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 17: Banishment

Sonic awoke from a relatively calm night of sleep and got dressed quickly. After eating, he dashed to the school to file his 7-day absence excuse to the main office, who shared the same sympathy as Cosmo's mother. When he got back, the HRG were ready with a large flying ship and a couple of soldiers on each side as Sonic walked up to them. "Are you ready, Sonic?" Flaere said, waiting at the foot of the ship. "Yes...I suppose...not sure how to be ready for something like this..." Sonic said, not looking into Flaeres's eyes. "Here, it's a Blaster piece for that Morph Gun you got from the professor...you'll need it to survive the beings out there." he said, handing Sonic the aforemetioned weapon piece from Jak II. "Beings...? What exactly is out there?" "You ever hear of the Propagators?" "Uh...no, not really." "Beings, monsters really, from a downed spacecraft a couple of years ago. They live within the city and can seem savage at times. Thus is why you'll need the firepower..." Flaere said as he walked Sonic on the ship. "Good luck, Sonic the Hedgehog, and see you in a week." "..." Sonic said nothing as the door closed. Flaere felt a tear hit his face as the door closed and only imagined how Sonic felt now, but firmly believed that it was for the best.

The city of Regioniard was a city of bright lights, geometrically-shaped buildings; like buildings with points and long edges and things like that, and overpasses. The citizens that walked throughout the city were the Propagators(enemies from FF8), three-legged creatures that will be easier to know what they look like if you look them up. A description would be three-legged creatures with one long arm with a venus flytrap jaw-like attachment near the shoulder and a smaller arm with a claw. The head looked like a rhombus-shaped gem with three dots and the body was like black armor. Anyway, the ship landed in the center of the city and Sonic was dropped off. Flaere waved him off before the ship flew off, Sonic watching it go before it disappeared. The Propagators didn't acknowledge his existance at all as Sonic walked through the city. "They aren't attacking me, so I don't think they're savage at all." Sonic said as he walked. "Naw, they were obviously talking shit." Shiorae said from within his body. "Now what do we do?" "I don't know, but I'm bored." "Same here..."

Sonic came across a building that was described on a note given to him. It was big, empty and surprisingly tidy. "I guess we can stay here until the banishment is over...and I don't mean being couped up in this house for seven days." Sonic said. "I know that, I'd strangle you if you decided that." Shiorae said. "Why do you always need to hurt me?" "It's what I know. Now, let's go find something to do." He walked down the street until he came across a sky blue-colored Propagator leaning on a wall. Sonic leaned on the opposite wall and closed his eyes. "You just been sent here?" the Propagator asked. "Yeah...what's it to you?" Sonic asked. "They tell you anything about the situation here?" "No, not really, but your people seem like a calm group." "The HRG have taken control of our city. They store weapons wherever they please and insist that we need their guidance, when in truth we want to govern ourselves. So I started a group that will liberate this city from the HRG. Why are you here, anyway?" "Well...they banished me here for seven days..." "You lookin' for payback? If so, you can join us in our struggle." "You really want me to help you?" "Sure, you want payback for your banishment and we want to get our city back. Seems like a fair deal to me..." "What do you think, Shiorae?" "Sure, works for me." "Ahh, you have a sinister side...so you are Sonic the Hedgehog." "You know of me?" "Our all-powerful altar told of a blue hedgehog possessing the powers that could help us...you must be it. So, will you help us?" "...I'm in." "Don't think this is a free job, you will be given cool new toys for that gun of yours." "Cool, when do I start?" "Come to the center of the city tomorrow morning at 8:00 am. The center is where that large tower is. We'll take you to our base to get started." "Okay then..." Sonic walked off to his temporary living space and slept.

