Possibly Love?
By: AliceStar
(Sonic and Company belong to Sega! Not me!) Welcome to the first official chapter of Possibly Love. It's gonna be an all-out war between our favorite crimson Guardian and our beloved treasure huntress. Be sure to stay tuned 'cause all is fair in Possibly Love and War!
It was a bright, lovely sunny day that enveloped the earth in its great warmth. Below the luminous sapphire sky, flying over the misty waves of the ocean was Rouge.
The lovely treasure hunter was piloting a marble-colored helicopter: destination, Angel Island.
Rouge had her lofty sights set upon the crown jewel of Angel Island, the Master Emerald. It was the largest, most gorgeous stone she had set her sights upon; it was love at first sight. And now, that the treasure huntress was smitten, she had decided to claim it for her own.
Rouge smirked as she looked outside of her window and lowered her gaze upon the green, hovering island. That jewel was good as hers!
Then, the huntress frowned; she knew there would be a lot of work involved in order to win her glittering gem from that darn echidna! He always seemed to give her more trouble than his worth!
'Stupid echidna! I swear, he chased me from the ends of the Earth to get those shards!'
She remembered the last time their fists collided for the domain of the Master Emerald, and she found herself giving in to the will of the echidna because she started falling for him.
Rouge growled, 'How stupid was I back then? And besides, how could I fall for someone who has longer hair than me?'
"He looks like a girl! …One with really big, bulky muscles!" Rouge mused to herself out loud.
But this time around, she was prepared for their next face off, and the only way she'd leave Angel Island is with the Master Emerald in her clutches.
As the sleek helicopter soared over the floating paradise, Rouge's eyes rapidly roamed over the Island for a decent place to land and possibly set camp. Then her sapphire-hued eyes spotted a nice piece of even terrain.
"Gotcha," Rouge said to herself with a smirk.
She slowly circled the helicopter until it landed perfectly on the smooth ground. Removing the head gear from her ears, she unlocked the heavy doors and opened the doors, preparing for her departure.
As soon as she stepped out of the copter, she was greeted with a gentle breeze. The huntress couldn't help but smile; the sun was glistering warmly upon her skin, the wind was whistling softly; the day was just right.
Coming to reality and remembering her conquest, the huntress opened her eyes and leveled her blue-eyed gaze; just as she had predicted, the red echidna was there waiting for her, arms crossed over his chest.
Icy amethyst eyes gleamed from the one whose fur mirrored the color of flames; apparently, no one in his book made reservations upon his island and he was more than ready to play the role of a bouncer.
Then, his cold glare spontaneously melted once he saw his new visitor was batgirl.
"Rouge?"
"Long time no see, treasure hunter," Rouge said with her trademark smirk.
She smiled at him a moment longer then reentered her helicopter with Knuckles following her.
…Not quite following her inside of the mechanism, where he'd be breathing down her neck, but he was near enough where he was hovering nearby.
He looked cautiously at the unknown object Rouge vanished into, then he turned his gaze back to Rouge.
"What are you doing here, Rouge?" Knuckles asked.
His tone wasn't hostile, it was more so skeptical, cautious.
"Heh, what else would I be here for?" Rouge replied smoothly.
Rouge came out of the helicopter with her millions of duffel bags, and dropped them on the floor. Stacks, if mountains of bags ranging from hues of bright magenta to deep, violets were piled in front of the echidna's nose.
If the red echidna didn't know any better, he'd think that the white bat was permanently moving in. It certainly appeared that she had brought all of her belongings today.
"You didn't answer me," Knuckles said keeping his eyes on her.
Rouge hopped out of the helicopter and closed the door behind her. She sighed at Knuckles' incompetence and walked towards him until she was within five feet of the echidna.
The bat stared at him coolly, smiling slightly.
"Okay then echidna, if you gotta know, I've come to claim my emerald," Rouge said.
Knuckles chuckled to himself and Rouge's ears perked up.
"And just what are you laughing at?" She asked with a tinge of irritation in her voice.
"So, you're still the same thief, huh? Stupid of me to have thought you changed batgirl," Knuckles said with a hint of melancholy in his voice.
"What are you, my pastor? Now get outta my way before I have to get violent," Rouge hissed.
Knuckles sighed, yep, this was this the same batgirl; when something got in her way and she lost her temper, she'd beat it to death…or at least she'd try to.
"Fine, do as you wish batgirl."
Rouge nodded her head, pleased, " Good."
As Rouge tried to march past Knuckles, he stepped in her way. Blinking, she moved to her other side, as he did seconds later.
Rouge frowned, realizing that every direction she tried to move to avoid Knuckles, he mirrored her movements blocking her path, and once he saw this was irritating her, a smirk came to his lips.
"What are you doing? Quit acting stupid and get outta my way!" Rouge growled.
There Knuckles' philosophy came into play; she was ready to beat her impeding obstacle to death.
"Do as you wish batgirl, but the Master Emerald is off limits," Knuckles said still smirking.
Rouge took a step backwards then curled her fists into tight balls. She narrowed her eyes to the point where Knuckles believed them to have been closed.
"Move, 'cause your cruisin' for a bruisin' echidna!" Rouge snarled.
With a smirk Knuckles slowly raised his fists taking the stance that mirrored the likeness of a world-class boxer. Without a second thought, Rouge charged him, enveloped in her unruly anger.
Rouge swung a fist at Knuckles who avoided her movements as fluidly and as smooth as water.
Every blow Rouge threw at him he evaded gracefully and he even had enough wind to spout retorts.
