Mating Season Chapter 7

Sonic woke up in his room. What had happened last night?

He couldn't remember. In fact, he couldn't remember anything....

He remembered Shadow pushing him down, he fell, but everything past that...nothing.
Did he get K.O'd by the fall?

'Yeah, that's probably it. But why am I here then?' Sonic pondered the thought.
'Oh well, I'll find out later.' And he got up to take a shower.
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Shadow slowly regained conciseness.

He was in his bed, but how'd he get here?

He felt...sore for some reason. He couldn't quite place his finger on it. Just what happened?

He looked between his legs and feared the worst.

Without a doubt, they were a mess. Especially his inner thighs. Shadow tried to calm down.

Was if he was pregnant? Was he carrying more then one? He had a pretty good idea who the father was....

He suddenly felt really sick. He ran to the bathroom, bent over the toilet and tossed cookies.

Rouge rushed in the room. She saw Shadow and smirked at him.
"Well, well, well. Looks like someone got laid."
"Sh-Shut up."
"It's okay Shadow, but just to be safe we need to see if you really are pregnant or not." Rouge helped him up.
Shadow gave a uncomfortable look.

"Seriously Shadow, I'm going to try and help you in any way I can." She reassured him.

Shadow gave a small nod.

"Good. And I know just where the equipment is, and it's not the hospital." She grinned.
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Sonic walked into Tails' house.
"Hey, Tails!" He called into the empty room.

A panicking kitsune burst in the room, and held his back towards the door he just emerged out of.

"Hey Sonic, don't open this door!" He pushed against it until the was a soft 'click' and gave a breath of relief.

"So...what'cha doing?" Tails looked up at his older brother.

"Nothin' much bro, but what's behind the door?" Sonic raised an eyebrow.

"Oh! Just something gone wrong..." Tails chuckled.

Shadow and Rouge burst through the door.

"FOX-BOY!" The white bat shouted.
"Wah! Rouge, Shadow, what's going on?! Did Eggman attack or something?"
"Nah, he's been quiet, just I need a piece of equipment." She replied.
"Oh. Okay, what for?" The kitsune asked.

Rouge walked up and whispered what she needed in his ear. His eyes widened and pointed to a room, and she gave a small smile and walked towards the door.

Shadow, on the other hand, was completely ignoring Sonic.

It wasn't until Rouge opened the door and Tails' 'Horribly Gone Wrong' experiment came out.

"WAHHH!"
"TAILS WHAT THE CRAP IS THAT!?!"
"!!!!!"
"SHADOW!"

The thing attacked Shadow, but at the last second Sonic got in front of him and took the blow. Giving Tails just enough time to hit it with some sort of ray gun to suck it all up. (Like the one in Ghostbusters.)

"What the FAIL was that?!" Rouge looked at Tails, who blushed and set the gun aside.

Shadow stared at Sonic, who just got up and stared back. It was a conversation without words.

'Why?'

Rouge shook her head.
"Nevermind. C'mon Shadow." She grabbed Shadow's hand and dragged him in the room.

"Why are they here?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, Rouge thinks someone might've gotten Shadow pregnant..." Tails picked up the gun he had shot the experiment with and put it in a safe place for keeping.

Sonic had gotten very uneasy when his little brother said those words.

"...someone might've gotten Shadow pregnant..." Those words echoed in his mind.

What if it was him?!
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Rouge pointed to a flat piece of metal.
"Lay down on that."

Shadow did has he was told and asked a question.
"What are you going to do, Rouge?"

"Just give you an ultrasound."
"What?"
"I'm gonna check if you're pregnant or not."
"..."

She spread some cold lube on his belly fur, then took a small piece of machinery and ran it over the lubed area.

It continued like this until she suddenly stopped.

"There. That's the fetus."
"...."
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Shadow met Maria in his dreams again, that night.


"Shadow, I'm so happy for you." She hugged him close.
"Maria...I don't know what to do, I have so many questions...." He trailed off.
"Heheh, silly little hedgehog. I can probably answer some for you! Go ahead, ask away!" She pulled back, listening.

"Is...is Sonic really the father?"
"Yes, Shadow. He is. He's also your mate, if you're wondering." She gave a smile and patted Shadow's quills.
"....Am I carrying more than one?"
"Yup! Twins. One boy, one girl."
"...What should I do???" He clutched on to her, crying into her chest.

"Shhh...it's alright Shadow, everything will be okay. Let it pass. I love you Shadow, and Sonic does too, he just doesn't know it yet. But the question is, do you love him?" Maria stroked Shadow's head, humming a soft lullaby, calming him down.

"I-I-I'm n-n-not su-su-sure, but..."

"...but?"

"...I do."