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 7: Truth Beneath the Soil(no more warnings, you know the drill)
The morning sun had shone its rays through Sonic's blinds as they hit his face. He woke up and hopped in the shower, cleaning up and getting dressed by roughly fifteen after seven. He wore a black suit with a white shirt, blue tie, black pants and black versions of his red sneakers. After eating breakfast, he dashed over to Cosmo's house, making it there by twenty minutes before nine. He had two bouquets with him, both were white roses. "Coming. Oh, hello Sonic, waiting for Cosmo?" Hertia asked him. "Yeah, she said she wanted to come with me to my parents." Sonic said. ""Oh my, you're going there again? It must be so hard to do this." she said. "This will be the seventh time I've done this, so it's no biggie." he said before he heard Cosmo coming down the steps. She wore a black dress with a white blouse, the gem on her chest was blue, and she had black shoes. Around her neck was the necklace Sonic got her and she had similar earrings. "Hey, I'm ready to go." Cosmo said. "Here, these are for you." Sonic said, giving her the roses. "They're beautiful! Thank you!" she said as she accepted the roses. He gave the other one to her mother and he was ready to go. "I hope it's not too much on you, Sonic..." Hertia said. "Don't worry about me too much, ma'am. Okay, let's go." he said, lifting up Cosmo and rushing out the door. "I'll pray for you, Sonic..." she said before closing the door.
"So, where exactly are we going?" Cosmo asked Sonic. "Well, the spot is a place called Bloodenrosary Fields, an field of flowers completely surrounded by emerald mountains with a red sky perpetually overhead. It's a beautiful place to rest in peace. We'll be there in no time at all." he said. Once they made it, a large gate stood before them. "Who is...ahh, Sonic. You are here again? This has to be the eighth year in a row, right?" said a man in a black cloak and wielding a scythe. "Yes, I've brought my girlfriend with me this time. Cosmo, this is the Peacemaintainer. Peacemaintainer, this is Cosmo." he said. "Pleasure to meet you, sir." she said, extending her hand as he shook it. "Likewise, ma'am. I'll open the gate now." he said as he phased through the gate and opened it, revealing the serene flower field. The winds inside blew rose pedals across the field as the blood-red sky shone overhead. The green mountains around concealed this place from most others and in the center was a crystalline statue of some kind. "Where is the grave, Sonic? I don't see anything..." she said as they walked through. "Dead ahead, Cosmo. That statue is the grave." he said to her when they made it. "This is the grave?" "Well, my grandfather told me that when they died, my mother's body grasped my father's body when their life force was gone. The Geosynthesizers coated their bodies with crystal, turning them into one crystal statue and they placed it here for the funeral service later that day. This is the day that the service occured on, but only my grandfather and I returned here to honor their death...at least until he became deathfully ill and died four years ago." "Oh my god...Sonic, I feel so bad about that..." "You don't have to, Cosmo...really it's okay...anyway, since then I've been going here on the same day with Tails, Knuckles and Shadow. This time, I didn't want them to go this time..." he said as they neared the statue. Suddenly, the eyes on the statue glowed red and blue when Sonic touched it.
Apparently, the spirits of Sonic's parents lived on here, within the statue itself. "Sonic...you've returned again." a female voice spoke. "Yes, I have, mother. Is father here?" Sonic said. "Hello, son. How have you been?" a male voice spoke. "Fine. Well, this is someone very precious to me. Mom, Dad, this is Cosmo." "It's nice to meet you, parents of Sonic." she said, bowing to them. "Do you remember what to do, Sonic...?" Sonic's mom asked. "Yes, I know what to do." he said, grasping a nearby pedal and placing it on the bottom of the statue. The pedal changed into a small sphere-like jewel, with which Sonic placed into a spot on the statue. "Mother, Father, I pray for your peaceful slumber. Though you were taken early in life, my memories shall keep you alive. Be at peace and maintain tranquility in the other world." Sonic said, bowing and watching their spirits flow into the sphere and blasting into the heavens. A few tears escaped Sonic's eyes as he watched it happen. "Heh, I thought I could finally do this without crying. Damn...every time..." he said as his tears kept going. Cosmo embraced Sonic, feeling his pain and attempting to comfort him, although she was crying just as much. They arrived back at Sonic's house a few minutes later and sat to relax, following the day's events.
