Authors Note: ^_^ Guess what everybody? Chapter 5 is up! YAY! Thanks to all my nice reviewers! Er. . . yeah, but most of you died on chap 5.

More Than Best Friends

Rouge wore up the next morning, noticing that Shadow had never come in the room. "Shadow?" she said out loud, then saw Shadow sleeping on the couch. "Looks like he didn't wanna sleep in my room. . ." she said, and Shadow opened his eyes.

"Well, well, well, you didn't wanna sleep in there?"

"Well, you were sleeping so quietly, I just didn't wanna wake you." he said, but didn't wanna tell her that she looked so innocent while she was asleep.

"Aw, Shadow thought about someone for the first time!" Rouge teased, then said, "I'm off to see you know who."

"Knuckles, who else," Shadow said, rolling his eyes. Rouge smiled and went off, leaving Shadow alone. "They should just get married already," he muttered under his breath.

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"Hey Knuckles! Are ya there?" yelled Rouge, going up to Knuckles, quietly sleeping, then said, "as usual. . ." Before she made it up to the last step, Knuckles immediately pounced on her. (Yes, I mean jump! He jumped right on top of her!)

"What the. . . Knuckles, get off me!" she said, trying to push him off, but failed. "What's your problem?"

"Nothing. . . I just want you. . ." Knuckles hissed in her ear. "What?"

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"I wonder where she is. . ." Shadow said, looking at the time. "It's been 30 minutes already. . ." he said, worried. "Maybe I should head up there and see. . ." he said. "I think I remember where Angel island is. . ."

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"Get away from me!" Rouge said, struggling against Knuckles tough grip, without much success. Crap. . . I planned to stay a virgin from some more years. . .Rouge thought as Knuckles started to take her clothes off.

"Rouge? Where are you?" yelled a voice.

Rouge felt Knuckles body quickly get off hers, to see Shadow, standing there with a disturbed look on his face. "What's. . . going on?" he asked.

Rouge quickly got away from Knuckles, who was finding it hard to say anything. "I-I was helping her get up."

"YOU FUCKING LIAR! I SAW YOU HOLDING HER DOWN!" said Shadow, able to tell the whole story. Rouge sighed in relief. "Shadow. . ." she said, looking at Shadow in a fighting stance.

"Shadow, hold on a sec! Don't get violent!" she said, holding Shadow back, who was about to punch Knuckles. "He has it coming to him!!! Let me go!"

"Why are you so worked up about it!!! I'm OK!" she said, frowning at Shadow's immature behavior.

"You're lucky she's holding me back. . ." shadow said, glaring at Rouge, who was pulling him away from Angel Island, with a huge sweat drop on her face. . .

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I can't believe him . . . he actually tried that. . . But what was Shadow so mad about/ Could it be that. . .? No . . . Shadow did say he only cared about Maria. . . Rouge glanced over at Shadow, who as mumbling under his breath.

"Shadow. . . thanks for helping me."

"No problem. Besides, I just worried about you, so you're lucky I came over," he said, folding his arms across his chest. "But I know you probably wanted to take it all the way. . ." he joked.

"I was actually scared for my life, Shadow!" Rouge said, suddenly serious. "OK, OK, just do me a favor, don't go there again."

"Then. . . will you do me a favor?" Rouge said quietly.

"What?" asked Shadow.

"Can you hold me??" she asked, almost giving Shadow a nosebleed, but then noticed she was serious. "Uh, yeah, sure." he stammered, holding Rouge. Looks like I'm going to have to take care of her. . . thought Shadow.

Authors Note: Wow. . . Does this mean now the fic has to be R? O_o Oh boy. . . chapter 6 coming soon, hopefully.

~Kauzi~