Sonic

Chapter 38
Rose and Sonic
The Past Revealed

That Night At The Tendo's

"Ranma, we're going to be late," said Akane walking past the table, "Hurry up and finish eating!"

"Oh, Where are you two going?" asked Kasumi.

"We are going to meet Emeral and Joe for a little bit," said Akane.

"Don't be out too late," said Kasumi as Ranma finished his rice and began to get up.

"We Won't," said Akane, "Let's Go Ranma!"

At the park

"I'm so glad you could make it," said Rose sitting with Sonic. They were both in their red robes sitting on a bench near the pond.

"Glad to see you feeling better" said Akane, "What did you want to talk to us about?"

Sonic smiled, "We wanted to thank you for saving us back in the battle with that cat-boss," said Sonic.

"Don't Mention it," said Ranma, "We're all friends."

"Exactly," said Rose, "Despite the secretes we keep from you, you are willing risk your lives to save us."

"So we decided to tell you more about us," said Sonic, "That is if it is ok with you."

"Ehm. S.. Sure it is," said Akane as Ranma and her sat down next to Rose.

"Well," begin Rose, "Both Sonic and I were human at the beginning, just like you are."

"Give or take a bit on that," replied Sonic, "But we both somehow evolved beyond our dimension, and became inter-dimensional matrix life forms."

"Inter-dimensional Matrix Life forms?" asked Akane a bit confused with the term.

"I guess you need to picture a sphere, with nodes inside attached to each other by pathways." said Rose, "This is what we called the Quantum Matrix, where each node contains smaller dimensions that are constantly influencing each other, but that's beside the point."

Sonic took a breath as he began to continue, "I was the first to evolve in perspective to matrix time," he said. "My evolution took me by surprise, but I soon became fascinated with it, and began to explore the matrix. I usually just watched as worlds formed, lived and died, though the Inter-Matrix Authorities, (An organization that had found technology to allow them to travel through dimensions), weren't sure what I was, and constantly tried to spy on me."

Sonic than looked on Rose, "That is when I met Rose," he said, "I was traveling into a dimension that was very similar to my home dimension, when I met her. She was a mortal human at the time, but I was compelled to be with her. I guess you could say it was love at first sight."

"Sonic took a more human form, and began talk to me from time to time," continue Rose, "Before we knew it, we were dating and having such a good time, until the unexpected happen."

"Unexpected?" asked Ranma.

"The night of our first kiss," continued Rose, "When we kissed, It somehow jumped start a dormant power in me, which caused me to evolve to the same species Sonic was." Rose smiled, "It was a wonderful experience, and we soon decided to wonder the matrix together, in search of knowledge, experience, and love."

"So that's how you two met," said Akane finding it romantic, "But what about DS?"

Sonic's expression turned a bit angry, "He's my fault," he said startling Akane and Ranma.

Rose frowned in worry about Sonic's blame of himself, "It isn't your fault, you couldn't control it," she said.

"Couldn't control what?" asked Ranma.

"During my evolution," started Sonic, "My Dark Side, or Yin, as every human posses, somehow got the power to leave me, and thus was born DS." Sonic punched the ground as he said this, "DS is the complete opposite of me, wishing only to harm and conquer, and I let him go."

Akane nudged Ranma and whispered, "Just like when Happosai brought out that evil you," she said.

Rose nodded having heard them, "Exactly, but Sonic still blames himself for this," she said, "That is why when DS started to attempt Matrix Conquest, Sonic and I joined the Inter-Matrix Authorities as operatives, having gained their trust when we stopped one of DS's raids on their HQ."

"This continued for quiet a few years, and DS kept getting more and more powerful," continued Sonic, "Soon we were almost totally useless against him." Sonic then smiled, "But there was still hope, for you see, during one of our trips to a dimension, we came across a prophecy that was describing the current situation, and found the key of light and the key of hope."

"What did it say?" asked Ranma.

"It said that in the moment of darkness, the third member, the guardian of kindness, shall arise and together bring evil at bay." said Rose, deciding not to fully recite the prophecy word for word.

"A year after that, the prophecy began to come true." continued Sonic, "About 40 years ago, Rose and I began to sense a strange presence in a node we hadn't yet explored. We had decided to check it out, running into DS in the process. After an exchange of fire, Rose and I were knocked into the node, and immediately when we were inside, a barrier covered the node, blocking travel in and out. Unfortunately, it was also blocking the source of our powers."

"That doesn't sound to good," asked Akane.

"We decided to go find the source of the aura we had picked up, only to reach a town before it vanished. We had concluded that the aura was indeed the guardian of kindness, who must not have evolved to a quantum life form yet, and thus the barrier was made to protect him/her." replied Rose. "But we weren't fully right."

"It turned out the barrier was made by what could be best described as an Angel named Nadeshiko, who was the deceased mother of the Guardian of Kindness. She had lured us into the realm to aid her daughter, Sakura, in the transition between mortal and quantum life." said Sonic. "We later realized that Nadeshiko was the one who had forged our keys, The Sword of Hope and the Wand of Light, from the hope and light of our souls. This is why our weapons are so effective against evil, and can only be used by us. Not even MM could fool our keys."

