safe. The twins were put to bed after Paco left to his house next door and the lovers slept in Shadow’s room, which set the panther off the next day.
“DAMN IT!” Paco growled slamming the door shut to Kylee’s bedroom. He stomped to the living room. “WILL YOU PICK A PLACE AND STAY IN IT!”
“Paco man keep it down,” came Kylee as she popped out of the kitchen smoothing out her black shirt, which stopped only inches below her breasts and had excessively long sleeves. The big cat rounded on her and she waved him off. “The twins are still sleeping.” Shadow strode out of the kitchen, now favorite white shirt wide open and fussing with his bangs.
Paco’s eyes widened then he suddenly groaned, “In the kitchen?!”
“What?” the black hedge asked blinking innocently then slipping away to the garage.
“Ky, I eat in there!” the panther whined as the said hedgehog circled around him to get to the garage.
“I don’t care,” she huffed turning up her nose. “I personally think it’s about time you get a girl who can cook for you or let someone move in.”
“Gah, you know how I feel about strange people in my space.” The cat ran a hand over his ears and scratched behind one of them. “Besides, I still haven’t found the girl I want.”
Kylee began to rummage through a toolbox and pulled out a black, cloth bag. She unlocked the driver’s door to the huge, black hummer and hung on it looking back at her brother’s best friend. “What you want and what you need aren’t the same things.”
“How about we strike a deal then,” Paco began, “I get either a roommate, girlfriend or maid and you finally move out like you said you would.”
“No,” she said without a thought to it.
“Why not?”
“I have to take care of my brothers. You should know that.” She sat back on the driver’s seat and started that loud engine.
Paco took hold of the door and looked up at her in that high position. “So does your boyfriend.” Kylee quirked a brow. “The way you two go at it, it’s a wonder the twins haven’t had the misfortune of walking in on you. It’d be kinda hard on them. You may have them programmed to call you big sis but they’ll never stop seeing you as their mother.”
“…I’ll think about it.” With that, the big cat let go of the door and she pulled it shut. She revved the powerful engine once before peeling out of the open garage into the street. The hummer screeched to a halt before the brick house belonging to Angel and Damien and honked the horn. The gray echidna dropped down from the lower roof below the front second story windows dressed in a black T-shirt and blue jeans, everything torn of course. He turned to wave to Angel who was at the door and jogged to the black beast of a car and got in shotgun. “Where’s Dragon?” Kylee asked looking over to her friend.
Before Damien could answer, the monster shook slightly and the echidna grinned and pointed up, “Up there.”
Kylee leaned out her window and a black bat’s face beamed down at her waving. “You know that’s not really safe.”
“Why not?” he asked dropping down. Dragon wore a gray tank top with some weird symbol on it and black, baggy cargo pants.
“We have to take the back roads because of the block party.”
“Oh yeah!” he laughed rubbing the back of his neck. “Forgot about that.” The bat climbed through the backseat window and gave a thumbs up when he was buckled up.
“You are so lucky my brother wasn’t here to see that,” Kylee sniggered pulling on her seatbelt and began to drive the car towards her house. She turned into the woods and followed a dirt road for some time.
“I don’t get why he worries about the damn thing,” said Damien, turning on the radio to a rock station. “It’s a monster. If it got into a car accident it’d probably roll away with a scratch.”
“Yeah,” Dragon laughed, he seemed in a cheery mood. “This thing could eat other cars.”
“That’s probably how they get them so big!”
“You guys are so stupid,” the red hedgehog groaned rolling her eyes. “They’re raised like beef cattle, castrated at a young age so they get all bulky.” The three of them joked one another in to fits of laughter before they reached their destination, a huge clearing.
“Are we early?” the black bat asked looking out the window and seeing nothing but trees.
Kylee glanced out as well and suddenly growled, “No, they’re late.” She punched the steering wheel setting off the horn. “Someone is so getting shanked!”
“Aw don’t be like that Ky.” Dragon wrapped his arms around the driver’s seat and hugged her. “Everything’s gunna be okay!”
Damien and Kylee turned to gawk at their friend in the back seat. “Are you high?” the echidna asked giving him a strange look. The bat smiled from ear to ear and shook his head no. “Then why are you so damn happy…wait…You got laid…recently?”
The red hedgehog thought for a second then began to snigger. Her hands shot up to her mouth as she continued to laugh. “What?” Damien asked looking between the two. “Is there something I don’t know?” The bat smiled and the hedge kept giggling. “This is so not cool, there ain’t shit I don’t know so tell me!”
“Ami and Dragon finally hooked up!” the girl squealed and gave her black friend a high five. “Okay when did this happen?”
“You two are such girls,” the echidna sighed.
“Last night,” Dragon began, “and this morning…” The two pretended to squeal like twelve year old girls to Damien’s annoyance before they got serious. “Okay, serious, it was last night. I caught her in one of her angry rants and just let her have it right then.”
“If you ask me it’s about time,” Damien huffed slipping a finger through one of the holes in his shirt and watching it come out another one. “Angel is gunna flip when she hears this.”
“Why?” the bat asked scratching one of his large ears.
“She’s been plotting to lock you two in a closet since freshmen year,” Kylee stated beaming at her friend. “If you hadn’t made your move she would have done it for you tonight.”
“Aw, she’s so sweet…I think.” Dragon’s sensitive ears twitched. “Something’s coming.”
“What is it boy?” Damien asked with a slight laugh.
“A jeep with…” He turned his head slightly. “Four people…?” The other two looked out the windshield and sure enough, a red jeep was heading their way kicking up rocks and dust. It skid to a halt a few yards from the hummer. “Should we go now?”
Kylee eyed as a pink hedgehog in a red dress got out the front passenger seat followed by an orange fox with two tails wearing orange cargo shorts and a white baseball jersey top, and a blue hedgehog dressed in blue and red shorts and open button shirt. A top his head sat a pair of goggles. He sported a nice cut on his lower lip. “You two go out first,” she said to them still eying the trio standing outside. “You said there were four right?” Dragon nodded and Damien and he slipped out of the hummer and approached the small group.
“HOLA!” Dragon yelled out in his native tongue and the trio shrugged and spoke in a language that was familiar yet he did not understand. “Did you catch that?” he asked his gray friend who shrugged. “Oh shit…”
Back at the block-party, things were just firing up. Families from across the city were gathering around picnic tables filling them up with hundreds of dishes most being of Latin flavor just like the music that blared from the straightly placed speakers, complements of DJ Psycho. Most of the participants were children running around as their parents danced or talked amongst themselves. All the teenagers and new bloods were still busy getting ready for the biggest party of the year to look good from the opposite gender and sometimes the same.
"Where did he go?" a little purple cat asked aloud as she and her friends, a red fox, brown otter, and a green cat, paced around a large tree. A black hedgehog snickered a bit as he watched the tots continue a pointless search for him. "Shadow!" the little girl called out.
"Great minds think alike," chuckled that otter from another tree branch just off to where Shadow was perched.
