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Ch. 7, Rouge

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Logging off for the night, I was excited. Enough said, I'm sure.

Though Amy seemed to be excited about finally getting 'personal' with Sonic, and getting Blaze and Silver together, I was merely interested in seeing just what the Ultimate Life Form was capable of. Was he really all for a relationship? Getting more excited by the second, I had trouble finally getting to sleep last night.

Sure, this kind of stuff has happened before, but for some reason, never had I been this excited. No problem with that though; more power to me.

When I woke up, quarter of nine, I quickly showered, and changed into a cute pink two piece. I threw a cover-up over it. Grabbing a boogie board and skim board, I ran outside to meet Shadow on the way to the beach.

Shadow, looked bored when I finally found him, sitting on top of his board like a sulking little kid refusing to go home. I walked past the ebony hedgehog, and felt the tips of his fur. At the touch, he slowly looked behind him to find me. He let out a slight chuckle, and walked behind me. Silently, he caught up to me, the metal part of his shoe hitting the sidewalk constantly. I decided to start a conversation.

"Why are you even bringing those to the beach Shadow?"

"Like last year, I haven't any other shoes, Rouge." Shadow said calmly, not even looking at me. "I'll take them off when I get there."

"Uh-huh, sure. Wouldn't it just be easier to buy some sandals."

"Yep." Shadow said simply, and began to walk ahead of me. I hastened my steps, and laughed.

"So, what are you planning on doing today?" I asked him. He simply pointed to the boogie board dragging behind him. "You can talk you know. Just finger pointing isn't the best way to communicate."

"Yeah, I'm sure." He said, almost bored. As we approached our group of friends, already laughing, I let out a huge wave, and most of them waved back. Shadow, a scowl still on his fast, scoffed, now walking behind me. His expression changed quickly when he noticed what Sonic was holding. A pair of goggles and a snorkel! I looked over at Shadow, whose face had turned red at the sight of this. He was trying so hard not to make a comment, but it came out anyways.

"You learning to swim today, huh faker?"

"Hey, shut up Shadow!" Sonic recoiled.

"Oh, nice come back." I laughed. Sonic's ears lowered, and he turned a deep pink. Everyone joined in the laughter.

As we approached the beach, Amy and me began whispering to each other, telling each other our plans for Sonic and Shadow. I would have liked Blaze to join in, but I'm sure she was too shy anyways.

"So, do you even have a plan, Amy?" I asked. Amy giggled, and shook her head.

"No, I was hoping we'd make it up as we go along. Why? Do you have something in mind for Shadow?"

"I have a vague idea of what I want to do."

"Spill it." Amy laughed, trying to be serious, putting her hands on her hips.

"I'll tell you later…" I whispered back, as Shadow looked back at the two of us. Our eyes meet, and he turned his head back to the ocean. I smiled slightly.

As we approached the beach, I noticed Blaze's steps becoming shorter, and more forceful. I had already forgotten about her being a cat, and her fear of water. Hopefully she'd learn to swim before the day is through. We come here every year, and it would be so much less fun without another girl to keep Amy and me company.

Sonic stopped suddenly before the ocean. "Amy… why do we have to be so close to the ocean.

"Oh, Sonic." Amy giggled. "You're going to have to overcome your fear of water eventually, and what better time than today. Besides, you can learn with Silver." Sonic turned back to the ocean, and let out a long groan.

"Well, I know how to swim, so, I'm hitting the water. Who's going with me?"

"Count me in Rouge!" Amy instantly shouted. Shadow picked up his jet black boogie-board, unstrapped his boots, and walked out into the ocean, stopping only at Sonic to whisper something. Amy and I ran past him as he laughed at Sonic, who began to groan again.

The waves at the Emerald Town Beach have always been big, and they have always had a tremendous force. The water, clear and warm, was always one of my favorite part, second only to the best day activity; Boogie boarding.

Childish as it may seem, it's fun. You wait for the right wave, and simply take off. Shadow and me had a little competition on who could go farther in the waves…

He won.

"It might be the boogie board. The waves from last year tore it up; just look at it." He mentioned after I was overtaken by a giant wave (the same that Shadow managed to ride ashore.) The three of us sitting on our boogie-boards as if they were surfboards, the waves gently rocked us.

"Sure, blame the boogie board. You're just cheating."

"You must be using your air-shoes. Shadow!" Amy cried. Shadow looked less then amused as he lifted his feet out of the water. "I'm innocent. I took them off before I came in, you saw that."

