Flowing Pedals Of Light- Above Who We See

By InuSonishaUnlimited

A story that I've been thinking about for the longest time, Sonic x Cosmo. I don't own any of the SEGA characters here and my fan characters will be identified in the story. Rated for sex and violence, along with language. Not a single flame will be accepted, but suggestions are welcomed. If you don't like the couple, don't read the damn story.

Chapter 11: Evil Thorns Of Unknown Origin

About a couple hundred feet from Station Square, a very large squadron of HRG march into the city, heavily armed. Thousands walk through the city lines and into an area that has been blocked for safety reasons. On the other side of the boundary, an extremely large group of evil spirits line up to intercept the HRG. They look like giant flares of black flames with piercing white eyes and giant claws. The HRG fall helplessly to these beings, due to their flame-like qualities they recieve no damage and cause painful burns. Tails, Cosmo, Knuckles and Shadow fly overhead in the Tornado to search the battlefield for Sonic. "Geez, it's like a war down there..." Tails said. "Yeah...a war with fire." Shadow comments. "What I wanna know is where those things came from." Knuckles said. "I want to know where Sonic is among this mess..." Cosmo said. "Hey, look there! In the middle of those things!" Tails shouted.

At the center of the battlefield, Sonic in his new form stood. He hadn't moved at all since setting the barricade to keep innocents out. When he heard Tails' shouting, he responded by digging his claws into the ground and causing a giant Geosynthesis symbol to appear. "WHOA! What do you think he'll do with that?" Knuckles asked. "Not sure exactly..." Cosmo responded. From beneasth Sonic's feet arose a very big castle. A diamond shaped castle with a large tower at each point, yet from the towers extended a very large platform at the top above the castle, where Sonic laid down and synthesized chains on his wrists and ankles. "There...now I won't hurt anybody..." he said, laying down as the battles raged on. "This is really weird. Notice that the evil spirits aren't even attacking us..." Tails said. "Yeah, they're all over the HRG but we're flying overhead and they don't even notice us." Shadow said. "Yeah, that is strange. Maybe Sonic is involved somehow.." Cosmo said.

"Come on, people! We must push through!" yelled Flaere as his soldiers fought and fell to the spirits. "Sir! We can't defeat these things. We are being picked off like flies! We must pull back!" said a soldier. "No! I shall not lose this city to that beast...never!" "But, sir..." "Soldier, get moving if you must, but I shall remain vigilant until the end! Charge!" said Flaere, charging into battle with his fire blades. The soldier simply stared and soon charged as well. Meanwhile, Sonic opened his eyes and saw the Tornado and closed his eyes again, speaking to the beast that infested his body. "Please...make them go away before I hurt them...before I hurt Cosmo..." he said and the creature created the same symbol around the castle. "Hmm? What's this?" Tails asked. "What is it, Tails?" Cosmo asked. "Well, an energy signal is coming from around the castle. Let's see what it is...aha!" "What is it?" "A barrier, I'm afraid...We can't get in the castle now..." "...No, not yet...Tails, land the plane please..." "Okay..." When he landed, Cosmo sprinted off towards the castle. "Cosmo! No, come back! It's too dangerous to go by yourself!" Tails yelled. "I'm sorry but I refuse to leave him behind again! I need to save my Big Brother!" she yelled. "Big Brother?" Knuckles asked. "I guess it concerns the emotional attraction they feel for each other, like a younger sister to her big brother..." Shadow said so knowledgable. "I hope that emothin alone can help her..." Tails said, looking over to the battlefield.

As if it couldn't get weirder, smaller circles appeared throughout the battlefield. From these circles emerged clones...of Sonic's friends. Thousands of Tails wielding schimitars, thousands of Knuckles armed with large swords, thousands of Shadows with twin swords at hand and thousands of Cosmos wielding deadly bows and arrows. Cosmo completely passed them and saw Flaere lying down clutching his wound. "Damn...I guess the power of Meteroran is nothing to sneeze at..." he said. "Are you okay?" Cosmo asked. "You...you're Sonic's beloved one, correct?" "Yes, I need to do something about this..." "Yeah, but you can't as long as Meteroran inhabits his body." "Meteroran?" "Yes, the Comet Beast. It lives within the deep reaches of space, gathering darkness and unleashing it every few years. Now, it has Sonic, yet...Sonic is preventing such power from being unleashed." "I knew it. I knew he wasn't evil." "But he did lock himself away as my men struggled against these spirits. If you get past them, you should find Sonic." "Okay, thanks!" she said, running up to the castle. Once inside, she walked over to the steps, which moved her up to the top of the castle.