The black hedgehog blinked then smirked some. "I really didn't think I'd be spending the party up a tree," he said eyeing the little girls down below. "It's like the moment Ky leaves they start searching for my like I'm part of some safari."
"Ha!" Jaxon laughed. "This is just the beginning. Wait until the preteens start showing up. You'll wanna rip your ears off." Shadow groaned smacking his head against the tree trunk. He was tired of running around after three straight days of nothing but hard work and hard play. "Just be happy you're not the only one they're hunting for. Me, Sly, Jordan and Roger have been part of this for a few years now."
"I haven't seen your search party around yet," Shadow, said looking through the tree branches to where Antonio was running from a pack of giggling girls.
"They're getting told off by their parents right now which is a big help until dad walks way then mom is all over you." Jaxon shivered along with Shadow. "I like all the attention but sometimes this shit just crosses the line."
"What do you mean?" Shadow asked arching a brow.
"Do you want a twelve year old girl pinching your ass?!" he asked pointing a finger at the hedge with a bug-eyed look to him. The black hedgehog twitched a bit then cringed at the thought. "I thought so!"
"THERE HE IS!" cried out a ten year old, female mouse with curly blonde hair.
Jaxon gulped and turned his head downwards to where his pack of worshipers were. "Shit...,” he squeaked grasping the tree trunk. Shadow tired to suppress a laugh as the girls jumped up to grab his leg. "Shut the hell up Shady!" One girl managed to latch on to his tail and he yelped as they began to pull him down. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" The black hedgehog nearly laughed himself off his branch as seven little girls pulled that otter out of the tree and away with him clawing at the ground for dear life. "HEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPP!" he cried out as he left Shadow's eyesight. The black hedgehog tried desperately to keep his voice down, but the scene was just too amusing. "Sorry for ya," Shadow sniggered and positioned himself for a well-deserved nap. In his short slumber, he became absorbed in the music of this fiesta. It stirred up a harmonic sort of dance unlike the chaos back at Quake. After his first night there, he was taken there again, this time Kylee refused to go to the top platforms. He danced with her for the first time and as everyone had told him, it was almost like fighting her. She would not stand for being held to close but Shadow managed to put a stop to that. After submitting she let him lead occasionally pulling away to do her own thing but pulled back in again to where he could be more aware of her presence.
Shadow woke but held his eyes shut. He could hear her voice, giggling melodically along with a disturbingly familiar one, which he soon ignored. He was probably hearing things. He continued to listen to Kylee's voice, as it grew more clear and loud. She was just below his tree branch. He grinned and dropped down seeming like a black streak and pinned her to the tree trunk and began kissing her softly caressing her cheek. A very startled group gawked at the sudden make out session which Kylee made no effort to part from. She looked past Shadow as he started on her neck and noticed that they had not left. “Um...” she seemed to purr. “We have an audience,” she whispered into his ear. He blinked looking into her silver eyes with hazy rubies then turned to look behind him almost glaring. He eyed two hedgehogs, one blue and male the other pink and female, a small orange, male kit with two tails and a white female bat almost glaring back at him. His right eye did a nervous twitch and he smiled some.
"Ho-ly shit!" the blue hedgehog exclaimed in Japanese, his jaw almost falling off the hinges. The pink hedgehog beside him gasped holding her hands over her mouth while the kitsune gawked. The white bat folded her arms and smirked.
"Um...hi?" Shadow said still very much pressed against Kylee. She was giggling some and tracing a finger down the front of his shirt.
"This is...impossible," Tails stammered wide-eyed. "You fell!" Shadow nodded slowly which seemed to irritate the small fox. "You should be dead!"
"Well it's nice to know you feel that way," he huffed smirking some then turned to Sonic. He was wearing a gold bracelet on his right wrist, which Shadow noticed. "You seem to have something of mine and I have something of yours."
Sonic blinked and looked down at his wrist. "Hey..." He blinked again then suddenly glared at Shadow. "HEY!" He stomped forward. "That was you the other night!" Shadow nodded and pushed off the tree trunk pulling Kylee close to him. "And that chick on the bike was..." He blinked again looking between then two the finally realized how odd this scene was. "You have a...but you're..."
"How did you survive the fall?" Amy gasped coming to the realization a bit late.
"I found him half naked in a crater," Kylee said bluntly and nuzzled against Shadow's cheek.
"Yeah didn't need to know that," Sonic laughed weakly.
"I spent a while here recuperating," Shadow said smiling some then rubbed the back of his neck. "Falling really hurts!"
"But why didn't you contact us when you were better?" Rouge said, finally speaking up. She seemed relieved about something beyond Shadow's knowledge.
"There seemed no point in it. I had no idea where you'd all be and beside I'm pretty much new to this planet. I'd get lost looking for you." He suddenly had the need to hug Kylee and did so closing his eyes for a bit, forcing away unwanted memories.
Rouge smiled crossing her arms. "So does her brother know about you two?" she asked with confidence.
Shadow blinked and turned to look at the white bat. "How do you know about him?"
"She's a resident that's how," Kylee said drawing his attention to her. "Rouge used to chill with us and had a thing for my brother." Kylee ignored the sudden snort Rouge made and continued. "She's Dragon's cousin."
Shadow's red eyes were in danger of falling out of his head. "Rouge has family?" he asked not believing the words coming from his mouth.
"Yeah, caught me off guard too!" Sonic said receiving quite a glare from the white bat before she stormed off. "Always thought she spawned from the fiery pits of hell." The blue hedgehog spotted Shadow and Kylee hugging again and shivered some. "Okay this is way too weird to be ignored." Shadow arched a brow at him. "You're evil! Well...used to be. And you're supposed to be dead!"
Kylee smirked then turned to Shadow and asked in Spanish, "Has he always been like this?" He shrugged rolling his eyes.
"Might I add that you're old?" Sonic said pointing an accusative finger at the couple. "You're old enough to be her grandfather!"
"Yeah I'm a cradle robber alright," he grinned devilishly. "Whatcha gunna do about it faker?" Amy and Tails giggled but Sonic did not find this tease too amusing.
"I thought we settled this already!" he growled. "You're the faker not me."
"I don't think he's capable of faking," Kylee sniggered and Shadow suddenly blushed at the grin she was giving him.
"So, uh where's Knuckles?" He asked trying to ignore the red thing in his arms, which is difficult if one is still holding on.
Sonic seemed slightly relieved at the change of topic. "He's off doing the guardian thing." He took on what he felt would be what the red echidna looked like angry and said in a mocking tone, "I don't have time to fool around with you guys. I have to guard the master emerald."
Shadow laughed slightly, shaking his head. "Sounds like him." He eyed Sonic for a bit then turned to whisper in Spanish to Kylee. She smiled and nodded.
"Hey, Amy, Tails," she said turning to the two younger furs. "How bout you guys come with me for a sec. Ya know, grab some food and do...social shit."
Amy blinked at the invitation to leave Sonic's side but Tails was all to ecstatic. "SURE!" he practically yelled. Kylee smiled and Tails smiled back almost stupidly. He grabbed Amy's hand and followed Kylee to the center of the festivities.