"Oh my...that was so emotional...I don't understand how you were able to do it.." Cosmo said, tears flowing. "Well, I'd done it so many times before...it's still painful, but I have to be able to handle it." he said, holding her. They sat for a few minutes and then Sonic encouraged Cosmo to take a nap on the couch while he made something to eat. In the kitchen, he steamed up some rice, sliced and cooked cubes of meat with some chopped lettuce and tomatoes, finally setting everything down. "Hey, how about something to eat? You must be hungry." he said, lightly tapping her and walking her over to the kitchen. "Wow, you're a really good cook, Sonic." she said. "I learned from Knuckles, actually. He's real good, but I surpassed the master, I guess!" he said, the both of them laughing before they ate. Afterwards, a letter came in the mail that attracted Sonic. "Hmmm...another test in two days...well, I'll be ready." he said, going back in the kitchen. Cosmo helped him with the dishes and afterwards, they sat down to watch something. On the news, repair on the school was well underway, which brought up an interesting question to Sonic. "They're spending so much time building, but why can't they just call some Geosynthesizers to fix the school in, like, a few hours?" he asked. "Shh...don't worry about that.." Cosmo said, winking at him. "Oh...yeah, excellent thought."
Meanwhile, in the city of Turg, the HRG were looking into some new things. "General Flaere, who will be testing Sonic?" asked one of them. "It will Erania, with her beast Volthawk. She maybe able to take him down a few notches." said Flaere, still angered about Sonic releasing Epyon. "That little fool has gotten us all in danger...unleashing Epyon upon us all." he continued to grumble until he remembered what happened in the past. It was the HRG who caused Sonic's parents to die, maybe this was punishment that he would be the one to unleash Epyon. "Damn...we'll all be cursed unless Sonic loses Epyon..." he said looking out the window. Erania, on the other hand, wasn't looking forward to fighting against Sonic. It would be like fighting with Steele's dying wish and she didn't want to do it. Still, Flaere was her superior and she had no choice in the matter. She sat down, looking through pictures of Steele and herself at various random locations. A tear dropped from her eyes to the page she was looking at. "You fool...you stubborn fool...oh, Steele...!!!" she cried out, holding the book to her heart.
In an unknown area, a large building with four towers stood between three mountains. Within, scientists with the HRG symbol on their coats looked over documents and test subjects intently. In one tank was the form of Vrasai without her dress, her Geo-mark glowing brightly. "How in the hell did the symbol become complete?! Who released this mistake?" yelled a scientist. No one responded, but then a slicing sound surprised them all. Vrasai hacked off the scientist's head and stood there, dazzling some, scaring others. "My son...where is my son...where is my Sonic...?" she cried out, walking past the scientists and going out the door. The scientist made no movements until other capsules opened, unleashing other "mistakes" upon them. Only three survived the initial awakening, one was a spider-like being with a human head covered with green hair. The second was a small ball with a spiky tail and small wings, but no eyes or ears. The last one was about as evolved as Vrasai, except it had no mouth or arms at all. They stumbled out slowly and weakly, but once they were out in the cold, outside air, they perished except for Vrasai. She walked over to them and Geosynthesized them within her. Then she was off, floating into the air and flying towards the city. "Again she roams, looking for the son she might've had but lost so early in her life..." said a wounded scientist before he died.
Sonic and Cosmo, after he got off his service clothes, went to her house to relax. She wanted him over her house this time, to help her arrange some things. "Here we are, my big storage closet. Mind helping me organize some things?" she asked him. "Eh, not at all. Let's do it." he said as they got started. Within a few hours they were done and the closet looked brand-new. "Nice! We did really good! Thank you, Sonic. Think we could do my room now?" she said. "Sure, we could knock that out in no time." he said when they walked into her room. That was accomplished with half the time as the closet and with the same effect. "Excellent! I'll be sure to help you with your place tomorrow, since I doubt we'll have school." she said, kissing him on the cheek. "I was happy to help you out." he said as they sat down on her bed. Sonic laid down on his back, looking at the glowing sun piercing the glass covering over the room. "Simply beautiful space you have, Cosmo." he said as Cosmo turned to him. "I take care of my room rather well, except those places." she said, laying on top of him. "I'm the same way, except my response doesn't happen for a while." he said as Cosmo's lips neared his own. "That's okay, no one needs to be focused on those things..." she said, their lips touching as she embraced him.
