Chapter 15: Going Back Home?
It turns out that everyone was successfully saved. Yes, even Eggman was saved, unfortunately. Everyone's lives had returned to normal, living their daily everyday lives as usual. It turns out that the Chaotix had decided to stay in Knothole for the time being, as Kyousuke was actually passed out still from the infectious hand's effects. He was lying in bed at Vanilla's house. Vector must've came to her and asked her to take care of him while he was passed out, now reverted back to his human form. There was tea and soup on a tray, sitting on a nightstand without being touched once. Surprisingly, Amy and Cream came in with a bunch of cards surprisingly, as they set them down on the nightstand next to him.
"It's surprising how many cards he actually got." Amy says while setting them down carefully as Cream hands her another small pile.
"He must've been a really nice person Amy." Cream says kindly, as Amy stares at the sleeping Kyousuke, with Alisa crossing her mind at the same time.
"He looks kind of similar to this one girl that I saw." Amy says, pondering about it as Cream checks on the tea and soup, making sure it isn't cold.
"What was that Amy?" Cream asks curiously, feeling the warm steam from both the tea and soup as Amy snaps back to reality.
"Oh, it was nothing." Amy says while giggling, trying to cover it up as they both leave the room, chatting about Sonic and the others.
The time continues to pass by, as Kyousuke is still sleeping peacefully in the bed. Suddenly, a clock goes off, dinging a beautiful bell sound at 12:00 PM. Kyousuke then opens his eyes, staring at the ceiling with nothing but everyone he met here on Mobius stuck in his head. He slowly gets up, adjusting himself so he's sitting as he holds his head in discomfort. He looks around himself, noticing the white walls and the beautiful atmosphere, having a bright window to his left to bring in the beautiful light to brighten things up.
"Whoa, did I seriously go through all that!" Kyousuke says surprised, turning to his left to only be more surprised by the food and cards. He had his eyes glued to the cards, staring at them with happiness and surprised, but with a shocked expression on his faced. "People…sent me cards?" Kyousuke says shocked, instantly grabbing the cards and staring at them. There were about 8 cards, as Kyousuke picked up and looked at the first one. It was a light blue with an icy falcon emblem on the cover. "I think I know who this is from." Kyousuke says eagerly, taking his finger and opening the cover up to pull out the card. It had a falcon on the cover, flying at high speed while the card is saying, "Blessed you may be with the luck you receive." Kyousuke opens the card, smiling in gratefulness as he reads the inside of the card, written in a blue pen in cursive.
"You know. You had me thinking you were dead for a while there, but I still would've loved you anyways. From the first friend to accept you, Alisa." Kyousuke reads on the card, as Kyousuke smiles happily, carefully setting the card closed next to him on the bed. He had a lot of cards to read, and so this is what they said, who they were from, and Kyousuke's reaction.
"I guess I was wrong to doubt you. You really pissed me off to be honest, but I can see why you chose a different path now. I guess Mobius really is the place for you." This card is from Dayton. Kyousuke reacts by calling him a rock-hard firecracker while chuckling in the process.
"Hey kid. I would've never expected you coming here. Unlike Sonic, you don't think everything is a game, but you do fight for what you believe in. You got some real guts you know." This card is from Knuckles surprisingly. Kyousuke reacts by smiling and saying thanks kindly.
"Hey Kyousuke! I would've never guessed you were another croc. Vector told me all about you, so I can kind of see why you two got so close. I hope you get better soon, and I'm looking forward to meeting you!" This card is from Tails. Kyousuke reacts by getting excited and thanking him in his head.
"Thank you for coming here! Without you, our world would've been hopeless. It's thanks to you that our world is saved. Hoping for the best for you." This card is from Sally. Kyousuke gets a little saddened about Theotrin, but smiles and thanks Sally in his head.
"Hello there! I was the one who came up with the idea for the cards. It was disaster getting Knuckles and that wolf guy to write their cards, but you can thank my special hammer for getting the job done! Thanks for saving Sonic, I really appreciate it!" This card was from Amy, as Kyousuke tries to stop himself from laughing at the drama.
"Hey there! It was an adventure the moment you dropped in! Usually I'm the one stopping Eggman and his robots, but it looks like I got my work cut out. I'm always on the run anyway, so this is to say thanks!" This card was from Sonic, as Kyousuke remembers the blue hedgehog. "What a beautiful color." Kyousuke says to himself, smiling as he sets down the card along with all the others.
There was one last card, one last card that was in a black envelope with a gold sticker in the center. "This is somewhat stylish." Kyousuke says, eagerly opening the envelope and opening up the card. He begins reading, being somewhat fascinated by the similarities the handwriting has with his own.