"I know." I said, as I quickly grabbed his board, and flipped it over. Now knocked off his high horse, Shadow splashed frantically as me and Amy guffawed. As he regained his posture, he shot water out of his mouth. Now soaked, Shadow floated in the water without a board. His quills were now wet and pushed down. He was cute when he was angry. Quickly submerging, Shadow's top quill had become a shark's fin as it slowly approached the small space between Amy's and my boards. Bubbles began to rise from Shadow's mouth, and a firm hand hit the bottom of my board. Amy stared at me, and by the look on her face, the hand hit her board too. Shadow emerged, gave a quick smirk, and flipped boards with one hand on each. As did Shadow, I splashed frantically trying to bring myself back to the surface. Not ready for the surprise attack, I let out my last breath as a gasp. I rose back to the surface, coughed a few times, and glared at Shadow. Amy had already gotten him cowering. His eyes grew, and frantically went back from me to Amy, and back again. He smiled nervously, before being tackled by the two of us.

Back on shore, I fell asleep sunbathing with Amy. Peaceful as it was, I was awoken soon afterwards when Shadow and Sonic had found something to keep them interested.

"It's called skim boarding." Sonic was telling Shadow. I lifted my purple sunglasses from my eyes to notice Shadow holding Sonic's skim board.

"I thought it was to small to be a surf board… does this thing even float?" Shadow asked impatiently. Sonic shook his head.

"No, that would be boring. Here, let me show you." Sonic said, taking the board, he backed up away from Shadow, only about half a foot off of the shore. He took off running, and through the board. It began to skim slowly on the water. Sonic leaped quickly, landing squarely on the board, making it take off. Shadow looked… impressed?

"I see. Sounds simple enough. Give me that board Hedgehog." Shadow began saying when Sonic was walking back.

"No way Shad. I'm using this. Go ask Rouge, I think she has one." Sonic laughed, taking off again. Shadow turned around, and Sonic fell flat on his face, quickly jumping up, making sure no one had seen him. I heard Amy giggle next to me, and I realized she was up too.

Shadow walked over to me, and took notice of the skim board next to my beach blanket. He pointed to it, and curtly said. "Mind if I use that?"

"Say please." I said sweetly, and Shadow scoffed.

"Please." He said briefly, folding his arms.

"Oh, most certainly Shadow." I joked, as I passed him the board. Annoyed, he grabbed the board, and walked back over to the sky blue hedgehog.

Me and Amy sat there for quite some time, watching Shadow and Sonic go at it on skim boards, and eventually, foot races. First, they decided to see who could go farther on the skim boards.

Sonic, in all his pride, decided to go first. Amy stood next to him, marking two starting points in the sand with sticks. "Okay." She began to explain. "This first stick here." She said, pointing to the stick she had just placed into the sand. "Is where you start."

"This stick here then…" I wondered. "Is where you have to stop running, and use the board?" I asked. Amy nodded.

"Rouge and I'll act as markers for how far you two go. We're judging by where the front of the board lands first. Got it?" Amy asked. Sonic and Shadow determined, nodded. "Good. Sonic, you go first. Remember, if you win, first prize is a kiss from meee." Amy said sweetly, but Sonic's eye twitched.

"Shadow! I forfeit!" He yelled, and the ebony hedgehog laughed.

"Who are you more afraid of Faker? Amy, or myself."

"S-SONIC!" Amy yelled, and Sonic's eyes widened.

"F-Fine, fine, I'm going." Sonic said, before taking his place. He started off slow, but quickly gained speed, throwing the board at the exact right time. Amy, shortly behind him, was going to act as his marker. Sonic, confidently stopped smoothly, a good ways away. Unimpressed, Shadow walked up to take his turn. Amy stood in Sonic's part.

"Okay Shadow, good luck." I called. He smiled, and gave a slow nod of the head. Quicker than Sonic, Shadow took off full speed, and was able to throw his board at the right time too. His speed and landing were perfect, but his footing was off. His front foot was on top of the nose of the board, and Shadow wiped out right there, tripping over the board. Muttering under his breath and calmly spitting out water, Shadow stood up, shaking his head. "Oh, Shadow, are you okay?" I shouted, running up to him. Sonic and Amy were already on their way over.

"…Damn, how could I lose to him!?" He shouted. Everyone but him started to laugh.

Shadow's humiliation didn't last long, as he challenged Sonic to another competition. This one was much more far, as both of them had experience. Running.