Sonic watched as Kylee and the others walked off. His expression became suddenly sullen. He looked to Shadow he seemed to mirror the same expression as he leaned his back against the tree, arms crossed behind his head as he stared off into the branches. "I see you've been getting along well," Sonic said half-heartedly. The corners of Shadow's mouth twitched and nothing more. The blue hedgehog stood before the black one looking towards the grass. "How did you survive?" he asked narrowing his eyes a bit. He recalled the day he saw him fall so willingly. "I was there. I saw you!"
"I really don't know," Shadow responded above a whisper. "All I remember is passing out from the heat...or probably lack of air."
"You let go..." He looked up to Shadow, green eyes starring through him. "Why? You were just as strong as I was when the fight was over, maybe stronger! Why did you let go?!"
Shadow narrowed his eyes but refused to look at Sonic. "Cause at the time there didn't seem any reason to live."
"Bull shit!" he roared slamming his hands on Shadow's shoulders, forcing him to look at him. "You did it cause you thought it would make things right again! You thought it wasn't enough to save the world, you had to die too!"
Shadow glared at the younger hedgehog and shoved him away. "I was right wasn't I?" he asked in a fierce tone. "The world is saved, Shadow's dead. Everyone's happy!" Shadow took a step forward then looked off. "Everyone outside this valley thinks I'm dead. It's for the better."
"Not everyone thinks you're dead and you know that!" Sonic growled curling his hands into fists. "This entire city will be over run in lord knows how long unless you lead them away."
"I can't do that," he said looking towards a group of dancing people.
Sonic followed his gaze where the music was the loudest. In the center of a crowd, he saw red hair tipped with white spinning around the blissful face of Kylee. "You're staying cause of her aren't you?" He was not going to wait for an answer. "You know you can't do that. You'll endanger everyone here, including her, if you stay!"
"If I run the same thing will happen all over again!" he growled glaring at the grass. A fist suddenly connected with his jaw and he fell back a ways shocked. He looked up at the fuming Sonic as he held his cheek.
"Stop living in the past damn it!" he yelled. "It's over okay! Stop being such a selfish ass hole and leave while they still have a chance!"
Shadow grinned sadistically and even laughed a little at this. Sonic took a step back as he watched him stand up straight. "That's where you're wrong," he said still laughing a bit. "See you didn't get what I said before so let me make it easy for you." He glared at Sonic, his hands curling into fists. "It's too late. They already know I'm here and whether I leave or not they'll still tear this city apart. It's not a matter of if I can save this place, it's will I. And believe me Sonic; nothing will stand in my way to protect my home. Not G.U.N, not anybody, especially you!" Sonic stepped back a bit, his gaze softening as Shadow looked away. "Once everyone is safe again I'll leave and never come back, but tell me something Sonic." The blue hedge looked up to him but noticed he was still staring towards the empty dance floor. "If it were you and Amy in our place would you run when she needed you most?"
Sonic blinked a bit shocked then looked away ashamed. "I've been pushing her away for that very same reason," he said seething a bit. "So I'd never have that option but it's happened before and it'll probably happen again so no." He smiled weakly. "I care about her too much to let her get hurt because of me." He laughed some running his hand through his blue spines. "We're too much alike you know that?" Shadow nodded. He glanced up into Kylee's beaming face as she raced forward dragging an equally excited Amy with her dressed in a pair of tight blue jeans and a tight red halter top showing off what Shadow never noticed. He shook this out of his mind as Kylee neared.
"Are those your clothes?" he asked pointing to Amy, eyeing her a bit. The girl blushed and turned towards a very stunned Sonic.
"Heh, yeah," Kylee said snaking her arms around his neck and smirking a little. "Some jealous bitch poured beer on her dress but we showed her didn't we Amy?" The girl giggled and nodded.
"Hope nothing too horrible," he said smirking and pulling her into his arms.
"Let's just say she won’t be crossing me ever again." She grinned sadistically and Shadow blinked the laughed a bit at this. He eyed Sonic and Amy then directed Kylee back towards the dance floor. "So you are going to dance with me tonight." He nodded and kissed her softly. As Kylee and Shadow walked away, the other two hedges continued to eye one another feeling left in an awkward position.
"You look great," he said directing his eyes to hers and she smiled blushing a little.
Amy pulled a bit at her shirt. "I tried to get a bigger shirt but Kylee wasn't having any of it," she said still rosy cheeked.
"It looks good on you." Suddenly looked off then back to her. "Um, Amy?"
"Yes, Sonic?" she asked feeling her heart flutter a bit.
He took her hand in his, kissed her softly, then back away some. "Dance with me?" She was still a bit stunned from the sudden kiss but smiled nodding slowly and followed him to where Shadow and Kylee were drawing the eyes of many as they danced through every Latin style known. Their bodies set to the heartbeat-like pace of the music Sonic found it alarming that Shadow was capable of such moves. As he made to dip Kylee, her twin brothers ran by followed by a few girls. She managed to slip out of her grip and settle the dispute, which seemed to amuse the black hedgehog. An orange, female feline approached Shadow while she was absent and began talking to him while the ground went to do its own thing.
"Oh no!" Amy Gasped and Sonic eyed her a bit. "That's the girl who poured beer on my dress."
"I thought you two dealt with her?" he said helping her to reach Shadow in the middle of the crowd of dancers.
"Apparently not well enough." When they finally made it to Shadow, he was smiling, bored and trying to shake the woman as he looked for Kylee. The woman spotted Amy and began to laugh as she hugged Shadow's arm.
"Okay seriously," Shadow said trying to pry her off. "I'm not interested."
"Yeah so back off bitch!" came Kylee's voice. The moment Shadow spotted her standing flanked with Angel and Ami to her right and Rouge and Amy to her left he some how ended up between Damien and Sonic looking slightly confused. The orange cat soon had a few girls of her own.
Shadow attempted to move forward but Damien held him back. "I should stop this," he said insisting he be let go.
"And miss all the fun? I don't think so," the echidna laughed. "Besides this isn't your fight." Shadow glowered at him but looked back to the proceedings in what now became a circle on the dance floor. The music had actually stopped and not a soul was elsewhere. Kylee seemed to be smiling then stepped towards the girl.
"Rosa," she said sharply.
Rosa eyed her with a look of disgust and spat, "Kyleena."
She sighed a bit shaking her head and spoke in English, "I was nice enough to let you stay even though you weren't invited and even after you spilled beer on my friends dress." Rosa rolled her eyes while the non-speaking women glared at one another. "And now this...this what ever you think you was doing with my man!"
"Well maybe he wanted a real woman," she said turning up her nose a bit. "Not some scrawny lil tomboy, but I guess that's what happens when you mom dies and you dad runs out on you. Oops!" She made a fake gasp and held a hand to her mouth. "Did I just say that?" Her friends laughed shrilly and Kylee growled.
The red hedgehog made an advance when Rosa looked away but Rouge and Angel pulled her back and spoke to her swiftly before letting her go. "So when you do have a mom and dad around you turn out like the village bike?" she asked grinning a bit.