The next morning, Cosmo awoke from slumber. "...Huh? What...what happened? My body hurts so much...huh?" she noticed the wet cloth on her head and that the cuts on her body were gone. "Who...who did this?...wait, where's Sonic?" she said, looking around and seeing only her mother. "Cosmo, you're all right...thank goodness." she said, holding her daughter. "I'm glad to be all right as well, Mother. But...but how did this happen?" she asked. "Sonic found you and brought you back here. He washed your body and placed the cloth on your head to bring down your fever." "Is...is he here?" "Well...no...he's gone, Cosmo..." Cosmo thought for a second, thinking on hearing Sonic's voice and seeing him kiss her before he walked off, realizing something. "That...that wasn't a dream?...So he really is...gone?" she asked, her mother simply nodded. All she could do was silently get dressed, eat and walk to school. She stopped and turned to her mother. "Did...did he say where he was going...?" she asked. "Well...actually...this won't easy to say..." "What happened, Mother?" "Sonic...was banished...by the HRG..." Cosmo stopped moving as she took that in. "Sonic?...Banished...? But...but why?!" "His sinister side...the side that touched you yesterday...it was deemed dangerous...so they banished him...for seven days." "S...s...seven day!?" she yelled but calmed down after she thought for a minute. The circumstances of the banishment are well justified, yet that wasn't what she was thinking about. When you hear banishment, it usually means permenantly. The fact that Sonic was out for only a week made her feel only a little better about the whole ordeal. She walked to school and met the others at the gate.

"Hey, guys..." Cosmo said as she met them. "What happened to you, yesterday?" Tails asked. "Well, I'd rather not say...or remember..." she said. "Sonic dropped by today." Knuckles said, prompting Cosmo to rush over to him. "You saw him?!" she asked. "W...well yeah, at the main office...didn't see him afterwards though..." Cosmo was gone after "main office". She dashed there and walked in to ask the receptionist. "Did Sonic come by here?" she asked. "Yes, but he filed a seven-day absence note. Here it is." the receptionist showed her the note. In the reasons part, it read "unwillful absence". "He really is gone...? ...HRG..." Cosmo thought as she proceeded to class. During lunch, they all got together to discuss. "You're telling me Sonic was banished?" Tails asked. "Yes, that's what my mother told me." Cosmo responded. "The question is why?" Knuckles asked. "Because his evil side raped her and Ms. Viana." Shadow said, causing nose explosions of juice or milk from Tails and Knuckles. "W..What!? Are you serious!? That's crazy!" Tails yelled. "Yet bold, since no student ever raped a teacher...or another student...to my knowledge." Knuckles said, laughing slightly. "The point is that it wasn't Sonic, yet he was the one who payed for it...after what happened, he did what he could to help me and then this happens...and the HRG are the ones who ordered it!" Cosmo said. "What's the plan? Wanna see Flaere afterschool?" Tails asked. "Yes...I need to see him, affective immediately." Cosmo said. "We'll do it. Better head to class now." Shadow said, casting an evil glare at Eggman.

Meanwhile, Sonic met with the Propagators in the center of the city of Regioniard to begin the first...something. "Welcome, loyal freedom fighters. We have among us a castaway who was banished among us by the enemy. Meet the answer to our problems, Sonic the Hedgehog!" said the sky blue-colored Propagator from yesterday. Sonic stood before the large crowd, slightly waved and recieved applause. When he scratched his butt, they awed at the sight. "Uhh, is there a reason why they are amazed by my butt scratching?" Sonic asked the sky blue Propagator. "Well, we can't reach back there." he said. "Oh, all right then. What's the agenda?" "Simple. To the east in the city, an HRG group is carting weapons from a silo. We're gonna take down the group and steal the weapons. Any questions?" "What am I doing?" "You'll assist in the operation by shooting them motherfuckers. Get it?" "Got it..." The whole group marched off to the location of the weapon carting. From the shadows, the group spotted the soldiers and prepared. "Now, men...CCHHAARRGGEE!!!" said the leader Propagator. "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" they all said as they charged weapon-first at the soldiers. Sonic was in front since he was faster than the Propagators and he was shooting yellow shots at the soldiers, blowing them away as the Propagators hacked and pushed through. Meanwhile at Turg, Flaere was sitting in his office, twidling his thumbs. "Sir! There was a resistance attack in Regioniard! Our men...they were taken down! All of them!" said a random soldier. "What...? Display video." said Flaere, who looked over to a screen and saw the whole thing. What got his blood flowing was the sight of Sonic shooting the soldiers with the very Blaster mod he gave him. "What the hell is he doing!? Let's head over there...now what?!" Flaere said. "A plane is landing on the deck!" "...a plane. Why are they here now?" Flaere said, rubbing his forehead before walking on deck.

