Kagome: Welcome back! It's nine in the morning and I'm still asleep, so there should be some OOCness in this chapter. Sorry. Blame my mom for making me go to bed at eleven; it caused me to wake up early, and I'm not fully awake before 10:30 on weekends. Wow…I can't believe that I'm on chapter 19 already…My chao evolved today! And I saw the preview to Sonic X! GO SHADOW! Oh, and I'm planning five more chapters. Maybe more; but not less.

Metaldragon75767: Oh…blame my obliviousness to everything…wow…obliviousness is a real word. I thought I just made it up…See, I'm fairly new to Sonic things. I wasn't a fan until January or something like that…True…Sonamy is a common couple and I don't have any ideas, so I won't put that pairing in any chapter! I know you weren't really fully asleep, I was kidding. I think we all want to have the ability to read fics in out sleep…

Macropodathist1: Got it, I was wrong. It's SA2;B and SADX fault for making her look like a frigging cat! Blame them! Oh, and the cartoon. I don't even know where to get Sonic CD. The nearest game store is out of town and they only had two sonic games; SA2;B and some stupid collection I played some other time that sucked.

terragirl56: Wow…three times…Are you serious about the helicopter. Akui herikoputa! I'm scared too:hides under piano: Wait, this hiding place sucks! The update is today, which is Monday! Oh, and you can ask Turquoise for some kumquat, 'cause I forgot to reread you stoty…gomen-nasai! Kagome forgetful…and feel like speaking a lot of Japanese…

Disclaimer: I don't own the sonic copyright. Sega has nothing to sue me for.

Chapter 19-Another memory

After Sonic and Amy got to the island and distracted the robots, letting Shadow and Tails go for Eggman. Next Rouge and Knuckles glided over.

"The emeralds are to the left." Rouge explained. "I went that way the other day."

"Are you sure, batgirl?" Knuckles asked. Rouge nodded.

Starting to head out in that direction, the two found themselves stopped when some weird intercom system went off.

"Echidna, Batgirl." The voice of Shadow called through the communication system. "I have some bad news…"

Knux and Rouge looked at each other.

"What's up, Shadow?" Rouge asked.

"Eggman left the base!" The annoying voice of Tails yelled in. "Are the Emerald pieces around?"

A few minutes later…

Rouge and Knuckles ran for Security Hall. To their horror, the emerald pieces were gone.

"No, foxboy." Rouge pulled out the walkie-talkie like thingy (:sweat:). "The pieces are gone."

I was afraid of this…Knuckles thought to himself. If Eggman still has the Emerald pieces, then…

A little later on the X-Tornado…

Knux and Rouge sat…somewhere…while the rest were figuring out the next move.

"I'm sorry, Knuckles…" Rouge said. Knuckles looked at her.

"For what?" He asked (wow, my sentences are limited today…).

"It's my fault the Eggman has three Master Emerald pieces." Rouge looked down. "If I hadn't had lost them, then…"

"Don't say that." Knuckles gave her this caring look. "It's not your fault."

"Yes it is."

"Rouge, I would never blame you for that." Knuckles reassured her. "The Master Emerald breaks a lot…believe me…" (Kagome: Oh, so true…)

Rouge walked over to another part of the X-Tornado (I'm so descriptive…)

"Your mission…" The president informed Rouge. "Is to find and stop Haruki, a rutheless murderer who came here illegally from Japan." Rouge nodded. She knew she had to stop this Hurake guy…whatever his name was…and save the humans.

"Where was he last seen?" The bat asked her boss (Kagome: She does work directly from the prez, right?)

"Right outside of Station Square." He informed her. "Be careful, Rouge; he is highly dangerous and will stop at nothing."

"I understand." Rouge responded. "I just have one question."

"What's that?"

"How many jewels to I get for stopping him…"

Looking at Rouge, Knuckles asked. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah…" Rouge answered. "I was just thinking."

Knuckles seemed able to read the bat's mind. Somehow knowing she was thinking about her amnesia, her responded. "Rouge, you know we're going to get your memories back, right?"

"I know." Rouge looked at him.

"Good. The sooner the better." Knuckles responded. Of course, if she gets her memories back, then she'll leave and go back to D.C…

I don't want to remember anything else. Rouge thought to herself. If I remember too much, I'll have to return to being a government spy.

Kagome: An almost cliffhanger! Bwah hah…hah…So, only me and one friend know who Haruki is. He wasn't very hard to create, since he's a character from this five-book series I wrote (It was short and in script form. Roughly 20 pages each book, so it wasn't super-long.) Of course, Haruki is from the Meiji period in K.M.K., but in this, he's from modern day. One more thing to add; SHADOW RETURNS! HAI! HAI! HAI! SHADOU WA SOUGON NA! SHADOU-SAN…or is it Shadou-chan? Uh…Kagome confused and I bet you are too! More about Haruki coming in the next chapters. Just be glad I didn't use Jin since he's very sexist!