Rosa narrowed her eyes. "Well I hope that gang your brutha's in runs a train on your ass just like they did ya mama!" she said crossing her arms. That had apparently been the last nerve. All Shadow could see from his distance was Kylee lunge forward on to the cat and the crowed shrunk in on them.
"Oh shit!" Damien said and began to pull the two male hedges through the dense crowd.
"I told you I should have stopped it!" Shadow snapped at Damien and went forward on his own having no trouble literally picking up people and placing them out of the way.
"I didn't think she'd start talkin' about her moms," he said trying to sound apologetic. They reached the girls too late as Rouge and Angel were holding Kylee back as she screamed a various colorful words and phrases in Spanish still trying to get at Rosa who was being held up by her girlfriends. She looked like she had gone a few rounds with a boxer, decorated with several bruises, scratches and a black eye. Kylee looked complexly fine except for a scratch on her right cheek the size of hell.
"SOME BODY HELP US!" Rouge hollered and Shadow rushed forward snatching Kylee from them and forcing her to remain still as he stared at her narrowing his eyes a bit. "Calm down," he whispered and she glared back at him breathing hard.
"YEAH YOU BETTER GET YOUR MAN!" yelled one of Rosa's girls and Kylee managed to slip out of Shadow's grip for a second but her pulled her back. "Kylee!" The red hedgehog huffed and sulked in Shadow’s arms until he released her then looked dead into his eyes. He was about to speak but then wind kicked up in an odd manner. Both he and Kylee looked up and around for the source then Kylee’s face brightened and she began to drag him towards the open field where they played football.
“He’s home!” she said over the large gust being caused by the blades of a helicopter. Shadow was about to inquire as to who but then he remembered the missing Ruez and smirked. He lifted Kylee into his arms, startling her, and quickly made to the head of the pack. He stood off to the edge of the field with her still in his arms as he looked up at the metal behemoth preparing to land. Sonic, Amy, Angel, Damien, Rouge and others soon flanked him and stared up as well.
Hope you enjoyed part one. I should have part two up in a week or so come the long weekend. The week of food and family. Be sure to check out my other three fics, two of which to be updated in the coming week as well. As for part two of Home Coming, special guests San Renard(http://san-renard.deviantart.com/ ) and his lovely gf Ally (http://ally.deviantart.com/ ) I promised Daniel Renard a camio for his char like ages ago! And I’m finally closing in on it! Ya me! So Read and Review then go check out the awesome art of this couple or I’ll shank you all!
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Chapter 13: Home coming Part 1
Shadow clutched something soft in his arms, most of his muscles sore from the hell of the night before and…other activities. He was nothing short of exhausted even after the sleep he had gotten. His mind hung only on thoughts of the creature that stirred in his grip, someone he would never let go. She had everything he wanted in a girl and a heart that was too forgiving for her own good. This girl in a sense was trouble too. She fought for her family and made her own enemies but her company was a bigger worry. The center woman of a gang, you would have to be either insane or stupid to get involved with her. He smirked.
“Shadow…” murmured the red hedgehog lying in his arms. Silver eyes fluttered open to meet half-lidded rubies. Kylee smiled and it was returned then she closed her eyes and, if possible, snuggled closer to Shadow. “How long have you been awake?”
“A while,” he whispered, his baritone voice seemed to lull her into a deeper calm. “We should get up. It’s past noon.”
“I don’t want to.” She pulled a sheet over her head and Shadow laughed. There came a rather demanding knock at the door and Kylee growled. “GO AWAY!”
“Come on Ky wake up,” came that deep voice of Paco’s. “You too Shadow! I know ya in there!” He banged on the door once more. “I’ve got work for both of you so wake up.”
“NO!” Kylee whined and Shadow smirked.
“We’ll be out in ten,” he yelled out to Paco receiving quite a glare from his mate.
“Traitor!” she hissed and without even bothering to cover herself slipped out from under burgundy sheets and made to her bathroom slamming the door but not locking it. Shadow licked his lips at the show he was given and did not hesitate to follow her. He was amazed at how much of a pervert he had become but now did not care.
After an hour of waiting, the panther was quite agitated. Paco made towards Kylee’s room and was about to kick the door down when Shadow opened it fully dressed in black jeans with red stitching and a white shirt with “Curiosity” written in black. If it were not for the fact that Kylee was on his back you would see a picture of a cartoon cat with its eyes crossed out. The red hedgehog adorned blue, low-rise jeans and a black T-shirt.
Shadow gazed up into piercing yellow eyes and grinned from ear to ear. “Hi!” he said and Kylee giggled kicking her legs. His hands were placed under her ass holding her up and the black hedgehog just could not resist giving her a squeeze. “Um sorry it took us so long.” A deep growl resonated from Paco and Shadow’s ears flattened on his head as well as Kylee’s.
“Come on,” he growled and made towards the garage, an aura that almost suffocated anyone trailing behind him. The two hedgehogs followed continually flirting with each other, which angered the big cat even further.
“Oh lighten up Paco!” Kylee huffed sliding off Shadow’s back. She turned to her brother’s friend and was met with a sadistic grin that made her jump. “Why are you smiling like that?” All quills were on end.
Paco handed her an envelope. “José has something he wants you to do tomorrow.”
“This better not take long cause the block party is tomorrow!” she huffed folding her arms.
“As for you,” the cat said rounding on Shadow. He picked up a toolbox and pushed it into his hands. “You’re doing grunt work for the party.” He grinned that evil grin again and dragged a hedgehog that looked back at his mate, who was waving sheepishly to him. Outside the garage, things were already in motion for the next day’s festivities. Benches and picnic tables were being lined up in the middle of the street; some were even made on the spot. Shadow was placed on tarp duty with the wolf twins, Jordan and Roger, and Jaxon. High tension was an understatement. Through two hours worth of work, the otter never once made eye contact with the hedgehog. The twins seemed on edge working with two men that, if given the opportunity, would probably beat the life out of each other. When the fourth tarp was finished and tested Jordan and Roger found it wise to take a break leaving Jaxon and Shadow in a very awkward position at a picnic table sitting across from each other.
That brown otter looked up a good twenty times and glanced about like a crack head. “Damn it,” he groaned and received a very curious look from Shadow.
“What’s the matter?” Shadow asked with a grin on his face. “Forget to take your medication?”
Jaxon’s soft blue eyes snapped up at ruby reds and glared into them. “You know for a weapon you sure do talk a lot of bull shit.”
“Psycho!”
“Yeah, I am. What’s your point science fair reject?” The two growled at each other just as the wolf twins decided to return. Seeing this scene, they did a retreat to a different table far away from them. Jaxon was the first to back down as he crossed his arms. “I’m tryin’ to apologize but you’re makin’ it real hard,” he sighed.
“Apologize for what?” the hedgehog asked looking off. “Hitting me or just being a jackass?”
“No, for shootin’ my mouth off like I did yesterday.” Jaxon looked down scratching behind his ear. “I shouldn’t have assumed that you hadn’t lost anyone too. It’s just that she’s so happy now, ya know?” Shadow’s eyes softened as his ears laid flat on his head. He felt like such a heel now hearing this from someone who had to let Kylee go. “You make her smile the way I used to. I hate to admit it, but I’m jealous and pissed off a little too.”
