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. From here, another source will be used from a recent anime I saw and enjoyed, thus I'll say what it is at the start of the chapter.

Chapter 14: Dangers of Unsettled Stress(Cosmo x Tails fans will finally get their dues here)

Late at night, Sonic started moving, although his eyes weren't open. He walked out of his home, walking with his arms outwards like a zombie. He walked past Station Square's border, through some other generic weird named city and ended up in a really out of the way desert, known as the Jewel Desert. This desert was known to be the most beautiful place anywhere due to it's ruby-colored sands and giant multi-colored crystals poking from the sands, forming awesome jewel sculptures and things of that nature naturally. He continued to walk through unstoppable, causing the local inhabitants to stop whatever they were doing to make sure he didn't get into a troublesome spot. Some time passed as he marched sleepily in the desert, finally reaching a point where he couldn't go on and turned back the other direction. Mind you that this round trip took roughly the whole night and a few hours of the morning.

Cosmo woke up and called to see if Sonic was planning on doing anything the morning after. When she recieved no response, she called Knuckles and Shadow to see if they saw him, with no response except "haven't seen him all day...". "Hmm...this is weird. I wonder where he is today..." she thought as she washed up in the shower. Meanwhile, a giant eagle had a sleepwalking Sonic walking across it's wings, causing the bird to switch Sonic's direction routinely to avoid dropping him into the ground a couple hundred feet beneath it. The bird let him off on a cliffside as he watched the blue hedgehog, clearly confused. After getting dressed, Cosmo went over to Tails' house to see him and see if Sonic was there. "Coming...Oh, hey there Cosmo. How's it going?" Tails asked, recieving a hug from her. "Pretty good. You seem tired, Tails." she noticed. "Late night work on the Tornado. I wanted to improve the engine a little after that incident with Sonic..." "Incident? What incident?" "Well, the other day Metal came back in his Madness form and assaulted Sonic. We freed him but took a major hit that Sonic repaired." "Oh...Tails, you really are kindhearted. Always helping Sonic and I, whenever we need you..." "Well, I do what I can. Speaking of which, have you seen him? I tried to call to see if he was alright from yesterday, but I got no answer..." "That's what I was about to ask you...I wonder where he is?" "Don't know. I hope he's cool. Then again, this is Sonic." "Yeah...but I do want to thank you." 'Why is that?" "Many times you helped me out even though it was dangerous, it was always nice of you to do that." "Eh, it's really no problem, but I appreciate your thought." "Anything I could do in return?" Suddenly, Shadow burst through the door, grabbed Tails and dragged him to the kitchen.

"Now's your chance, Tails." Shadow said. "To do...?" Tails asked. "To do that thing with her..." "...You're serious?" "Of course. She's giving you clearance here, take advantage of it." " Hmmm...well, I guess you're right..." Tails said as Shadow walked out of the kitchen. "What did you say to Tails?" Cosmo asked. "Oh, just some manly advice." Shadow said, walking out the door. "Heh, that Shadow...well, I guess it doesn't matter too much for me. Whatever you like, I guess." he said, though he agreed on what Shadow suggested. "Hmm...well, okay. I'm sure Sonic wouldn't mind at all, given that he's not here." she said. "That's okay by me." Tails replied. Now Sonic, for one, was slowly and sleepily walking back through the desert back to the city when some bandits appeared. As he walked by, they couldn't help but stare and not do anything. He crossed the city border and began walking through the generic city and proceeded to Station Square. Somehow, he tripped and blew up a criminal's truck that happened to be wired by explosives, blowing the whole truck up and making the police arrive to pick up the criminals.

