"So, I'm going to guess that this is Hotland. Also, what's Shadow doing?" asked Lily as she looked over to Shadow who was splashing around in the large puddle he made.

"He's making a public swimming area is what he's doing...," Sonic answered with a half annoyed look on his face. He walked over to Shadow and grabbed him by the ear. With all of his force, he dragged Shadow out of the puddle.

"HEY! I had made that and I should be able to splash around in it if I want!" shouted Shadow in Sonic's face.

Sonic turned to Lily. "One sec!" He turned back to Shadow.

THWACK!! Bring!!

Sonic whacked the rings out of Shadow and they were bouncing everywhere. Shadow grabbed onto about ten of his rings and then took a deep breath. "Sorry... I needed that. In Waterfall, I wasn't exactly feeling like myself and I was... sorta losing control... Yeah..."

"Oh... That's why you punched the dummy, and didn't care to make friends with the Dino Kid, didn't encourage your snail, didn't help Undyne, and... all in all, did hardly anything...," Lily stated as she recalled all the things that Shadow did in Waterfall and all he didn't do...

"I-I don't know what's going on... Who's trying to steal my soul?! Why am I becoming heartless?!" demanded Shadow as he stared at his reflection in the huge puddle he made. His eyes were blood red and he cringed.

"Well, you set up a play date with Undyne while you weren't in control somehow. I think that you did still have a little bit of control. You didn't kill anyone!" Sonic said trying to look at the positive.

"Undyne! We should go back and check on her! You know that fish house we saw back at the crossroad in Waterfall? I think that's her house. Shadow, you wanna redeem yourself, right?" asked Lily.

"Yes!"

"Well, we'll send you to Undyne's house! However, because we want you to participate in making friends, we'll be sending you to her house alone. Don't worry, we'll be watching in case if anything goes wrong from the window!" Lily explained.

Sonic gasped like it was the greatest idea in the universe and Shadow got a sudden look of terror. Alone? At Undyne's house...? "G-Guys...? I don't think this is such a great idea..."

"Aw, come on Shadow! You know how to handle her. You got us away from her without getting us killed! Also, we saved her life. You might as well pay her a visit!" Sonic told Shadow with a nudge.

Shadow thought. "Alright... If you think it'll help, I'll do it. However, how do we go back there without backtracking?"

Lily pointed to a road just up ahead. "I heard from Sans and Papyrus that there's a river person who takes people to certain places in the Underground. I think they take people to around that spot in the Underground. Why don't we give it a shot?"

"Um... Okay?" Shadow answered.

They found the river person and they shoved Shadow onto the boat and waved as he drifted away. The river person sang song songs as they drifted down the stream back towards Undyne's house. She was there at their destination in mere seconds. Shadow stepped off of the boat and looked back to the river person. "I'll be back after I meet with my friend. That is, if I come back at all..."

"Very well then. I shall await your return."

As Shadow strolled out into the clearing and took the path to Undyne's house, he saw Papyrus waving to him just on her front door step. Shadow was relieved to know that he wasn't making this trip alone. Undyne won't hurt him as long as Papyrus was there.

"Oh! Shadow! Thank goodness you're here! I'm glad you came in a timely manner! Behold! Undyne's house!" Papyrus announced as he pointed to the giant fish house. Shadow stared up at the house with a large question mark hanging over his head. The last time he was here, nobody was home. Well, it was Undyne's house after all.

"Well, I may have a tough time becoming her friend considering that I'm a hedgehog and she kinda wants to destroy all hedgehogs and animals...," Shadow explained.

"Oh, nonsense! All you have to do is give her one of these!" Papyrus replied as he held up a large bone. Shadow tilted his head at the gift. "Is that a... bone? I don't think that Undyne, being a fish lady, would like something like that..."

Papyrus grinned and held it high. "Just trust me on this!" He then turned and knocked on the door.

The door opened as if the fish house had opened its mouth and Undyne stepped out of the rather odd door. She smiled a huge smile for Papyrus as if she were really psyched. She didn't see Shadow hiding behind Papyrus.

"Hey, Papyrus! You ready for your one-on-one, extra private, totally awesome training?!" she demanded.

"You bet! Also, I brought a friend with me this time!" Papyrus stated as he sidestepped and revealed that Shadow was with him. Every muscle in Undyne froze and she didn't move. Her grin was gone and she had a blank look on her face to replace it.

