Possibly Love?

By AliceStar

(Sonic and Company belong to Sega! Not me!)
The twilight sky was slowly cascading into a pinkish light as dawn was beginning to glow.

Underneath the changing sky was the red echidna curled in a ball. He slept silently and peacefully. Hovering above him was a snow-colored bat watching him.

Her once translucent eyes were shrouded with determination and apathy. She stood over the slumbering echidna with an incredibly heavy boulder tottering in her fingertips.

Her narrowed, icy eyes held him in her gaze and with no emotion in her voice she said to him, "Love you."

The rock delicately slipped through her hands and a sickening crack of a skull broke.

Blood splattered on the white bat and she smiled demonically, with her fangs bearing; all she thought of was that green pretty emerald. The Master Emerald was all hers now.

"!" Rouge gasped.

The treasure huntresssnapped back to reality, a little bewildered and shaken up. In her hands she held the same rock she saw in her vision.

Today, she had planned to end her rivalry with the echidna, just like the bat had did in her daydream.

And also, just like the beautiful stranger in the dream she was holding a decent-sized rock; just heavy enough to split an echidna skull in several places.

It seemed quite cruel to do something like this, but how could Rouge possibly take home the Master Emerald with him following her around, watching her every move?

And besides, this was a once and a lifetime opportunity, Knuckles was completely defenseless!

'This is for the best anyways, it's not like I actually care for him…' she thought.

She slowly raised the stone higher, her face was drenched with sweat and her knees shook.

"Love you," she heard herself say almost involuntarily.

Rouge's bottom lip quivered and tears streamed out of her eyes. She screamed and dropped the rock inches away from the echidna's face.

She fell to her knees with the tears now leaking uncontrollably.

A cell ring in the tune of Rouge's theme sounded and with sniffles she walked away and answered her phone trying to remove the kinks from her voice, "Hello?"

"Rouge? Where the hell have you been?" It was a male voice on the other side of the line that sounded pretty agitated, and Rouge was in no mood for this.

"What do you mean, 'where the hell have you been'? I told you last week, looking for the Master Emerald! Gees!" Rouge hissed.

"On Angel Island huh? You've been spending a lot of time with that echidna, and every time I talk to you, you mention that Knuckles guy…….do you have something for him…'cause if you do, I'll kick his ass," the boy over the phone growled.

" What? Will you ever stop prying in my life? And will you ever respect my dreams? And…LEAVE ME ALONE!" Rouge growled.

"Don't let me hear news of you whoring around on me! I know you," he barked.

" WHAT? HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME! SCREW YOU! SCREW YOU! SCREW YOOOOOOU!" Rouge shouted into the cell phone.

She hung up and threw the phone into the dirt. Rouge screamed angrily, turned to face Knuckles who was standing behind her looking at her with both eyebrows raised.

"And I thought you were only that loud when you snored," Knuckles replied.

Rouge only sighed and ran her hands through her hair, so Knuckles decided to speak up, "What was that all about?"

"Let me just put it this way, boys and boyfriends alike are asses," Rouge hissed.

"Not all guys are like that….maybe Sonic…" Knuckles replied, then he peered at her curiously, "What's a boyfriend?"

Rouge gagged, "WHAT?"

Knuckles spoke a little slower as if she didn't understand him the first time, "What is a 'boyfriend'?"

"What, were you born in the Middle Ages or something?" Rouge said looking a little amused.

Knuckles stared at her a little longer then Rouge stepped toward him with a smile, "Well echidna, a boyfriend is a guy who uhh, really likes this girl, and this girl would be his girlfriend and you see…he likes her! A lot!"

Rouge paused thinking how to explain the concept to her audience, "Anyways, a boyfriend is also a guy that a girl can talk to and he understands her, and appreciates her, and lets her speak her mind. He's her backbone, he's there to support her and help her grow, spiritually, and make her loved."

Rouge smiled, 'There! That was a lovely definition…Hey! I should probably trademark that and sell it!'

"Is that what your boyfriend does?" Knuckles asked.

Rouge frowned, "My boyfriend, Rico, he used to be like that, but now he's just a jerk. He thinks I'm always messing around with some other guy…"

"And you're not."

