Shadow was lurking at night. He was supposed to be in his den like any of the Mobian's would have hoped, but his mind was filled with today's events and he was just so curious about the Mobian's life style. It confused him but at the same time it intrigued him. Finally he had arrived at the campsite, silently he slithered his over to the Silver's tent. Knowing this from his keen sense of smell. Luckily for him he was alone in his tent tonight. Quietly he unzipped the opening and revealed the slumbering hedgehog. The ebony naga crawled in first lightly shaking the Mobian attempting at awaking him but not having any success. He began to shake more vigorously but had not prevailed. Finally having enough of this he threw the sheets of the ivory hedgehog and but his midsection.

Still asleep, Silver felt the bite and stretched outward, tilting his head back in pleasure. The hedgehog purred lightly, then sighed, feeling the biting sensation go away, relaxing his body once more. His eyes slowly opened a bit, vision blurred from sleeping, and, still drowsy, he spoke. "No... Don't... Stop..." He smiled, starting to close his eyes a bit again.

Shadow lifted his head bewildered. He smiled deviously and bent his head down near the hedgehog's leg and bit again but a little harder.

This bite made the hedgehog yap a bit in pain, but he remained calm, nonetheless. He started growling at Shadow. "You're so naughty..." He giggled in his sleep.

The naga snickered quietly seeing that he could go pretty far. He hissed in the hedgehog's ear crawling on top of him unintentionally crushing him under his weight.

Silver gasped, choking. Immediately, the hedgehog's eyes shot open, and he sat up, unable to breathe.

"S-SHADOW, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU-" He stopped to gasp for air, and then continued. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! GET THE HELL OFFA ME!"

He covered the hedgehog's mouth listening for his friend's to come running but nothing came. He slithered off of Silver. "Quiet. I don't want the other's coming."

"Well raping me isn't such a bright idea, then, is it, smart guy?!" Silver whispered, furious. "God, am I going to have to start carrying around a rape siren with you guys?!" The hedgehog took a long breath, calming himself. "What are you doing, here, Shadow? It's late."

"Come." The naga simply stated leaving the tent wanting the male hedgehog to follow him.

Silver sighed. "Why me?" He whispered, being careful to keep Shadow from hearing. Slowly, the hedgehog stood up from his sleeping bag, cracked his back, and followed the Naga outside into the dark.

Shadow snorted and went in between Silver's legs and set him on his back so the Mobian wouldn't slow him down. In a hurry he slithered off at an accelerating rate.

"You do realize that I'm perfectly capable of moving my limbs, right?" Silver remarked sarcastically.

Shadow grunted but didn't really care. "You'll only slow us down." He muttered but made it audible for the Mobian to here. "Besides we have far to go and we don't have all night."

Silver sighed. "Alright, then, could you at least tell me WHERE we're going, exactly?"

"You'll like it." Shadow said not wanting to spoil it.

"Alright, fine, but can I least ask why this late at night?"

"You're friends would have followed us, I'd like a moment of peace." He paused to look at the surroundings and sniff the air. "We're closer then I thought."

"Good, I don't like the idea of being alone..." Silver mumbled to himself.

Ignoring that last comment, Shadow led them to a small clearing with a glistening pond with cattails growing around the edges. Wildflowers freckling the tall grass that held midnight dew.

"Oh great, more water." Silver's excitement dropped. "Apparently I need to be around even more water, because it definitely hasn't caused enough hell already for me over the past week!"

Shadow smirked. "Calm down, nothing will harm you here."

"Watch, something happens, I'm killing you, Shadow." Silver teased. "Now... Could you put me down?"

"You could just get off yourself." Shadow stated propping the hedgehog on the ground. "Besides you couldn't kill me if you tried."

"Just because you're stronger..." Silver mumbled to himself, looking around. "Alright, I'll admit it. This place is pretty. Why are we here, though?"

"I wanted to talk to you." Shadow simply stated making Silver sit in the grass.

"Oh, um... O-okay, then... W-what did you have to drag me away from my friends in order to... Talk... About?" Silver started blushing a bit, not sure of why. It just sort of came naturally, what with the beautiful scenery.