On the very platform Sonic stood at, she made it and saw the mighty beast behind Sonic. "Sonic...are you all right?" she asked moving closer to Sonic, who slowly backed up. "Cosmo...be careful. I might..." "Sonic...I'm not leaving without you...Come on..." He placed his hands on the floor and in a second, the entire castle split. Thinking quickly, Cosmo hopped over to the side with Sonic on it. "Come on Sonic...it's all right...I here to help you." she said with a smile. Sonic stopped moving but his eyes went red when he felt some pain. "Argh...what is that sound...!?" he yelled. Over yonder was a large satellite that Eggman constructed. "The planet...it's hurting...and so...am I...!!" Sonic said, dropping to his knees. "Sonic, hang in there!" she said, rushing over to him. In one move, Sonic synthesized a lance and threw it at the satellite, destroying it but when he looked at his arm, it was bleeding slightly. "What happened there...?!" Cosmo asked. "Those satellites...they break the balance of elements for Geosynthesis...when that balance is severed...I pay more for use of the planet." "Seriously?! But if that satellite is gone and you're still bleeding..." "There must be another one...I must find it..." he said, walking slowly until Cosmo stood firm in front of him. "No, just let me take care of it. Tails, come pick us up please!" she said on her phone and a few seconds later, Tails arrived. When he picked them up, he launched a missle at the other satellite over near the radio tower, returning the balance. "Whew...wonderwoman, I swear. Thank you, Cosmo. Thank you, everyone." he said. "Yeah, just don't do it again..." Shadow said.

A few weeks later, about four, the issue died down. Sonic and Cosmo hung out with each other very little in that time, since Sonic was still traumatized by what happened. When he came to school, though, a new problem surfaced. Tryn started an Anti-Sonic Faction within the school, despite the fact that he was going out with Diandria and theoretically should have forgotten about Cosmo. However, only a really small amount of students, okay only one other besides him, joined the faction. They caused lots of problems for people who liked Sonic, basically the whole school was in an uproar due to the chaos that such a small group could cause. Sonic wore a yellow vest over a white short-sleeve shirt with a matching skirt and boots. "Hey guys, what's going on now...?" Sonic said depressed. "Well, and you're not gonna like this, Tryn started an Anti-Sonic Faction. It ain't big and you've got 99.8 of the school on your side, but he and his follower have been causing some major problems around here..." Tails said. "He just doesn't give up. It's like making your life a living hell is his only hobby..." Knuckles said, glaring at Tryn. "Here he comes now..." Shadow said.

"Well, well, well. Here is the blue hedgehog himself. What do you think of my new faction?" Tryn said, looking absolutely confident. "..." Sonic said nothing. "Huh? What's wrong? Too effective for you?" he laughed but recieved no response from Sonic. "Hey, will you leave him alone? He's not himself today..." Tails said. "Yeah, dude! Buzz off before I beat your sorry ass!" Knuckles said, raising his fist. "Back off already, you've done enough damage..." Shadow said. "Whatever, soon you'll see that everything bad that happens around here is his fault anyway!" he said walking off. "Yeah...that must be the only truthful thing that came out of his mouth...I'm going to class, so I'll see you later..." Sonic said, actually walking to class. "Okay, now there must be something wrong with him..." Tails said. In his Psycho class, he sat by himself and simply looked at his book. Cosmo looked over and saw the depressed hedgehog. "Poor guy...I wish there was a way to help him."

Suddenly, he stood up and walked out of the room, shocking the teacher and the students. "What the...where the hell is he going? Class isn't over yet..." the teacher said. Sonic made his way to the main office and stood near the intercom microphone. "Excuse me, everyone, but will Tryn get his fucking ass to the Auditorium immediately? If he has something to say to me, he can say it there to my face. I repeat, will Tryn report to the Auditorium?" Sonic said, dashing off to the Auditorium himself. A couple of other students got out of class to see this happen, including Sonic's friends. Sonic stood in the center and saw Tryn walk in with Diandria. He stood right in front of Sonic, their eyes totally focused on each other's. A long silence was in the air, with a tumbleweed rolling right by until Sonic began.

