hello once again everyone

well, I got four reviews before I even started, so here y'are!

the submitted names for the band are as follows, "The Unknown"-Shadow's Dark Angel, "Elec-Storm"-Phantom86, and "Ego Freaks"-SimsFan. I shall have a vote now, between these three! Make your vote in your review!

I dunna own Sonic the Hedgehog or related stuff.

Shadow the Rock Star Chapter 3

"The Visitor"

Everyone grabbed their respective books and browsed through them, all except Shadow who looked down on his with scorn until everyone realized something.

"There is only one "Electric Guitar for Dummies" are Sonic and Shadow supposed to share or what?" Rouge commented.

"Well," Knuckles said, "There was only one like that; there wasn't a Bass Guitar volume, or anything."

"Why would there be?" Shadow said smirking at Sonic, "Everyone knows that bass guitar is never as important as lead guitar anyway."

"Why you..." Sonic yelled as he threw himself at Shadow and tried to punch him in the jaw. I say tried because Shadow ducked out of the way and aimed a kick at Sonic's stomach. Shadow's foot found its mark and Sonic doubled over in pain. Meanwhile Rouge and Tails were trying to get them to stop, both coaxing and trying to persuade the pair to stop fighting. Rouge stopped shouting and tried to shove in between them, but that was a mistake as a punch Shadow threw at Sonic connected with her face.

In the tussle, neither hedgehog noticed, but Tails gasped as a trickle of blood ran down from Rouge's nose. Suddenly the two hedgehogs stopped right where they were. Not of their own choice, but because a large gloved fist was holding them both by the neck, not hard enough to stop their breathing, but hard enough to stop their fighting. Knuckles stood between the two as they looked with confusion to him, and then to Rouge, the bit of blood staining her muzzle and trickling into her mouth.

"Stop fighting. Now!" Knuckles spoke and let go of their throats, storming out of the room. Rouge stood silent, glued to the spot.

"Rouge," Shadow tried to apologize, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean"

"No," she said, cutting him off, "It's fine, I understand. But, did you see him; he was so violent with you two!" Sonic chuckled and said,

"Well, Knux can be a violent guy."

"Yeah," agreed Tails, "but he's never been like that before! He grabbed Sonic and Shadow by their necks!" The kitsune was amazed at Knuckles actions. Rouge shook her head and walked out of the room the same way Knuckles went. She heard some dull thudding noises, and went outside. She found Knuckles punching a tree really hard, the tree was shaking with every blow, and leaves were falling like crazy.

"Hey!" Rouge spoke as she neared him, "Hey, go easy on the poor tree! It looks like it'll be ripped out of the ground if you keep that up!"

He didn't reply, he just glared at the tree and kept punching it. True to her word the tree was ripped out of the ground by its roots, it toppled over. It lay for a moment, and then said

"Well, I know when I am not wanted" indignantly and rolled away on its side. Rouge stared at the tree, shrinking into the distance, for a moment, and then said quietly,

"I don't know why you got all worked up over that. Everything is fine, people fight, and some just can't see their surroundings when they are especially angry. You, of all people, should know that." He turned and looked at her.

"Shut up, everything is not fine! They shouldn't be fighting like that! It's completely idiotic, fighting just hurts people. It hurt you…" he paused, "I don't like it when people I care about, people I lo… I-I mean when people I know get hurt."

"Look, Knuckles, It's just a nosebleed, I'll be fine, and in the meantime we need to figure out how to get this band together without Sonic and Shadow killing each other, and…"

"Wait!" Knuckles interrupted her suddenly.

"What? What is it!" Rouge asked thinking something was wrong.

"Cool it," Knuckles said, "don't have a heart attack! I was just gonna say, you called me 'Knuckles', not 'Knucklehead'."

"Oh, yeah, I guess I did. Don't worry, it isn't permanent," she said grinning.

"Well that's too bad," he frowned slightly, "It makes for a nice change."

They both smiled, but each knew the other wouldn't have it any other way. This was the way they were most comfortable. It was strange, but if they could drop the harsh comments and hurtful arguments, they could get along. In a sort of snappy, sharp way, certainly not perfect, but nothing is.

"Hey, Knuckles, I'll try not to be so harsh to you in the future, okay?" He smiled,

"Thanks, and ditto." (A/N-if you don't know, ditto means 'same thing' like if someone says something and you agree or want to say the same thing it is faster and more convenient so just say 'ditto' instead of repeating the whole thing. I've met people who didn't know what that meant, so I thought I'd explain. Back to the story.)

Then they heard Tail's voice from inside the house,

"Hey, Knuckles, Rouge, there is a visitor here. Come back to the house and meet in the living room!"

Knuckles and Rouge walked back into the house and came into the living room. There was Sonic, as always, lying stretched out on the couch, Tails standing by the door, Shadow leaning against the wall opposite the door, and a mysterious figure standing in the door.

Tell me what you think and I'll write more. Sorry I haven't written in a while. So, check it out and review!

Knuxgirl