Hey everyone. I'm back with the long waited chapter 22 of Team Sonic: Back in Jump City. This chapter, like I said, is based on the song Just A Dream by two artists. Nelly as well as Sam Tsui and Christina Grimmie (R.I.P). I've honestly been thinking about doing a chapter like this and I'm glad I'm doing it. Anyway. Like I said, this chapter fully focuses on Sonic/Raven and as I said before, if you guys don't like the pairing, tough luck. My story, I'll do whatever I want and also, this will be the second chapter where AD, my OC, is absent. Oh and I would like to give a big shoutout to one of my readers, Jacksonangelo105 (through PM) for helping me think of ideas for this chapter. Thanks man. For helping me out. You deserve it. Anyway. With that out of the way, let's get this thing started. Just a side note. This chapter is going to be SUPER long so be prepared. :D
A few weeks after coming back home from Tamaran, Sonic was sitting on the tower's rooftop alone, thinking about Raven. He looked to the ground and sighed.
"What is going on? Does Raven not want me around anymore? What did I do wrong?" he asked himself.
Tails came to the roof, joining him.
"Sonic? Is everything okay?" Tails asked.
Sonic shook his head no in response.
"Me and Raven have been fighting lately." Sonic replied to his friend.
"Why? You two are so perfect for each other." Tails asked.
"I know, Tails. I know. It's just she thinks I don't like her." Sonic said.
This statement left Tails shocked.
"What?! Well did you try explaining to her that you do like her, it was just everyone teasing you?" Tails asked.
"Yeah." Sonic replied.
"And...?" Tails asked.
"She left the team." Sonic replied.
"WHAT?!" Tails said out of shock.
"She told me so. She's gone. Because of me." Sonic said sadly.
"But...but she can't be out there all by herself. There is a mad man on the loose!" Tails said.
"You think I don't know that?" Sonic asked. "I tried to talk her out of it but she insisted."
"Well what if Slade goes after her? It's bad enough he's after AD." Tails said. "You gotta go after her, Sonic."
"I can't, Tails. She's gone because of me and if I tell her to come back, she'll resent me a lot more than she does now." Sonic said.
Tails replied with a sigh.
"Fine but I'm not gonna be involved if the worse happens to her." Tails said, heading back inside and leaving Sonic by himself again.
Sonic looked up at the night's sky.
"Starry night tonight." Sonic said to himself.
Suddenly, he heard his Titan communicator ring. He sighed.
I bet it's Raven wanting to tell me she hates me. Sonic thought before picking up.
"Hello." he said in a serious and sad tone.
"Hello to you too, mopey." Terra said jokingly.
"Oh. Sorry, Terra. I thought you were someone else." Sonic said.
"I can tell. You look a little sluggish. Want to tell me what's going on?" Terra asked.
Sonic let out a deep sigh, knowing he can now trust Terra.
"Sure. I was having a conversation with my team, minus Tails, who was with Cyborg, and they were teasing me about my feelings for Raven. As usual, I try to hide it by denying it but it actually made things a lot worse. Raven overheard me denying my feelings. We began fighting and she left the team. All because of me." Sonic explained with his ears down. "Now for sure, she hates me and I don't blame her. She thinks I don't like her but I do. I want to show her that I do. I love her more than anything."
Terra gave him a reassuring smile.
"Then I suggest you tell her that. Go find her and tell her how much she meant to you." Terra said.
"That's the problem. I don't know where she is." Sonic said.
"I do." Terra said.
"Really? Where?" Sonic asked.
"I saw Slade with her and she was unconscious and injured." Terra said.
Sonic scowled in anger.
"Slade." Sonic muttered. "Thanks for telling me, Terra."
"Glad I could help." Terra said before hanging up.
Sonic balled his hand into a fist.
"Now I know what I must do. But I can't let the others know. I have to do this myself. Hang on, Rae. I'm coming!" Sonic said before sneaking into the tower to take the chaos emeralds. He came outside and went on his way to save Raven.
Meanwhile with the others, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Knuckles were playing a game of stankball with Shadow, Starfire and Amy watching.