A few minutes later, Sonic was off to head home for some studying for his next test when he stopped running. "You really love that girl? She's not even a hedgehog..." the voice of Epyon spoke. "It's hard to explain...I mean, she's beautiful, smart, funny, and sincere. To me, the fact that she's not a hedgehog doesn't matter at all...after all, she doesn't care that I'm a hedgehog so..." he told the dragon. "Well, whatever or whoever floats your boat, but I can see this relationship having a few tumbles...do what you like." he said, shrugging his massive shoulders and re-entering his body. The next day, there was school as well as a new student. She was a female wolf that attracted the attention of all the guys in the class. Totally hot young woman with a body that screamed for attention was the basic description. "Class, this is Diandria, our new student. Make her feel welcomed." the teacher asked. "Hello, Diandria" the class responded and continued to gawk, except for Sonic, who simply looked at her with a bored expression before looking at his books. Diandria was used to every guy in a class giving her attention, losing it when only one wasn't looking at her. So, she walked over to Sonic, who was intently looking in his book. "Hi, what's your name?" she asked. "Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog, please to meet you." he said quickly while looking at his book. "Hmm, you're not falling for me?" she asked. "Why would I? You ain't hot." he said, igniting the girl's temper but she wasn't going to lose herself now. "How about a date?" she asked, recieving a deathly gaze. "Look, I'm a little busy now. Leave me alone, I already got a girlfriend." he said, looking back in his book. After class, Sonic was walking in the hallway and saw the girl looking at him. "Damn it, why won't she leave me alone...? Definitely weird..." he told himself as he jetted out the door home, leaving Diandria in the dust. "Grrr...He'll be mine eventually...just like all the rest." she told herself.
"A new girl in class?" Cosmo said as Sonic was speaking with her in a cafe. "Yeah, and she won't stop bugging me. She asked me out and got uber pissed when I told her you were already in my heart. This will result in some conflict, I'm sure." he said. "Maybe she just wants to be a friend of yours." Cosmo said. "If that was the case, she wouldn't ask me on a date. Trust me, she wants me but she won't succeed. I assure you that is true." he said, sipping at his tea. Afterwards they walked out the door and from around the bend came Diandria, who death-stared Cosmo upon sight. "Oh, it's you again. Cosmo, this is the new student I told you about, Diandria. Diandria, this is my girlfriend, Cosmo." Sonic said. "Hello. It's nice to meet you, Diandria." Cosmo said in a friendly manner. "I guess it's nice to meet you as well, but seriously? He fell for you? You're not even a hedgehog.." Diandria responded. "Neither are you, motherfu..." Sonic stopped before he lost himself. "She couldn't possibly care that much about you like I do!" Diandria said. "What the fuck!? You just got here! Now you listen here, you..." Sonic was stopped by the sight of Tryn coming close. "What the hell is going on? Breaking more hearts, Sonic!?" he said, pissing off the blue hedgehog even more. "Back off, Tryn..." he said, his blood boiling now as he struggled to surpress his anger. "Or what!? I'm sick of your crap, you bastard! You've stolen my love interest, I won't let you get away with speaking to this girl in such a mannner! En garde!" he said as he synthesized a stick into a bo staff and dashed at Sonic. Sonic, producing a sword, blocked the incoming attack and held that position, his eyes glowing red. "Yes...let your anger rise...then I shall rise..." said Epyon as Sonic's body began glowing. "Whoa, what's with him?" Diandria asked. "I don't know, I've never seen him like this before..." Cosmo responded. Sonic's growling became louder as a pillar of red light covered his body. Then the wings, the armor and everything else appeared, Epyon taking full control over him.
