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Foolish Me

I'm a righter

It was a bottomless pit he kept falling into. A horrible trap that always caught him. And finally Knuckles realized that he wasn't as tough as he thought. He was gullible. He was weak.

This thought ran through his mind as he stealthily dodged the punches from Sonic. The blue hedgehog smirked in response, took a couple steps back and ran at full force towards him. Knuckles leapt high in the air, causing Sonic to miss him by just inches. Knuckles landed unsteadily on the ground and spun around to face Sonic.

They stood there in a staring contest. Panting, breathless and speechless.

Sonic and Knuckles. Knuckles and Sonic. What a pair.

It wasn't uncommon for them to fight out their disputes, in fact, it became routine. Whenever a fight broke out, Tails, Amy and Cream would stand off in the distance. Watching, waiting.

But this fight was about to end differently.

When Sonic's breath eventually evened out, he crossed his arms and said,

"Don't give Eggman the emerald, Knuckles. He's just using you." At this, Knuckles growled loudly and launched himself at Sonic, who gracefully sidestepped out of the way. Knuckles went skidding across the rough dirt, his eyes clenched tightly in pain and embarrassment. "You're really out of it today."

Knuckles stood up, wiping the dust and dirt from his body. He gritted his teeth before picking up the green emerald and weighing it in his palm.

He stared intently at the emerald, frowning at its taunting nature. He didn't know what to believe anymore. He couldn't even trust this gut. After a few moments of silence, Sonic asked,

"Knuckles?" His voice deep with concern. Knuckles looked up from the emerald and with a heavy sigh of despair he said,

"I'll give Eggman the benefit of the doubt." And with that he ran. Sonic was at his tail in an instant, tackling him roughly to the ground and pinning his shoulders down.

"Speed of sound, remember?"

A/N: I had a weird, random urge to write this and I really have no idea where the story would go. :P

I love Knuckles! And I love his personality, especially when he's gullible. I was watching Sonic X this morning, so I kind of based this introduction on the episode.

If anyone's interested to read more, let me know and I'll find a way to continue it. :)