"Did you guys banish Sonic?" Cosmo asked Flaere. "Yeah, and now we're gonna kick his ass for attacking our soldiers!" Flaere yelled. After a second, he calmed down. "I apologize. There's been a raid in Regioniard, where we banished Sonic, who happened to be involved in said raid." Flaere said calmly. "What? Why would he do that?!" Tails asked. "So...it begins..." Shadow said. "What begins?" Cosmo asked. "Sonic is all alone out there...I'm pretty sure you all know what happens when Sonic is by himself. He gets bored and he goes crazy. This maybe the case of boredom." Shadow said. "I don't care. We're going over there and locking his ass down!" Flaere said as he walked to a helicopter. "Follow them, Tails!" Cosmo said as he started the plane. When they arrived, the battleground was unchanged. Soldiers still littered the floor, signs of explosions were evident and the weapons were gone. Then Tails noticed something. "Hey, they're all still breathing." Tails said, pointing out that neither one of them was truly dead, maybe wounded, but not dead. "How? I saw Sonic shoot them..." Flaere said but then he thought about the Morph Gun and Sonic. "Ahh, very clever, mister hedgehog..." Flaere said. "What's going on?" Cosmo asked. "He put the gun in stun mode before he started shooting." Tails said, putting relief in Cosmo's heart. "Well, fine then. The fact still remains that Sonic is helping the Propagators." Flaere said. "So? He ain't killing your men, so what's the big deal?" Knuckles asked. "Um...well...know what, you kids head home." Flaere said as he stepped back into the chopper. "Well, I guess we should. Let's go, guys." Tails said, flying them all back home.

Back at the Propagator main meeting building, which looked like a very big library, the Propagators were very happy. "Excellent job out there, Sonic. Your sharp-shooting was very helpful in the operation, so we looked through the goods and found this for your gun. It's a Vulcan piece, which will prove to be very useful." said the sky blue-colored Propagator, who gave Sonic the piece. When he grabbed, everyone cheered, which made Sonic a little embarrassed. "Heh heh, thanks everyone." he said as he put the piece there and walked out, coming across a white Propagator. "You did real good there in combat. You are indeed our hope." he said. "Heh, thanks." Sonic said. "And yet, you are conflicted by the dark within, are you not? You must learn and understand your sinister side in order to avoid conflict." "We understand each other, right Shiorae?" "Naw, not at all." Sonic looked pissed but remained calm. "Heh, see you at the mission tomorrow." said the white Propagator. Sonic was confused but walked to his place. Later that night, he looked into the starry sky, thinking of the day's events. "Hmm...you'd assume being banished is a bad thing, but I'm kinda glad. We get to help these guys out." "Indeed so, they truly are in need of some assistance to get their city back. But that ain't all you're thinking about." "Of course not. While I'm here, your ass won't cause trouble for my friends." "That ain't what you was thinking off, was it?" "...no...I guess I miss them, that's all." "You are sad, you've only been here for at least a day or so and you already miss your friends." "If you had friends...aside from, technically, mine, you'd understand." "That's why we're stuck together here, so we can do just that." "Yeah, whatever."