"I don't know if you can guess me, but I went on a long journey without you. I almost thought I was done for, but luckily the Chaos Emeralds came to my aid. I wanted to thank you for everything you've done for me. You made me a better person overall, and I'm not gonna lose that memory. If you still haven't guessed who I am yet, take a closer look at the handwriting, and think of someone who is like yourself." The card says, as Kyousuke tries to figure out the puzzle. There was no, "From" writing on the card, so it was anonymous.
"Someone like yourself. Someone like yourself. Who would that be? Someone like yourself?" Kyousuke says in confusion, constantly pondering to himself when Vector and Shadow cross his mind. "WHAT! NO… he..he really." Kyousuke says to himself in shock, just as the thought of Vector and Shadow combining gave him his answer. "Shavecke's still alive!" Kyousuke shouts to himself, as he instantly jumps out of the bed, leaving the cards on the bed as he quickly opens up the window. He jumps out of it, running out the back of Vanilla's house and disappearing into the large, green, beautiful valley ahead of him.
Running through it, he blasts through the grass at high speed, searching for any signs of Shavecke. "Gotta find him, I just have to." Kyousuke says to himself, blasting through the valley before coming to a halt at a large tree. He quietly looks up towards the tree, to see Shadow standing there next to it. He stares at Shadow with inquisitiveness before deciding to go talk to him. He quietly walks up the hill, as Shadow notices him. At first he was showing a bitter glare with his arms crossed, but when he realizes its Kyousuke, he lightens his expression and turns back to look ahead. Kyousuke comes up to see a large beach underneath the valley, as he sees Shadow staring at the beautiful, blue waves that come with the breeze. "Is this what you do often?" Kyousuke asks Shadow, sitting down on the grass as Shadow makes no movement in response.
"What's it to you?" Shadow asks somewhat bitterly, as Kyousuke decided to just get to what's important. "You seemed devastated when you saw me after you got gashed in the stomach. You kept talking about this Maria and how I resembled her so much." Kyousuke explains to Shadow, who only brushes it off as nothing important.
"I was just weakened severely, and made some last words, that's all." Shadow says bitterly, as he doesn't want to talk about it, despite Kyousuke's opposite feelings.
"Your last words usually express your true feelings Shadow. Despite you being regretful of it, you still did it, and…" Kyousuke explains, before Shadow madly interrupts.
"SO what?!" Shadow says angrily, making a maddened expression on his face while still having his arms crossed. Kyousuke begins to get annoyed, and starts to get up to leave.
"I lost everything once at one point too. I know that you can't get her back, but you can make new friends like she would've wanted you to do." Kyousuke says sympathetically, turning around and heading up another small valley as Shadow looks behind himself to watch. He was struck with guilt somehow, as he never would've thought Kyousuke could've gotten to his inner feelings so easily. He was shocked to realize that he was in fact right about Maria, the long lost only close friend he ever had. He turns ahead to look at the waves again, pulling out a purple chaos emerald that he found after the crisis.
"I guess Maria really isn't gone after all." Shadow says to himself, as he then teleports out of the area instantly.
Meanwhile, Kyousuke runs through the valley quickly again, running through a small forest before coming out into a small valley that leads into a city. However, he stops in his tracks in amazement, watching ahead as he sees more than just a valley ahead of him.
"Hey it's Kyousuke!" Vector shouts surprised, as everyone turns to Kyousuke in happiness. Kyousuke starts to smile happily, as he is pulled in by Dayton, and they begin to celebrate their victory over Theotrin.
There was lots of food and drinks, as well as a small group of mobians there, along with Alisa and Dayton in their mobian forms. The party managed to last for a long time, and at the end of the party, everything had been eaten and drunken up. Everyone was having fun, talking to each other for a long time as Kyousuke got to talk and meet everyone there. Sally was saved from the evil dimension, and so were Ray and Espio. Espio tells Kyousuke that he survived the roboticization by cloning himself with a shinobi scroll, so he would escape while being invisible as his clone got trapped into the roboticizer. Cream and Cheese, along with Vanilla were there too, having fun as Cream and Cheese hanged out the most with Alisa. Dayton kept having arm wrestling competitions with Knuckles and Mighty, as Rouge kept teasing Knuckles and Sonic kept laughing and calling him a sucker. Kyousuke hanged out with the Chaotix, as Charmy didn't believe that Kyousuke was a crocodile until he transformed, sending the bee on a trail of wonders. Vanilla also gave Kyousuke the cards he left at her house, not realizing an hour had passed when he was searching for Shavecke, as Kyousuke stashes the cards in his coat.
Afterwards, things begin to get more saddened when Dayton opens up a portal back to their home world.
"Hey guys, everyone in our world has been returned to normal!" Dayton says happily, as Kyousuke and Alisa look about in excitement and content, despite the other elementals hating Kyousuke previously. They could see all the different elementals walking about and rebuilding their world, as Dayton looks towards Kyousuke and Alisa, ready to return. "It's time to go back home." Dayton says happily; ready to jump right into the portal. Kyousuke, however, thought this was way too sudden, not knowing what he should do.
