A/N: Yeah, whatever...Read this part 1 of 2 parts! Should be good!

Mario & Sonic:

World Heroes

Chapter Eighteen

Cracking Knuckles

Snow gently fell between the two friends, but Knuckles didn't have time to take in nature and he got in full battle mode burrowing into the ground. Sonic tried following his movements, but Knuckles was an excellent digger and he popped out the hole crying. "Shinyuken!" Knuckles then delivered a powerful uppercut straight to Sonic's chin.

Sonic was forced up into the air, but Knuckles quickly grabbed his arm repeatedly slamming Sonic into the ground. "Uh...My...Aching head..." Sonic then noticed Knuckles looming over him, staring menacingly at him. "Uh-Oh, this doesn't seem good..." he murmured.

Knuckles just smirked as he cracked his knuckles. "Multistrike!" he echoed as he started pounding Sonic with rapid punches. "This what's happens to fools who think they can get away with stealing my things!!!!" Sonic went deeper and deeper into the ground, as Knuckles continued to bombarded him with heavy punches. "You're gonna regret EVERY stealing the Master Emerald..."

"I...Uh...Err...Told you already...Urrr....Uggg...Knucklehead..." Sonic grimaced in pained, as Knuckles fist caved the leftside of his face in. "...ERRR...I...I didn't steal your...Ugg...Urr...EMERALD!!!!"

Stuffwell stood in the distance watching as Knuckles continued his assault. "Oh, my...If I don't intervene soon, I'm afraid Master Sonic will be reduce to rubber in a matter of no time..." Stuffwell muttered, sweat coming from down his face.

"Let's see how far you can fly, eh Sonic?" Knuckles growled as he grabbed both of Sonic legs. "Without the use of your legs, you're no threat to me anymore...Bet you wish you could run away, huh...Well, TOO BAD!!!!"

Knuckles then slung Sonic high up and slammed him HARD into the ground. Afterward, Knuckles picked Sonic back up and started spinning around in circles. "And, away you GOOOOOO!!!!" Knuckles yelped, as he released Sonic's legs

Stuffwell watched in horror as the blue hedgehog was sent rocketing across the battlefield, slamming into a horde of trees causing a pile of snow to land on top of him. "Oh no, Sonic are you okay?" Stuffwell asked running toward Sonic.

"Brrr...Man that's cold!" Sonic cried popping his head out of the snow. "Knuckles! Dude what's you problem?!" he moaned, holding his head. "You have REALLY must some mental problems...Bonehead."

Stuffwell seemed relieved as he chortled lightly. "...Uhhh, thank goodness, you're alright. I thought you were a goner just then..." Sonic just chuckled as he gave the little suitcase the thumbs up.

"Mental problems? You're telling me that I'm the one with mental problems?!?!?!" Knuckles scoffed, getting Stuffwell and Sonic's attention. "You're the one with the issues here, Sonic!" he then folded his arms and nodded. "Yep, you have the nerves to call me looney, when you sneak in my sanctuary and steal something that don't belong to you, namely, the Master Emerald!!"

"W-What're you talking about, Knucklehead?!" Sonic groaned, balling up his fist. "How many times do we have to cover this, man! Do, I have to spell it out for you?" he then yelled at the top of his lungs. "...I...DIDN'T...STEAL...YOUR...FRIGGEN MASTER EMERALD!" he then turned from Knuckles and sighed. "If you don't understand that, then there's probably no help for you!!!"

However, Knuckles was still being stubborn and unreasonable and started back jumping into crazy allegations. "I don't want to hear it, Sonic!" Knuckles replied, pointing his accusing finger while poking his fat lip out. "I got my info from a resourceful source!"

"…Resourceful…Source…Dude, are you serious?" Sonic said, almost snickering.

"Shut up, Sonic!" Knuckles retorted, snorting loudly. "For your information, my ingenious source told me EVERYTHING about you Sonic, even though I never seen him in Mobius before!" he then placed his hands on his hips and smirked.