The black hedgehog looked up at the otter and asked, “Of what?”
Jaxon shook his head laughing a bit. “You hold her heart in your hands man. The same heart I guarded like a precious jewel.” The blonde otter looked at Kylee’s house. “Anything you say or do could either make her life brighter or bring it crashing down. So when I knew you were planning on leaving I had to say something to change your mind. I didn't want to see the tears that followed after her parents left and the day I got taken away.”
“She was there when they took you off to a psych-ward?” That otter held somewhat of a disturbing grin on his face that sent a chill down Shadow’s spine. He really is insane.
“I figured that by now you’d know everything but I guess some people still up hold a woman’s dignity. Remind me to kill Tweak later.” He stretched his arms a bit and yawned. “Yeah, she didn't take it too well the day I was sent away. I went quietly but Ky was a different story. I’ll never forget how she cried and the way she looked at me like I was a criminal but I knew I had to go. Believe me when you try to kill someone at thirteen you need help. Now don’t get me wrong. I’ve killed before and I’ll do it again if I have to.” They eyed each other.
“You are a strange one,” Shadow said finally with a smirk to rival Jaxon’s.
“Since we’re stating the obvious here, you’re old.” The black hedgehog laughed nodding. “Shame on you dating someone young enough to be your granddaughter. Cradle robber.”
“Whatever nutcase.”
“I think you’re crazier than me and that’s saying a lot. I mean who wakes up from a fifty-year long nap and decides to destroy the world? A psycho that’s who.”
Shadow sat back and stared Jaxon down as he tossed this back and forth in his mind. He grinned. “You’re right.” The two laughed and this caught the ear of a particular red hedgehog standing on her friend’s porch.
She turned to the interesting scene of her ex and her new love talking and smiled a bit. Kylee looked to Angel who was smiling as well and turned calling out, “Damien, get out here quick!” The grey echidna climbed out a window and leaned on the railing of the porch. Kylee pointed to the picnic table and Damien’s jaw dropped.
“Angel, get my shotgun,” he said rolling up his torn sleeves. “It’s time to put Gigit down.”
“Stop being such an idiot,” the red fox snapped. “Them talking like this is a good thing. It means they’ve made amends.”
“Yes but in a week or so they’ll be at each other’s throats!” He held his hands up to his neck and made gagging noises.
“You’re just mad you couldn’t talk like this with any of Angel’s exs,” Kylee said sticking out her tongue. Angel giggled nodding.
“Ha! That would have been easy to do if none of them were jerk offs.” The little hell fox smacked her boyfriend on the back of the head. “Hey, it’s true. That’s why you’re stuck with me now.” He grinned teasingly and watched the two who were supposed to be rivals for the same heart. The three sat silent for a while until Damien decided to speak. “You know what would be great,” he whispered, “if we could hear what they were talking about.”
“They’re probably talking about that little birthmark under Ky’s you-know-what,” Angel giggled.
“Shut up!” Kylee screamed.
“Oh, you mean the same one from the baby pictures,” the echidna rang in. “The one right under her left,”
“SHUT UP!”
“They probably saw the one of the back of her right thigh,” the little red fox said with a smirk on her face. Kylee slammed her head on the railing.
“But the only way you would even notice that one is if…Oh!” A devious grin curled on Damien’s lips. “You limber little hedgy you!”
“I hate you both,” she growled and stomped away.
“I thought only cats and foxes could bend like that!” he yelled after her and he received a bit of finger fury.
Jaxon and Shadow were shoed back to work by a not too happy panther yet they continued to talk. “So,” the otter began, “did you find her birthmark?”
“The one under her thigh?” Shadow asked.
“No the other one.” He grinned bearing fangs.
“How did you…”
“I was her first. Make a note of that.”
That night was quite hectic. Not only were Angel and Kylee preparing food for the block party the following day but also protecting it from the mouths of Kylee’s brothers, Paco and even Shadow. His more sinister side reared its ugly head as he did the following: told Kylee he loved her, kissed her causing her to look away from her cooking and stole a taste. Absolutely evil. He pulled this trick four times and even passed it on to his two minions, Enrique and Marcus, before Kylee finally caught on. Their quote for the night? “I regret nothing!” and this they said while nursing the whelps on their hands. The girls defended the kitchen savagely, especially against the panther, who was fed the line (I swear to you my mother used this on my brother every thanksgiving) “You’re too big to be in the way!” When the finally preparations were finished, the food was taken to Angel and Damien’s place to be kept safe. The twins were put to bed after Paco left to his house next door and the lovers slept in Shadow’s room, which set the panther off the next day.
“DAMN IT!” Paco growled slamming the door shut to Kylee’s bedroom. He stomped to the living room. “WILL YOU PICK A PLACE AND STAY IN IT!”
“Paco man keep it down,” came Kylee as she popped out of the kitchen smoothing out her black shirt, which stopped only inches below her breasts and had excessively long sleeves. The big cat rounded on her and she waved him off. “The twins are still sleeping.” Shadow strode out of the kitchen, now favorite white shirt wide open and fussing with his bangs.
Paco’s eyes widened then he suddenly groaned, “In the kitchen?!”
“What?” the black hedge asked blinking innocently then slipping away to the garage.
“Ky, I eat in there!” the panther whined as the said hedgehog circled around him to get to the garage.
“I don’t care,” she huffed turning up her nose. “I personally think it’s about time you get a girl who can cook for you or let someone move in.”
“Gah, you know how I feel about strange people in my space.” The cat ran a hand over his ears and scratched behind one of them. “Besides, I still haven’t found the girl I want.”
Kylee began to rummage through a toolbox and pulled out a black, cloth bag. She unlocked the driver’s door to the huge, black hummer and hung on it looking back at her brother’s best friend. “What you want and what you need aren’t the same things.”
“How about we strike a deal then,” Paco began, “I get either a roommate, girlfriend or maid and you finally move out like you said you would.”
“No,” she said without a thought to it.
“Why not?”
“I have to take care of my brothers. You should know that.” She sat back on the driver’s seat and started that loud engine.
Paco took hold of the door and looked up at her in that high position. “So does your boyfriend.” Kylee quirked a brow. “The way you two go at it, it’s a wonder the twins haven’t had the misfortune of walking in on you. It’d be kinda hard on them. You may have them programmed to call you big sis but they’ll never stop seeing you as their mother.”
“…I’ll think about it.” With that, the big cat let go of the door and she pulled it shut. She revved the powerful engine once before peeling out of the open garage into the street. The hummer screeched to a halt before the brick house belonging to Angel and Damien and honked the horn. The gray echidna dropped down from the lower roof below the front second story windows dressed in a black T-shirt and blue jeans, everything torn of course. He turned to wave to Angel who was at the door and jogged to the black beast of a car and got in shotgun. “Where’s Dragon?” Kylee asked looking over to her friend.