"Okay, Tryn. I may not be the only one, but personally I'm sick of this bullshit of yours. Which is why I called you out here. If you have something you want to do or say to me, then say it now." Sonic said to Tryn, recieving the instigating "oohhhs" from his peers. Tryn stood silently until he refocused his eyes on Sonic. "Fine, you want me to say something then I'll say something, all right." he said. "What is it then?" "Well...I'm envious...of you." "Okay fine, then what the...wait, you're envious of me? Why?" "Well, in my first year, I was timid. Never talked to girls, or anybody else for that matter. When I made friends with some of the guys, I thought that was all I needed. Until I saw...her. When I first laid my eyes on Cosmo, I was totally in love with her. Even though I didn't have the courage to tell her, I was into her. So, that day when you told me that you two were going out, you can understand that I didn't believe you until I saw it. Her lips touching yours, her tongue slipping out of your mouth, it was too much for me..." "Uhh, you didn't have to be so descriptive..." "I began to be envious of you that day, but my envy turned into jealousy and I couldn't control it. I went over the edge when she told me that you confessed to her before I did and..." "Hey, it's my turn to say something. I'm sorry, okay?" "What the hell are you sorry for? I'm the jerk..." "No, I am. In a way, I guess I made the impression that I was bragging about it to you, but that wasn't the case. I love Cosmo to death and I'd never abandon her...right now though...I don't think she would be safe with me...but I'll always feel that way!" "Sonic...heh, it's okay. I finally realize what love is and what I felt wasn't love. It was a crazed obsession. So, I'm sorry, Sonic. I'm sorry to you as well, Cosmo. Diandria, I'd like to apologize to you as well." he said to her. "You're forgiven, Tryn. Let's go." she said as they began to walk out until someone said something stupid.

The other part of Tryn's faction, a football playing bull named Big Bruiser, appeared. "Whoa, now! I was expecting a fight or something! And another thing, Tryn. You promised me big bucks for joining you, so where's my money?" he yelled but was cut off in his path by Sonic. "Shut your ass up, Bruiser. It's done." "No it ain't! You want some of me!?" he yelled. Sonic's eyes were glowing red for a second, causing Bruiser to back up. "Grr...no, not again...Stop it, Epyon..." he said as the glowing stopped. "...umm, you know what, never mind the money, Tryn. I don't need it! Sorry for wasting your time, Sonic! Gotta run!" he said, scrambling out as everyone rushed to check on Sonic. "I'm okay now...really, I am." he said, standing up and brushing the dust of his clothes. "Sonic...what did you mean by that?" Cosmo asked him. "Well, I..." suddenly the bell rings, cutting off Sonic. "I'll call you later, okay? See you later, Cosmo." he said, rushing off. "Well, I guess he's back to normal..." she said, heading back to class.

Meanwhile, in Turg, a meeting was underway. "All right, Flaere. My new plan will work and we will have the Omega Force Gem." Eggman said. "Well, you're on your own, sir." Flaere said. "What do you mean?" "Sir, within the last 24 hours, I've lost nearly 200,000 of my best men to that little hedgehog. Some of my friends have died to pass their hope to him and now I understand why. Therefore, I'm resigning from anything dealing with Sonic." "Hmm...well, I respect your decision and say it is fine. I will continue onward, however." "I wish you luck sir." Eggman was out of the room and Flaere looked outside. "What has become of Turg...?" he said as he looked down at the little kids. "Soon...my child will join them in those little games...soon..." he said, looking a picture of a baby girl.

Two weeks passed and it was the week of the Emerald Blossom Festival around the school. This was a holiday week when the Emerald Blossom Trees around the school would blossom, their shiny emerald pedals flying through the school's halls and classrooms. Despite the emerald color, the school actually encouraged students to dress according to the color of a Cherry Blossom Tree, otherwise known as a light-pink color. Sonic's friends only wore pink T-shirts, just like everyone else in the school, with the exception of girls, who wore pink shirts and pink skirts. Sonic did something similar, with a red vest over a pink T-shirt with the appropriete colored skirt and blue boots. In truth, this week was designed to give the V.P. a very good laugh at seeing boys dressed with pink.