Stuffwell and Sonic just looked at each other and shrugged. "My likely source even predicted everything you were gonna say, to cover up that you're the definite culprit, he even told me what I should do to defeat you in battle…and so far, it's been a total success. I can see that from firsthand, right Sonic."

Sonic just stared at Knuckles and chuckled softly. "What so funny, Sonic? Knuckles growled. "If I were your predicament I wouldn't be trying to do anything else to piss me off.

"Oh, it's nothing, dude…" Sonic chuckled, closing his eyes. "It's just…I can't believe how dim-witted you're actin' right now." Knuckles just stared strangely at him. "I mean, dude, you're being a total idiot, Knuckles? I hope you know that." Sonic groaned, slowly rising to his feet.

S-Sonic, if I were you, I would advise to not say anything more to provoke the echidna any farther…" Stuffwell whispered into Sonic.

"No dude, he needs to hear this." Sonic said, looking down at Stuffwell. "He needs to hear what he's saying and how stupid it sounds. I mean, getting advice from some TOTAL strange who claims he knows everything about me to defeat me?…And Dude, then this whacko tells knucklehead that I stole his Master Emerald to make him fight against me? Man, this just reeks of insanity."

"Yes, I concur to agree." Stuffwell muttered, looking intently toward the ground. "This informant of Master Knuckles does sound rather far-fetched. I mean, he avers that he have knowledge of everything about you…But in order to thoroughly know you, he two must've convened, before, somewhere in your dimension or have sorta data on your makeup…Hmm, the possibility are endless, truly"

Sonic just crossed his arms and sighed. "...Ya know, knowing how long knucklehead known me, you would of thought he would of known that I have no interested in that emerald of his and that he's totally on a wild goose chase." he then shrugged his shoulders nonchantliy. "But then again, this IS Knuckles we're dealing with...I'm not all that surprised to see him attack me the way he did…It ain't all that hard to pull a fast on him. It seems like somebody's always fooling him into attacking me."

"Whoever's this informant of Master Knuckles is, one thing is for certain." Stuffwell paused as he looked toward General Guy's factory build. "He must has some sorta vengeful vendetta that transcends that of law and boundary.

"Yep...That's for sure..." Sonic huffed, while nodding in agreement. "Knucklehead is a sucker when comes to his Master Emerald..."

Knuckles just stood there with an annoyed expression his face, as he continued watching Stuffwell and Sonic's conversation. "...Uhh...Excuse me...Sonic...Bag, hello?" he said, clearing his throat. "I know that you two bullheads haven't forgotten that I'm still here?"

However, both Sonic and Stuffwell were non-responsive to Knuckles...Which pissed him off to no end. "ALRIGHT!!!! THAT QUITE ENOUGH OF THAT!!!!" Knuckles yelled, flailing his arms, promptly getting Sonic and Stuffwell's attention.

"Dude...What's your issue?" Sonic sighed, as he and Stuffwell both turned toward Knuckles. Knuckles' face was still red from anger and he was breathing heavily. "...Bro, what's wrong with you? You're all red and stuff...Probably need to get that check out...Hmmm..." Sonic said, while chortling.

"Shut yer friggen mouth, Sonic!!!" Knuckles said, fumed. "I had it up to here with your upbeat attitude. I think it time I knocked you down a peg or two." Knuckles then went into his fighter stance as he pointed at Sonic.

"Sonic, I'm afraid, this is where you take your last breath of air, because starting of today, you're no longer gonna exist!!!" Knuckles then started running full-speed toward Sonic. "Prepare yourself, Sonic, because here I COME!!!!!"

"Oh, yeah, well, ya know, Knucklehead, it's never like me to run away from ANYTHING!" Sonic smirked getting in his fighting stance. "So, I've only one thing to say to you: Round 2; And this time, I ain't intending to lose. Bring on, Knucklehead!"

