ARAAT5: Resurrection

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A Rose And A Thorn 5: Resurrection

Co-Written by Harley Quinn hyenaholic and Froggy22651

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Harley: Here’s some Tails on Knuckles gay sex. We’ve been working up to it for three stories now. You shouldn’t be surprised. And sorry it’s late, I was busy yesterday. And cranky today.

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Chapter Fourteen: Dumbest Smart Person

Tails looked at the Cyclone, grounded firmly on Angel Island soil. With a little effort, he, Sonic and Knuckles had returned to its rightful place on Angel Island. Midnight was free and all was well, at least briefly. Something always messed up sooner or later. He was still troubled about the kiss in the hospital. It preyed on his mind, and on his lips. He blushed to remember the feel of Knuckles' rough lips against his own. It was just one kiss, and a hug. Neither of them knew anything about relationships, apart from what they'd seen. But if he didn't go and ask, he'd always wonder... He stood up again and started to head towards the Master Emerald Altar.

Knuckles was at the altar, meditating as he often did. Unlike usual, though, he had been meditating for a rather long time on top of the Master Emerald, bathed in its green glow. Eyes closed and legs crossed beneath him, there was no sign that the echidna knew the fox was there.

Tails blinked, "Knuckles?" he called up to the red echidna. There was no response, so he shouted louder, "KNUCKLES?!"

The echidna sharply sucked in a breath and opened his eyes widely, shocked by the sudden shouting of his own name. Glancing over at the fox, he relaxed slightly. "Oh, hey, Tails,” he said, "What is it?"

"Knuckles? What are you doing ON the Master Emerald?" Tails asked him, for a moment forgetting about his more personal questions, "You're usually at the foot of it or something..."

The red echidna looked down at the glowing stone and shrugged. "I dunno. I just felt like it. Helps clear my mind, you know?"

"Well, uh, no," said Tails. He had admittedly meditated with Knuckles in front of the Master Emerald before, but never ON it, "Did you know you're... uh... glowing green?"

"I'm soaking up the energy. It’s really refreshing; you should try it sometime,” Knuckles told him with a smirk. He unfolded his legs, letting them dangle off the edge of the stone, and rested back on his gloved hands, looking down at his friend.

"Well... uh... no thanks," Tails felt a little put off by the green colour of his friend's fur, but pressed on anyway, "I came to... uh... talk to you. About... you know..." he blushed.

Knuckles frowned a brief moment, but quickly figured out what he was talking about. The energies of the emerald tended to aid in thinking. "Oh, you mean the... in the hospital,” he said.

"Well, yeah," Tails blushed again, "You know, when we… kissed. I just wanted to ask... did it mean anything to you?"

"Of course it did,” Knuckles answered easily with a nod.

"Oh," Tails hadn't been expecting such a simple answer, "Well, what did it mean to you then?" he asked Knuckles.

Knuckles frowned again, finding that harder to say. "Well... it was something special. I mean, that sort of thing just doesn't happen to me..." He looked away, finding it hard to look into Tails' eyes. "It felt good. Like... like I'm not alone, you know?"

Tails tried to interpret this, heading up the stairs and sitting at the base of the Master Emerald, "So, you really do care for me?" he said, sounding hopeful, looking up at Knuckles.

Knuckles looked at him again, his violet eyes almost seeming to glow in the presence of the emerald. "Well yeah. You're my pal, Tails. My best friend."

"Oh," Tails looked down again, "That's good," he said, now sounding disappointed. He couldn't expect Knuckles to feel the same way about him though. And it was probably better to be friends with him than push it and them not be friends. But still... "You said you loved me..." he said in a small voice.

Knuckles tilted his head to the side, mystified as to what the problem was. "Well yeah, I do,” he told the fox, as if it was an obvious truth.

"But..." Tails suddenly felt as if he was the stupid one, "You said... augh, dammit!" he sat down, his head in his hands.

Knuckles slid off of the emerald, his fur returning to its regular crimson colour as he walked over to Tails and sat down beside him. "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing, it's just..." Tails sighed, "When you kissed me... I liked it. A lot. I don't even know how I feel about anything, you said we're best friends... I thought it meant more than that..."

Knuckles rubbed the top of his head, looking equally confused. "It does, I think,” he said, "I mean, it was something... special. We're still friends, but also something more. You know what I mean?"

Tails blinked, "Uh... Ye- No." For somebody so smart, he sure could be dumb sometimes. He looked back at Knuckles anyway, "I guess I'm not much better at this relationship thing than you are."

"Hey, it’s ok,” Knuckles assured him, resting a hand on his back and smiling, "We'll figure it all out."

Tails hugged his knees, "It's just... you and Sonic are the only people I ever told about my parents... I used to think Sonic was so great, you know?" he grinned, "This great, infallible hero..."

"I thought that, too,” Knuckles blurted out. Looking uncomfortable, he added, "I mean, yeah, he got on my nerves and all, but I still thought he was... the big hero. The guy I always wanted to be."

"You wanted to be like Sonic?" a huge grin spread over Tails' face, "Oh, if he ever found out about that... he'd NEVER stop gloating."