Cosmo was looking into the same sky, with a melancholy expression on her face. "Sonic..." she said as the stars blinked. In typical anime fashion, both Sonic and Cosmo were focused on the same particular spot, yet they didn't see each other and both went to sleep at the same time. The next day, Sonic met with the Propagators again for the next attack. "Alright, this next attack will be on an actual silo. We're gonna go in, take the supplies and blow the place up. Sonic, once again, you shall be on the front lines." the s.b. Propagator said. "All right then. Ready when you are." he said as they carried him, mosh-pit style, to their vehicle. It was a very big 16-wheeled truck with RPGs on the back and chain guns on the roof of the cabin. Everyone saddled up and they were off to the silo, which was out in the mountains in the northern part of the city. Once inside, the HRG spotted the truck and immediately started to panic. "They're here! Call the general!" said a soldier as the others ran to intercept the Propagators. "You think they spotted us?" Sonic asked as they drived. "Yeah, they spotted us...but...we're in a truck. Get on the roof and shoot any that I don't run over." said the s.b. Propagator as he continued driving. Sonic hopped up and unleashed a barrage of Vulcan shots at soldiers in front of the truck and behind. Once in the center, everyone got off and started stealing and placing explosives. With that accomplished, they got back on and started it up, driving fast through to plow through until more soldiers started appearing. "Sonic, you drive! I'm going to the back to use the RPGs!" the s.b. Propagator said as he climbed along the side of the truck to where the RPGs were. "Huh? Uh...okay...whatever you say..." Sonic said as he climbed back into the truck and took the wheel. "Uh...did I fail to mention that I don't know how to drive?" Sonic said as he pressed on the gas and turned the wheel wildly. "What!?...oh, SHIT!!!" said the s.b. Propagator as the truck crashed through a large steel door.

"Well, either way, you drove...just like me. Let's head back to base...shit." said the same Propagator as sight of General Flaere and a hell of a lot of HRG soldiers was dead in front of the truck. "Uhh...you want me to run them over?" Sonic asked, preparing to put his foot on the gas. "No...today, we fight. Everyone out, now." the Propagator said, making everyone run out and Sonic sat there. "Now is the time for vengence, Sonic. Come with us to the good fight." the s.b. Propagator said, extending his disturbing-looking hand. Sonic took the hand and walked out of the truck, pulling out his gun at the same time. Flaere was very surprised to see Sonic, more so upset at him being with his enemies. "So, you've betrayed us, Sonic?" Flaere said, igniting Sonic. "Betrayed?! You fucking assholes banished me out here on sheer assumptions and you say I betrayed you!?" he yelled, making Flaere feel like a total idiot. "Either way, you won't be leaving with your bounty. Get them!" he said, the HRG rushing forward with their weapons drawn. The Propagators did the same, slaughtering every last one with Sonic providing back-up fire and occasionally knocking some out with swift kicks or punches. It took very little time for the HRG to fall and even Flaere was impressed. He was about to unleash a very explosive fire attack when Sonic grabbed hold of his fiery wrists. "It's over, Flaere. Fight another day." he said, throwing down Flaere and dashing back to the truck, taking off with the Propagators shortly afterwards. "Grr...damn you, Sonic. It's not over just yet." he said, hitching a ride on a chopper with a ladder rope.

Back at the base, Sonic sat down away from the partying Propagators, who converged on his space to see what was up. "Something troubles you, Sonic?" said a red Propagator. "Is...is payback suppose to make you feel good...yet also guilty?" he asked, causing them to look to each other for answers. "Revenge is a troubling thing, make no mistake about that. There are times when revenge can feel good, other times it won't be so sweet. However, it was a necessary mission and facing the HRG was bound to happen. Don't let it concern you too much." said the sky blue one, who placed a hand on Sonic's shoulder. Sonic got up and walked among the Propagators, realizing that they really are civilized...even if they didn't know all the answers, they knew enough of them. Afterwards, he walked back to his area and looked around. "These people...they need their city...I will get it back to them." he thought as he advanced and opened the door.

Days passed until the fifth day of Sonic's banishment, when the biggest meeting for the Propagators began. "Okay, everyone. Tomorrow is the biggest raid in our history. We hit the main storage hub of the HRG, the Central Storage Building in the east. We take that down, the city is ours again. Let tomorrow be the greatest battle we can fight!" said the s.b. Propagator. Everyone cheered as he stepped down towards Sonic, who stood ready for whatever he was about to be told. "Sonic, this will be the great one. You'll need this. We found it within the storage that we raided yesterday and it packs just the punch you'll need. Bear in mind, however, it cannot be set to stun. You will need to kill the HRG tomorrow." he said, handing Sonic the Peace Maker attachment, who put it one immediately. "I...I understand." Sonic said. "We'll see you then. Have an excellent rest." he said as Sonic walked out, thinking about the issue. "Kill them, huh?" he thought as Shiorae began. "Well, I'm fired up. It's payback time, finally. No foolish stunning, blood will be sprayed." "You sure are excited." "Of course I am, and you should be as well. You get to show them what happens when assumptions go unanswered." "I guess so..."