"Heh heh...it is time! Now, to dispose of the mortal who challenges the child." Epyon said as his massive body appeared behind Sonic. "RRAAAAWWWWRRRR!!!" Sonic growled when Epyon appeared. Tryn froze in fear as the two advanced towards him with murderous intent. "Sonic! No, stop! Don't hurt him!" Cosmo yelled, attracting Sonic's attention as he was about to swipe a claw at Tryn. Sonic roared loudly, the pillar of light piercing the sky and attracting the attention of the HRG. "Epyon...move out towards Station Square. We got ourselves some problems..." Flaere said as he moved out. Four helicopters soared over Sonic as small armies of HRG appeared on the scene. Cosmo got close enough to grab hold of Sonic, to try and calm him down. "Sonic! Listen to me! Please calm down! Sonic!!" she yelled. Sonic stopped growling, his eyes stopped glowing, and the light vanished; though his form remained. The HRG got real close now, but suddenly Sonic blew them all down with a large wave of energy. Then he back away slowly from Cosmo, shaking out of sheer shock. "C...Cosmo...I..." he said as he backed up. "Sonic...?" Cosmo said moving closer. "Stay...stay there...keep away...BEFORE I HURT YOU!!" he yelled before he flew off, leaving a large sonic boom to shatter the street and some nearby buildings. The HRG moved after him with Flaere's orders. "Don't you worry, we'll take care of him. Move out!" he yelled before he was off. "...Are you two okay over there?" Cosmo asked, checking on Diandria and Tryn. "Yeah, we're fine but what happened to him?" she asked Cosmo. "I never saw that beast before..." Tryn said, still shaking from the shock. "I'm glad you both are fine...Hello, Tails? Yeah, come downtown and pick me up. We gotta find Sonic." she said, listening until the sound of a plane engine was heard. Tails landed and she got in. "So where did he run off to?" Tails asked. "I couldn't say. You have to help me find him, Tails. Please..." she said, slight tears in her eyes. "No problem. Let's find him together." he said, starting up the plane as Diandria and Tryn hopped in too. "We wanna help, right?" Diandria said, Tryn agreeing.
Back at Turg, Flaere was giving new orders. "Erania, you and I will be heading off Sonic to stop him. Use your beast to help you, this will be under the test parameters. Thus, if he severs your link, the beast is his." he said. "But...he's Steele's dying hope..." she said. "I know but he is nothing but Epyon's pawn now. He must be stopped. We last caught him in the Diamond Plateau. Let's go." he said and they were off. Tails and the others arrived at the plateau by following Sonic's cellphone signal when Tails dialed. "Hmm...down there! I see him!" Tails said, landing the plane about ten feet away from Sonic. He turned slowly, with growls as he stood his ground. "Sonic, you recognize us right?! Come one buddy, let's go home!" Tails yelled, stopping Sonic's growls. "Hold it right there. He's mine now." said Erania as she came down from the helicopter along with Flaere. "Sonic is coming with us. For safety measures, you know." Flaere said. "No...leave my son alone..." said Vrasai, who appeared shortly after Flaere. "Gah, the mistake...get him, Erania!" "Yes, sir...please don't hold this against me, Sonic..." she said as she unleashed an electric cable and caught Sonic, shocking him and making him screech. "No one escapes my Shock Cord. Sorry, Sonic..." she said, listening to Sonic's screams until he grabbed it and looked her dead in the eyes. "Please...defeat me, Sonic..." she said as he threw the cord aside and leapt at her, slicing one of her four links with a plasma sword he synthesized. Two more fell as he streaked across her until he threw her in the air, preparing to unleash one last swing. "Steele...I'm coming to you soon..." she said as the blade cut her last link. "No! Erania is biolinked! If her links perish...she dies as well!" Flaere said as the spirit of Steele took Erania's hand and lead her above. Her beast, a large electric falcon named Volthawk, descended and entered Sonic's body. In a dome of electricity, Sonic came out in a new form. Long purple armlets and leggings covered his arms and legs, claws on his hands and long talons on his feet. Across his chest was a purple feather-covered, V-shaped chest piece and coming out of his back was a pair of large wings with six really long feathers each. His head was covered with a helm that looked like a bird's head, with Sonic's glowing red eyes with the mouth. This was the Volthawk form, similar to the Falzar form from MMBN6: CF(Megaman Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar).