"Exactly! I mean, he's called me twenty four times already!" Rouge snarled.

"Twenty four time? And you've been on Angel Island for three days, so that's eight times a day?" Knuckles said.

"Yeah, something like that," Rouge said slowly.

She then peered at Knuckles as if she had just discovered something new about him, Knuckles jumped back looking at her warily, "…Whatever it is…keep your distance."

" Knuckles…you're not a bad guy, you're really sweet, and sincere. If Rico was half the man that you are, he'd be twenty four-times sweeter!" Rouge smiled.

Knuckles blinked then licked his arm and smiled, " I'm not that sweet!"

Rouge laughed then smiled at him, "Someday Knuckles, you'll make a girl really happy, you'll be a great boyfriend."

Rouge ran her hand through Knuckles' quills affectionately then went to lounge in her orchid tent.

Knuckles gazed at her then plopped on ground and sat Indian-style, appearing to be in great thought.

He knew Rouge was stressed, and she definitely no fun to be around when she was angry.

An idea popped in his head and he made his steps towards Rouge. In a matter of seconds he was standing over her, beaming like an idiot.

"Yes?" Rouge asked slightly irritated and amused.

"You look awful today," Knuckles said, "Perhaps fresh air will do you some good."

"Or perhaps you'll move your ass!" Rouge said.

He didn't budge an inch but still kept the same toothy grin and his sights upon the bat. Rouge tried to ignore him, but even as she moved around the tent, packing away items, she had a small grin that was slowing growing. S

he turned to look at Knuckles and burst out laughing, as he did as well.

" Dumbass!" She cried, bursting out in laughter and she managed to shove him playfully, "What do you want before I have to kill you?"

"Now that I have your undivided attention, come follow me," Knuckles said.

Rouge slowly followed after him out of the tent and saw him tearing through the bushes, "Hey! Wait! I have to pack up everything!

"You don't need to bring anything! We'll be back!" He shouted back to her.

Rouge followed after the red blur tearing through the shrubs and trees. She ran as fast as her feet could carry her and in a matter of seconds she was out of the jungle and she saw a waterfall, glittering and sparkling from the sun's sunlight.

Steam hissed and floated away from the water gently as the wind's gentle breeze sprinkled her with droplets of water.

The view was breathtaking and she was speechless. She felt a heavy hand fall on her shoulder and the echidna spoke, "Welcome to Angel Falls."

Rouge smiled and turned to look glowingly at Knuckles, "This place…it's…it's…"

"Yeah, I know," Knuckles replied, "It's even lovelier at nightfall."

Then his vision fell upon Rouge, "Is this lake warmer than Angel Springs?"

Rouge looked at him puzzled, " Whaa?"

"Is this lake warmer than Angel Springs?" He asked again, only this time smiling.

" How should I—"

"I think you should find out," Knuckles replied.

Rouge arched an eyebrow at the echidna. A devious grin curled Knuckles' lips then he pushed Rouge over the cliff.

She gasped slightly then plummeted into the lake below. She surfaced and looked at Knuckles who was smiling demonically at her, then she smiled as well, "You creep! Wait until I get back up there!"

She tried to climb upon land, but ended up slipping and falling back in, Knuckles busted out laughing as the bat surfaced yet again.

He fell on his back from laughing so hard. Once he looked up, the batgirl was staring straight into his eyes, returning his devious smile.

With her wings flapping, she grabbed him and they both plummeted into the water.

Rouge surfaced laughing, but was soon splashed with water. She returned Knuckles' blow then they began having a tidal wave battle.

"Give it up batgirl! You can't handle this!" Knuckles grinned water drenching his face.

"You give up! We don't want your long, pretty, girlie locks to get ruined!" Rouge bellowed, getting a handful of water in her mouth.

After showing off different types of dives, balancing on each other's shoulders and swinging on vines then letting go to plunge in the water, Knuckles and Rouge emerged from the water laughing.

Rouge turned to look at Knuckles, who quills were flipped over his face, and hiding his eyes; he looked absolutely ridiculous and Rouge burst out laughing.