Sonic was just about to blaze toward Knuckles, when Stuffwell waddled in front of him. "Wait Master Sonic, perhaps I could be of assistance…"

Sonic almost fell over Stuffwell as he tried to hit the breaks on himself. "Whoa…W-What the…What is it, Stuffy?" Sonic sputtered, coming a complete halt. Knuckles was still seen in the background running toward Sonic. (Slow, he very is)

"As I was scrutinizing your initial endeavor against Master Knuckles, I perceived that he had preempted you in every attack." Stuffwell huffed, as he opened his inner compartments. "I think I have the solution."

However, Sonic's mind was only on Knuckles, who was approaching them like a manic locomotive. "Holy snap!!!" Sonic shrieked. "I-I have NO idea whatsoever about what you're going on about, but I sure hope it has some sorta significant point to it, because…I dunno if haven't noticed this yet…Knucklehead his coming full steam at us!!!!"

"Oh yes, let me continue. Before departing from the good professor's lab, he took the liberty in installing a nifty device that can help you surmount your enemies. I, for one, think it's a scientific breakthrough, just to think he could formulate something so ingenious." Stuffwell said, bragging about 's latest invention.

Sonic just stared annoyingly down at him. "Hmm…a new invention?" he thought to himself. "I wonder what kinda thing that crackpot came up with now…" he thought to himself, rubbing his chin.

"Now let's use that special device the professor gave me, to help you prevail over Master Knuckles!" Stuffwell murmured as he searched for the strange device.

However, Sonic just pushed Stuffwell aside chuckling, as he blazed toward Knuckles. "No way, bruh! It ain't like me to use some sorta power-up to help me win a fight. Not to mention, the power-ups in this world kinda gives me da creeps!" he then turned, giving Stuffwell the peace sign. "Eheheh. Besides Stuffy-my-mane, this a duel between two men!

Stuffwell just stood their with a puzzled look on his face. "But...you're not a man, Sonic! I mean, you happen to be a that of a hedgehog, I really don't think the same rules apply." Stuffwell then FINALLY realized that Sonic was still calling him by that painstaking nickname. "HEY?! What have I told you by calling me…STUFFY?!?!?" he yelped, flailing about.

"Listen Stuffy, you might be a genius and all, but you know nothing of 'The Art of Fighting'!" Sonic then muttered, while balling up his fist, as he winked. "Besides, I've beaten Knuckles up thousands of times. Once in awhile, he gets a stupid thought, it only take a couple bonks to the noggin then I have'em to his old reasonable self again."

"That's the spirit, Sonic!" Knuckles grunted as he and Sonic finally clashed into each…FINALLY. "Err…Er…Y-You might be a thieving, no-good, backstabbing, stinking little weasel, but at least you abide by the code of us warriors!" Knuckles then roared as he set his fist ablaze.

"C'mon Sonic, let's see what yer made of!!!" Knuckles threw his fist toward Sonic, while echoing. "Multi-Strike!" Knuckles then started throwing a flurry of fiery punches at Sonic. Sonic immediately jumped back, dodging his first strike.

"Oh, no you don't, Sonic! Multi-Impact!!!" Knuckles echoed, as the flames on his knuckles intensified. "Now, STRIKE!!!!" Knuckles fiery punches then started coming out more quicker and frequent. "Let's see you dodge my punches now, SONIC!!!!"

However, since Sonic was so much faster than Knuckles, it was a cakewalk for him. "Missed me!" Sonic chuckled, dodging a punch. "Right here!" Sonic chortled, taunting the red echidna. Knuckles threw a punch, but Sonic leapt up. "Aw, soooo close…!" he chuckled, landing on Knuckles' forehead. "Man, Knucklehead…This is boring the spaghetti outta me, could you at least try to hit me?" he sighed, looking down at Knuckles.

Knuckles growled as he looked up at a yawning Sonic. "Will you…GET OFF ME?!?!?" Knuckles then swung his fist up toward his head, but Sonic did a backward-flip, jumping off of Knuckles and at the same time, making him clobber himself in the face.

A/N: Go read part 2...NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!