"I'm so embarrassed about this holiday..." Shadow said, looking at his shirt. "So am I, my black friend. So am I..." Knuckles said, gritting his teeth at the sight of his shirt. "Yeah, this really reeks." Tails said "As long as nobody laughs about it, not that they themselves have something to laugh about." Sonic said. He looked over to his right and saw Cosmo walking up to him with a beautiful red top with a cherry blossom design in the center and a pink version of her dress under it. "Wow, you look beautiful, Cosmo!" Sonic said. "Really? Thank you for saying so. You guys look nice as well." she said, smiling. "Trust me, we will have these shirts off before the day is done." Knuckles said, making her laugh. "Ahh well, better get going, I guess." Sonic said, holding Cosmo's hand as they walked to class.

In a large observatory at Turg, a HRG soldier looked through a telescope(duh) and saw something big cross the sun. "Flaere, sir! Unidentified Flying Object spotted." said the grunt. "Hmm...what the...what the hell is that?" he said. The shadow showed some large vertical propellers carrying it as it moved towards the planet. "I know I've seen that before...but...but where?" Flaere thought as he looked. The object was out of sight now and Flaere grew only more concerned. "Shit...what was that? Well, we may see it again soon..." Flaere said as he walked to the library. Once there, he found a book and searched for the description of what he saw. He found it in a book entitled The Unknown Mechanical Beast. "Hmm...wait, that was...?! No way... that couldn't have been it...it would've taken years to fly here from that dimension..." he said, putting away the book and rushing the R&D labs. "Guys, make as many weapons as possible in a short amount of time. We may have a real problem ascending from space.

Back at Emerald Coastal, everyone was having a good time cutting classes. There were a lot of little kiosks where food and souviniers were sold for the exchange of Emerald pedals. Sonic and the others gathered a lot of pedals faster than everyone else, so that gave them the overall advantage. Lots of sweets, lots of games, lots of great time fun for them. "Whew, this is so awesome. Now if they would just stop the pink, I would be set." Sonic said while eating some cake. "Yeah, but the holiday itself is great." Cosmo said, eating a cookie. "Now what do we do?" Tails said, sipping from an Icee. "Well, let's check out the movie in the Auditorium." Knuckles said, chomping at some pretzels. "Can't. Not enough pedals to spend for us all..." Shadow said, muffled by some cookie dough he bought. "Well, that's cool. I heard from some people that the movie was lame..." Sonic said as they turned for the exit.

"Hey! Where are you hooligans going?" V.P. Eggman said as he cut them off. "Crap, V.P. is in the house." Knuckles said. "Well...we were going outside, that's all." Sonic said. "Too bad. Keep your behinds inside the school until the bell rings." he said, walking off. "Damn it, now what?" Tails said. "I know! Let's go to the comp. lab. There are games up there." Sonic said. "Yeah, but we gotta finish eating first. They won't let us in with food." Cosmo said. "Oh sweet food, we hardly knew ya." Shadow said. "Just put everything in here." said Sonic, who synthesized a box with little drawers and locks. Once that was done, they walked upstairs to the lab. Other students had the same idea and crowded the lab. "Son of a bitch!" Sonic yelled, attracting their attention. "Umm, sorry about that." he said as they walked in the opposite direction.

Out in a field to the west of Station Square, the HRG stood firm as they looked into the air. The shadow from before finally broke through the atmosphere and showed it's true form. "Sir...what is that thing?" said a grunt. "Soldier, you play video games before?" said Flaere. "Not really, sir." "Well, those video games are actually other dimensions within our universe." "Really, sir?" "Yes, and this creature is from a world where Eidolons rested within special people, the equivalent of our Geosynthesis Beasts." "Wow, so what is this thing?" "It is both a ship...and a Beast. The Carrier of the Shadows...known as the Ark.(Final Fantasy 9 boss, one of my favorites.)" "The Ark, sir?" "Yes...yet why is it here?" "Sir, on the side of the hull is an Omega Symbol!" said another soldier. "Omega symbol...could it have been called by the Omega Force Gem...?" Flaere thought as the ship flew off in a completely opposite direction of the HRG. "Do we follow it, sir?" "Yes, let's move out...it must be taken down before it gets to it's destination..." Flaere said as they hopped into a Jeep and drove off.