"Why don't. You two. Come in?" she asked adding unnecessary spaces in her sentence.

Papyrus excitedly looked around and then ran inside. Shadow followed more slowly. He looked around at the house. It looked like an ordinary house. The only thing that really disturbed him was the fact that there was a sword next to the table almost ten times bigger than him. Not... very... welcoming...

"Here, Undyne!" Papyrus chirped as he handed her the bone present. "It's from the hedgehog!" he explained.

Undyne stared at it. She forced a grin. "Um... Thanks...? I'll just put this with all of the others...," Undyne said as she placed it into a drawer stuffed with bones that all look exactly like the one Undyne was just given.

"So, are we ready to start the training?" asked Undyne as she tried to ignore Shadow.

"Oh! Uh. One sec! I gotta go to the bathroom!" Papyrus said.

What happened next Shadow had to laugh at. Papyrus didn't leave out the door. He ran towards the wall and went crashing through the window! He landed on the ground outside the window in a handstand position and fell forward onto his feet again and went running away and dove into a nearby bush. There was a long awkward pause between Shadow and Undyne.

"So..., why are YOU here? Did you come all this way to rub your victory into my face?!" demanded Undyne as she leaned closer to Shadow and pointed to her face. Shadow couldn't help but look at her eyepatch and wonder how exactly she lost her eye. The thought lasted only a moment.

"Um... Not really. My two friends said that I needed to practice my "friend making skills". They forced me to come here to try to become your friend. I honestly have no idea what's wrong with them sometimes!" Shadow told Undyne.

"You mean those other two hogs? Heh. Based on what I know from them so far, I'd doubt that they would've done anything different. Well, you came to become my friend? I TOTALLY ACCEPT!! Let's go frolic in the fields of friendship! NOT!!" yelled Undyne as she imitated Sonic with a large, goofy grin on her face that showed that she was actually mocking them.

Shadow huffed. "I know that you don't wanna become my friend! That's why I didn't want to come here! I know that you wanna shove about a dozen spears down my throat right now!!" Shadow said as he tried to ignore her restless hand as it fiddled with an electrical spear.

"You catch on fast for a wimp! Anyway, you know as much as I do that you've worn out your welcome! NOW GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!" Undyne screamed in Shadow's ear.

Papyrus came running back up to the window. He was really disappointed. "Yeesh, Undyne! I thought that you'd be able to get along with Shadow! After all, you two have a lot in common! He's the best chef in the world and he's actually torn apart my kitchen while trying to make pancakes! Oh well... What a shame... I thought that you'd be up to the challenge...," Papyrus sighed as he slowly walked away from the window.

Undyne's eyes went wide and she dropped the spear instantly. "DID YOU SAY CHALLENGE?!?! Undyne never backs down from a challenge! I can make friends with a loser like you any day!!" Undyne yelled drawing him closer her with her strong fists. Shadow had the air squeezed out of his throat because of the way she was holding him. She brought her face closer to his face.

"Listen up, punk! I'm going to become your friend if it's the last thing that I do! In fact, I think that this is THE PERFECT REVENGE!! I'll make you like me so much that you won't think of anyone else!!!!! We're going to be BESTIES!!!!!!!!" she yelled. Her grin only became larger and she probably knew that she was making the dark hedgehog uncomfortable. She didn't care.

"Okay... I guess...," Shadow said as he tried not to offend her in any way.

Undyne finally backed away and lessened her grin to a friendly smile. "Feel free to look around! When you run out of things to see then maybe you could sit down at that table over there!" she explained.

Shadow first went to the window. Papyrus was nowhere to be seen. Shadow looked to Undyne who was shaking her head.

"Why would Papyrus jump out of my window like that...? HE USUALLY STICKS THE LANDING!!" Undyne yelled with her ridiculously large grin back on her face.

Shadow smiled again and then made his way to the piano. He played a short six note piece and immediately lost interest afterwards. He went over to a door in the corner of the room and jiggled the handle. Locked.

"You bet it's locked, punk! No nerds allowed into my room! Well, maybe SOME nerds...," Undyne said as she seemed to recall someone. Shadow decided not to ask.

He made his way through her kitchen. He looked into a drawer. It was full of cooking tools... and dangerously sharp weapons! He immediately closed the drawer and Undyne was giggling at his reaction. Shadow then saw her refrigerator. He stuck his hand into the fridge and it was blazing hot inside!