"You shouldn't fight with your fists, upper body strength isn't your strongest attribute," Knuckles said dodging another punch.
"Put up or shut up!" Rouge yelled charging Knuckles.
She tried a split kick but Knuckles blocked her attack and moved behind her swiftly, "You fight with rage, not your mind or heart, that's your weakness batgirl," Knuckles said.
Rouge growled and quickly followed her attack up with a high kick that Knuckles dodged by performing a back flip.
Rouge turned to look at him and snarled; not only was he successfully avoiding her attacks, but the jerk was saying helpful quips as well!
" He's dodging all my attacks like they're nothing! And he's critiquing me like I'm a baby! He must pay for that! I'll nail him!" Rouge thought with sweat rolling down her face.
With a loud cry, Rouge swung a fast, powerful uppercut at the tall echidna. Knuckles sidestepped her punch, grabbed her and leaned her backwards in his arms as he leaned his face towards hers, leaving them only a few centimeters away from each other.
Rouge gasped, finding herself to be stuck, staring into familiar, warm plum-colored eyes. She was much too stunned to protest her position.
"You've gotten much stronger, but you're still not getting the Master Emerald," Knuckles whispered in a hushed, deep voice.
Knuckles released his hold on Rouge, and began walking away from her slowly, and with his back to her, he didn't notice how brilliantly the batgirl was blushing.
Her awe quickly changed into stubbornness, and she glared at him for a while then stomped off towards her duffel bags. Knuckles turned his head to look back at her.
"Now what are you planning batgirl?" Knuckles asked patiently.
Rouge looked at him furiously; mentally she was running two options on how to respond to his inquiry.
Option A: Shout profanities at him like a sailor or Option B: Coyly give him an answer that would frustrate the heck out of him. She settled for the second option.
"If I can't beat you by force, then I'll beat you with my superior mind," Rouge said pointing to her head.
"Oh really? How so?" Knuckles asked laughing a little.
"I'm going to stay on this cute lil' Island and figure out your weakness, or just take the Emerald when your asleep," Rouge said smiling.
"I doubt that you'll even be able to endure staying here two nights tops," Knuckles crouching to his knees.
"And why not?" Rouge perched curiously, "I am a great treasure hunter!"
Rouge made a cute, seductive pose as she rolled her hand through her hair and down on her thighs. Knuckles took a seat, crossed his legs so he was sitting comfortably Indian-style, then he smiled at Rouge, "Now I give you a day tops."
Rouge sighed then turned her back to Knuckles, "Well, it's obvious that I'm wasting my time talking to an inferior being. Sometimes, I'm surprised that you're even smart enough to understand me!"
She began walking into the rich plantation of shrubs and trees until Knuckles voice rang out, "Where are you going?"
Rouge turned to face him, still keeping her arrogant air about her. Where did he think she was going? To find the Emerald of course! That echidna was such a ding-a-ling-head sometimes…
"Where else? To steal the Master Emerald! Aren't you going to stop me?" Rouge asked.
A grin formed on Knuckles' face that made Rouge blush a soft pink; the smile gave him the air that he was quite gentle.
"No, 'cause the Master Emerald's that way," Knuckles hiking a thumb behind himself.
"…"
"You're lying!" Rouge said simply, anger slowly seeping into her voice.
"Never," Knuckles said simply.
"…"
Rouge stared harder into his amethyst eyes. The echidna was so calm and cool that she couldn't read him, but somehow her instincts were telling her that he was speaking the truth.
"Fine, then I'll be back by sunset," Rouge replied.
Knuckles' grin grew even larger, "The Master Emerald Shrine is at least a twelve-day journey."
" Twelve days!" Rouge asked skeptically, " Last time I was here, it took me twelve seconds to get there!"
" That's because back then you went to the center of the island, these are the outskirts," Knuckles replied.
"Well, I don't I just get back in my helicopter and fly to the center of the island?" Rouge said.
"…You won't get that lucky again," Knuckles said, "Finding the Emerald that easily is a once in the lifetime thing…"
Rouge sighed, "Well, whatever! And besides…How long would it take you to get there? From our current location?" Rouge asked.
" A day tops, and even if you tried to voyage the journey, trust me, you don't want to be in the jungle at night," Knuckles said plainly, "Not all life here is friendly."
"What lives here?" Rouge asked.
"What doesn't live here?" Knuckles replied in a deeper, scarier voice; the tone he used when he spoke to Rouge during their battle at the Meteor Herd.
"…" the bat fell silent, processing his last words.
Then she laughed merrily, as if he had told a humorous joke.
"Ha! You're just trying to psych me out, aren't you, you little creep?" Rouge asked smoothly.
"If that's what you believe," Knuckles answered.
"Well, if it's a twelve day journey, then I'm going, despite all your fairytales, and good riddance echidna!" Rouge said waving him off.
Rouge picked up her belongings and waltzed into the jungle, singing merrily.
"Bye-bye Knucklehead!" Rouge said disappearing into the jungle.
Her voice was just fading away when he finally decided to become animated. The echidna watched her for a few seconds more before he decided to act.
Knuckles sighed, and rose to his feet, "That lady has no idea what she's getting herself into…she's gonna be the death of me!"
Knuckles turned away from where Rouge left then stared at her helicopter.
…Just what was that weird thing batgirl had brought to his island?
"That thing might just bite me!" Knuckles hissed to himself.
Then, at jogging pace, he pursued Rouge and took off into the forest, taking a different route from the white bat.
"Fine bat girl if you wanna play games, " Knuckles smirked, " Then I'll right along!"
To Be Continued!
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