"Grr...fine. Then it's my turn! Pyreo, let's tear him up!" Flaere said, flaming longswords covering his hands as he charged at Sonic. When he slashed, Sonic caught Flaere's blades and threw him into the air. He followed up by flying up after him and launching lightning-powered kicks all over Flaere's body, striking with his claws as well as his talons. "GAH! Damn it all...Argh!" he yelled as Sonic pummeled him mercilessly until he kicked Flaere down to the ground. "RRRRAAAAAWWWWWRRRRRRR!!!" yelled Sonic, flying straight at Flaere and bearing his talons at his Geolinks. In one swipe, two out of his four links were severed and because of Sonic's brutal aerial assault, Flaere could barely move. "Grrr...he may end up killing me, let alone defeating me...FLAMING TOWER!!" yelled Flaere, striking the ground with his blades and creating a large Geosynthesis mark around himself. A few seconds later, the mark unleashed a large pillar of flames that completely covered Sonic, who was floating in the air. "Oh no, he didn't even move..." Cosmo said, watching as the flames devoured Sonic. "Heh, it's over...WHAT!?" yelled Tryn, who made a face similar to Flaere's. The fire cycled around Sonic's arms and legs until he threw the flames at Flaere. The flames did nothing but blind him to what was coming, which was Sonic as he flew at Flaere. His talons landed on Flaere's stomach, knocking the wind out of him in the process of kicking him into the ground while Sonic got on top of him. He pulled out his claws and struck one into Flaere's chest and swiped at his Geolinks, finishing the battle. Blood seeped from Flaere's chest and stomach as Sonic flew off of him and stood before the Flaming Wolf, Pyreo.
The fire beast wasted no time in entering Sonic's body, covering the hedgehog-bird in a sphere of fire. Red gauntlets with claws and red greaves covered his arms and legs. Covering his chest was red armor with rings covering his shoulders. Sonic's piercing red eyes shone from the maw of the wolf head helm that covered his head, his quills sticking out from behind a red and blue armored mane. Pyreo form Sonic was reminiscient of the Gregar beast form from, you guessed it, MMBN6: CG. His growls became even more fearsome as the energy was proving to be too much. "Sonic is moving along quite well...it will only be a matter of time before the ultimate Geosynthesis weapon is completed..." Flaere said, reaching for his walkie talkie. "Hmm...even I'm impressed. His power is great, yet it's overpowering him. Let's see how it unfolds." Epyon said as Sonic stood his ground. "Sonic...Come on, let's go! Time to get out of here!" Tails yelled, but Sonic didn't move an inch. "Stand aside...I must calm my son..." Vrasai said, moving slowly towards Sonic, despite his growling and swiping of claws. She got close and embraced him, though Sonic had dug his claws into her back. "Shh...Mom is here...it's okay, Sonic...it's okay now..." she said, stroking his head. Sonic's growls stopped, the grip on his claws lessened and his eyes stopped glowing. "Grrrrr...m...Mother...?...It's...really you...I...I'm so..." he said, tears slowly coming down. "Mommy's here, Sonic. You're going to be okay..." she said but failed to notice Flaere. He unleashed a blast at Sonic, which turned out to be two different things. First was an electric spinning grappling chain, wrapping around Sonic's body and tightly fastening his arms, shocking him in the process. The second were two pairs of cuffs that latched on his hands and feet, disabling all movement.
"All right, get him in the containment capsule. Quickly..." Flaere said as dozens of HRG grabbed hold of Sonic and placed him in the capsule, recieving no resistance from Sonic himself. "Wait, what are you doing?! He's calm now! Please let him go!" Cosmo yelled as she and Tails ran towards him. HRG blocked their path as they loaded Sonic on an aircraft. From within the capsule, Sonic slowly opened one of his claws, outstretching it in the direction of Tails and Cosmo outside. "Buddy...no...it can't be..." Tails said, outstretching a hand. "No...this can't be happening...Sonic...!" Cosmo yelled, doing the same thing as Tails as the aircraft was taking off. "Tails...Cosmo...Good...bye..." Sonic said as unconsciousness overtook him due to a gas entering the capsule. "Sonic...Sonic!!!! SONIC!!!!!!!" Cosmo screamed, crying in Tails' arms. All he could do was comfort her, his own tears coming down as well. Vrasai began walking after the aircraft shortly ater it took off. "Don't worry buddy...this ain't over...we'll save you...I promise..." Tails said, holding Cosmo as the aircraft vanished from sight...