"You know, if you want to, I can let you use my hairdryer! It'll make your hair pretty!" Rouge exclaimed laughing.

"That's right, only the best for my hair!" Knuckles said playing up to Rouge and making her laugh even harder.

Once Rouge returned from her camping grounds, she brought a couple of blankets, towels, a cooking pot, two coffee mugs, two bowels with spoons, a hairdryer and a camera.

She turned her hair dryer on and put the cap on over Knuckles' head and took at least a doze pictures.

"Excuse, but this won't fizz myquills out, will it? Because I am perfection!" Knuckles said talking like a girl and making Rouge guffaw even harder.

After Knuckles' quills was finally dried, he fixed Rouge and himself a pot of butternut tea, and taproot soup.

The taproot soup had an earthly fresh taste but what drove Rouge crazy was the taste of the butternut tea. The butternut tea was unspeakably delicious.

It was a creamy, sweet brew with a heavenly hint of butter. The top of her mug bubbled with a golden foam like beer, and it smelled awesome. With just one swig of the tea, was felt warm and happy.

" This tea, is wonderful," Rouge said feeling delightfully relaxed and content.

"Yeah, too bad it only grows near the Angel Springs, or I'd have it all the time," Knuckles said.

"Knuckles, thank you," Rouge said dreamily helping herself to another cup of butternut tea, " I…I can't thank you enough for what you did today. So…thank you, again."

"Welcome. I'm just sorry we won't be able to do this again anytime soon," Knuckles replied.

Rouge took another swill of the butternut tea, "Knuckles, have you…have you ever had a girlfriend?"

"Nope."

Rouge looked interested, "Oh really? Why not? You're a sweet and handsome guy, girls would die for you."

Knuckles blushed slightly, "Thanks, but, like I told you, you're truly the only female I've known."

"What about Amy?" Rouge asked.

"Yeah, what about Amy?" Knuckles said sarcastically, which made Rouge giggle, "I don't know, know her, but I know her…You know?"

" Uhhhhh…." Rouge replied looking confused.

" Look, you're the only female I know, there," he said.

"Maybe one day, I'll take you out…NOT ON A DATE….but, to show you a bit of the city life," Rouge said.

"Sounds interesting," Knuckles said taking a sip from his foamy mug.

"Oh goodness me, look at the time! It just flies right by!" Rouge exclaimed looking at her watch.

" Why do you keep one of those things? They just end up telling you how far behind you are on your schedule," Knuckles said.

"What?"

"Never mind," Knuckles said shaking his head.

There was an awkward silence then Rouge said, " Well, I have to get some sleep…er, good night Knuckles…"

There was no response, so Rouge decided to walk away but Knuckles spoke up, " Batgirl?"

Rouge instantly whipped around and ran over to him extremely fast, scaring the daylights out of Knuckles, " YES?"

Knuckles slowly inched away from the bat who was smiling widely at him, with a semi-creepy look on her face, " Umm..I...uhh.."

"SPIT IT OUT!" she cried.

"….Okay then…if Rico bothers you again…I want to speak with him," Knuckles said hiking a thumb at himself narrowing his eyes.

Rouge smiled then something came over her and she hugged him. Knuckles was startled and then, he too slowly wrapped his arms around Rouge.

She slowly released her hold on him then rose to her feet with a lovely smile, "Good night Knuckles."

"Good night batgirl," he replied.

She sauntered off, heading back to camp, and once Knuckles was sure she was gone, he pulled out a little red notebook and began like so:

Day 961

Dear journal,

Today batgirl was extremely sad. She said it had to do with

a so called 'boyfriend' a boyfriend is a person that likes a

girl who wants to make her happy, no matter what. So could

I be Rouge's boyfriend? I want to make her happy, and I

did, today! I took her to Angel Falls, just like Sonic said I should

he says, 'If you ain't got an expensive car, cash, or you're not me

then you can't get a chick.' But it seems that Rouge doesn't like

artificial beauty…oh, she likes the Master Emerald, huh? And another

question rises. Why do females like gems? It's another question to be

answered, so until tomorrow, the end.

Knuckles The Echidna

Age 16

To be continued!

Review and Alice shall renew!

-LuV, Allygurl 8D