Well, I promised a Knouge, and I delivered. But it sure wasn't easy wracking my brain for ideas I didn't have for a week. Finally, I just decided to wing it while listening to music, and I hoped for the best.
Blood of the Dragon
skyclaw441
Knuckles yawned as he stretched his arms and awoke from a restful night's sleep. He sat up on the bed.
'What a good night's sleep!' Knuckles thought. 'And this bed feels... wait a second. BED?!' he mentally shouted. He sat up and looked around. He was in a rather tidy apartment living room, on a couch bed. He jolted from the bed and stood up to survey his surroundings. It was still night outside, as he couldn't see much through the thin curtains covering the large bay window, but small amounts of blue light were coming in from the dawn. The room was tidy and dark. It had quite a few nice looking bamboo-like plants growing in pots in the corners of the room. There was a bookshelf with various books and pictures against the wall next to the door, and it led straight without interuption into a kitchen and dining area.
"Where the hell am I?" he asked out loud. It wasn't but five seconds until someone gave him an answer.
"Glad to see someone's awake," Rouge smirked as she walked out of her bedroom, already dressed. She flipped on the light, and he was able to see everything a lot better. It didn't take long for him to put the pieces together in order to figure out where he was.
"What the hell am I doing here?" Knucles asked her angrily.
"You just ask your arm that question," Rouge replied. Knuckles looked down at his arm, which was wrapped in bandages.
"OK, where is the Emerald?!" Knuckles asked loudly and angrily, about ready to pulverize Rouge.
"Well, it kinda went flying into the bushes when I knocked you into near oblivion. I took you home, wrapped your arm where I hit you, gave you some extra pain killer, and you went sleepy." Rouge explained.
"Oh yeah, in the bushes. And you took me home and "cared for me" rather than taking the Emerald. Believable story." Knuckles confronted.
"Hey, some people care about certain other people." Rouge replied. "Don't worry, some villagers are watching the Emerald now."
"Oh, well... AH!" Knuckles groaned as a collosal headache hit him. "I'm going to need to lay down some more, I've got this splitting headache."
"Sounds about right," Rouge replied. "You took a bad hit. Anyway, I'm gonna make some coffee. Want some?" Rouge asked him as she walked over to the coffeepot. "God, I hate mornings," she remarked randomly.
"Hey, when did you start to be so nice?" Knuckles jeered.
"Aw, Knuxie. You're just too hardheaded. Just lay down and rest." Rouge replied cutely.
"I may just do that now," Knuckles replied, putting his hand to his forehead. The nickname "Knuxie" made his headache increase twofold. He slumped back into the couch bed and began to relax.
"I'll leave my cell number on the counter, call me when you wake up," she told him playfully. Knuckles tried to ignore her, and he soon fell asleep.
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"You're WHERE?!" Tails asked loudly, nearly blowing Knuckles's eardrums out.
"OW! Watch it, kid!" Knuckles replied. "Anyway, I'm at... well... I'm kinda..." Knuckles began to reply embarrasingly.
"C'mon! Where are you!?" Tails began to ask again, getting more annoying and irritating each time he asked that.
"I'm at Rouge's apartment, OK!" Knuckles shouted, nearly tripping over his tounge out of embarrasment.
"Bwahahaha!" Tails began to laugh out loud. "Sonic! Come here!" Tails shouted to Sonic.
'Fuck!...' Knuckles thought. Sonic was the last one he wanted to talk to in this situation, knowing the assumptions of things getting heavy would be abound and there would be no end to the questions and snide remarks. Before he knew it, Sonic was flapping his yap.
"So, heavy night last night?" Sonic asked between snickers.
"Only my head this morning," Knucles replied.
"Well, you should know better than to go that long! So, did you?" Sonic replied, egging Knuckles on.
"Hell no! The only reason I'm here is my arm, or so I think." Knuckles replied.
"Yea, and your third leg must have had something wrong too..." Sonic suggested. Knuckles had expected that this was coming.
"Well, this is the way she explained it. We were fighting last night over the Emerald, and she knocked me in the arm, knocking the Emerald loose, and I flew some distance before landing on my head. She flew me home, and hired some villagers to guard the Emerald. She gave me some painkillers somehow in my unconciousness, and bandaged my arm. I had a terrible headache this morning." Knuckles told him.
"Check around the house to see if alcohol was the painkiller of choice. If so, you may have lost some fruit, if you know what I mean..." Sonic again suggested.
"Oh, yeah right. I didn't know I could even get it up passed out." Knuckles replied.
"Oh yeah? How do you think rape occurs in males then?" Sonic asked. Knuckles thought for a second, before getting some ideas he didn't even know he was capable of having.
"Oh, shut up Sonic. I now have mental images that I don't want to have." Knuckles shouted, now quite annoyed.
"So, give me a ring if you need to be picked up. You know, when you're done..." Sonic incinuated.