Needless to say, Shadow was much faster than Sonic. Sonic had always taken to long to get to his full speed, while Shadow could reach top-speed in a matter of steps. Even without those air shoes of his, he was incredibly impressive. The two went at it for hours and hours on end. The even debated going to a club to fence.

"You won the foot race by a centimeter and you know it!"

"You lost the foot race by at least a yard faker!"

"Oh yeah, you wanna g- Oof!" I heard Sonic yelled. I sat up straight, and lifted my sunglasses again. Shadow had delivered a quick punch towards Sonic, and got him right in his stomach. In pain, Sonic fell to the ground. "I think I'm bleeding."

"Walk it off, pansy."

The party began soon afterwards. My plan was underway the second I broke out the alcoholic drinks. All I had to do was get a good reason to get rid of Shadow.

"Just take Tails home. It's late, and we can't have him walk home all by himself, can we Shadow?"

"He won't drink. He's too good for that."

"It's more for his safety from Sonic… you know how he and Knucklehead get."

"…I suppose that's true." Shadow said, crossing his arms. "But why does it have to be me? Wouldn't anybody else be a better candidate?"

"No, you should be fine. You can get to know Tails a little better."

"I'm ready to go Shadow." Tails said, almost as if on cue. "We going now?"

"Yeah, I suppose so. I'll be right back Rouge."

"Take your time." I told the two of them. "We won't be doing much anyways."

The wheels were in motion. I got Blaze, Amy, and even Knucklehead to help me.

First was Knuckles. "Okay Knuckles, all you have to do is tell Shadow I'm in trouble."

"I thought I'd be getting a hard job."

"It is hard. Try not to laugh." I giggled. Knuckles sighed, but walked over to the gate Shadow should walk through, and sat down.

"Now, Amy, when Shadow comes from Knuckles, make him worry a bit more about me… can you do that?"

"Yeah, I already know my lines: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod, Shadow, Rouge is in trouble!"

I stood there a moment, and Amy smiled. "How much have you had to drink tonight?"

"Just 12" Amy said, holding up three fingers.

"Now Blaze." I said, turning to my feline friend. "Yours is the most important. Can I trust you with this?"

"…Y-yes, of course miss Rouge."

"When Shadow runs up to you, Amy doesn't know where I am, but you do?"

"I do?"

"Yes. Just point him in that direction, and say I went to the diving rocks." I told her, pointing to the east side of the beach. "Simple, right?"

"I suppose."

"Okay. I'm gonna get ready. Thanks again."

"You're welcome Rouge."

I ran towards the diving rocks, and immediately jumped in a tree. A small forest was near the beach, giving me a perfect hiding spot from Shadow when he appeared. I was forced to wait a half hour in the uncomfortable crouching position before Shadow finally appeared.

"Rouge!" He shouted, turning around frantically, looking for me. "Are you here?" When he finally stopped moving, he looked towards the ocean. "Where could she have gone?" I heard him ask himself. This was my chance. I spread my wings, and took flight. Silently gliding, I aim for Shadow. When I was close enough to him, I grabbed his entire body, and tackled him to the ground. His face plummeted into the sand.

"Yes Shadow, I am here." I laughed. I lay ontop of him, making myself comfortable in his quills.

"I… can't breaf" He said muffled.

"Aww, but I'm so comfy."

"I'm haf dead…"

"You're such a whiner." I joked, twirling one of his quills. "Give me one reason I should get up."

"I can't breaf!" He shouted.

"Aren't you the Ultimate Life Form? You don't need oxygen."

"I'm not enjoying this…"

"I am." I laughed. I rolled off of the Hedgehog, and he lifted his head out of the sand. His face was covered.

"Yeah… thanks a lot." He said sarcastically. He walked over to the ocean, and rinsed his face. He keeps falling right into my traps. I tackled him again, and sent us both into the water. When we both emerged from the water, I cuddled up with him, though he was less than amused. "Any particular reason you did that."

"I want to go night swimming." I told him in a mater-of-fact voice..

"And just asking was insane?" He asked me. I nodded, and let go of him.

"It's just so relaxing in the dark. You can be so much more free." I told him. "In fact, maybe skinny dipping would be more fun."

"…Rouge, I'm naked all the time…"

"Don't kill my fun, and just take off your swim trunks."

"They've been off." He chuckled. I felt myself turn a deep shade of red as his black swim trunks floated by me.

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Wow, lake of updates much? Sheesh, how pathetic! Well, I'm back on track guys. Three more now. Sorry that this chapter is so short, but I just wanted to update something!