A Single Spark
Erin: The second chapter, go on! Read!
Disclaimer: Why am I telling you? You should know that no one here owns Sonic. But if you really need to hear me say it fine, I DON'T OWN SONIC!
Chapter 2: Gomen
Shadow resisted the urge to pull out his Chaos Emerald and tear Sonic to pieces. 'I bet Sonic wouldn't doubt killing us for an instant! I should rip him apart for all the things he did!' Without his knowing it, his hand had grasped the Chaos Emerald firmly, as if following his thoughts. He gently eased his hand down. 'No. I promised Rouge.'
That was true, he had promised her that he wouldn't do anything rash while Sonic was there. Although, he couldn't guarantee the same could be said for the blue one.
He glanced down from his tree at Rouge, who was making some ramen. His stomach ached terribly. Hey, incarnations have to eat too! He was about to tell Rouge to speed it up, but stopped when he saw her return to Sonic's side. Shadow could feel a tiny prick of jealousy beginning to rise from his chest.
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Sonic observed the group with interest. Shadow was sitting in a tree. He knew that he was brooding at the moment, and relished at the thought. Despite that he himself didn't like being in Shadow's presence either.
In the corner, he eyed the little rabbit called Cream playing with a small chao. She gave Sonic nervous looks now and then, but most of the time tried to occupy herself with something else. From his observation, he concluded that the chao considered Cream to be his surrogate mother.
Rouge. She seemed to hold most of his interest. He focused his gaze upon her as she prepared dinner for her friends. He still couldn't figure out for the life of him why she had decided to save him.
There were many things that he found himself curious about her, such as her origin. No one wore the type of clothing that she wore. He must admit that it was inappropriate, the fabric barely covering herself. Not that he was complaining, as it gave him a fairly good view of her finely shaped legs.
Sonic was snapped out of his slightly wandering thoughts when he heard footsteps drawing near. Rouge crouched near him, and placed a bowl of what seemed to be noodles beside him.
"I don't know if you eat human food, but please, have some ramen," she offered. He eyed the bowl cautiously, sniffing it to check if there was any poison. There wasn't any. Despite this, he was about to tell her that he didn't consume human food, but stopped upon seeing her hopeful face.
A/N: Yeah I know that's ALL he eats but c'mon, it's a FIC! (chili dogs are leet ^_^)
He sighed. 'Tails must be making me soft.' With that final thought, Sonic took the chopstick clamped noodles to his lips and began to chew. It seemed that Rouge was holding her breath the entire time, as if waiting for his approval.
Sonic, meanwhile, was mildly surprised. These were good! 'Ramen, was it called?' He nodded at her before taking another chopstickful into his mouth.
'Phew! I half expected him to throw the bowl at me!' Rouge sighed in relief, and settled down with her own ramen bowl next to him.
Needless to say, he was shocked that she didn't find dining next to him to be intimidating. With her being so near, he could smell her scent a lot stronger than before. 'No, I was wrong. She DOES smell nice.' Sonic found himself engrossed in her scent, she smelled better than the ramen!
But something else was bothering him.
"Why are you so trusting, you know that even though I'm injured, I can still kill you all and run off with the Chaos Emeralds."
Rouge smiled warmly at him, and sipped a bit of her soup.
"Because if you wanted to, you already would have!" Sonic thought over her answer. She was a clever one. And surprisingly enough, he wasn't the least bit interested in the Chaos Emeralds at the moment.
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After finishing their meal, Sonic laid back into the futon, which Rouge called a sleeping bag. But before his head hit the pillow, Rouge stopped him. He grunted in annoyance.
"What do you want?" he snapped.
"I have to change your bandages, you don't want to get an infection, do you?" Sonic sighed irritably before sitting up for the bat to do the said task. He inwardly smirked when he heard her gasp slightly.
'God! He's firmly built! I wonder if you could bounce a diamond off of it.' Rouge mentally shook herself. 'Bad Rouge, Bad! Stay on task!'
She moved to undo his bloodstained bandages, and was rather pleased when she found him to be healing quite nicely. Rouge picked up a bottle of rubbing alcohol to clean out the wound, and paused a moment to stare into Sonic's eyes. He noticed her hesitation
"What seems to be the problem?" She shifted from her spot slightly.
"This will sting a little," Sonic scoffed. Did she really think that he, Sonic the Hedgehog, couldn't stand a little pain?
"Do not waste your concern, continue." Rouge just shrugged, and dabbed the alcohol drenched cotton ball onto his wound. Sonic hissed. 'She wasn't kidding!'
"Gomen," she apologized before setting the bottle down. He continued to stare at her. 'She's sorry?' She was even more intriguing than he originally thought. Rouge had her bangs covering her face as she began on rewrapping the wound.
'Her hair looks so soft, I wonder it's as silky as it looks.' He blinked when he saw that his hand had inched closer to her silver tresses to test that hypothesis. Just as quickly, he settled his hand by his side.
Rouge frowned at his sudden discomfort. Did she hurt him? She continued to bandage him, being extra careful not to inflict any pain. She blushed when her fingers brushed against his skin, but tried to ignore the burning sensation.
Sonic however, could not. He fought a rising groan when he felt her feather-like touch, and for some reason, wanted more of the skin contact. 'She's so warm,' he thought, and closed his eyes, relishing the tingling sensation that came with each brush of her delicate fingers.
He was almost disappointed when she had finished. Immediately missing her touch, his eyes snapped open, and he stared almost in a dazed state into her face. She wasn't looking at him however, and he followed her gaze over to his left arm.
Sonic mentally cursed Shadow. 'She must be appalled.' He looked quickly up to her, and was shocked to find that what he saw in her eyes wasn't disgust, but rather, sympathy. He was even further surprised when she brought her hand up to tenderly caress the scar.
"Gomen for this too." Rouge's blue eyes met his emerald ones for a brief moment before she removed her comforting hand.
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Shadow's little prick of jealousy grew to be a full-fledged thorn. Rouge was caressing Sonic's arm. And why was she being so tender with him anyway?! He growled deeply as he caught a glimpse of Sonic. For a moment, it looked like he was content.
'That bastard! He enjoys it too! I'm the only one that Rouge ever touches like that!'
A/N: Not like THAT ya perverts!
The thought of slicing Sonic in half resurfaced into his mind again. He stood from his perch, ruby eyes green with envy and hand on emerald.
"Good night Shadow!" Came Rouge's sweet voice. He was quickly thrown from his thoughts of vengeance. 'No, Rouge would hate me. I just can't live with the thought of her hating me.'
He sat down again, and laid his head against the tree. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
End Chapter ^_^
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