Tails came back.
"Well, Lil T?" Cyborg asked.
Tails shook his head no in response.
"Man. What is with him? He's such a buzzkill." Beast Boy said in frustration.
Starfire glared at Beast Boy in response.
"You must not call our blue friend the kill of the buzz!" Starfire shouted.
"Sorry, Star." Beast Boy said.
"Yeah, man. Give him a break. He hasn't been himself since he and Raven have been fighting." Knuckles said.
"We know, Sherlock." Amy said.
"So where is blue dawg?" Cyborg asked.
Tails shrugged in response.
"I wish I knew." Tails said sadly.
"And where are the chaos emeralds?" Shadow asked, noticing the chaos emeralds gone.
"What the...?!" Knuckles said before destroying the commonroom. "Shadow's right! The chaos emeralds are gone!"
Robin came in the room.
"I tried calling Sonic and he didn't..." Robin said before noticing Knuckles destroying the commonroom looking for the chaos emeralds.
"Should I get therapy?" Robin asked jokingly.
"Not really." Shadow said with a smirk. "Anyway. What about Sonic?"
"I tried calling him asking him where he is and he's not responding." Robin replied. "Not to mention, Raven is missing as well."
"Raven's missing? Well so are the chaos emeralds!" Knuckles said. "I can't find a single one!"
Shadow stepped up pondering.
"Two teammates missing as well as the chaos emeralds. You don't think Slade is in on this, do you?" Shadow asked.
"We're not sure, Shadow." Starfire said to Shadow.
"Let's go find blue dawg." Cyborg said.
The team left to go find Sonic.
Meanwhile, Sonic arrived at an unknown location looking at the building.
"Slade's old lair. Never thought I'd step foot here." Sonic said to himself before opening the door and looking around. "Alright, Slade. Wherever you are, I'm ready for you! You're gonna pay for what you did!"
"Oh. Am I, Sonic?" Slade taunted.
Sonic balled his hand into a fist and ran up to punch Slade, with Slade grabbing his fist.
"Where is she?! Where is Raven?!" Sonic asked furiously.
"If you're ever so curious, Sonic, why don't you look for yourself?" Slade taunted again before showing Raven's unconscious body.
Sonic looked in shock.
"RAVEN!" Sonic shouted out of worry and looked at Slade angrily. "You're gonna PAY!"
Sonic screamed and landed a fist on Slade.
Meanwhile, with the others, Beast Boy, morphed into a bloodhound, was sniffing the ground for Sonic's scent.
"Well?" Robin asked.
Beast Boy morphed back.
"He's close, dude. I can feel it." Beast Boy replied.
"Sonic must have the chaos emeralds." Shadow said.
Tails looked at his Titan communicator for Sonic's location.
"I got a lock on Sonic. He's nearby." Tails said.
Then, the entire team heard Sonic scream.
"Very near by." Knuckles said.
"What is going on?" Starfire asked worried.
"Must be Slade." Shadow replied.
"Let's go, ya'll! Blue dawg needs us!" Cyborg said.
The team went into Slade's old lair.
Sonic, however, was covered in bruise and limping but survived.
"Do you really think you can challenge me, you little rat?" Slade taunted.
"I told you! I'm not a rat! I'm a hedgehog! And I'll show you what I'm made of!" Sonic shouted before gathering all 7 chaos emeralds, transforming into Super Sonic.
"Now what, Tin Man?!" Sonic shouted before fighting Slade.
The team ran in.
"Blue dawg!" Cyborg shouted.
"Sonic!" Tails said.
"No time to explain! Just one of you grab Raven! Or two of you! I don't care! Just someone grab her!" Sonic said.
"Let's go, Tails!" Knuckles said to Tails.
"Right." Tails said.
Tails and Knuckles went to grab Raven.
"Man. Slade is brutal." Amy said.
"Ya think?" Robin, Beast Boy and Cyborg asked at the same time.
"I knew it. He cared." Shadow said smugly.
Tails and Knuckles came back to the team laying Raven down.
Tails checked Raven's pulse by feeling it.
