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Chapter 2

Tails slowly looked up from his fall just to realize who he had crashed into. He would recognize those curves and those wings anywhere. It was Rouge the Bat. Tails wasn't completely intimidated by her, but he was no fool either. He remembered how short-tempered she was and that she was able to easily stand up to Knuckles in fighting ability.

"Oh, hello there Rouge." he said in a polite tone. "You're looking lovely as ever. How are you doing today?" He tried to stay on her good side and not cross her. He expected her to say something snappy like "Hey, watch where you're going foxboy!" or "You've got a lot of nerve crashing into a lady like me, kid!" but what she said next completely surprised him.

"Oh hi, Tails." she replied in a dull tone. "I'm fine. How are you doing today?"

Tails was completely shocked. She didn't have any sassy quips or any sarcastic comments to make. He looked closely at the expression on her face and noticed a somewhat sadness, like she was too distracted by something to care about the fact that Tails had crashed into her at top speed. The really odd thing that Tails noticed was that Rouge was holding the red chaos emerald in her hand.

Tails knew that Rouge loved jewelry and was very curious why she seemed so upset. Being the gentle hearted young fox that he was, he tried to cheer her up. Her expression was so saddening that Tails almost forgot the reason he was here was to look for Sonic. He looked closely at the red emerald and took an educated guess about what was making her upset.

"Um....excuse me Miss Rouge, would like to talk about it? C'mon we can take a walk. That should cheer you up." Tails said in an optimistic manner.

Rouge was apparently feeling so downhearted that she accepted the young fox's proposal without any fuss. They then started walking down the current street they were on.

As Tails walked with Rouge, he remembered that Sonic could be in danger and knew that he needed to find him as soon as possible, but he couldn't abandon Rouge in her current state. He had to see if his guess about what was troubling her was accurate, even though he knew it was a sensitive subject for her to discuss.

"He doesn't hate you, you know." Tails said without completely thinking what he was going to say next. "It's Knuckles you're thinking about, right. That's why you were holding the red emerald so tightly, isn't it?"

Rouge stopped right there with a look of realization in her face. She knew that Tails was right even though she didn't want to admit to him or to herself.

"Or it could be your love of jewelry, I don't know." Tails continued. "But what I do know is that Knuckles doesn't hate you, in fact....he really likes you. When we went on that journey looking for the ARK, all he kept saying was "I can't wait to see that batgirl!" and "I have to find that batgirl!" Rouge smiled listening to Tails' imitations of Knuckles. "The point is, that even though I'm not completely certain about this, I'm pretty positive he said the word "batgirl" more than the word "emerald", which means that he must like you more than his emerald. Of course, I'm only eight years old and I'm not too certain about how teenagers' minds work so I could be wrong. I mean, if you like someone, you should tell them, right?"

Rouge was hesitant to speak at first, but then she looked down to her left side and said to the young fox, "Tails....thank you."

"Oh you're welcome. Why are you thanking me?" Tails asked.

"For being kind to me and cheering me up when I really needed it. I realize that I haven't been the nicest person to you or your friends and for that I'm sorry." Rouge said with a sincere expression on her face.

"Anytime." Tails said proudly, knowing that he had helped someone in need. "Excuse me, Miss Rouge, I hate to sound rude, but I have a favor I would like to ask you."

"Yes." she said softly.

"Well, the reason I crashed into you like that earlier is because I think Sonic was kidnapped by Dr. Eggman and since you're better at finding things than me, could you please help me find him? Please?" Tails requested.

It was true that Rouge was an experienced treasure huntress, but she didn't think that qualified her to be a hedgehog huntress as well. She looked down at the young fox and saw the concern about his friend in his gentle blue eyes. She thought to herself, "After he just helped me, how can I refuse?"

"Sure!" she said with a confident grin on her face. "I'll help you find him, after all I am the world's greatest treasure huntress! But I do have one favor I have to ask you."

"What is it?" Tails said with a look of renewed hope in his eyes.

"Don't call me "Miss" Rouge, just Rouge will be fine. "Miss" makes me sound like a little old lady. I'm already older than you and your little friends. I don't need to be reminded of it." Rouge said in a positive tone.

"Alright then Rouge, let's find Sonic!" Tails shouted.

The duo was about to head off until they heard something behind them. They quickly turned around only to notice two figures running towards them at top speed.

Tails knew that this was going to be a very long day, and when he got a closer look at silhouettes moving in his direction, he knew that they wouldn't make his day any easier.

Well that's it for Chapter 2. How did you like this one? Please reply soon. The faster you reply, the faster I'll write the next chapter and take you of this next cliffhanger.