"Oh, yeah! Dr. Alphys helped me reverse my fridge! I didn't like things cold, so I asked her if she could make it heat things up instead. HOT FRIDGE!! BEST THING EVER!!" Undyne yelled.

Shadow grinned the largest he had during their visit. They agreed on something for once! "I'm with you there!"

He looked at the sword in the corner. Undyne grinned and shook her head. "You probably know about the history of you hedgehogs and humans. I've heard that the humans would carry swords up to ten times their size!! I was so amazed that I just had to get one myself!" Undyne said as she ran over to the humungous blue sword and began to swing it around everywhere. Shadow jumped back in alarm. She stopped at his sudden jumpiness and awkwardly smiled. "Yeah... Maybe I shouldn't do that with you here..."

Shadow finally had enough of looking around and sits down at the table. Undyne had finally put down her sword and looked towards her hot fridge. "So, uh, would you like something to drink?" she asked.

Shadow nodded and she went to the fridge. She got out a bunch of drinks and placed them all onto the counter. Then, she turned back to Shadow. "Okay! Which one do you want?"

"Uh... May I move closer to be able to see what my options are...?" asked Shadow as he stood up. Undyne became enraged in a millisecond and there the spear at the table which split the wooden table in half. Shadow jumped back onto the stool and shuddered. That could have hit him! Undyne stood in place for a few awkward moments. Shadow finally caught his breath again and slowly exhaled.

"Uhhhhh... Why don't you just point to what you want...? After all, I don't want my PRECIOUS GUEST to have to go through the stress of having to stand up and decide on their feet!" Undyne explained.

Shadow picked up the blue spear. It reminded him of his chaos spear. He should show it off. Undyne would love it. He looked around the house. He smirked as if he weren't being serious and pointed to the fridge. Undyne gasped.

"You want the ENTIRE FRIDGE!?!?!? NO!!" she yelled as she jumped in front of her fridge to protect it. Shadow giggled and then lowered the spear. He turned and pointed to the sword. Undyne began to resist the temptation to grab it.

"Believe me, I'd love to stuff you with giant swords, if you weren't my LOVELY house guest!" she said.

Shadow gasped and looked like he had the greatest idea ever. He raised his spear and pointed it towards Undyne. Undyne took a step backward and she was a little surprised by his sudden action. "Are you... HITTING ON ME?!"

Shadow burst into laughter and dropped the spear. "I'm sorry! I deserve that giant sword! I'm sorry! Okay! I'll be serious now!" He then lowered his spear as Undyne still stood with a bunch of question marks hanging above her head. Shadow inspected his drink options. There was sugar. Why Undyne got out just plain sugar, he had no idea. There was sickly yellow soda that he didn't find to be so great. There was a couple of other things but the tea stuck out the most. He pointed to the sugar and then the tea. Undyne obviously thought he was trying to get the sugar.

"Who do you think I am to give you a cup full of sugar? The ice cream lady?! Do ice cream ladies in your world go around trying to kill innocent hedgehogs with electrical spears?!" she demanded.

"Actually, in my world, that happens A LOT," Shadow replied.

"Really? That's AWESOME!!" she yelled.

"I meant to say that I wanted for you to put some sugar in the tea. Is that too much to ask?" he asked politely.

"If you're going to have that tea, you aren't going to want sugar in it. It's sweet enough! Golden Flower Tea?" she asked.

Shadow thought for a second and then nodded. He never had that kind of tea before, but there's a first time for everything. Undyne got out a teapot and a cup. Before long, she had a steaming cup of tea. She set it down in front of Shadow. "Here. It's still a little hot, though."

Shadow looked at it and waited for it to cool off. Undyne tapped her foot and got impatient with him. "IT'S NOT THAT HOT! Just drink it already!"

Startled by the sudden change again, he took a sip of the tea. It nearly burned his tongue, but other than that, it wasn't that bad. Undyne sat down at the other end of the table.

As Shadow sipped on his tea, Undyne started up a conversation about how he reminded her of the king. King Asgore. He didn't fight her either, but instead, he showed her how to defeat him. After many months of training, she was finally able to knock a blow on him and she felt bad, but he was beaming from horn to horn! She had never met someone so happy to get his butt whooped. That was when he made her the head of the Royal Guard to train newbies to fight.