The week's end on Friday brought two things. The first was that the HRG barely caught up to the Ark and recieved no response no matter how much they chased it. The second was an excellent week of fun for Sonic and his friends with the best ending on Friday. "Wow, what a week." Sonic said. "Yeah, this was totally awesome." Tails said. "Yeah, and the best is yet to come." Knuckles said. "More freedom outside today..." Shadow said. "Yes, it has finally come." Cosmo said. "THE LONGEST WEEKEND AT EMERALD COASTAL HIGH SCHOOL!!" they all yelled as the ran out the doors. This was a four day weekend to celebrates the school's own blossoming. Tails and Knuckles flew off into the distance while Shadow pulled out his emerald and teleported to Space Colony ARK. "Hey, Sonic?" Cosmo asked, staring into his eyes. "Yes, Comso?" he said, looking into her eyes. "Did you have anything to do during the weekend?" "No, nothing for me. Why do you ask?" "My mother told me of this area where a natural hot spring and beautiful scenary sits." "Wow, that sounds fun! I'd love to go with you." "Perfect! I already asked Tails if he would drop us off and he was cool with that." "Cool, then I'll come pick you up and head over to Tails' house, where he can take us to the spot." "Thank you, so I'll see you tomorrow afternoon. See you then!" she said, running off. "Sure thing!" he said, waving and doing the same.

Meanwhile, back at Turg, Flaere rushed over to Eggman, who was preparing for something. "Sir! Flaere reporting to you, sir!" said Flaere. "At ease. You need to relax, Flaere. What is it?" Eggman said. "A large flying machine has entered our world. I believe it to be the ancient Carrier of the Shadows, Ark." "Ark?...Not possible. It would take centuries for such a beast to come here." Here's a photo one of my men took." Flaere passed him the photo, showing the beast. "Well, I'll be damned...this isn't good at all." "We believe it seeks the Omega Force Gem..." "So it will look for Sonic...and start the Grand Calamity..." "Grand Calamity, sir?" "Come with me, Flaere..." Eggman said, walking outside and driving them both over to a spot in the center of the city. There stood a very, very big rock, about 50 feet. "What did people tell you that this is, Flaere?" "Well, I was told it was a rock that was carved through weathering." "Heh...weathering...no, soldier. That isn't a rock. This is a fang...a 70 foot tall fang." "What?! How...where did such a fang come from...?!" "The Grand Calamity...this was a moment when all the Geosynthesis beasts gathered here and started a destructive force. This was moment when the Omega Force Gem was first forged. That gem was what stopped the conflict by sealing all that energy within. The beast were scattered and that was that. The largest beast, whose name remains unknown, left behind this large fang as a reminder. When the beast's power is active, the fang will plunge itself into the planet. While it won't hurt us..." "It will hurt Sonic...!" "Yes, which is ironic since by gaining all the beasts, he can avert the calamity. I don't expect that to happen.." "We must warn him..." "He is a mere child. He wouldn't understand. As such, not a word." "But he's the only one who can save us. I'll go tell him what's going...Augh!" said Flaere as he clutched a spot where he felt pain. Blood stained his shirt as he dropped to his knees. "Sorry, soldier. I can't allow Sonic to interfere...take him away." Eggman said as his soldiers took Flaere back to the city.

Sonic was on his way home when he sensed something. "Whoa...what the hell was that? I felt something.." he said. "Well, it might be another beast..." Epyon said. "Another one?...geez..." he said. "But...how did he get here...so quickly?" Epyon said aloud. "Who? Who are you talking about?" Sonic aksed. "Oh, nothing at all..." Epyon said quickly. "Epyon...are you hiding something from me?" Sonic asked. "No! No way, not at all..." Epyon said. "We think diferently..." said the other beasts. "Oh yeah?! Bring it!" Epyon said, charging into combat against his fellow beasts. "Beasts of great power and they're as immature as a bunch of 8 yr. olds..." Sonic said as he looked at the cloud of combat within the gem and continued walking.