The New Heartbeats

Author's Note: Hey everyone! First of all, Happy Halloween! Hope you guys get all the candy in the world today, lol. Let's get right into this chapter.

Chapter 10: The Heist Part 1

Intro Music: Yu Yu Hakusho – Smile Bomb

Knuckles has been busy. Really, really busy. Ever since Rouge stole the pieces of the Master Emerald he found, he's been looking all over the place for that thief. As he continued to glide, he stopped himself, eventually landing and decided to take everything in. He could feel some of the Master Emerald pieces were in this area, which is the reason why he stopped in the first place. The great emerald's power allows him to feel.

Though, when he looked around, his eyes widened. This was a place that he hasn't been to in years, but the realization made him quite shocked.

BGM: Sonic Adventure 2 – Pumpkin Hill

"Pumpkin Hill? I'm in Pumpkin Hill?" he asked himself. "But this doesn't make any sense! Unless this world has its own Pumpkin Hill, I'm not sure wh-"

He paused mid-sentence, his face now looking rather worried. "Oh no…"

He facepalmed himself, gritting his teeth. "Dang it! Angel Island is in this world, but with the Master Emerald going crazy, it's possible that it could have taken the other areas from our world into this one!" Yep, this was bad. Things shouldn't work like this. Who knows what would happen if too many things from their world went into this one? He needs to find the rest of the Master Emerald pieces quickly so all of them could get outta here.

He slammed his fist into his palm. "This is going to be tougher than I thought!"

Lately, it's been weird for our favorite blue blur, Sonic. He did find a Chaos Emerald, and also helped Weiss mostly break out of that shell she had… but this whole thing about not telling the real truth to his teammates was really starting to weigh on him. For what seemed like the millionth time, he was in Emerald Forest punching a tree. Each punch showed his frustration, and he started to pant heavily as he kept doing it repeatedly.

"Come on… I have a Chaos Emerald. I should be more relaxed now… So why am I even more stressed than before?" he said, throwing one final punch at the tree, before he slumped against it. He was getting really tired, and it was clear he was about to fall asleep…

Until a certain someone showed up.

"Hey, Faker."

Definitely Shadow.

Sonic sighed deeply. "What do you want? Why are you even here when it's this late?"

"I could ask you those same questions." Shadow smugly replied, making Sonic roll his eyes. "Anyway… Hard to keep the truth from your teammates, huh?"

Sonic looked at Shadow with an annoyed look, rolling his eyes. "Have you been stalking me or something?"

"Heck no." Shadow was disgusted that Sonic would even bring up that possibility. "I train here during the night as well. I just so happened to find you punching a tree. And since I've known you for years, I know how you are." His back was turned, signaling that he was about to walk away.

"The truth is going to come out sooner or later. We don't know how it's going to come out, but it will inevitably happen." Compared to their other conversations, Shadow was actually trying to give Sonic some quality voice. Truth be told, he wasn't sure how he was going to tell the truth to his own team, but that's something he's trying to not worry about.

Shadow then sighed. "Get some rest. It's getting late." He was on his way out, but Sonic had to make sure that he heard him correctly.

"Waaaaiiiit! Is the so called Ultimate Life Form actually trying to help me out instead of insulting me?!" Sonic was clearly joking in his tone, which made Shadow groan in frustration.

"Shut it." With that being said, Shadow finally left, leaving Sonic by himself. Sonic tried to get back to his dorm, but he was so low on energy that he just fell face first to the ground, falling asleep.

It was now morning time, and Sonic could still be seen sleeping on the ground. When he woke up, his eyes fluttered, still feeling and looking quite tired. He stretched, trying to get himself up and moving. It was at this moment that he realized there was class today in Dr. Oobleck's.

"Oh no, Dr. Oobleck's class…" By the sound of his voice, somebody would think that he was drunk. "I got so caught up in what I was doing, I forgot all about it…" That's when he really tried to put himself on his feet, starting to run. When he started to run, though, he fell on his face once more. Sonic really was that tired.

He raised his head up, making himself get back on his feet again. "He's gonna kill me…"

Dr. Oobleck's class was almost over, and Team RWBYS was starting to worry about their speedy teammate.

"Okay, where in the world is Sonic? I know he can be late a lot, but he's never this late." Weiss said.

"Honestly guys, I'm starting to worry about him." Blake added, showing concern in her voice.

"Yeah, he hasn't been acting like himself for the past few days." Ruby sighed when she said this, as Yang would add her two cents on the matter.

"I just hope he's okay…"

Just as the blonde said this, a slight wind would come into the classroom. The girls looked to see who it was, their faces getting happier once they did. Sonic had made it to class.

"Yeah, I made it to cla-"

That's when the bell rung, signaling that it was time for lunch. Dr. Oobleck gazed at Sonic, not believing how tardy he was. Essentially, he didn't show up for the entire period.

"Sonic, my class is over." Dr. Oobleck could only shake his head. "I don't understand how someone so fast can miss an entire period." He turned away, leaving Sonic to groan.

