Okay, I'm so happy I made to chapter 8 already. I hope some of you like the Legend of Zelda series because after this story I'm going to make a story.


Last time: GET OFF OF ME!" he yelled, Sonic tried his best to get her off of him. But no such luck she had a lot of strength for a girl.

Sonic looked up as he saw someone's feet was in front of him.

"Tails?" he said, a little surprised and shocked. Tails looked down on his best friend and smiled a little.

Sonic scowled. "You son of a--!" he was kicked in the head and the he passed out.

Knuckles watched Tails as he carry Sonic's motionless body into the cabin. Knuckles looked over to another wall where Rouge was chained up. Knuckles didn't like looking at Rouge that way.

"Knuckles why?" she asked Knuckles didn't answer her question and looked away instead. Tails smiled at Rouge his fangs had blood on them.

"Because he loves you." he laughed a little. Knuckles felt his heart sink.

"Knuckles is this true?" she asked him, Knuckles looked over his shoulder at her. Her eyes were scared, her wrist bloody from trying to escape.

"….Y-…." He could not answer her he was afraid of her answer and knew that he should not be forgiven for the sins of his actions.

Rouge turned her gaze away from him, she cried a little and her heart filled in rage.

"KNUCKLES, THERE IS NO LOVE FOR A KILLER!" she screamed at him Knuckles was hurt at her voice and her rage.

"I know that killing the lives of many to save the life of another is wrong." he said sadly he opened the door and left with a hope for Rouge to forgive him, even though he felt he did not deserve such a thing.

Knuckles ran as fast as he possibly could away from the people away from Rouge.

'I want to be saved… Rouge help me be saved.' He thought to himself as he ran in to the woods deeper and deeper he went.


Rouge…

Rouge hands were blistered and cut. But that did not matter to her now. She was hurt by her own words. She cried more when Knuckles left she was abandoned by herself.

"I deserve this punishment." she said to herself.

"I want to die for the pain I caused him." she felt herself choke on cries over and over again. Then she remembered the times that he smiled at her.

'Do I… do I love this man?' She saw Knuckles smiling at her one Christmas morning, wearing a green sweater with a star on it; he had green bands around his red locks. He passed Rouge a gift, she opened it. In it a necklace on that necklace a crystal heart with a picture of them together. He smiled at her.

'Does he… does he love me?' The question was buzzing around her head.

'Yes, I love him… and he… loves me this I'm sure of.' her tears came again she cried, trying to escape again frantically. Her hand bled but no matter how much they did she didn't care she had to see him, to tell him her feelings.

"KNUCKLES!" she cried out to him but she didn't know if he would come or if he was even in hearing distance.

She started to stand up, it hurt but who cared. She pushed off the wall with her feet and then suddenly fell to the bloody floor. She had to go quickly and find him.

She picked herself up and ran out the door.

"KNUCKLES!" she looked around frantically, running and screaming for him. She ran through the woods and then fell down a small hill.

When she stopped falling she picked herself up off the ground. Mud covered the white night gown that she had been wearing along with blood from her hands.

"Knuckles…" She limped and cried out in pain a little bit, it was raining for a while now and it made the ground softer.

She looked up and saw a red figure with a crescent moon shape at the top of his chest. She limped forward a little but felt her body fall instead. Knuckles caught Rouge in his arms and sat on the ground, with her with him.

He gently stroke her silver hair, she breathed slowly in his arms, and she felt safe. Safe with the person who now and will lover her. Knuckles didn't want to let go of her never, he felt her breathing and that was all that he wanted, as long as she was alive.

He was happy; she didn't have to love him.

"Knuckles…" she pulled her head up from his arm.

"I want to tell you something important…" She said in a soft tone, Knuckles looked at her with concern.

"One, your arm is pulling on my hair, two, I RAN ALL THE WAY OUT HERE JUST TO RUIN MY MAKE UP FOR THIS!" Knuckles looked at her angrily.

"WELL, GET ON WITH IT!" Rouge smiled at him he smiled back, and then she hugged him.

"I love you." she whispered Knuckles looked at her in surprise.

"What did you say?" he asked, she smiled again.

"I said I love you." she laughed a little after she said it, she blush a light pink color, and started moving in closer to his face.

She gently moved her lips to his; he responded and then cried a little. Rouge held him closer as he held her tighter and tighter. He didn't want this moment to end.

He moved his hands up and down her back gently. Then they separated. Knuckles smiled at her, he never had to do anything or say anything at all.

"Rouge, I-" she pressed a finger to his lips and shushed him.

"Don't talk… please." She kissed him again. He couldn't believe that Rouge would tell him that she loved him. He pushed Rouge off of him gently.

"But Rouge, I killed people…" Rouge looked at him sadly.

"You did do the wrong thing by killing innocents, especially those children the other day.

"Children what… Children?" he grabbed her shoulders and said.

"I only gave him adults." he said to her.

"The other day there was two counselors and three children dead I know because Nikki and Shadow checked that out." She looked at him question ally.

"So you-" there was a sound of leaves crumpling, it was someone fast. Rouge felt Knuckles being ripped out of her arms.

He was slammed against a near by tree.

"…Shadow…" Shadow held Knuckle's neck; he then threw him against another tree. Rouge tried kicking Shadow; he grabbed her foot in time before she could. He threw to the ground and elbowed her in the stomach.

"SHADOW STOP IT!" Yelled a near by voice, Nikki fell down the hill and cut her knee open. The bandages on her ankle were gone and she was running it seemed they were healed.

Shadow picked Rouge up by her neck choking her. Knuckles punched Shadow in the stomach which caused him to fall backwards.

Nikki walked to his side since he was not moving; Shadow grabbed her wrist and stood up with her dangling in mid air.

"Shadow stop this now!" she cried. Shadow made no response to her; Nikki held her hand up to touch his face.

Her hand stated glowing a bright blue; Shadow's mind was soon filled of the memories of the things in his darkest of pasts. And more then that Nikki was also being affected by this mind power.


That's all for now, tell me if you all like The Legend of Zelda series okay I want to know.

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