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Author's POV!
"–and then add the exponents! That's how you multiply–" Blah blah blah.
I sighed. Mr. Feliciano reminded us about this every week! Apparently, my classmates are very slow. Man, can school get any more boring?! Don't get me wrong, I have good grades. It just got old pretty fast.
I flinched when I felt a tap on my shoulder. Geez, I'm so tense these days. I turned around to see Hans behind me. He's just a friend I met who found out I had a crush on his 'best friend'. "What?" I asked with a questionable expression.
"I heard you love the anime, Corpse Party. Am I right?" Hans whispered as I raised an eyebrow. Why is he bringing this up? Hans began to grin slyly at me. "You'd be happy to hear that it's your crush's favorite anime as well," he smirked as I blushed.
"Shut up," I grumbled, lightly shoving his shoulders as he laughed at me. "So, did you watch it?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
Fortunately, it worked.
"Yeah. Seems okay. It was too violent though, not to mention bloody..." Hans shivered lightly. "I was starting to like that Yoshiki guy. Too bad he died."
I rolled my eyes and turned back around. The anime consisted of only four episodes, and out of nine characters, only two survived. And then I found the manga, consisting of forty-four chapters and a whole lot of pages. Guess what? Five of them survived! I personally don't like the anime because my favorite male character died. Then again, I loved it when my favorite character suffers.
Suddenly, I began staring off into space when an image of my favorite ship flashed through my mind...
Normal POV!
Shadow growled as he grabbed Amy by the neck, and smashed her head to the large window of the ship that showed the world called, 'Earth', causing it to crack slightly.
"You have no right to talk about Maria that way!" Shadow growled menacingly as his grip tightened around the pink hedgehog's neck.
"S–Shadow... M–aria, died... t–to save the earth..." Amy managed to choke out, gasping sharply. "Y–you have to h–help us... or else, Maria's *gasp* death will be in... v–vain!"
Shadow's frown deepened as he squeezed the poor female's neck harder. "You're lying! Tch, die to save a world... Who would do that?"
"I–I would..." the sakura hedgehog said weakly as Shadow glared at her.
"You're just saying that to convince me..." Shadow narrowed his eyes at her.
"N–no I'm not!" came a reply.
"Tsk, liar!"
"Then do it!" Amy bursted out. "Go ahead! Kill me! Snap my neck in two –make me stop breathing– I don't care!" she gasped, desperately trying to regain air back to her lungs. "As long as you help them save the world, my life doesn't matter..."
After all, why should she live, when others will die?
Shadow growled. "Foolish girl!"
Instead of receiving another whimper from her, she looked at him with half-lidded eyes, her jade eyes slowly fading from life. What surprised Shadow was when she shot him a weak, half-smile.
"I–I guess I never got to tell you..." Amy said weakly, her hands slowly becoming numb. "... I never did tell you, what I feel..." she gasped softly. "... but you have no idea how much..." her eyes were almost closed by now as Shadow stared at her. "... I love... you..." and then came her last breath, closing her eyes in the process.
Shadow's face softened and turned into a look of shock as his grip around her neck loosened. He didn't know why, but somehow he felt... miserable. "R–Rose?" he asked as panic and worry started to sink in. "Rose!" he yelled as he realized what he'd done, pulling her close as he sat on the metal floor, placing the pink hedgehog on his lap, her head lying on the ebony hedgehog's chest fur. "Amy? Amy! Please open your eyes, Rose! I'm sorry, please forgive me, I'm sorry..." he shook her lightly, tears threatening to pour from his bloodshot eyes. Why hadn't he realize this before? Why is he realizing he loved her now?! Maybe it was because he thought she wouldn't care. Maybe it was because her focus was always on the blue faker, that caused his jealousy to get the best of him. Maybe his anger for the faker took a turn to the wrong side, her. Why? Why did he have to do such a terrible thing to an innocent rose? By now Shadow was sobbing, feeling guilt, regret, and heartbreak stab him like a knife. "NO!"
Author's POV!
I blinked. That doesn't seem right. But I admit I have a weird liking towards death scenes. But I ain't that cruel so if I ever made a story with that scene I'd eventually make a happy ending. Something like...
Normal POV!
The Next Day...
Eyes fluttered open to reveal a pair of bright, emerald eyes, full of life. Amy rose from the bed, completely confused. She looked around and noticed she was in a bunk.
"You're awake."
Any gasped, startled. She looked to her left to see Shadow sitting on a metal chair beside the bunk. His eyes looked swollen. Had he been crying?
"Are you okay?"
Amy looked at him. "What happened?"
She was surprised when Shadow looked at her with a look of guilt. "Don't you remember? We were in the ARK, and you..."
Shadow didn't even bother finishing his sentence. He couldn't. Amy had a look of shock when she remembered what happened. But why is she here now?
"But, why am I...?"
Shadow sighed. Explaining was difficult for him, having to remember something you regret, isn't exactly the best feeling.
"Aren't I supposed to be dead?"
"You were."
Amy looked at him, shocked and confused. What?
Shadow sighed again and faced her fully. "You stopped breathing. You died. But then, I felt awful. To do such a thing to someone as innocent like you... You didn't deserve to die. I felt horrible. I felt like Maria was watching over me, and I couldn't even think of how disappointed she must've been." he explained, looking down. "I made you breathe. I–I was afraid of not seeing your eyes open again. I–I just..." he trembled. The Ultimate Life Form trembled, and was almost on the verge of tears. He held Amy's hand close to him. "I'm sorry..." he muttered. Amy sighed and held him close. "I am so, so sorry..."
Amy shushed him and rubbed his back to try to soothe him. "I forgive you..."
Shadow looked up at her in disbelief. How could she forgive him so easily? "But Rose! I–I did a terrible thing to you! I don't deserve your forgiveness! I–"
"Yes, you do," Amy said, cutting him off. "Everyone does... And like I said before, as long as you help save the world, my life doesn't matter..."
"You were right about the Earth..." Shadow said, pulling her into a hug, and nuzzling his face into her neck. "It was worth saving... because you're here..." he mumbled against her neck. "I love you..."
That was all it took, for Amy to smile.
"And I love you too, Shadow the Hedgehog..."
Author's POV!
'Much better...' I thought with a dreamy smile.
"–class, did you get it?"
"Yes, sir!" my classmates, along with me, yelled in chorus. Though boredom can be heard from their tones.
'Finally,' I thought. 'It's over...'