"Hey, Sonic!" His team said in unison, trying to get his attention. However, Sonic was too much in his own world to hear them calling his name, instead just making his way to the dining hall. The girls all looked at each other with worried looks, but they wouldn't give up that easily. They were going to find out what was wrong with their friend.

Team RWBYS and Team JNPR were sitting with each other. Sonic, looking as lifeless as he did, wasn't even eating his lunch. Nora tapped the table, asking, "You gonna eat that?"

Sonic nodded no, as Nora yelled, "Yay!" and began to demolish the food that was given to her.

"Alright, Sonic. We're gonna get right down to business. What's going on with you?" Ruby asked, feeling like she had to take the initiative since she was the team leader, after all.

Sonic looked at Ruby, putting on the best smile he could muster. "Nothing, Rubes. Just haven't been getting any sleep lately."

"Are you sure it's not more than that?" Yang asked, not letting Sonic off the hook that easily.

"I'm telling you guys the truth. All of it has to do with a lack of sleep. If I haven't been myself lately, it's because of that."

"Lack of sleep can affect moods." Ren added, having his hand on his chin.

"You better not be lying to us!" Weiss exclaimed, clearly being dead serious.

"I'm not, jeeeez. We already have one person in the group that's mysterious, I can't make us have two." Obviously, Sonic was talking about Blake, which made both teams laugh. Blake could only roll her eyes, but she did show a slight smile at what seemed to be Sonic being back to his usual self.

"Whatever." Blake said, still keeping her smile. Team RWBYS stopped asking questions when Sonic looked to be alright.

However, it really was all an act. Sonic just knew how to straighten himself out when the moment absolutely called for it, but overall… Yeah, the dude still doesn't feel great about lying to his team.

"Glad to have you back, Sonic." Jaune joked, with Pyrrha adding, "Only took you a few days to get back to your old self!"

Sonic put on a small smile, so he could get through this without any more questions. "Haha, yeah."

On the other side of the dining hall, Team CMES could be seen discussing something. "What do you mean you're the coolest?! That's clearly me!" Mercury screamed at Shadow. Really, this was only Shadow wanting to troll Mercury again, because they had such a wonderful friendship.

"Don't know where you got that idea from. I always have been the coolest."

That's when Shadow and Mercury started to go back and forth, making Emerald facepalm as Cinder only watched.

"I swear, both of you are children." Emerald was clearly annoyed at the noise Shadow and Mercury continued to make with their arguing.

"Consider this their bonding time, Emerald." Cinder added, shaking her head, but ultimately knew that this 'arguing' was necessary.

Sonic could be seen alone in the dorm, getting some much needed physical and mental rest on Blake's bed. Even though he wasn't sleeping, being alone for the moment did make him feel at peace a bit. Though, he wouldn't be alone forever.

He heard a knock on the door, the voice saying, "Knock knock!"

It was Yang's voice, making Sonic smile. He would play along with whatever she had planned.

"Who's there?"

"Mustache!"

Alright, that made Sonic raise an eyebrow. Where was Yang going with this knock knock joke?

"Mustache who?"

"I'll mustache you a question, but I think I'll shave it for later."

BGM: Sonic Mega Collection - History

Sonic and Yang both snickered at that horrible knock knock joke. It was typical Yang, her terrible jokes never changed. Still, Sonic always found them hilarious, because both of them had a similar sense of humor.

"Come in, Yang. Don't even know why you're asking me, since you've been here a lot longer than I have."

That's when Yang came into the room, smiling. "Well, I didn't know if you wanted to be alone or not, so I had to make sure."

That's when Sonic made himself sit up, as Yang sat next to him. "But anyway, you feeling better?"

It took a while for Sonic to reply, because as he was looking at Yang, he became lost with her being as gorgeous as she was. Yang noticed this, and a slight tint of red appeared on her face. Though, she smirked, punching Sonic on the shoulder.

"Hey, Blue Blur, I asked you a question."

The punch on the shoulder made Sonic snap out of it. "Oh! Uh… Yeah, I'm feeling better!" he unnecessarily exclaimed, feeling like an idiot afterwards. Not telling his team the truth was only one part of the problem. Though, the other part of the problem for Sonic was that he had this huge crush on Yang, and it only became bigger as time passed. There were moments, like this moment, where he simply didn't know what to say, which is completely unusual for him. Sonic always had something to say, but these… 'romantic' thoughts were screwing him up, it was destroying his cool factor. It's one of the reasons why he doesn't like dealing with romance, but freaking Miss Xiao Long was making that extremely hard for him to do.

"You sure? You kinda zoned out on me there."

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Sonic repeated.

"Remember what I told you before, right? About how you can always come to your team if something's bothering you?"

"Yes…" Sonic trailed off.

"And we're not just teammates either. We're friends, but most of all, we're family." Yang told him, Sonic giving a nod.

"I got you, Yang. Seriously, I do."

"So, you're telling me the complete truth when you say nothing is on your mind?"

When Yang asked this question, Sonic started to realize that he was becoming more nervous than usual. Hah, hilarious. As cool as Sonic usually was, here he is getting nervous on how to phrase his words.

"I…" He began, trying to let it out. "I…"

It's safe to say that Sonic not being able to finish his statement peaked Yang's curiosity. "You what?"