"I.." Kyousuke says conflicted, as Dayton looks at him somewhat perplexed. Kyousuke turns around and looks at Vector, who is standing there shocked.
"Vector, are you alright?"Espio asks concerned, as Vector tells him he's fine. He then looks up at Kyousuke sadly, desperately not wanting him to leave the Chaotix. Sonic and everyone else were blown away by this, surprising everyone that Vector would even get this close with someone.
"Whoa. Did they really get this close?" Sonic asks Alisa, who starts sighing out of agreement.
"That's how Kyousuke gets. He's sensitive, and must've been traumatized from the experience, so he got close to Vector in order to save himself from self-destruction." Alisa explains, as Sonic looks about in shock, Amy and Cream gasping and Dayton sighing too.
"Then again, it could be because Kyousuke's the only other crocodile he's met. It makes you feel isolated when knowing that you're the only one here." Tails explains, as this proves to be correct. Kyousuke was struck with guilt for leaving Vector behind, so he decided not to.
"I'm sorry, but I can't go with you." Kyousuke tells Dayton, surprising him and everyone else as Kyousuke goes on.
"I've never felt more accepted here, for being me than anywhere else. I don't want to be hated anymore, but here I'm more mobian than ever. I choose the Chaotix over my own planet!" Kyousuke explains determined, as Dayton looks at him in surprise and Vector becomes ecstatically relieved. Dayton, surprisingly, accepts Kyousuke's choice, turning to Alisa for her answer.
"Oh no! Please don't go back! I'll never get to see you again!" Cream shouts sadly, crying along with Cheese as Vanilla comforts her.
"But Cream, she'll be home again and she'll be all happy. Don't you want her to be happy Cream?" Vanilla asks empathetically, as Cream then understands and smiles with tears running down her face. Sally is somewhat shocked too, getting close to Alisa as she has always kept her going during the entire experience. Alisa clenches her fists before making the choice, as she turns to Cream happily.
"Don't worry, this is my home too." Alisa says happily, as Cream and Cheese cheer happily, running up to hug her as Alisa kneels down and hugs them both. Sally smiles in a sign of relief, turning towards Dayton. Dayton looks shocked to see them both not wanting to go, but doesn't go against either of them for it.
"Well then, I'll be back soon!" Dayton shouts happily, jumping into the portal before anyone can ask why he said that. The portal then instantly closes afterwards, as everyone gets up and starts cleaning up.
As time passes, everyone is leaving, with the Chaotix being the last to leave. Everyone begins to leave except Vector, who stands there looking at Kyousuke, surprising Espio as he along with Charmy, Mighty and Knuckles stare at him surprised.
"Hey Vector, aren't you coming with us?" Mighty asks surprised, while Kyousuke turns around to hear why Vector isn't coming with them.
"Uh, I kinda wanted to talk to Kyosuke alone for a little." Vector says calmly, as Kyousuke is confused by this reaction. He walks up to Vector, standing right in front of him as the rest of the Chaotix leave the valley, leaving Vector and Kyousuke alone with each other.
"Is there something you needed to tell me?" Kyousuke asks kindly, as Vector pulls out a green envelope and hands it to Kyousuke.
"I wanted to give this to you in person, you know." Vector says while handing him the card as Kyousuke gently grabs the card, looking at Vector somewhat surprised.
"In person? But why?" Kyousuke asks surprised, as Vector starts wobbling impatiently.
"Just open it and you'll see." Vector tells him, as Kyousuke stares at the envelope with eagerness and wonder. He slowly opens the envelope, taking out a green card and opening it to read what it says. Kyousuke reads aloud the card, as Vector stands there watching him intriguingly.
"This has been one big adventure with you Kyousuke. I was surprised when you first looked at me like you did. That shocked and horrifying expression on your face scared me for a second there. You saved me first and you were even another crocodile! That's what made me like you even more. You really cared for me, and I never thought I would've got into being with you so easily. As your best friend…I…love you." Kyousuke reads aloud, becoming breathless at the end of the card. Vector was standing there poking his fingers together, tapping the ground too as he stares at Kyousuke, being filled with nothing but affection. Kyousuke grabs Vector and pulls him towards him, as they both engage into another hug, standing there holding each other with the same, stronger feelings they had for each other when they hugged the first time.
"Let's never lose each other." Kyousuke brings up, as Vector holds the other crocodile in his arms gently and caringly.
"Don't even mention it." Vector says happily, as they stand there and hold each other within one anothers grasp as the sun begins to set and the moon comes into the night sky.
Authors Note: If you read this far in my fan fiction, I have this to say for you. THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking the time to read my fan fic! It's amazing to see that you actually wanted to read my story and my OCs. Please leave a review on what you thought of the story, as it will be great to hear what other people have to say about my stories. I will be making more, so don't think I'm done with fan fiction yet!
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