New Beginnings
Chapter 6
It only took us 15 minutes to get to Twinkle Park. Lights were flashing; distant yells of happiness were heard. I am so going to enjoy myself here; especially with Rouge. I look around the park, searching for a good ride. "Ah! That looks fun." I point to a ride called: Rocqe. "Think you can handle such a ride Knucklehead?" I wish she would stop calling me that; but I guess its what I have to deal with for a while. "Oh yeah I can handle it, lets go!" I said and ran into line, Rouge right behind me.
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I stumbled out of the ride, sick to my stomach. "Twel..ve loops.." I said, trying to hold back a barf. Luckily there was a trashcan nearby. I ran to it, and let it loose. Coughing, I sat on the ground, trying to relax. "Oh yeah, I can handle it?" Rouge said mockingly. "You got guts Echidna." She laughed. I didn't really pay much attention, as I was still coughing. "Come on, we still have five hours till Sunset!" I gulped, even though it tasted nasty. "Alright." I stood up, coughing one more time before nodding to Rouge. "Lets go have fun then!"
. . .
The day went by fast, and already the sun was starting to fall. "Ready to go to the shrine Rouge?" "Sure, we did everything at least twice!" It was true, after the first ride, my stomach settled and I never barfed, even after I went on Rocqe again. "Alright then, time to go home." Hand in hand, we headed out of Twinkle Park, and towards the train station.
We moved quickly to the Shrine, only to find Tikal there taking a . . . nap? I approach her and shake her body. "Tikal?" "Hmmmnh . . ." Tikal awoke, never would have known that a dead girl could snooze as much as I can. "Oh your back? I finished early so I decided to rest." "Obviously." I chuckled. "I am going back to sleep, in the Master Emerald, good night." "Good night Tikal." Rouge said. After Tikal disappeared in the Master Emerald, I climbed on top of it, looking for any remains of the Chaos Onyx. Sure enough, there was one shard. "Knuckles?" I heard Rouge climb up as well. She saw the shard in my hand. "Allow me." I nodded, and gave her the shard. As swift as one of my punches, she chucked the shard all the way off the island. "Good riddance." I said, sitting down on the Master Emerald. Wow, it's nice up here. Not only that, but it became a lot nicer when Rouge came and sat beside me. "Wow, I should come up here more often." Rouge said and I chuckled. "There's something I've been meaning to tell you Rouge." She looked at me weird. "What's that?" "I don't know how to say this, but I've had this feeling two years ago." "Hmm." "Rouge, I- I-" I stumbled for words, I took a breath. "I love you Rouge the Bat." "Hu wha! Ga wa gu a." Oh no . . . Don't tell me . . . I felt like I was going to cry, but, when I was just about to put my face in my hands, I felt a kiss on my cheek. "And I love you, Knuckles the Echidna." My eyes widened, and I turned to her. We just stared at each other for about three minutes. I took the initiative and kissed her on the lips. She responded by returning the kiss. Our kissing intensified for three minutes, when she finally broke our kiss. We stared in each other's eyes. "Come with me." She said, and I followed her to my house.
Chapter 6
It only took us 15 minutes to get to Twinkle Park. Lights were flashing; distant yells of happiness were heard. I am so going to enjoy myself here; especially with Rouge. I look around the park, searching for a good ride. "Ah! That looks fun." I point to a ride called: Rocqe. "Think you can handle such a ride Knucklehead?" I wish she would stop calling me that; but I guess its what I have to deal with for a while. "Oh yeah I can handle it, lets go!" I said and ran into line, Rouge right behind me.
. . .
I stumbled out of the ride, sick to my stomach. "Twel..ve loops.." I said, trying to hold back a barf. Luckily there was a trashcan nearby. I ran to it, and let it loose. Coughing, I sat on the ground, trying to relax. "Oh yeah, I can handle it?" Rouge said mockingly. "You got guts Echidna." She laughed. I didn't really pay much attention, as I was still coughing. "Come on, we still have five hours till Sunset!" I gulped, even though it tasted nasty. "Alright." I stood up, coughing one more time before nodding to Rouge. "Lets go have fun then!"
. . .
The day went by fast, and already the sun was starting to fall. "Ready to go to the shrine Rouge?" "Sure, we did everything at least twice!" It was true, after the first ride, my stomach settled and I never barfed, even after I went on Rocqe again. "Alright then, time to go home." Hand in hand, we headed out of Twinkle Park, and towards the train station.
We moved quickly to the Shrine, only to find Tikal there taking a . . . nap? I approach her and shake her body. "Tikal?" "Hmmmnh . . ." Tikal awoke, never would have known that a dead girl could snooze as much as I can. "Oh your back? I finished early so I decided to rest." "Obviously." I chuckled. "I am going back to sleep, in the Master Emerald, good night." "Good night Tikal." Rouge said. After Tikal disappeared in the Master Emerald, I climbed on top of it, looking for any remains of the Chaos Onyx. Sure enough, there was one shard. "Knuckles?" I heard Rouge climb up as well. She saw the shard in my hand. "Allow me." I nodded, and gave her the shard. As swift as one of my punches, she chucked the shard all the way off the island. "Good riddance." I said, sitting down on the Master Emerald. Wow, it's nice up here. Not only that, but it became a lot nicer when Rouge came and sat beside me. "Wow, I should come up here more often." Rouge said and I chuckled. "There's something I've been meaning to tell you Rouge." She looked at me weird. "What's that?" "I don't know how to say this, but I've had this feeling two years ago." "Hmm." "Rouge, I- I-" I stumbled for words, I took a breath. "I love you Rouge the Bat." "Hu wha! Ga wa gu a." Oh no . . . Don't tell me . . . I felt like I was going to cry, but, when I was just about to put my face in my hands, I felt a kiss on my cheek. "And I love you, Knuckles the Echidna." My eyes widened, and I turned to her. We just stared at each other for about three minutes. I took the initiative and kissed her on the lips. She responded by returning the kiss. Our kissing intensified for three minutes, when she finally broke our kiss. We stared in each other's eyes. "Come with me." She said, and I followed her to my house.