"I just…" Sonic made hand gestures, trying to give Yang an idea on how hard it was for him to bring out his thoughts. Eventually, both of his palms met with his face, looking away from Yang as he was clearly frustrated. Yep, something was definitely wrong with Sonic in Yang's mind, no doubt about it now. But why couldn't he just say the words he wanted to say? Sonic wasn't, and never will be, the shy type. Well, until this moment, anyway.

"Sonic, are you alright?"

This was the question that was asked for the billionth time today, but it was completely valid in this case. Suddenly, she brought Sonic into a hug, shocking him for a minute. Yang thought she was making him feel better, but this was only making the situation worse. Good grief, how could he even begin? He's not even thinking straight right now.

He tried to clear his head. He hugged Yang back, and the feeling he had with his crush at this moment… soon began to help him. Yang wasn't able to see it, but Sonic's cheeks were redder than Rudolph's nose. While Yang wasn't able to see his reaction, Sonic also able wasn't to see hers. She was going through the same thing that Sonic was going through, and while she was doing a whole lot better job than he was, she was also struggling to keep it together.

They stopped the hug, and both of them were looking down at the floor. Okay, something had to be done. Even if Sonic was scared, he was never this scared of women. Well, except Amy, but that was whenever she got enraged, seemingly having an endless amount of piko piko hammers. At this very moment, when it came to Yang, he still can't even get his freaking words out.

Somebody DO SOMETHING!

Sonic looked up, having a face that basically said screw it, leaned in and started kissing Yang right on the lips. It's safe to say that Yang wasn't expecting this at all, and it showed by how shocked her eyes looked. But eventually, she closed her eyes and they started kissing passionately. Yang was more forceful with her kiss, as she leaned in further which made Sonic fall on his back on the bed. Yang was on top while Sonic was on the bottom, but the kiss was still going on.

It felt like Heaven on Earth.

But then something odd happened.

Yang suddenly stopped herself, getting off of Sonic and had a sad look on her face. Sonic was wondering why she looked the way she did, and it caused him to be concerned. "Yang… Are you alright?"

There was silence for a moment. Yang looked away, closing her eyes as she tried to hold back the tears. She didn't want Sonic to see her face during this moment, nor did she want to see his.

"I can't do this, Sonic…"

Safe to say that Sonic was even more confused than he was a few seconds ago.

"Yang, I-"

"I can't do this… I'm sorry…" Yang cut Sonic off, running out the room and leaving him by himself.

Boy, you can only imagine how Sonic felt right now. Heartbroken, confused, all the above. But the worst part? Yang didn't even give him a reason. Why… why didn't she give him a reason? What was the reason?

This caused Sonic to put the blame on himself, slamming his head into the pillow, muffling his voice. "Great, Sonic. You blew it. You came on too strong. Shoulda just kept your feelings to yourself, but from now on, everything will be awkward…"

It was now night time, and Sonic was on one of the rooftops of Vale. Those events kept on playing out with Yang over and over again. If he didn't feel crappy enough, then he really feels crappy now. "This is why you don't deal with romantic crap, Sonic! This is the perfect example on why you don't do it! But whaddya go and do?! You do it anyway! And look what it's brought you!" Sonic was yelling at himself, falling on his back as he looked at the moon and stars.

On any other night, the beautiful view would help him, but it simply wasn't doing the job right now. He was about to just spend the night on this rooftop, not looking forward to his future awkward conversations with Yang.

He was about to fall asleep, but then… he heard a weird sound. Like, a speedy sound. He looked down at the streets, and that speedy sound was gone.

Odd.

Either he really was going crazy, or whoever made that sound was really freaking fast.

Then he heard another sound, and it was… close. Somebody was jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

Wait a minute, Sonic is supposed to be the person that does the rooftop jumping here!

Tracking down this person, Sonic used his great speed to follow where the sounds were coming from. When he stopped himself, he saw a familiar figure looking over the city. It's safe to say that he was surprised to see her here.

"Blake?!"

Blake turned around, knowing that her cover was blown as soon as Sonic saw her.

"Sonic?! How did you-?!"

END OF CHAPTER 10: THE HEIST PART 1

BGM: DBZ Kai – Live Your Life Like A Kamehameha

Blake: Sonic?! Uh… Fancy meeting you here!

Sonic: Blake, I'm not in the mood for this. What's going on?

Blake: Nothing that you need to be worried about!

Sonic: I can tell you're lying…

Blake: Gah!

Next time on The New Heartbeats!

The Heist Part 2!

Sonic: Wait, there's more parts to this chapter?!

Author's Note: Well… complicated chapter, don't y'all think? Haha. Told you guys that an update would come sooner rather than later. Yang has a reason for reacting the way she did, but what could that reason be?! Oh, and shout out to all the people that review this story! You guys are the best! With that being said…READ AND REVIEW!

Sonic: No! I'm done! The author broke me this chapter! No more! I quit!

Me: Aw, come on, Sonic. Everyone can become more broken.

Sonic: Nope, nope, nope! I'm not going through this again!

Ruby: Looks like you broke him, author.

Me: Seems like it.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!