"Wha... hey! Don't you even think about it!" a mortified Knuckles told Tails, "I'll... I'll... Look, I was happy up here on my own and then I met him, and I wanted to be the adventurer, ok? But then he screwed up, and I was perfectly fine being myself."

"When he screwed up?" Tails shook his head, "Nah, it was years ago when I realised Sonic wasn't perfect. When Shadow came, and started throwing around his 'Ultimate Lifeform' crap, I realised that they're more alike than just in skills. I guess that was when I started realising how... full of himself, Sonic can be."

Knuckles nodded in agreement. Sonic's perpetual reminders of what a gift he was to the world could be quite annoying. "I know,” he replied, "But Sonic's not a bad guy."

"I know," Tails said, "I just... always felt... left behind. A bit like Amy did before she and Shadow got together, I guess."

Knuckles frowned again, thinking about that statement. Slowly, he asked, "Did you... ever feel that way about him? You know, like you and me?"

"Good question," Tails smiled in recollection, "We've been so close, almost all my life... he was like my big brother, my dad, and my best friend all rolled into one... I wanted to be just like him. But I don't think I ever felt THAT way about him. Besides, I was a kid then. I didn't know anything about relationships."

"Oh, that's good." Knuckles nodded, looking relieved despite his attempts at hiding it.

"You know, I'm 15 now," Tails said, "I'm not even sure I want a role model any more. I just want to be myself, you know?

"Yeah,” Knuckles said with a smile, "I know. You don't need to be treated like a kid anymore. I think you've proven that."

"It's all this cute fur," Tails smiled awkwardly, "Sometimes I feel like people will be treating me like a kid when I'm 30."

"Hey, I like the cute fur." Knuckles grinned and poked the kit's kits chest, messing with his fur.

Tails giggled, "Stop that, Knuckles," he laughed, "It tickles!"

“Oh, it does, does it?” Grinning wider, Knuckles did the exact opposite, tickling the fox some more.

Tails laughed louder, falling onto his back and trying to push the echidna away, "Stop... hee hee hee... Stop it, Knuckles!" he begged, tears of laughter streaming down his face.

Knuckles crawled over to the fallen fox, still tickling his chest, smiling widely, "Heh heh! Gotcha!"

"No! Stop!" Tails laughed again. Looking up at Knuckles, he blushed suddenly at their closeness.

Finally, the echidna stopped his relentless assault and smiled down at his friend, also noting their closeness. The sudden silence was uncomfortably tense as they looked into each other’s eyes and blushing faces. Knuckles broke the silence by closing the distance and pressing their lips together.

My second kiss ever, Tails thought, enjoying the feel of Knuckles' lips pressed against his. Unthinkingly, his hand rose up to touch Knuckles' cheek gently, holding them longer in the slightly awkward, increasingly intimate position.

Knuckles shifted on top of the fox, making it more comfortable as they continued their second kiss, enjoying the feel of their lips touching, their taste and scent, the heat rising between them. He ended the kiss with a gasp, looking down at the flushed face of his friend and returning his gesture, tentatively rubbing the fox's cheek.

Tails giggled again, slightly nervously, "That... that was pretty good," he said, smiling.

"Yeah,” breathed the echidna, still stroking his face. He lowered his muzzle, nuzzling into the fur of Tails' chest, deeply inhaling his scent.

Tails smiled and blushed again, hazarding another careful kiss on Knuckles' lips.

Knuckles returned the careful kiss and repeated it, the kiss growing longer each time until their lips were fully locked again, the kiss deepening. The echidna wrapped his strong arms around the kit, holding his furry body closer to his own.

Tails wrapped his arms around Knuckles as they kissed, scared and excited at the same time. He ran one hand down the echidna's spine, the other pushing up into his thick dreadlocks.

Knuckles moaned into the kiss, a tingle of pleasure running up his back along with the kit's touch. He wasn't sure what they were doing or what they were going to do, but he liked it and feared it at the same time, hesitant to proceed, but too curious to stop.

Beneath him, Tails parted his lips slightly, curious to know how Knuckles would respond. The echidna cautiously probed the fox's parted lips with his tongue, his hands roaming over Tails' body. Pushing against them, his tongue slid past into the kit's mouth. Curiosity drove him on, and he pressed it further inside, sliding it along Tails'.

Tails took a deep breath, tasting Knuckles, exploring his mouth cautiously with his tongue, his fingers prying at hard muscle. Every movement was an adventure into unexplored territory. His hands roamed lower, touching the red echidna's hips briefly, his smaller body trembling with fear and excitement.

Knuckles moaned again into his younger partner's mouth, excited and nervous, a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach. A new sensation entered his mind as his penis slid out of its sheath and hardened against Tail's belly, nestled in his soft fur. Knuckles pulled his lips away, panting for breath, staring down into the fox's eyes.

Tails looked down between them, staring at Knuckles' partially erect shaft, heat rising to his cheeks again, "Knuckles..." he managed, "I... uh... never done this before..."