"You know, speaking of newbies, what are you planning to do with Papyrus? All he wants to do is become a Royal Guardsman. Are you ever going to let him in?" Shadow asked.

Undyne looked around and leaned closer. "To be honest, I don't think I can ever let him into the Royal Guard... He's too sweet and innocent! On a battlefield, he'd only be torn to little smiling pieces... So, that's why I started teaching him to cook! I thought, maybe he could do something else in his life...," Undyne explained.

"Oh... Now I can understand why Papyrus has been waiting for so long to join...," Shadow replied as he finished off his tea.

Undyne heard him drink the last of the tea and stood up. "Oh, look at me! Rambling on and on like that! You're out of tea, aren't you? One second!" She began to make her way back to the fridge and stopped dead in her tracks. She turned back to Shadow. "Wait... Papyrus' cooking lesson!! We were supposed to have that RIGHT NOW!! You!" Undyne pointed to Shadow. "If Papyrus doesn't come back to have it, you're going to have it for him!"

Before Shadow knew what was even happening, she grabbed the fur on his back and carried him to the counter and knocked all of the drinks on the floor. She then set a bunch of veggies in front of him. "You're good at cooking, right? POUND THESE VEGGIES TO DUST WITH YOUR FISTS! Imagine them as your greatest enemies!!!"

Shadow smirked. Finally... He can fight something!! "You bet I'm going to smash these..." Shadow summoned a chaos spear and Undyne gasped in delight and amazement. She got out her phone and began recording Shadow. Shadow used the spear to smash the veggies to smashed goo on the counter and grinned. He got a little bit too much pleasure out of that... Undyne looked happy, though!

"YES!! You're awesome at this!! We can just scrape all of this into a bowl later... FOR NOW, we add the noodles for the spaghetti we're making into the pot on the stove!" Undyne yelled as she pointed to the box of noodles by the pot.

Shadow picked up the box and ripped the top off and threw the noodles into the pot including the box! Undyne was yelling about how store bought noodles are THE CHEAPEST!! They dumped the water into the pot and Undyne nodded to Shadow who nodded back. With a chaos spear, he stabbed at the noodles as he turned up the heat to full blast! Undyne screamed for him to make it hotter, Hotter, HOTTER!!!!! Until...

"WAIT! That's too-"

KER-POW!!!!!!!!

Shadow opened his eyes and looked around. He was covered in sauce and noodles and the house was blazing and burning. A fierce red glow was everywhere and Undyne was wrapping up her recording of the cooking session. Once she did that, she went to help Shadow to his feet with a huge grin.

"That was so awesome! So, what's next? Friendship bracelets? Scrapbooking?" she asked. She then dropped the smile and looked around and sighed. "Oh, who am I kidding? I can't force you to like me... I've learned that now... If you don't wanna be friends with me, that's fine... because, if we aren't friends..., I CAN KILL YOU WITHOUT REGRET!"

Shadow jumped when she grabbed a spear and pointed it at him. She growled to herself. "I've failed to kill you, my house is in shambles, and I even failed to befriend you! Now is my only chance to regain my lost pride... HIT ME WITH ALL YOU'VE GOT!!"

Shadow thought hard. There was only one way out of this. Show her all he had. He drew his fist back and ran towards her at full speed and then-!

-1HP

Undyne stopped and looked at Shadow who was huffing with all of his might. "REALLY!?! That's all you can manage?! You know what, I don't really wanna fight you either...," she said as she let her spear fall to the floor. She sighed. "You a lot more like Asgore than I expected. "Your both TOTAL SOFTIES!! However, you're a softy with a HUGE heart! I can respect that!"

Shadow stood up straighter and smiled. "So..., does that make us friends?"

"Well...," Undyne said as she thought. She grinned her huge grin and noogied Shadow. "YOU BET! After all of that, we're totally BESTIES!!!!!!! Now, uh, let's get out of here..."

"Agreed," Shadow replied as he stared at the flames all around them.

As soon as they were out of the house and got themselves cleaned up, they decided that they would part ways. However, Undyne said that she'd be at Snowdin with Papyrus in case if he wanted to talk to her again. Shadow had Papyrus' phone number, so he would only have to call Papyrus to reach Undyne. With that, Undyne went running away yelling her battle cry with a new ally and friend. Shadow stared down at his hands. HE made friends with Undyne... Would Sonic and Lily have done the same? Wow. He felt... good.