The morning after, Tails, Knuckles, Cosmo and Shadow decided to skip school and fly off with the HRG back to Regioniard. Unknown to them, the white nine-tails clung to the bottom of the plane, following them to the city of Regioniard. HRG aircrafts were flying ahead of the Tornado as they all neared the city. Meanwhile, Propagators armored themselves and marched to the truck with Sonic ready at the wheel. His intense eyes showed that he was ready for this battle, with his Peace Maker at the ready as he drove. "This will be the proving point of myself...if I agree with Shiorae...if I shoot them down...we'll both be on the same wavelength..." he thought as he got close to the site. When they made it, unfortunately, HRG soldiers and Flaere were waiting, along with Tails, Cosmo, Knuckles and Shadow. "What...what the hell are they doing here?" Sonic thought as he stopped the truck. They all walked out of the truck and stood directly across from the HRG. "Everyone...why? Why are you all...?" Sonic asked, attracting their attention. "Sonic, it's so good to see you!" Cosmo said, waving over to Sonic, who waved back with a somewhat defeated smile. "It's time. We end it all today. The city...our freedom...everything we've fought for...it ends today!" yelled the s.b. Propagator, enstilling excitement in them all. "Get back, all of you!" Sonic yelled to his friends, who did that right fast. "Sonic, I don't know what they promised you, but trust in that you will go down with these Propagators! CCHHAARRGGEE!!" yelled Flaere, who charged into battle along with his men. "Come, my brothers! The time has come for our bid for freedom! CCHHAARRGGEE!!!" said the leading Propagator, who rushed forward with the others, Sonic dashing ahead of them all.

"Step back, everyone." Sonic said, the Propagators stopping behind him as the HRG kept coming. On his right hand, Sonic formed a large fiery lion head and unleashed a large blast of fire that wiped out a vast majority of the HRG army, leaving less than a quarter of them, aside from Flaere, standing. Sonic charged at Flaere and they locked hands, fires blasting around them as severe combat overtook them. "You little devil...I knew you would come against us, but not for these freaks!" Flaere yelled, his fires intensifying. "They aren't freaks! They're fighting for what they believe to be right, the right of their city, and I haven't gone against you!" he said, covering Flaere in a blast of fire. "Gah!...you...huh?!" he said, looking over the battlefield. Sonic took the opportunity to push Flaere away long enough to stop their fight. "Listen to me, Flaere. I don't want to fight you again, but I want you to stay away from them and give them back their city." "They need no city, our rule is just fine!" "Leave them be." Sonic said, walking back to the battle. Flaere ran straight at him, fire covering his hand and pierced Sonic. "...GAH...grr...Flaere...I...said I wouldn't...fight...you..." Sonic said, blood coming from his body. "You...you didn't dodge my attack..." Flaere said, looking at the burning blood on his glove. Sonic made it back to the battle and saw the last large group of HRG. He pulled out the big boy, the Peace Maker, and unleashed a fully charged blast of energy, totally frying all the HRG on contact. The battle was won and the Propagators celebrated their behinds off. Papers were signed and the independence of the Propagator society was in order. "Thank you so much, Sonic. We couldn't have done it without you." said the s.b. Propagator, who extended his hand. "Heh...don't go getting soft on me now...no big deal at all but...you're welcome..." Sonic said, but his body wouldn't cooperate as his blood loss was too great. He collasped right there before the Propagators in a pool of his own blood.