Before Damien could answer, the monster shook slightly and the echidna grinned and pointed up, “Up there.”
Kylee leaned out her window and a black bat’s face beamed down at her waving. “You know that’s not really safe.”
“Why not?” he asked dropping down. Dragon wore a gray tank top with some weird symbol on it and black, baggy cargo pants.
“We have to take the back roads because of the block party.”
“Oh yeah!” he laughed rubbing the back of his neck. “Forgot about that.” The bat climbed through the backseat window and gave a thumbs up when he was buckled up.
“You are so lucky my brother wasn’t here to see that,” Kylee sniggered pulling on her seatbelt and began to drive the car towards her house. She turned into the woods and followed a dirt road for some time.
“I don’t get why he worries about the damn thing,” said Damien, turning on the radio to a rock station. “It’s a monster. If it got into a car accident it’d probably roll away with a scratch.”
“Yeah,” Dragon laughed, he seemed in a cheery mood. “This thing could eat other cars.”
“That’s probably how they get them so big!”
“You guys are so stupid,” the red hedgehog groaned rolling her eyes. “They’re raised like beef cattle, castrated at a young age so they get all bulky.” The three of them joked one another in to fits of laughter before they reached their destination, a huge clearing.
“Are we early?” the black bat asked looking out the window and seeing nothing but trees.
Kylee glanced out as well and suddenly growled, “No, they’re late.” She punched the steering wheel setting off the horn. “Someone is so getting shanked!”
“Aw don’t be like that Ky.” Dragon wrapped his arms around the driver’s seat and hugged her. “Everything’s gunna be okay!”
Damien and Kylee turned to gawk at their friend in the back seat. “Are you high?” the echidna asked giving him a strange look. The bat smiled from ear to ear and shook his head no. “Then why are you so damn happy…wait…You got laid…recently?”
The red hedgehog thought for a second then began to snigger. Her hands shot up to her mouth as she continued to laugh. “What?” Damien asked looking between the two. “Is there something I don’t know?” The bat smiled and the hedge kept giggling. “This is so not cool, there ain’t shit I don’t know so tell me!”
“Ami and Dragon finally hooked up!” the girl squealed and gave her black friend a high five. “Okay when did this happen?”
“You two are such girls,” the echidna sighed.
“Last night,” Dragon began, “and this morning…” The two pretended to squeal like twelve year old girls to Damien’s annoyance before they got serious. “Okay, serious, it was last night. I caught her in one of her angry rants and just let her have it right then.”
“If you ask me it’s about time,” Damien huffed slipping a finger through one of the holes in his shirt and watching it come out another one. “Angel is gunna flip when she hears this.”
“Why?” the bat asked scratching one of his large ears.
“She’s been plotting to lock you two in a closet since freshmen year,” Kylee stated beaming at her friend. “If you hadn’t made your move she would have done it for you tonight.”
“Aw, she’s so sweet…I think.” Dragon’s sensitive ears twitched. “Something’s coming.”
“What is it boy?” Damien asked with a slight laugh.
“A jeep with…” He turned his head slightly. “Four people…?” The other two looked out the windshield and sure enough, a red jeep was heading their way kicking up rocks and dust. It skid to a halt a few yards from the hummer. “Should we go now?”
Kylee eyed as a pink hedgehog in a red dress got out the front passenger seat followed by an orange fox with two tails wearing orange cargo shorts and a white baseball jersey top, and a blue hedgehog dressed in blue and red shorts and open button shirt. A top his head sat a pair of goggles. He sported a nice cut on his lower lip. “You two go out first,” she said to them still eying the trio standing outside. “You said there were four right?” Dragon nodded and Damien and he slipped out of the hummer and approached the small group.
“HOLA!” Dragon yelled out in his native tongue and the trio shrugged and spoke in a language that was familiar yet he did not understand. “Did you catch that?” he asked his gray friend who shrugged. “Oh shit…”
Back at the block-party, things were just firing up. Families from across the city were gathering around picnic tables filling them up with hundreds of dishes most being of Latin flavor just like the music that blared from the straightly placed speakers, complements of DJ Psycho. Most of the participants were children running around as their parents danced or talked amongst themselves. All the teenagers and new bloods were still busy getting ready for the biggest party of the year to look good from the opposite gender and sometimes the same.
"Where did he go?" a little purple cat asked aloud as she and her friends, a red fox, brown otter, and a green cat, paced around a large tree. A black hedgehog snickered a bit as he watched the tots continue a pointless search for him. "Shadow!" the little girl called out.
"Great minds think alike," chuckled that otter from another tree branch just off to where Shadow was perched.
The black hedgehog blinked then smirked some. "I really didn't think I'd be spending the party up a tree," he said eyeing the little girls down below. "It's like the moment Ky leaves they start searching for my like I'm part of some safari."
"Ha!" Jaxon laughed. "This is just the beginning. Wait until the preteens start showing up. You'll wanna rip your ears off." Shadow groaned smacking his head against the tree trunk. He was tired of running around after three straight days of nothing but hard work and hard play. "Just be happy you're not the only one they're hunting for. Me, Sly, Jordan and Roger have been part of this for a few years now."
"I haven't seen your search party around yet," Shadow, said looking through the tree branches to where Antonio was running from a pack of giggling girls.
"They're getting told off by their parents right now which is a big help until dad walks way then mom is all over you." Jaxon shivered along with Shadow. "I like all the attention but sometimes this shit just crosses the line."
"What do you mean?" Shadow asked arching a brow.
"Do you want a twelve year old girl pinching your ass?!" he asked pointing a finger at the hedge with a bug-eyed look to him. The black hedgehog twitched a bit then cringed at the thought. "I thought so!"
"THERE HE IS!" cried out a ten year old, female mouse with curly blonde hair.
Jaxon gulped and turned his head downwards to where his pack of worshipers were. "Shit...,” he squeaked grasping the tree trunk. Shadow tired to suppress a laugh as the girls jumped up to grab his leg. "Shut the hell up Shady!" One girl managed to latch on to his tail and he yelped as they began to pull him down. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" The black hedgehog nearly laughed himself off his branch as seven little girls pulled that otter out of the tree and away with him clawing at the ground for dear life. "HEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPP!" he cried out as he left Shadow's eyesight. The black hedgehog tried desperately to keep his voice down, but the scene was just too amusing. "Sorry for ya," Shadow sniggered and positioned himself for a well-deserved nap. In his short slumber, he became absorbed in the music of this fiesta. It stirred up a harmonic sort of dance unlike the chaos back at Quake. After his first night there, he was taken there again, this time Kylee refused to go to the top platforms. He danced with her for the first time and as everyone had told him, it was almost like fighting her. She would not stand for being held to close but Shadow managed to put a stop to that. After submitting she let him lead occasionally pulling away to do her own thing but pulled back in again to where he could be more aware of her presence.