"You say another thing and I'll come over to your house and make sure that you're done!" Knuckles shouted.
"Jeez man, I'm just messing with you." Sonic replied. "Well, give me a call, talk to you later." Sonic told him.
"Later." Knuckles replied, and he hung up the phone. He slumped at the counter, his arm now in quite a bit of pain. At least his headache went away. It was about 11 AM, and the sun was shining brightly through the bay window into the apartment, giving it a pleasant glow. His main thought was to get back to the island as soon as possible to go guard the Emerald, which he wasn't sure was there anymore. He noticed something on the counter. It was Rouge's number. He decided to call it, against what he thought were his better instincts.
"Hiya, Knux," Rouge answered playfully. Knuckles faceplamed, and then mustered the courage to talk.
"Stop calling me that," he told her in response.
"Oh, sorry." Rouge replied. "So, what did you need?"
"Where are those painkillers? My arm is killing me," Knuckles replied.
"They're above the cupboard above the stove." Rouge replied. Knuckles walked over to the stove, looked above the cupboard, and was instantly horrified.
"WHAT... DID... YOU... DO... TO... ME... LAST... NIGHT!" Knuckles shouted horrified.
"You were already unconcious, don't worry, Knux." Her reply came in her usual playful/seductive tone, pissng Knuckles off even more.
"I SWEAR TO GOD! IF YOU HAD YOUR WAY WITH ME YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!" Knuckles shouted.
"Relax, it was only one shot. Ya know, to numb what was hurting you."
"ONLY ONE SHOT?" Knuckles yelled back. "I've never drunk in my life!" Knuckles replied.
"Wow, you're lame. No wonder you're so uptight when watching the emerald." Rouge replied.
"Well..." Knuckles began, but he was quickly interupted.
"Hang on a sec, I'm getting another call." Rouge replied.
"Alright." Knuckles replied, setting the phone on the counter.
'What the heck is she doing to me?' Knuckles thought. It sure wasn't believable that she would do this without the benefits of sex or jewels. If not sex, jewels. If not jewels, sex. He determined that it was most likely sex in this situation, due to the fact that the pain killer administered to him was a shot of 100 proof Stolichnaya vodka. But he was still even unconcious, so Rouge didn't even need to give him alcohol. So why would she bother anyway? She could still have sex with him. She could have even picked up the Emerald before she left. But why would she do this? Knuckles sighed and drifted at the sight of the harbor outside of her bay window. Before he knew it, Rouge was screaming into the phone.
"Knux? KNUCKLES!" She shouted into the phone. He jumped at the sound, now out of his trance.
"Sorry, what is it?" Knuckles replied as cool as he could.
"They need you down at the island right away!" Rouge told him, a little riled up.
"Lemme guess, you took the Emerald. No surprise." Knuckles replied. "I'll just be looking around for it."
"No, not that. The shrine, it's been totally wiped out!" Knuckles shot up from his seat.
"IT'S WHAT!?"
"You heard me."
"I'm going. See ya." Knuckles began to panic. This time it wasn't just the emerald, it was the whole shrine with it. Adrenaline shot through his body.
"NO!" Rouge shouted in the phone. "Stay where you are, I'm coming to pick you up." Rouge told him.
"Why the hell do you care?" Knuckles replied snidely.
"Have you not known me these past few years? If there's something up with the Emerald, I'll want to know what it is." Rouge replied.
"That's true." Knuckles pointed out. "So..."
"I'll be there in a couple minutes. Don't worry." Rouge told him.
"Alright." Knuckles replied as he hung up the phone. He paced around as he waited, worried about what would have happened to the Emerald, and who would have it now. The Emerald was his life, given to him by his father to guard until his son would take over. It was his duty, and his obligation, and the only thing he knew. He was in a near frenzy, running circles around the open living room. There was a knock on the door. It opened.
"Well, I see you're taking this well," Rouge remarked.
"Oh, yea. This is the best news I've gotten all day!" Knuckles replied sarcastically as they both walked onto the patio. "Well, I need to get back to the Island."
"Well, then. How bout I just fly you down?" Rouge replied playfully, getting down on all fours.
"Oh, sure. Since when have you cared?" Knuckles replied.
"Like I said before, you're just too hard-headed. Now hop on," she replied playfully.
"Fine." Knuckles replied. He couldn't help but blush as he hopped on Rouge's back. 'Damn, her fur feels nice'. He commented in his head. Before he knew it, they were off and flying.
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Yup. There it is. Sorry for the shitty ending. I never bothered to watch the cartoon, so I just studied the characters through fanfics. So, I know I went out of character a couple times, and I only spent a day writing this, just to get it out. This is also my first fic with this pairing, so I haven't had a lot of experience with them. Unlike Ash and Misty, which I have been following for the better part of five years. So, review and make some suggestions, anything helps. I know that the Knouge didn't hit off right away, but it's coming. Thanks for reading my very crappy story.