I've decided on this story that I'm going to finish it within the next 2 months. I'm done delaying it. So all fellow fans of Black Jewel, enjoy Chapter 5!

Chapter 5

At The Cost Of An Emerald, Pt 4

Knuckles was gliding through the Mystic Ruins searching for intruders that may try and steal the Master Emerald. He was plowing through the trees as though they were nothing. He eventually searched the whole forest area and found nothing and noone.

Knuckles glided over to the alter of the Master Emerald. He walked up to the top of the alter and laid down and stared at the sky.

"I wonder why I was chosen to guard the Master Emerald. I'm always leaving it for some reason and I can never seem to stay near it...oh well." Knuckles got out his Ipod and started to listen to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana. As he was tapping his feet to the awesomeness of Nirvana, he did not hear the footsteps behind him climbing up the alter of the Master Emerald.

As the song finished, Knuckles put away his Ipod. He arose from his near asleep position and turned to look at the Master Emerald to see if it was still there. (kinda dumb, I know.)

He turned and not only did he see the radiant green Master Emerald, he also saw the nearly naked Rouge. Knuckles' jaw dropped down to his feet as Rouge hid behind the large Master Emerald. She slipped off the bottom part of her normal outfit while her body was still not completely visible. She then grabbed her outfit and threw it at Knuckles as it hit his face and fell to the ground as his face didn't move a single muscle.

"B-b-b-b-b-b-bat girl! What are you doing here? And why are you nearly nude?" Knuckles asked while his eye was twitching.

Rouge leaned on the Master Emerald and said "Excuse me, Knuckles? Could you hand me my clothes? I seemed to have misplaced them." Rouge said quietly.

"MISPLACED IT? YOU THREW IT IN MY FACE! WHAT KIND OF SICK TWISTED GAME ARE YOU PLAYING?" Knuckles yelled with his eyes still twitching finding himself closer and closer to a sexual explosion but still resisting.

"Aww, come on. Please?" Rouge pleaded as she slowly rose from her position from the Master Emerald, slowly revealing little by little of her chest. Knuckles hesitated, but finally bent down and reached for her outfit. As he grabbed her clothes, he looked up at the emerald and saw a kaliedoscope-like image through it.

"Holy crap! It looks like a million breasts! HOLY S--T! YOU'RE NOT WEARING CLOTHES!" Knuckles yelled into the air.

"Well then, you've figured me out, haven't you?" Rouge said sounding unaware she was being gazed at naked.

"All right bat girl, what's going on here? No one goes stripping around for no reason unless it's a porno. So, what's the deal?" Knuckles asked sounding suspicious.

"It must really get lonely up here on the alter, watching over this huge thing. Nobody to talk to...I thought maybe you could use some company."

"Well, company is fine, but this, I-I-I just don't know!"

Rouge climbed on the Master Emerald, still none of her body completely exposed. She put her hand on Knuckles' chin. "You're right. You're thinking this is too good to be true. Well, you're partly right."

"Wh-wh-what do you mean?" Knuckles asked as his voice sounded weaker and more nervous.

"I'm going to need a Chaos Emerald." Rouge said sounding nearly serious.

"Ah ha! I knew it! I knew you wanted your hands on my Chaos Emerald!"

"Knuckles, come closer." Rouge asked sweetly. Knuckles didn't think, but he walked over to her slowly. Rouge grabbed Knuckles' face and kissed him passionately. Knuckles was shocked but pleased by this as Rouge let go of him and asked "How about now?"

Knuckles' mind, or at least what was left of it, tried to fight what was inside his very excited heart. But despite that, Knuckles walked over and reached in a hole in the alter. He reached in and grabbed the red emerald. Just like Metal Sonic said.

He hesitated to grab it, but he still got it and walked over to Rouge. He reached out his hand with the emerald in it and Rouge grabbed the emerald. She layed it next to her clothes and turned to Knuckles. She smiled and then jumped on him which led to, well, you know.

She held Knuckles' body making sure he couldn't get away and gave him lengthly french kiss. Knuckles' fists and legs weakened as he was enjoying what he was having done to him. Rouge then reached for Knuckles' shoulder and then, very sneaky, bit Knuckles with her vampire-like teeth. Knuckles then felt his whole body weaken and then he passed out. Rouge got up and slipped her clothes back on quickly.

Rouge sighed and thought to herself "Ew...that was good, yet gross at the same time. Echidnas...anyway, I only got one more. Shadow."

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That was the most revealing chapter yet! The next one will take some thinking, and I mean serious thinking. But don't worry, you won't be disappointed. Shadow won't be as easy as any of the others. So stay tuned and please review!