"Well? What's the situation, Tails?" Robin asked.
"She's alive. But she's in a trance." Tails replied.
Tails tapped Raven's face lightly.
"Raven? Raven? Can you hear me?" Tails asked.
Raven woke up a little.
"Tails? Is that you?" Raven asked.
"The one and only." Tails replied. "Are you okay?"
"I think so. Just a little headache but I'm fine." Raven said. "How did you guys get here?"
"We kinda followed Sonic." Beast Boy said sheepishly.
"Sonic." Raven said bitterly. "Why is he here? He doesn't like me."
"If he doesn't like you, then why is he risking his life for you?" Shadow asked.
Sonic was nearly done defeating Slade, panting hard.
"I told you to never cross me, Tin Man. Say good night!" Sonic said before defeating Slade by blasting him.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Slade said, fading away.
Sonic flew down and landing on his feet, changing back to normal, dusting himself off.
"Sonic..." Knuckles said.
"That was..." Starfire said.
"Unbelievable." Cyborg said.
"You better believe it, guys. I got rid of Tin Man. You're welcome." Sonic said.
Sonic looked at Raven with his ears down.
"Raven. Look. About what happened back there, it meant nothing. I swear." Sonic said.
"You should've thought of that before saying that." Raven said bitterly.
"Rae. What is with you? Look, I'm sorry for what I said. The truth is, I do like you. In fact, I love you. I love you more than anything in this world." Sonic said.
"Yeah right. How do I know you won't use my feelings and betray me like Malchior did?" Raven asked bitterly.
Sonic was shocked by what Raven said.
"Raven. I'm nothing like Malchior. I would never do that to you. I'm nothing like him." Sonic replied.
"Prove it." Raven said.
"You want me to prove it? Okay. Fine. I will." Sonic said.
Sonic walked over, cupped his hands into Raven's face and kissed her lips, leaving the entire team, except Cyborg and Beast Boy, who are smiling and Amy, who was enraged, shocked.
"I knew it!" Cyborg and Beast Boy said at the same time.
Sonic pulled away for air, leaving Raven shocked.
"Is that enough proof for you?" Sonic asked.
"S-Sonic." Raven said. "I don't know what to say."
Sonic brushed Raven's hair behind her ear.
"Maybe four little words that start with I." Sonic said.
"Screw it." Raven said.
Raven tackled Sonic in a hug.
"I love you too!" Raven said.
"There it is." Sonic said.
"It's about time, dude." Beast Boy said.
"Way to go, blue dawg!" Cyborg said.
"Yeah. Way to go, Sonic." Beast Boy said in agreement.
"Thanks, guys." Sonic said. "What do you say we just take you to the infirmary and after that, we can go out?"
"I'd like that, Sonic. Thanks. Or should I say, Sonikku." Raven said.
Sonic smiled at his new nickname.
"I like that." Sonic said.
Raven and Sonic left the lair, leaving the team looking in shock.
"Well that was..." Knuckles said.
"Weird?" Shadow suggested.
"Yep." Knuckles said.
"Let's go home, ya'll." Cyborg said to the team.
The rest of the team followed Sonic and Raven home.
And there you go, guys! Finally, Sonic and Raven are officially a couple. But once again, if there is ANYBODY out there that don't like this pairing, I've said this before and I'll say it again, this is my story and I'll do whatever I want and there won't be anything you can do about it so if you complain in the reviews, I will report them. I'm serious. I will. If you don't like it, don't read it. Simple as that. Okay? Got it? Good. Oh and fun fact. Sonikku is actually Sonic in Japan (looked it up) and I'm not gonna lie. I would imagine that is something that Raven would call him. So once again, big shoutout to Jacksonangelo105 for the help with this chapter. So next chapter, speaking of Malchior, he returns! Hehe. For real. I am planning on bringing him back. So it will be out soon. Okay. I gotta go and once again, if you don't like the Sonic/Raven pairing, too bad. My story, I'll do what I want. Anyways. I gotta go. As always, till the next time we meet, take care everyone. Ciao! :)