HEY EVERYONE, my second story, IM ON FIRE TONIGHT!....well still working on the first one, but id rather have one story complete, anyway read and enjoy, this chapter is to set the mood for the next one, no lemon here, but please read

as always i dont own anything, ready and review please, i might make more if you like =3


Treasured Moments

The wind is nice tonight....the stars are out...no clouds....full moon....everything seems perfect on the floating island...well....maybe not everything....Eggman is in hiding...Sonic is finally warming up to Amy...Tails and Cream are too young, but I can see something there...Shadow...no idea what he's been up to...who knows...maybe Shade...they are both fighters...both have troubled pasts..who knows...sitting atop of the shrine I can't help but think, is this big gem all she really cares about, time after time I thwart her attempt to take the master emerald...god I've lost count....each time we seem to be getting closer to each other....but....the uncertainty....and the emotions I feel when I'm around her....I don't understand them yet....sure I know what each is....but telling one from another....love....hate.....a crush.....an enemy.....she truly is beautiful, but she tries to take what I value most....she's the only woman in my world, but she tries to take what's left of my past, this big stone of godliness is the only thing connected to my past....all I remember when I woke up alone all those years ago is that this stone, this gem must remain and stay intact on Angle Island, forever hovering in the sky....

sigh* I know those noises coming from the bushes are her....maybe.....maybe now is a good time....to tell her....how I really feel....I just hope nothing....hurts in the end......

"I know it's you batgirl...nothing else lives on this island but me"

and just like that...she walks out in plain view...the moon looks beautiful on her tonight...her eyes...those crystal sky-blue eyes...god I get lost in them...too bad I wake up after she says

"Well aren't we the smart one, your usually asleep by now, too bad, this just makes my job that much more fun".

....fun....she thinks this is fun....

"Do you think this is some sort of GAME!!" crud...there goes my temper "The master emerald is to power to be kept in the hands of a thief!"....and there I go sticking my foot in my mouth.

"Hmph, well now, that's no way to talk to a lady, don't you know any manners"

great...now she's pissed....well...here goes nothing...."rouge....I....I..." this isn't easy...man how does sonic do this all the time to keep Amy from pounding him to a pulp

"I'm waiting knucklehead" .....grrr.....stay calm....

"I'm..s...so...sor....sorry..." .....the look on her face....wow....id thought I'd never see her face so shocked before....

"You...your sorry, uh....um...it's ok knuckles" well...this is going better than I thought....

"Rouge...can you come up here...please"

"Sure knuckles...." slowly she walks up the stairs.....my heart feels likes it's in my throat...she gets to the top and sits down beside me....she's blushing a little bit....I'm probably too

"Rouge I've been wanting to talk to you for quite a while now...but you always want this" pointing to the M.E. (master emerald)

"Why do you want this gem so badly, why do you want to take the only thing connecting me to my past".......nothing....there's a deep thought written on her face....I don't think she knows why....or maybe

"I....I don't know anymore knuckles...." wow...that's a first..I actually knew what she was thinking....

"I always knew that this stone was important to you knuckles...but....your past...that makes things different.....I can't take it now even if I could" tears....huh....why does she have tears in her eyes

"Please, don't hate me for this....I just......i just never knew.......I'm sorry..................goodbye"

....no...NO!...I'm not going to lose her!

"Rouge wait, Please...don't leave!" she stops dead in her track....turns around ever so slowly...

"Why...I thought all this time you just wanted to be left alone to guard the master emerald"

"That's something I must do, but there's something I've wanted to do, to say to you for the longest time" oh man...my legs feel so weak...

"What is it knuckles" slowly she makes her way back to me...eye level now....all or nothing now...

"Rouge...ever since I saw you I've always wanted to tell you that....you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen...and.....after all this time of fighting....I've come to realize.....I....I...I love you..Rouge the Bat" again...tears...but...with a smile this time.....WHOA...she grabs me...wait...she's hugging me....crying....I return the huge....feels so nice....her smell...it's so powerful...I love it....after about what feels like 15 minutes...

"Knuckles....why..sniff*.why didn't you tell me before." Looking into her tear filled eyes I wipe them away ever so carefully

"Because...now with eggman back into hiding...I could finally think clearly...do you feel anything for me...rouge...or am I just a guardian to you...." ....waiting with my eyes close I wait for her response.....

"Roummm!" what....she's...kissing me...more tears....I kiss back.......heck I'm shedding a few.....this moment......I never want it to end.....I kiss deeper.....she moans a bit......I think she like me....I want to hear it.....I break the kiss.....

"Do you love me.....rouge....I want to hear it"....smile and tears.....

"Yes you knucklehead I do, every time I come here....every time we argue...fight....all I want to do is be close to you....the flirting was a sign...but...after everything....all I saw was that you just wanted to guard the master emerald, so...that's why I wanted it so badly...so hopefully I would get you too"

staring deep into her eyes....I take the lead this time.....another passionate kiss....stronger than before.......time feels like it will never move....the glow of the master emerald brightens.....the moon glows brighter....the stars shine brighter....a meteor shower.................................I want to saver this treasured moment....for all times.....we break again...."rouge....will you stay with me....please" "Of course knuckles, as long as you stay with me....always..... "wish granted"......another deep kiss....................................I love you rouge.................always have........always will............


well what do ya think, i bet they get a bit hot in the next chapter, and was i right, nothing too adult here, but wait till next chapter, READ ON!

If anyone has any ideas on what romance story i should make next, please send me a simple email, more details the better, thanks and have fun guys