Nightfall had fallen and Sonic was at the train station, walking onto the train and going from car to car for the duration of the trip. Back to Tails and Cosmo, who were in the middle of a heated moment with each other. He was pushing into her at a rather high speed, delivering every amount of affection he had into each strike. She moaned crazily with his thrusts, taking in everything as she guided him in. Cosmo pulled his head to her chest as he sucked her breasts, making her blush like crazy. "Wow, he's really good..." she thought before she got on top of him. Tails laid back as she hopped on his horn repeatedly, listening to his moans as her speed increased. Suddenly, she stopped moving. "...Huh?...What's...the...matter?" Tails asked, panting in between words. "I...I thought...I saw...something..." Cosmo said, looking out the window. As if on cue, Sonic was still sleepwalking through the Mystic Ruins to the cart that led to the Jungle area. That's nearly 10-20 hours of sleepwalking, very good record. She didn't see him though, yet she seemed to sense him. "Hmmm...might just be my imagination." she thought as she continued. In the Jungle, Big spotted Sonic sleepwalking and offered him some fish. SInce he was asleep, Sonic didn't notice him at all and kept going until he made it back to the ladder that led to the main area of the Mystic Ruins. Cosmo and Tails were just about done when she looked out and saw Sonic sleepwalking. "Huh? What the...Sonic?!" she said, looking out the window. "He's out there? This late?" Tails asked, looking at the clock that read 11:30 PM. Sonic continued towards the Windy Valley entrance as Cosmo and Tails followed, disregarding their absence of clothing. "Is he sleepwalking?" she thought as he seemed to walk without much of a course. "He's acting strange...and walking just as much..." Tails said as they closed in on him. He was getting close to a cliff, which made Cosmo and Tails panic a little. "OH MY GOODNESS!! SONIC!" she yelled as she ran towards him. She missed him and the wind picked up and blew Sonic up onto a cliff nearby, putting him on a new course to who-knows-where. "pant...pant...Oh my goodness...that was too close..." Cosmo said, gasping heavily. "Yeah, but we gotta catch him before something else happens..." Tails said, lifting her and flying over to the cliff.

Sonic fastwalked down a slope that lead to the all-familiar windy path. The wind picked up too late as Sonic fell like a rock. "AAAAHHHHHH!!!" Cosmo screamed as she watched him drop. The wind blew very hard, blasting Sonic upwards and completely over the mountain that concealed Windy Valley, setting him right back in front of Tails' house. When Cosmo and Tails arrived to see where he landed, they found out. "Oh my god...Sonic?" Tails asked, noticing Sonic's head stuck in the dirt. He heard deep breathing, which confirmed that Sonic was still asleep. He pulled him out and the hedgehog remained unstirred. "Whew...Man, he sleeps like a rock. I could splash water on him and he still would be asleep." Tails said, poking Sonic to try and wake him up. "Hmmm, I'm just glad that he's all right." Cosmo said, taking a look at the sleeping hedgehog. "Well, he should be okay. Hell, he slept through a lot of stuff. Huh?" "What is it, Tails?" "He walked all the way to the Jewel Desert...that's like nearly 400 miles." "400 miles!? Geez...so what's so special about that?" "That means he slept about an entire day's worth of sleep. That and the pain of such a walk will hit him the minute he wakes up. " "Oh boy...speaking of which..." she said, looking to see that Sonic's eyes were opening. "Oh god, I feel so sleepy..." he said, getting up slowly. "Sleepy? You sleepwalked for nearly 24 hours." Tails responded. "Seriously? Man, that's certainly weird...hey, you're both naked." Sonic said bluntly. Both Tails and Cosmo exchanged embarrassed looks and fumbled speech until Sonic cocked his head. "Ahh, couldn't resist, could ya Tails?" he said, winking at the fox. "Ummm...well...I..." Tails said until Sonic put an arm around his shoulders. "Hey, it's no big deal. There ain't no rule to my knowledge taht prohibits such activity, so relax." he said. "So you aren't angry at all?" Cosmo asked. "Why would I be? He's my best friend in the whole world and I love you to death, Cosmo. As such, no problem at all. Plus, you guys are taking after me and walking outdoors in the nude." Sonic said. "But I always use to walk in the nude..." Tails said. Sonic couldn't help but laugh at that comment, then he looked at his magically-appearing watch.