Shadow smashed his lips together with Silver's doing what he has done before. Suddenly he pulled away. "What does that mean?" He asked.

Silver just sat there, jaw dropped a bit, speechless. He tried to talk, but every time he did, all that came out were gasps of air.

The naga became confused and just stared at the Mobian still demanding an explanation on what the gesture meant. But it didn't seem like it was going very far.

After a couple minutes of complete silence, the hedgehog found himself able to speak very faintly. "D-did... You just... Kiss..."

"Is that what it's called?" Shadow asked completely oblivious to what it meant making the situation more awkward for the Mobian. "Kiss?"

Silver placed his hands over his mouth, suddenly shy. "Y-yes...Its called... Kiss..."

"What does it mean?" The naga pressed leaning in closer becoming very serious.

Silver leaned back, and, almost falling, had to keep himself up with his hands. He blushed more. 'What the hell?! Why do I like this, its gross, i-its unsanitary, its GAY!' He thought to himself. "W-well, it means..."

"Yes?" Shadow asked again his eyes narrowing. Soon he became impatient with Silver's studdering and crawled a little closer to Silver.

When Shadow got close enough, Silver rested one of his hands against the side of Shadow's face, caressing his cheek. "It means love..."

Quickly Shadow pulled back and faced the scenery before them. "Ah. Well that explains the odd reactions from your friends." The ebony naga stated. "I want to know more meanings of your gestures."

"W-wait... Of my gestures? What do y-you mean by that?"

Shadow faced the Mobian again. "For starters, what does this mean exactly." He pulled Silver into a comforting embrace wrapping his arms securily around him resting his head gently on his shoulder.

Silver started giggling, and looked up at Shadow. "It means you wanna protect me, Shadow..."

Letting the position hold a little longer Shadow let go. "Interesting, now what does this mean?" The naga slithered his hand down to Silver's waist and took a daring move by squeezing his ass.

Silver yelped, and then started laughing. "That means you want 'it,' Shadow..."

Dragging his hand back Shadow looked back at the scenery. "What is 'it'?"

Silver blushed. "You know... 'IT'... S-sex..."

The naga grunted and continued to stare at the pond. "Why does your kind mate out of season?"

"Season? What season?" Silver stared awkwardly at Shadow, and then smiled. "Love doesn't have a season, silly, love is eternal."

Shadow nodded. "Yes but why do you mate more then once?"

Silver seemed a little confused. "What do you mean more than once at a time?"

Shadow nodded. "Yes but why do you mate more then once?"

"Well they stay together for one. Why don't they just find others once their done?" Shadow asked.

"Oh, that? Silly Shadow, that's why it's called love, you bond with one special person, and you spend the rest of your life with them. I heard it's the best feeling in the world..." Silver sighed, looking up at the skies. "Isn't it the same for Nagas?"

Shadow sneered. "No, we only mate once and then we go our separate ways and the males leave the offspring to the females."

Silver almost jumped back in shock. "W-what the hell?! That's horrible! Nagas don't even know what love feels like, then?!"

The naga shrugged. "I suppose not. And I know for a fact that once they eggs are laid they leave them."

"Well that's just horrid. Completely, and utterly terrible." Silver stood up, feeling sympathetic for the Naga.

"It's natural. The cycle has been going on for ages." He replied standing up.

"Well... Why do you have to follow it? I mean, sure, it's a 'cycle' and whatever, but... That doesn't mean somebody couldn't break it if they wanted to... Don't you ever wanna be your own person sometimes, Shadow?"

Shadow sighed. "I am. Nothing has ever held me back and I do as I please."

"Then why don't you fall in love?" Silver got closer to Shadow, serious. "Why do you have to follow all these stupid Naga rules, huh? You know, I willing to bet that if you were to find an actual girlfriend, people wouldn't look at you like a freak of nature. They'd think that you had the heart to care, they wouldn't be afraid of you, anymore. So why do you let the rules hinder you, Shadow?!"

