A/N: Well here's my first shot at Knuckles and Rouge romance. I already know that it won't be a one-shot so expect more than one or two chapters. Read the summary and expect something really deep. Also I will be using some of the Sonic Battle places such as Night Babylon and Holy Summit and stuff.
Summary: Knuckles' ancestors gave him 3 main rules that he had to obey. Plus he has to deal with the laws of nature, which makes it very hard to imagine him with the jewel thief Rouge the Bat right? Wrong my friend, to him it make it a little more tempting. Knuckles was never a rule breaker, but to be with Rouge he'll do anything even if it means breaking all the rules.
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Chapter 1: Knuckles' Problems
Station Square:
Knux's POV:
"Should I have hopped on that train?" I asked myself, "I should be guarding the Master Emerald! But something is telling me to be here, why, I'm not sure."
I looked back at the train that I just came off of. "No, I need to go back and do what my ancestors told me!" I shivered at the memory of how I was told.
Flashback:
Normal POV:
Knuckles was sleeping in his small house on Holy Summit.
Dream:
Knuckles was sitting on the edge of Angel Island next to the Master Emerald shrine. He would always do this to calm himself down after an adventure with Sonic before meditating. He took a deep breath of air and puffed out his chest.
But as he exhaled he felt a small weight on his shoulder. He nearly jumped up and attacked whatever it was but instead he cautiously turned his head and saw a sight that made his eyes widen.
He saw Rouge resting her head on his shoulder. "B-Batgirl?!" He stuttered out in shock.
She placed a finger on his lips to hush him up. "Shh." Then she removed her finger and continued to stare at the view. "The view is beautiful isn't it?"
He stared at her for a moment before he found his voice again. "Y-Yeah, it's great."
Then he went into deep thought. 'Why is she here? Most importantly, why isn't she trying to steal the Master Emerald?' He looked behind him to the shrine. 'The shrine is less than 25 yards away; she can sprint for it and be gone! Could she be here...to see me?!'
He was put out of his thoughts by Rouge calling his name. He turned to her. "Knuckles, I have great news!"
'What? You're going to jump off the island and leave me alone? That would be really great news!' He smirked at the thought of his rival out of his dreadlocks forever.
"I've quit being a jewel thief."
"What?!" His eyes widened even wider than before. 'Why would she quit?! What insane reason would she have to do so?'
"And do you want to know why?"
He nodded a yes. She smiled at him as if they were friends.
"I quit because I could never settle down. I quit because every other minute I had another mission. And most importantly, I quit because you were worried that I would steal the Master Emerald."
He blushed for a second before shooing it away. "So...you quit being a treasure thief...for me? Why would you quit the thing that you love the most?"
She smirked her well-known smirk. "Because I found something I love more than jewels. Something that I would give all the treasure in the world to have."
"And that would be...?" She took a look at him and started laughing as if he was the dumbest animal on this side of the earth. He just stared at her until her laughing receded.
"You, you gullible Knucklehead!"
He blushed nearly the same color of his fur before he said the smartest thing he could think of, which of course was, "M-Me?"
She smiled again and held him closer. "You love me too, right?"
"I-I-I-" He stuttered not knowing how to answer. Was it even possible that this was happening? Sure he held her hand and tried to kiss her at Meteor Herd a few months ago but that's different.
'Oh? How so different, Knuckles?' He heard a voice in his head say. But it wasn't his voice; it was deep, powerful, and kind eerie.
Soon everything around him disappeared and he was standing in a pit of darkness. The only thing that was visible was the shrine.
He ran to it but abruptly stopped at the foot of it, not on his free will, as if a powerful force stopped him from moving anywhere.
"Knuckles." The voice said, this time out loud.
"Who are you? Show yourself!"
"Listen well, Knuckles. Your ancestors have given you 3 rules that you must obey."
"How do you know about my ancestors? Why are they telling me this now?"
"It seems that you have some sort of feelings towards that bat woman." The voice got sterner as it said the last part.
"What feelings? I have no feelings towards her."
"Then why are you dreaming about her?"
He was stumped for a moment and decided to change the subject. "So what's up with these rules?"
"They are the rules that were set for you as the guardian of the Master Emerald:
Rule 1: You must never leave the island for your own reasons, only if there is a disturbance on earth.
Rule 2: You must put the Emerald before all else, even your family and friends.
Rule 3: You must mate with another echidna. Half-bred children would soil the echidna name."
Knuckles frowned and replied, "Well it seems that I've been following the rules for all of these years-"
"-Until now, which is why you have been told as a reminder."
But that didn't answer all of his questions. "Hold on, there aren't any more echidna's that I know of."
"Well I suppose that you will live the rest of your life and die a loner."
"What?! I'm only 16! Why must I suffer since you had to mess with Chaos?!"
"Silence!" Then Knuckles fell to the ground in pain. His whole body felt as if in was burning. But Knuckles had more to say.
"Heh, what are you? Satan? There's no way that my ancestors would request anything like this! There's no was that you are one of my ancestors" He spat at the voice.
"Really? You say that your ancestors' blood flows inside you, correct? Then can someone who is not your ancestor do this?"
First Knuckles heard complete silence, then felt a cold shiver go up his back, then finally, his blood went cold. Everything in his vision went blurry as his eyes rolled into the back of his head and fell to the ground.
End Dream:
Knuckles woke in a cold sweat. He ran outside, over the bridge that connected his house to Angel Island, and up to the Master Emerald shrine. He ran up the stairs to the shrine, got on one knee and started to pray to the echidna gods for forgiveness.
Afterwards he looked out to the horizon. It was a hazy pinkish-purple; indicating that the sun would rise soon.
But during the time, a small voice echoed a small phrase in his head, which was, "I have to get out of here."
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A/N: That was chapter one. I hope you liked it. Chapter two will be here as soon as possible.
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