"Hmm, pretty late. The scenery is really good, though." he said, rolling down his skin and looking at the sky. "Sonic, why were you sleepwalking?" Cosmo asked, standing close to him. "Not too sure. I wasn't up late studying or anything, so I can't imagine why. But I did have a strange thought the other day with an HRG member...being afraid of me." he said, looking down. "Afraid? Of you? Why?" Tails asked. "He was told that I'm a savage beast that kills without motivation, just like with the Supreme General, taking into account that I didn't kill him in the first place. So he ran off all afraid and it made me wonder what they really thought back at the HRG network..." Sonic said. "Well, they must have you mistaken for someone else because you definitely aren't a killing beast." Cosmo reassured him. "Yeah, there must be a mistake. You haven't killed anyone at all." Tails said. "But I did wound a lot of people over the course of my Geosynthesis career. Maybe that has something to do with it." Sonic said, thinking as well. "Well, with that much stress, it makes sense that you sleepwalked. You need to relax, Sonic." Tails said, looking at a book about Sleepwalking that appeared out of nowhere. "Yeah...you're probably right. What do you wanna do now?" Sonic asked, recieving thoughtful expressions from both Tails and Cosmo. "Well...Oh, I know!" Cosmo said, snapping Sonic and Tails out of thought. "What is it?" Sonic asked, noticing that she was dead in front of him with a devilish smile. "Well, I was thinking that you both could...well..." she said with a blushing face. "Huh? Whoa there, little sis. You sure about that, especially after what the baseball team did to you that day?" Sonic asked, filled with concern. "I agree with Sonic, it could be painful..." Tails expressed the same concern. "It'll be okay, like you always say. Please, Big Brother?" she asked, embracing Sonic. "Umm...well...do you mind, Tails?" Sonic asked Tails. "I...uh...I guess if you don't mind..." Tails said. "Are you sure about this?" Sonic asked her, "Yes, of course" she responded. "Well, let's do it at my place tomorrow, then. No one will be there." Sonic said half-jokingly. After she dressed herself, Sonic ran her back home and he ran to his house to sleep.

When Sonic didn't show up at school the next day, his friends were concerned. "This is strange, where is he?" Tails asked. Suddenly, they saw him, sleepwalking again past the school and into busy traffic. "Oh boy. That ain't good." Knuckles said, watching Sonic go. "This is kind of amusing, in a weird way." Shadow said. "Won't be if he gets hit by a car or something!" Cosmo said, covering her eyes to avoid seeing a huge accident. Loud sounds of cars honking and crashes ensued, along with your general yelling and cursing. No one shouted out Sonic's name, so it was assumed that he wasn't involved in the accident, aside from causing it. When Cosmo opened her eyes, she was relieved to see that Sonic wasn't run over, in fact he was walking off of a car that somehow survived. You'd think the honking and swearing would have woke him up, but you'd be wrong. Cosmo ran over and gently shook him before walking him back to the school, where something weird was going on. "Huh? Why are there so many students running around? Didn't class start?" Sonic asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "It's about time you guys got here!" yelled Diandria. "What the hell is going on?" Tails asked. "The teachers aren't here today! Not a single teacher at all!" she exclaimed. "...Then why are all of you here?" Sonic asked. Everyone just stopped in mid-partying positions to think about what they just heard. "Come on, seriously! Who here seriously was gonna stick around, given that no teachers are around?!" Knuckles shouted, making everyone think a little more. "Uhh...this is your cue to run out in absolute freedom for the day." Shadow said, making a lot of people do just that. The smaller group that stayed about wandered the school grounds for no good reason. "Right...what do we do now?" Sonic asked. "Well, I'm going to find Rouge. She's probably still around." Knuckles giddily walked off. "He scares me when he's happy...wait, they're going out?" Sonic asked, recieving nods from the others. "Wow. Well, what about you, Shadow?" he asked Shadow, who took out a BB gun. "I'm gonna pick off some lower classmen." he said, walking off with an ungodly amount of ammo. "Well, I guess we can find a nice, quiet, large room somewhere..." Cosmo suggested. "Well, let's head over to the gym, then." Tails said, walking with them to the gymnasium, which was about as empty as bowl of Oreos after a few minutes.

Once inside, they checked to make sure that no one was in the area. "Hmm...seems pretty clear to me." Sonic said, dashing back to the center of the gym. "I got out the safety mats here." Cosmo said, setting them up in a large square. "All clear, guys. Everyone is on the second floor for the most part." Tails said. "Makes sense, the computer lab is up there. Plus, the lower classmen are probably hiding there from Shadow." Sonic said. "I wonder where he got the BB gun from, let alone how he got it inside..." Tails said. "Well, are we ready to go?" Cosmo asked Sonic and Tails, who dashed for the guy's locker room to undress and put away their clothes. Cosmo did the same; in the other locker room, silly; and they all walked back out to the center. "We would get in so much trouble doing this when a teacher was actually here..." Sonic said as he laid on his back. "Yeah, fiery faces and all...plus we'd never hear the end of it from the V.P." Tails said, simply sitting for a second. "Lucky for us that the teachers are absent today, huh?" Cosmo said, moving closer to Sonic. "Which concerns me, since for as long as I've known him, Mr. Rock has never taken a day off..." he thought.