By now Shadow began to growl a little frustrated. "I'm not. For one it's the order of things and for the other I could care less about the bitches I fuck."

"Excuse me, Shadow?! You only see women as bitches?! Well, that's great to know, you fucking prick!" Enraged, Silver's body started to glow brightly under the moonlight. The sheer force lifted him off the ground, levitating him in mid-air. Behind him, the water in the pond started rising with him. "I thought you were nice for saving me! I thought you were different than the others, which is why I stood up for you in front of my own friends! Maybe it isn't the fucking order of things that's causing a problem, maybe it's you! Maybe you're not as nice as I thought you were! Maybe you're just a self-absorbed, cruel, heartless, horrible, evil, vile, disgusting, sex-obsessed, conniving wretch who needs to be PUT BACK INTO PLACE!"

For a while Shadow stared in awe before he rolled himself out of the way of the water that would have crashed down on him. He smirked and laughed a bit. He never thought that a Mobian would be able to do this. It only intrigued him more.

Silver growled, angered by Shadow's fast reflexes. He lifted a hand, snapping a nearby tree in half, and sent it flying towards him. questions and screams rang through his head. 'What the hell am I doing?! HOW the hell am I doing it?! Why can't I control my body?!'

Carefully he watched what was left of the tree and prepared himself to dodge. This was by far the most impressive thing he has ever seen. To Shadow's kind this would be the most attractive thing, if it was mating season. He remembered that the easiest way to get a mate for that season was to show of your strength. And this... would have all of them coming from miles around.

"WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIE ALREADY?!" Silver demonically screamed, lifting a large boulder and shooting it at the Naga.

Again the naga dodged. This was starting to get out of control considering Silver wanted to kill him. Hurriedly he slithered his way over to Silver, leaped and plucked him out of the air hitting the ground. He kept the hedgehog from moving and bit him. Injecting a calming serum.

"N-NO! I-I'M NOT GOING TO... LET YOU... GET... AWAY... WITH... This..." Silver closed his eyes, drifting off into sleep. His aura evaporated away from him.

Letting go he slowly cleaned the wound lapping away the scrumptious blood. He comfortably set Silver down in his coils. He gazed at the little hedgehog and his lips tugged into a small smile.

'W-what... What happened... W-was it all a dream?' Silver4 slowly opened his eyes, when he looked up, he saw Shadow right over him. "Of course not."

Shadow touched his forehead making sure he wasn't in that bad of a state. "That was impressive."

"Huh? W-what was?"

"Your display of power. It was very attractive." The naga stated staring blankly at the hedgehog.

"A-attractive?" Silver stumbled. "In what way?"

"Well for the fact I am impressed by power... That way." Shadow stated.

"Oh, okay, I was just about to ask, 'cause, we Mobians think of attraction as a s-sexual thing..."

Shadow looked at Silver and shook his head. "And you think my way of life is disgusting."

"N-no, it's not that! I just... Though that maybe... You were trying to say that you were..." Silver turned his head so that he wouldn't have to look Shadow in the eye. "S-sexually attracted... To me?"

"I suppose it depends." Shadow stated flicking his tail admirably. Unconsciously he lowered himself down to the Mobian's eye level.

Silver suddenly felt every nerve in his body tense up. His face reddened, until he was almost glowing crimson. "S-shadow, do y-you really have to get -that close?" He meekly whispered, almost afraid to know the answer.

"No, I don't have to." Shadow stated nudging Silver's cheek with his nose affectionately.

"W-well, then, why ARE you this close?" Silver shut his eyes tightly, embarrassed.

"No reason." The naga stated, soon after wetting the ivory male's face with his moist tongue. "You just smell delectable."

"S-shadow, p-please don't lick me like that..." Silver covered his mouth to keep from moaning.

"Why?" Shadow asked as he leaned in close enough for him to make contact.

Silver stared into Shadow's eyes for a while, unable to speak. "Because..." He leaned in a bit closer. "I want your lips here, not there..." His voice suddenly low and serious, he placed one hand against the side of the Naga's face, and leaned in further, and further, until finally...