Wow! New chapter already! Okay, this story isn't all about Knuckles and Rouge, it will mostly be, but not all. So again, I would like to thank the people that supported me! Sonic and Amy will be coming soon in Chapter 3. No flames, please!

POV will be switching continuously.

Disclaimer: For the last time (I hope) I don't own Sonic Co.! But if I owned Knuckles I would snuggle him!

Sonic: Yay! I'm happenin'! I'm gonna be a star!

Amy bonks Sonic on head and tries to kiss him: No, I am!

Sonic flinching: No! Don't do it!

Amy: What? Not like you are gonna die!

Sonic: No! Get me out of this cage!

Me: What cage?

Sonic: The cage you trapped the whole Sonic Co. so you can torture us later remember?

Me panicking: No…! Okay! Enjoy! (Walks to cage) Mwahahahahaha!

Sonic: NOO!

Chapter 2: Beautiful and Elegant

Though, the answer was something she expected differently and it took her breath away.

"Something beyond words," Knuckles said gazing into her deep, blue eyes, blushing intensely.

"Oh, Knuckie! I—I don't know what to say! Do you really mean that?" Rouge said under her breath, blushing a hot pink.

I nodded, I didn't mean for that to come out, but she is just so…extraordinary. The silence tolled for a few minutes until I couldn't take it anymore. Maybe she doesn't seem to like it… "So, um, want to start that picnic, Rouge?"

"Yeah…sure…okay." Rouge was still spacing out.

Rouge took the strawberry printed mat and spread it across a clear, square patch of grass with flowers scattered around. Knuckles smiled looking down at her and picked up the picnic basket. He bent down and handed it to her. Rouge turned around, still on the ground, and politely smiled back at him, "Thank you, Knux," she said taking the basket and setting the plates and food on the sheet. Knuckles and Rouge sat on the sheet sitting opposite sides with each other, quietly eating their food, or so called quiet. Knuckles were eating his food like a chicken and Rouge noticed, laughing and shaking her head. She looked at him again, and Knuckles looked back, chuckling and Rouge still laughing.

'Her laugh reminds me of an angel…' Knuckles thought.

After they finished the remains of the picnic, Knuckles stood up and looked down at Rouge, in a battle stance. Rouge looked up confused, wondering what Knuckles Is trying to do right after they ate. "Come on, Rouge. Ready for a fight?" Knuckles said beckoning her to stand up.

"Knuckles! We just ate! You might gag it all up!"

"Ha! Not a chance! I've got a good stomach! Anyway, I still need to work it all out," I positioned out of my battle stance and bent down offering Rouge a hand, so that meant she couldn't say no. Rouge took his hand and stood up, "I warned you!" They both got into battle stance.

Knuckles and Rouge ran opposite ways to keep their distance until Rouge tried to pounce playfully at Knuckles, but Knuckles just leapt over her and Rouge fell face down on the dirt. Rouge got up slowly while Knuckles was just staring at her because she looked funny with dirt on her face. Knuckles got back to reality and realized that Rouge had sprung forward and tried to kick a roundhouse, but Knuckles caught her leg before it hit his head. Then Knuckles picked her up above his head.

"LET GO, KNUX! THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Rouge screamed trying to kick her way down which failed. Knuckles just smirked and threw her, as gently as he could, at a tree.

Knuckles shifted slightly to the side and sprang forward before Rouge could move, but Rouge caught his movement and got down to the floor to dodge Knuckle's triple punch, one of her legs stretched across the ground and swung around a 180 to trip Knuckles and land on his back. Rouge got up quickly and put her foot on Knuckles abdomen to secure him on the ground. Knuckles grabbed her foot and pulled her across from him, also landing on her back her head on Knuckle's chest horizontally. Rouge looked at Knuckle's face, and both started bursting out laughing. Knuckles got up and offered Rouge another hand.

"Tie?" Knuckles asked breath short.

"Oh wow, Knucklehead is actually giving a tie?" Rouge responded sarcastically. She got his hand once again and stood up facing Knuckles, their noses near touching. Rouge blushed as red as Knuckle's fur and Knuckles chuckled, "What is that supposed to mean?" still holding hands with the same hand he offered Rouge.

"Sorry, Knux! I don't take chances!" Rouge let go of his grasp and kicked him right in the stomach causing him to back up and double over gagging up food. Rouge laughed so hard she thought she was to burst right at that minute. Knuckles just glared at her during the break between the gagging.

"Oh…I don't feel so good…" Knuckles said groggily and sick. Rouge felt sorry for Knuckles and got a water bottle from the picnic basket. "Heh, sorry. Got a bit carried away!" she apologized and offered him the bottle. Knuckles snatched the bottle, nodding a thank you and drank a small quantity and poured the rest over his head, shaking his head like a wet dog.

Rouge giggled as Knuckles got her fur damp. Knuckles stopped all of a sudden and glared at her still smirking. Rouge caught his expression and burst out laughing again, "You look like a DUMBASS!" Knuckles just cocked his head to the side and started laughing too, but what Rouge didn't know was that Knuckles was slowly inching over to her until he was close enough to give her a….

"NOOGIE!" I yelled, rubbing my fist over her head, making it look terrible.

"AHHHH!" Rouge screamed a giggled here and there.

Knuckles stepped back to look at his 'masterpiece'. "Well yeah? If I'm a dumbass, then you are UGLY!"

Rouge just glared at him and pounced on him trying to tickle his guts out, if that was possible. And so it just continued that way, Rouge and Knuckles playing around and talking…

Until the day slowly drifted into night. The moon their only light. (lol! Rhymes!) The trees shivered their summer leaves, the waterfall gurgling a stream, but its rainbow had disappeared. Rouge sat criss-cross in front of the shallow, clear waterfall, humming soothing random notes, but seemed melodic. I sat behind her, 'this is my chance…wait what chance? Oh well, whatever. I'm always so fucked up anyway!' I slowly brought my arms to fit snuggly under Rouge's arms and wrapped my arms around her waist, and smiled looking into the sky. Rouge was taken back by my sudden movement and looked back at me to make sure I knew what I was doing.

"What?" I asked irritated, but really I wanted to know if she didn't like it. I looked back at her with a questioning look.

"Umm…you do know what you are doing right?"

"Oh, yeah sure…whatever." I mumbled, trying to hide the expression I felt and covered it up with my voice all haughty.

Little did they know that a torrent of wind and dust could be heard a little over a mile away, making its way towards the unlikely couple.

Sorry, it's short, but I'm making it up as I go! No flames please! Thanks for the reviews, guys!