Cosmo was in disbelief and on instinct, rushed towards Sonic's body. The Propagators got there first and check on him. "He's wounded greatly...we gotta get him back to base. Don't worry, we'll take care of it." the yellow Propagator said, hoisting Sonic over his shoulder as they got in the truck. Later, Sonic woke up with his body slightly wrapped in bandages. "Uhhh...huh? What the hell...?" Sonic asked, looking into the face of a couple Propagators. "You were wounded by the enemy, but we took care of you. Burned and sliced, a pain we are familiar with. How are you feeling?" "Very, very painful...but otherwise alive. Wait, the others...what happened to them...?" he said as he slowly got up. "They weren't hit at all... yet the general is questionable...you slew not his body...but his pride." "His pride...I gotta go back home tomorrow..." Sonic said, getting up and walking out, but not before looking back to the great warriors. "Heh, it seems like yesterday that I started helping you guys. It's been a rough ride but we prevailed. The city is yours now!" Sonic said. "Thanks to you, Sonic. We will always be ready to help you whenever you need us. Also, a gift awaits you when you arrive back." "Thanks, everyone!" All Sonic heard was the sound of multiple armpit sounds from the Propagators. He laughed his blue ass off but saw that the happiness would only last for a bit...

Before Sonic stood the white nine-tails from before, it's piercing eyes and flamed tails burning into his soul. "Who...who are you?" Sonic asked, making the creature walk closer to him. "Sonic...I have seen..." it said, reaching a foot's length of him. It's claws came out, curved nails extended up to six inches. The white cloak blew in the wind as Sonic stood his ground, creating a dual-bladed lance from some steel and stones. One earthshaking roar later, the ninetail's fangs met with Sonic's lance. "It's fast...very, very fast..." he thought, pushing it off and charging at it. As he jumped in the air, the ninetails unleashed a hail of giant fire spheres at Sonic, who dodged them all. The spheres, however, were unwilling to take that lying down, turning around and circling around each other, leaving very little room for escape. "Shit...not good!" he said, striking the spheres and spreading them out enough to get away and touch the ground. The ninetails opened it's mouth, tiny lines of energy gathering into it's fangs until it unleashed it, a huge blast of energy coming out at high speed. Sonic was surrounded by flames on two ends, the spheres moving closer and the flare from the beast itself. "No options...damn it...I'll just have to brace myself." he thought, spinning his lance around himself to defend himself. A large purple explosion of fire and smoke was all that was seen when it all made contact. Sonic held himself up, smoking and with the very same flames burning on his shoulder and legs. "It hurts so bad...damn, what is this thing?" he said, the ninetails moving closer to him. Suddenly, it's body started glowing and stretching out to a serpent-like form, flying straight at Sonic. It wrapped it's body around Sonic's left arm, covering his whole body in flames. "GRR...RRRRAAAAHHHHH...AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!" he screamed as the fire kept coming and burning all over his body. A few seconds later, he was on the ground unconscious. The very same creature was still wrapped around his arm, seemingly asleep. Slowly, Sonic stood up again, panting rapidly and shakily standing. "...What...the hell...are you..." he asked. "Niensia...Sonic..." it said sleepily. Sonic slowly strided to sleep his last day in Regioniard.

The next day, everyone gathered at the city entrance. Tails and his mom, Knuckles and Rouge, Shadow, Cosmo and her mom and Flaere, along with a hell of a lot of soldiers. Suddenly, a lone figure appeared from the edge of the city's edge, walking slowly forward. Everyone's eyes lit up as they recognized the figure. Sonic's usual smile was all over his face, yet his subjective state( torn clothes, burned marks) seemed a tad odd. For Sonic, it was another eventful night. "All right, we made it back! Ha ha!!" Sonic said, dashing towards his friends; and pissed off enemies; in high spirits. When he finally made it, he found himself in a rather questionable position. In his arms was what looked like the very ninetails that attacked him the other night, except it was the size of a two-yr old. "What!? You again!? You wanna kick the shit out of me again!?" he yelled, but the creature remained unresponsive. Everyone started laughing as Sonic attempted to explain what the thing in his arms was. Flaere gave up and decided to leave before anything else happened to disturb him. Sonic slept soundly for the first time since he was banished and sleeping on him was the very same ninetails, Niensia, in an infant form. Who knows what would happen the next day at school...