Kagome: Hi, I'm back…and confuseded…WHAT HAPPENED IN SONIC TODAY! (It's Sunday and Sonic's starting Chaos and Tikal and all that next week…again…) After loosing all my SA2 data and getting it all back in five days (well, story-line wise) I only had two more hits to get on Biolizard! Two! Then…it killed me…My chao, Ruby (don't ask…sometimes I think i'm too creative…I made a story over a chao) is about to evolve and get me the dark garden! So, I've been told to put some more KnuxRouge in. Well, I'll try but I haven't come up with any ideas yet. This sucks. I'm planning on updating…tomorrow or tuesday. If my parents go back out on the Goldwing (a motorcycle), I might be able to finish the chapter. (I don't get to type up stuff if my dad's home b/c he thinks I spend too much time on my laptop. I'm either reading a fic, writing this one, playing video games, or listening to music.) So, on with chappie 12!
ShadowIsCool: Thanks. They are crazy. Then again, I'm psycho too, but…
Turquoise Moonlight: What I said above…
Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic. Blah, blah.
CH 12-Love Admitted (in order for that to work, I might have major personality killing. Gomen. I'll try not to…Besides that…I was just reading Peach Girl…)
Sitting in on her bed, Rouge looked up at the sky. To be more exact, the moon. It was a full moon for the first time Rouge could remember (it's been less than a month since Knuckles found her…god, it seemed longer than that…). But, Rouge noticed something odd about this moon…it was half metal or mechanic or something.
"Hey, batgirl…" a voice from behind startled her, making Rouge turn around and see Knuckles. "You never gave me the Emerald pieces."
"Um…" Rouge pointed up to the moon. "Why is the moon like that, anyways?"
"Eggman blew it up…" Knuckles put simply.
"Eggman blew it up…?" Rouge repeated, making it sound more like a question. "And he blew up prison island?"
"Yep…"
"I just have one more question, then…" she asked. "Does Eggman have a sick obsession with bombs?"
"So, where are the Emerald pieces!" the echidna asked once more. "How many did you collect?"
"Three, what about you…?" Knuckles turned super-(more-) red. "Why are you so red?"
"Me…!" Knuckles once again, tried…and failed…mostly failed…at his acting. "I'm always this red!"
"True…So, how many pieces did you get?"
"……………………You really wanna know?" He tried, recieveing a nod. "Uh……one…?"
Rouge glared at him. "Knucklehead, you can be such a baka1 at times!"
"Yeah, yeah…Just give me your pieces before I…uh…" he racked his brain for a threat only to come up dry…drier than a desert…
"Before you what," the white bat raised an eyebrow. "Give me amnesia?"
"Rouge…" knuckles gave her this serious look. "that wasn't funny!"
"Sorry…" Rouge looked down. During a few ages of silence between the two, Rouge began to realize a few things…
"What, Knucklehead?" Rouge had winked at him, causing him to look down as if she hurt him. It couldn't have been the 'knucklehead' part…not even Knuckles was that much of a wuss…
"Rouge…do you really have to leave tomorrow?" A VERY disappointed Knuckles asked. "I wish you could stay longer."
"Rouge, go…" Knuckles ordered, reffering to when Topaz came for Rouge.
So, Rouge thought If he was disappointed in me leaving, then why did he want me to go? What did I do with that knucklehead comment that bothered him so much?
"Knuckles," Rouge started. "Um…what do you…er…well…"
"What are you trying to say, bat girl?"
"DO YOU LOVE ME!" She blurted. That. came. out. wrong…
Knuckles went to walk to the door. "It's late. Get some sleep."
"Answer the question!"
"Yes, I do" He closed his eyes. "But it can't work."
"Why not!" Rouge felt nearly heartbroken.
"I have my duty to the Master Emerald. Not to mention, you could never return the feeling."
"What are you talking about!" Rouge demanded, tears in her eyes "Why not!"
"Your amnesia…you can't tell me you fell in love with me over the last two or three weeks."
"Yes i can." She rubbed her tears, just for them to get replaced by more. "I DO LOVE YOU!"
"So, you fell in love with me, I've been in love with you." Knuckles sighed with relief. But then, his remembered something. "But, there's still that stupid CURSE!" Knuckles slammed his fist into the wall, leaving a gigantic hole. "…oops…"
"What curse!"
"The master emerald." Knuckles examined the new hole in the wall that had separated Rouge's room from Shadow's…a soon-to-be-ticked-off shadow. "It requires all my attention. I'm sorry Rouge. If it weren't for that stupid emerald…"
"…we would have never met." Knuckles turned around.
"What…" He blinked. "Who could've told you that…I'm the only one who knows about that."
"It's one of the things I remember, I guess…" Rouge shrugged. "Besides, you can take care of-"
"-the hole in my wall!" Shadow interrupted, walking into the room. "Echidna…This is your doing, isn't it…"
"No!" Knuckles made another sad attempt. "It was, er,"
"It was Amy." Rouge lied. "She got really pissed off at Sonic again."
"Rose!" Shadow groweled.
"But I'd be careful." Rouge 'warned'. "She actually gave up on Sonic and is after another hedgehog."
"Really?" Shadow asked, realizing who she was talking about (it's one of those slow days for shadow…). "Joy……"
"I'd run!" Rouge suggested. "If she can't keep up with Sonic, she won't be able to keep up with you. Especially if you cause Chaos Control."
"Speaking of the Chaos Emeralds." Knuckles recalled. "I just remembered why I stopped by."
"Sure, just give me a second." Rouge felt around her pockets. "Nan2…Give me a minute…" She continued feeling around. "I'm sure I left them…at…the…island…?"
"Tommorow morning." Knuckles ordered. "Six AM, we're getting those emeralds from Prison Island!"
"We?" Rouge asked, used to hearing 'you're'.
"I don't wanna see anything else happen to you."
1 Baka-Japanese for idiot
2 Nan-Japanese for what
Kagome: Too…much…Peach Girl! Too much of a corny chapter finish… So, ya think the KnuxRouge will continue or was this chapter just because some ppl wanted to see some? Not even Kagome knows. Poor Shadow, though…ah well, Knuckles needed the but save. (Sorry, Shadow!)