Bloodied Promise

A/N: My first sad fic ft. Shadow and Cream. Character death, you've been warned. Rated M just to be safe.

With his last breath, he tells her how much she means to him...

"Mr. Shadow! Please...stay with me!" Cream cried, grasping the bloodied glove of the dark hedgehog she'd grown to admire as her closest friend. Shadow had been shot. A hole through his chest near his heart. It was fatal. He lays there on the asphalt bleeding out with the young rabbit sobbing over him, her adorable Chao-printed dressed stained in his crimson.

"Cream..." Shadow rasps. His grip was weak in her hand. "...don't cry..."

"M-Mr. S-Shadow...You can't l-leave me! Y-You promised to be my best friend forever!" Cream mumbled into bloodied chest fur.

"Cream..." Shadow strained out. "...there's n-nothing...you can do..." Shadow said calmly, blood bubbling from his mouth. "I'm...dying."

"Don't say that Mr. Shadow!" Cream screamed, tears flowing. "You will make it! I promise!"

"No...I won't." Shadow tells her solemnly. "Tell everyone...I'm gone."

The rain wouldn't stop pouring. It drenched the two Mobians and made the blood around Shadow more slippery. His eyes start glazing over, half-lidded and tired. Every breath he took hurt. He knew the rabbit was the only one he trusted and loved as a friend, but this was reality—he was dying. The good Lord was calling him home. Shadow suddenly chuckles, coughing up blood in the process. Cream looks up at him.

"W-What's so funny Mr. Shadow?" She asks.

"I...remember...when you and...I first...started talking." He finds the strength to turn his head to look at her, a weak smile on his tan snout. "I...found you annoying..." He tiredly looks at her. He sees her quiver her lip. She sniffles as she looked at him, waiting to hear what else he had to say.

"Y-You...made me realize...happiness...is a good thing. You was...always happy to...see me and..." Shadow squints from the pain in his chest. "...I was always ignoring you. After that time...you came up to me to say hi...I liked you. You was...so sweet. So kind...and I grew to adore you." Shadow slowly blinked, his weak smile still on his face. Cream managed to smile with what little strength she had.

"I'm glad you like me Mr. Shadow." She sniffles. Shadow takes his bloodied hand to weakly touch her nose.

"Y-You're a sweetheart...Cream. I've done nothing... to deserve the kindness...you give me." Shadow said, looking up at the dark sky. "It's...almost surreal."

For a moment, no words were said, as Shadow's labored breathing worsened. It's just a matter of time before he goes... He struggles to sigh, it sounded like he was sniffling. Cream looked over at him to see the dark hedgehog shed tears. The rain made them invisible.

"M-Mr. Shadow..." Cream sobbed again. "W-Why are you crying?"

"Because..." Shadow said sadly. "I broke...my promise to you."

"W-What promise?" Cream whispered.

"I...failed...to...be with you...forever. As your...best friend." Shadow cried.

"Don't say that M-Mr. S-Shadow." Cream says, wiping his tears with her thumb. "You d-didn't break your promise to me."

"Oh Dearheart..." Shadow grumbles. "I fucked up..." Shadow didn't intend to curse but he honestly didn't care at this point. He feels his life slipping away and sooner or later he's gonna be dead for real this time.

The hedgehog cries out. He was heartbroken. He was gonna leave the innocent young rabbit alone in this world. Cream watched him cry. It broke her own heart. The two cried together in the pouring rain before Shadow finally stopped and reduced himself to sniffles.

"Tell Rose...I'm sorry." Shadow says. "Tell everyone...I'm sorry."

"I-I promise." Cream cried again. It was Shadow's turn to wipe her eyes. She didn't mind his rich crimson getting in them, she took Shadow's hand tightly. He weakly chuckles again, cupping her cheek with his bloodied hand.

"I'll always...be your friend...Cream." Shadow strains out, turning his head to face her again. "Remember that."

"I-I will..." Cream buries her head into his bloodied chest again.

"Cream...promise me you...will be strong while I'm gone." Shadow says seriously, his mouth forming into a frown. "Rose...Knuckles...Tails...Sonic...everyone needs you." Shadow then attempts to sit up to get closer to her, taking all the strength he had. "Promise me!" Shadow rasped seriously as a blood bubble popped out his mouth and he coughed violently, slamming his body into the ground as he coughed. Cream did what she could to help him.

"The clock's ticking kid..." Shadow said after calming down with a heavy, strained sigh. "Anytime now." Another moment of silence listening and feeling the rain. It was like a special moment for the two. Unfortunately, it could end any moment.

"Cream..." Shadow rasps out, gaining her attention. "...listen t-to me close...ly..."

"Yes Mr. Shadow?" Cream answers him.

"...No matter...where y-you go..." Shadow was starting to rasp more hoarsely, making speech more difficult. "...or wherever...you happen to...be..." Shadow a tear trickled down as he manages to weakly smile one last time. "J-Just r-remember..." Shadow rasped, struggling to say what little he wanted to say, "I...will a-always...be...right here..." His bloodied finger trembled as it touches her heart...before it slowly drops, signaling the hedgehog had passed. Cream was speechless. Shadow now lay lifeless in front of her. Tears threatened to leak for the thousandth time.

"M-Mr. S-Shadow...?" She barely whispered. When he didn't respond she takes his hand in her smaller one, squeezing Shadow's lifeless hand as she screamed out as she began to cry. She buries her face in his bloody chest and lays there sobbing as the rain continued, not letting up.

The one she loved as a best friend...was gone.

A/N: Believe me, I cried writing this. These two are so cute together, to bad it's not like that in the games. I hope you cried enough to fave and review this sadness. Until the next fic.