Eggman sat in his office, covered in bandages. "Hmm, looks like my plan is coming together. The teachers are all gone today, leaving me to look into student behavior. By finding the student with the highest energy output, I can sacrifice the student to the fang and gain the power of the beast itself. Grr, these burns hurt so bad...and you. You've failed me so much, yet I still fix you enough so that you can move. Next time, expect no mercy." Eggman said to the shadowed pieces of Metal Sonic laying around the floor. "I don't...need you...I don't...need you..." Metal repeatedly said. "Of course you don't." Eggman responded. He used Geosynthesis to put back together Metal, yet all the power in the world couldn't keep him like that. The beating he recieved from Sonic was so significant, that his pieces totally toppled back down, leaving Eggman a little embarrassed. "Hmm...oaky then." he said, sweeping the parts into a capsule to worry about later. "That hedgehog has no idea what he'll be dealing with when the remaining beasts converge onto our world..." Eggman said, looking over a few pictures on his laptop. From his large storeroom, muffled cries for help were heard. "Ahh, quiet down in there. You'll be free in a few hours." Eggman said, throwing an object at the door. "Geez, you'd think they'd shut up to conserve oxygen." he said aloud, shutting them up quickly. The fact is the doors had holes in them for air within the closet.

Meanwhile, lower classmen were hiding behind lockers and classroom doors to avoid to painful BB shots. The pain was about the only fear they had, aside from Shadow. He picked off about six already and was working up a quota of fifteen. One of them tripped and fell right in front of Shadow, just as he was reloading the gun. "Well, well, well...look what we have here. A perfect victim." he said, pointing the gun to the poor lower classmen. "Uhh...uhhh...HHEEELLLLPPPP...!!!" he shouted until the BB hit him, shutting him up since he was holding his belly and rolling over in pain. As for Sonic, Tails and Cosmo, they didn't do anything since Sonic convinced Cosmo that she shouldn't do it like that on the off-chance that some reoccurance of pain would happen. Regardless, everyone went home after school, Eggman released the teachers after erasing their memories for the last few hours of imprisonment and the lower classmen slowly walked home, making sure to avoid Shadow at all cost. The sky suddenly began glowing yellowish, which concerned Sonic. "What the hell?" he said as he neared his house. Suddenly, Eggman walked from the clouds down towards Sonic, still with bandages covering his face and hands. "Eggman?" Sonic asked. "Yes, Sonic. It is I, Dr. Eggman." he said, rubbing his face. "What happened to you?" "Flaere...he's really crazy when he's pissed off..." "But...but they said you were..." "Dead? Technically, I am but, you know..." "Ahh...well, what do you want?" "Not much...except to inform you of something important..." "And that is...?" "You will die when the other beasts arrive in our world." "Wait...what did you say?" "Once those beasts pierce the sky and enter your body, the energy will be too much. Your body will explode and you will die. Simple as that." "Are...you are joking, right?" "You'd like me to say yes, right?" "Then why are you telling me?" "So maybe you'll give me your beasts and I can absorb it myself." "What would that prove? You'll suffer the same fate." "It's all about finished and unfinished business...You have unfinished business, you are young, after all." "Lay off...anyway, I'll handle things." "Hmph, so you say..." Eggman said and disappeared, walking off. "That man...he seeks the beast's power..." Alastor said. "Yeah, but he won't get it...cause I'll trap it within my body...no matter what the cost..." Sonic said as he walked inside. "Have you any unfinished business?" "Well, I lived, I loved, I'm happy. My new slogan." he said while taking a shower. "Death is no easy walk. Yet you show no fear..." "Like I said, as long as everyone else lives, I'm okay with that. That doesn't mean that I won't have a crazy plan to save me in the end, but..." "Of course..."

Later that night, Cosmo simply took a walk to the park for some fresh air and spotted Sonic standing and staring into the sky. "Sonic? What are you doing here?" she asked, walking up to him. "Oh, hey. Just looking up, that's all." he said. There was a moment of silence until Cosmo broke it. "What are you thinking about?" she asked him. "Well, I guess I was thinking about regrets..." "Regrets? Why would you think about regrets?" "Because once those last beasts appear, it will probably be the last battle I have...more importantly, the last time I may see you..." he said. Cosmo stopped dead after his sentence, dropping her keys from the sheer shock...