Shadow woke but held his eyes shut. He could hear her voice, giggling melodically along with a disturbingly familiar one, which he soon ignored. He was probably hearing things. He continued to listen to Kylee's voice, as it grew more clear and loud. She was just below his tree branch. He grinned and dropped down seeming like a black streak and pinned her to the tree trunk and began kissing her softly caressing her cheek. A very startled group gawked at the sudden make out session which Kylee made no effort to part from. She looked past Shadow as he started on her neck and noticed that they had not left. “Um...” she seemed to purr. “We have an audience,” she whispered into his ear. He blinked looking into her silver eyes with hazy rubies then turned to look behind him almost glaring. He eyed two hedgehogs, one blue and male the other pink and female, a small orange, male kit with two tails and a white female bat almost glaring back at him. His right eye did a nervous twitch and he smiled some.
"Ho-ly shit!" the blue hedgehog exclaimed in Japanese, his jaw almost falling off the hinges. The pink hedgehog beside him gasped holding her hands over her mouth while the kitsune gawked. The white bat folded her arms and smirked.
"Um...hi?" Shadow said still very much pressed against Kylee. She was giggling some and tracing a finger down the front of his shirt.
"This is...impossible," Tails stammered wide-eyed. "You fell!" Shadow nodded slowly which seemed to irritate the small fox. "You should be dead!"
"Well it's nice to know you feel that way," he huffed smirking some then turned to Sonic. He was wearing a gold bracelet on his right wrist, which Shadow noticed. "You seem to have something of mine and I have something of yours."
Sonic blinked and looked down at his wrist. "Hey..." He blinked again then suddenly glared at Shadow. "HEY!" He stomped forward. "That was you the other night!" Shadow nodded and pushed off the tree trunk pulling Kylee close to him. "And that chick on the bike was..." He blinked again looking between then two the finally realized how odd this scene was. "You have a...but you're..."
"How did you survive the fall?" Amy gasped coming to the realization a bit late.
"I found him half naked in a crater," Kylee said bluntly and nuzzled against Shadow's cheek.
"Yeah didn't need to know that," Sonic laughed weakly.
"I spent a while here recuperating," Shadow said smiling some then rubbed the back of his neck. "Falling really hurts!"
"But why didn't you contact us when you were better?" Rouge said, finally speaking up. She seemed relieved about something beyond Shadow's knowledge.
"There seemed no point in it. I had no idea where you'd all be and beside I'm pretty much new to this planet. I'd get lost looking for you." He suddenly had the need to hug Kylee and did so closing his eyes for a bit, forcing away unwanted memories.
Rouge smiled crossing her arms. "So does her brother know about you two?" she asked with confidence.
Shadow blinked and turned to look at the white bat. "How do you know about him?"
"She's a resident that's how," Kylee said drawing his attention to her. "Rouge used to chill with us and had a thing for my brother." Kylee ignored the sudden snort Rouge made and continued. "She's Dragon's cousin."
Shadow's red eyes were in danger of falling out of his head. "Rouge has family?" he asked not believing the words coming from his mouth.
"Yeah, caught me off guard too!" Sonic said receiving quite a glare from the white bat before she stormed off. "Always thought she spawned from the fiery pits of hell." The blue hedgehog spotted Shadow and Kylee hugging again and shivered some. "Okay this is way too weird to be ignored." Shadow arched a brow at him. "You're evil! Well...used to be. And you're supposed to be dead!"
Kylee smirked then turned to Shadow and asked in Spanish, "Has he always been like this?" He shrugged rolling his eyes.
"Might I add that you're old?" Sonic said pointing an accusative finger at the couple. "You're old enough to be her grandfather!"
"Yeah I'm a cradle robber alright," he grinned devilishly. "Whatcha gunna do about it faker?" Amy and Tails giggled but Sonic did not find this tease too amusing.
"I thought we settled this already!" he growled. "You're the faker not me."
"I don't think he's capable of faking," Kylee sniggered and Shadow suddenly blushed at the grin she was giving him.
"So, uh where's Knuckles?" He asked trying to ignore the red thing in his arms, which is difficult if one is still holding on.
Sonic seemed slightly relieved at the change of topic. "He's off doing the guardian thing." He took on what he felt would be what the red echidna looked like angry and said in a mocking tone, "I don't have time to fool around with you guys. I have to guard the master emerald."
Shadow laughed slightly, shaking his head. "Sounds like him." He eyed Sonic for a bit then turned to whisper in Spanish to Kylee. She smiled and nodded.
"Hey, Amy, Tails," she said turning to the two younger furs. "How bout you guys come with me for a sec. Ya know, grab some food and do...social shit."
Amy blinked at the invitation to leave Sonic's side but Tails was all to ecstatic. "SURE!" he practically yelled. Kylee smiled and Tails smiled back almost stupidly. He grabbed Amy's hand and followed Kylee to the center of the festivities.
Sonic watched as Kylee and the others walked off. His expression became suddenly sullen. He looked to Shadow he seemed to mirror the same expression as he leaned his back against the tree, arms crossed behind his head as he stared off into the branches. "I see you've been getting along well," Sonic said half-heartedly. The corners of Shadow's mouth twitched and nothing more. The blue hedgehog stood before the black one looking towards the grass. "How did you survive?" he asked narrowing his eyes a bit. He recalled the day he saw him fall so willingly. "I was there. I saw you!"
"I really don't know," Shadow responded above a whisper. "All I remember is passing out from the heat...or probably lack of air."
"You let go..." He looked up to Shadow, green eyes starring through him. "Why? You were just as strong as I was when the fight was over, maybe stronger! Why did you let go?!"
Shadow narrowed his eyes but refused to look at Sonic. "Cause at the time there didn't seem any reason to live."
"Bull shit!" he roared slamming his hands on Shadow's shoulders, forcing him to look at him. "You did it cause you thought it would make things right again! You thought it wasn't enough to save the world, you had to die too!"
Shadow glared at the younger hedgehog and shoved him away. "I was right wasn't I?" he asked in a fierce tone. "The world is saved, Shadow's dead. Everyone's happy!" Shadow took a step forward then looked off. "Everyone outside this valley thinks I'm dead. It's for the better."
"Not everyone thinks you're dead and you know that!" Sonic growled curling his hands into fists. "This entire city will be over run in lord knows how long unless you lead them away."
"I can't do that," he said looking towards a group of dancing people.
Sonic followed his gaze where the music was the loudest. In the center of a crowd, he saw red hair tipped with white spinning around the blissful face of Kylee. "You're staying cause of her aren't you?" He was not going to wait for an answer. "You know you can't do that. You'll endanger everyone here, including her, if you stay!"
"If I run the same thing will happen all over again!" he growled glaring at the grass. A fist suddenly connected with his jaw and he fell back a ways shocked. He looked up at the fuming Sonic as he held his cheek.
"Stop living in the past damn it!" he yelled. "It's over okay! Stop being such a selfish ass hole and leave while they still have a chance!"