"Amazing," said Akane and Ranma both impressed on the creation of their keys.

"We spent 8 years in that dimension, with our powers greatly suffering. By the time Sakura finally began to realize her powers, our strength was practically gone."

"But once she did realize her powers, the barrier fell and our strength was restored." replied Rose, "But that was when DS attacked, knowing that a large threat to him was inside the node where the barrier was, thus began 'The Battle of the Star'."

"Battle of the star?" asked Ranma.

"The battle of the star was a battle between DS at his most powerful state, against Tri-Mistress, who in reality was the combined form of Sakura, Rose and Me." replied Sonic, "And there we delivered a devastating blow to DS, that almost killed him, which is why he isn't as powerful as he once was, and thus seeks the power of the Dragon Aura to restore his evil to that it once was."

"What about Sakura?" asked Akane.

"Sakura had chosen to remain a mere mortal, so she could live and die with her true love," said Rose, "But before she did so, she transferred all her powers into the two of us, giving us the responsibility to guard Kindness with our current task of guarding Hope and Light."

"She gave up her power for love? What a nut case," said Ranma, which followed by Akane jabbing her elbow into him.

"We've never spoke of this to anyone, not even the Inter-Matrix Authorities, who are dieing to know how we vanished 38 years ago, and came back 8 years later." said Sonic chuckling, "Last I heard, they were rumoring that Rose and I eloped together."

"So why are you telling us?" asked Akane.

"Because you risked your life for us, despite all the odd things going around," said Rose, "So it is only natural, for us to fully trust you."

Sonic than looked into the air, "And of course to further relationships with you, old coot, despite on the troubles you caused, we decided to lend out a hand of trust to you."

Ranma looked up, not seeing anybody before he asked a question, "So how exactly were your keys made?"

Rose smiled, "When we entered the shrine where the tablet containing the Prophecy laid, a quick burst of energy filled the room, and Sonic and I felt a bit of ourselves leave our bodies. After we had explored the shrine and were about to leave, we were once again engulfed in a bright light, where a form of an angel appeared in front of us, and handed us the keys. We didn't know it then, but the angel was Nadeshiko, who had took part of our soul that had hope and light, and forged the Sword of Hope and the Wand of Light, and turned them into keys." she said.

"Our Keys," continued Sonic, "Our alive, and they are a part of us, as we are a part of them."

"They are alive!?!" stated Ranma.

"Yes," replied Sonic, "Our keys have a conscious, just like you and me, and were enchanted with energy from Nadeshiko. This is why no one can fool our keys, and can only be used by us."

"So how old are you two?" asked Akane.

Rose put her finger to her cheek, "I say we've been wondering the Matrix for a little less than a hundred years, knowing each other for 90 of them." replied Rose.

"Are you two married?" asked Ranma still curios.

"I guess you can say that, thought we never really used that term. But we have vowed to one another to be by each other's side no matter what till the end of time," answered Sonic.

Akane thought for a moment before she spoke up again, "Didn't you mention a while back that you two have tried to have kids?" she asked.

Rose and Sonic blushed a bit, "We've tried," said Rose, "But so far we haven't been successful. But I think it's because we are still young in respects to the matrix, so we can't procreate yet."

"I see," said Akane, blushing a bit.

"It's alright," said Rose smiling.

After a few moments of silence, Akane finally stood up, "Thank you for sharing your story with us," she said.

"Yea, it was thoughtful of you," said Ranma also standing up.

"No, thank you for saving our lives," said Rose, "It's a wonderful thing to have friends that care enough about you to risk their own lives to save others."

Sonic nodded in agreement with Rose as Akane began to speak, "Yes, it is. Will we see you tomorrow at school?"

"Yes," answered Rose, "So, until tomorrow?"

"Yep, Until Tommorow," replied Akane just as a familure sound was heard approching them from the sky.

"AKANE-CHAN!" yelled Happosai as he fell in from the sky ready to grab her breasts.

"DRY UP AND DIE ALREADY!" yelled Akane and Rose sycronized as they gave him a one hit wonder punch to send him back into Lunar obrit.

"So, where were we," started Sonic trying to calm down the two girl's with dangerous looks on their face.

"I think we had just said goodbye and were leaving," said Ranma, "Common Akane, lets go home."

"Oh, yea, Bye you two," replied Akane waving back at Rose and Sonic.

"Bye-Bye," replied Rose.

Over with MM,

"Another story for my archives," said MM taking out a DVD from a burner. He labled it "The History of Rose and Sonic" and walked over to a room that had billions, if not trillions of DVDs. He placed the DVD out of his hand and it magically floated to the correct alphabetical spot and inserted itself in the shelf.

"Hey, don't put it up yet," said Nadeshiko, "I want a copy too."

"Well than, go find it and make yourself one," grinned MM.

Nadeshiko looked at the shelves before she gave a depressed look.