"Me neither,” Knuckles admitted quietly, nervously. He wasn't sure what to do. His knowledge of having sex with a woman was sketchy, to say nothing of doing it with another male. Reaching up, the echidna undid his gloves and tossed them away, leaving his hands bare. He rested one on the kit's chest, scritching softly as he leaned in for another kiss.

As they kissed again, Tails suddenly noticed that on Knuckles' knuckles there were two blunt spikes, covered in thin fur. He stopped for a moment - almost everyone had presumed that they were part of Knuckles' gloves, when in fact they were real. It was a shock - not a big one, but a shock all the same.

Knuckles looked down at his hand, noticing how Tails' gaze was drawn to it, "I know,” he whispered, "Kinda ugly, aren't they?"

Tails smiled, "Don't be silly, Knuckles," he said, "They're part of you, and you're not ugly." He kissed Knuckles again, this time with more confidence, his tongue delving into the echidna's mouth.

Knuckles closed his eyes and melted into the kiss with a pleased sigh, feeling over Tails' body and sliding his hands down the kit's sides. He slowly ground his hips against his belly fur.

Tails' nervousness began to melt away under his firm touch, and he shuddered with pleasure as his shaft came out of its sheath and rubbed slowly against that of Knuckles.

The echidna shivered, feeling Tails' arousal, and one of his hands tentatively reached for it, wrapping his fingers around the hardening shaft. He could hear his own pulse slamming in his ears, the feel and smell and taste of his partner overwhelming his senses.

Tails whimpered softly, reaching for Knuckles. He buried his muzzle in the echidna's broad chest and breathed in deeply, then opened his eyes and looked at the white crescent around the echidna's neck, and nuzzled it again.

Knuckles nuzzled the top of Tails' head, licking against his ears. Slowly, he started to pump his fist up and down his lovers' shaft.

Slightly more nervously, Tails repeated his actions, at the same speed. He began to shake and moan, the rhythm becoming irregular, and yet faster at the same time.

Knuckles gave a pleased rumble in the fox's ear, tingles of pleasure running through him as they stroked each other, "Mmm... Tails..." he murmured.

"Knuckles..." Tails answered, breathlessly. He kissed the echidna again, much more passionately then before. Their lips moved together, and his fingers knotted in the red fur of Knuckles belly and his dreads, his shaft fully erect and rubbing up against Knuckles'.

The echidna shivered, feeling Tails' arousal, and one of his hands tentatively reached for it, wrapping his fingers around the hardening shaft. He could hear his blood roaring in his ears, the feel and smell and taste of his partner overwhelming his senses. He moaned into the kiss, attacking his mouth hungrily, bucking his hips hard against the fox. The strokes became easier, smoother as they were lubed by the fluid oozing from the tips of their erections. Pulling away from the kiss, Knuckles cried out urgently, feeling the pleasure build up inside him as they went, "Tails!"

"Knuckles..." Tails panted in return, his small body bucking with pleasure, "This is... really weird... but it feels really good..."

"Yeah..." Knuckles breathed in agreement, "Oh, very good..." He closed his eyes and groaned, tightening his grip around Tails' cock and pumping faster, trying to increase the pleasure for his lover.

Tails’ fingers rubbed through the sticky fur on Knuckles’ belly, and he moaned louder, his hands pressing repeatedly against the echidna’s hard shaft, “Knuckles, I… Knuckles…” he moaned, his head pressing back, his eyes closed in pleasure.

Knuckles' stomach quivered against Tails' touch, and he let out a loud moan, the pleasure building up for something big. It spooked and excited him at the same time, anticipation overshadowing any nagging thoughts that warned him to back away now. He was going to see this through to the end. "Oh, Tails..." he moaned, "Tails! I... I... Oh!"

Tails tensed underneath him, unable to restrain all the little moans and grunts he knew Knuckles must be getting off on, "Knuckles, I'm gonna..." he moaned. And then he did, a sudden stream of white, sticky fluid ejaculating from his cock and messing up their fur.

A few strokes and loud moans later, Knuckles contributed to the mess, his body tensing and shivering above the fox, an explosion of white-hot pleasure filling his mind and body for a long moment, his hips bucking against his partner frantically a few times more before slowing. Panting harder, coming down from his orgasm, he stared down into Tails' cool blue eyes, at a loss for words.

"I can't... believe... what we just did..." Tails panted, his cheeks flushed and red.

Knuckles couldn't either, but he sure wanted to do it again sometime. Reaching up with a shaky hand, he caressed the fox's cheek, leaning in to kiss his lips.

Tails accepted the kiss gladly, his lips quivering slightly, his tongue exploring the echidna's mouth. Knuckles' hands were sticky on his face, and he felt himself blushing again.

Knuckles ended the kiss, panting and resting gently on top of his lover, his heart slowing. He nuzzled Tails' cheek and placed a soft kiss on it, his hand slowly petting through his fur. "Tails... I love you..." he whispered.

"You do?" Tails asked. Knuckles nodded, and a wide grin spread across the kitsune's face, "Oh, Knuckles! I love you too!"

Knuckles smiled back widely at his new lover, rubbing their noses together and murmuring happily. He wasn't alone anymore.

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Harley: Now shut up and review! Next chapter: Stuff!