Shadow grinned sadistically and even laughed a little at this. Sonic took a step back as he watched him stand up straight. "That's where you're wrong," he said still laughing a bit. "See you didn't get what I said before so let me make it easy for you." He glared at Sonic, his hands curling into fists. "It's too late. They already know I'm here and whether I leave or not they'll still tear this city apart. It's not a matter of if I can save this place, it's will I. And believe me Sonic; nothing will stand in my way to protect my home. Not G.U.N, not anybody, especially you!" Sonic stepped back a bit, his gaze softening as Shadow looked away. "Once everyone is safe again I'll leave and never come back, but tell me something Sonic." The blue hedge looked up to him but noticed he was still staring towards the empty dance floor. "If it were you and Amy in our place would you run when she needed you most?"
Sonic blinked a bit shocked then looked away ashamed. "I've been pushing her away for that very same reason," he said seething a bit. "So I'd never have that option but it's happened before and it'll probably happen again so no." He smiled weakly. "I care about her too much to let her get hurt because of me." He laughed some running his hand through his blue spines. "We're too much alike you know that?" Shadow nodded. He glanced up into Kylee's beaming face as she raced forward dragging an equally excited Amy with her dressed in a pair of tight blue jeans and a tight red halter top showing off what Shadow never noticed. He shook this out of his mind as Kylee neared.
"Are those your clothes?" he asked pointing to Amy, eyeing her a bit. The girl blushed and turned towards a very stunned Sonic.
"Heh, yeah," Kylee said snaking her arms around his neck and smirking a little. "Some jealous bitch poured beer on her dress but we showed her didn't we Amy?" The girl giggled and nodded.
"Hope nothing too horrible," he said smirking and pulling her into his arms.
"Let's just say she won’t be crossing me ever again." She grinned sadistically and Shadow blinked the laughed a bit at this. He eyed Sonic and Amy then directed Kylee back towards the dance floor. "So you are going to dance with me tonight." He nodded and kissed her softly. As Kylee and Shadow walked away, the other two hedges continued to eye one another feeling left in an awkward position.
"You look great," he said directing his eyes to hers and she smiled blushing a little.
Amy pulled a bit at her shirt. "I tried to get a bigger shirt but Kylee wasn't having any of it," she said still rosy cheeked.
"It looks good on you." Suddenly looked off then back to her. "Um, Amy?"
"Yes, Sonic?" she asked feeling her heart flutter a bit.
He took her hand in his, kissed her softly, then back away some. "Dance with me?" She was still a bit stunned from the sudden kiss but smiled nodding slowly and followed him to where Shadow and Kylee were drawing the eyes of many as they danced through every Latin style known. Their bodies set to the heartbeat-like pace of the music Sonic found it alarming that Shadow was capable of such moves. As he made to dip Kylee, her twin brothers ran by followed by a few girls. She managed to slip out of her grip and settle the dispute, which seemed to amuse the black hedgehog. An orange, female feline approached Shadow while she was absent and began talking to him while the ground went to do its own thing.
"Oh no!" Amy Gasped and Sonic eyed her a bit. "That's the girl who poured beer on my dress."
"I thought you two dealt with her?" he said helping her to reach Shadow in the middle of the crowd of dancers.
"Apparently not well enough." When they finally made it to Shadow, he was smiling, bored and trying to shake the woman as he looked for Kylee. The woman spotted Amy and began to laugh as she hugged Shadow's arm.
"Okay seriously," Shadow said trying to pry her off. "I'm not interested."
"Yeah so back off bitch!" came Kylee's voice. The moment Shadow spotted her standing flanked with Angel and Ami to her right and Rouge and Amy to her left he some how ended up between Damien and Sonic looking slightly confused. The orange cat soon had a few girls of her own.
Shadow attempted to move forward but Damien held him back. "I should stop this," he said insisting he be let go.
"And miss all the fun? I don't think so," the echidna laughed. "Besides this isn't your fight." Shadow glowered at him but looked back to the proceedings in what now became a circle on the dance floor. The music had actually stopped and not a soul was elsewhere. Kylee seemed to be smiling then stepped towards the girl.
"Rosa," she said sharply.
Rosa eyed her with a look of disgust and spat, "Kyleena."
She sighed a bit shaking her head and spoke in English, "I was nice enough to let you stay even though you weren't invited and even after you spilled beer on my friends dress." Rosa rolled her eyes while the non-speaking women glared at one another. "And now this...this what ever you think you was doing with my man!"
"Well maybe he wanted a real woman," she said turning up her nose a bit. "Not some scrawny lil tomboy, but I guess that's what happens when you mom dies and you dad runs out on you. Oops!" She made a fake gasp and held a hand to her mouth. "Did I just say that?" Her friends laughed shrilly and Kylee growled.
The red hedgehog made an advance when Rosa looked away but Rouge and Angel pulled her back and spoke to her swiftly before letting her go. "So when you do have a mom and dad around you turn out like the village bike?" she asked grinning a bit.
Rosa narrowed her eyes. "Well I hope that gang your brutha's in runs a train on your ass just like they did ya mama!" she said crossing her arms. That had apparently been the last nerve. All Shadow could see from his distance was Kylee lunge forward on to the cat and the crowed shrunk in on them.
"Oh shit!" Damien said and began to pull the two male hedges through the dense crowd.
"I told you I should have stopped it!" Shadow snapped at Damien and went forward on his own having no trouble literally picking up people and placing them out of the way.
"I didn't think she'd start talkin' about her moms," he said trying to sound apologetic. They reached the girls too late as Rouge and Angel were holding Kylee back as she screamed a various colorful words and phrases in Spanish still trying to get at Rosa who was being held up by her girlfriends. She looked like she had gone a few rounds with a boxer, decorated with several bruises, scratches and a black eye. Kylee looked complexly fine except for a scratch on her right cheek the size of hell.
"SOME BODY HELP US!" Rouge hollered and Shadow rushed forward snatching Kylee from them and forcing her to remain still as he stared at her narrowing his eyes a bit. "Calm down," he whispered and she glared back at him breathing hard.
"YEAH YOU BETTER GET YOUR MAN!" yelled one of Rosa's girls and Kylee managed to slip out of Shadow's grip for a second but her pulled her back. "Kylee!" The red hedgehog huffed and sulked in Shadow’s arms until he released her then looked dead into his eyes. He was about to speak but then wind kicked up in an odd manner. Both he and Kylee looked up and around for the source then Kylee’s face brightened and she began to drag him towards the open field where they played football.
“He’s home!” she said over the large gust being caused by the blades of a helicopter. Shadow was about to inquire as to who but then he remembered the missing Ruez and smirked. He lifted Kylee into his arms, startling her, and quickly made to the head of the pack. He stood off to the edge of the field with her still in his arms as he looked up at the metal behemoth preparing to land. Sonic, Amy, Angel, Damien, Rouge and others soon flanked him and stared up as well.
Hope you enjoyed part one. I should have part two up in a week or so come the long weekend. The week of food and family. Be sure to check out my other three fics, two of which to be updated in the coming week as well. As for part two of Home Coming, special guests San Renard(http://san-renard.deviantart.com/ ) and his lovely gf Ally (http://ally.deviantart.com/ ) I promised Daniel Renard a camio for his char like ages ago! And I’m finally closing in on it! Ya me! So Read and Review then go check out the awesome art of this couple or I’ll shank you all!