And now for the final part! And good news, I just came up an idea for a couple new fanfics! My hiatusness is going away!! YAAAAYYYY!! *Clears throat* Now with further ado, let's finish this story…And remember, I don't own anything.

~In the Rain~

Part 3

As the rain continued to fall, Amy covered her face and sobbed. Sonic closed his eyes and shook his head. He didn't think that Shadow would save their lives. Amy yes, but him, no. For once, he felt thankful that Shadow was there at the right moment. He wrapped an arm around Amy's waist and pulled her close, comforting her. She continued to cry on his chest.

Suddenly, they heard a whistle call. The two hedgehogs gasped, stood up quickly and turned around. They looked up and saw Shadow lounging on a tree branch while throwing a green Chaos Emerald up in the air and catching it. Sonic slapped his forehead for being naive. He had forgotten that Shadow could do Chaos Control. Amy sighed in relief.

"You forgot that I can do Chaos Control, didn't you?" the black hedgehog asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, you little show off", Sonic crossed his arms and looked away.

"Oh, yeah, duh", Amy rubbed the back of her head awkwardly. "But um, thanks", she smiled.

"I did what I could", Shadow replied. "However, I didn't care much about Faker. But since he was right next to you, I had no other choice."

"Whatever", Sonic rolled his eyes.

Amy giggled at Sonic. However, she didn't notice that Shadow was staring at her silently. There was something about her that he couldn't put his finger on. Was he starting to have feelings for her? Waking up from his daydreaming, Shadow jumped down from the tree branch and landed in front of Amy.

"C'mon, I'll walk you home", he offered.

"Really?" Amy asked shyly.

"No way, I'm walking Amy home!" Sonic protested.

"Dude, you're just going to walk her home without an umbrella?" his rival crossed his arms.

"Well, where's yours?" Sonic pointed at him.

"Um…About that…it flew away", Amy explained while fidgeting her fingers.

"Huh", Shadow raised an eyebrow. "Then I'll just use my Chaos Control."

"Oh, please, I'll get her home with my supersonic speed!" Sonic argued.

"I got a better idea", the pink hedgehog smiled. She took both of their hands swiftly.

"Huh?" the boys looked at her oddly.

"Both of you can walk me home!" Amy said cheerfully as she started walking with the boys by her sides (Sonic was on her right side while Shadow was on her left). She didn't notice the two giving each other death glares.

"Hmm…" Sonic looked at Amy calmly. "She may be a pain in the neck at times, but she can be sweet as well. I guess I should be nice to her for now on", he smiled a little.

"What is this feeling? And why do I keep feeling it around her?" Shadow looked at her nervously. "It's strange but…I like it. I guess she's not as bad as some say she is", he had a short smile on his face.

Minutes later, they reached to the entrance of the park. The thunder clouds began to move away as the rain slowed its pace. Sonic took his shoes off and started shaking some water out of them. Amy began to squeeze some water out of her hair and dress. Luckily, Shadow found his umbrella and held it above him and Amy.

"Got room for one more?" Sonic asked mockingly.

"Hell no", Shadow glared at him meanly.

"Ah, you suck", the blue hedgehog shrugged.

"Oh, you guys", Amy chuckled playfully.

As soon as the trio reached to Amy's house in the Mystic Ruins, they stopped. Sonic looked up and noticed that the rain has stopped and the clouds were light gray. Unluckily, he felt like he caught a cold. He turned to the side and sneezed.

"God bless you", Amy said politely. She sniffled, feeling sick as well.

"Lesson learned, never go for a walk in the rain", Shadow rubbed his nose a little.

"Well, um, thanks for walking me home, guys", Amy said as she walked backwards to her door.

"No problem", Sonic gave her a thumb's up. "Well, anyway, I'm off now. Take care", he rubbed his nose again. Then he took off speedily.

"Bye, Sonic!" Amy called out as she waved. Then she turned her attention to Shadow. "Thanks for sharing the umbrella with me."

"Hm", Shadow nodded. He turned around and started walking off.

Silently, Amy began to think to herself. As of today, she saw Shadow's soft side. In fact, she found it, kind of cute. Wait, is she starting to like him already? But what does Shadow feel about her? Maybe she wanted to get to know him more. She wants to see more of Shadow's gentle side. She was very appreciative of Shadow's concern. So she thought she should repay him with her kindness.

"Hey, wait up!" she ran after him.

"Huh?" Shadow stopped and looked back. By a blink of an eye, Amy jumped on him and gave him a heart warming hug. He stood there in silence, confused at Amy's actions. Slowly, he wrapped an arm around her, returning her hug. Shortly after that, Amy released him and gave him a sweet kiss on the cheek. His eyes widened in shock as he blushed.

"You're so cute when you blush", Amy smiled.

"What…was that?" Shadow felt his left cheek, where he received the kiss.

"It's called a kiss", Amy replied.

"Hmm…Lemme have another one", Shadow pointed at his other cheek with a smirk. The female hedgehog giggled and gave him a kiss on that cheek.

"Anyway, do you wanna hang out for a little bit? I can make us something to eat while we can stay dry", Amy asked nicely yet nervously. "And hopefully, I can help get rid of our bad cold."

The black hedgehog pondered for a moment. No one had invited him to stay at their place, expect for Rouge, because she felt like he needed a place to stay. And yet, he's surprised that Amy wasn't afraid of him as everyone else was. Perhaps it was a good thing that he met Amy at the park today. For once, he felt like he can open up to someone.

"I like that", Shadow said with a friendly smile.

"Great!" Amy took his hand and led him inside her humble home.

~El Fin~

And I'm done! Sweet! Anyway, thanks for reading and hope to see you again in my future fanfics or if I update on my old ones. See ya!